Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-11-20

cas- had refused to give, and he gave
the lawyer a sign to press the point.
'The question has been asked Mr..
Lucas, but we want to hear what you
know about the matter. Have you seen
him since Sunday, when he told you
that he meant to leave town?'
'That is the last time he called"
"But have you seen him?" Alice was
evidently troubled by the question, and
the lawyer determined to come to the
main point at once. He continued:
"After he left you on Sunday where
did you go?"
II did not go anywhere, stammered
the poor girl.
"Come, you will best serve yourself
and your friends by telling the truth"
"The truth Why, what do you
mean?" She seemed greatly agitated, if
not positively alarmed.
"After he left you," continued Mr..
Tupper, "you went to Riverside farm.
You went there not to zee your friend
Miss Lewis, but''-
GLOW do you know I did not 90 to
see Virgie?" interrupted Alice excited
ly.
"You did not go to see her, because
you had discovered that there was to be
q meeting between her and Harry Lu-
cas-.
"It is falsel How can you say such a
thing2"
"You went into the summer house
and hid there, 80 that you might over.
hear what passed between the two."
"It's all lie-a wicked liep' cried
the girl, Historically sobbing between
the words. II did not 90 near the farm,
and I did not go after Harry-and-it's
all made up.-and"- Here she broke
down utterly, sobbing 80 that it waf
necessary to delay the proceedings till
she could recover from her agitation.
Lucas, much disturbed, arose and ad-
dressed the coroner:
Squire, is it necessary to continue
the examination Of Miss Marvel?"
"If it could have been avoided, ]
should not have called her.
"But can you not let it drop now,
since you see that she knows notning"
"She knows what passed between
you and Miss Lewis in the summer
house," said the squire sharply. IF I
cease questioning her, will you give us
the information which we want?"
at is impossible" said Lucas de-
spondently, land doubt that Miss
Marvel knows anything about it."
"We will let her answer that ques.
ton; she seems to be recovering her self
possession. Lucas reluctantly returned
to his seat. As soon as Alice had suf-
ficiently regained her oomposure MIR.
Tupper resumed:
"Now, Miss Marvel, you see that pre-
varication is useless. We are fully in
formed as to your movements on the
night in question. What we want you
to tell us is what passed between Miss
Lewis and Mr.. Lucas" A great weight
seemed lifted from Alice's mind, and
she replied quite readily:
"Oh, if that is all, I'll tell you the
whole thing" Lucas barely suppressed
a groan. Before I 60 any further I
must tell you how l came to be at the
farm. Mr.. Lucas came to me on Sun
day and told me that he could not 90
driving, as we had planned, because he
had to go out Of town. Of course be-
lieved him and was satisfied. After he
had gone I found a note on the floor,
and picking it up knew that Mr.. Lucas
must have dropped it from his pocket,
for it was addressed to him. I should
never have thought Of reading it, but
recognized the writing and knew it
came from Virgie, SO l read it at once. "
Lucas started in surprise, but did not
speak. Alice continued:
"When l saw by the contents Of the
note that Virgie invited Mr.. Lucas to
meet her at night in the summer house,
l determined to be there also. l did SC
because e'-here she seemed little
confused, and her rich blood mantled
her cheek-"well, because Virgie is en-
gagged to my brother, and for the min
ute I could not understand why she
made an appointment with another
man." Most of those present smiled at
the girls naive explanation. II reach
ed there first and hid in one side of the
appointed place. Not long after they
came. 1 heard nearly all that passed"
"Tell us, please, as much as you can
remember.
"They talked quite awhile, and then
she left. What they said was all about
my brother. 1t seems that be had writ
ten to Virgie, in the care of some friend,
and asked her to meet him that night
down by the river and tell him whether
she would marry him. He said that
would be the only way he could come
back after what Mr.. Lewis had done.
Just at this point the dog commenced to
bark, and they spoke lower, perhaps be-
cause they thought the dog had heard
their voices, and they were afraid to
attract attention, and, in fact, after a
minute, the brute did stop his noise,
but it was hard for me to hear the rest
of the talk. At any rate l made out
that Virgie was afraid that Walter
would be angry if she did not go away
with him at once, and that, she said,
was out of the question. She asked Mr..
Lucas to meet my brother after she had