Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-15
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CHAPTER VI-Continued.


Martha led him into the shabby par
lor of the house, and summoned the
landlady, a careworn, jaded woman
who gave him the following informa-
ton:
THE Greylocks have lodged with me
ever since their marriage-the child
was born here. They lived wretchedly
together-'twas a clear case OF cat
and dog between them. They were al
ways behindhand with the rent, and
they seemed pinched in every way.
Mr.. Greylock never got steady work.
and his wife's pay at the theatre was
all they had to depend upon, and what
with sickness and the baby, you may
say they lived from hand to mouth.
I never fancied Mrs. Greylock-she
was too gay and fiighty for my TASTE
and her husband was fiercely jealous OF
her. There was a gentleman who
sometimes came here in a carriage,
and took her to rehearsals, and to the
regular playa dark, handsome young
fellow. I had never heard his name,
but one of the dodgers told me he was
very rich. She didn't care much for
her child and neglected it shamefully.
"A few days before she disappeared the
little thing fell sick, and by this time,
l dare say, it's dead and buried.
well, a week ago, sir, the Greylocks
quarreled about some flowers tnat
were sent to the wife by the young
gentlemen already mentioned, and af-
ter some loud talk that was heard both
by Martha and me, the husband went
tearing out Of the house, as mad as q
March hare. That's the last we saw
of him-he never came back. l went
up to the two-pair back after he left'
and found Mrs. Greylock unconcerned
enough, sewing away on her stage frills
and spangles.
"T met your husband on the stairs
Just now,' says l. I hope nothings
wrong with him.
We've had a tiff,' she answered
tossing her handsome head, and he's
gone, and hope from my heart it's for
good and ALL
THE doctor had told her that her
child couldn't live many hours, but
when night came, she prepared to go
to the theatre all the same. Her haot
was to dose the little thing with sooth-
ing stun, and leave Martha with 1t till
her return, which was never till mid
night or after, for both husband ana
wife kept late hours. At the proper
time she called me and said she was
going, and asked II Martha might be
allowed to sit by the baby as usual,
and give 1t the medicines. She looked
feyerish and excited-I think she had
suddenly made up her mind to some
thing desperate. / was curious enough
to run to the window, as she went out.
and 10! at the door / saw fine car
riage, and the dark young gentleman
alighted from 1t very slowly, as If he
was in pain or something Of that kind
and then he spoke a few words to Mrs.
Greylock and kissed her hand, after
which the two stepped into the car
riage and rode away together"
60 on" urged the Blackport law
yer, as the landlady paused.
swered, tartly, for haven't seen Mrs.
Greylock from that hour to this. Mar
tha says she returned after the play,
and carried off her sick baby as
stealthy as thief-poor little thing! II
didn't live long to bother her, you may
be sure. Now I call it a curious fit
ting, both of husband and wife, espe-
for more than two months"
do you know if Mrs. Greylock
danced at the theatre on the night OF
her disappearance"
Yes, sir, she did; for the manager
came here next day to see her, and ne
said she had been in her place as usual,
and he was furious to find her missing.
She's fed with her lover he said OF
once, meaning the dark young gentle
man."
From the lodging house Godfrey
Greylock's messenger went straight to
the manager of the theatre where
Sylphide had been employed. That gen.
tleman replied to the lawyers ques-
tions in this wise:
IT'S an elopement, fast enough. Syl-
phide and her husband lived upon bad
terms. Her lover, Kenyon, brought her
TO the theatre in his carriage the night
they fed together. He occupied
box during the play. He llmped lit
tie, l remember, and looked alarmingly
pale. Somebody was to give supper
to the ballet girls after the perform
ance, and Sylphide had promised to at
tend; but at the last moment she rush
ed into the green room, greatly agitated,
and excused herself on the ground that
her child was sick, and couldn't live
the night out. Then she drove off with
Kenyon-the baggage"
Ard at that same moment Robert
Greylock was probably lying dead
among the old salt-pits at Blackport,"
thought the messenger. Aloud, he said:
can you tell me anything about this
Kenyon"
He is a young swell who has lately
arrived in this city after residence
of some years abroad. His father was
American; his mother, Spanish. A
! handsome, languishing fellow, with
plenty of foreign airs and no end of
money-just the sort to turn the head
of a silly girl. For weeks he has fol-
lowed Sylphide about like her own
ladow."
%.Was Robert Greylock jealous OF
him2"
u 4never heard. Probably not more
of m than of others-Sylphide had
sec of admirers. had no acquaint-
an with either of the two men, but
frc the fact that Kenyon disappeared
fr, his hotel at the same time that
s, hide left her lodgings, it is plain
to that the pair departed in COM
De You may hear something fur
ther about them in New York. There
is a rumor among the theatre people
that they went to that place and SAIL