Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-19

been all of the one or all Of the 9th
er, he would not have been touched
so deeply If she loved a man, there
would be no silly doddering; the voice
of the petty laws that strove to hedge
her in would be in her ears as sum
mer breeze. For one so young-ant
twenty-five was young-she possessed
disconcerting directness in her logic
So far he observed that she retained
but one illusion, that somewhere II
the world there was a man worth low
ing. His heart hurt him. He mus
see her no more after the morrow
Enchantment and happiness were two
words which fate had ruthlessl!
scratched from his book of days.
Mr.. Hooghly had already started of
toward the town, the kit-bag and the
valise slung across his shoulders, the
parrot cage bobbing at his side. He
knew where to go; an obscure lodg'
ing for men in the heart OF the bust
ness section. known just by the. de-
relicts as The Standard.
Warrington, becoming suddenl!
aware that his pose, if prolonged
would become ridiculous, put on hi:
helmet and proceeded to the bank OF
Burma. Today was Wednesday
Thursday week he would sail for Sing
apore and close the chapter. Before
banking hours were over, his finan'
cial affairs were put in order, and he
walked forth with two letters of cred
it and enough bank notes and gold tc
carry him around the world, II he sc
planned. Next, he visited a pawr
shop and laid down a dozen mutilateo
tickets, receiving in return a hand
some watch. emerald cuff buttons
some stick pins, some pearls, and @
beautiful old ruby ring, gift of the
young Maharajah of Udaipur. The
ancient Chinaman smiled. This was
rare occasion Men generally went
out of his dark and dingy shop and
never more returned.
Much money. Can do now?" af-
fably.
Can do" replied Warrington, slip
ping the treasures into a pocket. What
struggle it had been to hold them!
Somehow or other he had always been
able to meet the interest; though
often to accomplish the feat he had
been forced to go without tobacco for
weeks.
There is a vein of superstition in
all of us, deny it how we will. Ger
tain inconsequent things we do OF
avoid doing. We never walk home
on the opposite side of the street
We carry luck-stones and battered
pieces of copper that have ceased tc
serve as coins. We fill the garret with
useless junk. Warrington was as
certain Of the fact as he was of the
rising and setting of the sun, that II
he lost these heirlooms, he never
could go back to the old familiar
world, the world in which he had
moved and lived and known happi-
ness. Never again would he part
with them A hundred thousand dol
lars, almost: with his simple wants
he was now rich man.
Buy ling?" asked the Chinaman
He rolled a mandarin's ring careless
ly across the show case. Gold; al
heavy: velly old. velly good ling"
What does it say?" asked War
rington, pointing to the characters.
Good luck and plospeity; velly
good signs"
1t was an unusually beautiful ring
unusual in that it had no setting OF
Jade. Warrington offered three SOW
ereigns for it, The Chinaman smiled
and put the ring away. Warrington
laughed and laid down five pieces OF
gold. The Chinaman swept them ur
in his lean dry hands. And Warning
ton departed, wondering if she would
accept such a token.
BY four o'clock he arrived at the
Chinese tailors in the Suley Pagoda
Road. He ordered a suit Of pongee, to
be done at noon the following day
He added to this orders for four other
suits, to be finished within a week
Then he went to the shoemaker, TO the
halter, to the haberdasher. There was
even light Malacca walking stick
among his purchases. long time
had passed since he had carried a
cane There used to be, once upon a
time, a dapper light bamboo which
was known up and down Broadway
the restaurants, the more or less ia
NOUS bars, and in the lounging-rooms
of a popular club. All this business
because he wanted her to realize
what he had been and yet could be
Thus, vanity sometimes works out a
mans salvation. And it marked the
end of Warrington's recidivation.
When he reached his lodging house
he sought the Burmese landlady. She
greeted him with a smile and a stiff
little shake of the hand. He owed
her money, but that was nothing. Had
he not sent her drunken European
sailor man husband about his busi-
ness? Had he not freed her from a
tyranny of fists and curses? 1t had
not affected her in the least to learn
that her Sailor-man had been negli-
gently married all the way from Yo-
kohama to Colombo. She was free of
him.
Warrington spread out Il tive-pound
note and laid ten sovereigns upon it
There we are" he said genially;
"all paid up to date"
This" touching the note.
"A gift for all your patience and
kindness"
You go 'way?" the smile leaving
her pretty moOn-face.
Yes"
You like" with gesture which
indicated the parlor and its contents
BE boss? Half an half"
He shook his head sOberly. She
picked up the money and jingled it in
her hand.
"Goo'-by," softly.
"Oh. I'm not going until next Tues
day"
Tho cp,ila raturpa1 m her fopn n nd