Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-10-17

| DR.. Dick had found Mercy Poole Sit
ting the previous night. This dea'
father was a shadow and a name t
Ethel-she felt no particular tender
ness for his memory, but her eye
grew moist as she looked around hi
desolate death-place, and thought o
the gray haired, tragic faced woman
at Cats Tavern.
Grandpa" she said, earnestly, IVA!
there anybody-anybody, mind, on thu
face Of the earth, who, In reason, could
have been suspected of my father'l
| murder? Did he have an enemy?"
He lowered his eyes.
| "Yes-one. There was living at tn,
time, a man who had. as I believe
deeply injured your father. Hatred
and jealously surely existed between
the two. But-the person whom
speak of was not in Blackport on the
night of Roberts death-the fact might
have been proved beyond doubt by
scores Of people who saw him sitting
the entire evening in a city theatre
His name?" said Ethel, breath
lessly.
Kenyon. I trust you never heard
1t before"
"Never!"
He wheeled quickly round, and in ar
altered voice. said:
Years ago, the fellow died, / have
been told, of yellow fever in New Or
leans. Ny dear, rest assured that
your father committed suicide, and
that Mercy Poole is as mad as q
March hare. Now come. You must
not remain on this spot a moment
longer"
Her quick eye had caught sight Of 9
shred of cloth hanging from the rocks
She plucked 1t away-looked at II
closely. 1t was a fragment Of a wo-
mans dress, and in texture and color
it reminded her of the serge gown
which Mercy Poole had worn at the
inn that morning.
"She comes here, them" thought the
heiress of the Woods. Poor soul! she
must have loved my father very dear
ly" But she said no more-in silence
the pair went to the carriage, and
home to the villa.
A day or two later Ethel Greylock
journeyed up to town with her grand
father and Miss Pam, fully empower
ed to indulge every wish Of her heart
and spend the Greylock money with
out stint. A long week followed at the
most luxurious hotel in the city. Mag
niflcent toilets and jewels were pur-
chased, and orders sent abroad fol
others still more magnificent. Many
old aristocratic friends Of the family
hastened 10 pay their regards to the
fair young heiress. Sightseeing she
had in abundance, unlimited freedom
everything that might crafty the
heart Of II; and yet, in the midst OF
all this, Ethel dropped.
Miss Pam was first to discover It.
and it struck CONSERVATION to her gen.
tie soul. The girl seemed gay enough
when her grandfather was by, but out
of his presence, she became pale, Ian
guild. absorbed.
IT'S the English marriage!" thought
Miss Pam, and she few at once to
Godfrey Greylock.
do you know" she demanded, ARE
you sure that this grand match which
you are planning for Ethel, is entirely
agreeable to her?"
He stared at his sister in naughty
amaze.
Am I sure? Certainly. I think
understand my granddaughter"
Pardon me! you have little knowl-
edge Of women. Godfrey. Like the
majority Of girls, Ethel is of the ro-
mantle turn of mind. Suppose she
should decline to live at Greylock
Park, and be called My Lady'-sup-
pose she should refuse the baronet?"
Time had not changed the character
Of the man-his iron will. his high
temper remained unbroken.
do not talk like an idiot, Pamela,
he answered, sternly. you know how
I love my granddaughter-she has be-
come the Joy of my life, the apple OF
my eye. Yet, swear to you, II 1t were
possible (thank heaven 1t is not) fol
her to forget her duty to me, and hel
own interests, so far as to refuse SiI
Gervase, I would turn her into the
street as I turned her father before
her-I would never see her face again
i would give my fortune to the South
Sea Islanders to the lunatic asylums
to a society for the prevention oi
cruelty to parents and guardians, but
never, never one dollar to her!"
"Then God forbid that anything
should prevent the match, Godfrey!
said Miss Pam, with a heavy sigh.
At the end of a week the party re.
turned to the Woods. An unpleasant
piece of news awaited Godfrey Grey
lock there Hopkins, the housekeeper
was the first to whisper it into his ear
THE people Of Rose Cottage are
back again, sir" she said; they came
yesterday. 1 thought you would want
to know it at once"
"Unwelcome tidings, Hopkins" ne
frowned. Don't mention the matter tc
my granddaughter tonight-she is
tired and must be allowed to go to bed
undisturbed."
So Ethel went to rest, ignorant OF
the arrival of her mother at the pretty
hermitage, only a half-mile away
her mother whom she had not seen fol-
months.
All the same, the heiress of the
Woods did not sleep we'll that night
The next morning she arose at dawn
and noiseessly arrayed herself for a
gallop. Stealing down to the stables
she aroused a sleepy groom, and
mounting her black mare Sultana, a
gift from Godfrey Greylock, she can
tered off at break-neck pace to Black
port town.
In her heart hope and expectation
mingled with a painful sense Of secre-
cy and guilt.
rIoudc filed the morning sky, and