The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, December 02, 1904, Image 6
The Yellow
Holly
By FERGUS HUME.
Author of "The Mystery of n j
Hansom Cab." Etc.
Copyright, 1903. by O. IF. Dillingham
Company
(Continued from Jird page.)
"Talk of Miss Ward then. You can
be original on that point."
Brendon would rather not have mentioned
Dorothy, but he was quite determined
to show his grandfather that
he fully Intended to marry his ladylove
and that he was not afraid to
speak his mind. "I do not fancy that
thero is anything particularly original
in a love story. I met Miss Ward somo
throe years before, I have loved her
ever since nnd we will marry when"?
"There, there," interrupted Derrington,
waving his hand, "let us not get
on to that subject as yet. We can talk
of it after dinner. In fact, you may as
well know that I asked you here to
discuss your position. We must have
an understanding."
"I think you must intend It to bo u
pleasant one," said Brendon, "as you
bare asked me to dinner."
It struck Brendon that bis grandfather
looked old and very haggard. He
had lost his fresh color, his eyes were
sunken and the defiant curl was out
of his enormous mustache. He moved
slowly toward the door, and George
felt sorry to see him so lonely.
Moved by a sudden impulse, George
moved to the elder man's side and offered
his arm. The footman was holding
the door open, and Dorrington could
not express, even by a look, the satisfaction
he felt. With a surly grunt lie
took Brcudon's arm, but George guessed
by the warm pressure that Herrington
was pleased.
It was quite a banquet, for Herrington
lived in a most expensive mauner.
The table was a rouud one, laid with
exquisite taste, and was placed under
a kind of velvet tent, which shut off
the rest of the room and made the
meal particularly cozy. It was perfect,
and after the somewhat stale food
of his lodgings George enjoyed the
meal greatly. Herrington himself did
not eat much, but he took great pleasure
in seeing George enjoy his viands.
After the dinner, during which the
old lord was continued in his good
opinion of George, he said: "There's
coffee in the library, and we can talk
over our cigars. Up I get. George,
your arm.''
lie not only asked for it, but took
it with marked pleasure. The footman
in attendance returned to the
servants' hall to state that the "old
devil" (the domestic name for Derrington)
had quite taken to the new young
gentleman.
Meanwhile Brendon was seated in
a comfortable chair enjoying one of
the best cigars he had ever placed be
(worn his hp?. 'At his elbow smoked a
mill /.!* \f rwUlfl <111.1 in tlm ..tin!- .... tl...
other side of a roaring tire of sea
timber smiled Lord Derringtou. He
looked a grim and determined old gentleman
as lie bent his shaggy brows
on his grandson.
George was very comfortable and
also felt grateful for the kindness
which his grandfather was showing
him. At the > Mae time he felt as
though he w< acting wrongly in
hobnobbing with a man who persistently
blackened his mother's memory.
"I suppose you wondered when you
received my invitation," said Herrington.
"I did, sir. 1 wondered very much."
"And you felt inclined to refuse."
"I had almost made up my mind
to."
"Why did you change your mind':"
George pondered and looked again
at his neat shoes. "Well, sir," said '
he, after a pause, "I thought that 1
lifter a dinner we might come to un'ierstand
each oilier better, and I am
anxious for peace."
"And for recognition of your birth." 1
"Naturally. The one included the
oilier."
"Does that n you will tight till i
you get what you want':" ! 1
"Yes." said Georre curtly ami then
closed hi.. !| with a lirni i!?-? munition
to : i bailie if noress: -y. At the |
sa: e time lie iVjt ii was rather awk- i
ward afti e.11!? i ue'en's food. A > 1
sudden it .pulse i i; him rise.
"What's li.e iiiii'di'i' in. :" :c ked
Ilerritiglon. not moving.
"Well. ." hurst out i'.rendon, "I
have a f< ding tliai v. o are g..in; lo 1
ipiairel, and is \ u:r . wn lion . and
afier that ve y ox-client dinner 1 don't
want to behave rud? ly. It will bo bettor
t > posipo!'.-' ibis talk."
\ "Not a 1 ?it. of it," said I>erringtoii
\ ipiietly. "We are relatives, and quar*
/ re Is between relatives do not count. Sit
down. I have something important to
say to you."
?i? !nm? h;h (iuwii :imi prepared tor
llio worst. "We'll leave the question of
your birth alone for the present," said i
the elder in a hard tone. "At this moment
I wish to talk of Mrs. Jersey's
death, also about your father's death."
"What has that to do with this, sir?"
"I believe the one Is e clod with
the other,"
CJeorge remembered what Bnwdsey
had said. "I've heard that remark hefore,"
he observed.
"Of course. That detective I employed
to watch you made it."
"He did. I think you trust that man
too much, sir," said Brendon after a
pause. i
"Do you? I thought he was a friend
of yours?"
"Oh"? Oeorge shrugged his should
^.cxs- "I sarwj Ms life, but that does
yot constitute frlrodsldp. I ddnyirtIfluV|;
/ .
Bawflsey IS worthy of your confl- !
dencc."
"I know be isn't. Hut you see I can't
help myself."
George looked up quickly. "Blackmail?"
"Something of that sort. I intend to
trust my own llesh and blood?that is,
I intend to tell you all 1 know connected
with the Jersey case and ask you to
help me to get the better of Iiawdsey."
"Assuredly, sir."
Derriugton was rather moved. "I
have not behaved well, George."
"That's truo enough, sir," said
George, who was not going to bo weak,
"but you can make nmeuds by acknowledging
that my mother was an
honest woman."
"I believe she was, George, for none
but an honest woman could have borno
"My boy, 1 have behaved badly."
a sou like you. Hut. you see. I know no
more than you do where the marriage
took place."
"Do you acknowledge that there was
a marriage*:" said George, starting to
his feet. Derriugton rose also, and the
tall men faced one another.
"My boy," said he, "I am sure there
was a marriage. I am sure that you
are my legitimate heir, and, by heavens,
I Intend to acknowledge you as
such before the week's out."
Hrendon was so moved by this sudden
recognition of till he longed for
that a sudden weakness seized him,
and ho sat down, covering his faeo !
with his hand. Derriugton thought ,
tlie young man did so to conceal his
tears, but in reality George was putting
up a short thanksgiving for this
wonderful and bloodless victory. His
grandfather again touched his shoulder.
"My boy," lie said again, and his
voice was broken with emotion, "I
have behaved badly. 1 ask your pardon."
George put out his hand blindly and
grasped that of his grandfather. When
it. was otn e in the old man's grip he
raised his grandson with a jerk and
made him look him in the face. "You
forgive me':" he asked.
"With all my heart and soul," said
Hrendon ouietlv, and after another
handshake they resinned their seats.
"I can marry Dorothy now," said
Brendon, with a contented sigh.
"If my inlluence can help you, yes."
Derrington paused and shook his head.
"But there is a lioness in the path,
George."
"Mrs. Ward?"
"Exactly. She will move heaven
and earth to prevent the marriage."
George looked puzzled. "I see no
reason why she should oppese it if
I am acknowledged as your heir."
"Nor do I. I thought myself that it
was simply the money she wanted,
and if you were the son-in-law she
would not get her claws on the gold.
But there is more in it than that. She
seeks revenge."
"On me? I have never harmed her."
"It's a vicarious revenge. I believe
that woman loved your father, George,
and that he slighted her. That is why
she wants to visit his sin?as with a
vindictive spirit she may regard it?on
you."
"Did Mrs. Ward know my father,
Blr?" asked George quickly.
"Yes. She met him at San lleino."
"Then she knew he was murdered?"
"Of course. I saw Mrs. Ward the
other day, George. She came here to
force me to linrni vim nml <n concent
to Walter marrying Dorotliy."
"Oh! You never agreed to that."
"I have answered her challenge by
risking you to dinner and will acknowledge
you my lioir. Mrs. Ward will
then try to make mischief."
"Can she do so?"
"Yes. She knows that I was hi Mrs.
Jersey's house on that night."
"And you were, sir?"
Derrington made a most unexpected
reply. "No, I was not."
CI IA PTE It XVII.
GEO UGH was rutlier puzzled to
reconcile the apparent contradiction
in Dervington's speech.
The old gentleman saw ids
bewilderment, and before the young
man could speak lie anticipated his
question.
"You are perplexed," he said quietly.
"I thought you would be. To explain
myself clearly it will lie better to tell
you the whole story from the beginning."
"What story?"
"The story of your mother's marriage
and of my quarrel witli your
father. Do not be afraid. I shall say
nothing to hurt your pride. IUit 1 fear
Percy was not overburdened with
brains. Ho was gay and thoughtless
nnd thriftless. Your talents, George,
come from your mother. She must
have been a remarkable woman.
"However, to continue," pursued Derrington,
pushing away his empty cup,
"Percy s.iw Mlfas JLockwood. be fell In
&Y.? TUU her, I
wrote him ;i loiter
return or 1 would never see hliu again,
lie declined to return and remained on
the continent with Ills wife. I never
did see ldin again," added Derrington
quietly, "for three years later he was
murdered at Kan Iteiuo."
"In Ills letter to you did my father
say he was married?"
"lie did. hut at the time, as he did
i not say whore the marriage was celeI
brated, 1 thought he mentioned It out
j of obstinacy."
George colored. "I don't see why you
should have so misjudged my mother,"
lie said hotly. "Admitting that she was
not born in the purple, she was In a
j good position and had no reason to run
| away with my father."
"She was in love with him, I believe."
"Even then she would not have
eloped unless it was to be married."
Derrington nodded. "You are perfectly
right," he said. "I tried to disbelieve
in the marriage, but in my own
! heart I knew there was one. I have
behaved very badly, George."
"You have. sir. But as we are now
reconciled the less said about the thing
the better. You are quite sure you do
! not know where the marriage jvas celI
?brated?"
"No, George, I do not. After tho
: death of your father 1 tried to tind out,
but it was impossible. Had I really
. seen the register of the marriage 1
should have acknowledged you as my
heir. As a matter of fact," added DerI
rington. with n burst of candor, "I did
not trouble much to search, as 1 feared
lest the marriage should bo verified."
George wriggled lu his seat. "Let us
say no more." he said.
"Very good. I have confessed my
sins, and I have received absolution
from you. At the present moment wo
will leave tho murder of your father at
i Kan ltemo alone and come to the appearance
of Mrs. Jersey In my life.
You wore with your grandfather Lockwood
in Amelia square. I had consti|
tuted my second son my heir, and I
had relegated to obscurity the escapade
of my son Percy. All was nicely
settled, in my humble opinion, when
Mrs. Jersey appeared to make trouble.
That was eight years after your
father's death."
\\ nere was she in the meantimeV"
"I cannot say. She tokl me nothing
of her history, but from a word or.two
which she let slip I believe she must
have been in tlie United States. Why
she went there from San ltemo or for
what reason I cannot say. She came
here to see me?we had an interview in
this very room?to demand money."
"What threat did she make?"
"She said that she knew where the
marriage was celebrated, adding that
t if I did not give her an annuity sho
would go to Lock wood and help him
to prove that you were my legitimate
grandson and heir."
"Did she say If the marriage was
celebrated in England or abroad?" ,
"No. sir. Mi*s. Jersey was a remarkably
clever woman, and if roy son
Percy had married her she would have
made a man of him."
'Then she really was in love with my
father V"
"Very deeply in love?as she told me
herself. Unt she did not regard his
memory with such veneration as to desire
to aid his son. She was content
that you should lose your rights, provided
that I paid her an annuity. I
tried in vain to learn from her where
the marriage had been celebrated. She
refused to open her mouth, so 1 allowed
her an annuity of live hundred a
year. I arranged that the money should
be paid through my lawyers, and slio
vanished."
"Whore to?"
"I can't say. She might have gone
to rejoin Mr. Jersey if there ever was
inch a person. She sent a messenger
regularly to the olliee of my lawyers
for the money, but did not trouble me
In any way. Iler next appearance was
Shortly after the death of your grandfather."
"What did she want this time*'"
"To set up a boarding house in Amelia
square. She said that her life was
lonely?a remark which made me think
Mr. Jersey was a myth?and that she
wanted company. 1 expect she learned
in some way that I was buying old
Lock wood's house."
"Why di?l you buy it?"
"I have a lot of property in that district.
and I wanted to round it off with
this house. Ireland, in his rage at me
for my treatment of your mother,
would not have sold It to mo. I bought
the house through an agent. Mrs. Jersey
must have heard of the purchase,
for it was then that she came to me
and asked me to set her up in the
house as a landlady."
"I wonder why she did that?" paid
George thoughtfully.
"She was lonely, I understand."
George looked at his shoes. "As E!i'/.n
Stokes she lived In that house along
with my mother previous to the elone
ment. I expect she had n kind of affection
for it."
[to be continued.]
The average young man docs not
mind having a check to his career if
the figures run up into the thousands.
The wild wailing of the autumn
winds would really sound mournful if
we did not know that that is a little
game they play every year.
You can't always tell by the size of a
woman's pompadour how long it took
to comb her hair.
Some people chase illusions, others
hug delusions. The result in each ease
Is apt to be confusion.
The idle poor bnve a hard time hustling
to live and keep idle.
?
A counterfeit bill and a bad reputa*
tion are alike in that you caij't loso
itlwr. 0, i -a.
>
Sunrise*
Across the blue gray of the eastern hill
That softly all the lonely night has slept
There creeps a sudden, soft, compelling
thrill,
As when an angel hand a harp has
swept.
And all along the far horizon's brim
A rosy blush grows through the darkness
dim.
The empty fields lie glittering with frpst.
The dull, dun shadows vanish one by
one
And in the distant realms of night are
lost,
Abashed and frightened by the coming
sun.
Athwart the sky a flood of light sweeps
on,
A moment more and ull the night is gone.
The world all new and recreated lies
A-trcmble for the coming of its king.
I've heard that this magnificent sunrise,
So fair and gladsome, is a daily thing;
It happens every morning. It is said,
While most of U3 are pillow bound in
bed.
But while I've stood the sunrise to behold.
All shivering, in sleeping garment clad,
I've chilled and bargained for a beastly
cold?
It's Etronuous and tougti, this early fad.
It turns out not as pleasant as it seems;
I'd rather see the sunrise In my dreams.
,
The Boy of It.
"If John had
three apples and
Willie took two of
j/ /( theni, what would
/M John have?"
Gb S <&> "A fight."
v?' *" mr<r
just a Match.
"Jones must he very fond of pumpkin
pie, Mrs. Jones serves it so frequently."
"That's no sign he likes it. It harmonizes
perfectly with the new color
scheme that his wife lias just put In
uio 111iiiUK room.
Owed on Pay Day.
Oh. pay day, how wc hail theo?
A stopcock for our woes!
When thy pale glimmering dawn we see,
You're welcome, goodness knows!
Then for awhile we stand up straight
And hold our heads on high,
But our last dollar, soon or late,
Wc kiss a fond goodby.
Greater Joy,
We hoar of the joy of labor
As though it alone were blessed.
Although It's line, give me for mine
The joy of taking a rest!
Doesn't Work Both Ways.
"Young man, you're late this morning.
This tvill never do."
"Hut I overslept myself."
I "Ilave you no alarm clock?"
"You told me yesterday that no man
could make a success by watching th<
clock."
Petition for the Appointment
of Guardian.
State of South Carolina, { Court of Com
County of Union, ) mon Pleas.
Ex Parte, D. C. Hist.
In He, Estate of Victoria Alice Gist.
To the Honorable the Court of Com
mon pleas:
The petition of I). C. Gist respectful 13
represents: That he is the father o:
Victoria Alice Gist, an infant under tin
age of twenty-one years.
That said infant is the sister of Marv
Annabelle, Lavinia and Inez Gist am
was born subsequent to the appointmen
of the Judge of Probate for Unior
County, by this honorable court guard
ian of the said Mary, Annabelle, La
vinia and Inez Gist. That there is ii:
the hands of \V. 11. (list as receiver i
sum of money, the exact amount o
which cannot he ascertained as same ii
the rent arising from real estate, vhicl
should he distributed amon* said Mary
^Annabelle, Lavinia, Inez and Mar]
Alice Gist in equal proportions.
That said infant has no general o
testamentary guardian, and no lit com
petent or responsible person can b<
found who is willing to assume sab
trust
Wherefore your petitition prays, thai
the Judge of Probate for Union Count]
he required to act as guardian of tin
estate of said minor Mary Alice Gist
and that an order be granted appointing
said Judge of Probate such guardiai
and authorizing him to receive the es
state of said minor and to sign and sea
all necessary and proper releases an<
discharges relating thereto. And you
petitioner will ever pray.
JAMES M1TNK0,
Attorney for Petitioner.
Union, S. ('., Nov. 10, 1004.
State of South Carolina, )
County of Union. \
Personally appeared before me I). 0
Gist and on oath says that the foregoini
petition is true.
I). C. Gist.
Sworn to before me Nov. 10. 1001.
C. M. MoWiuitTiiR,
Notary Public.
4S-2t
Notice to Trespassers
All persona are hereby forbiddn
to tresspass on the lands known a
the Sheriff, Robert Macbeth lands
either by walking, riding, hunting
(i-liing, cutting timber or otherwis
and for each offense will be prose
cuted to the extent of the law.
R C BISHOP,
Lessee and Manager
17 it;,.
Final Discharge.
Notice is hereby given that States II
Avcock, Guardian of the Estate c
Elizabeth Holcomb, now Sanders, ha
applied to Jason M. Greer, Judge c
l'robate, in and for the County of Unior
for a final discharge as such Guardian
It Ts Ordered, That the 2Hth day c
December. A. D., 1904, lie fixed for lieai
ingof Petition, and a final settlement t
said Estate.
Jason M. Gn per,
Proliats Judge,
Union County, S. (
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