Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-01-01
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for the future, and if I can avoid it, so
help me heaven, I'll never look on your
hateful face again"
The man listened in silence, and
when she ceased waited before answer
ing, looking at her with his head lit
tie Oh one side and his eyes half closed.
"All right. Goodby," he said at
length, turning away to whistle
"What, not gone YETI" he added aft
er a pause in tone of surprise. PRAY
don't stop on my account. Any show OF
politeness between us would be such a
superfuity of foolish pretense. ;" And he
resumed his whistling.
Presently he stopped and, getting up,
went close to her and spoke in differ
ent tone, seriously and directly:
"Look here, Lola! Don't make fool
Of yourself. You can't leave me. You
know that we'll enough. My silence is
as necessary to you as your beauty is to
me. There was never any other bend
between us and never will be probably,
but you can't break it. And you must
own that I've done we'll for you. You
live on the best of the land; you've
never staid at any but the best hotels;
you spend what you like on dress;
you've any amount of lovers What
husband could do more than that?"
The wife made no reply in words,
but her eyes lighted with anger.
$50 long as you don't go too far with
any of them, never say word, and
the fact that while they are making
love to you am making money out of
them ought to give zest to the bust
ness which you should appreciate. Don't
be fool. Of course you want your hys-
terics in some form or another-all wo-
men do-but don't let 'em lead you over
the Rubicon. This German pig that
we're stalking now may be the last we
need trouble about. He's rich enough
to yield any amount Of gold, and If l
know love in q fat FOOLS face when l
see it he's mad on you and he'll give
half his wealth if only you give me the
chance to handle'-
"Stopl" cried the woman hotly.
"Mas' rot if ever I move finger to
help you again. IF you want to rob
men, 20 and do it like other thieves.
Be at least man and don't skulk be-
hind my petticoats. I'll never speak to
that German again, I swear.
The man turned shade pale now
and bit his lip Then he swore under
his fair mustache, and his voice was no
longer steady when he spoke. He began
to fear that she was in earnest and this
made him angry.
~ will make you do what l wish"
he said, and he laid his hand on her
wrist.
She shook it off with toss of con-
tempt
"Bahl Do you think am afraid Of
you?' she cried. "Do you think have
ever done what you wished because l
feared anything you could do to me?
You poor, conceited fool. I'm no more
afraid of you than Of a rat!" And she
laughed derisively.
At this all the color left his face with
rage. He gripped her wrist firmly and
held it while, with threatening brow,
he said in a voice harsh with anger,
"Unsay that at once or your father
shall rot in jail
"You coward" she cried, and, stung
by the words and the gesture into a
paroxysm of rage, she raised the light
umbrella she was carrying and struck
him with all her force across the face
while wrenching her wrist from his
grasp.
he was standing close to the edge Of
the steep rock, with his back to it, and
in his surprise and dismay at the blow
he stumbled hastily back, and, losing
his footing, slipped over the edge. AS
be fell he managed to catch with one
hand at the ledge of the rock and re-
mained hanging by one hand over the
dark, deadly abyss.
For an instant he hung thus, looking
up at her, his face salt white and wet
with fear and rage, while he made
frantic efforts to get hold with his
other hand.
Before he could 10 this, however, the
girl; mad with the rage he had stirred
in her, raised her foot and stamped her
heel with all her force upon the mans
white, strained fingers.
He uttered loud, sharp cry of pain,
and, unable to retain his hold, disap'
peared over the face of the rock.
1t happened so suddenly that the
M l,n roln
where he had fallen like one dazed
with horror.
Bat it was only for an instant. Then
she drew herself up and raised her head
as if with an instinct of defiance.
She waited some time and listened.
Then she bent forward and called to him,
"Pierre, Pierrer' and she was pleased
when no answer came. Lying down ut
full length, she tried to look down into
the gorge, but slightly projecting
breast of the cliff prevented her from
seeing to the bottom. Finding that, sho
moved away and went to another spot
and tried to get a glimpse of the place
into which he had fallen. She thought
she could sec him lying far down below.
but the light was thickening with the
growing storm, and she was not certain.
But she made no effort to get help,
and, when she had waited until the time
came for her to leave, in order to catch
the train at the station she walked away
quickly.
She was glad and her heart was
beating with an infinite pleasure that
the man who had gloomcd and ruled
and deadeGed her young life was dead.
He had been too hard u taskmaster