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The New York Fireside Companion : a journal of instructive and entertaining literature, v. XLIX, no. 1259, December 12, 1891, [Incomplete].
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Gilman, Wenona. Old Sleuth, 1839?-1898. Fleming, May Agnes, 1840-1880. Benners, Will J., Jr. Garvice, Charles, 1850-1920.
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11 May 2022
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English
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1891-12-12
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New York : George Munro
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Fireside Companion Val the tomboy / by Wenona Gilman. Old Phenomenal; or, The double tragedy mystery : an old-time detective narrative / by Old Sleuth. Double tragedy mystery The heiress of Glen Gower; or, The hidden crime / by May Agnes Fleming ; edited by W. J. Benners, Jr. Hidden crime On love's altar; or, A fatal fancy / by Charles Garvice. Fatal fancy
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A JOURNAL OF INSTRUCTIVE &
0 ENTERTAINING LITERATURE.
Vol. XLIX.
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Congréss, Washington,
- || VAL THE TOMBOY.
By WENONA GILMAN,
Autor of “ My Lirrie Prrvcess,” “Hearts anp Lives,” “Buisp Dan's DAUGHTER,” ETC., ETO.
This story was_commenced in No. 1288 of ‘Tne New Yors Firvsing Companion, Back numbers can be
obtained from all newsdealers.
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7
ie was almost: maniacal hatred in Frank Col-
LHe ville eyen an they met thove of Dolores Waketl
v Bnd ot bis voles was am, ali ‘as he
4 spoke
about her
leave your room until I do.
‘oppre:
im
hadsnddenly grown too
ares that had been
‘around
castle tie ate at his elbow.
sneered,
“Be
tbend. Cassatt 9 way’!
him to leave them.
azedl into
Would have startled &
effort at concealment of inte
shoulder as he led her to the door.
shall come or send for you, by and by, but 4
> for her, Delpesnese. ‘motioning his heart
from his reverie by the sound of alow,
y to you, and to say them al
(Si3 toed to her eious, brother and’ motioned
When his shambling form bad
disappeared, she went up quite close to Colville and.
his eyes. ‘There was no am
jer expression then, Dut a white-heat anger that
e men, He thrust his bands
the pockets of his trousers and stoo
Sowa upon ber for a moment in sllenen,
evidently measaring exch other without the
“Go up to Nadjy, dear,” he said, laying his arm
“1
jon’t
pe
‘The last eentence was almost in vis er, but ft
aid not fail to reach Mrs. Wakefield, who was
isgusted.
She crept,
fear oppressed
and up the stairs, feeling that ehe
he hideous
iaid spon her young shoulders
Frank Colviile watched her until she had disap-
irs, 8 great it
wo s
“This is genuinely oe Mrs, Wakefteld
eep quiet,” Colville
gxolatmed with an omino! soe dan i
_ There are thing that I wish
lone is better
is. voice,
wusement in
slight-
(tm sToRY WILL NoT BE PUBLISHED IN BOOK FORM.)
“ Flave you dared do this?” she hiesed, hoarsely.
She was breathing audibly in, her anger, but he
iever more quiet, apparently never more com-
pletely master of imeelt.
“TL have been taught,” he said, slowly, “from
association with you, that success eomes’ alone to
him, who dares.”
dear Dolores, there is no reason why you
should expect to have all this ple to yourself. * Yo
Were playing a bold and desperate game, and you
ere playing jt for money. You thonght that You
woud hav ‘trol of that child’s fortune
Torthe nest five ae sand at the end ot fat time
you would manage th some way to weest. it from
fer, you cared litle how. Well saw a cbance to
get'in my work, and I have done it. ‘Now, ‘are you
Pilling to Keep your mouth ehut abd let us divide
io yon propose to make a uscless
me find ie in the end besides?”
clever woman, and was, therefore,
aot slow ¢ wv tO Bee that he was in deadly carnosty but
she was also an avaricious one, and to s¢ ie third
of a fortune swept from her was tore than shi
could bear with equanimity.
s dghall have the marriage annulled,” she cried,
hoarse with ri
“You wont, “to
member that you hare Hot got a itle sonscless gael
to fight with now, She has found a protector,
8
“pare Interrupted him with a sardonfo laugh,
Protector, indeed!” she cried, seornfuliy,
“Let ube lf he will think go when I bave told
her your history to-morro
glad enough to go to the souvent or Sany other
Pisce under heaven to get rid of you when she
nows you for what you are, and for what a name
she has surrendered that of her honorable father:
You seem to forget that I hold you in
my hand, Franke Colvitlet You seem
no longer that T could have taken fi
house at a moment's notice, aud returned to—
The fierceness of @ demon leaped into the violet
of the man, making t them black as night. “He
waght her wrist in a grasp that left the tong blue
marks of bie Gngers hipon the delicate flesh.’ She
neither winced nor cried ont, but stood there frm
Jy facing tim, undaunted t uy “his rag
{iif you ever {pea of that to her, by Heaven I
will ruin soul”?
Mrs,
exes of
oteld tough,
You mean me to tnderstand,” she asked,
slowly, that you have really marric ied this girl be-
cause you love her?”
“Understand what you like, curse Jou! go long
as you remember that what I say I mean, Att
to uso any of your accursed Knowledge gains me,
and ag there is a God, £ wi turned
from these doors as the ists ant yoe ‘pave tried
to male poor hittle helpless ‘al! Do you think be-
cause I ex spoken of it that ¥ do not know
that x ou were nove’ the legal Wilo of ‘old Wake-
‘She flung blm from her and fell back a pace, ber
eyes vlnsine ‘between fear and anger, She bent
forward toward him, almost spectral in the mooa-
fCF aety you to prove that!” she grid.
“I can do it,” he answered with ease.
Don't tempt me too far. Lam sent bust 80 Tone a as
you are; Dnt the, motvent you d obey
Bvery particular T shall bring forward my incom
frovertible proof, and bare you turned from these
door my wife « ‘a8 mistress. “You
foow that T any nota tian who plays with words for
the make of threatening where T can not execute:
aire ite satisted that I au right when I
tell. yon tha that Koon were Mulligan. well kL know J mu
hat noth~
he ‘ould ease bien more: than to find
you.”
tched the effect af his words with evident
gatstaction. “The sudden paling and flushing of
ber him with relish, for he
Etated for the ret th
“ Look here, lores, 2 he continued, as she re-
mained silent from inability to speak, “you are a
devilish clever woman, but you can't cope with me.
From my earliest infaioy I have been thrown upon
the world to shift for myself, and I have learned
some pretty tough lessons in the art ot self- protec
tion. Among others is that you have got
a scoundrel “with bls own ‘weapons, snd T base
Tearned ¢ that, he toughest scoundrel going is the fe-
not think ‘that I have been
en fully prepared for
you before I entered int rom
t the desire upon the
rouitd of affection for my wife, it you willy” Kee
your knowledge of me and of my past life to yout
Self, say nothing to Val that is not reasonab!
plithentary of us, give uptho tye hundred thousand
Shall belong to ber, under the terme of the Wil
on the day that sho is twenty-one, and I will say
Rothiug and allow you to’ fetein your unlawful it
terest in the estate of old John Wakefield. If you
refuse, I shall send at once for Jere Halligan, my
Wife, as the rightful heir, will claim the
tate, and you will have nothing but disgrace and
penury for your pains.”
wit You forget that Iam John Wakefield’s heir by
“No, I don’t. But what yon seem to forget is
that he called no name in thet will. ‘The words
‘To my beloved wife I give and bequeath.
nn
Mhero comes your, Claim? You geo, ty. deat
Dolores, that I am not quite ‘the fool for'which you
bere ‘mistaken me. to be silence for silence?
Will you accept the | four, hundred ‘thousand of
chose" ° Le assume COI if I si
eh
ever
“1 don't believe one word that you have uttered.”
ied, hoarsely, {tying to steady her nerves. by
theres clasp mpd her own hans. T dont be.
lieve that you ever saw Jere Mulligan; and if you
ever diy he is nothing to met”
come, Dolores; don't try that, Tt is 0 in-
fernally sil that it io owordby of your talent,
Confess that yon are eaten?”
Teonfess nothing of the kind. You think you
ave the game in your own hands, but Yr tell you
that you are mistaken, You think that you have
ad me of oho third of the fortune that By,
nt have not, and never shail. vk bo
are yon? An no is he, this man of whom
speak? eaunbier, ‘an adventurer, 8 low
Scoundrel whose word would he accepted im no
court of justice in this world. What are his proofs
of marriage? Ie has none. "Shall I tell you why?
Because 1 vas never married to hiv.
you, do you thin! ‘word would. be wort ah
jo You thin that they ¥ ‘would allow you to
testify in court at all? You seem to forget that you
have lost your Hehe to that, h man resigns his
right to be believed when he becomes a thief and a_
convict.”
Colville sprung forward, with a low cry, and
caught her by the throat. Te held her but a second,
then his hands fell away and dropped helplessly by
side.
“You always arouse the brute in me until you
make me forget that Iam a mau!” he said, heav-
ily, speaking through his closed teeth. «The won-
det to me is that I have not strangled you long ago
lunder the infltence of the hideous rages that you
assed now, however, and I
Sant to tel yon ‘quite caimiy ‘that If you repeat
one of those words you have’ just used in con-
nection with me to my wife, I will kill yout
4m not making an idle threat and you iknow tt,
Jon’t tempt me any further, and don’t fail to re-
ember whet T have ead.
CHAPTER | ME
Wirnt heavy step and heavier heart Val entered
tne room wheke har alster iny sep Bhe erept
up and kissed the child, but there was none of the
chihusiaem of bellevive, Herssif. saved. fron am
awful calamity in the caress, ‘There was neither
gratitude nor thanksgiving in the expression, but
only fear and tremblin
She shuddered as she looked upon the innocent,
Doautifal “face of tho child, hen walked over and
jown by the window. She was striving with
all her might to obey the command of her newly
made husband and trust him, but those words and
She could not get rid of them, and, un-
able to bear the silence of her room any longer, she
itis hare, be horrible she cried, | mutt
Srant to-hear what they are sie for wih ‘rast
bum in spite of eversthing, but L must get out
here, He will know that neve Jgoue to the ne
er house, and follow ine there if he Wants me,
Bue f eam stay hi ?
fot) the room wimost as if she had been
a8
in
joonlight—so much fear that she
failed to see that there was some one almost di-
rectly beside her.
reat God, what am I to dot” she groaned,
lplesely, as sho leaned. against the door’and.at-
lowed the gentle breeze tolift the soft curls of dark
hairthat clustered about her broad brow. 1 am so
endless! Ob, papa, how ‘could you
is 70 » done this cruel thir
‘Xitlepob escaped her, and sho started, almost
crying out as a band was placed tenderly upon her
habia 1 frighten you, Val?” « manly voice ques-
tioned. ‘Forgive me, dear, but I sas your dis-
tress: and I could not feave you Jike this.” What is
4, child? Are you ia any worse trouble than
“there was guch genuine eympathy in the tone,
sgh feeling, that Vata teara owed freely
“You must think me an awful baby Buro-
side.” the a0, Balt apologetielly, he is.
ly hap-
ines contine oe "own heart i. “youd
yurst.”?
“Poor little Val he whispered. | You don
now how it hurts me to hear you speak like tia
Ie is hard for you, dear, and no one knows ft bett
han 1. Won't you tellgne what this new trouble sy
va tat $8 so much Worse than the others? You
at me the ay for saying something
by Sow about your unbeppy homes"
ata TH ate her friend cried the
« You are not interested in me.
mea hoiden and fa tomboy, like all the rest, beeause
try to forget the sorrows of my home; but I can’t
help it gould never have Tet you kuow if 1
could have helped it
you are unconscious of your own
ttle girl,” exclaimed Guy Buriside, gen-
haye not deserved that. you should speak
imo tike tat came down here ag Mrs, Wako-
field's guest, it is tru 5 ba perbaps, if Ihad really
known her ‘as I do should not ave come,
And vet even now T can not be s0rty, Val, for
through itT have come to know you. You arconiy
a child, dear, in comparison to me, and perhaps
will not understand me when 1 tell ‘you that you
me not alone all my sympathy, but my love a8)
© girl, passion-
erly
«What
‘There Was almost a wild look in her eyes as she
You think =~ ¢