New-York tribune., 1903-01-23

BY MAUD STEP NEY RAwsOS.
IN TWO PAR TsPART III.

AFTER nVe minutes of frenZied search Hazel sum
moned help. and in moment Snowberry Hall.
once benevolent. discreet the model Of all the
chre of propriety. its scandal shrieking from the
to & all the winds Of heaven For Gs9tan
In the Wild half hour of CONSERVATION which en-
and not bries frend Sfss Sex Of the bunch
OF heLp5ess ienininity upstairs 5the women nag nad
descended scornfully upon crowd of swearing
Between house and stable giving PcontrsdIetory or
ders followed stupidity by the only of his sons
into riding dress and urged the dazed bridesToom
Hazel scattered them and spoke
said enr ana spy T1ad dd are o sh
Others are only bride paths. 1t is for yod.. Sir
is the oxsord road there is the straight road
aeng q bne the 1nsd t 5ank f0 Psst m
or the one TO Vantage. by the same ferry; They
guessing nothing unusual among the many hired
two hours start. but before breakfast we may save
raved Sir Camden. so long as can horsewhip
''The honor of your future wife is small thing.
doubtless she answered, angr1ly However. your
than no spur at all Let US act at once since you
ste @ Pft fb g TfoPd Road @ @nd circle onnd hbngon
to meet them should they be intending 20 es-
north to Stokenchurch and then. by. Chipping wy
eom3e bear dowp 70 Uxprdge JaSk ~ ttTsad alp
Rutherford Greys and Peppard to Reading In this
chaise With two hours start Which can only 90
9g 55s tre r4ad IS the s9ng g foe rote the nearest
Wallingford and a choice Of roads to Wanfage AM
with you--and I'
God knows they may be nearly In London"
You know as well as I Do she retorted in a a
BIackbourton Court. beyond Vantage near Bamp-
land you know. Miss Berrice. that his own house
is the last place to which thief will take his
''You had best say baggage at once she said.
s fee ee fess q fbn sir 2e a a his owns house
take his wife. at such moment"
The color rushed into her face and his
Vengeance vengeance. from you men! SCANDAL Scan al
scandal. from those women upstairs-ls tnat aLI
keep t your ''i55 tongue tied" '' She said Sharply
Forgtve me" he 6urted out; the decspsIond nond Is
let me help you" she returned. eagerly. she
Go my qds5 s Fss o But R Where IS he squire and
what is all this noise at the door,"
went forward. One OF the men put her back
Keep away. please: Miss BeTEies: e: it is the
sq sb sd M ne can9G P9ssI5g t5 bqdegroo her
eyes bright with courage that was forced her
Come she said. he is in good hands; horses
are waiting at the back entrance. Let Lst US US 90 40
have been yours: the rest will choose the 0ener
She did not wait to be helped into her saddle;
She had vanished round the bend OF the southern
the pace magniicentIy through kingston Blount
past Lewknor: into the old IcknieLd Way
FelIne and along the footpath over the fat fallow
and sviftness Under the blackness OF the great
trees. out in the open spaces 9noer SHT 5-sss
with its white cravat and ruies. instinct VIII WIN
energy and COURAGE gave her oIsg bg Violence
dence in their quest and cooie6 ms ms ravisISs
Yet there was cheering trace OF tne ,Es Euna~aLE
at the f0ra- o May PTbs ferryman remembered
tan passenger-a gentleman but ne neTer T+ Gst
After weary DELAY in procuring assistance ti- s tne
I1+o Wal
the inns had a chaise been hired .. .ot,
svsf ave mgsS Tae,p MAKE or 1of te2 viii surely married
on the road, At 17,h.32 WhiGh the c0l0nei 'n0AsO
oaIp MoGsford Iog Ferry they rein for fear The
RTt fortune was lifting her mask to them
At O'Clock. it seemed. cnalss VII VIII nd taIen
the only pair the Ferry Inn PSs$eT@seoh @ had ahq BEEN
nroT1ised the care OF bigger stables than nose
if he would leave his bed and drive @ IKE Wantage
road cried Hazel so was right 47 said the tri
,7r-nbarf colonel; "at the next decent inn snali
Leave You 20 rest and go the remainder OF the
IA the next decent inn you shall let me drink
in not punch happy endns 70 on the road that
urgency assigned them fine sleet drGys ts crqey at1c
the turf Of the Fair Nile. but their norses I75
hiIarated by the keen air OF the 9PIanPs, I; Iov
70 bfsld their faces from snow. the gray dawn
81 R fbe two Astons and Hagbourns 70 Har
well without news or trace tnsy Ts JTa 81 naar
convent were their first greeting and early house &
holders had risen to hang their holly rom tne
windows COURAGEOUS. unfinehing I+nas o the ~
Vas +hs little detaiI-this absurd lnslsLence OF Jhe
things OF every day-which unneryed HaaeL a hs aer
cor,5aDIor saw her face. lifted her on ner morse,
s1d almost carried her into the hostel tney were
9assfng A round eyed girl looked out from the
II ord she cried tbs another bootjack and
net+iroati Half Berkshire Is running aWd{y.. Win
tfbs other half Lord what Christmas SPORT
Hazel heard rallied. and slid 70 ner rect, -
TREY are near-if not actually mere Sne +s1It 51-I,
s.sor1ething tells Wait, wait: let Us ullIIA
how we can speak to them She pulled her com
pariou into the empty coffee room HeIe t9e ~
nil hut moment ago. on the one hand OF re
source sympathy and vigor. on the other oulst
jyeT win vengeance and wrfthing under wounCed
rlri5e-sat speechIess and without counsel now Inat
tbe s7d Of their chase after honor was come. -
To sir Camden it seemed that he was Eery t Poor
interfering the woOlnS OF dIOtilet
man or Drrslfng d0ggedly woman VINO va e
resolved to be his ttazef- d. SLIe
r{arej the wisdom Of the nights work-ie!t tila
e5a uas not a good friend. but bad enemy % a.
+te Dartias concerned and that love was q nor E
Iasnftic matter than She had ever ljldSiIieu -
great persons foolish and the rooIiSh lnJo
iseacTes Nor did she know how soon sne ISs
rnJ1f5 become its vaSSaL The eyes OF e4tL
sbsshed into the depth of the other as II 10 s@S' :