The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24
CHAPTER w.

- nc case was quite uOpelcSS with lAC
daughter, he would content himself
with winning the lesser prize; and
though Vanity whispered that there
was no woman living he might not
win for himself if he chose to be suf-
nciently patient and persevering, in
stinct told him that Violet frankly de-
tested him
do you know that ! am quite In
love with your Forest?" he said to
Mrs. Tempest, standing in front OF the
Of her particular friends-"so much so
that i am actually in treaty for Cap
tain Hawbuck's cottage, and mean to
stay there until the end of the hunt
ing"
I'm afraid you'll find the drawing
room chimney smokes" said the lady
in sea-green- Poor Hawbuck was a
martyr to that chimney
What does a bachelor want with q
drawing-room? If there is one sitting
room in which / can burn a good fire,
I shall be satisfied The stable is in
very fair order.
The Hawbucks kept a pony car
Rage" assented the sea-green lady
eff Mrs. Hawbuck accepts my offer,
I shall send for my horses next week,
said the captain.
Mrs. Tempest blushed. Her life had
flowed in SO gentle and placid cur
rent that the freshness CT her soul had
not worn of, but az nine-and-thirty she
vas able to blush. There was some
thing SO significant in Captain Car
michael's desire to establish himself at
Beechdale that she could not help feel
ing fiuttere1 by the fact.
Poor ferowi" she thought, blandly;
If he for a moment supposes that any
thing would tempt me to marry again,
he is egregiously mistaken"
And ther- she looked round the love
~ old room, frightened by crowd OF
weli-dressed people, and thought that
next to being Edward Tempest's wife,
the best thing in life was to be Edward
Tempest's widow.
Captain Carmichael closed with Mrs.
Hawbuck for the pretty little veranda-
surrounded cottage On the slope Of the
hill above Beechdale.
Before he had occupied Captain
Hawbuck's cottage a month the new.
conner had made friends for hin self
IN all directions. He was as mucl at
home in the forest as if he had been
native and to the manner born. His
straight riding, his good looks and
agreeable manners won him every
body's approval. There was nothing
dissipated or Bohemian about him. He
was as punctual at church every Sun
day morning as if he had been a
family man, bound to set a good ex-
ample. He subscribed literally to the
hounds, and was always ready with
those stray forms and half crowns by
which a man purchases a cheap popu-
larity among the horse-holding and
ragged follower class.
Captain Carmichael had taken Mrs.
Hawbuck's cottage till the 1st of May.
The end OF April would see the last of
the hunting, so his arrangement
seemed natural enough. He hunted in
good earnest There was no pretense
about him. 1t was only the extra
knowing ones, the little knot of choice
spirits at the Crown who saw some
deeper motive than mere love OF
sport for his residence at Beechdale
These advanced minds had contrived
10 find out all about Captain Car.
michael by this time-the date of his
selling out, his ostensible and hidden
reasons for leaving the army, the
amounts of his debts, and the general
complexion of his character. There
was not much to be advanced against
him, no dark stories, only a leading
notion that he was man who wanted
to improve his fortunes, and would not
be scrupulous as to the means.
1t was in March that an event i'm.
pended which caused a considerable
hutter among the dancing population
of the Forest. Lord Southminster's
eldest daughter, Lady Almira Ring
wood, was to marry Sir Ponto Jones
the rich ironmaster-an alliance OF
ancient aristocracy and modern wealth
which was considered one of the
grandest achievements of the age, like
the discovery of steam or the electric
telegraph; and after the marriage
which was to be quietly performed in
the presence of about a hundred and
fifty blood relations, there was to be a
ball, to which all the county families
were hidden, with little more distinc.
ton or favoritism than in the good old
fairy-tale times, when the kings
herald went through the streets of the
city to invite everybody. and only some
stray Cinderella, cleaning boots and
knives in a back kitchen, found helseli
Internationally excluded
The March night was fine but blus-
terry, when Mrs. Tempest and her
daughter started for the Southminster
ball. Mrs. Tempest had offered to
take Mrs. Scobel ard Captain Car
michael in her roomy carriage Mr.
Scobel was not going to the ball; all
such entertainments were an abhor-
renee to him; but this pacticular ball
being in Lent. was more especially
abhorrent.
81 beg to state that Miss Tempest
has promised me the first waltz said
Captain Carmichael. Il am not going
to be ousted by any offshot of nobility
In Lady Ellangowan's set"
''Oh, it is beautiful" cried Violet
on arrival, fresh as a schoolgirl in
fhas new delight.
And you are to be the queen of 1t
my queen," said Conrad Carmichael,
In low tone. Il am to have the first
waltz, remember that. If the Prince
of Wales were my rival, / would not
give way"
He detained her hand in his as she
alighted from the carriage. She
snatched it from him angrily
Il have a good mind not to dance at
ALL" she said.
why not?"
ut is paying too dearly for the
pleasure, to be obliged to dance with
you"
Tn what school did Won learn pOlite-