Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-07
CHAPTER XIV.
Dark Days.

reached the rising ground near the
salt pits, when that first cry of agony
met him in a curve of the road
amazed him, too, and chilled his
blood.
Hold" he called to his driver.
What can that be?"
Lord only knows, sir!" answered
the servant, in CONSERVATION. 1T
came from the pits-the ghosts are
walking most likely"
stop the horses, blockhead! That
was woman's voice"
'She-ghosts or he-ghosts they're
all the same thing, reckon, sir,"
shiyered the man.
A second scream came shuddering
across the field. piercing the night
with it's sore distress and desperate
need. Before the occupants of the
Greylock carriage could collect their
wits, another vehicle dashed out from
under a clump of trees near at hand,
swept furiously by, and vanished IN
the direction Of the town.
Is WING
cried Godfrey Greylock, springing
promptly into the road. Follow me,
Carton"
Carton, who feared his master even
more than he did ghosts, was COM
PEELED to obey. The twain hurried
down the path. and at the base of the
cairn stumbled straightway on a
black, motionles heap, lying there on
the cold, wet earth, under the dismal
evening sky.
Two women, drenched in blood
the uppermost a girl in plain work
ing clothes, with arms flung conVul-
sively over the other, as If to shield
and protect her. And that other?
Godfrey Greylock bent and put away
her clinging veil and fair hair, and an
awful cry burst from his lips.
My God! it is Ethel! A light,
Carton. a light"
Carton struck a match against the
rocks. It's blue flame wavered over
the scene, and 10! there at his feet, ne
saw the heiress of Greylock Woods,
her white face set in a look Of agony
and terror, her hands desperately
cIutching the dress of the poor work
ing girl who had fallen prone across
her body.
Neither of the two gave any sign
of life
do YOU see!" said Godfrey Grey
lock, wildly; its my granddaughter,
Carton; and some one has killed her
here-here, on this accursed spot"
Carton lifted the girl in working
clothes.
I'm blest if this one isn't the new
maid at Cats Tavern!" he said, as
he scrutinized her ghastly face. The
inn folks call her Polly. Lord love
us, Look, sir, she's been stabbed
she's bleeding like a stuck pig!"
Master and man stood overwhelm-
ed with CONSERVATION.
There's no help nearer than the
villal" cried Godfrey Greylock, as he
raised Ethel in his own arms. GOD
only knows the meaning of all this!
! wish we had stopped the carriage
which passed us just now on the road.
Quick, Carton! Come with me, l am
old. but I have still little strength"
whats to be done with this girl,
sir?"
I'VE cannot leave her here, neither
must we lose sight of her at present
So fetch her along"
He bore his granddaughter to the
carriage. Carton followed with Polly.
In this manner the two girls were
conveyed to Greylock Woods. Their
arrival threw the whole place into dire
confusion. Polly was given over 10
HUpkins-little thought anybody hao
for her. The attention of all was CEN
tered on the heiress of the WOODS
who had, as yet, given no sign OF con-
sciousness.
In an incredibly short time DR.. van
dine was on the scene. A thorough
examination revealed the fact that
Ethel Greylock was quite unhurt.
"She has sustained some great men,
tai shock" said the doctor, but no
physical injury"
The blood that drenched her gar
ments was not hers, but Polly's. In
the working girls side Vandine 1ouno
an ugly wound, made by some lnstru-
ment like A stilletto, and another OF
the sarle kind had pierced her shouio-
or He felt for her heart. 1t still nut
tered, but feebly.
Polly, Polly!" he cried out, invol-
unfairly, Into what scrape have you
got yourself now?"
But Polly was past replying. Io
that voice, dearer to her ears than any
other sound on earth, she now remain
ed deaf.
81 call this very strange analr'
said Vandine, addressing Godfrey
Greylock, who had followed him 10
the servants quarters. Il know Pol
w." nodding toward the girl whose
wounds he had just dressed. Il nave
known her for years. She is thor
oughly good, upright and trustwor-
thy"
Godfrey Greylock bowed slightly
Apart from her connection with his
adored grandchild. Polly was no more
to him than some common weed
which had intruded into his elegant
garden-beds.
From the position in which you
found the two at the cairn," continued
Vandine, lit appears to me that some
murderous assault was made on Miss
Greylock tonight. and that Polly
sought to assist the lady at the peri
of her own life. l believe we snail
have some explanation like this whei
YOUR granddaughter revives."
But Ethel did not revive, and no eX-
PLANTATION of any kind followed. All
that night there was hurrying to and
fro at the villa, and when morning
dawned, Polly, in the servants quar-
ters, was still alive, though unable to
move or speak; and Ethel Greylock