Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-31

wynn"
1 felt her wonderful eyes search
ing mine and my face more closely
, Yes. you have" she amended. anC
there was soft, eXultant note in hel
latest tones: Il see it now. You
gotten for year or a day an hour
l told you you never could.
l poked my straw anXiously In the
creme de menthe.
I'm sure l beg your pardon
said, little uneasy at her gaze
But that is just the trouble. I have
forgotten. I've forgotten everything.
She flouted my denial. She laugh
ed deliciously at something she seem
ed to see in my face.
I've heard Of you at times" she
went on. You're quite big lawyer
out west-Denver, isn't it, or Los An
geles? Marian must be very proud
of you. You knew, I suppose, that
l married six months after you did
You may have seen 1t In the papers
The flowers alone cost $4,000"
She had mentioned fifteen years. FIJI
teen years is long time.
would it be too late" I asked,
somewhat timorously, Ito offer you
congratulations?
Not if you dare do it," she ar
swered, with such fine interpidity
that l was silent and began TO crease
patterns on the cloth with my thumb
nail.
Tell me one thing" she said, lean
ing toward mo rather eagerly-"a
thing I have wanted to know 1or
many years-just from a woman's
curiosity. Of course-have you ever
dared since that night to touch. smell,
or look at white roses-at white roses
wet with rain and dew?'
I took a sip of creme de menthe.
1T would be useless, l suppose
said. with a sigh, 'for me TO repeat
that 1 have no recollection at all about
these things. My memory is COM
pletely at fault. l need not say how
much I regret IT.
The lady rested her arms upon the
table, and again her eyes disdained
my words and went travelling by their
own route to my soul. She laughed
softly. with a strange quality in the
sound-it was laugh Of happiness
yes. and of content-and Of misery
I tried to look away from her.
You lie, Elwyn Bellford,' she
breathed, blissfully. 20, 1 know you
lie!'
1 gazed duly into the ferns. =,
NV name is Edward Pinkhammer,
7 said. Il came with the delegates
to the Druggists National convention
There is a movement on foot for ar
ranging a new position for the bot
ties of tartrate of antimony and tar
trate of potash, in which, very like
| ly. you would take little interest.
A shining landau stopped before the
entrance The lady rose. l took her
hand and bowed.
ar - cai6 her
that I cannot remember. L coulo
explain. but fear you would not un-
derstand. You will not concede
Pinkhammer. and 1 really cannot al
all conceive Of the-the roses and
other things"
"Good-by, Mr.. Bellford," she said
with her happy, sorrowful smile, as
she stepped into her carriage.
I attended the theater that night
When l returned to my hotel, quiet
man in dark clothes, who seemed in
terested in rubbing his finger nails
with a silk handkerchief, appeared
magically, at my side.
"Mr. Pinkhammer," he said, cas-
ually, giving the bulk Of his attention
to his forefnger. may I request you
TO step aside with me for little con-
versation? There is room here.
'Certalnly, dllSNtISu'
He conducted me into small. pri'
vate parlor. A lady and a gentleman
were there. The lady, I surmised
would have been unusually good look.
ing had her features not been cloudeG
bv an expression Of keen worry ano
fatigue. She was of q style of figure
and possessed coloring and features
that we're agreeable to my fancy. She
was in a travelling dress; she nXed
upon me an earnest look of extreme
anxiety. and pressed an unsteady
hand TO her bosom. I think she
would have started forward, but the
gentleman arrested her movement
with an authoritative motion or MS
hand. He then came himself TO mee'
me. He was a man of forty, little
gray about the temples, and with a
strong thoughtful face.
"Bellford. old man." he said, cor
daily, I'm glad to see you again. vi
course. we know everything is al
right. I warned you, you know, thai
you were OVERRIDING it. Now, you i
go back with US, and be yourself
again in no time"
I smiled ironically.
II have been 'Bellforded' so often,
I said, that it has lost its edge. Still
in the end, it may grow wearlsome
Would you be willing at all to enter
tain the hypothesis that my name Is
Edward Pinkhammer, and that
never saw you before in my llfe!
Before the man could reply wall
ing cry came from the woman. She
sprang past his OBTAINING arm. Ell.
wynn" She sobbed, and cast herself
upon me, and clung tight. "Elwyn,
she cried again, don't break my
heart. l am your wife-call my name
once--iust once! I could see you
dead rather than this way"
| unwound her arms respectfully
but firmly.
Madam" I said severely, pardon
me if l suggest that you accept re-
semblance too precipitately. 1t is a
pity" 1 went on, with an amused
| laugh, as the thought occurred to me
| that this Bedford and 1 could not
| be kept side by side upon the same
shelf like tartrateS of sodium ana an
| timony for purposes OF identlhcauon
In order to understand the allusion,
| concluded airily, 'it may be neces-
sary for YOU to keep an eye on the
PROCEEDINGS of the Druggists National
convention.
The lady turned to her companion
| and grasped his arm.
What is it, DR.. Volney? ., wha'
| is it?" she moaned.
He led her to the door.
"Go to your room for WHILE
heard him say. Il will remain and
| talk with him. His mind? No,
think not-only a portion of the brain
Yes, 1 am sure he will recover. &C
to your room and leave me with him.
The lady disappeared. The man IN
dark clothes also went outside, still
manicuring himself in thoughtful
way. l think he waited in the hall
II would like to talk with you q
while. Mr.. Pinkhammer, if l may,
said tho gentleman who remained.
Very well, if you care to-" re-
| piled, "and will excuse me if l take
| it comfortably; I am rather tired.
l stretched myself upon couch by q
window and lit cigar. He drew
chair nearby.
Let us speak to the point he said
soOthingly. Your name Is not Plhk'
| hammer"
Il know that as well as you do,
said, coolly. But man must have
a name of some sort. l can assure
you that I do not eXtravagantly ad-
mire the name of Pinkhammer. Bu
when one chriStenS ones self sudden
| ". the fine names do not seem to sug'
| ooc+ +bapo SalvpS put SuDDOSe il haC