Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-07-18

| muttered Oatn ana disappeared III tnt
crowd. He was plainly disconnected by
his enemy's manner. To see man oi
his temperament rise suddenly from
the depths of despair into smiling
serenity was something uncanny. He
left him celebrating whether to cal
his servants and throw him into the
street.
AS the doctor waited for the music
to begin, he watched the women pass
resplendent in their jewels and mag
nificent in their nakedness. Tonight
he saw it without the excuses Of con-
ventional social usage.
"And this" he exclaimed bitterly
'is the highest development Of Amer
ican life; this splendid, sordid, crimi-
nal. degrading pageant with its sensual
appeal; and yet If the house should
fall and crush them all, the world
would lose nothing of value except
the jewelry that might be mixed with
it's debris!'
He felt for the moment messenger
Of divine vengeance. His pistol shot
would at least give them something to
think about.
The music began, and the dancers
once more whirled into the centre of
the room and the crowd filled the space
under the grand arch which led into
the hall Bivens was the centre Of an
admiring group of sycophants and
worshipful snobs. The doctors heart
gave a mad throb Of joy. His hour
had come.
With quick strides he covered the
space which separated them and with
out a moments hesitation thrust his
hand into his breast for his revolver.
Not a muscle or nerve quivered. His
finger touched the trigger softly and he
gave Bivens look he meant he should
take with him into eternity, when just
beyond him he saw Harriet. She
stood motionless with a look Of mute
agony on her fair young face, watch
ing Stuart talk to Bivens's wife.
His finger slipped from the trigger
and his hand loosed It's deadly grip.
Have 1 forgotten my baby!" he
cried in sudden anguish. And then
another vision flashed through his
excited brain. A court room, pris-
oner, his own bowed figure the centre
of a thousand eyes while the jury
brought in their verdict. A moment
of awful silence and the foreman said:
Guilty of murder in the first de-
gree"
And the long piercing scream from
the broken heart Of his little girl.
mo, no, not that" he groaned in
sudden terror. his face white with pain.
Il can't kill her, too. No, must save
her, that's why want to kill him be-
cause he has imperilled her life. and I
am about to crush her at single blow.
God save and help mcleod! Where
is God? He helps those who help
themselves in this madman's world.
Well, then I'll look out for my own,
tool"
His breath came in labored gasps as
one mad thought succeeded another.
"Yes!" he said hoarsely, Il must
save her. I must be cunning. must
succeed, not fail. l must get what
came here for. 1 must save my baby.
My own fate Is of no Importance. She
is everything"
He watched the dancers, greedily
catching the flash of their diamonds,
cleaning tiaras, rings, necklaces,
bracelets, each worth a kings ransom.
Suddenly the idea flashed through
his mind:
Bivens had taken from him, by
fraud, his formula, destroyed his
business and robbed him of all he pos
sessed. The law gave him power to
hold it. He, too, would appeal to the
same power and take what belonged to
him. No matter how, he would take it,
and he would take 1t tonight.
Bivens had boasted that his favours
in jewelry given in sheer wantonness
Of pride to rich guests would be worth
twenty-five thousand dollars. His
plan was instantly formed.
He turned quickly and began to
search the house until he found the
half drunken servant arranging these
packages under the direction of a Sec
retary. These favors had been made
for the occasion by famous jeweler; |;
a diamond pin of peculiar design, a
gold deaths head with diamond teeth
and eyes surmounted by a butterfly
and a caterpillar The stones in each
piece were worth a hundred dollars.
They lay on a table in little open jewel
boxes, fifty in box, and each box con-
tained five thousand dollars worth of
gold and precious stones.
The doctor inspected the boxes with
exclamations of wonder and admira-
ton.
The secretary who had fingered long
over his champagne was busy trying
to write the names of the guests on
separate cards. The doctor bent low
over the table for an instant, and
when he left one of the jewel cases
rested securely in his pocket.
| He was amazed at his own skill and
thrill of fierce triumph filled his be-
ing as he realized that he had sue
ceeded and that his little girl would
go to Europe and complete her work
He spoke pleasantly to the secretary,
and congratulating him on his good
fortune in securing such a master
turned and strolled leisurely back to
| the ball room.
Not for a moment did he doubt the
safety of his act He was a chemist
and knew the secrets of the laboratory
He would melt the gold into a single
bar and sell the diamonds as he needed
them. His only regret was that he
could not have taken the full amount
he had demanded of the little scoun-
drel
He found Harriet and they started
at once for home.
The dancers who were not staying
for the second dinner, about to be an
| nounced at four o'clock, had begun to
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