Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-08-11
BOOK III-THE FLOWER.
CHAPTER VI.

acted with lightning rapidity. she
would force Stuart TO an avowai oil
love that would fix their relation be-
yond disturbance by the little singer
She had too fine a sense of values l"
permit herself to become entangled IN
an intrigue.
She could wait. and gain in power
for the waiting. Her physician mad
told her that Bivenss days were num-
bered. Stuart had waited twelve years
i'm silence. he could wait the few
months more of her husbands flicker
ing life.
But on one thing She was determlh-
ed. Now that another woman mad ap-
peared on the scene she would not i've
i'm suspense, she must know that ne
loved her still, loved her paSSlOnately,
madlv as she believed he did. But he
must say il. She must hear ms voice
culver with its old fiery Intensity. Sh"
wished this as she had never longed
for anything ON EARN, and for twelve
Years she had lived in magic world
where Sic llSN 'iiiN W ''NN'N''N -
To have it fulfilled.
Stuart had baffied and eluded her on
every point when she had thought ne
was about TO bctray his passion. Here
was something mere money had no
power to command. Well, she had
other powers. She would use them to
the limit. She would no longer risk
the danger Of delay.
She had no difficulty in persuading
Bivens to urge Stuart TO visit their
country estate i'm the mountains of
North Carolina. The doctor had or
dered him there to live in the open air.
The young lawyer refused to go at
first, but Bivens urged with such pa
thetic eagerness he was compelled to
accept
1t was warm beautiful morning the
last week i'm March when he alighted
on the platform of the little railroad
station on the estate and took his seat
beside Nan in her big touring car. The
fruit trees were in full bloom, and their
perfume filled the air. The hum of
bees and the song of birds he had
known in his bOyhood thrilled his
heart. He drew a deep breath of JOY
and without a struggle resigned HIM
self TO the charm of it all
It's glorious, Nam" he exclaimed.
Your coming makes it perfect, Jim
she answered. tenderly, and turning to
the chauffeur said:
Drive for an hour before going to
the house, Collins"
The chauffeur tipped his cap and the
throbbing machine shot around curve
and swept along the rivers edge down
the green carpeted valley when
stretches out for miles below the ram
parts of the great chateau on the
mountain side above.
There's the house, JIM" Nan cried.
pointing t. the heights on the left.
Stuart could not suppress an eXcla-
nation of delight.
Magnificent" he said. with enthu-
sasm.
As the river made a graceful curve
the great building swept into full view
"a stunning pile of marble three nun
drrd feet long, its tower piercing the
TURQUOISE sky in solemn grandeur. The
stone parapet, on which its front wall
was built. rose in massive strength
hundred feet from the ledge IN the
granite cliff before touching the first
line of the white stones of the house
itself
At the end a formal garden had been
built on the foundations of masonry
which cost a hundred thousand dollars.
What a BACKGROUND that row of live
oaks make behind the garden h" eX-
claimed.
Don't they" she answered. You
would hardly believe it. but W" planted
every one of those trees"
NONSENSE! They must hr tw" feet
i'm diameter"
More; not one of them is less lhah
three. We moved a hundred "t them
from the woods. without breaking the
dirt from their roots built SprcIai
machinery tu do it, think Cal rs
nruud,r of those trees than hr is of the
house"
For an hour the car swept like
spirit over the miles of smooth maca-
dam private roads Bivcns had built.
At each graceful turn his wonder IN
creased at the luxurious outlay of mil
lions which the little man had spent
To- crafty whim.
From each hilltop, as the huge
cleaning castle came int" view from u
new angle. revealing its marvellous
heauty. he thought with t"uch "i pity
of the shamhlimg figure of tn" stricken
man limping through its halls h"lpl"sS'
lonely. miserable. What strange
pranks fate plays with the mighty as
we'll as the luwly, So frail was the
broken body now he did not dare
risk a cold 10y taking ride with his
wife.
The machine turned suddenly up a
hill and glidrd through tw" iron gates
OPENING on the lawn and the great
white chateau lunmrd before them in a
flash of binding beauty. stuart caught
his breath.
Turning to Nan he sh""k his head
slowly:
"Dun't YOU like it," she laughed.
Il was just wondering
AT what"
"Whether this is the republic for
which our struggling fathers fought
and died" America You know. Nan
is thr tall rud,. youth who saw viSi"n'
madr his way into the WILDERNESS.
SLEPT on the ground. fought with nun
ger and Wild beasts and grew strong
hy the labor uf his right arm. 1t would
he 4 strange thing it all h" has learn
I'd is L. crawl back /" whrr" he started
and build castle exactly like tn" one
from which the t,rauls druvr him i'm
the. old World
"What strange FELLOW y"u ar,
Jim Her answer carried with il a
Iuurh ur. resentment This h"US' ~
mine. mine not Americas pleas" re-
ib, tutuT,. Amt-II-