Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-16


"Precisely"
Il consider it horribly unfair"
$50 it is. But if you wish to live
in peace, you must submit"
Peace at that price I have no wish
for. This man Mallow lives within
the pale of law; the other man is out
side of it, Yet of the two, which
would you be quickest to trust?"
The consul ul-general laughed. Nov
you are appealing not to my knowl
edge of the world but to my instinct u
Thanks"
rs there any reason why you should
defend Mr.. Warrington, as he calls
himself?"
The consul-generars wife despe-
ately tried to catch her husbands
eye But either he did not see the
glance or he purposely ignored it.
I'm defending Mr.. Warrington l am
defending myself"
"A good point"
MY dear friend" Elsa went on
letting warmth come into her voice
once more, my sympathy went out to
that man. He looked so lonely. Did
you notice his eyes? Can a man look
at you the way he does and be bad?'
Il have seen Mallow dozens of
times. I know him to be a scoundrel
of sorts; but l doubt if bald sunlight
could make him blink. Liars have
first to overcome the Pickering and
wavering of the eyes"
He said that"
who, Warrington" puzzled.
He said almost the same thing.
Would he say that if he were n liar?''
"I haven't accused him of being
that. Indeed. he struck me as a
truthful young man. But he con-
feSsed to me that ten years ago he
robbed his employed of eight thou
sand dollars BY the way, what is the
name of the firm your father found
edo"
"The Andes Construction company.
Do YOU think we could find him some
thing to do there?" eagerly. HE
builds bridges"
81 shouldn't advise that But we
have gone astray. You ought not to
see him again"
II have made up ny mind not to-"
Then pardon me for all this pother.
I know what is in your heart Elsa.
You want to help the poor devil back
to what he was but he'll have to do
that by himself"
'It is a hateful world" Elsa appeal
ed to the wife.
1T is, Elsa, dear But James is
right"
You'll get your balance" said the
guardian, when you reach home.
When's the wedding"
I'm not sure that I'm going to be
married" Elsa twired the sunshade
again. Il really wish / had stayed at
home. seem all topsy-turvy. l could
have screamed when ! saw the man
standing on the ledge above the boat
that night. No: l do not believe
shall marry. Fancy marrying a man
and knowing that his ghost was at the
same time wandering about the EARTH"
She rose and the sunshade described
half-circle as she spoke. "Oh,
bother with it all. Dinner at eight,
in the big dining room"
Yes. But the introductions will be
made on the cafe -veranda. These
people out here have gone mad over
ock-tails. And look your best, Elsa.
/ want them to see q real American
girl tonight. I'll have some roses
sent up to YOU"
Elsa had not the heart to tell him
that all interest in his dinner had sud-
denly gone from her mind; that even
the confusion of the colonel no longer
appealed to her bitter malice. She
knew that she was going to be bored
and miserable. Well, she had prom
ised She would put on her best
gown: she would talk and laugh and
Jest because she had done these things
many times when her heart was not in
the play of it.
When she was gone, the consul-gen-
erals wife said: Poor girl"
Her husband looked across the
room interestedly. Why do you say
that?"
II am a woman"
That phrase is the City of Refuge.
All women fly to it when confronted
by something they do not under
stand"
"Oh. but | do understand. And that's
the pity of it,