Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-18
LONE HOLLOW;
Or, Tho Peril Of tho Penroys.
q Thrilling and Romantic Story
} OF Love and Adventure

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Q OF Love and Adventure.
D BIZ JAMS n. MANU-. AUTHOR or ~BoGu,
BILL" "F1sHxR JOB" AND
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COcvyrtgM, 1ass, By Ms 4 NJ Ksszogg Nssos
paper Co"spany.1
CHAPTER XXX -cosruurD.
Mother. 1 viii obey YOU in all thing
right, bat you must nol speak harshly o,
Austin Wentword." l
"4usn't If' with q sharp intonation
SWELL, well, has it come to this that
am &c be defed in my own house
and by my own daughteri Who Is this
Wentword, should like to ask, that h
must be treated with such immaculate re-
gardi Nothing but . low mechanic, with
no thought above saw and 5ack-plane. ]
think"
"Motherr' -
"Iwiu 60 on, and you shall not stop me
until I've had my say" insisted Mrs.
Penroy, growing hot with her own conceit.
SAustin Weptword supposed that you would
you such assiduous court. You have not
seen him since your grandfather's death, !
take ita"
Ihave not"
"True. Well, ne won't be apt to trouble
you again. Whyi Simply because he has
doubtless suspected that all Is not gold
that giitters, and that the supposed heiress
has been cut on with . shilling. / under
stand these men, they are all sordid Great
ures." s.
I" Mother, cease, pray you. Have you
forgotten my fatherf' said Grace, In .
choked under tone.
mo; Mr.. Penroy was q good man, tho
best one ever met, yet he had his faults"
"Who has mott"
"True; but 1t was Of Wentword that We
were speaking. Do you expect him again
70 see you" ~
Grace was silent
81 understand your feelings; you hope he
win return again, but, let me tell you, he
had better not / would sooner, see you
dead than the wife of q low mechanic"
'.Mother. why will you persist in speak
ing thus unexpectedly of Austin"
II express my true opinion"
81 hope not"
81 see that you entertain sneaking afRec-
ton for him, !" cried Mrs. Penroy, angrily.
'Let me tell you that you receive his fur
Their attentions at your peril Should you
dare marry such as he l would disinh crit
vou:"
It$vas Grace's turn to show resentment
now. Meek people are usually firm enough
when the rock of forbearance has been
passed.
sMother, win 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
u live, however, you shall not want for .
home and all the comforts that money can
give, but you must not insult my feelings
rs You have done tonight"
~ OH l>o1 ~ . he l.. -,
GEARS IN the honest gray eyes, for it grieved
the heart Of Grace to speak harshly to her
onother, even under prOvOcatiOn.
A sneer curled the lip Of Mrs Penroy,
which failed to improve her looks, and in
Der faded eyes there came a sudden, un-
readable CLEAN.
sSop' she aspirated, 81 see that the i'm
enaculate Captain Starbright has played his
cards well but In spite of that he shall not
Ahcceed!"
Captain Starbrighta''
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 ita"
mo, for it is true" ti-t 74t5-
81 knew it. When Captain Starbright
told you that your grandfather left will
he died, for no such document was found,
and am the only heir to my fathers prop
erty. You see, the shoe is on the other
foot, and that you remain an inmate Of Lone
Hollow at my sufferance. The little plot
arranged between you and the Captain to
win million has failed. am not the
dupe and fool you and Captain Starbright
imagined"
The widow tapped her gold snuff-box to
give emphasis TO her words. II . eco
Grace regarded her in Mortified silence.
Her mother must be losing, her reason, it
seemed - Grace, else she would never.
make such an accusation, 30 causeless and
wicked.
~Stand there and cape, like the silly fool
that you are" cried the unnatural mother.
You didn't imagine that I would see
through your scheme, it was 80 neatly
planned"
'@dother, please DON'T" pleaded Grace
"But will. just the same you migrate
ful girl. I will not submit to be driven
from home by you and that scoundrelly
Captain. L"
"Mother,I can not listen" protested
Grace. 81 know you are not yourself to-
night Some other time, when you are
calm, will talk with you on this subject"
81 am calm now" declared Mrs. Penroy.
81 wish you to tell me the truth regarding
this Captain Starbright."
81 know no more than you do about him"
"Did he tell you that your grandfather
left willtn
08s KNOW Nc 1911 one, 1Or i saw IL
with my own eyes"
'Whena Wherea" demanded Mrs. PEN
Il roy, eagerly.
Grace explained how. on the morning of
Mr.. Vandibfe's death, she had thought she
heard his voice calling and she had rushed
In to find him lying still and white on the pill
low. -gsf
1.-THE will was lying before him, and .
stranger, lawyer, suppose, and Captain
Starbright stood at the bedside Grand
father was dead even then, but in my ex-
element I did not fully realize it.''
~'And you saw the viii, you are sure of
thatr'
81 am sure Of that"
did you know what it contained.n
There was flush on the widows cheek.
. strange, eager glitter in the faded eyes
Is she asked the question. s-.----.
No, I did not" said the girl
"Then why do you imagine that my father
disinherited me, his only child, to take up
0gith moro distant relativer"
81 only know that he so declared his in
tention many tmeA"
"To youf''
"Yes, to me-"
"Indeed." ,
.will you permit me to ask you q ques-
tion, mothera'
eCertainly."
WI have NO wish to claim what in mt NV