Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-10-01
solutely no effect upon his daughter.

|solutely no effect upon his daughter.
"Justice!" she repeated, with a con
temptuous smile, there is frequentl
more justice in a little common sens
than you can find in your law books
Remember now," fixing her eyes upo
him with a mixture Of command an
threatening. anything you may sa
that will affect the happiness and vel
fare of Florence Sherwood will deny
no matter whether 1t is true or false!
without waiting for him to reply
feeling that she had said all that ther
was to be said, and that nothing fur
ther would be Of the slightest avail
she turned from him and swept int
the house.
Dare looked after her half In dis
gust, half in admiration. He admire'
her spirit, which he was fatuousl.
pleased to think that she inherite'
from him, but he was disgusted tina
she should dare to talk to her fathe
like that. However, she was not. nj
mistress, and he should do as N
pleased. It would do no harm to bluf
Sherwood q little, even though no ma
terial advantage should result from
the attempt.
With this resolution he walked
down the narrow street and was fer
tunate enough to meet very shortl!
the objects of his thoughts.
"Hullo, Sid!" he cried, cordially.
Good evening". replied Dr. Sher
wood, attempting to avoid him and u
pass on his way.
But Dare was not to be thus easily
cast aside, especially with what n
had in view.
"See here, Sid, I want a word wiz
you," he said, with an ingratiatint
smile
It was not difficult for Sherwood Il
form a very just conclusion as to wha
the other wished to say, and he GER
tainly had no desire to hear 1t.
st have no time to talk to you. sir.
he said, icily. attempting to pass on.
"oh, haven't your" retorted Dare
and menacingly. "Ther
perhaps I'd better speak to Colone
Gray"
Sherwood wheeled quickly and look
ed his prosecutor full in the face. Fol
prosecutor he certainly was, and ont
that, with this knowledge, might prove
what have you to say?" he asked
after a pause.
"Ah! that's more like It," returned
Dare, with a smile Of satisfaction. HI
felt now quite confident of eventua
triumph.
"Well?"
Dare thought it best to come to the
point at once, and he proceeded to de
so without any circumlocution what
ever.
Il have something I would like t'
sell you"
Sherwood frowned. But he had beer
something like this evel
since his father-in-law had appeared
at Fort Terry, and he was prepared
forlt.
What Is it?" he asked, calmly. II
fact, SO calmly that 1t decidedly shool
the assurance Of the man who was at
to blackmail him, but still
the latter did not abandon his posi-
ton. ...
"Silence," he said, tersely.
Indeed? What do you consider Il
WORTH"
"Oh, I don't want to be hard on you
because you are an old friend, I might
almost say a relative"
The last word was spoken with al
the sly significance he could throw
into 1t. ..
But Sherwood still maintained hi!
attitude Of calm composure.
Go on, sir. What is your price?" =.
Dare hesitated a moment.
What do you say to five thousand? ?
you are too high,'" replied Sher'
wood, smiling grimly. He had already
decided that, no matter what happen
ed this man should not obtain one cen
from him. Should the worst come II
the worst, his word would count quite
as much as his, and, moreover, he fel
that he could rely OF
Helen to stand by him.
"Well, WELL" stammered Dare, de-
cidedly taken aback; lets split It,"
you are still too high"
"Then split 1t again"
Hardly"
"Then what will you give?"
Sherwood for an instant made no re-
ply. Then he asked abruptly. little
ashamed Of himself, too, for putting
the question:
May I ask If your daughter is II
the deal?"
1t was now Dare's turn to hesitate
But even his somewhat easy conscience
would not allow him to implicate Hell
en- in this proceeding.
NO" he answered, shamefacedly
"I'll do Nell the justice to say that sh'
denounced the scheme in good, whole
some English"
Sherwood smiled. He had knowr
pretty we'll that this was the case, bu
still he was glad to have his opinion
confirmed.
"All right. Now I'll tell you wha
I'll do" he said, speaking very quiet
ly and yet with most fixed determine
ton. II don't care that for you
threats" swapping his fingers, "and
won't give you one penny"
Upon this he walked calmly away
leaving the judge in a state of th'
utmost disgust. He knew that he hat
simply been making a bluff. and, II l
were only for his daughters sake, N
uyo,ld never think of CARRYING out hi.