Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-24
His Mysterious
Helper
By FRANK H. WILLIAMS

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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Harry Crenshaw glanced UP al the
moon, wistfuL far-away look in his
eyes. Then his jaw suddenly shot our,
his hands clenehed andra rather fierce
look came into his deep blue eyes.
I'm going to win her or lose her
tonight" Harry said to himself. "She's
been, playing with me and all her other
beaus long enough. It's going to be
now or never with me-"
Having come TO this sudden deter
mination, Harry ran out to the curb,
where his last years roadster was
parked and, jumping into it, sent II
hnmming down the street.
1t was just eleven O'Clock. Just about
this time Of the night Alice would be
suggesting to the particular beau who
was favored for the evening that it
was time for leaving. Harry smiled a
bit to himself as he thought Of the
scene. Alice, lovely in a summer
gown and with the natural roses In
her cheeks and the brightness Of her
brown eyes making the man Of the
evening feel like gathering her in his
arms and making away with her,
would be saying something like this ::
you know my father doesn't like to
have my friends stay later than eleven
o'clock. Silly, isn't it? But you know
father-he's pretty stern at times"
And the young man., knowing Mr..
Richards by reputation If not In. per-
son, would hesitate moment and then
reluctantly take his departure.
All the spring and summer this sort
Of thing had been going on, and now 1t
was going to stop, SO far as Harry
was concerned. His participation In
the comedy was going to come to its
climax tonight. r.,g... -.
He was fairly trembling With ex-
citement when he drew up a Short
distance from the Richards home and
saw light burning In the window he
knew to be Alice's.
: Harry whistled-the call which AL
ice knew from old-time school days
together. After a moment Alice came
to the window.
"Come down; I want to talk to
you" whispered Harry.
For moment Alice hesitated, then
she nodded. Apparently she, TOO, was
enamored of the night and felt more
like excitement than retiring to slum-
Der.
Harry felt like rushing to Alice and
catching her tightly in his arms when
she came out upon the porch. But he
restrained himself. 81.
"Alice," he said, rather hating, now
that 1t had COME to the point to cut
himself off, perhaps, from all further
friendship with her, I"you know I'm
crazy about you. suppose your
father would turn you out Of house
and home and cut you off without q
cent If yon married me but--won't
you? I simply can't stand 1t to have
things keep on the way they've been
going. 1 won't keep On being merely
one of the csctyd. Tonight is going
to settle things for me. VIII you
-" i
1t seemed to Harrys that an answer
ing glow lighted Alice's eyes at this
But he had no opportunity to find out
just then what the glow in Alices
eyes meant, for there came sudden
interruption.
From the shrubbery near the point
where Alice and Harry were stand
ing there came s"dden rush of three
young men. Harry recognized them
at once. They were three Of Alice's
most vigorous suitors. They ranged
themselves around Harry belllgersnt
ly. At'F
"Are we going to stand for this, fel
lows? demanded one Of the, three
Here we come to serenade the pret
tiest girl in town and we find this
fellow butting in. What1l we do will
Mm|
At this Harry noticed that the three
young men carried mandolins and gui
tars.
Throw him under a freight train,
suggested one of the number.
"Throw him out in the street." said
another.
OF course there was laughter dur
ing all of this, but Harry knew that
under the kidding" there was tone
of seriousness. He wasn't, therefore
surprised when a moment later. the
three made concerted rush at him.
Harry knew how to handle himself
but three were too much for him. he
struck out valiantly and had the sat
isfaction Of knowing that at least one
of the number would carry q BLACK
eve for while in remembrance Of
the evening, but he realized that II
would be only moment or SO unit
the three bore him down.
Then, surprisingly, there came al
interruption. A husky figure, wear
ing a black mask over the upper par
Of his face, hurled him self upon tht
three. With the helf Of this stranger
the tide Of battle turned. In few
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