Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-01-19

not Montreux. That is not OF the world
at all"
He laughed as he said this with the
air of one who would laugh out Of ex-
istence the cobwebs of an absurdity,
and the echo of his laugh had not died
away when the door closed behind him.
Beryl went to another room, the WIN
dow of which commanded view Of the
drive, and, herself unseen, watched him
as he walked away slowly like one in
thought. Once or twice he turned
stealthily and slyly to look back at the
house, and the girl imagined that even
when he was long way from the house
she could see Oh his face the sharp, for
bidding, evil menacing look which had
more than once distorted his handsome.
cruel features.
Long after he had disappeared amid
the small clump Of fir trees which
fringed both sides Of the drive close to
the turn Of the lodge gates Beryl re-
manned leaning against the window
frame looking out, full of the forebod-
ing which the mans visit had reused.
Then, being u practical girl of meth
cd, she went to her roola and wrote out
every word that she could remember OF
the interview and added her comments
and the impressions which had been
caused, and she locked the whole away
in her most secret and secure hiding
place.
Tho points which stood out most
clearly in her mind were that the for
eigner, Pierre Turrian, had some very
strong motive for finding Lola; that the
tale he told about his musical mission
was from start to finish falsehood;
that the fact of the marriage of Lola to
Sir Jaffray had moved him beyond all
power of self control; that in some way
Montreux was mixed up in the matter,
and that he had been anxious to learn
whether Lola had ever mentioned the
lame of Turrian to her.
For some days the matter lay like a
cloud upon her, and while she was on
her visit to her friends she could not
dispel it. One incident Of that visit
served indeed to keep the subject upper
most in her thoughts.
Among the guests was a Frenchman
who was noted amateur violinlst, and
Beryl, finding him one evening next to
her at dinner, asked him whether he
knew the name of Turriau as violin
player.
"Turrian, Turrian?" be repeated.
"Where is he known?"
81 believe in Paris" answered Beryl
MA fol, there is no such player in
Paris" was the decided reply. Il may
say I know every player of any conse-
ruence in the whole of Paris, but there
b none of that name, am sure. "
"Do von know Montreux?" she asked.
lon n,eau vhe uttie Swiss place. l
have been there twice, l think, in my
rambles. Do you know it-a curious,
dull, pretty place-the sort of little
town you can look over from north to
south and west to east in an hour or
two and carry away as memory photo
graph?"
"You never heard the name Turrian
there as that of violin player2" ask.
ed Beryl.
"In Montreuxi" And the Frenchman
laughed. mot at all. Poor little Mon
treux has never distinguished itself yet
in producing anything so important as
q musician. Wait, wait. What am /
saying?" And he laughed heartily. Il
have forgotten the mad abbe. You know
Montreux? No? Then you will not
know of the good Abbe d'EventinF"
mo, have never heard of him"
MAY 1 tell you? The good priest
had been no one knows what before he
entered the holy church. But, whatever
it was, it was something bad, we may
be sure. Well, he had picked up smat.
tering of music, and he could play the
violin, and he played it in such a way
as to drive himself cut of his wits. Then
it was that he conceived great inspira
tion-he was to revolutionize the world
And how do you think he was to do it:
By adding fifth string to the violin
Ism t that droll? A fifth string, my faithl
Poor fellow"
SIS the tale well known at Mon
treux?" asked Beryl after Joining il
her companions expression of amuse-
ment.
"Why, Of course. What would you
have? Could it be otherwise? Every ur.
chin in the gutter has the story off by
heart.
"What q most interesting story"
said Beryl, who found much more in
terest in it than she showed.
1t emphasized two points in the tale
which the man Turrian had told her.
It showed whence he had stolen the
idea for his story about the fifth string,
and it suggested that his connection
with MontreuX was at least as close as
Beryl had at first concluded.
But it did not help her to any solu-
tion Of the chief question as to what
was the reason why the man was seek
ing Lola. 1t proved that the reason was
not what he had said, and that did not
carry her far.
1t had another effect. Her compan-
ions word had started thought which
afterward developed considerably. AS
the Frenchman had been speaking of
Montreux, Beryl had been struck by the
idea that in so small a place it must be
exceedingly easy to find out anything
about anybody, and from this it was all
easy though gradual development that
in such place she herself could readily
make any necessary inquiries.
That idea did not come for some time,
however, and in the meantime Beryl