Wichita eagle., 1888-02-22

! Rothwell for Thursday" and the speaker
/ paused, much out of breath. He felt re-
! lieved by the outburst, and watched his
wife closely to see what the effect would
! be upon her. She looked very angry. an
| grier than he had ever seen her before,
! but not at all disconnected. II most Ger
tainly shall let Mr.. MintuTn have LORD
! Rothwell,' she said, with astonishing
control of her voice, ''for | have promised.
! AS TO the rest of your remarks, IT Is be
meath me TO answer them. will say,
/ however. that if had chosen differently
/ might now have husband willing tC
! display more reason than you choose.
| After Thursday. sir. shall not hunt
shall visit mamma or do something.
! shall most certainly place myself beyond
/ another disagreeable attack like this.
| Here are the horses" and before Bob
could reply Mrs. BRANDON swept with
| miniature majesty down the path TO the
| roadway, and was about to allow her
! groom to help her to the saddle, when a
| voice at her elbow checked her.
! Pardon me, let me assist" said Jack
| Minturn, who had ridden up almost noise
/ lessly on the turf, and gave the aid asked
of the groom. y thought I'd stop for
you," he said, speaking to Bob, who had
reached the road by this time, quite as
much as to Mrs. BRANDON, las saw you
We're about ready. We've lots of time, ="
consulting his watch.
I'VE are glad you did, said Mrs. Bran
dow, graciously. what a glorious day
we have" Bob said not a word He was
bewildered at the position his wife had
taken 50 quickly and calmly; his discom-
future was increased by the appearance of
the cause of all the trouble He rode in
silence few rods, then said abruptly, adj
dressing his wife with pointed emphasis,
Il think III ride around and pick up
Moulton. You don't need me now that
Minturn's here and he wheeled his
horse.
Very WELL" said Mrs. Brandow in the
sweetest of tones, and continued the viva
cious conversation she had already started
with the master of the foxhounds, with
out noticing her husbands fling
Bob did not pick Moulton up In fact,
he knew very well, when he said he in
tended to, that Moulton did not hunt that
day. He rode alone to 1.-The Corner"
where the hounds were to be cast, and ar
rived just as the pack gave cry and went
off
)uEiLS Tie ITSJ HILL ol the run Un0
pace was moderate, and he saw his wife
a number Of times. She was riding we'll
to the front each time he caught sight of
her, and the master Of the foxhounds was
at her side. Bob was not watching Mrs.
BRANDON. The truth is he had come to
the conclusion that he had made mis-
take and gone too far. Her determined
avowal to stop hunting frightened him.
He began to plan how he could best make
peace. He did not admit that he had been
wrong in demonstrating, but felt that his
remonstrance had been too strong.
He was in no mood for hard riding, and
toward the end of the run fell far in the
rear, riding along in an absent sort of
way, taking 10 the roads frequently and
following the distant cry of the pack half
consciously. He finally, quite unexpect-
eddy, found himself at the finish, or rather
at the spot where the finish had. been, for
the whips and pack had vanished, and
most of the riders had started back to the
kennels. A few stragglers remained,
breathing their weary horses and stretch
ing their own limbs cramped by the long
run.
AS Bob appeared, a groom leading a
weary and a fresh horse approached him.
1t was Kierney, leading Mrs. Brandow's
tired hunter and the hack which was to
carry Bob home.
Mrs BRANDON has gone on. SIR said
kierney, as his master mechanically flung
the bride of his tired hunter to the man
and mounted the fresh horse ';She said
you'd overtake her if you'd follow the
north pike; she's but q bit a'ead, and on
the white mare, sir" "All right, let
them come along easy" answered Bob,
glancing at the tired horses, and turning
his hacks head he made the road, and
started off at Il stiff canter
He was glad his wife had left the mes
sage for him. He thought it signfied
mood at least partially favorable to the
apologies he by this time had fully re-
solved to make.
When he reached the north pike he saw
no riders ahead of him, but concluding
that he was too far behind to catch up,
had slowed down TO a walk, when his eye
was caught by two horses going across
far off to the left, directly away
from the kennels. One of the horses was
white and ridden by lady; the other was
dark: he recognized it at once as be-
longing to Minturn. Besides, the master
Of the foXhoundS' scarlet, glistening in
the sun, left not a doubt; no other rider
had worn scarlet that day.
What were they doing going across
country away from home at such lively
rltp> Were they "larking%' Mrs. Bran
dow never 'larkedn the white mare, and
they We're riding at a good clip. What
lid it all mean? He turned his horse into
4 lane and headed after the two riders.
He would overtake them and give Min
urn q piece of his mind. If his wife was
Young Snd did not realize how such a
hing looked, Minturn was man of the
world and of experience, and should have
,enSe enough not to do such things 1t
vas outrageous to go riding off together
n that manner. But what to do They
we're qUic&ening the pace and his hack
was nov much of fencer. There was no
road that he could take TO cut them off.
Should he star; after them in earnest?
Yes, he would He had enough of this
sort OF thing
But how far would il be- Then an idea
struck him Minturn might be trying to
,atch the express for New York AT Oneola
But if he was going TO the city. why was
Mrs. BRANDON with him? And then a
old shiyer came over Bob Could she be
going with M;nturn2 No, of course not. /
.hSVrd thought But no. no; he was
'razy. And yet he qUickened his. horses /
'ace, still arguing that the idea was an |.
insane one.
But how could they go to town thus. he |
= the pink and she in her habit, They I
.,;ght wire fora coach and be driven TO
Ia city. lie had done the same thing on I
cveral occasions himself, and the more /
,e thought of it the more fear that his ,
gife WAS actually running away from him /
aimed on him.
The station was in sight; the fugitires |.
I'll field away. There remained two