Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-08-02

whose care ana Kindness ana IOre'
thought she was much indebted. Her
present attendant was certainly gen.
tleman, and to an unprejudiced eye,
which hers certainly was not, quite a.
handsome and distinguished and gal.
liant as was his favored rival, and boast
ing one advantage over the other In
that he bore titled name. not such q
desideratum among American girls at
that time. however. as It was after
ward destined to become, and in q girl
Of the stamp Of Miss Katharine Wilton
possibly no advantage at all.
But, could the heart Of that fair dam
sci be known, all talk Of advantage or
disadvantage or this or that cOmpen-
sating factor was absolutely idle. She
was not girl who did things by
halves, and the feeling which had
prompted her to give herself to the
young sailor though Of sudden origin,
had grown and grown during the days
Of absence and confinement till, In
depth and intensity, II matched his
own. She was not now so sure that,
among the other objects Of her adora-
ton, he would have to take the second
pace; that, In ems. Of division, her
heart would lead her TO think first Of
her country. Insensibly had his image
supplanted every other. and with all
the passionate devotion Of her gener-
Gus southern nature she loved him.
Lord Desborough had ample oppor-
tunity for ascertaining this fact. He
had seen her risk her life for Sey-
mour's own. He could never forget the
glorious picture she made standing
across the PROSTATE form Of that young
man, pistol in hand, keeping the mob
at bay, never wavering, never falter-
ing, clear eyed, supreme. He would
be almost willing to die to have her do
the like for him. He could still hear
the echo Of that bitter cry, Seymour,
Seymour which rang through the
house when they had dragged her
away. These things were not pleasant
"reminiscences; but, like most other un-
pleasant memories, they would not
down.
In spite of all this, however, he had
allowed himself-nay, his permission,
he vowed, had not been asked-to fall
violently in love with this little colo
NAL maiden, and a country maiden at
that. Not being psycholOgically in
clined, he had never attempted to an
alyZe her charm or to explain his SEN
sations. Realizing the fact, and being
young and therefore hopeful, he had
not allowed himself to despair. Real
| " he had some claims upon her. Had
he not interfered she would have been
murdered that night in the dining
room. He had earned the gratitude
then and there Of her father and Of
herself as well, and he had earned
more Of it. too, when he had shot dead
a certain brutal, marauding blackguard
Of the name OF Johnson at the first
convenient opportunity. having receiv'
ed incidentally in return for his mes.
sage of death bullet in his own
breast to remind him that there are al.
ways two persons and two chances In
q duel.
| A part of the debt Of the Wiltons
had been paiG by the assiduous and
solicitouS care with which they-kath-
arine chiefly, Of course-had nursed
him through the long and dangerous
illness consequent upon his wound. 1t
was bis interest which had prevented
further Ill treatment of them by the
brutal and tyrannous Dunmore. and.
had Katharine so elected. would have
secured her freedom. She had. how
ever, to Desborough's great delight.
chosen to accompany her father to
England, where he was to be sent as
a prisoner Of high political conse-
Quence.
After waiting many weary days at
the camp OF the fugitive and deposed
governor ut Gwynn's island, they had
been separated from Desborough and
unceremoniuusly hustled on board the
frigate Radaor, which was under or.
ders for England. They had stopped
| long enough at Norfolk to witness
Dunmore's savage and yindictive ac-
| ton in bombarding and burning that
| helpless town, and from that point
Katharine had been enabled to send
her letter to Seymour, through friend
ly American spy, just before taking de-
parture for their long voyage across
the seas. The orders Of the Radnor
had been changed at the last moment.
however, and she had been directed to
| 20 in pursuit Of Jones and the Ranger.
which 1t was currently reported had
got to seu from the Delaware bay.
| bound for Canada and the Newfound-
land coast.
No vessel being ready for England at
that time, the two prisoners had been
transferred fortunately for them, to
small ship bound to the naval sta
ton at Barbados, and thence, after
another weary, dreary wait, had been
sent on board his Britannia majesty's
ship Yarmouth, Captain John Vincent,
bound home for England. The first
lleutelluul VI tulb bhip haPPeheN w w
certain Patrick Michael Philip ONeal
Drummond. Lord Desborough, son and
heir to the Earl Of Desmond! He con-
graduated himself most heartily upon
his good fortune.
Providence had, then, again thrown
n lover at Katharine's feet. Not that
there was anything unusual In that.
She might not regard It In a providen'
tial light, however, but he at least did
so, and he had intended to improve the
shining hours Of what would he long
cruise In the close association permit
| ted by the confined limits OF the ship
to make final desperate effort to win
the heart which had hitherto so entire
" eluded him that he could not datter
himself that he had made the least I'M
preston upon II. His success during
the first three or four days OF the
cruise had not been brilliant. She had
been unafrectedly glad to see him ap-
parently, and gentle and kind in her
reception-too kind, he thought, with
the circumspection Of u lOver-but that
was all. To add to his trials, he soon
found himself not without rivals near
er ut home than Seymour.
Judging by present results, Washing
ton, IL he had few regiments Of kath-
arinss, could carry CONSERVATION to the
whole British army, for the captors
had apparently taken the oath or ALE