Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-05-15

rngton, ID he was not hurried IN MS
preparations for the night A bath, a
royal supper, clean clothes, all of
which his money and his rank made
easy to procure, greatly. refreshed
him.
Q Therefore, although he had been up
all the night before and wanted sleep
badly, he determined to make some
inquiries before he went to bed. He
found, to his great surprise, that the
New Eagle, which was the name Of
the ship owned By the countess Of
Darlington. had sailed that morning.
So far fortune favored him, for Lady
Ellen would arrive at Portsmouth, he
thought, and find her ship gone.
He enlisted the service Of the land.
lord and secured q number Of men
whom he posted ct the various inns,
with instructions to notify him i'm
mediately in cass Ellen and Deborah
arrived. He could give an accurate
description Of the two, and he felt
that he had thu spread 4 net which
they could not escape. Then he went
comfortably to bed and slept the sleep
Of the very weary, II not Of the con-
science free.
Darlington, pimging along On q.
hausted, half.fomdered horses the
leavings Of Strathgate, lost the com.
paratiye cheerfalness Of the morning
and worked hinsslf up into such q
fury that II he had come across the
earl he would prssabiy have killed him
out Of hand without giving him Z
chance for dsfeasA 90
The only one thoroughly satisfied
WITH the situat3sa vas Seton, and even
his dash eastvss4 wa stopped, for The
uind, which hal held briskly for The
greater part Of he day, died out about
nishthll and lsk tie galhAt captain
hslplessly toaiag In the short IaSss
Of the channel He could only gusss
that Ellen in - boat had ACT yet
bsSn able to F6aeh Portsmouth ana
entirely escape Mn. Capt Seton vas
. man Of energy and resource, and BY
the use Of judicious system Of
bribery, he induced whitley and the
two boys to brsGh out the oars. He
himself completed the Quartetts, and
through the long hours Of the night,
the four, with sAsrt intervals for rest,
urged the little hoat after The fu.
qtives.
So far Is the objects Of Ill this rid.
Ing and sailing md mad chasing were
concerned, although success had at.
tended their efforts up to this time, It
could not be said that they we're either
Of them particularly happy. In the
first place, the sun beating down upon
the unsheltered boat-although the
winter season va approaching-was
very hot. In IL second place, hard
bread and wstsf we're not exactly
luxuries. Time was when Ellen could
have eaten them without dissatisfac.
ton and have even been thankful thst
she had them, but that time had
passed. Although her spirit was a.
great as ever, the luxurious living Of
Darlington had naturally affected her
taste. And Debbis had had no expert.
nce Of that kind at all The younger
manifested q disposition to reproacA
the elder, only checked by Ellen's
stern and mandatory method of dis
missing the subject.
To hearten up her young friend,
Ellen put a brave face upon the whole
matter. She pointed out to her how
comfortable and free from pursuit. or
interference, they would be when they
I boarded the New Eagle at Portsmouth;
what a pleasant voyage they would
have back; and made various other
suggestions to cheer her young com.
rade and to fight down the growing dis
may in her own heart. 1t was only by
constantly holding up before herself
the picture of my lord and Lady Cecily
In each others arms in the arbor that
she kept herself to the pitch of her
adventure.
She found herself thinking wistfully
OF the happy days Of the past; of the
many pleasant cruises which they had
made in these very waters. What q
gallant, devoted, royal lover he had
been! How she hated Cecily Caring.
ton! She looked at herself and took
mental inventory of that she could
not see and wondered how he could
for Q moment prefer that tsak 60
vapid creature to his wife.
But It was not personal beauty or
charm that she lacked after all. He
had been ashamed Of her Ways, Of her
inability to enter into the customs and
practices Of vicious society on terms
OF equality with those Who had been
born and lived In It all their vitiated
lives. He was ashamed Of her! A
proud woman was Ellen, Lady Car
rington. and sometimes she almost for
got her jealousy In her. outraged dig
nifty. And between the two passions
she vowed that she would never see
my lord again until he came begging
forgiveness. II be wanted her, he
would have To- chase her across the
ocean. and when he got there, II he
came, she would make him feel all
nat he had lost and the pricesth that he
must ny before he could be re-estab-