Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-06-17

| on the following morning, to obtain q
concerted interview with my partner,
when l laid the matter before him,
| having no doubt of his approval and
| commendation Of my stratagem to i'm
| plicate Ross. SLOUGH surprised and
mortified me by shaking his head in a
| dubious way. My nitrate of silver test
| evidently went for nothing with him.
| The physiognomy Of Ross had already
| been submitted to his wonderfully
scrutinizing examination, and his judg-
ment had pronounced him innocent Of
the crime. l argued and endeavored to
reason with him upon the suspicious
!, manner Of Ross when l mad suggested
| the remedy for his corn, and his mex
| plicable concealment of the chemical,
| which there could be no doubt he car
ried with him. to all of which SLOUGH
| scarcely deigned a reply; and when
was expostulatng with him to carry
the matter further, he interrupted me
with the following question:
How would you like to make love
to the gal with the pearl bracelets,
Tony?"
You see Slouchs language and man.
ners were without refinement
replied that was about half in love
with the lady already, and that it
| would be a pleasant undertaking, ex-
pressing. however, some doubt of my
| success.
Isn't she pretty?" said l.
Slouch shrugged his shoulders, gave
| me a sly wink, and then burst into a
laugh
Make love to her." said he
For what?" said 1, becoming a lit
| tie uneasy.
Business" answered my partner
Explain. You don't pretend to
say"
Business" repeated SLOUGH; make
up to the gal in a loving. serious way,
| and We'll make a discovery and see
some fun"
l was about to call for an explanation
from my partner, when l chanced to
|
tance. left SLOUGH at once, and went
sauntering off in careless way.
l felt a good deal annoyed by this
| interview with my partner. He had
treated my stratagem with Indifference.
| mad regarded my affinity for the lady
| with levity, had requested me to make
love to her in the way of business and
had predicted, Furthermore, that fun
| would be the result. My partner was
something Of wag, but I knew, from
the manner of his request, that he ex-
| pected some result more than amuse-
| ment. l now had an additional incen-
| tive to make myself agreeable to the
| lady, and l t,rInned to bring all my
| art to bear, that success might follow.
| 1 began by paying her marked atten-
| tion. 1 placed myself near her at ta-
BILE, and watched her plate, that might
as often as possible pass her a replen-
| ishment Of eatables. and intruded upon
her society whenever I could find her
apart She treated me at first with
suspicious reserve, but persevered be-
| cause she was really attractive, be-
cause her indifference in a measure
wounded my vanity, and for the no
| less important reason that I was fur
| thering some scheme of my partner to
| bring to justice the criminal or Grim
inals upon whose hunt we had started.
My efforts were not wasted. l could
discover after a while that the woman
was really becoming fond Of me. Her
manner toward me became serious,
and she began to welcome my at
tentions with undisguised delight. My
intimacy with her, however, effectually
cooled my admiration. She was with
out particle Of sentiment, and I could
perceive in her one Of those cruel ma
| lures over which sensuality has su-
preme control-impulsive, and with
| only a shadow of conscience. Having
| no fine qualities of mind, nothing but
| voluptuous figure and handsome face
dressed up with art and few super
| fetal graces, became soon cloyed with
her company, and would gladly have
| retreated had not the business consid-
| Grafton induced me to follow up the
| affair-which did, 1 must confess, In
such an ardent, heartless, and hypocri-
tical way, that she actually volunteered
| declaration Of her preference for me
above all men whom she had met.