Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-24

ments-a hard master, true Guilte
cruel and proud. I see you are inter.
ested, and I am quite free to tell the
story, because it is mine as well as
his"
Hildas dry lips worked as she sal
looking askant at Paulette in her splen-
dor of loosened hair, so young, sc
beautiful-all, in fact, that she was
not. If pretty women hate each other
as is generally conceded, an ugly one
may be pardoned for indulging thai
same luxurious feeling toward beau
ty eighteen years her junior.
GO on" said Paulette, softenina
somewhat, and a little impatient tc
hear what should follow.
Hilda began:
"You must know that these Guiltes
have always been known as a bold
reckless, handsome race-of the kind
that fear not God, neither regard mar
rich and flattered because Of theil
wealth, dying early, but leaving long
RECORDS DenlnQ lneHl.
1.-The present master Of Hazel Hal
married Virginia heiress, who bore
him two sons and then died. These
boys, beautiful with the fair, naughty
beauty of the Guiltes, and full also OF
their vices, were the idols of theil
father 1 remember them only toe
we'll. for I, the poor relative Of theil
rich mother, had found a shelter here
and was betrothed at sixteen to Ern-
est, the elder of the two. l was alone
in the world and without fortune, but
his dead wife had proposed the match
and the general was determined tc
compass it at any cost.
Ernest inherited his fathers taste
for arms. At the time of which
speak he was serving as a captain or
a frontier post. We saw but little OF
each other. He rarely came to Haze
Hall, but the bills he sent to the gen.
eral and the rumors that reached us
from time to time were something
frightful.
He fought due's; he lost large
sums at play with brother officers; he
drank without stint, You look amaz-
ed that l should tell you these things
Only the generals wealth and infiu-
ence kept his straps upon his should
ers. There was little love between us
He stipulated to marry me if his
father would pay his debts. I con-
sented to marry him, that I might be
no longer a dependent, but the mistress
here. 1 tell you this because, if I dc
not, Trent, or some of the chattering
servants, Will.
II had already commenced prepara-
tions for my marriage when news
reached us that Ernest had gone to
New York on leave Of absence, with a
comrade, and there capped the climax
of all his follies by falling in love with
a beautiful Jewess, named Arnault
You start! What is the matter?"
Nothing" Paulette answered, has
tily. "The name-that is, have heard
it before. Go on-pray go on"
"A beautiful Jewess, named Arnaul'
l say. On hearing this the general was
furious. He dispatched message
to Ernest threatening to cut short his
allowance and disinherit him altogeth-
er, and ended by bidding him appear
Immediately at Hazel Hall.
This, however, he did not do, but
abandoned his Jewess and returned to
the frontier. He wrote to the general
fatty denying the whole matter, and
TO me, bidding me make ready, that
our marriage might be solemnized al
once.
"He wrote this, l repeat, and six
months after obtained another fur
Tough and flew to the feet of that ter
rible Jew creature, as forgetful of me
as If l had never existed.
shall 1 tell you how these Guiltes