Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-02-25
After a little while he asked:

A
J Strozzi?"
Miss Vann, unhappily. thinks tn
baron perfection" / answered.
And after that we sat there In tina
blessed studio, and talked, and talked
and I promised to marry my darling II
spite Of all the guardians and Strozzi'
in existence. Then we went back t.
the ballroom.
Both Lawrence Harding and the bar
on had vanished. Ethel was dancing
with the count, and Aunt Amelia wa!
searching for me In great displeasure
and anxiety Of mind.
where have you been this intermin
able while" she demanded.
In Miss Vann's studio, admiring hel
pictures" I answered, calmly. Have
you seen the baron? He has just made
me an offer Of marriage, which de-
clined without thanks"
Her eyes flashed, her whole thin face
seemed to harden.
"Ah! We will talk of that another
time. He has left the house-he met
with an accident-slipped on the stair
and fell, or something. Who Is that man
talking to Miss Vann, and looking this
way?"
"Mr. Sake" l answered. "One Of her
artist friends"
Aunt Amelia's face grew black-she
remembers names. She ordered heI
carriage at once, and I was whisked of
| like magic, and without exchanging
another word with my lover. The mo-
ment l reached home went directly to
the library where found guardy writ.
| ing letters. AS I entered In my ball
dress he looked up from his work In
cold surprise.
what! Home already?" he said.
/ tov,f IN hn
which he sat.
"Guardy, where is the letter which
Eric SAKE wrote to me about certain
compact into which he entered with
you several months ago-a letter which
you promised to deliver into my hands,
and which / never saw-never even
heard of until tonight?"
| you have been at Miss Vann's, said
he, in a tone Of conviction, and seen
that fellow again!"
"Yes!" flashed; "and I know all,
guardy-all your treachery and false
hood!"
He smiled calmly.
| my dear Bee, you are excited. The
end justifies the means. I acted only
| for your good. / really supposed the
beggar would have the sense to keep
out Of your way at the present. Has
he been making love to you?"
"Yes; and have promised to marry
him."
my dear child, that is nonsense, you
know. Quite impossible" he replied
with a calmly indulgent smile. You
are my ward, and I shall take good
care that you do not throw yourself
away upon a starving artist"
"Guardy, you have not acted IN the
least like q man Of honor, and Will
never, never, marry anybody living but
Eric Saxe!" And with that turned
and left him.
Friday.-Eric has seen my guardian
fear the two had stormy interview
I was not allowed to know OF 1t until II
was over; then Aunt Amelia came into
my room and said:
You will 90 no more to Miss Vanns
your uncle forbids 1t. He also forbids
you to see or communicate with that
painter, SAKE. You have treated the
baron in an outrageous manner. l am
greatly displeased with you"
| She is preparing some vial Of wrath
for me. l shall not be permitted to see
Eric. No matter-we can trust each
other now. 1 am rid Of the baron, at
least.
Ethel avoids me in every way. Plain
| " she wants no confidential talks
either concerning my love affairs, or
her own. / am half happy, half mis-
cradle.
Jan. 2sth.-It is all over-Ethel is
married and gone! The grand am6i-
ton Of Aunt Ame!ia's life Is realized
she is the mother law Of born no.
bleman-her daughter Is countess!
The newly welded pair sailed yester-
day for Europe, and nothing Is talked
of in society but the superb wedding
the gifts, the reception, the bride. My
eyes are red, my nose Is swollen with
weeping, my heart is like lead. / have
parted with the only relative care fol-
| in the least, and Heaven alone knows
when shall see her again.
Can describe the great event which
has thrown the fashionable world into
a fever of excitement? I feel confused
and bewildered when I think Of It
Light, splendor, jewels, Paris dresses
costly flowers, marvellous music-these
things are all jumbled together in my
head as accessories to Ethers grand
sacrifice on the altar Of worldly ambi-
ton. There were hundreds and hun
dreds of fashionable guests, arrayed ir
purple and fine linen, crowding an ul-
ira fashionable church; a small army
of bridesmaids; plenty Of wedding IA
vors and smiling faces, and everything
that could give eclat to the nuptials o
VI
AS for Ethel, she wore brocaded sa.
tin, made with high, square neck ant
immense train; veil Of finest Brus'
se,s point, orange blossoms and mag
nificent diamonds-her fathers gift
and she was simply perfect. The coun
looked very we'll, and tolerably happy
the foreign orders on his manly breas
were very edifying to us plebian re-
publicans.
was first bridesmaid; and my dres:
of white silk and tulle was lovely; anc
tried hard to imagine that enjoyed
the display and felt proud and happy
like the rest of the Sardis race, bu
failed hopelessly. Throughout the en-
tire ceremony was as dismal as a raw
en-. Lawrence Harding was in the
church-he had been included with thu
Severne party in the invitations. VIVA
possessed him to come and witness
scene which would give him nothing
but pain? His face looked like gra!
stone-as set and expressionless. Die
he notice how pale Ethel was? Liter
ally, she was like marble woman
but / suppose it is right and prope
that one should be pale on ones brida
day. She made her responses firml!
, enough, and the counts could be heart
all over the crowded church. Lawrenc
, was seated next the aisle, and as sh
turned from the altar-a countess-he
eyes met his fully for moment. be
lieve she Is quite heartless. The heroin
, Of a novel would have fallen then AM
there to the floor; but Ethel did moth
, ing Of the kind She went on withou
, the smallest sign Of agitation, entered
her carriage, and rolled off from tn
church door; well satisfied, to all ap
pearances, with the bargain she hat
made.
l only hope that Lawrence will g
! straight and console himself with tn
5 love of Alice Bradford. who looked a
pretty as rose at the wedding. Every
I bodys knows that she adores Larry. l
would serve Ethel quite right.
The reception was superb. Barol
. Strozzi was there, smiling and unham
3 ed evidently, by that swift descent o
r the staircase at Miss Vann's german
l When he offered his hand to Coun
t Stahl the latter would not deign t
touch or notice 1t: and everybody say
this conspicuous snubbing, and nov
tfo0 h.