Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-05-19

come down yet. miss, or I'm mistaken.
Well. what do you intend TO do? Don't
stand there. a-starin' me out O. counte-
nance, as though you don't believe
half l say. Pay me my money, OF
leave.-that's Il. want that money
ten dollars and saventy-five cents
now. every nickel o 1t. or out in the
street you co."
But I have no money" reiterated
the girl. sobbing,y. Il cannot pay
you. Mrs Flint"
Then leave this instant, No; you
needn't expect TO take your duds. Out
you go in five minutes. Or"
stop"
A voice-a mans voice-s0uIded
close beside the irate landlady. making
her start IN astonishment = portly,
fae-look.ng old gentleman stood upon
the dusty landing outside. his eyes
flashing with indignation.
How dare you address this young
lady in such an insulting maDner?" de-
u.anded the intruder.
Then removing his hat. he turned 20
the frightened gil, WHO stood there.
silent. and pale, and trembling
II an addressing Miss Lesley Dins-
more, am I not?' queried the old man.
Lesley bowed.
And your mother's maiden name
was Lesley Chadwicke?' he continued
Again Lesley bowed.
"Ah! / knew that l was not mis-
taken" he continued. Madam and
he turned TO Mrs Flint. standing near
open-mouthed and wide-eyed with
gaping wonder. don't dare TO address
another rude word 10 Miss Dinsmore.
or you will get yourself into serious
difficulty. You do not know whom you
are insulting. Miss Lesley Dinsmore is
the richest heiress in the country"
"sir!" gasped Lesley In blank aston
isbment, "I have not dollar in the
wide World.
"ffumph!" grunted the old Iaan;
that's your mistake, you see. But 1
must Introduce myself. l am Stephen
Greyson, attorney and counselor-at-
law, and have the pleasure OF an
nouncing to you, since you are really
Lesley Chadwickes daughter, that you
have fallen heiress to a vast estate.
which is awaiting your superinten-
dence You will have more money,
my dear, than you will know what to
do with Your income is thousands OF
dollars a year; your home, one OF the
finest houses in the whole United
States; unlimited luxury, foreign
travel-every kind of fashionable di-
vertisement before you. 7 am well
convinced of your identity. You are d
Chadwicke every ipch Besides, I've
had my eyes on you for along time.
Here, my child, is money to relieve
your present embarrassment. Pay this
old-this hearted old lady who
was about TO thrust you into the street
Mrs. Flint made an angry movement
forward: then, recollecting that dis
cretion is the better part of valor," she
paused.
Get ready to leave this den al onte,
my dear" continued Mr. GTeyson.
"You will have few preliminariea to
20 through with-necessagy forms, that
il aIl-before you start for your new
home; and, in the meantime, you shall
stay at my house My wife will be
delishted to receive you; and We have
no children of our own. and wouldn't
mind it if you. staid there always"
Lesley stood stunned ana bewildeT-
ad The worsierfrl fairy=iilsss- tlth-
which affairs had taken would have
paralyzed older and wiser people than
this little orphan girl But she felt in
tuitivelythat she,could trust Mr. Giey-
son. She hastened to pay the coveted
sum due TO the crest-fallen Mrs. Flint
-pitiably hnmhle and submissive now
and then eheapacked her few balons-
ings.
There weresseverai articles in her
possession wRich she displayed TO her
new friend. k.gold locket. containing
the portraits of4her father and mother,
with their names engraved inside the
lid. Then there was a certificate Qs
marriage between aRalph Dinsmore and
Lelsey Chadwicka and a few letters.
tied with faded ribbon. the contents
of which were valuable TO the yUupe
girl.
And so, within four-and-twentS
hours after the wonderful inteliigencF
had burst upon Aer like thunderboiS.
Lesley Dinsmoeer was comfortably sits
uated at Lawyer Greyson's handsome
house, and her'ddenlity fully establish
ed assheiress 10 the Chadwtcke estatA