Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-09-16

| 1uSlOH there. NOOu pOu, sHS uoSSH
know. She's never been tOld!" he said
to himself. This Is too startling. I'll
speak to the mother"
A little later he turned from the
mother with astonishment. "1t's mad
ness" he remarked to himself. "She
will find 1t out. Some one will tell
her. BY heaven. I'll tell her
first" he hastily said. when she
knows the truth, Calhoun will have no
chance on earth. Yes, I'll tell her my
self. But I'll tell no one else," he
added; for he felt that Sheila, once
she knew the truth, would resent his
having told abroad the true story of
the Errls Boyne affair.
So Sheila and her mother had gone
to their lodgings with depression, but
each with a clear purpose In her mind.
Mrs. Llyn was determined to tell her
daughter what she ought to have
known long before; and Shella was
firm to make the one man who had
ever interested her understand that
he was losing much that was worth
while keeping.
Then had followed the journey to
Salem. Yet all the while for Sheila
one dark thought kept lowering over
everything. Why should life be so
complicated? Why should this one
man who seemed capable and had
the temperament of the Irish hills and
wales be the victim of punishment and
shame-why should he shame her?
Suddenly, without her mothers
| knowledge, she sent Darius Boland
through the hills in the early MORN
ing to Enniskillen, Dyck Calhoun's
place, with letter which said only
this: "Is II not time that you came
to wish us we'll in our new home? We
shall expect you tomorrow"
When Dyck read this note he thought
it was written by Sheila, but inspired
by the mother; and he lost no time
in making his way down across the
country to Salem. which he reached
a few hours after sunrise. At the
doorway of the house he met Mrs.
Llyn.
Have you told her?" he asked in
anxiety.
Astonished at his presence, she
could make no reply for moment.
II have told her nothing" she an
swered. 81 meant to do so this morn
ing. l meant to do it must"
"She sent me a letter asking II II
was not time 1 came to wish you we'll
In your house, and you and she would
expect me today"
81 knew naught Of her writing you."
was the reply-"naught at all. But
now that you are here, will you not
tell her all?"
Dyck smiled grimly. "Where is she|
he asked. II will tell her."
The mother pointed down the gar
den. "Yonder by the clump of palms
/ saw her moment ago. II you go
that way you will find her."
In another moment Dyck Calhoun
was on his way to the clump of palms,
and before he reached it the girl came
out into the path. When she saw him,
she gave slight start, then stood still,
and he came to her.
II have your letter." he said, land
came to say what I ought to say
about your living here; you will bring
blessings to the place"
She looked at him steadfastly.
shall we talk here" she said, "or in
side the house? There Is little shell
ter here in the trees'-pointing to the
right-"a shelter built by the late
manager. 1t has the covering Of q
hut, but 1t IS open at two sides. VIII
you Gomez"
AS she went on ahead he could not
fail to notice how slim and trim she
was, how perfectly her figure seemed
TO fit her gown-as though she had been
poured into it; and yet the folds Of
her skirt waved and tloated like silky
clouds around her! Under cover Of
the shelter she turned and smiled at
him.
"YOu have seen my MOTHER"
81 have just come from her." he an
swered. "She bade me tell you what
ought to have been told long ago. and
you were NOD for there seemed no
reason that you should. The sorrows
chat had come to your mother be-
longed to days when you were scarce
out Of the cradle. But you did not
know. You were not aware that your
mother had divorced your father for
crime against marital fidelity and
great cruelty. You did not know even
who that father was. Well, l must
tell you. Your father was hand
some man, friend of mine until
knew the truth about him, and then
he died-I killed him, so the court
said"
Her face became CHASTITY pale. After
a moment of anguiShed bewllderment,
she said you mean that ErriS Boyne
was my father"
"Yes, l mean that They say l
killed him. They say he was found
with no sword drawn, but that my
open sword lay on the table beside me
while l was asleep, and that it had
let out his life-blood."
"Why was he killed?' she asked
horror-stricken and with pale lips.
II Go not know, but if I killed him,
Il was because / revolted from the
proposals he made to me. /"
He paused, for the look on her face