The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-01-25
CHAPTER Nv.
FORTUNE TURNS HER WHEEL.

-shewas a weak women whose greatest
desire was to appear strong.
Not until l know what you are going
to say to Mr.. Dudley. Not until | am
sure you will not insult him for having
dared to speak-to me-" Miss Hargreavo
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 snything else possible. Oh,
this er-ending suspicion." she cried,
her face ablaze with passion. You make
pretense of going to church, only to re-
turn and pry upon me. Iou drive me to
desperation, and will regret it some day.
Your religion is bu. another hypocrisy,
while-oh, my God, this life is becoming
unendurab Bile"
Then, with one piteous, appealing
glance at me, Miss Hargreave fun 6 her.
self upon the bench, and laying her face
down on her outstretched arms, gave vent
to paroxysm of convulsive sobbing.
My daughter has been ill; she is suf-
fering from an attack of nerves. Doyou
OF see, sir, that you ought 10 co?" cried
Mrs Hargreave. excitedly.
OF course l ought to CO. There was
no doubt about it! And as / 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. l saw that Mrs. Har-
greave's eyes also were wet, her lips
trembling and l walked away profoundly
puzzled how to reconcile the scene | had
just witnessed with the tale of wrong l
had only the moment before been told
To, hnr 1aar IN,
physiognomy; but in the same degree
that the finely proportional head of Dir.
Gascoisne impressed me in his favor %.
l must confess, did the weak face. but.
above all, the white brows and eyelashes
of Mrs. Hargreaye warn me that she was
not a woman to be trusted
l left Glendale House by the last train
that night and, as it Glanced, without
again seeing the Doctor.
Late as it was when l arrived at Coal
town my one thought on entering my
lodgings was to devise some plan for OBJ
tanning a copy of Mr.. Lester Hargreave's
will. l wrote to an old friend-the son
of my fathers solicitor-whom | had not
seen since my prospects darkened, and
asked him to use his best endeavors in
procuring me the fullest information.
| had some misgivings about applying
to Charlie Hawks for these reasons: He
VS. inclined TO be wild when 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. | 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
To he Al T cot an,
the high stool before my desk and re-
sumo nv work, to all appearance as
thou h ] had never been aw Y from it.
say advisedly ITO al appearance, be-
Cause in poiut of fact everythin was
changed to me. l seemed to have begun
q new era in my existence. Much as /
had disliked my life as a bank clerk
hitherto, regarded it now with positive
loathing, and felt convinced that DR..
Gascoigne was light when he asserted l
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.
large blue envelope lay conspicuous
| contained a letter from the beautiful
Miss Hargreave herself, could scarcely
have experienced deeper emotion than
! til at with which | broke the seal
Throwing to one side a note written in
| Charlie Hawks hand, spread out before
me the sheet of paper on which the SUBJ
stance of the will had apparently been
| hastily jotted down. l read slowly,
thoughtfully, weighing each Item, and
before quite reaching the end, paused.
| Was tied to be forever recall ling some
| chance words of Dr. Gascoigne? "You
| should marry an heiress, my dear boy,
! he had said.
| / smiled as l repeated the words aloud
| I laughed broke out in few bars of
light song. Here was the most charm
! ing girl in the world, with-now that she
WIS of age-a country seat in Leicester
| shire, $50 900 in funds, and all her father
! died possessed of absolutely her own,
with the exception of a paltry annuity,
not worth mentioning, left to the widow;
and the last words this lovely heiress
| had spoken to me were:
! Ask what you will, and = The
! sentence, owing to circumstances, had
remained unfinished, but how easy to in
terpret it in the way l wished!
Is there devil? If there is, most
my ear that gratitude alone should
prompt her to listen tavorablyto my suit
! Was not now III q position to unmask
| the pertidy of her step-mother:
got up and paced the room in my in
dignation when I thought Of the girls
| wor,s: Il am not allowed to have even
the smallest coin YOU would fling to the
! poorest beggar.' And yet all was hers
all hers by law.
Presently, recollecting there were
still few lines Of writing on the paper
took it up and read, with feelings more
easily imagined than described, the fol-
lowing:
l. Lester Hargreave etc, etc, being o
sound mind. but at the point OF death. do
hereby revoke all former wills | leave
everything l die possessed of 10 Martha
Hargreave. nv wife. and appoint the said
Martha Hargreavc sole eNecutrix of this m
will. SO that she. knowing my wishes-and
having absolute control over my estate
may be enable to ca ~ them out to the
best of her ability. TO this end. so help
her God
This codicil bore date Dec. 80 1878,
and the names of two witnesses were
written below. Next l turned TO Charlie
Hawks letter inclosed ard and read:
DEAR JAck-It's taken me some time and
been some trouble. but I've done the best
coul io7 you. The governor drew out the
will, OF which : nj you rough copy. 1t
doesn't matter. though, at out being rough.
for the Wills % good. The codicil- added
TO the original document the day the old
hoy ded-is legal beyond all dispute. sup
lose you a~e nuts on the daughter? Look
before YOU leap. old fellow. AMI don't for
get to ask mamma Yours.
CHARLIE HAWKS.
Disguise with the writer's fiippancy,
flung the etiusiol into the CRATE, ate my
breakfast il considerably subdued spirits,
then set off for the bank-a good half
hour behind my usual time
Satnr. lay afternoon found me once more
entering Glendale House,
Stepping into the comfortable, warm
otfice-room usually occ pied by Mr.. Hill
Can have my old quarters until Mon
day" | asked Of him.
CertaiAly sir: and | N glad to see YOU
back VS. the reply. We're terribly