The Red Cloud chief., 1889-04-12
LONE HOLLOW;
o., fhs PsFil Of To Pulrvyx
A Thrilling and Romantic Story
OF Love and Adventure
BIZ JAMES NJ. MERRILL, AUTHOR or "B0cUS
BILL" FISHER JOE" AID
OTHER SrORIRS

OTHER SroaIES
IceyyrgM. 1sss. By the A. n Kellogg Seas-
paper Cospd"yl
CHATTER XIX. CONTINUED.
Mother, I will obey you in all things
right, but you must noA speak harshly OF
Austin Wentword."
"Ausn't Ir' with . sharp n~tonation.
"VolL, well, has 1t come 70 this that i
am &c be dcfed in my own house
and BY my own daughters Who Is this
Wentword, ] should like to ask, that Ne
must be treated with such immaculate re-
gard. Nothing but q low mechanic, with
no thought above a saw and jack-plane. I
think"
"MOther!'
II will 20 on, and you shall not stop me
until I've had my saw" insisted Mrs.
PenrOy, growing hot with her own cOnccit.
"Austn Wentword supposed that you would
some day be rich, and that was why he paid
you such assiduous court. You IA not
seen him since your grandfather's death, I
take its"
have not"
"True. Well, ne won't be apt to trouble
you again. Why! Simply because he has
uouDtltSb BuSkWCtJ0 thAb dt ID uot kpA0
that Cutters, and that the supposed heiress
has been cut on with q shilling. I under
stand these men, they are all sordid Great
ures."
Mother. cease, l pray you Have you
forgotten my fatherf' said Grace, In .
chOkcd under tone.
mo; Mr.. Penroy was a good man, the
best one l ever met, yet he had hrs faults"
Nv no has notf"
"True; hut It was Of Wentword that we
70 see your
Grace was silent.
Il understand your feelings; you hope he
will return again, but, let me tell You, he
had better not. would sooner see you
dead than the wife OF a low mechanic"
'-Mother, why will YOU persist in speak
ing thus d,srcspectfully Of Austin!"
II express my true opinion"
81 hope not"
~ sex, that you entertain u speaking afcc-
tim for him. cried Mrs. Penroy, angrily.
lie: me tell you that You receive his fur
tis.r attentions At your persl Should you
dare marry such IS he l would disinherit
YOU"
II was GracO,s turn to show resentment
now. Meek people are usually firm enough
when the ruck Of ~fOrbcaraEco has been
PASSED.
.Mother. l will not listen. You talk OF
disinhcrIiing me, but that you can not do,
since you have nothing Of your own my in
hcritancc comes direct from Grandpa
Vandible, and you can not touch it. While
l live, however, you shall not want for .
home and all the comforts that money csn
give, but you must not insult my feelings
As you have done to night"
The girl chokcd ut the last, and there were
tears in the honest gray eyes, for 1t grleved
the heart Of Grace "a speak harshly 70 her
mother, even under proyocation.
A sncer curlcd the lip Of Mrs. Penroy,
which failed 10 improve her looks, and in
her faded eyes there came = sudden. uu-
readable CLEAN.
$50" she aspiratcd. II see that tho i'm
maculate Captain Starbright has played his
cards well; but m spite OF that he shall not
succced,'
Captain St~arbrightr'
"Yes. He has given you to understand
hat Morgan. my father, made n will on tho
night Of his last illness. giving you every
thing. Will you deny itF
mo. for it is true"
IL knew il. When Captain Starbright
a'As Nv s"As e''s - "s
he lied. FOR no such document was found,
and 4 am the only heir 10 my fathers prop
cr;y. You see. the shoe il on the other
foot and that you remain an inmate u Lone
Hollow AT my suferance. n little plot
arranged between you and the Captain to
win u million has failed. ] am not the
dupe and fool you and Captain Starbright
imagined"
The widow tapped her gold snuf- box to
give emphasis to her words.
Grace regarded her in Mortified silence.
Her mother must be losing her reason, 1t
seemed to Craze. else she would never
make such TN accusation, % causeless and
wicked.
"Stand there and cape. like the silly fool
that you are" cried the unnatural mother.
"Ycu didn't imagine that I would see
through your scheme, II was 30 neatly
planned"
Mother. please DON'T pleaded Grace.
"But | will. just the same, you migrate
ful girl. I will not submit 70 he driven
from nome by You aud that scoundrelly
Captain. /"
Mother. I can not ~listcn.' protested
Grace. IL nov you are not yourself to-
night. Some other time, when you are
calm. I will talk with YOU on this subject"
nm saaii htN. dsta1Tt MIN cuTvS.
~ wish You To tell me the truth regarding
thisC Captain Starbricht"
II knew no more than you do about him"
he tell YOU that your grandfather
left . will."
"Ycs. know he lef: one. for I saw it
with my own eyes"
When. Whercl' demanded Mrs. Pen
roy, eagerly.
Grace explained how. on the morning Of
Mr.. Vsndible's death. she had thought she
heard his voice calling and she had rushed
in Ia 1nd him lying sui and white on the pil-
low.
The will was lying before him. aud .
stranger, n lawyer. l suppose. and Captain
Starbright stood AT the bedside. Grand
father was dead even then. but in my az.
citcmcnt l did not fully realize it."
And you saw the will, sou are SURE Of
thats"
IL am sure Of that"
"Did you know what il contaiuedt"
There was u flush on the widows cheek.
sstraugc, eager glitter in the faded oyos
rs she asked the question.
No, l did not" said the girl.
"Then why do you imagine that my father
disinheriied me. his only child, TO take up
with Q more distant relat vel"
II only know that he so declared his in
tentiou many times"
ITO your"
YES. TO me"
"Indeed."
will YOU pcrmi, me 70 ask you Q ques-
ton. mothers"
Certainly"
81 have no wish TO claim what 10 not NJ
D own by law and right mother dear" pro
: eeeded Grace, As she sank 70 . seat and n.