Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-06-28
CHAPTER y.-(Continued.i

II understand you" she said softly.
"If it is anything | ought TO know, tell
me
Then listen This is Il part Of the
story Of Russell MauGe, as we know it.
Understand that Giynn was not to blame
for his being here, for these things came
70 MS after his arrival In fact they
came to me, and beyond arqHaintins
GIynn with them. have said nothing.
suppose that we are the only TWO men
in America who know them:
Russell Maude's family is eXcellently
well known and excellenuy we'll thought
Of all through the middle shires Ny
family knows his family; his family
knows the GIynn's. He was educated
at Harrow and Saudhurst and upon grad
nation obtained a cornetcy in the Light
Cavalry. His regiment was stationed
in London for two years, doing duty at
public functions. He was a handsome
and brilliant fellow, with a considerable
income in his own right. all doors we're
open to him and he went the pace. lie
was not a drunkard ana not specially
ibcrtine, but a terccr gambler never
looked across the green cloth At the
end of the two years he was ruined. He
brewer She brought him many thou
sands of pounds and at her fathers death
she was an only child-many thousands
more. In the three following years his
troop was in the provinces, but even in
the smaller cities within his reach he
managed to get rid of the money at
fearful rate. They had no children. His
nights were passed ri the gaming table;
she did as she pleased with her own.
She came to be known AS neglected
wife, fond Of mild Irritation. bur nothing
serious was ever alleged against her and
don't believe there was any harm IN
her. | think she was Il good woman"
Allyn paused and wiped his perspiring
forehead picked up his sombrero, turned
it aimlessly about put it down and went
on:
The Thirteenth Light Cavalry, which
had come to be known by that time as
the Devils Own was ordered to India,
more to get it out of harms way than
for any other reason. Maude and his
wife went with it. In Calcutta. in Bonn
bay and in the hills the pace was kept
up. The smash came at Simla. Maude
was mixed up in some racing transaction
Of which we have never had the rights
There, was much feeling q gainSt him ~ 4
he sold out He disappeared. going dow
the country alone. His wife waited for
his return, for she loved him with all of
her little soul, and then died, the doctors
said of a decline and her friends said OF
q broken heart. Remember that Ill of
this happened when | was a hoy and
what l am telling you is hearsay with
ne. He may have had some justitca-
ton of which we do not know
Il understand" said Lois go on
'Maude was next heard of in Burmah
in the service Of Thebaw. lie was mas
ter of the elephants, or something, and
drilled the niggers. You know that we
English drift all over the world and it is
hard for n man Of Il good strain to keep
himself hidden. He left Burmah, for
no reason that is known, and for three
years was out of sight utterly. His
family thought him dead. Then there
began to come from the interior frontier
Of Algiers rumOrs of an Englishman who
headed predatory band Of Arabs Some
said his men were Arabs; some said they
we're Moriscan Riffs; anyhow, there was
no doubt that he had them and that they
were fatal to caravans. For four years
n terror. The French government sent !
one or two expeditions against them and |
these blacks, led as they were, fought !
iike henGs. The Frenchmen had nothing +.
the better of the encounters. There was
woman with them, an Egyptian, yellow |
as gold, but of great beauty. 1t was said |
that she was the Englishmans wife. 1t |
was said also that he abused her. That !
may or may not be. 1t is certain, how !
ever, that the retreat of the band was /
betrayed by her to French troops and |
That the band was cut to pieces. Their |
'eader was wounded slightly and captur I
ed, after desperate resistance, in which !
BE pistolled two of his assailants. He !
fought so gamely, in fact, that the |
french, romantic fellows at best. rather
iked him and instead of shooting him |
Then and there, they put him on d came! |
ana started to Algiers, intending to try |
am and shoot him according TO law.
Now, riding with the French was |
sooe-trotting fellow who had gone out to |
zee the fun. His name was Francis Chef
wynd and he was an NJ. z. from York
>alre. He had been much in London So
clety some years before. He talked n
good deal with the prisoner, finding that
ne was English, and finally, on the prin-
'iple that blood is thicker than water.
'Apped him penknife. That night the
captive disappeared, nor have the
fench or Algiers seen him from that
nay to this.
need not tell you more. Miss Eng
1sn' The man was Maude. Chetwynd
ssvognized him beyond doubt. The worst
Il was that. returning to London. Chef
2Hu drank too much wine one night and
2'd the story to an intimate. This in
mate told it to another intimate and so
~, 1t did not become generally known.
~ an OF the family connections and the
ENDS Of the family knew Of it, Maude
wed IN London not great while af-
s,Ward. Society in general had nothing
9ainst him, except faint memory OF
'id racing scandal, about which there
AZ never anything positive. His wife
az dead He seemed to be possessed
means. He was received practically
ais 9ld footing This was only year
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