Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-05

Il
H grasped her fame-not more than that
east and west, last Sunday. some
twenty million blowsy breakfast-feed-
ers had propped the supplement UP
against the sugar urn, and over their
n coffee and chops, had scrutinized her
full-sheet presentment-that careless
Egyptian face upturned, the leaves
and blossoms in her hair. the simple
gown betraying her slender rounded
throat-scrutinized, grunted; read the
lead" Of the story, grunted again;
and turned to another roll and the
pink un" to scan the football scores.
But of somewhere, the gilded world
had called her. The letters she got by
ing indecision, at times. made, him re-
vile himself as q weakling.
| Aurelie! Aurelie, with her hurt
pride, her love that was tragedy, her
wild beating of life against her bars!
hundreds, the congratulations and in
quiries,. curious and kindly, envious
and ingratiating. warned her. A New
York manufacturer wanted to use her
face on his tooth powder boxes-that
was the worst she knew of. And John
| Lindstom, in rage. had seized most
Of her mail and burned 1t and forbid
den her intercourse with the town. She
had gone about in dream, some inef-
fable heartsickness, which Harlan had
left with her-she fought It rebellious-
ly with pride and anger and sullen ST.
lences. When she made one trip to
town she tossed her small head along
High street, conscious that every
household hastened to the windows to
see her. There goes Aurelie Lind
strom-the first time she's been out
since 1t happened" 81,
TT" was spoken Of in the best fami-
lies as one would speak Of a surgical
operation. But even her former school
mates didn't banter her-she went past
them with hardly more than a nod,
and they fell back to discuss her stat
us, her looks, her possibilities-she
couldn't be as handsome as Vawter's
silly picture made her!
Wiley lounged into Miss vance's Of
flee in the court house the next morn
ing after the arrival Of the twins. They
saw Aurelie go into Dickinson's store.
her red dress brave bit Of flame. Mr..
Curran sighed, looking at Janet's firm
pen scratching its way across dis
trict requisition paper. Poor little
grill" he said. I'm desperately sor-
ry!"
Miss vance's cool gray eyes lifted
"Why?" q
"Oh, I don't know. Only I'm begin
ming to think as Harlan did-the whole
thing is horribly vulgar. I never knew
Aurelie much before-but she's been
at the shop 1--we met her"-he look
ed away frowning at his own tremor-
she hasn't any idea Of what to do
and there were six proposals Of mar
riage in Saturdays mail"
Miss Vance scratched on: II should
think much good might come Of It, AS
for vulgarity, 1t couldn't be much
worse than her surroundings before. !
hope something comes Of it for her"
I'm afraid it'll spoil her"
mot necessarily. Wiley, It's like you
to accept it impractically."
"Why, the whole towns laughing at
her. And here the McFetridge boys
with their ridiculous scheme" {
"Why?" I
Wiley subsidized. Janet was always
squelching him. WELL" he ruminated
"for a week she made the old town ia
mous-it figured in Chicago date
line six times, and the photographers
came and snapped Lindstrom's shack
and the Sinsinawa bridge, and the
North Side school where she used to
go, and"-Wiley got up and sighed
well, Amelia Parsons says the notori-
ETY. to Rome was shocking, and the
Shakespeare club ought to pass resolu-
tions deploring the whole business!"
Probably they will. They deplored
my election also. II Aurelie can go and
do anything that otherwise she'd never
had the remotest chance Of doing. !
approve. Miss Conway said she was a
very bright child in the eighth grade.
And she certainly has appealed to your
sentimental self"
"Eh. well!" He shrugged. Janet,
the whole thing hit me! The little girl
is deal like myself. fancy. A soul
in bonds. I was. Janet-you remem-
ber?" He raised his hand to the Oc-
tober hills. II had to go off foot free
and wander and see it all. Something
beyond all this. Aurelie's suddenly
awakened, too, out Of her bitterness
her love" he checked himself and
sighed Il can understand all that, ia
net, My world was gilded splendidly
and 1t is yet, you know. can't get
over it."
rs it true these proposals Of mar
riage she gets?" pursued Miss Vance
impersonally.
Rot! Even Aurelie laughs-and
tears 'em up! A lot Of people bother
her, indeed But she's a sturdy little
soul with a terrible simplicity and di-
rectness. Wants to be somebody
wants to be somebody! God bless the
kid can understand"
Wants to be somebody" Janet
watched him shrewdly. And you?
Wiley, took you at your word you're
going to run for congress"
Janet"
II had luncheon with Governor Del
roy up in Des Moines last week. Now,
please-please-this is not for the
News, remember! l told him you had
promised to lead his forlorn hope In
this district"
Janet, never held an office in my
life!"
| Neither did Delroy until he rebelled
| up there in the north" She arose and
came swiftly to him. wiley, I've
been all over the district at the insti-
tutes, and say the time has come!
You don't know the restlessness
against Congressman Hall and this old
regime. Some live forceful man Is 60