Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-08

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was and what you had said to me; but,
although 1 screamed and awoke myself,
all in tremble, never told. "
The manager smiled grimly and said
seriously:
"That is the right spirit, and here
we are at the door of the inquisition." "
At the end of large hall, wide and
lofty double doors standing open gave a
view of the interior of an immense
room, in which several men were walk
ing about with their hands in their
pockets. A man in sort of uniform
guarded the door and sharply scruti-
nized all comers Sandys, however, did
not enter the huge room, but opened a
small door at the right and went into
the telegraph Office, Elinor, with fast
beating heart, following him.
The telegraph Office was comparative
II small and was practically an alcove
Of the ample apartment used by the
board of trade, divided from it by a
counter whose broad polish ed oaken top
was Uttered with telegraph blanks and
splashed here and there with ink. In the
center of the Office was wide table
halved longitudinally by a partition of
glass, while crosswise were other glass
bulkheads, parceling out the table top
into sections, in each one of which a
telegraph instrument occupied the CEN
ter. AS a usual thing one operator was
enough to do the business Of the Office,
but in times of stress, caused by fut-
ter in the market, help had to be called
for from the central Office, and some
times the six compartments were in
chattering activity.
"Now, Miss Elinor," said the man
ager, "this is your workroom. Johnnie
Fielders here will be in charge for a
week or as much longer as is necessary,
and you will be his assistant AS soon
as you are ready to take full control l
shall remove him elsewhere. for he is
a most useful young man."
Sandys left the room and strolled
into the board of trade, the doorkeeper
nodding to him, for the head of the
Western Union was privileged indi-
vidual. The spacious chamber of COM
merce was rapidly filing up, and ris-
ing murmur of conversation quivered
in the air. Now and then some exuber-
ant person with a silk hat on the back
of his head yelled out a startling ex-
clamation which made Miss McClintoch
Jump the first time she heard it, little
dreaming of the pandemonium to which
she would later become accustomed
She thought there had been dreadful
accident. but nobody paid the slightest
attention, and she learned that this was
merely the preliminary sparring for the
contest that was to come after, just as
athletes in field timber up before the
game commences
"Hello, Sandys' said young man,
greeting the head of the Western Union
"Acting the unaccustomed part of the
squire of danes, eh2 Who is the beau
ty2"
"The beauty, Mr.. Howard, is friend
Of mine. answered the manager coldly
The young man laughed
$50 l surmised, curmudgeon; other
wise would not have sought enlighten-
ment from you. l never deal in second
hand information, as some OF my dis
tinguished fellow citizens on this floor
are beginning to find out
"Yes. l undertand You are exceed
ingly successful in your struggles here
Let me advise you to be content with
that >
Content? No man is ever content
with anything. But say, Sandys, you
are surely never going to place so pretty
a girl in the telegraph Officer"
81 have already done SO, and have
told her. Furthermore. that she would
find every man she met here a gentle
man.
"Oh. you always were an optimist.
Sandysl l think, you know, you are
stretching it a bit to call old Grim
wood, who is now about to honor US
with his presence, gentleman. Merely
my own opinion, Of course. .
TO BE CONTINUED.