Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-12


"It's done, by God ~. he hissed, al-
most strangling behind shaking hand.
ut we're most awful Polly. II I'd
stuck hog in the glzzard, the saueal-
In couldn't "a been worser."
The speakers tones, his half-bent fS-
ure. his shifty glances, broughti
grunt from the girl.
+. '"An' you're gettin' sorry by the min
ute, Larry Bishop, 1 can see that. she
returned, giving him a. smart rap.
stand up, Larry man. Once A
sudden rush of emotion thrust into her
throat such an ache that for several
seconds she was unable to conclude.
Once" she repeated, after clearing
away the huskiness with hacking
cough, 81 thought love were the great
est thing In the world. But 1t alnt,
Larry Bishop, 1t aint!', ."y
Bishop fidgeted with his cap, turning
IT. around and around by it's brin1.
When he looked up, the burning glow
had died from the depths Of his eyes.
':a"Ifs a sickenin' thing to see q wom-
an suffer that bad,n he. muttered.T"God,
brstt--Nope Don't say nothin' till
tell you what me an, I,ye did" ~.
AT the memory of IT,, the speaker
wiped drops. of sweat from his fafe.
.She bellered about lovin'; her ma"
droned Bishop, "an' the way she. hol-
Tered In ny hut for herman was some
thing. scandlous." 81 1,j;N s.tt
Like your Betty died a,howiin' for
you, Il s'pose, Larry" came hnfk the
girl promptly. "An' been tl;hkin'
all day how Granny Hope tucked your
dead brat alongside his malniny III the
coffin. soBe, awfu. thiIkin', Lnri,
mani" r., o - ~ +
4, The squatters sudden grayness and
swallowing hard as IL something had
stuck in his windpipe was the.only evi'
dence. he. gave that he, had heard the
cruel words. 49, -. 80
aWe got .er just after dark lie CON
tinued, ;woefully. ,"She's been tied up
in my shack ever since" q ~.
"Good. 'nough for 'er!" gasped Polly
tensely, rolling her hands in her apron
."An' she yelled so hard you could've
heard her near to Ithaca, Poll, moaned
Larry. "Me an Lye gagged 'er."&I.%
"Holy smutr fell from Pollyop, as
the picture his words had made burned
itself across her mind. q" re }.
81 "Her mans been gone all day te
Cortland" continued the squatter In 9
monotone. "Lye found out Old Miss
Robertson's been tryin' to reach hold
of, him." -, u. a.: +: Z, 8
"Hope she don't" interjected Polly
mot till we get done With his woman
Are you goin' to tote her over hece%
The man nodded. ~ S.
'Don't dare to till later, when the
squatters is in bed" he" answered
slapping on his cap. "If-f YOU
change your mind, Poll, come along
over; an I'll cut 'ernloose an let 'el
CO." -. 90
"a harsh sound, something IKE
chuckle of malicious satisfaction
slipped through Polly's lips and.stopped
the man at the door. IN s%> =,
"That amt. no ways likely, Larry,
she said huskily. Bring 'er here, AN
when I'm done with her, she'll have
| TO be took 4, ,.s ~, i .o.5,ya.;. y J.
She caught Bishop by the arm
whirling him: around. IL itS.9
i"An', listen, Larry" she, continued
with cruel emphasis, "an 5all the time
keep. rememberin' how Betty walled
her life into the grave, an'-an' thai
Old Marc done it, Js'.,i -. ...!tst
Overcome by the words she had
thrown at him so deliberately, BishoI
flung away, and the GIRL, quaking. q,
I what was about to happen, heard hin
running along the shore toward his
shack. ,,..E. ..-..E "a ,,'.'"es -
1t seemed to Polly Hopkins that
| every minute was an hour long, and
every second filed with intoIerablt
anxiety. Would the soft-hearted, Larry
| Etptul thC pliSO StiS
longed to get her fingers onf.. $
| In extreme nervousness she wen
from one thing to another, never fin
ishing what she began. She paced the
hut floor until she was dripping we
with apprehensiveness: She had NJ
means of knowing when Lye .ant
Larry would come; so she dared not
stir from the shack. q
Many times she showed aside the
window blind and looked out. Blu
the world outside was wrapped In 9
white silence. j; She could not ever
glimpse the peaked roof Of fisher
mans hut. for between her and the
Silent City was flowing curtain OF
snow, the flakes falling like feathers
from an open bag. - 49,. ----::.--.
(To be Continued)