The newspaper., 1908-05-15

himself as completely she had and while she was
only desperate hysterical girl he was violent man
TWELVE YEARS LATER
In the course of twelve years the shuttle mad
woven steadily on both sides OF the Atahtc' inter
national marriages ceased to be novelty as Bettina
Vanderpoel grew up in the midst of them In These
t,yalve wears she had transformed from little
Girl wearing "A short frock. Into young woman
wearing a long She was OF an observing mind
and Wondered over the of Rosy she grew older
She also became her fathers companion ana helped
hin, t decide many times about his business affairs
and was the pleasure of his life The mother was III
poor during these later years ana the Srief o
her life had been the esrangemcnt OF her eldest child
Rosale had written that she had had three children
the two Younger ones died and also the Dowager
Lady Anstruthers had died Once she had written To
father for large sum OF money which she seemed
to want very much to off certain debts. lie sent
it to her as always did when she asked him to do
60 She also spoke touchingly OF her boy, whose
name Ughtred who would Inherit, he was her
first born very delicate child, and had been cripple
since his birth.
In the meantime Betty had returned from school
she having finished in Germany One day the little
mother wondered to Betty II the twelve years had
changed Rosy very much Betty turned to her sud
denly and said Mother II can get fathers consent
| mean go very soon to see Rosy" However, she
gained her athers and in short time after
this conversation with her mother, sailed with friends
the Worthngtons. She had told her father she was
determined to Rosy and zee II she were really
tions them Of late yenrs. She thought best that
her mother should not accompany her for II there
difficulties and dissapontments Il would make
her too unhappy.
Betty and her friends ON board the
MerldIang. among the other passengers was young
man with red hair. he second cabin passenger.
a fine looking fellow, carried himself well and wns ~
pleasing appearance he wits very attentive and In
tercstiug TO Betty and kind her IN many ways an
through the voyage. He returning To England
after two years spent In New York. lie flt TINT be
had been hardly used by fortune aud On way he dd
not deserve. he was going bnck to estate TINT
had been left to him. what could be done with
1t and he had very llttle means 70 help him.
Betty left her friends London taking the train
from there for Stornhhm village. As she going
through the park belonging Stornham In her
carriage after she had left the train she "A
and boy sauntering along. she asked the man who
driving the carriage stop she wished TO nHk
the woman question, she asked her II she knew II
Lady Ansiruthers at home. The lady replied
that she was Lady Anstruther- and that the boy
her Betty stepped OF the carriage and gave
orders to the man to drive She then told Rosy
that she Betty. and had come all the way from
New York be with her for she Z n glance that
she needed she could hardly think that this
faded little wreck of creature Rosy. She could
not realize that twelve years could have made
pretty blonde girl Of nineteen years to unn-
teliigent looking woman Rosy When Betty
told Rosy who she was Rosy gasped and broke into
n faint hysteric laugh she clutched Mt Betty's
and for "A moment her gaze IA wild she looked
up. turned questioninely her boy Ughtred. lie
asked his mother to think. to try To remember his
aunt Betty she had told him about many times
when she well He explained to Betty that his
mothers nerves were all wrong The boys mothers
eyes frightened. she said she believed Betty
and she would feel better.