The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-23
FOR HIMSELF ALONE.
An Interesting T.ls Of Reversed Identities.
CHAPTER H.-Cov41yun.

BY 7. w. sPEIGHT.
CHAPTER H.-CoSrryuEp.
Before Dick had time to say q word.
The door was opened, and the maid Of
, Al-work's voice was heard, saying:
This is Mr.. Frob' sher's room, num-"
"My auntrn exclaimed Dick, as he
started to his feet 5..--sf-
GAS said before, an excellent Great
IRE, but deficient in culture" whis-
9ered Pebworth in stage aside"
Scarcely had the words left his lips.
-Rhen Mrs. Pebworth entered. She was
homely- looking, certainly, and plainly
dressed; but she had q pleasant good
tempered face. and pretension or atfecta-
lion of any kind was evidently alto
yether foreign to her. a-, 80.
MIR. Pebworth advanced q step.
40 Leonora, my love-" he exclaimed, in
Ills most urct2ous tones, ''behold your
aong-Iost nephew!' His arm took q
sweep through the air and his finger
pointed directly at Dick.
Mrs. Pebworth stopped short in utter
surprise. 'What! that young man
%vith the red hair my nephew Frank!
ahonders will never cease"
CHAPTER Ill. r
Eight weeks had come and gone since
Frank Frobisher had heard the news of
his good fortune from the lips of Mr..
Gimp. Eight weeks had come and gone
since Dick Drummond's assumption IF
his friends name and position, and the
secret had not yet ooZed out To the
world at large. including Mr.. Pebworth,
Dick was the lucky Mr.. Frobisher who
ihad dropped in for fortune of eight
sthousand year; while Frank was Mr..
Publishers secretary and humble
friend. By this time they were settled
at Waylands. charming country-house
among the Surrey hills, which Mr..
Askew had bought ready furnished a
few months before his death. but which
he had not lived to inhabit. Thither,
too. the Pebworth's had been invited.
1t was 3 lovely midsummer morning,
and breakfast at Waylands was just
over, when Mr.. Pebworth sauntered
across the lawn. his arms laden with
letters, newspapers and prospectuses.
The post-bag had Just arrived, and he
was anxious to secure first glance at
the Times. He selected rustic seat
and table that were sheltered from the
sun by the branches of large elm, and
there he sat down and proceeded 10 un-
fold his newspaper. Scarcely had he
skinned the first lines of the money
article when young lady in white and
rose color, with straw hat, and book
under her arm, came stepping out
through the open French windows OF
the breakfast-room, and after pausing
for moment or two, put up her sun
shade and walked slowly in the direc-
.tion of Mr.. Pebworth.
The .t,iy in question was that gentle
mans only daughter. Miss Clunie Peb-
worth. She was tall, thin young wo-
man. The angularities of whose figure
mot all the art of her dressmaker could
Neffectually conceal. She had fluffy light
faxen hair, large prominent blue eyes, 3
well shaped nose, and an excellent set
of teeth, which she took every oppor-
-tunity of displaying. The normal ex-
preston of her features when she was
alone, or in the company of no one for
whose opinion she cared, was one OF
querulous discomfort and incipient i'll
temper. You see. she was five-and-
twenty, and had not yet found suita.
bic partner for life. Some one had
once told her that she looked ..arch''
when she smiled; the consequence was
that she smiled great deal, but hel
smiles ra-ely extended as far as her colo
blue eyes. Miss Pebworth was not one
sof those foolish virgins who believe il
simplicity of attire. 1t may be that she
knew her own Deficiencies, and wa:
aware that it would not suit her to PLAY
the part of the Shepherdess of tbs
Plain. In any case, even on this ho
June morning. her white dress, with it
rose-co.ored underskirt, was befrilleC
and befurbelowed beyond anything te
be found in the Book of Fashions O
which she was an assiduous student
Whatever was exaggerated in that, be
came still more exaggerated wher
adopted by Miss Pebworth. For til,
life of her, Clunie could not come dow
to breakfast without four or five dress
rings on her fingers; but then. as sh'
herself would have said, where's tn,
use Of having lot of jewelry if yol
don t take every opportunity of SHOW
ing it off?
Mr.. Pebworth, when at home. livet
in the pleasant suburb of Bayswater
His house was highly-rented one in ;
aSemi-fashionable square: but it was es
sential to Mr.. Pebworth's schemes tina
he should make good appearance be
fore the world; while it was not needfu
totell every one that the rich old Genera
and his unmarried sister occupied tn,
best rooms in the house. and thereb,
helped materially TO lessen the expense
.of the establishment.
Mr.. Pebworth's offices were up al
-old-fashioned court in one of the busies
parts of the city, the said offices con
=sisting of one large room divided by
glass-and-mahogany partition into tw'
small ones. There were several othe
offices in the same building. MASSIVE
-edifice which dated back to the perio,
~of William and Mary, and had eyidentl,
at one time been the home of some nota
bile city magnate. Among other legend
inscribed on the broad oaken door
jambs might be read this one: '.MR
ALGERNoN PEBwoRTH, General Agent
etc" ~.
Now. the phrase General Agent
etc." is one capable of a somewha
wide application. as Mr.. Pebwortl
when he adopted it was probably quit,
aware. What Mr. Pebworth's particular
line of business might be, and from
what sources the bulk of his lncom,
was derived, were things probabl,
known to himself alone. 1t is quit,
certain that neither his wife nor daugh
ter had any fixed ideas on the subject
1t was generally understood that he wa
more or less mixed up with the promo
ton and launching of sundry ioint-StDc