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

denly. What Is that band playing?"
A burst of passionate, heart break
ing music poured out upon the air
The leaves overhead, the burning
bloom around, vibrated to it's sad, it
intense sweetness. Directly Vandine
to his utter CONSERVATION, becam
aware that the painted fan had fallei
from the slender hands Of his com
panion. She was listening breathless
ly to the music, and, as she listened
down her beautiful cheeks. the tear
poured like rain. Near the gardel
chair stood a group of guests. Van
dine had the presence Of mind to mov'
promptly betwixt these and Mis-
Greylock, whose agitation would 9th
erwise be sure to attract attention
She nodded her thanks.
DO not look at me-" she said, IN
choked voice.
He turned straight away. Even 4
his present dazed, enchanted state, Dr
Dick was not without penetration. HI
saw that something must be amis
with the beautiful heiress of Greylocl
Woods. He ventured to glance bacl
at her as soon as she regained com
posure.
What was it?" he stmmered, awk
wardly. "The-the-music?"
YES" she answered, immediatel!
assuming her usual composure. How
1 detest these emotional airs!-the!
make one feel like some absurd, love
lorn Mariana in the Moated Grange
Under his breath he began to quote
"She only said the day is dreary-
He cometh not she said.
She said, L am a-weary, a-weary -
Spare mel" she interrupted, light
Iy; that style of poetry is not to m!
taste. Surely, DR.. Vandine. you ough
to take a rug to Aunt Pam. She dis
likes standing on the grass, and un'
der these trees the sward is damp
She will have influenza"
He was dismissed. At the same mo-
ment Godfrey Greylock approached hi'
granddaughter's chair.
What! moping here, Ethel?" M
cried, and his eyes as they fell coldly
on Vandine, seemed to add: wasting
your time with this nobody" Ht
drew her hand promptly through Ms
arm. Come my darling, this will no
do-you are wanted elsewhere" Ant
he whisked her off like magic. Van.
dine picked up 4 rug and went to fine
Miss Pamela.
$50 you have been talking with m!
niece?" said the old gentlewoman, a!
he spread the Oriental stuff under hel
feet.
Yes" groaned Vandine.
She had a sincere liking for her new
doctor, and meant to give him timel!
warning.
Everybody here is raving OF hel
beauty" she went on, smoothing th'
point lace ruff1es over her delicate
ieweled hands. II hope the child!
head will not be turned; hope. too
that no foolish moth will SINCE hi!
wings in a forbidden fire. OF course
it is generally known that-that Ethe
is as good as engaged to a barone
across the water-a Greylock, like her
self"
Yes, it was known. Vandine hat
heard of the matter from half f-dozeI
sources - nevertheless he experienced
an unpleasant shock.
It's a thousand pities," he blurte'
out, with the blood burning in nj
rugged, unhandsome face, that tn
baronet cannot find mate in his owl
country. Observe all those fellow
wonder, clustering about Miss Grey
lock. like bees around the honey o
Hymettus. It's uncommonly hard up
on them-upon all her own country
men, in fact-this abominable EnSllsl
engagement"
"I do not approve of such betroth
ais myself, but we Greylocks are hal
English, you know, and nothing woul'
satisfy by brother but an Engllsl
marriage for Ethel. He fancies tha
she will ornament the family title"
She would ornament a throne!
muttered poor Vandine, with fervor.
Miss Pam regarded him with
troubled air.
81 fear, doctor, that you are no
finding your share of amusement here
Will you not join the tennis players
or those card parties on the piazza
There are scores of delightful girl
among my guests-shall not presen
YOU to some of them? Perhaps yo
will dance-the band is just striking
up a waltz"
mo, thank you!" he answere
gloomily.
With the dazzling face of Ethe
Greylock before his eyes, how coul
he look at other girls? His happines
was over. She was surrounded-mon
opolized. He could neither approac
her again, nor gain another wor
with her. Everybody was paying cour
to her, as to a queen. What chanc
had he in such a company? An
plainly Ethel had forgotten his exist
ence. She had inflicted the fata
wound, and gone on her way uncon
scious of, and Indifferent to, the mis-
chief. Miss Pam, in her character @
hostess, was soon called from his side
and DR.. Dick found himself disguste
and alone, among people for whom h
cared nothing, and who cared nothin
for him, deprived of the friendly shell
ter of a roof and as forlorn general
as cat in any strange garret. II
was the first of the company to max
his adieus and rush away.
Anxious to avoid the crowd. he turn
ed from the main avenues and plunge
into a side path, which at the end o
half a mile brought him to Rose Cot
tage.
The cottage had been closed for
year-Mrs. Iris and her servant, Han
nah Johnson, were abrOad-but now
as DR.. Dick came in sight of the pret
ty hermitage, the stir of human lif
about it, the opening of shutters. tn
figures of servants appearing and dis