Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-09

Indeed, considering his state of mind
the night before, l should hardly have
been surprised if he had thrown He'd
da at my head. (This is not pun.
detest them) But instead, when ne
heard me move he glanced over at me
and even smiled little.
She wasn't worth it," he said, in
dicating the book.
Worth what?'
Your tears. You were CRYING ovef
it, weren't you?"
She was very unhappy" l assert
ed indifferently. she was married
and she loved some one else"
DO you really think she did," he
asked. And even so, was that rea-
SOM"
The other man cared for her; he
NAV not have been able TO help it,"
But he knew that she was mar
ried," he said virtuously, and then he
caught my eye and he saw the analogy
instantly, for he colored hotly and put
down the book.
Most men argue that way" l said
They argue by the book, and-they
do as they like"
He picked up a Japanese ivory pa
per weight from the table, and stood
balancing it across his finger.
You are perfectly right" he said at
last. II deserve it all. My grievance
is at myself. Your-your beauty, and
the fact that thought you were un-
happy. put me-beside myself. 1t is
not an excuse: it is a weak eXplana-
ton. | will not forget myself again.
He was as abiect as any one could
have wished. 1t was my minute OF
triumph, but | can not pretend that
was happy. Evidently it had been only
a passing impulse. If he had really
cared, now that he knew l was free. he
would have forgotten himself again at
once. Then a new explanation occur
red to me. Suppose it had been Bella
all the time, and the real shock had
been to find that she had been mar
ried!
THE fault of the situation was real
" mine" | said magnanmously; i
quite blame myself. Only, you must
believe one thing. You never furnish
ed us any amusement" l looked at
him sidewise. The discovery that
Bella and Jim were once married must
have been a great shock.
1T was a surprise" he replied even
ly. His voice and his eyes were in
scrutable He returned my glance
steadily. 1t was infuriating to have
gone halfway to meet him, as l had,
and then to find him intrenched in his
self -suficiency again. I got up.
1T is unfortunate that our acquaint-
ance has begun so unfavorably," l re-
marked, preparing to pass him. I'm
der other circumstances we might
have been friends"
There is only one solace," he said
when we do not have friends. we
can not lose them
He opened the door to let me pass
out, and as our eyes met, all the cold
ness died out of his. He held out his
hand. but I was hurt. l refused to see
it.
Kit" he said unsteadily. Tim
an obstinate, pig-headed brute. l am
sorry. Can't we be friends, after alp
when we do not have friends we
can not lose them,'" replied with cool
malice. And the next instant the door
closed behind me.
1t was that night that the really Sc
rious event of the quarantine occur
red.
We were gathered in the library, and
everybody was deadly dull. Aunt Sc
lima said she had been reared to a
strict observance of the Sabbath, and
she refused to go to bed early. The
cards and card tables were put away
and every one sat around and quarrel
ed and was generally nasty, except
Bella and Jim, who had gone into the
den lust after dinner and firmly closed
the door.
| think it was just after Max pro-
posed to me. Yes, he proposed to me