Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-09-22

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the whole town will have TO know
about?"
Lulu looked at him with parted lips.
"Say," She said, II never thought
about It being That" .....
Dwight laughed. "What do you
think 1t was? And whose disgrace
is 1t, pray" WI
Nlnian's," said Lulu.
"Ninian's! Wen, he's gone. Bnt
you're here. And I'm here. FolksIl
feel sorry for you, But the disgrace
that'd reflect on me. See?"
"But If we don't tell, what1l they
think then?' t.. ~,
Said Dwight: "Theyll think what
they always think when wife leaves
her husband. They'll think you
couldn't get along. That's ALL"
81 should hate that" said Lulu.
"WeT, Il should hate the other, let
me tell you" s.,u
hDwlght, Dwight" said Ina. 'Lets
go in the house. I'm afraid they'll
hear"
AS they rose, Mrs. Bett plucked at
her returned daughters sleeve.
"Lulie," she said. "was his other
wife-was she there?"
mo, no, mother. She wasn't
there"
Mrs. Belts lips moved, repeating
the words. "Then that amt so bad"
she said. II was afraid maybe she
turned you out"
"No." Lulu said, ut wasn't that bad,
mother"
Mrs. Bett frightened. In little mat.
ters. she quarreled and resented, but
the large issues left her blank.
Through some indeterminate sense
of the Importance due this crisis, the
Deacons entered their parlor. Dwight
lighted that high, central burner and
faced about, saying: 1
or fact. / simply will not have it,
Lulu You expect, 1 take it, to make
your home with Us In the future, on
the old terms"
"Wea-" ~
'1 mean, did Ntnian give y,u any
money!"
mo. He didn't give me any money
only enough to get home on. And
kept my suit-why!" she aung her
head back, ~ woulnt have taken any
money!"
"That MEANS" said Dwight, "that
you will have to continue TO live
here-on the old terms, and of course
I'm quite willing that you should. Let
me tell you, however, that this Is on
condition-on condition that this dis
graceful business is kept to our
selves"
She made no attempt to combat
him now. She looked back at him,
quivering, and in great surprise, but
she said nothing.
"Truly, Lulu said Ina, wouldn't
that be best? They'll talk anyway.
But this way they'll only talk about
you, and the other way It'd be about
all of us" ..
Lulu said only: But the other way
would be the truth"
Dwlght's eyes narrowed: "My dear
Lulu" he said, "are you sure of
that?"
"Sure?"
"Yes. Did he give you any psoofs"
"ProofsH
"Letters-documents of any sort7
Any sort of assurance that he was
speaking the truthY"
"Why, no." said Lulu. "Proofs-
no. He told me-"
ale told your"
"Why that was hard enough to
have to do. It was terrible for him
to have to do. What proofs" She
stopped, puzzled.
"Didn't 1t occur to you," said
Dwight, that he might have told you
that because he din't want to have
to go on with it?"
AS she met his look some power
seemed to go from Lulu. She sat
down, looked weakly at them, and with
in her closed lips her jaw was slightly
fallen. She said nothing. And see-
ing on her skirt q spot of dust she
began to rub at that.
"Why, Dwightw Ina cried, and
moved to her sisters side.
81 may as well tell you," he said,
"that myself have no idea that Min
ian told you the truth. He was always
imagining things-you saw that.
know him pretty well-have been
more or less in touch with him the
whole time. In short, I haven't the
least idea he was ever married be-
fore"
Lulu continued to rub Mt her skirt.
81 never thought Of that" she said.
'Look here" Dwight went on per-
suasvely, hadn't you and he had some
little tiff when he told you?"
"No-no! Why, not once. Why, we
weren't bit like you and Ina"
She spoke simply and from her
heart and without guile.
''Evidently not" Dwight said dryly
Lulu went on: "He was very good
to me. This dress-and my shoes
and my hat. And another dress, too"
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