The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-04
CHAPTER XVI.

1AKiNa THE BULL ny THE HORNS.
Perhaps they thought that little Gra.
Gle would burst into tears or swoon.
Not she! The fair fame of her mother
had been foully assailed, and she alone
felt the obligation of defending it.
She rose to her feet, every nervo ms
firm rs steel, her lips white and com.
Prespcd into riyt,f finr, 1Ier prIgnJ
eyes dark with tho menace OF wounded
pride.
What you say is false-and You know
it," she said, firmly; "false as any word
uttered by fiend incarnate! You are
q bold, bad woman! read it in your
eyes, and warn these gentlemen to
doubt every word that you say, except
that you are the wife of Max Boyden.
Ii such is the case, all can say is that
you are we'll matchedp
The woman had been recoiling be-
fore the lash of her righteous scorn
with much of tho sinuous action of q
serpent about to strike. AS tho girl
ceased speaking she drew herself up,
and her eyes fairly lanced tho fires of
hate.
"Youinsulferable upstart |" she Kissed
"you deserved to be whipped from end
to end of the town for your insolence |"
mot by you, madam
"You are a brazen- faced adventuressiy y
And you are no ladyw
) If she had stabbed the woman with
q dagger, Oracle could not have wound
ell the creature more vitality.
In her ungovernable wrath, she
turned her back upon the girl and ad-
dressed Mr.. Edgar steadily, though she
was livid to the lips with rage.
Il shall enter upon the rights of my
uncles property" she said, until his
will is produced. Then / shall contest
it. And warn you to keep all i'm
posters out of my way, for 1 am merci-
less!"
With these words she swept out OF
the room and the outer door changed
behind her. Once more seated in her
cab, she glanced back Mt the unpreten.
tious house which shielded her rival
and clenchcd her hands until the deli.
cate kid that covered them burst with
the vicious pressure.
Curse her!" she painted; "she hos
insulted me, wounded me to the quick
but she shall pay dearly for it! She
may have her property If she can wrest
~ ilOIi ihSy Uet Il WStt NQOC NCB HVp
pir,essp
In pursuance Of the threat, she sem
n note to Rupert Arnim that evening
and rs he read it, the blood ,surged tc
his brain and blinded him with guilt,
| Joy.
Tho brief nissive ran as follows:
{ "Igo by the Fall River boat Tomorrow
| evening. My destination Is Boston. Yo,
/ IN al.
mo mt your own discretion. SATANELLA."
Do you ask what his determination
/ was?
Can you ask when you know how he
witched he was, how insane he had be
come beneath her fatal SPELL He &C
companied her, and the lonely mothe
slept that night unprotected in tn,
humble home in Harlem.
Meanwhile little Oracle had consulted
with Lawyer Edgar, and had como t.
the conclusion that the first and fore
most step for her to take was to star
in search of her missing mother. So
much seemed to depend upon her being
found that the lawyer reluctantly as
sented to beginning the quest.
But where to begin? How find ,
! woman who had vanished utterly, leay
ing no trace. no clue behind her?
II shall go to Boston and to the olt
home first" Oracle said; "the plac,
has been closed since we went to Eu
| rope, but knowing what do, perhaps
some Of tho neighbors can assist me-"
as the place in the citys" inquired
Mr.. Edgar.
No. it is in a lonely suburb, hut
! know it we'll, for il has been NV bom,
ever since can remember"
"Then you lived in tho house will
! Mr.. -, your father?"