Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-09-02

L OION. v IhhlLs
told me about it, but it'll worry i'm
like rips, fer, you know. jest day be-
fore yesterday he let Bob have another
two thousand to enlarge his business
on. Enlarge. say. A boy O. that age
ort to be spanked fer what he's done
Jest when folks was braggin' on i'm,
an
"Why. Mrs. Hillyer"- -Kenner's eyes
were wide open In astonishment -
"what are you talkin' aboutr'
"Talkin' about? Jim Kenner, do you
mean to tell me that you, the biggest
man gossiper in Darley, don't know
what Bob Hanks has gone and doneT'
"I'm at the fust Of 1t, Mrs. Hillyer."
"Well, he simply got that little Or
phan gal, Dora May, some'n' or other,
from Louisville, out O. Mrs. Styles
boardin' school last night an driv 'er
in a buggy to Springtown an got a
country preacher to marry 'em."
"Good Lord. Mrs. Hillyerw
THAT'S what he DONE" went on Mrs.
Hillyer. "They spent the night at the
preachers house, tuck breakfast, an
driv back to Darley. They've put up
permanent at the Johnston House. Mrs.
Dugan went up and seed whar Bob
had registered R. O. Hanks and Lady,
bless you! An that chit Of a gal in
short dresses hardly below the knee!
Mrs. Dugan says while she was thar
a-lookin' old Hanks come In as yallar
as squash an axed If they had riz
vet. The clerk told i'm no-that the
bridegroom had told i'm to say that he
was not ut home to any callers, an eft
1t was about business they wanted to
see i'm to refer 'em to his head sales
man ut the store. Did you ever? Is 1t
any wonder his daddy wouldn't set I'm
up in business? The wust bis head on
earth is the sort that young boys has
when they think they can start In to
raisin' family. Bob couldn't stand
prosperity, l reckon. Mrs. Dugan says
Mrs Styles has dismissed school fer
the rest O. the week an Is walkin'
about the campus on her hands with
'er feet in the air. 1t seems that the
gal was put in Mrs. Styles care by
some kin O. her'n, an the old lady don't
know what she's to do about 1t. Thars
some secret about who an what the
gal Is anyway. Mrs. Styles Is afeard
it will bust up the institution. Mrs.
Dugan says it will help the school
that folks will send Their scrub gals
thar to Kit 'em married off. Hain't they
heard it at the warehouse?"
"They hadn't when left about twen-
ty minutes ago, Mrs. Hillyer."
"Well, l won't stop you. see Mrs.
Stillman leanin' over the fence without
a bonnet or shawl in this wind. I'll go
an ease 'er up. I know yo're eechin'
to tell it to yore gang
A few minutes after Kenner had ex-
ploded his information at the office old
Hanks came in. He was pale, and his
skin looked as dry as old parchment
but he was eating roasted peanuts,
breaking the husks with steady, prong
like finger nails. He sat down with
out a word and dropped a handful or
bulls into the stove.
"Jim," he said suddenly to Kenner,
"what did you ever do about that ac-
count Bill Haskill was a-owin' you"
II got 1t yet" said Kenner, throwing
a knowing smile around the room.
"Well. eff you'll discount it enough to
make it interesting. Ill buy 1t. I've
got i'm tied up with piece o land O
his'n, an want the land"
81 reckon we kin make deal" said
the cotton buyer as he wiped a smile
from his facile mouth with his long
hand. 81 reckon you heard that Bob
had taken to hisself helpmeet"
The group hung on the old mans re-
ply. Hanks crushed another peanut In
his hand and raised the best part OF 1t
to his lips.
IL don't care what he does" he said.
81 told you all you'd make a fool OF
i'm, an now l reckon you see was
right" He was staring accusingly at
Hillyer. You started It," he blurted
out. Thar amt one boy in forty mil
lion that kin keep from gittin' the big
head with sech responsibilities put OH
i'm all of sudden, but hain't a-carin.'
I reckon you know how to git yore
money back"
"Oh, | don't know that this means
absolute ruin" said Hillyer in his own
defense. Somehow I've got faith In
Bob yet A boy full O. puppy love will
sometimes act reckless, but it may end
all right"
At this juncture Bob Hanks himself
came In. He wore his best clothes,
and his boots had been freshly polish
ed. His glance, rather frank one'
Kenner thought, rested dubiously on
his fathers face.
"They told me at the hotel that you
wanted to see me, father" he said. III
I'D known YOU
"Yes, called an left my cyard," an
swered Hanks. with a sneer, but l
wasn't in no hurry. 1 jest called on
little matter O. business. You sorter
got me to promise week ago that I'd
hep you put In that stock O dry goods,
but find out that my present intentions
won't permit of it. When I thought
favorably Of 1t, you was unmarried
man, with jest yoreself to look after
an yore board paid by another party,