Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-14
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shocked voice, "how strangely yol
talk! The dead can feel no jealousy
Lepel would not hurt you if he could
Mignon shuddered.
Il mean to be very good-so goot
that he will have no cause to reproacf
me- 1 will love and obey you like 6
daughter"
Mrs. Ellicott pressed the young crea.
ture to her heart. Then observing g
certain curious expression on Susan
Taylor's face, she said, sharply, to thai
old servant
you can go, Susan"
The door closed on the gaunt figure.
That woman detests mel" said Mig
non.
You must not mind Susan" replied
Mrs. Ellicott, kindly. "Lepel was hel
idol She will always regard my pro-
spective heir as an interloper-the
usurper of the rights of the dead. My
nephew was here before you. 1 meant
to have given him the Ellicott fortune
but he utterly failed to please me. Su-
san disliked him, also. One must be
indulgent to an old and faithful SER
want"
she has been in your employ for a
long time, them"
More than a quarter Of century
Give me your arm, my dear, and let us
go back to the library. Your pretty
color has returned-that is good. may
as we'll tell you that 1 have sent for
my lawyer this morning to write my
villa new WILL in which the entire
Ellicott fortune will be secured to you
Delays in such matters are always dan
gerous. Yesterday you were poor and
unknown, Mignon, but today you may
consider yourself one of the richest
heiresses in the commonwealth"
1t was after the lunch hour. Steph-
ems, the lawyer had come and gone.
and MignOn's future assured. For the
present, special teachers in a fashion
able school would take charge of the
girl, and instruct her in all necessary
accomplishments.
Mrs. Ellicott was now closeted with a
ladies' tailor and modiste, who had
been summoned to receive orders for
the new heiress; and, unmatched by
any one, Mignon stole solftly into the
drawing room.
1t was empty. Drawn forward by a
power stronger than herself, she ap-
preached the canvas over the mantel.
1t seemed to beckon her forward. She
shivered, yet was compelled to advance
Fearfully she examined the face, hop
ing to find it less startling than at
first sight. But no! the longer she
gazed upon it the more striking ap-
peared its resemblance to one who had
once been her lover. She could hardly
repress a scream of terror as she stu
died the handsome features. And Mrs.
Ellicotts son had looked like that
the adored dead son, whose possessions
she had snatched from BeSs Hillyer.
A superstitious awe seized her. AS
she recoiled from the mantel she
brushed against costly porcelain vase,
and dislodged it from it's niche. 1t
crashed on the floor. Ignorant Of the
value Of Sevres, Mignon stopped to
gather up the fragments. At the same
moment she heard a voice, saying,
fhpra her
side stood a girl in street dress, daz-
zlingly stylish and chic. She had enter
ed the room unnoticed, and was now
looking down on Mignon's mishap with
kind concern.
my brother sent me to make your
acquaintance" she said II am Edith
Fassel. 1 do not need to be told that
you are Elizabeth Hillyer."
The girl on the floor started to her
feet coloring brightly
Your brother is very, very kind,
she stammered. yes, he told me that
you would come soon. AS you see,
have broken Mrs. Ellicotts vase. II
was very stupid of me, but that picture
frightened me terribly thought II
was about to speak,"
With lively interest she stared a,
Miss Fassel.
Why" she cried, as though struck
by sudden thought, you are the very
person that Lepel Ellicott was engaged
to marry"
Did Mrs. Ellicott tell you that"
asked Miss Fassell.
NO indeed! Your brother firs'
mentioned it, and today l heard the
whole story from a maid that waits or
me-not Susan Taylor. l could not en-
dure that frumpish creature, and Mrs
EllicOtt has given me another attend
ant" she replied.
will you pardon me-" said Edit
Fassel, kindly and gently, "if l tell yol
it is not good form to talk with SER
wants on family matters. Apply tc
Mrs. Ericott herself for any informa'
tion you may desire"
"Oh, | cannot, you know. l am
good deal afraid of Mrs. Ellicott, II
spite of her kindness. 1t is much more
easy to chat with servants. Moreover,
with charming naivete. they tell ev'
erything without reservation, and thei
betters do not"
Miss Fassel could not repress {
smile
You are very young and inexperi
enced." she said, apologetically.
Mignon pouted.
You mean very ignorant. Mrs. FL
! licott has the same opinion. She is de
! termined to send me away to school.
do not want to go-I am quite satisfied
with myself as I am. No." thought
fully Il mean that l was satisfied un
I'll YOU appeared before me a mOmen
ago. Now l see that am barbarou
creature If l could be like YOU he
eyes dwelling admirably on the eide
girl. Il would go anywhere-do any
thing"
| There was truth in the words. Edit
Fassel was a revelation to the neV
heiresS. Though unused to class dis
tinctions. she recognized in the patri
clan girl a being utterly apart from her
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