Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-07-26

| "Well, I think the wilderness is here,
for all the roses. You forget that one Of
the drawbacks of Arcadia is lack Of
society,""
"No, l don't. l count that in with
the roses and other blessings. Society is
O nuisance.
"Ah, you are like a man who had
just dined, crying out, Who wants any
thing to eat!' You have been satiated
with the world, the flesh and the devil
for the time being"
Il have, my dear, certainly, and the
last may take the first and welcome, SO
far as am concerned at this moment, 1"
luxuriously swaying back and forth, en-
joying the landscape with eyes half
closed.
"You are perfectly blasphemous, you
couscienceless creature lament afresh
that we are 80 miles from church priv
ileges."
"What relief it must be in the mat
ter of bonnets!'' rejoined the girl, smil-
ing incorrigibly. "For my own part, I
shall appreciate the opportunity for find
ing tongues in trees, books in the rur-
ming brooks, sermons in stones, and all
that sort of thing, without the draw
back Of a congregation, but I suppose
there are neighbors somewhere?" her
glance speculatively ranging the dis
tant hills.
"Oh, yes. Within radius of 90 miles
there are several families-such as they
are. Good people, too, but you know
the type"-shrugging her dainty shoul-
ders. nottingham lace curtains in the
parlor and God Bless Our Home in
worsted work over the manteL"
II recognize the description, and is
the young woman yonder one Of the ma.
| tives?"
Misunderstanding down at tn
young woman by the creek, who had
now put down her pan and was gather
ing roses Oh the other side-"oh, Arta-
lissa is from Nebraskap'
"Artalissa of Nebraska. What fetch
ing title that would be for a novel"
Idly amused W1Gn Gne lQea
81 believe she might tell bit Of
story if she chose. have heard some
hints of romance Somebody-I think
it was her sister-married her lover, :"
Nelsine explained, with the smiling in
difference we accord to the tragedies of
other lives.
"And so Artalissa's heart was bro
ken," Edith rejoined, regarding the
girl with languid curiosity.
eff it was, she believes in the theory
Of similia similibus curantur. In her
limited sphere Artalissa is dreadful
firt The boys on the place are all dead
in love with her, for which I am de-
voutly thankful, hoping they may
amuse her sufficiently to induce her to
stay"
death to the frogs perhaps, butt
"Oh, men have died from time to
time, but not for love-" replied Mel
sine, calmly cynical. IF it is fun for
Artalissa, I am not disposed to worry
about the frogs. The servant girl diff
Guilty is too serious in Wyoming to be
squeamish about trihes-another Of the
drawbacks OF Arcadia. We have more
than work enough here for two girls,
but even with the bait of $50 month
it is all we can do to find one. When I
read Of 300, 900 working women on the
verge of starvation in New York, 1t
makes me furious If only the senti
mentalists and silly pbilanthropists
would stop talking and writing about it
and devote their energies toward bring
ing those starving women west, where
they are needed
"She is rather handsome" remarked
Edith absently, her eyes following the
girl. 'There seems even certain air
of refinement about her. should hard
ly have regarded her as belonging to
that class.
"That class! For PHYS sake, Edith,
don't breathe such reflection aloud"
cried the other in comical dismay. car
talissa belongs to the best society-in
Arcadia. She teaches district school
| in the winter-with half dozen schol-
ars. In the summer she has done house
work in certain we'll recommended fam
lilies, partly, believe, because of the
little family unpleasantness before re-
ferred to, on account of which she pre-
fers not to 60 home, and partly because
of canny eye to business. And sup
pose the next thing she will be getting
married. I live in fear and trembling
such havoc as matrimony has always
played in my household. Never girl
have had who has not left me to be
married within six months of her COM
ing There seems q fatality about the
place. I believe even you would sue
cumb to the sentimental infuence-hard
hearted little wretch that you are-if
there was any man in the country whom
you could possibly marry.
"Do you think so?" and Edith looked
away as she spoke, with an odd little
smile
Speaking of that, do you know it
seems rather strange, dear, that you
don't seem to find anybody to please
you?" Nelsine observed insinuatingly,
hitching her rocking chair degree
nearer II wonder how much longer
you will keep US in suspense, regard
ing the girl with sort of tender curios-
ity, certain gleam of excitement light
ing her dark eyes as she perceived a