Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-26
He is"

He is
Are you sure?"
II have not seen his dead body. l
have not had the pleasure of weeping
over his grave. But l have no doubt
of his death. He was lost at sea. He
is dead"
when was he lost?"
"I-I-well, 1 knew of it before we
left Naples"
And kept it from me?"
Certainly. Did you think me unsel-
fish,"
II thought you good and honest"
did you? 1 am charmed. You were
mistaken. 1t will be necessary, you
see, for you to swear"
"Win you swear frst?"
ITO what?"
ITO Gilbert Senn's DEATH"
with pleasure l believe fully, and
without the least doubt. that Gilbert
Sem is dead" And Miss Bannottie
added the words Of solemn appeal to
Deity to bear witness to the truth Of
what she had said.
"Then I shall take no OATH" said
Elsie, firmly.
You will not?"
Never! I love Walter Aldrich with
all my heart and soul; l will never
give him NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."
mo? Do you know you may compel
me to take another oath myself, if you
refuse"
What One?"
You know have said you are In
sane?"
Il do"
VERY well; the oath to make that
statement true, here in this lonely old
house, before am done with you, Mrs.
Semi"
Spring grew into summer. Summer
ripened into autumn. Autumn faded
slowly winterward. 1t was almost a
year since Aldrich and Sem played
chess together.
Aldrich attended to his business. If
he felt his great loss, he did not show
il. He was not q man to show his
heart to the world. He was rich. He
grew richer.
Jasper Jahnway travelled on the
Continent, I suppose. I am really not
quite certain. l am sure. however, that
neither Prer nor Sem had the least
idaa of hiS wherea bOutS
Elsie-poor, sweet, pure, tender
hearted Elsie Senn-she kept her mind
with an effort She was not yet
walking the road to ruin with when
she had been theatened. but she Won
dered, sometimes, how long it would
be before she would find herself going
going slowly-going consciously and
knowingly-going sadly and despair
ingly-but going inevitably-going
mad!
Lur-- But that isn't necessary.
Please excuse me this time. 1t is get
ting unpleasant to write about her.
Prier and Sem were waiting still.
Not very patiently. Not passively.
Not without many plans and schemes,
with more Of stolid determination than
of faith in them. Not without adver-
tising which didn't pay, cleWs which
were misleading, and trails followed
until they led far away into other sins
and sorrows-sins no less wicked, L
suppose, and sorrows no less sad-than
those which, swinging through the wild
est circle Of human depravity, began
and ended in the room where Con-
stance Craig and her unborn babe suf-
fered death.
Prier and Sem were waiting, and
II wish l knew whether Jahnway
could give us any more light?" said
Prier, one day.
80 do l." said Sem; "do you sup
pose it is possible he has returned home
YETI"
Il haven't the slightest idea"
Suppose | go up to his place and
See?"
THE very thing" said Prier; sup
pose you do"
Aldrich. Jahnway, Elsie, Prier. Sem;
let me see? Are there any of the 9TH
ers we should remember in these days
Of fading autumn? Oh. yes; there is
Patsy Gullens.
Patsy had thought Jahnway pi-
rate or pretended he did, and had been
genuinely afraid of him. But now,
with only an insane woman and her
keeper there, Jahnway Park was more
attractive to him than it had formerly
been. A pirate seemed a very genuine
and a very terrible thing: an insane
person was almost beneath his con-
tempt--especially if that person was
so unfortunate as not to belong to the
sex which Patsy believed monopolized
all the good qualities Gas he regarded
good qualities) which there were in
the world.
And so, Patsy Gullens. undeterred by
fear, now-and he had never, perhaps,
been deferred by anything else-re-
solved to go up to Jahnway Park, some
night, and look around.
Patsy would have objected to being
called burglar, of course. but he had
resolved to go inside the old mansion
in order to satisfy his curiosity and
crafty his desire for investigation. He
had no doubt he would find the house
securely fastened. He expected to have
to break in.
Mr.. Gullens would very likely have
protested, at least, if you had been so
unkind as to wound his sensitive soul
by mentioning theft or robbery in con-
nection with his name. But
There's lot of valuable property up
there, l suppose. that is growing old
and worthless for want of being used
| think it is almost mans duty to
undo such a shameful state of things,
was what Mr.. Patsy Gullens said to
himself.
To be Continued.
Sleeping Sickness.
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