Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-01

AlQ SOu may SeiLSiy oSSSPN SON
.a.ner opinion of me-" 1 answered.
But you are not striving, sir, t
make that opinion good"
"A good opinion needs no bolsterint
up"
This bantering is all nonsense. I've
got nothing against you; l have sim
.1.y asked you civil question"
And 1 hope to be as civil as you are
but out of regard for the feelings O
those old people and their daughter
cannot tell you which way they went
You couldn't overtake them, any way.
Yes, you could have tried yesterda!
and the day before, and a week ago
when they needed your sympathy"
He dropped his switch, but he caugh
it up again, and his face was red. C.
might say, sir, that what l have done
and that which I have failed to do i!
no business of yours. but l feel tina
there is a measure of justice in wha
you say, and l acknowledge that have
oeen wrong. That is why l am here
now-to set myself right"
I'm matters of business we may cor
rect an error, Mr.. Lundsford; we may
rub out one figure and put down an
sther but mark made upon the hear
S likely to remain there.
II will not attempt to handy senti'
mentalities with you, sir. / am a
ractical man, a scientist, if you wish
and came here to tell that girl that my
breaking off the engagement-you mus
my father to come, for just at tha
time l didn't feel that as man who
looks forward to something a little
more than a name 1 could afford t
marry her But I was wrong; any liv'
ing man could afford to marry her.
vas wrong, and(that ought to settle
it."
And l think, sir, that it does set
tie it as far as you are concerned"
do you mean that she won't marry
me? Oh, yes, she will, not out of any
foolish love, but because she would bt
proud of my success. Well, l may no
overtake her. but l will write to her
Yes, that will do as we'll She vii
want to know how things are gettins
along here. and will write to you, ant
when she does I wish you would show
me her letter. What are YOU laughine
at? Haven't YOU got anv sense at all?
"T hove so. but am not so much O.
y sciertiSt that am n fool"
No, but you are so much of foo
that you are not a scientist, by a ID
sight.
He had me there, and it was his time
to laugh, and he did. He was so tick.ec
that he roared, walking up and dowr
the passage; and he was so pleased
that he held out his hand to shake upor
the merit Ct his joke. l was not dis
posed to be surly and l shook hand:
with him, and he clapped me on the
shoulder, still laughing. and declared
that it was a piece of wit worthy Of tht
dissecting- room, and that he would jol
his fellows with it.
81 am glad you are so much pleased,
l remarked.
why, don't you think it's good, eh
OF course, you do. Well, it's better t.
part laughing, anyway"
You are not too much Of a Scien'
tist to be a philosopher" l said. Ant
l expected him to continue his line o
deduction and to say that l was too
much Of a philosopher to be a scientist
but he did not; he sobered and gravel!
remarked:
Yes, l am devilish sorry that thi:
thing came about, and 1 hope tha
Guinea will not take a romantic view
of it. I guess they'll be back after
while, if ALI is cleared, and from wha
I hear l suppose he will be-"
Nay l ask how your sister is?"
Certainly. She's all right; dcesn'
cat much. but her pulse is normal
little excited but hardly noticeable
Loves that fellow. doesn't she? Strong
good looking boy. but not very practi
cal. Hope he'll come out all right
All. l was going to say something, bu
it has escared me. Oh. yes, you are il
love with Guinea. Be frank, now"
"Ycs. l worship her"
Hardly the word, but it will do, ol
an impulse think good deal of he
myself. l said just now that sh
wouldn't wine her feet on you, and
NAg your pardon. She NAV wipe then
on YOU. You are going to STAY here
III? Well. come over to the house
No reason whv there should be any i'll
will between us. Good dav."
sat down on the stem and watched
him until he had ridden cut of sight
md I was pleased that he went to
ward his home, not that I was afrai'
# q renewal of the engagement;
knew that it was forever set aside. Blu
felt that his overtaking the wagoi
would bring an additional trorble L
the father and the mother: indeed.
was afraid that the old man might XII
him. Strange fellow Chvd was. an
liked him as an odditv. as som"thin'
wholly dirforort from myself or from
orv imorleive being He was not crue
he simply had no heart.