Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-02

| FOL uer us SyNlputuleS grew upOu I'LL
, to ,uci an extent that he found 1t diff
felt b quit the young man for mo
melt ,r even to turn his eyes away
from tie face he had never seemed tt
know till now. But rs q friend an6
! stranger were now rapidly leaving the
yard l. controlled himself and. assum
inga more natural demeanor. asked his
son ifhe were now ready to ride back
But t, his establishment. Frederick re-
piled hat he did not intend to return
to Sutierlantitown at present. that he
had Business in Porchester and that
be wal doubtful as to when he would
be ready to 60 home. AS the old gen:
tiemat did not wish to raise contro.
versy. he said nothing. but as soon as
he saw Frederick disappear up the
road be sent back the carriage he had
orderai. saying that be would return
In I'orcheSer gig as soon as he had
settled some fairs of his own. which
| mighl and might not detain him there
till evening.
Then he proceeded to q little inn,
where be hited a room with windows
that looked out on the hlghroad. In
one of these windows he sat all day,
watching for Frederick. who had gone
further up the road.
But no Frederick appeared. and with
vague miSSivinss. for which as yet he
had no name. le left the window and
set out on foot for home.
1t was now dark. hut sllvery gleam
on the horizon gave promise Of. the
speedy rising Of full moon Other
wise he would not have attempted to
walk over a road proverbially dark
and dismal
The churchyan. In which they had
just laid away Agatha. lay In his
course AS BIZ approached he felt his
heart fail. and Stopping moment ut
the stone wal that separated 1t from
the highroad. be leaned against the
trunk Of huge elm that guarded the
gate of entrance As he did so he
heard Il ,sQulll Of reDressed sobbing
soas 20 sSe
moved b. some undefinable impulse
stronger han his will. he pushed open
the gate and entered the sacred pre-
cincts.
Instantly th wierdness and desola
ton Of the SPIT struck him. He wish
ed, yet dreatsd. to advance. Some
thing in the grief Of the mourner
whose sobs b had heard had seized
upon his heatstrings. and yet as he
1besitated. the Iounds came again, and.
forgetting tina! his intrusion might not
prove altogetkr welcome. he pressed
l.forward till htcame within q few feet
rom the spotfrom which the sobs Is
r, lued
Is He had mced quietly. feeling the
IS we Of the plce. and when he paused
10 was with sensation Of dread not to
e Il entirely explained by the sad and
J. Smal surroundings. Dark as 1t was.
] discernpl the outline of form ly.
$, 3 stretchi In .speechless misery
W aoSS give. but when impelled by
J. g almost irresistible compassion he
b, sove TO spak his tongue Glove to the
,r nf Of his arouth and he only drew
Is hk furthe INTO the shadow
y K had recognized the mourner and
lp tt grave The mourner was Fred
ERIK and he grave that CT Agatha
1t W,b.
1T !few minutes later Mr.. Sutherland
le reappareda: the door Of the inn and
a askd for agig and driver to take him
p bat to S,therlandtown. He said IN
le extSe for his indecision that be had
H. untrtaker to walk. but had found his
lie stregth iad.quate to the exertion.
h. He as loo,ipg very pale and trembled
b so tat thelaldlord, who took his or
der. sked linn II he were i'll. But Mr..
80 Sutlrland Insisted that he was quite
Of Pwellonly Il q hurry, and showed the
~ greast i'm ntierce till he was again
nj startd upon the road.
Forthe firt half mile he sat perfect
d ~ Stint. Tie moon was now up ana
d the rod stretched before them flooded
IL with sht. As long as no one was TO
]. be seq on his road or OIL the pain
Il running besile it Mr.. Sutherland heio
tt himsel cree, his eyes fixed before
him imam attitude of anxious inquiry
&c but as 500, as any sound came TO
in break he silence or there appeared IN
e., the dishnce ahead Of them the least
d, appearance Of plodding wayfarer he
ut drew b,ck and hid himself in the re-
if cesSes q thA vehich This happened
rs several TINES. Then his whole man.
1e ner changed. They had just passed
n, FREDERIC. Walking. with bowed head.
th toward Sutptlandtorn.
rs But he was not tie only person on
the road at tbs time \ few minutes
IN preViously they had passed another
ID man walhng IN the sane direction. AS
1t Mr.. Sutherland muSdl over this he
y found himself peerlg through the
Il. small window at the luck of the bug
t. gy. striving to catch smother glimpse
Is Of the two nen ploddhg behind him.
N He could see them both his sons form
4. throwing its long shallow over the
moonlt road bllowed nly too closely
le by that other, whose ulgalnly step he
It feared to acknowledge b himself was
1t growing only too familia' In his eyes.
'r Failing in:o atroubled leverie, he be-
held the wall known hGlses and the
y great trees under whose shadow he
q had grown from youth tomanhood fit
by him like phantoms IN ddream. but
II suddenly one house and one place
Z drew his attention with | force that
% started hin again into al erect atti'
Z tude, and, seizing with one hand the