Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-09-01
ACCoMAC G. Il. Va SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER l. 1883
LOVING ENEMIES.

sArrayed like file Qneen of Sh,
Ia, Ito pass MUSTER" she wickedl
E thought, going down the richl
carpeteh stairs, singing SOFTLY
:sPoui! why should ! care an inl
for The opinion of all the cynica
cristy old bachelors il Christel
dom? and I don't. MIR. Rex Va
neka. my honorable unwillin
guardian, least of ALL"
When SHE came slowlyin, ,sti.
sshumming ina sweet. careless way
essshe found her guardian STANDING
eeMin low iof the dining-roon
El aiglire
9 tturnei :Witj
lazy smile Wllicli:lay ignore inssiii
dark eyes thanson the lips almos
hidden beneath dropping, well
trained mnstache.
Inwardly, Sybil was provoke1
that even he fact Of her havin;
kept dinner waiting could not be
fray him into irritation. OF mpa
tience.
zOutwardly, slles returned III.
greeting with a careless. nodgand I
few light words. tlen both tooF
their places at the dainty, richly
laden table. nnder the care Of q
we'll trained butler.
Syhil spoken of, her guar,
dian as ii cynical, cruStyold bach.
elor," yet stealing. a.glapce at him
heavy laslles, she was compelled to
tho knowledge that he was certain
ly liandsomer in a natural way,
tllan.any Of the m;llly young bach.
elors hoshad come nndertlle fire
Aof her violet eyes. andskeen Satire.
And Rex Vaneka was thinking
in an amused, lazy way how much
her keen, witty presence had done
to give: edge and flavor to shls.ap.
petite.
Just one week since she had
come to the. GlaGeSs straight from
the funeral of her worldly, hand
some father, sent there By fate,and
THAT father, whoseladsbeen an old
friend OF Vaneka's. in the days
when both were struggling artists
and .'llailfcllow:well metz Bohe-
mians.
Theo,Darke was then widowel.
Will, one cllld-Sybil- the lightof
i his. careless, reckless life. To the
END oE.llis days Darke had remain
ed d Bohemian, a will o. the wisp,
who knew, all parts Of the world:.
but rested or seItle.lin none.
An ancient relative had oblig-
.ingly yielded the ghost, and lett
Rex Vaneka not.onlys handsome
fortune, but the beautiful home
known as the ,Glad-,s.
E1te and Theo .Darke had con,
kfown
her father had laid
down his life as easily. as he had
lived it under the sunny skies of
italy.
On his death bed he had writ
fen Rex, begging him TO look out
for the welfare of his darling child,
for the sake Of the old days.
Although Vaneka had answered
immediately by cal,la and sent his
lawyer to attend the funeral eX-
peuses and bring Sybil back with
him, he hardly regarded the duty
imposed on him in regard to the
child in the light Of Il pleasure.
What did he know abont child
rem, large or small, aud "wllat the
deuce WAS he TO do with here"
He hardly stopped to count the
age Tie "child" must be-elghreell
years, if lie had connted-but laid
the matter before his kindly house.
keeper, Mrs. Mercer, who advised
him to have the child brought to
the Glades, and engage p COVER
ness for her.
Sitting opposite his ward at din
her, Vaneka remembered all this,
aud smiled over the thought
of the goyerness to teach
this tall, graceful yonng lady with
the free, qneenly grace Of e young
FLY, the lovely, fresh face, charm
ing, changeable, yet possessing. all
the proud, naughty curves of In.
tellect and culture; the educ ton Of
practical worldly experience that
the wil.o'.tle.wisp. Tbeo. Darke's
will o'-the-wisp daughter, must
possess.
Mr.. Vaneka lifted his eyes dur
ing IL monetary lull in the con-
versation to regard her again, and
caught her IN a like breach Of Ell.
Quctte.a
\ swift flush crossed her lovely.
saucy face; her eyes regarded tile
dainty Sevres of the table instead
of her companlon's face, as they
had meant to do.
Then the sense of the ludicrous
overcomes her confusion, and she
gives way to the mirih consuming
her in merry, amused laugh.
Gravely, us fiat funeral, Va
neka resumed his dinner, and gave
the butler an order for a different
brand Of wine, which compelled
that stately individual to leave the
room.
"Do you ride, Miss Darker"
asked Rex, the amused smile still
in his eyes.