Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-12

The old man sat doapn beside her.
he asked in an eager whisper that SEEM
ed to say he saw solution Of the diff
Guilty if it were financial.
"Oh, dear, mol have all the money,
and more, that any one can wish. "
The old mans oountenance fell. If
money would not remedy the state Of
things, then he was out of his depth.
won't you tell me the trouble? Per-
haps I can suggest
"1t's nothing you can help me In,
papa. 1t is nothing much anyway. The
Misses Sneed won't call Oh LIE, that's
ALL"
The old man knit his brows and
thoughtfully scratched his chin.
Wont calf" he echoed helplessly.
"No. They think I'm not good enough
to associate with them, I suppose.
The bushy eyebrows came down until
they almost obscured the eyes, and a
dangerous light seemed to scintillate out
from under them.
you must be mistaken. Good gra-
cious, am worth ten times what old
Sneed is! Not coed enough? Why, my
name on check is'-
"It isn'ta question Of checks, papa, "
walled the girl. cts question of So
ciety. was a painters model before
married Ed, and, no matter how rich I
am, society won't have anything to do
with me.
The old man absentmindedly rubbed
his chin, which was a habit he had
when perplexed. He was face to face
with problem entirely outside his
province. Suddenly happy thought
struck him.
"Those Sneed women" he said in
tones of great contempt, "what do they
amount to anyhow? They're nothing
but sour old maids. They never were
half so pretty as you. Why should you
care whether they called on you or
not?''
"They represent society. If they came,
others would.
"But society cart have anything
against you. Nobody has ever said a
word against yonr oharacter-model or
no model. ~
The girl shook her head hopelessly.
character does not count in society. I"
| In this statement she was, Of course,
absurdly wrong, but she felt bitter at
all the world. Those who know society
are we'll aware that character counts for
everything within its sacred precincts;
so the unjust remark should not be set
down to the discredit of I'm inexperienced
girl.
"I'll tell you what I'll do," "cried the
old man, Frightening up. "1'll speak
to General Sneed tomorrow. I'll ar
range the whole business in five min
utes."
"Do you think that would do any
good?" asked young Mrs. Druce dubi-
ously.
"Goodp You bet it'll do good twill
settle the whole thing. I've helped
Sneed out of pinch before now, and
he'll fix up little matter like that for
me in no time. III just have quiet
talk with the general tomorrow, and
you'll see the Sneed carriage at the door
NJ xt day at the very latest. He patted
her smooth, white hand atfectionately.
$50 don't you trouble, little girl, about
trifles, anu whenever you want help you
Just tell the old man. He knows thing
or swo yet, whether it is Oh Wall street
or Fifth avenue"
| Sneed was known in New York as
the general, probably because he had
absolutely no military experience what
ever. Next to Druce he had the most
power in the financial world Of Amer
lea, but there was great distance be-
tween the first and the second. If it
came to q deal in which the general and
all the world stood against Druce, the
average Wall street man would have
bet OIL Druce against the whole COM
tination. Besides this the general had
the reputation of being square" man,
and that naturally told against him, for
every one knew that Druce was utterly
unscrupulous But if Druce and Sneed
were known to be together in deal,
then the financial world of New York
ran for shelter. Therefore when New
York saw old Druce come in with the
stealthy tread of two legged leopard
and glance furtively around the great
room, singing out Sneed with all al
most inperceptible side nod, retiring
with him into a remote corner where
more ruin had been concocted than on
any other spot on earth and talking
there eagerly with him, hush fell on
the vast asscmblaee of men, and for the
moment the financial heart Of the ma
ton ceased to beat. When they saw
Sneed take out his notebook. nodding
assent to whatever proposition Druce
was making, cold shiver ran up the
financial backbone of New York, the
shiver communicated itself to the elec-
trio nerve web of the world, and storm
signals began to fly in the monetary
centers of London, Paris, Berlin and
Vienna.
Uncertainty paralyzed the markets Of
tine earth because two old men wert
holding a whispered conversation witt
q multitude of men watching them out
OF the CORNERS Of their eyes.