Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07
CHAPTER ".
FORTUNE TURNS HER WHEEL.

Leave US, Geogrie," said the intruder,
after a pause. Il must speak with this
gentleman alone. 1t is incumbent on me-
My duty to you oompels it.
I looked at her, and believed I read
one salient point in her character at once
-shewas weak women whose greatest
desire was to appear strong.
M OF until know what you are going
to say to Mr.. Dudley. Not until I am
sure you Will not insult him for having
dared to speak-tO me" Miss Hargreave
exclaimed, impetuOusly.
IF were sure you had met by accident
If you were merely exchanging common
cOurtesies, but"
Mother! you are insulting him now by
supposing anything else possible. Oh,
this neVer-ending suspiciOn!" she cried,
her face ablaze with passion. "YOu make
a pretense of going to church, only to re-
turn and pry upon me. You drive me to
desperation, and will regret it some day.
Your religion is but another hypocrisy,
while-Oh, my God, this life is becoming
uncomfortable"
Then, with one piteous, appealing
glance at me, Miss Hargreave fun g herr
self upon the bench, and laying her face
down on her outstretched arms, gave vent
to parOXysm of COnYulsiVe sobbing
My daughter has been i'll; she is suf-
fering from an attack of nerves. DOvou
not see, sir, that you ought to gO?" cried
MIS- hdf8rSdF6, S3ClU9QlY.
OF course L ought to go. There was
no doubt about it! And as I passed out
she entered.
turned and watched her sit down be-
side the weeping girl. saw her place
her arms around her and draw the tear
stained face with apparent tenderness
upon her breast. I saw that Mrs Har-
! greaye's eyes also were wet, her lips
! trem bling, and walked away profoundly
! puzzled how to reconcile the scene I had
! Just witnessed with the tale of wrong l
! had only the moment before been told.
lam neither learned in phrenolOgy nor
! physiognomy; but in the same degree
/ that the finely proportional head of DR.
! GascOigne impressed me in his favor. SO,
! I must confess, did the weak face, but
! above ALL the white brows and eyelashes
/ of Mrs. HargreaVe warn me that she was
not a woman to be trusted.
! left Glendale House by the last train
! that night and. as it Glanced without
] again seeing the Doctor.
! Late as it was when I arrived at Coal
! town my one thought on entering my
/ lodgings was to devise some plan for OBJ
! tanning q copy Of Mr.. Lester HargreaVe's
/ will. I wrote to an old friend-the son
/ of my fathers sOlicitOr-whom I had not
! seen since my prospects darkened, and
| asked him to use his best endeaVOrs in
! procuring me the fullest information.
! I had some misgiYings about APPLYING
to Charlie Hawks for these reasons: He
/ was inclined to be wild when I knew him;
since then it had come to my knowledge
| that he added unscrupulousness to dissi-
! patton. However, it was the only means
that occurred to me of obtaining the de-
| sired information. I wrote the letter to
Charlie and posted it myself next morn
ing on my way to the bank.
! My employers received me cordially
and expressed their satisfaction at seeing
me restored to health. took my seat on
| the high stool before my desk and re-
| sumed my work, to all appearance as
| though 1 had never been away from it.
/ say advisedly ito all appearance, be-
| cause in point of fact everything was
changed to me. 1 seemed to have begun
a new era in my existence. Much as I
had disliked my life as a bank clerk
hitherto, I regarded it now with positive
loathing, and felt convinced that Dr..
| GascOigne was right when he asserted I
was untitled.
Having no desire to prOlOng my story,
it were needless TO enter into any de-
tailed account either of my life or feel
ings during the next few days.
1t was not until Saturday morning that
the impatiently expected letter from Lon
don came.
A large blue envelope Iay conspicuous
on the white breakfast cloth, and, had il
contained q letter from the beautiful
Miss Hargreave herself, I could scarcely
have experienced deeper emotion than
/ that with which broke the seal
Throwing to one side a note written IL
Charlie Hawks hand, I spread out before
me the sheet of paper on which the sub
stance OF the viii had apparently been
hastily jotted down. 1 read slowly
thOughtfully, weighing each item, anG
before quite reaching the end, paused.
Was I fated to be forever reca ling some
chance words of DR.. Gascoigne? "YoJ
. should marry an heiress, nay dear boy,
, he had said.
1 smiled as I repeated the words alout
{ II laughed broke ont in a few bars O.
a light song. Here was the most charm
, ing girl in the world. with-nOw that sh'
was Of Gge-a country seat in Leicester
I shire. $50, 600 in funds, and all her fathe
j died possessed of absolutely her own
o with the exception of a paltry annuity
not worth mentioning, left to the widow
. and the last words this lovely heires
g had spoken to me were:
> ASK what you viii, and T." tn
g sentence owing to circumstances, hR