Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-28

dark look on his face giving place to
one Of deep and unqualified admira-
ton.
II wonder" he muttered, what the
dead and gone Guilte beauties, who
have lived and loved here for the last
two centuries, would think Of you this
morning-you, on whose shoulders
their mantle now seems likely to fall?"
What do you mean?" said Pau
lette.
1.-The general will explain directly.
Come, let us mount You need have
no fear-this Kentucky mare is as
gentle as a lamb"
He took from the groom a superb
beast with small, pointed ears and a
hide like satin.
do you fancy her look, Polly?" said
the general, vaulting into his own
saddle. Very well; Il give her to you
to have and to hold from this moment.
Plenty of speed and bottom there, and
the best blood in my stables. Now,
let us be gone"
Trent lifted Paulette to the brown
mares back, put her slim, little foot
in the stirrup and gave her the rein.
He then mounted his own beast, and
the three rode off together down the
broad drive.
What a glorious morning 1t was
How brightly the sun shone, and what
scents of clematis thickets and pung-
ent odors from the great fields per-
fumed the air!
How kind and patient was Trent!
How eager to teach his lovely charge
the happy trick Of managing the Ken
lucky mare! And she laughed and
was happy, and the general looked pla-
cidly on, and the wind blew her yell
low hair in glittering length before 1t
and tangled it in the buttons of
Trents coat as he rode close at her
side, with his hand on her rein.
Would it were your heart!" he
whispered, and unwound the yellow
rings and dropped them reluctantly
from his hand.
Look" cried the general, rising in
his stirrups and making a great sweep
right and left with his arm, SIS not
this a goodly inheritance, my little
Polly; God grant my successor may
find more happiness here than 1 have
ever DONE In spite Of their wealth
and Importance, the Guiltes have been
singularly unfortunate race"
They had now reached the shore of
the bay. The blue water rippled in
the sun. A white winged bird dipping
his breast in the morning spray.
Trent suddenly reined up his horse.
Il will leave you now," he said, stiff
ly, to the general, and set spurs to his
horse and dashed off like a whirl-
wind.
Paulette looked after him as he dis
appeared in clump of live oaks bor-
dering the clayey road.
"Why does he make off in that man.
ner?" she said. Il think your legal
adviser a very odd person, guardy."
HE goes" answered the general,
because 1 wish to talk with you
alone, Polly, my dear child"
He laid his hand on her mares neck.
"Guardy," she answered, laughing,
"how very mysterious you look! Pray
proceed!"
Il will. l am not much of a diplo-
mat, and shall, no doubt, make a mess
Of it; but you will listen kindly, i
know, to the whim of the old man,
who looks on you as the darling of his
desolate old age. Polly, you have
heard me speak Of Arthur Guilte. A
gallant fellow he is, and handsome as
an Antinous. AS you heard me say
this morning, l have called him home.
He has been a great adventurer-has
fought Apaches in the canyons and I'm
perialists in Mexico; been frozen in
, the Arctic and half died of the plague
in India; has passed months together
in the desert and with dragoman
on the Nile, and been wrecked and
drowned to his hearts consent The
wonder is that there is anything of
him left. l have called him back, Pol
| ly, to marry and to settle down here
at Hazel Hail."
She looked at him quietly, nodding
her bright head.
/ And an excellent thing for him to
do, after such a career. What hero
he must be- 1 shall like him immense
ly!"
IT am glad to hear that" said the
general "Three years ago. Polly.
chose a wife for Arthur. l have edu-
Gated her for the position-I have seen
with delight that she is worthy Of all