Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-10-21

his nature. What saved the two. Of
them was the violent temper Of the
man. Always 1t had been the demon
, to set him afiame.. His rage mount
| ed and gave him new power in the
battle. Under the urge Of 1t he conquer
ed and at last brought himself and his
charge to the shore. ...
Mary revived to clear consciousness.
which was at first inclined toward
hysteria, but this phase yielded soon
under the sympathetic ministrations
| of the man. His rather low voice was
soothing to her tired soul. and his
whole air was at once masterful and
gently tender. When finally she was
able to stand and to walk with the
support Of his arm she went forward
slowly at his side without SO much
even as q question Of whittier.
Joe Carson had performed, perhaps,
his first action with no thought Of self
at the back Of 1t. He had risked his
life to save that Of stranger. The
sensation was at once novel and thrill"
ling. Since 1t was so agreeable he
meant to prolong the glow Of self sat
isfaction by continuing to care for this
waif Of the river. .-.
Joe Carson, the notorious forger,
led the dripping girl eastward through
the squalid streets until at last they
came to an adequately lighted avenue,
and there taxicab was found. 1t car
ried them farther north. and to the
east to an apartment house that was
rather imposing, set in street OF
humber dwellings,.
Here Carson paid the fare and then
helped the girl to alight and on into
the hallway. Mary went with him
quite unafraid, though now with
growing curiosity.
The two entered and went slowly
up three flights Of stairs. On the land,
ing beyond the third flight the door of
q rear flat stood open, and In the door
way appeared the figure Of woman.
well, Joe, who's the skirt?" this
person demanded as the man and his
charge halted before her. Then abrupt
ly, the round, baby-like face Of her
woman puckered in afnazement. Her
voice rose shrill. well, If it amt Mary
Turner!"
"Aggie!" was the reply. ... e..
In the time that followed Mary lived
in the fiat which Aggie Lynch occu-
pied with her brother, Jim, a pick
pocket much esteemed among his fell
low craftsmen. The period wrought
transformations of a radical and be-
wildering sort in both the appearance
and the charcter Of the girl .|
Joe Carson, the forger. had long
been acquainted with Aggie and her
brother, though he considered them far
beneath him in the social scale, since
their criminal work was not Of that
high kind on which he prided himself.
But as he cast about for some woman
to whom he might take the hapless
girl he had rescued his thoughts fell
on Aggie. He was relieved rather than
otherwise to learn that there was al
ready an acquaintance between the
two women, and the fact that his
charge had served time In prison did
not influence him one jot against her.
Mary let herself drift. 1t seemed to
her that she had abandoned herself to
fate in that hour, when she threw her
self into the river. Afterward, with
out any volition on her part, she had
been restored to life and set within an
environment new and strange to her,
in which soon, to her surprise, she dis
covered a vivid pleasure. So she
fought no more, but left destiny to
work its will, unhampered by her fu-
tile strivings.
For the first time in her life, thanks
to the hospitality Of Aggie Lynch, Sc
cretly REINFORCED from the funds Of
Joe Carson, Mary found herself living
in luxurious idleness while her every
wish could be gratified bp the merest
mention of 1t. She was fed on the
daintiest Of fare, she was clothed with
the most delicate richness for the first
time as to those more mysterious gar
ments which women love. In addition,
there were as many of books and mag
azines as she could wish.
Her mind, long starved like her body
seized avidly on the nourishment thus
afforded. In this interest Aggie had no
share. was perhaps little envious over
Mary's absorption in printed pages.
Aggie took a vast pride in her guest,