Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-03-18
Upon my life I nearly fell In love with
her myself that night, and when I told
her that

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her that
We'd sit beneath the arching vines and wonder
Why earth could be unhappy while the heavens
Still left US youth and love,
why, wished we were sitting there,
that's all Her career was made from
that night. Juliet was her next success,
and that led to Maude in Hearts Are
Trumps, in which she was simply mag
nifcent. After that the deluge came
"Miss Western vanished
"We heard afterward that 1t was a
letter which had bowled her over. Any
way she went and left not trace be-
hind, and Dick vanished too. Verb.
sat. sap, captain, as the ancients said
under similar conditions, and that's all
know Of Miss. Mary Western, and it's
dry work talking, captain"
I took the hint, and when Mr. Van
| deleur seemed again quite happy with
his surroundings went on:
"And the man Dick? What did you
say his name was?"
Lambert.
"This Dick Lambert-can you tell
me anything of him?"
"Nothing much to his good. 3eemed
to be a careless toddy crusherf f'only
that and nothing MORE. He lhad a
chance many time and oft, put he
never got beyond the First Gravadigger
in Hamlet, and a deuced poor fpne be
was too."
"What was he like in appearahce?"
| "Old Red Sandstone we used to call
him. Red and sandy were his eolors,
sir, with an occasional patch off black
about the eye. He was darnf good
Judge Of horsefesh though, and Ae said
he once knew Latin, but there was no
particular reae.n for believing him. he
had been a bit Of bruiser in his time
and had been handy with the shooting
irons in California. He lost one arm
there in an argument.
"Then you think Miss Western went
of with him?'
"Well, what do you think? Female
woman male man Cbums-very much
ohums Female woman disappears
Male man ditto Verb. sat- sap, as l
said before.
"Were they never heard of againT'
"Dick has been seen, and he is at
large now and no doubt could be found,
but Miss Western was utterly lost sight
of till we recognized the photograph.
By the bye, Miss Western seems to have
had good many admirers. The day
after she went q man turned up who
made himself felt like slice of tEgyp.
tian darkness when he was told she had
hooked II with Dick There wopld be
trouble in their camp that week. | ven.
ture to suggest.
"What was he like?"
Don't remember In fact, never
saw him. He only staid few hours
Just long enough to make those he met
wish he had gone earlier. He was not a
sociable man that day, captain. y
sis there anything more you can tell
me, Mr.. Vandeleur?"
Nothing about Miss Western and
the one armed joker, but on present day
matters 1 may say that my benefit takes
place next week and you may then have
your wish gratified of seeing Finnecure
Vandeleur in his finest part. We are
performing Lost In the Great Sahara
at Islington next week, sir. / hope ]
may rely upon seeing you on my night
Friday"
"You may rely upon me, MIR. Vande'
leur, as slight return for your kind.
ness in giving me this information. Have
you any tickets on your"
"You are a man Of business, captain
have. Shall we say box? That will
be one guinea. Thank you, sir. Now ]
must 90. On Friday Of next week, then
Thanks, will have another smoke, aa
you insist. You have taste in CIGARS
captain. Even landlubber can see
that" And with these and sundry 9th.
er disjointed sentences Mr.. Vandeleui
bowed himself out
TO BE CONTINUED.