Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-11

of him.
Seton, If you don't mind. we will de.
fer our notes till tomorrow. / shall
not need you today"
The girl jumped up.
"stop!' Mrs. Van Stylert called after
her. "Why not come this evening? ]
shall not 60 out till 10. Come at g."
"But," demurred the secretary, II
fear"-
"At 9 o'clockw loudly repeated her
employer. 1--WE can then finish today's
work. No objections, If you please"
The secretary took herself away.
trembling in every limb. She had no
intention of going at o'clock in the
evening to do the work which she had
contracted to perform from 4 to 5 In
the afternoon. And to be spoken to
like that before Tom Harroway!
As for Harroway, he was furious.
upon my word. Mrs. Van Stylert," !"
he said, "you have needlessly humili'
ated a lady," and went hastily from
the house.
If he expected to see the secretary
outside he was doomed to disappoint'
ment, for when he reached the street
she was nowhere in sight.
Mrs. Van Stylert had her maid fetch
her a cup of strong beef tea, she felt
so used up.
"Amy thinks l want him to marry
Charlotte! And" she said, thereafter
| shall sympathize with every scien'
tific experiment hear Of. And human
nature is the same as it ever wasl
Hold. though! What shall / do when
Amy comes tomorrow, for Of course
she will not come this evening? | sup
pose | must chance 1t. am growing
reckless. And Charlotte means to
marry the count! Didn't her mother
hint as much last nightT"
AS for the secretary. she had some
thing to think about. And In the WARP
and weft Of her thought was thread
Of satisfaction that young man had
seen the folly Of being an idler and
was about to become a useful member
Of society. 1t Is always satisfaction
to know that our theories receive sup
port. And. apropos Of that young man,
what sort of spirit did he think she
possessed when she would put up with
such treatment as he had witnessed
Mrs. Van Stylert inflict upon herI
And suppose he was flirting with Miss
Templeton! She tossed her head.
She had promised the lady with
whom she boarded to go to the opera
that night, the lady having had two
tickets presented to her by a friend
who was hastily called from the city
and could not use them.
The thought Of Harroway's possible
Irritation with Miss Templeton made
her feel that she should like to look
her best that evening. Her hair was
her first care, and she arranged it SO
as to set off its abundance and color.
"As though it would be in good taste
to wear it this way when am attend
ing to businessp' she said loftily.
Next she donned a white gown full
of feeciness and ripping with ribbons.
She looked in the glass and was not dis
satisfied with the reflection.
1t was then 8 o'clock, and she sal
down and waited for the lady who
was to escort her to the opera. In.
stead the lady had to go and tumble
down the back stairs and received such
contusions and abrasions as made II
impossible for her to stir from the
house that night. OF course the secre-
tary could not 60 alone, 80 she started
to take off her finery. All at once the
enormity of Mrs. Van Stylert's treat
ment Of her struck her more cruelty
than ever. Should she keep on accept
ing that lady's favors? "Not If had a
dozen mothers" she said, "and she had
been to school with every one of them!'
She would inform Mrs. Van Stylert
tomorrow that she must decline to act
as her secretary any longer.
Tomorrow! 1t was not yet o'clock.
Mrs. Van Stylert had commanded her
to come to her at 8. Why not go to-
night and tell her not to expect her
next day and, just as she was, let
that arrogant schoolmate Of her mother
see her possibilities as a well dressed
woman?
1t was all very foolish, very girlish,
but she did not care to be considered a
dowdy any more than she would accept
gratuitous contumely.