Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-12-29

that the person l was following wa
not fsp In advance of me, | did no
dare to enter this brilliantly lllumine,
Space, especially as there was every In
= Fdication Of this person having com
pleted whatever task he had set 70
himself. Indeed | was sure that
heard his steps coming back. So. 70
the second time, crouched down II
the darkest place | could find and le
this mysterious person pass me. Whel
he had quite disappeared, | made m!
own retreat, for it was late. and | wa
afraid Of being missed at the ball. Blu
later, or, rather. the next day, re
turned and began search for tht
money which. was confident. haC
been left In these woods by the person
l had been following. found 1t, ant
when the man here present, who
though q mere fiddler. has presumed
to take q leading part In this inter
view, came upon me with the bills ir
my hand. l was but burying deeper the
III gotten gains had come upon."
"Ah. and so making them your own, .
quoth Sweetwater, stung by the sar
casm In that word fiddler.
But with a suavity against which
every attack fell powerless she met
his significant look with one fully as
significant and quickly said:
"If had wanted the money for my.
self. I would not have risked leaving II
where the murderer could find 1t by
a bunch of sodden leaves. No. l had
another motive for my action. a motive
with which few. II any. Of you will be
willing to credit me. wished to save
the murderer. whom I had some rea-
son. as you see, for thinking | knew.
from the consequences OF his own ac-
ton" !
Mr.. Courtney, DR.. Talbot and even
BIr. Sutherland. who naturally believed
she referred to label and who. one and
all, had lingering tenderness for this
unfortunate old man which not even
this seeming act of madness on his
part could quite destroy. felt species
Of reaction at this and surveyed the
singular being before them with per-
heps the slightest shade of relenting
In their severity. Sweetwater alone
betrayed restlessness. Knapp showed
no feeling at all. while Frederick look
ed like one petrified and moved neither
hand nor foot.
"Crime that Is the outcome Of fore
thought ls despicable," she went on,
with deliberateness so hard that the
more susceptible Of her auditors shud-
dered. But crime that springs from
some Imperative and overpowering ne
cesslty Of the mind or body might well
awaken sympathy. and am not
ashamed of having been sorry for this
frenzied and suffering man. Weak and
impulslve as you may consider me.
did not want him to suffer on account
Of moments madness, as be undoubt.
edly would If be were ever found with
this money In bis possession. so
plunged 1t deeper into the soil and
trusted to the confusion which crime
always awakens even In the strongest
mind for him not to discover my sub
terfuge."
"Ha! Wonderful! Devilish subtle,
eh? Clever, too cleverr' were some Of |
the whispered exclamations which this |
curious explanation on her part brought |
out Yet only Sweetwater showed his
open and entire disbelief Of the story,
the others possibly remembering tb
for such natures as hers there
governing law and no commopR
To Sweetwater, howeyS
but SO much display
source and subtlety. e.
should keep still i2l
men so greatly biz
lot resist sayin nG1
lotion. shou
my such motiV ..
'oung girl sa
many backwd
which we af
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ay that this RI
vas out of con
Id man you do
hem there. do
ct you can b
fter the factT
Her eyebrow
ate curve Of