The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-05-08

CHAPTER XIX-coNTISUED.
Mother, will obey you in all things
right, but you must not speak harshly Of
Austin Wentword"
"Musn't II" with a sharp intonation.
'Weli, well, has IL come TO this that
am tc be defed in my own house
and by my own daughterl Who is this
Wentword, should like 10 ask, that he
must be treated with such imms,ilate re-
gardi Nothing but low mechanic, with
no thought above saw and jacls-plane. !
think"
"Motheri'i
twill go on, and you shall not stop Inc
until I've had my say" insisted Mrs.
Penroy, growing hot with her own conceit.
"Austin Wentword supposed that you would
some day be rich, and that was why he paid
you such assiduous court. You have not
seen him since your grandfather's death, |
take itln
Ihave not"
"True. WeIl he won't be apt TO trouble
you again. Whyl Simply because he has
doubtless suspected that all is not gold
that glitters, and that the supposed heiress
has been cut OF with a shilling. under
stand those mon, they are all sordid Great
ures."
Another, cease, pray you. Have you
forgotten my fatherir said Grace, in q
choked undertone
"No; Mr.. Penroy was a good man, the
best one Ievermet, yet he had his. faults. F"
"Who has notr'
"True; but it was OF weutword that We
we're speaking. Do you expect him again
10 see youi''
Grace was silent
~ understand your feelings; you hope he
will return again, but, let me tell you, he
bad better not l would sooner SEQ you
dead than the wife Of low mechanic"
Mother, why will you persist In speak
ing thus disrespectfully OF Austinp
Texpress my true opinion"
~ hope not"
~ see that you entertain asnealing affec.
ton for him, /" cried Mrs. Penroy, angrily.
LET mo tell you that you receive bis fur
ther attentions al your peril Should you
dare marry such as he would disinherii
you"
Il was Grace's turn 10 show resentment
now. Meek people are usually firm enough
when the rock OF forbearance has been
passed.
''Mother, l will not listen. You talk oi
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 II. While
live, however, you shall not want for q
home and all the comforts that money can
give, but you must not insult my feelings
as you have done tonight"
The girl choked at the last, and there were
tears In the honest gray eyes, for II grieved
the heart OF Grace TO speak harshly TO her
mother, even under provocation.
A sneer curled the lip OF Mrs. Penroy,
which failed 10 improve her looks, and N
her faded eyes there came sudden, m.
readable CLEAN.
"Sop' she aspirated, II see that the im-
maculate Captain Stsrbright has played his
cards well; but In spite Of that he shall not
succeedW
"Captain Starbrightf"
Yes. He has given you 10 understand
that Morgan, my father, made will on the
night Of his last illness, giving you every
thing. Win you Sony III"
"No, for II is true,n
az knew H. When Captain Starbright
told you that your grandfather left q viii
he lied, for no such document was found,
and I am the only heir 10 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 10
win million has failed. / am not the
dupe and fool you and Captain 5tarbrighi
imagined"
The widow tapped her gold snuff-box "a
give emphasis 70 her words.
Grace regarded her In horriHed silence
Her mother must be losing her reason, II
seemed 10 Grace, else she would never
make such an accusation, 80 causeless and
wicked. us rrt
"btand there and gape, like the ally foo
that you are" cried the unnatural mother
.You didn't imagine that ! would SCI
through your schene, IL was SO neatly
planned"
"Mother, please dop't,p pleaded Grace.
aBut win, Just the same, you migrate
fol girl viii not submit 70 be driven
from homo By you and that scoundrslly
Captain. I--"i s''gS
Mother. 2 can not llsten,n protested