Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-08
sYNOPsIs or PRECEpING cHAPrERs


Mrs. Sidebottom and her son. Captain Penny
eomequiek, are unable TO live in the style they
the probable fortune they NAV receive on the
death of Mrs. Sidebottomss haif-brother Jere-
his niece, Salome Cusworth who lives with him
Jeremiah Pennycomequick, while walking at
midnight is overtaken by flood from a bursted
reservoir. He and another man. who is half
clad, seek refuge in a hut, and Jeremiah wraps
subsidies body is found which is identified by the
card case In the coat pocket as that of Jeremiah
telegraphed for and arrives. A will Is found
making Salome ellsworth her uncle's heiress but
the signature. Mrs. Sidebottom declares that she
will not respect the wishes of her dead half
brother, as expressed In his will. In the mean
time jeremiah Pennycomequick who was not
drowned, mas been picked up by coal barge.
Salome thinks she sees the ghost of Jeremiah
Pennycomequick In the house. Philip Penny
eomequlck takes charge of his uncle's mill and
insists that Salome and her mother shall remain
Win MIN IN ms uncle's house. Jeremiah Penny
comequick hears that he has been declared dead
that belief while he spends a year on the conti-
nent for his health.
CHAPTER XIX-BAcK1Ne OUT.
you will dine with us tonight, Philip I" said
Mrs. Sidebottom. Now that we have settled
our business, it will be quite fascinating to
have bright ano cheerful evening together.
We will take the Grape off our heads and
hearts. Lamb shall sing us some of his comic
songs, and will play you any music you like
on the piano. You shall listen, and the motif
Of our entertainment shall be 'Begone dull
care 1 wish there were anyone invitable in
this place, but there is not, and, moreover,
though 1 do not care for the opinion of these
barbarians, it is too soon after the funeral to
have dlnner-party; we must mind the pro-
prieties wherever we are"
Mrs. Sidebottom was in good spirits. She had
managed for herself well. The estate of Mr..
Pennycomequick had been divided between
herself and Philip, but as the business was al
ready charged with her jointure, he deducted
this from the total before dividing. She still
retained her hold on the factory, remained as
sleeping partner in the firm, though, as Philip
found to his cost before long, she was Sleep
ing partner given to walking in her sleep.
Philip was to be the active member of the firm.
1t was by no means her wish that the mill
should be sold and the business pass away, be-
cause it was prosperous If it had fallen into
Iambert's hands it would ave been different,
for she knew well that her son would have been
incompetent to conduct it. She was cheerful
now that all was concluded, perfectly satisfied
with herself, for the terms she had made with
her nephew did not err on the side of generos-
ity.
And now," said Mrs. Sidebottom, 81 really
do intend to get Lamb to insert hyphen in his
name, and spell the final syllable with capital
@. have ascertained from a really learned
man that our name is most respectable, and
like all good names, is territorial 1t is of
ancient British origin, and means the Wick or
settlement as the head of Combe, that is a
valley When you know this you feel that it
has an aristocratic flavor, and that it is older
than trade. l think that when written Peny-
combe-Quick it will have an air, Philip, an air
of such exalted respectabihty as will entitle us
to look on those who were entered on the Roll
of Rattle bhey naryeOus I intend n have
Lambs cards printed thus. l like the Ameri-
can way of combining the paternal name with
that acquired at marriage. If call myself Mrs.
-Quick-SideheJtom 1 hatter myself
! shall carry weight"
There is a characteristic of some persons not
so rare as might be supposed, but subdued in
England as a token of ill-breeding, yet one
which among foreigners judging from our ex-
perience, is not forbidden by the social code.
This characteristic is the sudden transforma-
tion of manner and behavior at the touch of