Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-04


mans face.
thews. They had grown up together.
they had come to Vaudeville together.
and he was not as much In the dark
as Clarence Westover would have
liked him to be. He closed the front
door upon the young man and shut
fed back to the sickroom muttering to
himself:
"I'd just as lief as not nobody should
be spying on him In his last hours. He
do humble a lot of mortal strange
stuff with the fever in his poor head
But the fever was all out Of Horace
Matthews head when he turned to-
ward Reuben and asked feebly:
Reuben. when was Thomas tele.
graphed for?'
might before last SIR"
"And what did you say in it?'
"Guardian very ill. Wants to see
you. Come at once"
HAS he answered"
mo, sir"
"Perhaps he didn't get it."
Now. there you 60 to fretting, sir.
1t amt bit like you. The doctor says
you was to keep calm"
$50 he did. Reuben, so he did. II
he got the message. when ought he to
be here?"
81 asked the telegraph man that
same question. According to his CAL
culation. Mr.. Thomas Is due here
about q. m"
"And it Is now
"Just half past II. Sir"
The sick man closed his eyes weari-
ly. How Insignificant all things here
below now seemed! 1t was as If he
were getting his life. with all Of Its
loves. all of its ambitious. its tolls. Its
achievements. its mistakes. In a true
perspective at last. And how mean,
how absolutely worthless. the sum to.
tai was!
All the capacity for loving he had
been endowed with he had exercised
for one child. He had loved Olivia to
the exclusion Of that broader. more
elevating love for his fellow man as
his neighbor. To make Olivia happy.
to secure her against any mischance In
the future. had seemed the one thing
worth doing. That she might have,
others must give; that she might re-
joice. others must suffer. When he
was working his way with strenuous
stubbornness to this goal he had not
questioned his own methods nor the
danger Of working harm. and not good.
to the idol of his life.
With the presumption born Of a phe-
nomenally good physical record he had
looked forward to seeing Olivia enjoy
ing the fruits Of his wise stewardship,
while he aided and encouraged Thorn
as BroXton in his ascent Of the ladder
which 1t was well for every man to
climb In his youth.
He was not the first man who has
been surprised by death in the midst
Of unfinished schemes, and presently
Thomas BroXton would be standing
where that terrible old woman had
stood. defiant. accusing. merciless. He
opened his eyes from what Reuben had
thought was tranquil slumber to say
hurriedly. 81 think should like to see
my daughter. Reuben. before Mr..
BroXton gets here"
And 1t was then that Reuben, going
in search Of her, had found her in her
own room. sitting with her head bur-
led in her outstretched arms.
For the first time in her life Olivia
obeyed the summons to her fathers
presence with reluctance. DR.. Govan
had reassured her on the subject of pa-
ralysis.
Your father was violently agitated
by the visit Of that poor old irrespon-
sible creature and temporarily lost his
powers of speech. All agitation must
positively be avoided, my dear, and
when you 60 into his presence you
must remember how much depends
upon your personal observance Of this
caution"
Then for the first time in her life
she must act a falsehood. She must
20 into her fathers presence with a
heavy load on her young heart, long
ing to ask him questions that must
not be asked, yearning to have him