The Iola register., 1889-04-12
LONE HOLLOW;
Or, The Peril Of the Penroys.
A Thrilling and Romantic Story
OF Love and Adventure
BIZ JAMES M. MERRILL, AUTHOR OF BOGUS
BILL FISHER JOE" AND
OTHER STORIES
rCorrrsoM, 1859, By tie A. " kellogg Nesrs.
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CHAPTER XIX. CONTINUED.

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CHAPTER XIX --CoNrNuBp.
Mother, I will obey you in all things
right but you must NOT speak harshly OF
Austin Wentword."
"Musn't II" with sharp intonation.
"Well, well, has it come TO this that
am &c be defied m my own house
and by my own daughteri Who is this
Wentword, should like to ask, that ~
must be treated with such immaculate re-
gardl Nothing but low mechanic, with
no thought above a saw and jack-plane.
think
Mother"
Twill go on, and you shall not stop me
until I've had my say" insisted Mrs.
Penroy, growing hot with her own conceit.
..Austin Wentword supposed that you would
some day be rich, and that was why he paid
you such assiduous court You have not
seen him since your grandfather's death,
take itl''
81 have not"
"True Well, he won't be apt to trouble
you again. Why's Simply because he has
doubtless suspected that all is not gold
that glitters, and that the supposed heiress
has been cut of with a shilling. under
stand these men, they are all sordid Great
ures"
Mother, cease, pray you. Have you
forgotten my fatherr' said Grace, in q
choked undertone.
"No; Mr.. Penroy was good man, the
best one ever met, yet he had his faults"
"W no has not!"
"True; but 1t was of Wentword that we
were speaking. Do you expect him again
to see your
Grace was silent
81 understand your feelings; you hope he
will return again, but, let me tell You, he
had better not. I would sooner see you
dead than the wife of low mechanic"
stMother, why will you persist in speak
ing thus disrespectfully of Austinr
Il express my true opinion"
81 hope not"
81 see that you entertain a sueaking affec-
ton for him." cried Mrs. Penroy, angrily.
''Let me tell you that you receive his fur
ther attentions at your peril Should you
dare marry such as he / would disinherit
vou."
1t was Grace's tlrn to show resentment
now. Meek people are usually firm enough
when the rock of forbearance has been
passed.
ssMother, 1 will not listen. You talk of
disinheriting me, but that you can not do,
since you have nothing OF your own; my in
heritance comes direct from Grandpa
Vandible, and you can not touch it. While
live, however, you shall not want for Q
home and all the comforts that money can
give, but you must not insult my feelings
as you have done tonight"
The girl choked at the hast, and there were
tears in the honest gray eyes, for it grieved
81. xoEE 80 l. hox 20 hnr
mother, even under provocation.
A sneer curled the lip Of Mrs Penroy,
which failed to improve her looks, and in
her faded eyes there came sudden, un-
readable CLEAN.
"SoI" she aspirated, 81 see that the i'm
maculate Captain Starbright has played his
cards well; but IN spite of that he shall not
succeedr'
"Captain Starbrightp' esL'
"Yes. He has given you to understand
that Morgan, my father, made will ON the
night Of his last illness, giving you every
thing. Will you deny it"
mo, for it is true"
"I knew it. When Captain Starbright
told you that your grandfather left will
he lied, for no such document was found,
and I am the only heir to my fathers prop
erty. You see, the shoe Is on the other
foot md that you remain an inmate Of Lone
Hollow at my sufferance. The little plot
arranged between you and the Captain to
win q million has failed am not the
dupe and fool you and Captain Starbright
imagined"
The widow tapped her gold snun box to
give emphasis to her words.
Grace regarded her in horrified silence.
Her mother must be losing her reason, II
seemed to Grace, else she would never
make such an accusation, % causeless and
wicked.
.sStand there and cape, like the silly fool
that you are" cried the unnatural mother.
"You didn't imagine that would see
through your scheme, it was SO neatly
planned"
Mother, please don't" pleaded Grace.
''But will Just the same, you migrate
full girl. will not submit to be driver
from home by you and that scoundrellJ
Captain. L"
Mother, / can not listen," protested
Grace. :" know you are not yourself to
night. Some other time, when you art
calm, 1 will talk with you on this subject
Il am calm now," declared Mrs. Penroy
al wish you to tell me the truth regarding
this Captain Starbright."
know no more than you do about him. >
"Did he tell you that your grandfather
left wilt"
"Yes. Inow he left one, for saw
with my own eyes"
when! Wherel" demanded Mrs Pen
roy, eagerly. --
Grace explained how. on the morning o
Mr.. Vandible's death, she had thought sh
heard his voice calling aud she had rushes
in to fnd him lying still and white on the pill
low. 's-
1.-The will was lying before him, and |,
stranger, a lawyer, suppose, and Captain
Starbright stood at the bedside. Grand
father was dead even then, but in my ex
citement l did not fully realize it."
sand you saw the will, you are sure o
thata"
81 am sure Of that"
"Did you know what it containedr'
There was flush on the widows cheek
strange, eager glitter in the faded eye
as she asked the question.
No, i did not" said the girl.
"Then why do you imagine that my fathe
disinherited me, his only child, to take n
with more distant relativew
81 only know that he so declared his In
tention many times"
"To your
YES, to me-"
"Indeed."
"Wil you permit me to ask you a ques
ton, motherp
Certainly"
81 have no wish to claim what is not a
own by law and right, mother dear" prc
ceeded Grace, as she sank to a seat and re
garded Mrs. Penroy with a saddened glo,
OF the honest gray eyes. 81 only know tina
grandpa executed will in my favor, bu
there is this that has puzzled me. If th
will was rot signed, wouldit be lawful whe
it was surely the testator's wish and inten