Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-05-16
LONE HOLLOW;
Or, The Peril Of the PenrOyS.
A Thrilling and Romantic Story
OF Love and Adventure.
BIZ JAMES NJ MERRILL. AUTHOR OF BOGUS
BILL" FISHER JOE AND
OTHER STORIES
lCopvrioht, 1859, BY he A. ~ Kellogg Mems
paper CompaDy

Unjust be. Within two weeks the heirs
will be summoned before the probate court
to give reasons, il any exist, why this will
be not admitted 10 probate as the honest
instrument of Morgan Vandible's hand
At that time your testimony will be Of the
utmost Importance.
Yes" family.
II believe your evidence alone will be
sufficient TO break the will, but we must
have more to corroborate yours"
"How can you get more" queried Grace.
~ was the only one present save the
Captain and lawyer Gripes."
''Well. we must md more evidence, . de-
clared the young mechanic. II will consult
with our mutual friend, Louis Fingal. He is
wise and keen; between US oil believe we
shall be able to outwit Captain Starbright
and his scoundrelly lawyer. Circumstantial
evidence can be brought in. The forged
signature, of course. is not likely TO be an
exact counterpart of Mr Vandible's chirog-
raphy, and that will count for good deal
We have two weeks in which TO work, in
which time much can be DONE"
Eyes," agreed Grace, with sigh. II wish
Lura was back here, am so lonely IN the
great house with only mother and the Cap
tain. may be foolish, but somehow have
a dread Of both"
'You shall not be left 10 the mercy Of
either" declared Wentword. 'Lura will
come, and she is q match for the Captain
the best day he ever saw"
Il have always felt safe when my cousin
was here" said Grace. Il was quite over
powered with joy when she returned, but
she made me promise not to reveal her
coming, as she wished to remain dead to the
world for time, the better TO thwart the
plots OF Captain Starbright, who at that
time trusted more fully than l do now
HE is q villain without one redeemlng
trait i believe that it was he who at
tempted the life of Lura They are bitter
foes, and he feared she would stand in his
way. The two tramps who hurled her into
Hangman's Gulch that night handled some
! Of Captain Starbright's money for that
work, am fully assured"
! How terriblew uttered Grace. sit does
not seem possible that one so apparently
kind, so elegant IN manners, could be so
deeply wicked"
perhaps you still doubt!"
/ II confess to incredulty to q certain ex-
tent. ! can not believe that Clinton Star
bright would stoop to murder, 1t seems
I too horrible for belief"
/ Thine will TELL" answered the young
mechanic. Il have learned enough to
/ satisfy me that no crime is too vile for this
| adventurer. BY breaking the will and ex-
4 posing the villainy of Starbright we throw
! every thing into your mothers hands, but
4 there seems to be no other way"
! Il shall be satisfied with that, knowing
! that tpossess your love-" said the beauti
! full girl, clnging fondly TO his arm.
! 81 am satisfied to gain your hand without
/ the fortune returned the infatuated
! young man, bending and imprintng kiss
4 on the pale cheek of his companion.
\ Night shadows were falling, and neither
/ saw the form of a man crouching in the
bushes near, man who had listened to
nearly every word that had fallen from the
! lips of the twain.
! Presently he lifted himself so that his
/ cleaning eyes took in the loving scene
Neither shall live to crush me-" muttered
the prowler. Then his hand shot forward
fash followed, then loud report.
Grace Penroy sank apparently lifeless in
! the arms of her companion, the blood
streaming down her face. The bullet of the
assassin had been well aimed.
The suddenness OF the crime quite para
! lyzed the young mechanic for the time. He
| felt the form of his betrothed a dead weight
i III MS arms. ne edSeu HeF 10 tue SrOuuu,
/ fully believing that she was dead.
An awful horror was cast over heart and
brain. He had heard the report, and seen
the fash. To discover the assassin was now
his desire. He sprang forward and caught
from the ground a smoking pistol He
| glared about him fiercely, but saw no one.
Then he strobe back to the bleeding form
on the ground, still holding the smoking
weapon of death
At this moment 4 man rushed down the
path from the direction OF the house and
confronted Wentword.
1t was Captain Starbright.
$50 1t has come to this ut last. - cried the
Captain, in an awful voice. II feared il all
along. Poor Grace to die by tue uand of
| a miserabl mudsillr'