Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-03

Innings WOulu Certainly ne DelleI Ill tile
course of time, but
1t came to pass that he left the store
early one evening, eXcusng himself on
| the plea of some slight indisposition.
and lost himself for the space Of two
| hours.
He found himself shortly after 8 at
pause by the gate of the Bohun place.
An aged negro butler, one of the freed
slaves brought from Virginia by the
Bohuns, admitted him to the hall and
took his card, smothering his own won-
derment, for in those days nobody
disturbed the silence and the peace Of
master. Duncan h long to wait.
"Cunnel Bohun will see yo', suh,"
the servant said and ushered him into
the library.
Bohun received the young man
standing. He was as courteous be-
meath his own roof as he was impos-
sible away from it.
The colonel nodded. AT your SER
vice, sir" and waited grimly.
Duncan had his own way of getting
at things.
May l inquire, sir, if you are ac-
quainted with the firm of L. ], Bart
lett & Co. of New York;"
Il have heard of it, Mr.. Duncan"
Then would You mind doing me the
favor of writing to Mr., Henry Kel-
logg, the junior partner, and asking
him about me?"
The colonel stiffened. May l ask
why should do anything so uncalled
for?"
Because it isn't uncalled for, sir. l
mean you won't think so after I've ex-
planned"
Bohun inclined his head, searching
Mats face with his keen, bright eyes.
You see. sir. it's this way. I want
you to intrust me with considerable
sum of money, and naturally you would
not do that without knowing some
thing about me-"
Il incline very much to doubt that
Shpulu w " III aiS event. Hi' h"'
can"
"Oh, don't say that. You don't know
the circumstances as yet" Nat jerked
his head earnestly at the colonel. You
see, you're said to be one of the rich
est men in town, and I'm certainly one
of the poorest, so of course l turn to
you in a case like this"
Duncan could have sworn that the
eyes were twinkling beneath the saw
agely knitted brows.
You must understand I'm in busi-
ness here in Radville-a partner in a
growing and prosperous concern-ah-
doing-very we'll in point Of fact
"Yes?"
But we haven't any spare capital.
In fact, we haven't got any capital
worth mentioning. But the business is
entirely sound and solvent"
Il congratulate you, sir"
Thank you very much. Now, I'm
interested in rather singular case,
| that of a young woman-a girl, l
should say-daughter Of my partner,
She's a good girl and wonderfully
sweet and fine, sir. She comes of one
of the best families in these parts"
"On her mothers side" suggested
the colonel dryly,
so I'm told, sir. But she's been
neglected Circumstances have been
against her, She hasn't had real
chance in life, but she ought to have
it, and I'm going to see that she gets
it one way or another"
you haven't finished?" said the
colonel coldly,
Not quite, sir" said Duncan. Good
sign," he told himself, He hasn't or
dered me thrown out yet"
ITO come down to cases, sir, she
ought to be sent to a good boarding
| school for few years. It'll make a
| new woman of her-a woman to he
| proud Of She's got that In her. 1t
only needs to be brought out"
And before you leave, sir" said the
colonel with significant precision, will
you be so kind as to inform me WHY
you think this should interest me?"
NO" said Duncan candidly; Il
| haven't got the nerve to. But what l
wanted to propose was this-that you
lend me $500 to cover the expense of
the first year on condition that l rep
resent the money as coming from the
profits Of the business and, in short,
| keep the transaction between our
selves absolutely quiet. If you'll in
quire of Mr.. Kellogg he'll tell you I
can be trusted to keep my word. Fur
| thermore"-he galloped, suspecting
that his time was perilously short and
desiring to get it all out of his system
-"Pll guarantee you repayment within
year and that you shan't be annoyed
this way a second time"
Bohun looked him oyer from head to
foot, bowed in silence and. turning
both had stood throughout this pas
sage-grasped bell rope by the Chin
ney and pulled it violently:
In the desolate fastnesses of that
dreary house somewhere a bell tinkled
discordantly. 4 moment later the
white headed darky butler onened the
| door.
SUBJ" he said:
Cplpnel Bphun essayed to speak
cleared his throat angrly and lndi-
Gated Duncan with a courteous ges-
ture.
"Scipio," said he. this gentleman will
have a glass of wine with me-"
'Yassuh!" stammered the negro.
Bohun turned to his quest. Won't
you be seated, Mr.. Duncan?" he said
You have interested me considerably,
sir, and l should be glad to discuss
the matter with you"
Speeches., Duncan gasped incoher-
emily and moved toward a chair as the
servant reappeared with a tray on
which was a decanter of sherry and
two old fashioned, thin stemmed crys-