Willmar tribune., 1908-11-04
CHAPTER XVIl.-Continued.

put refuses to go until after meeting
Strathgate in a duel
CHAPTER xvII.-continued
II see,' returned the admiral.
Lord, what a woman that is! She
has spirit and resource and readi-
ness enough to command not frigate,
as said before, but, by CAD, sirs, a
fleet! A lucky dog, Carrington!"
The unluckiest on earth, think, ad-
miral," returned the baronet, warmly,
''and as for me, l prefer the gentler,
more womanly kind of women"
Like Mistress Deborah, eh?''
laughed the old sailor. well, every
one to his taste. And she went along,
too, have no doubt, under coercion ~
admiral returned Sir Charles,
haughtily, "from the evidences l have
had"
"Over Baxter's Saints Rest?" said
the admiral.
"Quite so.''
well, what do you propose now?"
II have no proposition to make.
suppose we can't hope to find them
now."
Might as we'll try to hunt for a
needle in a haystack as to try to find
them in this darkness" said the ad-
miral. It'll be ten hours at least be-
fore it's light enough to see anything,
and by that time they may have gone
anywhere. I'm expecting orders any
day for sea, and l shall have to get
back to the anchorage There's no help
for it, Sir Charles. I'm sorry for you,
but you'll have to take a new de-
parture and follow the course in an.
other way. Mr.. Collier, bid Captain
Beatty make the best of the way to
the anchorage without further delay.
l can offer you berth yonder Sir
Charles. have no doubt you'll want
to turn in after all you've gone through
and the disappointment you've met
with"
"Thank you,' said Sir Charles, 81
do feel rather done up."
'Oh, these women unused the old
admiral as Sir Charles disappeared
in an adjoining stateroom Its lucky
that | have no greater attachment
than his majesty's ships, God bless
him! And then an admiral has all he
can do to rule his fleet without having
to take orders from a pair of petit
coats" which was the sailors quaint
eupheniism for the other sex. and he
did not even know that the useful ar
ticle of dress he cited did not come
in pairs!
A couple of hours after the ar
rival of the two hot-headed lords al
the Blue Boar, an officer from the
squadron inquired for Lieutenant Car
rington. A servant carried his mes
sage up to the room where Car
rington was lying down waiting 70:
the next turn Of events. and he
was instantly admitted. He proved
to be Lieutenant Miller, shipmate and
intimate friend Of Carringtcn's. who
had come from the Niobe to the inn
for two reasons. One was in re-
sponse to Carrington's urgent an
peal that he act as his second in
the approaching affair with Strathgate
and the other was because he bore
orders from the captain of the Niobe
directing Darlington to report on
board at once, as the Niobe was un.
der orders for the Mediterranean with.
out delay. 1t was already quite late
in the afternoon when Mr. Miller laid
his orders before Darlington.
Il can't co." said the earl, reso-
lutely, Il have to meet Strathgate in
the morning and beside that l can't
leave the country now."
Captain Careysbrook is in a good
deal of temper about the matter now.
The orders were sent on to your
house and followed you here He
should have gone two days ago and
he's fuming like Gagged lion.
Il can't help it. You'll have to 20
back and explain the circumstances
to him and tell him If he can't wait
until tomorrow morning, he'll have
to sail without me-
''But that's disobedience of ORDERS"
returned Miller.
Man." said Darlington hotly. don't
you see this Internal scoundrel strath-
gate ran away with my wife"
with your wife," exclaimed Miller.
well, not exactly" replied Caring.
ton, that is, they went away together
Oh, hang it! I've got to kill him and
l have to find my wife if it costs me
my commission. I can't go. No, you
needn't demonstrate with me- ran on
my lord, hotly, "just simply tell him
that that's the end of it and If he
wants to order me under arrest, he
can do it. I'll face court-martial
rather than