Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-12-10

very careful and not disturb you. We
will go at any moment you please"
Immediately Phillips. Poor, dear
guardy! I never heard Of anything SO
dreadful. l will put on my wraps at
once"
Madame Manners and her teachers
came to take kind and affectionate
farewell of Miss Sardis. The latter
was in a fever of impatience, yet sn@
listened with tolerable composure to
madame's lengthy adieu. responded to
the kisses of Miss Drexel and her as
sociates, and was finally escorted to
the waiting carriage by Phillips, with
madame's last words ringing through
her ears:
II trust your estimable aunt may he
satisfied with the progress you have
made under my care. You will find AN
admirable treatise on department and
mental Culture in a corner Of your
handbag. 1 beg you will peruse it
carefully"
And then the wheels went round,
and in the fast-gathering night Bee
was rolling through the streets Of
Brookline toward Boston.
On the way she piled Phillips with
many questions, all pertaining to the
attack upon her uncle, but without
eliciting any new information on the
subject.
rs guardy confined to his room?"
she asked. Yes, know he is other
wise he would have come for me, him
self. Oh, how slow these horses go,
Phillips! We actually do not move at
ALL"
Nevertheless, they reached Bowdoin
Square at last, and stopped at the en-
trance of it's big hotel. Phillips helped
his masters ward to alight, and con-
Quoted her deferentially to the bank
er's private parlor. He raped softly,
and waiter opened the door.
Miss Sardis is here" began Phillips,
but Bee, waiting for no preliminaries,
dashed into the room, and flung her
self into her uncle's arms.
He was lying on a sofa, his head
swathed in bandages a dressing gown
quilted with silk wrapped about his
figure, a tiger-skin flung across his
feet. A pale, closely -shaven man of
fifty or thereabout, with irongray hair
a keen eye, a sarcastic mouth, and tn
arrogant manner which might natur-
ally be expected, perhaps, in a man
whose name was power in the land.
The servant in waiting turned up the
gas, took up a tea-tray from a round
table at the head of the sofa, and de-
parted, leaving the banker and his
niece alone together
Cullen Sardis embraced the girl
with some show of tenderness.
Have you had your tea, my dear?"
he asked languidly.
Yes, guardy, before I left Madame
Manners's."
well, you see why l was obliged to
send Phillips for you. / suppose he
told you of the trouble which befell
me yesterday!
Bee had already dashed off hat and
wraps. She drew a chair to the side
of the sofa, and sat down there, look
ing very bright and sweet and full of
solicitude.
Yes. How strange--how dreadful
guardy! Perhaps it was all an acci-
dent.1 would be glad to think so, I'm
sure. Perhaps some careless person
threw the stone without harmful in
tent. Have you notified the police
have you offered reward or any
thing?"
NO." answered the banker.
Bee seemed to think this very odd.
why not?" She queried quickly.
MY dear child. l make it a rule to
agitate the unpleasant matters which
arise in my life as little as possible. Be
lieve me, it is the wisest course. Every
man has his enemies, open or secret
especially every man of Importance /
have not appealed to the authorities
because l am confident ii would do no
good. and l naturally object to having
a name like mine tossed from mouth
to mouth in connection with a crimi-
nal occurrence. In short, l am not of
a revengeful nature, Bee. I do not
wish to find my assailant, And apro-