Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-12-10

that. It will be time enough FOR me 10
talk when your supposition Is proved
untenable."
"Madam"-he was not angry; fell
low feeling for the disappointment he
considered me prey to made him very
gentle to me-'madam, If you know 1t
was not dog, say So do not wish to
waste my time.
II do not know it"
"Very we'll, then, I will tell you why
I think my supposition true Mr.. Knoll
lys, as you probably have already dis
covered, is man with secret passion
for vivisection.
"Yes," said l. II have discovered
that.
ut is known to his family, and 1t is
known to very few others, but It Is
not known to the world at large, not
even to his fellow villagers.
II can believe it, >" said /
"His sisters, who are gentle girls,
feel dreadful about it. They have
tried in every way to influence him to
abandon it, bnr unsuccessfully 30 far,
for he is not only entirely unamenable
to persuasion, but has a nature Of such
brutality he could not live withoutsome
such excitement to help away his life
in this dreary house All they can do,
then, is to conceal these cruelties from
the eyes of the people who already exc
crate him for his many roughnesses and
the undoubted shadow under which he
lives Time was when thought this
shadow had a substance worth our In
vestigation, but further knowledge Of
his real fault and completer mowl-
edge of his sisters virtues turned my
inquiries in a new direction, where !
have found, as l have told you, actual
reason for arresting Mother Jana Have
you anything to say against it9 Cannot
you see that all your suspiciona can be
explained by the brothers cruel i'm.
pulses and the sisters horror Of having
those impulses known"
thought moment; then cried out
boldly: "No, l cannot, Mr.. Gryoe. The
anxiety, the fear, which saw depicted
ON those sisters faces for days might
have some such explanation perhaps,
but the knot Of Grape ON the window
shutter, the open Bible in the room OF
death Williams room), Mr.. Gryce,
proclaim that it was human being for
whom Lucetta's sobs went up, and 30
shall continue to think till investiga-
tion has proved my mistake"
II do not follow you" he said.
moved for the first time from his COM
posure. "What do you mean by q knot
of Grape, and when was it you obtained
entrance into Williams room?"
II have points to relate" was my
quiet retort, "as interesting as anything
you have told me g your Investigations
at Mother James cottage. Did You think
I simply walked ON the outade OF
things, Mr. Gryce?"
~ should not have done You that In
justice"
~ have pierced, as l think, deeper
than even yourself into Williams char
acter. think him capable-but do sat
isfy my curiosity on one point first, Mr.
Gryce. How came you to know as much
as you do about last nights proceed
ings? You could not have BEEN In the
house. Did You succeed, then. In max
ing Mother Jane reveal ON her return
what it was she took part in9"
The tip of his cane was up. and be
frowned at it. Then the handle took IT.
place, and he gave it a good natured
smile.
"Miss Butterworth, said he, II have
not succeeded in making Mother Jane
at any time go beyond her numerical
monologue But you have BEEN more
successful. And with sudden marvel;
GUS change Of expression, pose and man
ner he threw over his head my shawl,
which had fallen to the floor in my a.
tonishment, and. rocking himself to and
fro before me, muttered grimly:
"Seventyl Twenty eight! Teni No
more, can count no more. Go"
"Mr. Gryoe," l exclaimed. "it was
then you saw
"In Mother James cottage with Mr..
Knollys," he finished "And 1t was I
who helped to bury what you now de-
clare, to my real terror and astonish-
ment, to have been human being. Miss
Butterworth, what about the knot OF
Grape? Tell me-.
TO BE CONTINUED.