Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-02-09

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go on-to the cnd." said Beryl.
confident of it before, but this plain
statement of it by the Frenchman
shocked her
"You do. not know all. "
"More than you seem to think, she
interposed. II recognized thut awful
story which you told last night at din.
ner."
He looked very keenly at her for an
instant, and something which he read
in her face decided him so to tell the
story as to make Lola appear the un.
willing victim of his own villainy.
"Ma fol, l told it WE'LL" he ex-
claimed, with boastful laugh. And
it was devilish bit of revenge, aud on
my soul l was sorry for the poor girl.
You know, Miss Leycester, am not
cast in the mold of common men. / can
be as stanch and true and good as the
rarest of men, but can also be just as
rough and hard-aye, and as merciless.
Man that is born of woman is born
sometimes with all a woman squalities.
My mother was q tigress. Let me
smoke. 1t is long since ! was in the
confessional box, and l need tobacco to
make the words come glibly."
He spoke with easy, fluent impu-
dence, infinitely disgusting to Beryl, but
chosen by him designedly to throw back
the girls pity on Lola, painting himself
Intentionally in the blacklist colors.
II married Lola Crawshay," be re-
sumed after lighting fresh cigarette,
"from no silly, sentimental notions, but
because l had a hold over her on &C.
count of a trip of her long headed but
somewhat irresponsible old father. To
do the girl justice, she never did any
thing but hate ME, but she was exceed
ingly useful, and-well, she was afraid
to carry her hatred of me too far be-
cause l had knack of using with ex-
cellent effect my knowledge of her ia
theirs mistake. You understand"
He leered at her with repulsive assur-
ance as he paused to take couple of
whiffs of the cigarette, which he did
with great apparent enjoyment.
"You will make this as short as pos
sible if you please, " said Beryl, begin
ming to take the impression Of the case
which he intended.
"Certainly. Well, l will pass over
our matrimonial life and hurry on to
the end. There came the day when we
had the scene on the DEVILS rock. /
colored the incident little in my tell
ing it last night, and the little episode
of the stamping Oh my fingers was an
effort of my own invention" He did
not wish Beryl to think that Lola had
done anything of the kind. In the
plain and uncolored version / had moth
ing but my own clumsy stupidity to
blame for the whole affair. | had said
things which did not please her lady
sbip-a man cannot always guard his
tongue, you know, Miss Leycester,
even to his wite-and when she retort-
ed l tried force, and then when she re-
sented it | started back, and, like
fool. fell over the edge of the cliff. How
was saved from instant death can
not even guess, but I didn't die, as you
can see for yourself, and when found
myself alive had wit enough to hide
the fact of my escape, seeing that in
course of time could probably make
excellent use of it should she ever again
marry. WASN'T altogether bad judge,
as you will now admit. Was I?'
"Have you nything else to tell me?"
asked Beryl, with angry contempt.
Anything else?" And he laughed
lightly and rolled the cigarette between
his fingers and looked at it as he re-
peated the words with the air of one
who repeats a good joke. Anything
else? should think so. Why, l could
fill up any number of your spare hours
with the tale of any number of good
things, but let me stick to this one
while am about it. didn't get off
scot free, of course. l sprained and
bruised and strained aud crushed my
self in a goodly number of places, and
as soon as l could do so without that
devoted wife of mine knowing anything
about it l laid up and passed a month
or two dismally in bed, maturing my
plans, but when l got about again my
lady had flown, and, what was worse,
her father was as dead as the tombstone
they put over him in Neufchatel ceme-
terry. Well, let her 60 let her feel
her freedom. l am kind and gentle as
the morning when no one gets in my
way. l let her 90. l knew l could find
her, and being always an honest and
industrious soul set to work whereby
TO live, but in a year began to pine,
to droop, to fail, and l set out on my
travels in search of her who had desert
ed me. In the course of time tracked
her to England, and-well. you know
the rest. :"
He stopped and waved his hand as
though be had finished.
"Go on-to the end," said Beryl
"The end! Ma fol, the end is not yeti
You gave me the news that my wife
had done what hoped she would. and
you helped me to find her. | thank
you. | found her. saw her, showed her
what my power was and how she must
do what wished or be Graggled i'll the