Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-02-05
CHAPTER XI.
BERYL SPEAKS.

reached the drawing room old Lady
Walcote pleaded headache for an ex-
ouse to 60 to her rooms and carried
away Beryl with her.
"Now, then, my dear, let Us settle
ourselves for a quiet chitchat in the
corner here" said Mrs. De Witt as soon
as she and Lola were alone, "and let's
be com Portable. Tell me, who's your
friend? like him rather, but snouldD' Z
care to like him much.
"Do you mean NJ. Turrian?'
"Well, don't mean Sir Jaffray, do
II And when say friend can't mean
q woman, can I?''
"He's no friend of mine," replied
Lola indifferently. Hes here because
5affray asks him."
"Well, my dear, of course he is. "
And she laughed significantly.
81 mean that l do not want him
here" said Lola rather warmly, resent.
ing her companions tone.
"Oh, it's that way, is it? He is the
snarer, is he? Has it been that way
with him long? How long is it since
you refused him?"
Lola laughed in her turn.
"You think there must always b.
that kind of tie, eh?"
"Not always, but in this case yes
Else why is he here, my dear? But he's
not clever when he drinks, and if there
had been 20 people at the table tonight
they could all have seen that there was
some scrt of relationship between you
two other than that of mere casual ac-
quaintance or friendship. "
Its just as easy for 20 people 10
make mistake as one" returned Lola
again warmly.
II only speak for your guidance, Lo,
la," said her companion, not noticing
the interruption, land you can be very
angry with me if you like. Never have
an affair with a man who wants to
blurt it out right in the teeth of the
world. That man was looking ut you
tonight when he was telling that cock
and bull story with al expression i'll his
eyes which said as plainly US possible,
You and l understand one another. ,
And you are so inexperienced-dou't be
angry, my dear; you'll grow out of it
in time-that you even turned shade
pale and bit your lip hard when he did
look at you. Of course l don't doubt
you bit about having no understand
ing with him, but in that case !
wouldn't have him in the house an
hour if I were you, for he acts just as
if you both did understand one another
very thoroughly. And one has to he
very innocent nowadays before one can
afford to be suspected for nothing. It's
bad enough when it's for something. !"
And Mrs. De Witt laughed again and
shrugged her plump white shoulders.
"You find it hard. dare say, to look
through smoked glasses and see what
you take for smoke and not cry 'Firer
directly
"That may be as you like, " replied
the other curtly, "but in any case I'm
not such fool as to let man cry Fire!
Fire!' very loudly and plainly in order
that other people may amuse themselves
by speculating whether there's smoke
or not" And Mrs. De Witt coughed a
little aggravatingly. "But tell me who
is he? Where did Magog pick him up?"
Lola told her shortly.
can old pupil. Oh'' And she coughed
again. "You know, Lola. you are very
pretty and-well, / have heard of such
thing as music master falling in
love-you know what I mean. Of
course you know best. and it's not for
me to say q word. But if 1 were you l
shouldn't encourage Magog in that in
timacy."
Lola laughed this time and quite un-
restrainedly. Mrs. De Witt had gone so
far off the track that there was no dam
ger of her guessing anything Of the
truth.
81 tell you what I'll do" she said,
after moments pause. "I'll lend him
to you. Jaffray was saying the other
day he'd like to see you setting your
wicked little wits at him. and I'll
give you unconditional leave to flirt
with him as much as you can."
Mrs. De Witt looked little puzzled
at this.
"No, thank you. I have a graver
mission than that. I mean to bring
back Magog himself to his lost allie