Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-12


conjured. the pleasure of meeting and
walking together forming its own ex'
cuse for doing 30. Once they encounter
ed old Grimwood taking his shufaine
constitutional stroll. ordered by his
medical advisers. and he leered at them,
lifting his hat as they passed with po'
lite ostentation. but nothing he could
do seemed acceptable to Stillson How
ard. who scowled at Grimwood's per,
petual wink and neglected to return his
salutation.
II suppose it is wicked Of me-, said
Elinor. "but I cannot help disliking
that man. Perhaps it is because know
it was his opposition that caused the
bankruptcy of my father, although that
should be no excuse for me.
Howard replied in a rhapsody which
need not be here recorded, for he was
prejudiced against Grimwood and
made no real effort to do justice to the
distinguished talents of the shrewd old
man. talking instead of the impossi-
bility of angels having anything but
loathing for beings Of an exactly op-
posite nature whom it would not be
polite to specify.
One day there appeared to be q little
furry in the wheat market, and Elinor
was kept more than usually busy in the
receiving and sending of kilograms.
Most of them were in cipher. and the
others might as we'll have been so for
all the impression they made on the
mind of the fair operator. But once,
when excitement on the board was at
it's highest and the noise at its loudest.
two words caught her attention as an
nail arrests a trailing gar
ment. She found herself writing the
words "Stillson Howard" as the instru-
ment clicked off the letters. Then she
read the finished dispatch. and for a
her breathing stopped:
c. T. Grimwood. Board Trade, Disopolis:
Induce Stillson Howard to buy wheat in
large quantities. Then we have him foul
The signature was that Of Grim
woods agent in Chicago, from which
city the message came. Many times ev-
cry day since she had been there the
same signature had come over the wires
For one brief instant arose the temp
tation to suppress the dispatch, but
with trembling hands she quickly fold
ed it. put it in an envelope and wrote
the name of Grimwood. She stood and
watched the telegraph boy threading
his way through the excited throng to
give the message to the old man, who
read it. crushed the paper in his hand
and thrust it into his pocket. Then his
malign eye rested on young Howard
with an expression of such intense ha-
tired that Elinor shivered as she saw it.
Howard. the center of seething mob,
a head taller than his fellows, had his
right hand upraised. and he shouted in
a triumphant voice that rang through
the hall:
"I'll take 10000 bushels. -
He was buying then-the girl knew
that much.-and he needed little induc-
ing. Old Grimwood watched him, keep
ing aloof and taking no part in the
struggle, and many others watched
Grimwood, whose immobile face told
them nothing.
"You look a little tired, Miss Nc
Clintoch, said member, coming up
to the counter. "Does the hubbub wor-
ry your
"Oh, no; I'm used to that. What is
it all about?"
"There's little futter in the wheat
market-some queer rumors floating
about. I've thrown up my hand myself.
Somebody's going to get nipped, and
think it's q first rate time to 60 fish
ing"
81 don t understand these operations
Which side is Mr.. Grimwood onT
"Well. now. for person who hasn't
learned the game that's not bad
You've turned up the right bower first
time. We'd all like to know where the
old man stands. Grimwood seems to be
'lyin low and sayin muffin. don't think
it will be much of a shower myself,
but that's what the other fellow said to
Noah. and authorities now are con-
vinced he was wrong.
The insistent electrical machine called
to the girl and she turned to it. but all
the while the abhorrent phrase kept
tapping at her mind, "Then we'll have
him foul" If she could, without tell
ing what she knew. give him hint
but that would merely be doing indi-
rectly what she had promised not to dc
directly. yes. or indirectly either, for
Sandys had trusted her completely.
Even if she resigned Immediately and
warned her lover it would be breach
of confidence to reveal what she learned
while in the employ of the telegraph
company. There was nothing she could
honestly do but resolutely hold her
peace and let the lightning strike where
it would She had foreseen no such test
as this when she gave her promise to
the manager Old Grimwood himself
came to the corner with a message, and
his baleful eye seemed to search her
conscience as it fell upon her. He
made no remark and turned away as
she took the telegram. 1t was to his
Chicago agent and was terse enough.
"Everything going our way, it said.
She sighed as she sent the four words
flying over the wire
Elinor hoped her strength would not
be put to strain 1t could not stand,
and on leaving the building she went
up the avenue and across the town.
walking rapidly and avoiding her ac-
customed route that she might not meet
her lover. AS she turned out of the wide
avenue into a bystreet she heard quick
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