Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-08
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lis Pauline BaEers 49,, :; :.:, i
IA silence fell upon, the group around OUT ]!
her. 49, - - :.4T&.:Ea,t ...z.:= 49,.
Mrs: :Amcs leaned toward Mrs. Bing
and whispered, Haven't you. heard
the newsT,'.. =; .; !. -, :.
."No. =. had to scold Susan Crowder
and Martha Featherstrawsaas soon as ]
rot here for neglecting their work and
they've, badly spoken. to me since.
What !, it?n i......-..,..:.. x. !; :;
Pauline Baker has run away with
a straYlge young man." Mrs. Ames
whispered. :. !. :. 49,, 80. ,....:.;
!, Mrs. Bing threw up both hands,
opened her mouth and looked toward
the ceiling: -, 81! 49, ;I. y -; -; :.
; ..You don't mean. iti",Eshe gasped,
I,% -, fits, a fact. Susan told me Mr..
Baker doesn't know The truth yet. and
She doesn't dare to tell him. She's
scared /: stiff. Pauline; went over, to
Hazelmead last weeks to. visit. Emma
!, Stacy against his wishes. She met the
young man alta dance Susan got: Q
! letter from Pauline last night. making
clean breast of the matter. They
are married and stopping at a hotel In
New York" i. l,sta.s.r.= 49, =. I
"S1y lord! i should think she would
be scared stiff, said Mrs. Blng.:.
:. II think there is. .a;good. reason for
. the stiffness Of Susan. said Mrs, Sin
! gleton, the. wife>of the Cong ational
minister. 1--WE all know that Mr. Ba-
ker objected to these modern dances
and the way that Pauline dressed. He
used to say that It was walking on the
edge of a precipice." :
There was a breath of Silence in
which one could hear only faint rus
tie like. the stir Of some Invisible
spirit. 5.,r,. ....s -.
=. Mrs. .Bing sighed. liaHe may be all
right" she said in a ioW, calm voice.
e;;But.. the indicat tons are not favor.
able, Mrs. Singleton remarked.
The gossip. ceased abruptly, for the
girls We're. coming from the, palm
| room. s;s.r.
The next morning Mrs. Bing went
to see Susan Baker tof offer, sympathy
and a helping hand t Mamie Bing was,
after all, a good-heaGffed woman BY
this time. MIR. Baker lind been told.
He had kicked a holeitn; the; long look
ing-glass it Paullne's. bedroom and
flung a pot of rouge through the win.
dow and scattered talcum powder oil
over the place and torn a new silk
gown into rags and hurned:it in the
kitchen stove and left, the house slam
ming the door behind him. Susan had
gone to bed and he had probably. gone
to the club. or somewhere. Perhaps
he would commit suicide. Of all this,
1t is enough to say that for some hours
there was abundant occupation for the
tender sympathies of Mrs. J. Patterson
! Bing. Before she left, Mr.. Baker had
returned for luncheon and seemed
70. be quite calm and self-possesssed
when he greeted hey IN the hall below
stairs. s...u.. -.
On entering her. home, about one
o'clock, Mrs. Bing received a letter
from the hand of Martha.
"Phyllis told me to give you this as
soon as you returned" said the girl. =
! "What does this mean?" Mrs. Bing
whispered to herself, as she tore open
the envelope. -.
Her face grew pale and her hands
trembled as she read the letter.
Dearest Mamma" Il began, II am
going to Hazelmead for luncheon with
Gordon King. ! couldn't. ask you be-
cause didn't know where you were.
We have waited an hour. am sure
you wouldn't want me to miss having
a lovely time. I shall be home before
FIVE. Don't tell father! He hates
Gordon so.
~ "Phyllls."
1.-THE boy who insultod her! My
God % Mrs. Bing exclaimed In a whis-
per. She hurried to the door of the
buffers pantry. Indignation was In
the sound of her footsteps.
"Martha!" she called.
Martha came.
"Tell James to bring the big car at
once. I'm going to Hazelmcad."
without. ,luncheon?" the girl asked.
"Iust give me a, sandwich and I'll
eat it in my hand" ~: y:
:: 1T want you. to hurry" she said to
James as she entered: the, glowing
limousine with the. sandwich! half con.
sumea .,;->.,,....., .ae:-n.s;!' :" =, =.
! They drove at top speed over the
smooth; state road to the mill city. AT
half past two, Mrs.. Ring alighted at
the fashionable Gray, Goose inn where
the best: people had their t Ell luncheon
parties. - She found Phyllis apd Cor
don in a .cozy alcoye, SLIPPING eognac
and smoking, cigarettes, With an ice
tub, and a champagne bottle beside
them. To tell the whole truth, It was
n timely arrival. Phyllis. with no no
tion of the peril Of it, was indeed hav-
ing "a lovely tlme"-the time of her
young life, in fact For half an hour,
she haf been hanging on the edge Of
the giddy precipice Of elopement. She
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