Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-04-15

was going 10 marry Enid. long before
he knew she was his daughter. it came
as bit OF shock afterward to hear
that he intends to endow her with
100000 on her wedding day. Now the
| question to be discussed is not whether
the adopted daughter of a poor light
house keeper, who may be Lord This
| and-That in disguise is a good match
| for me, but whether an impecunious
! lieutenant in the royal navy is such a
| tremendous catch for a girl with q
| great fortune"
Lady Margaret was stunned. She
began to breathe quickly Her utmost
expectations were surpassed. Before
! she could utter a word her son pre-
tended to misunderstood her agitation.
'Of course it was fortunate that Enid
and l had jolly we'll made up our
minds somewhat in advance. but it was
{; near thing, a mstter of flag signals
| otherwise | should have been com
PEELED to consider myself ruled out Of
the game Therefore, during your tea
table tactics. if the dowager, or that
old spitfre Mrs. Taylor-Smith, says q
/ ' y
a rib rooster with Ends two hundred
thou, will you? While they are reel
ing under the blow throw out gentle
hint that Constance may ensnare
Traill's nephew 'Ensnare' is the right
word, isn't it? The best of it is,
know they have been worrying you for
months about my friendship with girls
of their class Oh. the joy of the en-
| counter! 1t must be like blowing up
battleship with a tuppenny hapenny
torpedo boat"
SO her ladyship-not without ponder
ing over certain entries in the books
of the proudly born, which recorded
the birth and marriage of Sir Stephen
Brand. ninth baronet, present where
abouts unknOwn''-went to bed. but
not to slepD. whereas Jack StanhOpe
never afterward remembered undresS-
ing, so thoroughly tired was he, and
so absurdly happy. Notwithstanding
the awkward situation divulged at the
dinner.
Pyne. left with his uncle, set him
self to divert the other mans thoughts
from the embarrassing topic of Mrs
| Vansittart
He knew that Brand was not likely
= to leave them in any dubiety as to the
past. Discussion now was useless, a
mere idle guessing at probabilities, SO
he boldly plunged into the mystery as
yet surrounding Ends first year of
existence.
Mr.. Traill glad enough to discuss a
|
ascertained facts. 1t was easy to see
that here at least he stood on firm
ground
your father, as you know, was a
noted yachtsman. Charlie" he said
Indeed, he was one of the first men
to cross the Atlantic in his own boat
under steam and sail. Twenty years
ago in this very month he took my
] wife and me, with your mother, you
| and our little Edith, then six months
old, on a delightful trip along the Flor
ida coast and the gulf of Mexico L
was then arranged that we should pass
the summer among the Norwegian
fiords, but the two ladies were nervous
about the ocean voyage east in April
so your father brought the Esnlerald;
across and we followed by mai
steamer During the last week of Ma.
and the whole of June we cruised from
Christiania almost to the North cape
The fine, keen air restored my WIFE
somewhat delicate health, and you ant
Edith throve amazingly. Do you re
member the y0yage?'
ct is a dim memory, helped a goot
4 n T hoo
t since"
We'll on the Fourth Of July, putin:
into Hardanger to celebrate the da.
y with some fellow countrymen, l re
ceived a cable which rendered 10,
Z presence in New York absolutely i'm
II perative. There was a big develop
u ment scheme just being engineered il
p connection with our property. In fact
the event which had such a tragic sc
s. quel practically quadrupled your fol-
Is tune and mine. By that time the Ia
L dies were so enthusiastic about tn
al seagoing qualities of the yacht tina
S they would have sailed round the worl
rs in her, and poor Pyne had no difficult
q in persuading them to take the leisure
is " way home. while l raced off vi
IN Newcastle and Liverpool to the othe
I'd side. l received my last cable fro1
he them dated Southampton, July 20, an
Of they were due in New York somewher
~ about Aug. 5 or 6, allowing for ord
nary winds and weather.
K During the night of July q whe
al midway between the Scilly isles an
so the Fastnet they ran into a dense TO;
ne Within five minutes, without the leas
- warning, the Esmeralda was struc
err amidships by a big Nova Scotian bari
as The little vessel sank almost like
ed stone Nevertheless your father. bacl
ed by his skipper and splendid crev
y. lowered two boats. and all hands wei
of | saved for the moment 1t was Pyne
ak boast that his boats were always store
of with food and water against any kin