Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-04-28
CHAPTER XIV-CoNTINUED.


was glad; but her greeting was dis
tinctively accusative.
"If should pretend to be deeply Of
Tended and tell Thomas to show you
the door, what could you say for your
self" she began. before he could say
9 word in exculpatioE.
ri should say every sort Of excuse
ful thing ]. could think Of, knowing
very well that the most ingenious
lie would fall far short of atoning for
the offense," he replied humbly.
Possibly 1t would be better to tell
the truth--had you thought OF that?"
she suggested, quite without malice.
Eyes, had; and shall, II you'll
let me begin back bit" He drew up
a chair to face her and sat on the
edge OF 1t. "You know I told you
was going 10 CASTOR to sell my six
lots while Major Guilford's little boom
is on:'
I'm trying to remember: 60 on"
well, / went yesterday morning
and returned late last night. Do you
know, it's positively marvelous!"
"Which-the six lots, the boom.
or the celebrity of your movements?"
she asked with a stimulation of deepest
interest.
"All three, II you please; but I
meant the miraculous revival of things
along the Trans Western. But that Is
neither her nor there"
Il think It Is very much here and
there" she interrupted.
II see you don't want me to tell the
truth-the whole truth; but I am de-
termined. The first man / met after
dinner was Hunnicott, and when
made him my broker in the real es-
tate affair we fell to talking about
the railroad steal. Speaking Of Mac
Farlane's continued absence, Hunni-
colt said, jokingly, that II was pity
we couldn't go back to the methods
Of few hundred years ago and hire
the Hot Springs doctor to 'obliterate'
him. The word stuck in my mind,
and l broke away and took the train
chiefly to have a chance to think out
the new line. In the smoking-room
Of the sleeper I found-whom, do you
suppose?'
"Oh, | don't know: Judge MacFar-
lane, perhaps, coming back to give you
a chance to poison him at short
ranger"
mo; 1t was Marston"
And he talked so long and so fast
that you couldn't get here in time for
dinner this evening? That would be
the most picturesque of the little fic-
tions you spoke Of"
Kent laughed.
For the first hour he wouldn't talk
at all; just sat there wooden-faced,
smoking vile little cigars that made
me think was getting hay-fever. But
I wouldn't give up; and after | had
worn out all the commonplaces | began
on the Trans Western muddle. At that
he woke up all at once, and before |
knew 1t he was giving me an expert
legal opinion on the case; meaty and
sound and judicial. Miss Van Brock,
that man is lawyer, and an exceed
ingly able one. at that"
"Of course" she said coolly. "He
was one of the justices of the supreme
court of his own state at AZ: that was
before he had come west for his health.
I found that out long time ago"
And you never told mel" said Kent,
reproachfully. well, no matter; |
found out for myself that he is a man
to tie to. After we had canvassed the
purely legal side Of the affair, he
wanted to know more, and | went In
for details, telling him all the infer
ences which involve Bucks. Meigs,
Hendricks, MacFarlane and the lot OF
them"
Miss Portals eyes were flashing.
Good, good, good!" she said. "Da-
vid, I'm proud of you. That took cour-
age-heaps Of it."
81 did have to forget pretty hard
that he was the lieutenant-governor
and nomina,ly one of the gang. But II
he Is not with US, neither is he against
us. He took it all quietly, and when
was through, he said: You have told
me some things that knew, and some
others that I only suspected.
WAS that all?" asked Miss Van
Brock, eagerly.
mo: took good long breath and
asked his advice"
did he give it,"
"He did. He said in sober earnest
lust what Hunnicott had said in
Joke: If | had your case to fight, |
should try to obliterate Judge MacFar-
lane began to say that MacFar-
lanes removal wouldn't help us so long
as Bucks has the appointing Of his
successor, and then he turned on me
and hammered 1t in with last word
Just as we were leaving the train: I
didn't say remove; l said obliterate.
caught on. after so long time, and
I've been hard at work ever since"
"You are obliterating me" said Miss
Portia. 81 haven't the slightest idea
what It is all about"
Its easy from this on" said Kent.
consolingly. You know how Mac
Farlane secured his re-election?"
Everybody knows that"
well. TO cut long story short, the
gerrymander deal won't stand the
light. The constitution says"
"Oh. please don't quote law books
at me. Put it in English-woman-
English, if you can"
81 will. The special act of the assem-
bly, is void: therefore there was no le-
gal election. and. by consequence. there
is no judge and no receiver"
Miss Van Brock was silent for re-
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