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THE PARMENTER MILLIONS
A Stirring Novel of Love, Conspiracy and Thrilling Adventure
Copyright, 1907,
By Arthur W, Msrchmont, |
] By ARTHUR W. MARCBMONT j
■ Author of "By Right of Sword,”
|‘‘Whin 1 Was Cxsr,” Kto„ Etc.
Olive i'annontor, heiress To Gregory "i'sr-
nienter's million,, I, engaged to the future
l-ord Belhorougli, of Oxfordshire, England,
•filbert Merrldctv. with the aid of the Hon.
Mr a. Taunton, scheme* to win the girl.
‘ 'Hire'* father rccclce* a mysterious tele
gram signed "Bschel," and appeara greatly
excited.
Olive's father Inalats that her marriage to
Jack take place at once. He gives as a rea
son that his heart la troubling him and he
OUT
Olive that she
favor, and. ev*n insults th*. girl. OHve'a
father becomes very III. but Insists upon at
tending the wedding ceremony.
•lost a* the clergyman Is about to. pro
nounce Jack and - Olivo man and wife a
woman.'enters :fhu .nhureh and forbids the
mhfrthdra'TBe'cxdltetnent causes thw-denth
of Olivo's father. Th* woman, who says
she la Rachel Merrldow. declares she Is
rarmenter’s wlft. whom he deserted. Ollre
refuse*** have'the'eeromonj"proceed. Rho
tells her father's lawyer that she will light
the Wotdaft'a claim. . ‘ «
latwyer-Casement learns tlmt there la a
record of I’SCmentcr's marriage to Mrs
Merrldew. I’armenter'a will can not he
found. Jack Insists on marrying Olivo. She
declines until tho mystery!* solved, till-
bert Merrldew makes love to Olive. She Is
suspicious.
Olive's lip curled. "You would buy
my concurrence In my. father's dlahon
or? No, sir,” she cried, raising her
head proudly. "Not If you offered me
every penny of the money. If the
law gives It- to, you. take It,
and take It all. Hut neither my faith
In my dear father nor my own honor
Is for sale. I believe thnt some vil
lainy Is at the bottom of thla. and I
am reaolved to discover It.” And with
that declaration of war she left him.
And tho law did give them the for
tune. Mr. Casement had to admit that
nothing could be done to upset th© se
cret marriage. The proofs were Indis
putable. and the evidence could not he
ahaken. Merridow's offer of the mil
lion sterling as a compromise was sub.
mttted formally to him. and he went so
far as to urgo Olive to accept it.
Hut she was as nrm In her refusal to
him as she had been to Merrldew hlm-
•elf. ''Never," she declared, "If I have
to beg my bread In the streets. I will
never be n party to thla wrong to ray
fRther. The mere fact that they make
such a large offer is In my opinion a
proof that there Is villainy somewhere
and that'they are afraid I shall discov
er It.” And from thla decision nothing
could, move her.
Hhe reaolved to leave Sllverbeech at
once, and then Mrs. Merrldew, who had
followed her aon down there, sought to
use a further Inducement.
She went to Olive's room Just as she
had been putting all her things together
for removal. There was war to the
knife between the two. .
"I must speak to you, Ills* Parmen-
ter, before you go,” began the elder
woman.
"You have probably come to see that
I am taking none of your property. Just
what I should think of you," said Olive,
whom the grief of departure from the
home she had come to love so dearly
had wrought to an Intense bitter re
sentment.
"You are a most unpleasant girl."
was the angry retort. "I have no such
thought. But I wish to stop you from
doing further mischief. I declare on
my honor that I am ae sorry for you
as my dear son. Is.".
"I have no doubt that Is true enough."
said Olive, bitterly.
"Why are you so bitter io me? I
wish to be your friend."
"It was you who killed my father In
order that you'and your son might rob
me of my Inheritance and my good
name. Hut the wicked do not prosper.
Heaven will help me to bring punish
ment to you.”
"I will not take offense, although your
words are cruelly unjust. But I wish to
warn you that If you persist In un
earthing your father's past you will
only add to his shamo' and bring to
light the crime which drove lilm out
of the country.”
Olive turned and looked at Mrs. Mer
rldew sternly. ."I do not believe you."
ehe eald with, all the contempt she
could express.
It Is true, ns true as that I am
speaking to you at this moment,
was concerned with others to rob Ills
employer, Mr, Ulngrose, a solicitor of
Sheffield, and when the crime was ill*
covered he lied the country and de
sorted me. I have said nothing of this
far. but If you persist In flaunting
me I may be driven to tell'It all to the
world. I wish to do you no more harm
than Is necessary.,. to right my own
wrongs.”
"It is false," cried Olive, Indignantly.
As false as the whole of your conduct.
You killed my father; you have robbed
me, and now you would blacken his
good name even to me. You are ah
evil, dangerous woman, and you only
tell me this In the hope of frightening
me from any attempt to unearth the
evil you have done. You are so con
scious of your wrongdoing that you are
afraid of what I may dlacover. afraid
of a lone, penniless girl. Y’ou are not
only evil, you are also a coward. And
you shall have cause for your fear, too."
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"This Is beyond endurance,” cried
Mrs. Merrldew. "How dafe you speak
thus to me?"
"Who are you that I should be afraid
to speak tho truth to you?”
"1 am the mistress of Sllverbeech,
and you shall know what that means.”
"Because you and your aon have con.
spired to rob me of my Inheritance.
That Is what It means,” said Olive, now
bitterly angry.
"It means, too. that I will only have
In the house whom I please. Y’ou shall
leave It at once. 1 will have you put
out. You are an Insolent, unreasonable,
wicked girl." end Mrs. Merrldew, now
beside herself with rage, rang the bell
violently.
"I am ready to go. I have. already
ordered tho carriage," and Olive put on
her hat hurriedly'.
"Carriage, Indeed,” was the hot reply,
with a sneer and a toss of her head.
"You have not asked my permission.
You shall have no carriage. Walking
Is good enough for you. For twenty
years and more your father left me to
walk."
Olive looked up quickly with a mean
ing smile. "I thought your son was a rich
man." she Interrupted. "He posed as
auch here. Y’ou should be more careful
when you lose your temper and not let
the truth slip out In that way."
"Leave the house at once, you name
less. Insolent, shameless girl. Show
this person out." she cried furiously to
the servant, Ollve'e own maid, who an
swered the bell.
The servant stood whitefaced, at n
loss to know what to do.
"It Is all right, Harrison," said Olive.
"I am going now.". . ^
She went out, holding her head high,
and as she crossed the hall the butler.
Who had been In the house ever slnee
Mr. Pnrmenter had come to Sllver
beech. met her and said: "The car
riage Is not here yet. miss."
"That person can have no carriage,
cried Mrs. Merrldew, overhearing.
The old man winced. "Oh. Miss
Olive," he cried In a voice of pain.
“Never mind. Carpenter. I am going
that Is all. Ooodby.”
The tears sprang to his eyes as he
took the hand. “Oh, miss, that It
should come to this," and. falling on
his knees, he pressed bis lips to her
hand.
At that the girl who had come down
stairs with Olive rushed forward, cry
ing bitterly. "Oh. Miss Olive, Miss
Olive, dear."
Olive held out her hand to her also
and she revered It with her kisses and
tears. "Goodby, Harrison."
"Are my orders to be obeyed?” called
Mrs. Merrldew from above. "Show
that woman out and close the door at
..rid In this way Olive was turned
from the home she loved and set out to
face the hard world all but penniless,
full of sorrow, and alone.
Bui. despite all the blows of III for
tune her courage was undaunted and
her heart beat high with the conscious
ness of Innocence and the resolve to
fight on until she had conquered-all the
forces which had banded together to
ruin her. _____
CHAPTER VII.
"My Purpose Burns in Ms."
"You are a very willful young wom
an. and that Is the truth.'' said Mr.
Casement, setting his elbows mi Ills
office desk and.pressing his finger Ups
together as he entiled very kindly Into
Olive's face.
There was no answering smile on her
face, but an expression of Intense re
solve and determination. "! know you
mean everything In the kindest possi
ble way. Mr. Case men: but 1 can do
nothing here. And my purpose burns
in me."
She had gone to the lawyer at I ramp,
ton. on leaving Sllverbeach. and he
had pressed her to make his house
her home until her plant could be set
tled.
"My wife would love to have you at-
ways with us. Miss Olive. H might be
different If we were worldly people and
had daughters of our own lo marry on'.
W> might then be afraid of your good
looks: for not many girl* could stand
I comparison with you. But being child,
i |e«« we want you. Reconsider it."
[ She shook her head. "Don't ask me
yet at all events. I must try to right
matters. I am quite resolved on that.
If I try and fall, heaven help me, and
! creep back to you. beaten and hopeless
I and Hi need of a shelter, you can ask
I me then. Yon are rery good to me. In-
I -But what can you do my child?”
■I don't know ‘yet. Tell me first
whsi money I have. Is there nothing at
all to come to me out of that huge for
tune ?’’ '
"There would be a million If—
"No, no, not that, please. Never hint
to ine of a compromise," she cried
quickly.
* "Then there Is nothing, absolutely
nothing, except your actual personal
property which you brought away from
the manor."
"My Jewels are my own, of course.
They will sell for something. Can you
arrange that for me, and at once? I
must have some money Immediately. I
shall go first to Sheffield and find out
everything I can about that past time.”
"Of couree you can have what money
you need.”
Noticing Ills tone, Olive looked up
eharply. "Not more than thoy ore
worth, I moan, Mr. Casement,” she said
simply,
"Suspicious, too. as well as wilful,”
he replied, with another kindly smile.
“I will have them valued, of course.
And are you quite determined also not
to make these people prove their claim
In law? We might not succeed, but we
should at least prevent them from
handling the money for a time.”
"I must first find out the truth. If
this tale Is true, nothing—not the whole
fortune—would make me drag my fa
ther's name through the law courts."
"Well, there Hi another obstacle In
their path. I am glad to 1 say," replied
the lawyer, with a dry smile of satis
faction. "No one In this country ex
cept myself knows anything about your
father's Investments, except tA a com
paratively small extent. Mr. Merrldew
has written me about the matter, of-
feting to place his business In my
hands. He Is coming, to see me this
morning, but he tyill'not find me com
municative."
“You must run no risk* on my ac
count, Mr. Casement."
There Is no risk, of course." he
smiled, "but I wish I could do more for
you than merely throw some little hin
drances In his way. I can not blame
you for the decision you have taken: If
you were my child I would have you do
Just what you Intend, except perhaps
In one respect; but that Is more for
you, and—well. It; Is for you to decide,
Excuso roe," he broke off, as a clerk
brought him a card. “Into, the other
private office." he told th# clerk.
"You are busy. I will go.” eald Olive.
"Not for a moment. 1 wish to say
Just this. Until I can get the, little
matter of the sale of the Jewels settled
you must let me be your banker, and
you must make mo,a solemn promise
on one point—w hatever difficulty of any
sort you get Into you will write to
consult me and send for mA In nny and
every emergency. Y’ou promise?"
"Only too gladly," cried Olive, hold
ing out her hand. "I can never thank
you sufficiently for all your kindness."
He took It with a show of restless
ness. "And now I am going to begin by
betraying your trust. Don't look
alarmed. It Is only that some one has
called here on your business, and It Is
something. I think, you can much bet
ter settle for yourself. This way." he
said, nervously, as he led Olive ucro»s
the outer office, talking quickly and
Jerkily all the time, so thnt she should
not have an opportunity of expressing
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He opened the door of tho room and
almost pushed Olive Inside, closing It
again quickly as an astonished cry—
“jack! You!" hurst from her. He held
the doqr fast, so that she should have
no chance to retreat; and then with a
smile of great satisfaction went back to
his own oflke.
if he can't persuade her for himself,
what's tho use of my trying, t'd like to
know. But 1 doubt it. I doubt It," lie
murmured to himself. "She's—she's—
well, she Is. and that's all about It."
He had scarcely settled himself at hit
desk when Gilbert Merrldew'* name
was brought to him and lie told the
clerk to show Ititn in.
Merrldew gave the lawyer a sharp,
shrewd glance as he took his seal. “You
had u|y letter. Mr. Casement?'' he be
gan. with a smile.
"Yes, of course."
“Are you prepared to take up my
business on the lines proposed? Am I
speaking to my own solicitor, that t*. or
to Miss Parr,tenter's?”
"I have been acting for Miss Par-
mentor, of course, and I am always op
posed to acting for both sides." replied
Mr. Casement slowly.
"I have very large interests to put
Into your hand*, a* you know."
The lawyer smiled blandly. "Do you
mean your own or Mrs. Merrldew'*? I
do not know the nature of your per
sonal means, Mr. Merrldew.”
I refer to everything Mr. Parmenter
left." was the quick reply, accompanied
by a very sharp look.
Then Jt Is for Mrs. Merrldew?”
Yes. l sneak for her.”-
"And what do you wish me to do?
"To undertake the whole of tills busi
ness for her. ’ Everything," answ ered
Merrldew with a sweep of the hand.
Mr. Casement appeared to thin
"There Is the estate, of course. But
was Mr. Parmenter teally a i
wealthy man. do you think? He
singularly close In matters concerning
Ills property and possessions."
Merrldew looked at him again fixedly.
"What do you mean by that? _
were In his confidence more than
other man."
Mr. Casement paused and looked!
away out of the window, with hi*
finger tips pressed close together. "11
that I* so, why I—” and he finished
the sentence with a shrug, ss If to
Imply that It was not very much.
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