Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-06

at them. But she ulQ not Know Wila
she wished. Certainly it was for M
moral excellence, for she perceived
zone.
"What is II, LuluT Mr. Plow asked
and he was bright md quiet too, Luiu
thought.
"WeIl," said Lulu, ''it S not much
but l wanted Jenny to Tell me about
last night"
last nigh."
"Yes. Would you" Hesitation
was her only way Of apology. "Where
did you go?" She turned to Jenny.
Jenny looked up in her clear and
ardent fashion: "We went across the
river and carried supper and then we
came home"
"What time did you get homer"
"Oh, it was still light. Long before
eight, 1t was"
Lulu hesitated and flushed, asked
how long Di and Bobby had stayed
there at Jenny's; whereupon she
heard that Di had to be home early on
account of Mr.. Cornish, so that she
and Bobby had not stayed at all. To
which Lulu said an "Of course" but
first she stared at Jenny and so i'm
paired the strength of her assent. AL
most at once she rose to go.
Nothing else?" said Mrs. Plow,
catching that look of hers.
Lulu wanted to say: my husband
was married before, just as he said he
was" But she said nothing more, and
went home. There she put it to Di
and, with her terrible bluntness, re-
viewed to Di the testimony.
"YOu were not with Jenny after
eight o'clock. Where were you?'
Lulu spoke formally and her rehears-
ais were evident.
Di said: "When mamma comes
home, I'll tell her."
With this Lulu had no idea how to
deal, and merely looked at her help
lesSly. Mrs. Bett, who was lacing her
shoes, now said casually:
"NO need to wait till then. Her and
Bobby were out in the side yard sit
ting in the hammock till all hours"
Dl had no answer save her furious
! flush, and Mrs. Bett went on:
/ "Didn't l tell you? knew it before
the company left, but l didn't say a
/ word. Thinks I, 'She wiggles and
chitters.' SO 1 left her stay where
she was"
. But mOtherw Lulu cried. "You
didn't even tell me after he'd gone"
81 forgot it," Mrs. Bett said, find
Ing Ninian's letter and all" She
talked of Ninian's letter.
Di was bright and alert and firm of
flesh and erect before Lulus softness
+ and laXness
"I don't know what your mOther'll
say" said Lulu, "and l don't know
what pcoplell think"
"They won't think Bobby and are
tired of each other, anyway" said Di,
I and lef5 the room.
/ Through the day Lulu tried to thinl;
/ what she must do. About Di she was
anxious and felt without power. She
thought Of the Indignation of Dwight
and Ina that nj had not been more
scrupuouSly guarded. She thought Of
DIS girlsh folly, her irritating indie
pcndpncP-"ard there" Lulu thought
Just the other day l was teaching
her To sew Her mind dwelt, too. on
Dwighs's furious anger at the opening
/ # Ninian'S letter. But when al mis-
/ had spent itself, what was she herself
/ TO do? She must leave lis house be-
fore he ordered lcr to do So when
/ she told him that she had contided in
/ Cornish. rs tell she must. But what
was she TO do? The bakery cake
! making would not give her roof.
Stepping about the kitchen in hel
! blue cotton gown, her hair tight and
fat as seemed proper when one was
not dressed, She thought about these
things. And it was strange: Lulu bore
no physical appearance Of one in dis
tresS or any anxiety. Her head was
erect, her movements were strong anc
swift, her eyes were interested. She
was no Urooping lulu with dragging
step. she was more intent, she wa'
somehow more operative than she hat
ever been.
Mrs. Bctt WAS working contcntedl!
beside her. and nov and then hum