Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-11-16
CHAPTER TX.
A VISITOR

When my mind is set free from doubt
and fully settled upon any course, am
capable of much good nature and SEEM
ing simplicity. was therefore able to
maintain my own at the breakfast table
with some success, so that the meal
passed off without any of the disagree
able experiences of the night before
Perhaps the fact that Loreen presided
at the coffee urn instead Of Lucetta had
something to do with this. Her calm,
even looks seemed to put some restraint
upon the boisterous outbursts to which
William was only too liable, while her
less excitable nature suffered less If by
any chance he did break out and startle
the decorous silence by one of his rude
outlaws
lam slow eater, but felt forced
to hurry through that meal or be left
eating alone at the end This did not
put me in the best Of hulnor toward its
close, for | hated to risk an indigestion
just when my faculties needed to be un-
usually alert compromised by leav.
ing the board hungry, but did it with
such smile that do not think Miss
Knollys ever knew that l had not risen
from any table so i'll satisfied in years
Il will leave you to my brother for a
few minutes, said she, hastily tripping
from the room. II pray that you will
not think of going to your room till we
have had an opportunity Of arranging
It"
l instantly made up my mind l would
90 there, and that, too, before the ar
ranging process was over. But l must
see what | could make Of William first
l thought that he was not very
promising subject as l turned back to
him and followed his huge but ungain-
ly figure toward the front Of the house
Il thought you might like to see the
grounds, he growled, evidently not
enjoying the role assigned him "They
are 80 attractive" he sneered "Chil-
dren hereabout call them the jungle.
who's to blame for that?" I asked,
with only a partial humoring of his i'll
nature. "You have a sturdy pair Of
arms of your own, and little trimming
here and little trimming there would
have given quite different appearance
to this underground. A gentleman usu-
ally takes pride i'll his place.
"Yes, when it's all his This belongs
to nv sisters as much as to me. What's
the use of my bothering myself about
it,"
The man was so selfish he did not
even seem to realize the extent of the
exhibition he made Of it. Indeed he
seemed to take pride in what he prob
ably called his independence. 1 began
to feel the most intense aversion for
him, and only with the greatest Difficult
ty could prolong this conversation un-
moved
Il should think" said 1, THAT 1t
would be a pleasure for you to give
that much assistance to your sisters.
They do not seem to be sparing in their
attempts to please you y
He snapped his fingers and 1 was
afraid dog or two would come leaping
around the corner of the house. But 1t
was only his way of expressing disdain.
"Oh. the girls are well enough, " he
grumbled, but they will stick to the
place. Lucetta might have married q
half dozen times, and one time
thought she was going to, but she turn
ed straight around and sent him off,
and that made me mad beyond every
thing Why should she hang herself on
to me like a bur when there are other
folks willing to take on the burden?"
1t was the most palpable display Of
egotism l had ever seen and one Of the