Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-29

possible to tell whether a man mad
natural taste for flowers or was the
willins victim to taste higher than
his own.
Rayburn Miller and Alan sat smok-
ing and talking in the room Of the
latter till half past 8 O'clock, and then
they went down. AS a general rule,
young men were expected to escort
ladies to dances when the young men
went at all, but Alan was often ex-
cused from 80 doing on account of liv.
ing In the country, and Miller had
broken down every precedent in that
respect and never invited a girl to 60
with him. He atoned for this short
coming by contributing most literally
to every entertainment given by the
young people, even when he was out
Of town. He used to say he liked to
Craze and nibble at such things and
feel free to 60 to bed or business at
will.
AS the two friends entered the big
parlor Alan espied the girl about whom
he had been thinking all day. She was
seated in one Of the deep, lace cur
tanned windows behind the piano.
Frank Hillhouse was just presenting
to her a faultlessly attired travelling
salesman. At this juncture one of the
floor managers with white rosette on
his lapel called Miller away to ask his
advice about some details and Alan
turned out of the parlor into the wide
corridor which ran through the house.
He did this in obedience to another
unwritten law governing Darley's so
cial intercourse-that 1t would be i'm
polite for q resident gentleman to in
trude himself upon stranger who
had just been introduced to lady. So
he went down to the ground floor and
stroned into the Office. 1t was full Of
tobacco smoke and throng Of men,
some of whom were from the country
and others from the town drawn to
the hotel by the festivities. From the
office a door opened into bar and
billiard room, whence came the click
ing of ivory balls and the grounding
of cues. Another door led into the
large dining room, which had been
cleared of it's tables that it might be
used for dancing. There we>e saving
of fiddles. the twanging Of guitars, the
Jingle Of tambouriIies and the groan-
ing of bass viol. The musicians,
black and yellow, occupied chairs on
one of the tables, which had been
placed against the wall, and one Of
tie floor managers was engaged In
whiting parafln candles over the
floor and rubbing it In with his feet.
Seeing what he was doing, some OF
the young men, desirous of trying their
new patent leather pumps. came In
and began to waltz singly and in cou-
pies.
When everything was in readiness,
the floor manager piloted the dancers
downstairs. From the Office Alan saw
them filing into the big room and tax
ing seats in the chairs arranged against
the walls on all sides. He saw Frank
Hillhouse and Dolly Barclay sit down
near the band; the salesman had dis
appeared. Alan threw his cigar away
and went straight to her.
"Oh, here you arer' laughed Frank
Hillhouse as Alan shook hands with
her. 81 told Miss Dolly coming on
that the west wind would blow you
this way, and when I saw Ray Miller
lust now l knew you'd struck the
town."
"It wasn't exactly the wind" replied
Alan. T'm afraid you will forget me
II stay on the farm all the time"
1--WE certainly are glad to have you,"
smiled Miss Barclay.
81 knew she'd say that-I knew 1t,
I knew it." said Hillhouse. "a girl
can always think Of nicer things to
say to feller than his rival can. Old
3quire Trabue was teasing me the 9th
r day about how hard you was to
beat, Bishop, but I told him the bigger
the war the more victory for some
body, and, as the feller said, I tote fair
and am aboveboard."
Alan greeted this with an all but WIS.,
Ible shudder. There was much In his
dignifed bearing and good appearance
to commend him to the preference of
tny thinking woman. especially when
t,ntrasted to Hillhouse, who was only