Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-01-03
Then he puhed thoughtfully at his dg-

Indeed" he went on presently. g
think the invasion is not far awgy
They tell me the woods in the nortf
are alive with British cavalry. ! m
not. able to te,, how many, but, Disn!
1t is enough. The army should infdfn
itself Immediately. / think 1t Is bet'
ter that you penetrate to the river 70
morrow, If you are no afraid, to see
what is between, and to return by ths
woods. I shall trouble you to take q
letter to the Gen. Brown. IT win tbe
ready at any hour" E
"At six?" inquired. 4
"At six. certainly, q you desire e
start then" he replied. E
He rose ard took my arm affecti6n-
ately and conducted me to the big
drawing-room. Two of the ladies were
singing as one played the guitar4
looked in vain for the Misses de Lam-
bert The others were all there, but
they had gone. felt singular De-
preston at5their absence and went to
my room shortly to get my rest, for l
had to be OF early sinEthe mornipg Be-
fore going to bee; however, sat down
to think and do some writing. Bst ]
could not for the life of me put away
the thought of the young ladies. They
looked alike, and yet + felt sure t9ey
were very different. Somehow could
not recall in what particular they fif-
fered. I sat a time thinking oversit.
Suddenly heard low voices, those OF
women speaking In French; could not
tell from where they came.
II do wish she would die, the hatsful
thing!" said one. Ut must be under
stood these words are more violentin
English than they seem in French.1
"The colonel is severe tonight" said
another.
"The colonel--a fine baroness in-
deed-vieille tyran! cannot love her.
Lord! I once tried to love monkey
and had better luck. The colonel keeps
all the men to herself. Whom hare
/ seen for year? Dieul women,
grandpapas, greasy guides! Not p
young man since we left Paris n
my dear Louison!| said the other,
"there are many things better than
men"
eau nom de Dieu! But should Ike
to know what they are. I have meyer
seen them" ii
"But often men are false and evil"
said the other, in a sweet, low voice. !
"Nonsensem said the first, impa-
tiently. 81 had rather elope with q
one-legged hostler than always live In
these woods" & e
"Louison! You ought to cross yo1r-
self and repeat Hail Mary" I
Thanks! I have tried prayer. iIt
Is mt what I need. / am no nun Ike
you. My dear sister, don't you ever
long for the love of q mana big
handsome, hearty fellow who co1ld
take you up in his arms and squeeze
the life out of your" 9j
"Eh, bien," said the other, with 1
sigh, 81 suppose 1t is very nice. do
not dare, to think of it." b
.nIicel " is heaven. 'Lonisa! AL
to see a man like that and not be perry
mitted TOTO speak to him! Think OF
it! A young and handsome man-the
first have seen for year! Honestly
could poison the colonel" y
my dear, 1t is the count as much
as the colonel. She is under his or
ders, and he has an eagle eye" .
"The old monkey. He enrages me!
could rend him limb from limb"
I could not help hearing what they
said, but I did not think 1t quite fair
to share their confidence any further,
so 1 went to one of the windows and
closed a shutter noisily. The voices
must have come from q little balcony
just under my room.
my dear sister, you are very ter
rible," said one Of them, and then the
shutter came to, and heard no more.
A full moon lighted the darkness. A
little lake cleaned like silver between
the tree-tops. Worn out with hard
travel, l fell into bed shortly, and lay
a long time thinking of those young
ladies, of the past, of tomorrow and It's
perils, and of the farther future. A
new life had begun for me.
TO BE CONTINUED.