Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-31

swiftly: "rise-go! / can not now speak
before you. Leave us alone until
CALI"
Obedient as though he had been the
child and she tine parent, the old man
rose and tottered feebly from the room.
There are things woman can not
say in the presence Of a parent" she
said, turning to me. Her face twitch-
ed. 1T takes all my bravery to talk to
you
why should you? There is not need
Do mott"
"Ah. must, because it is fair" said
she. Il have lost. lost! l told you
I would pay my wager"
After a time she turned her face
straight toward mine and went on with
her old splendid bravery.
$50, now, you see, when | was young
and beautiful l had rank and money.
had brains. l had hatred of men.
had contempt for the aristocracy. My
heart was peasant after all. My prin
ciples were those of the republican.
Revolution was in my soul, l say.
Thwarted, distorted. wretched, unscru-
pulous, l did what could to make hell
for those who had made hell for us.
have set dozens of men by the ears.
nave been promised in marriage tn
know not how many. A dozen men
have fought to the death in duels over
me. For each such death l had not
even a thought. The more troubles l
made, the happier l was. Oh, yes, in
time became Known had a reputa-
ton: there is no doubt Of that.
But still the organized aristocracy
had it's revenSe-it had its will of me,
after all There came to me, as there
had to my mother, an imperial order
In punishment for my fancies and va
garies, was condemned to marry GER
tain nobeman. That was the whim Of
the new emperor, Ferdinand, the de-
generate. He took the throne when I
was but sixteen years of age. He chose
| for me a degenerate mate from his own
sort" She choked, now.
You did marry him."
She nodded. Yes. Debauche, rake
| monster, degenerate, product of that
aristocracy which had oppressed us,
was obliged to marry him. man three
times my age! l pleaded. / begged. /
was taken away by night. l was-I
was They say l was married to him.
For myself. | did not know where | was
or what happened. But after that they
said that / was the wife Of this man,
| sOt, a monster, the memory only OF
| manhood. Now, indeed, the revenue of
the aristocracy was complete!"
She went on at last in a voice icy
| cold. Il fled one night, back to Hun
gary. For month they could not find
| me. l was still young. l saw my peo-
| pie then as l had not before. l saw
also the monarchies Of Europe. All,
now / knew what oppression meant!
Now I knew what class distinction and
special privileges meant! l saw what
ruin it was spelling for our country
what it will spell for your country, If
they ever come to rule here. All, then
| that dream came to me which had
come to my father, that beautiful dream
which justified me in everything | did.
My friend, can it-can it in part justi
| fy me-now?
For the first time. then, | resolved
! to live, have loved my father ever
since that time. l pledged myself to
continue that work which he had un-
dertaken! l pledged myself to better
the condition of humanity if l might.
There was no nope for me. l was
condemned and ruined as it was. My
| life was gone Such as had left, that
| resolved to give tO-what shall we
call it?-the idee democratique.
Now, may God rest my mothers
soul. and mine also, so that some time
may see her in another world pray
l may be good enough for that some
time. have not been sweet and sin
less as was my mother. Fate laid a
heavier burden upon me. But what re-
manned with me throughout was the
idea which my father had bequeathed
| me"
| 'Ah, but also that beauty and sweet
ness and loyalty which came to you
from your mother" insisted.
| She shook her head. Wait" she
said Now they pursued me as though
| | had been a criminal, and they took
me back-horsemen about me who did
as they liked. l was, l say, sacri-
| flee. News of this came to that man
who was my husband. They shamed
| him into fighting. He had not the cour-
age of the mobiles left. But he heard
of one nobleman against whom he had
a special grudge: and him one night,
fOully and unfairly, he murdered.
News of that came to the emperor.
NV husband was tried. and, the case
being well known to the public, it was
necessary to convict him for the sake
of example. Then, on the day set for
his beheading. the emperor reprieVed
him. The hour for the execution pass
ed, and, being now free for the time, ne
fled the country. He went to Africa,
and there he so disgraced the state that
bore him that of late times / hear he
has been sent for to come back to Aus
tria. Even yet the emperor may Sus-
pend the reprieve and send him to the
block for his ancient crime. If he had
a thousand heads, ne could not atone
for the worse crimes he has done!
But of him. and of his end, | know
nothing. SO, now, you see, was ana
am wed, and yet am not wed, and never
was. do not know what | am, nor
who | am. After all. | can not tell you
who | am. or what | am because
myself do not know.
1T was now no longer safe for me
in my own country. They would not
let me go to my father any more. As
, for him, he went on with his studies
some part of his mind being bright and
clear. They did not wish him about
the court now. All these matters were
to be hushed up The court cf England
began to take cogniZance of these