Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-03-20

dislike Of Mrs. Johnson, who haf
not seen tile child since it qnittet
it's baby clothes. This strange an
5I.tipathy was traceable, as people
said, to times gone by, when Mr.
Roberts, Lzzie's father, then re
snowned for his manly beauty, had
been an assidnous visitor at the
\ house of Mr.. Jollnson's PARENTS
;She3being the eldest daughter, and
takingiall his attention for herself,
had tSlt it keenly as Il personal in
y SUIT when her sister '.dared to
4 snatch him away;" and even later
gE9T, after having made much more
iSE6rllliant match herself, she could
Snever forgive this early defeat
4 Death even had not buried the
,Igrudge, which had not uhnaturally
.lpassed from mother to child.
1 How far this saying may have
stbeen true or not, one thing is Ger
Gain, poor Lizzie had not the ghost
JEot a chance ofevef seeing a single
.Ipenny from her aunt's money-box,
4 her claims were clearly quite out of
4 the question. There remained,
then, only Miss Nellie Brown, Mrs.
Johnson's lady companion, and MIR.
flames Fox.
Mr.. James Fox knew from his
partner, who had cautioned hun in
a friendly way, that Mrs. Johnson
was not going to divide her for
tune, bnt would leave the whole Of
it to her s'truest fl'iend,o though
she had evidently not made up her
mind as to who deserved that title.
More than once had Mr.. Plnmley
been summoned to draw up a new
will, so slight an annoyance us Il
cold cup OF tea having caused her
| TO destroy the one in Miss Nellic's
favor. Then two days neglect on
the part of Mr.. Fox and Il constant
supply of hot tea at the hands of
Miss Nellie, again renstiltcd this
lady in Mrs. Johnson's good
graces. Mr.. Fox, therefore, had
good cause for anxiety as to what
would be the exact state of affairs
when the old lady was finally called
upon TO JOIN the majority.
"WIth such an old woman," he
said to himself, "who is ready to
make u new will any day and to
burn it the next, there is no DEEPEN
dence; ones future hangs upon Il
whim; remedy must be found
The safest thing would Of course
he to make love to Miss Nellie; she
is rather "tliirtyish" AMI not alto.
gether attractive; still, if she were
to get all the money she would be
anything but undesirable"
So Mr.. James Fox set % work at
once to make himself agreeable to
Miss Brown, yet without going too
far; for he bad by no means forgot
ten Miss Laquerton, but he iclt it
was better to have two strings to
the bow. and therefore he determ
ined to do bis best to keep -Miss
Nellie in good humor. This lady,
however, was not so easily salts
fled as the solicitor expected, for
now lie had once begun to pay her
attentions, she wanted q decided
offer of marriage, and not being
able to get it she took refuge III IL
Stratagem.
This consisted in suddenly max
ing the discovery that Mrs. john
sons health was in absolute want
of some German waters-in fact,
she decided that it was quite dam
gerous for her to spend tile spring
IN England, with all the changes Of
heat and cold. The old lady was
therefore fully persuaded to yield
to such tender solicitude, and away
the couple went, leaving MIR.
james Fox in q rather awkward di-
lcmma. What was he to doY If
he wrote cool letters to Miss Nellie,
she would be offended, and all his
chances would he lost i'll the event
Of her inheriting Mrs. Johnson's
property; OH the other hand, if he
played the part of her lover, he
committed himself and gave her
the materials for a breach-ofprom-
Use case should tile good lady die
when his name only figured i'll her
will, and should he then turn his
attention to Miss Iaquerton.-
What, then, could he dog
The worthy Fox was baf1ed for
a moment, but after deep delibera-
ton he hit upon a great idea which
his chemical studies suggested to
him. Chuckling to himself lie went
to a chemists shop, purchased sew
eral drugs and mixed and remixed
them until magnificent black ink
was produced, which had the grand
advantage that in about ten days
after being committed to paper it
would fade away, without leaving
the slightest trace. Emboldened
by the happy result Of his expert
ments, he became at once the most
tender and Jealous correspondent
any woman could wish for. His
letters, in fact, overhowed with
promises of everlasting DEVOTION
Miss Nellie beaned with JOY, for
she was now convinced how true
and unselfsh was the attachment
OF her admiIer.
Under the circumstances it was
not surprising that German waters
speedily did Mrs. johnson 50 much
good that her careful nurse consid-
cred the cure could be shortened,
and accordingly the couple return