Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-01

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riage and the present hour were as
blank to him now.
you were married a long time ago"
said Bess, gently. TRY to think-try
to remember the day, and what hap
pened, when you went to the Hillyer
tomb with Rose. Some one was wait
ing there-surely you have not forgot
ten? You received a dreadful blow,
and from that time to this you have
realized nothing"
He looked impatiently around.
But Rose-Rose!" he repeated;
Where is she, 1 say?"
Rose is safe and well. You must
not agitate yourself. By and by we
will talk more"
When she was outside the door with
Hume, the latter said, bluntly:
You need not think to shield Rose
it is impossible! You must tell Andy
everything"
mo, MOI"
But the duty is imperative-you
cannot evade it," he said.
Something in his tone startled her.
What do you mean?"
Rose is in love with another man,
who has not the smallest suspicion
that a being like Andy Gaff exists.
She made a step backward.
"Dr. Hume, can this be true?"
"Unfortunately-yes."
And the man?"
His name is Fassel. He is most
honorable and distinguished gentle
man, and l hear that he is madly in
love with Rose. We, who are famil-
lar with her destinations, cannot
doubt it."
"Go to him." gasped the sailor
girl Warn him that Rose is not a
free woman. Why, she must be mad!
Pardon me-" answered Hume,
dryly. Il must beg to be excused. Her
husband is the proper person to in
terfere Tell Andy the truth-the
whole truth. To withhold it now
would be highly reprehensible."
you are right" assented Bess. Il
will come tomorrow and bring Mar
tha Bray" and she went her way,
heavy of heart.
Hume, obeying an attraction which
he could not wholly explain, return
ed to his patient
ANDY, have you no relatives?" he
asked, warily; mo friends save the
Hillyers?"
The face of the patient clouded.
How can I tell?" he replied. "a
man who has been dead for years
cannot expect to find a place again
with the living, or to be owned OF
them"
Strange that no inquiries were
made concerning you at the time OF
your misfortune-thatn none have been
made since that date"
Not in the least strange-I fixed
my affairs beforehand"
"You mean
Never mind my meaning now
would rather not explain it,"
lone thing is certain-you have
no right to be called Andre Gautier."
How do you know that?"
Because you are American and the
name has an outlandish sound. You
probably assumed it for some partic-
ular occasion"
"I did," confessed the patient,
gloomily; "and now I may be forced
to keep it till the end Of my days, as
a punishment for my sins.
The next morning Bess Hillyer ap-
peared again at the door of Andy
Gaff's room. He was reclining in an
easy chair, absorbed evidently in his
own thoughts. Martha Bray, who at
tended her mistress, held up both
hands at sight of him.
whoever would have believed it,
cried the cape woman. Why it's the
very man thai first came accounting
Rose at Hillyer's Cove! Gracious
Lawd! Mr.. Andy"-.her suddenly re-
spectful tone telling palmer than
words how deeply she was impress
ed by his changed appearance-'you'v
got all your old looks back again.
calkerlate you'll never mend nets any
more"
He motioned Bess to draw nearer.
"Why have you not brought Rose?'
he demanded. why are you keep
ing my wife from me? Have 1 not
been mystified enough?'
Bess quietly dismissed Martha Bray.
The twain, thus left together, looked
at each other-he questioning, she
sad but determined.
Il am here to tell you everything"
she said, "since it is sin for me to keep
silent longer"
Then, briefly and plainly she set
before him all the events which had
happened since his marriage night
his own mental eclipse-the long,
dreary period when he had mended
Caleb's nets in the cottage porch
Hume's fateful visit to the cape
Mrs Elicott's offer of fortune, and
her own rejection of the same.
andy" she said, you were sitting
with us at the cottage the day Mrs.
Ellicott's letter arrived, and you
heard us talking of it, and you cried
out Co. as though you understood
the wonderful opportunity that was
held out to me- Uncle Caleb bade me
go, too: but Rose was in great trou-
ble-wildly rebellious against her lot
and | could not leave her. oh, you
must not be hard in your judgment
of Rose. nor blame her too much. She
was desperate-reckless. / wrote an
answer to Mrs. Ellicott, and gave it
to Rose to post. I know now that she
never sent it. After her adventure
with Mr.. Hume in the boat, she made
her way. somehow, to my rich kins-
| woman-she took my name-she i'm
personated me-"
He had not moved muscle nor ut
tered a sound. His face was turned
away from her, but she knew that he
| was listening intently.
Rose is in Mrs. EllicOtt's house to-
day." went on Bess. she is to inner
it her wealth. I have this informa-