Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-09-23

informed her that nau ueeu
b~equeathed to him.
Aunt Priscilla's conduct, upon hear
ing this announcement, was rather sur
prising. Instead of flying into q pas
sion as Grove had looked forward with
malicious pleasure to seeing her do, she
drew o handkerchief from her mutt and
applied it to her eyes.
"We-we-we have been expecting 1t
for some time" she sobbed.
Expecting it," said Grove, %unueasi-
". Expecting what? Has anything
gone wrong?"
"Poor--poor--poor dear john" soboed
Aunt Priscllls.
"But poor dear john" said Grove,
quite angrily. VIVA is the matter
with him?"
ave have seen it coming" said Aunt
Priscilla from behind her handkerchief.
For months we a seen it coming.
And now that his brain should have
quite gone-that he should be really
mad-it is too horrible"
Mad" he gaSped, with a sickening
feeling that his prize might yet be
arrested from him, for already he saw the
whole tribe under the able command OF
Aunt Priscilla arrsyed against hin.
n is not mad. He Is as
sane as | StS You should just have
heard him taI&!"
zone of the 'symptoms," said Aunt
Priscilla, mournfqlly. as sho dried her
eyes. Poor dear NOhn used to De SO
After a pause Grovs\ said: 81 cannct
imagine, Miss Priscilla what put this
idea into your head. Isl, Major Hey
wood mad because he leaSes mis- prop
erty to me instead Of, say, to You?'
''Your question seems I'd answer
itself, doesn't it?" she said, in the mild
way which she always adopted when
she was moss dangerous.
Then l suppose we shall have~to
fight it out" said Grove. WELL, \
don't mind. It will cost money, but
that does not matter. / am prepared
TO make some sacrifice TO help Major
HAYWOOD in re pelling this terrible at
tack. Mad indeed He was sane
enough 10 pitch into his own relations;
knew what they were capable OF do
Ing"
Another symptom" said Aunt Pris-
ella sadly. "When the brain is affect
ed the dear cues always turn against
their best friends. l must get the doc
tor 10 see him at once. Good day, Mr..
Grove, and thank you for the informa-
ton" And she left him far from easy
in his mind.
Both sides went speedily to work.
Grove got together all his friends, In
GLIDING Tom Willmott, who was such a
general favorlte as TO be a power in
himself, and by their means sought to
influence public opinion, an important
factor in such a case as this. Aunt
Priscilla gathered around her the whole
Haywood clan, and engaged the SER
vices of Mr.. Greer. A petition, accom-
panied oy the necessary ~afidavits, was
prepared, praying that a commission
should be issued TO a Master In Lunacy
to hold an inquisitioD as to whether
Major John Haywood, of Cronkvash,
was Of unsound mind and incapable OF
managing his affairs. In short, the
matter was speedily put in proper train,
for Aunt Priscilla meant business.
II seemed as il Death itself would
never prevail against my sin, with It's
ever-growing tide OF fearful conse-
Queuces! One person after another had
been swept away, and yet that insa-
table tide rolled on, eager for fresh
victims. Was my father to be the next?
1t was lntolerable to think that his san
ity should be Questioned-perhaps
should even be brought before a court
of Justice. Aunt Priscilla had a very
real affection for him, | am sure; yet so
strong was her aversion to "being
DONE" as she expressed IL, that | knew
thai she would sooner see him shut up
in an ASYLUM than let the family estate
go to Alistair Grove. My dislike for
Grove was not less than hers; il had
grieved me- exceedingly 30 think OF him
as even a possible owner o! C~ronkvash,
bat never, never, never should
l have tried to Dust him In such a hate
full way as Aunt Priscilla had adopted.
Apart from its bearing upon nv father,
it stirred up fresh strife In the little
community TO which had once belong
ed, so that there was not upon the
whole earth a more unpleasant or more
uuarrelsome town than Scadden.
1t must be admitted that Grove had
the best of the conflict. He was prac-
tically In possession, and that gave him
an immense advantage. As a sign OF
favor, he was admitted into the house;
a circumstance which never failed to
excite Aunt Priscilla's wrath when she
came to hear OF II. But that had no
effect upon my father. The more holly
she laid siege to him, the more firmly
was he determined to uphold his W
freedom OF will in the disposition OF his
property.
But after a time there came a change.
For some reason or other, Grove was no
longer admitted to the house. The first
refusal gave him q shock for the mo-
ment, though he soon recovered, sup
posing that my father was merely indis-
posed; but at the second he felt angry
and frightened. Although he could
we'll have done without the property,
now that it had been offered TO him be
had set his heart upon having 1t, espec-
ially in view OF the humiliating conse-
ouences OF defeat. Having no other
way of asserting his rights, he took to
wandering about the grounds at all sorts
of odd hours.
Late one evening, in the course OF his
wanderings, hewas surprised TO see a man
in front OF him, not very far from the
queer old cedar trees called the Three
Witches. Before he could reach the
spot, the man had vanished. Grove
could almost have sworn that 1t was
Ben Fayle.
[ToBE Continued
History in Tapestry.
The "Bayeux tapestry" called Bay
eux from the place where II is preserv-