Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-14
LOVE. FINDS A WAY,
BY JEANETTE H. WALWORTH.
Copyright, 1899, by Jeannette n. Walworth.

Copyright, 1899, by Jeanette H. Walwo
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS INsTALLMENTs
In order that new readers of The EN-
oU1RER may begin with the following in
stallment of this story, and understand II
lust the same as though they had read II
all from the beginning, we here give
synopsis of that portion of it which has
already been published:
Tom Broxton comes to Broxton Hal
from college, having been summoned tc
his father, who is dying. Mr.. Matthews
Toms guardian, passing "Mother" Spill
mans cottage, drops bag OF papers. The
next morning Matthews comes to look FOL
one of the papers which have been lost
He does not find it, but Jimmy Martin, =
gardener, soon after brings it to Mother
Spillman, She pledges Martin to secrecy
and hides the paper in the back OF an olo
chair. Tom Broxton visits the room in
which his father lies, finds some flowers
on an easel and among them an unhn.
ished letter from his father to himself
Through ground glass doors he sees a fig:
ure tampering with the papers contained
in his fathers desk. Before he can enter
the room the figure disappears. Approach
ing his fathers body lying in his coffin
ION looks iOT seal TltiS wOlh vi eu0 LII
ger, but it is not there. Olivia Matthews
arranges with her father for garden par
ty at Broxton Hall on her eighteenth
birthday. Her father, riding past the
Hall, stops there and sees the mysterious
figure standing over Colonel Broxton's
desk. After the lawn party Tom Brox'
ton and his guardian sit at the Hall talking
about it, and Mr.. Matthews proposes that
Tom, after being graduated at college,
shall go abroad to study and declares that
the Hall must be sold, to both of which
propositions Tom demurs. Mother Spill
man cautions Tom against his guardian,
but fails to convince him. Olivia rides
out with Clarence Westover on horseback.
Tom goes to the Hall, where he finds
Olivia, who has been thrown from her
horse, and carries her into the house. She
is not severely injured. The party remain
at the Hall. At midnight scream is
heard. 1t has come from Olivia, who has
seen the mysterious figure standing over
Colonel Broxton's desk. Two wears
elapse. Broxton Hall is sold to the West
overs. Tom Broxton is studying abroad.
He writes to Olivia declaring his love for
her. His guardian writes him that his
estate has been lost, and Olivia writes him
that she is engaged to Clarence w estover.
Mr.. Matthew'S study is burned under
suspicious circumstances, and all his pa
pers destroyed, including those pertain
ing to the Broxton estate. Tom Broxton
returns from abroad and settles in the
the west to practice his profession. Mr..
Matthews is taken ill. Olivia visits the
room where her father lies. Half con-
scious, she sees Mother" Spillman,
whom she recognizes as the figure she had
seen standing over Colonel Broxton's
desk, bending over her father and accus-
ing him of having stolen the Broxton es-
tate. Olivia visits the Spillman cottage,
where she finds that "Mother" Spillman
has just died. Olivia recognizes the chair
in which she had once seen Mother
Spillman searching and asks permission
to come again and search for the papers
her father lost the night of Colonel Brox-
toms death. After she has gone Malvina
pulls out an unused drawer, and the
missing package falls out. 1t contains q
deed to the Broxton property, showing
that the property was entailed and could
not be sold. Clarence Westover comes in
and takes the deed away to copy. Mr.
Matthews demands that Olivia marry Tom
Broxton to cover up the fraud. Westover
seeks Broxton and delivers the deed to
the Hall. Tom declines to avail himself
of it. Olivia tells Westover that she can
not marry him. Tom informs Olivia
that he overheard her father demand that
she marry him, but declines to take sc
mean an advantage Of her.