The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-04-25

would have to chase her across the
ocean. and when he got there, if he
came, she would make him feel all
that he had lost and the price that he
must pay before he could be re-estab-
lshed in her good graces.
And yet 1t is probable that Ellen
had never loved Darlington as she did
while tossing about in that little open
BOAT. a lonely speck upon the sea.
munching dry hard bread and drink
ing tepid water and trying to console
the whimpering little maiden by her
side
And II is possible. too. that Lord
Darlington never realized how much
he was in imminent danger of losing
and how much the loss meant to him
as he plunged along through the dark
ness on the way to Portsmouth
Ellen had advanced much farther on
her journey when she ran into the
calm which later overlook Seton. lit
was just as well. she thought. for she
would scarcely have dared to under
take the navigation of Portsmouth
harbor in the night, and If the breeze
| sprang up after midnight, as 1t was
apt to do, she calculated from the
hours she had been sailing and the
probable speed OF the boat, that she
would be able to reach the harbor at
daybreak. Ellen intended to board
the New Eagle. which she knew from
the advice she had received from the
s%upereargo. vas about ready to sail
She had nothing to do in Portsmouth
save to purchase a few .necessaries
and then she would order her ship to
be got under way for Philadelphia at
once.
All Ellen's ready money, except what
she carried on her person, had been
left to Darlington in the cheque on
her desk. but she still retained con.
troll Of several stout merchantmen
which had come to her from her father
and the New Eagle was the best Of
them. Once she set foot on the docks
Of that ship, she would be perfectly
safe. Meanwhile, as she had been
up practically all the night before, she
felt that she must have some slumber.
She furled the sail OF the little boat,
turned the tiller over to Debbie with
instructions for her to let the shallop
drift and to waken Ellen In two hours
by the watch. Then she stretched
out her tired body beneath the
thwarts, pillowed her head on her
arm and went instantly to sleep with
the readiness of a sailor who learns
to take his rest and r%efreshment when,
: ever it can be had.
1t was very lonely and miserable for
poor Debbie. She was flying like
. Ellen from that she loved best, but
unlike Ellen there was no reason or
g earth for her to break away. 1t wa:
n only the constraint put upon her BY
a the stronger will that had brought he
to this wretched pass. She sat i'd.
d in the stern sheets, holding the tiller
n while the tears trickled down he
e pretty red cheeks. She wished tina
she were anywhere else under heave
1t than in this boat She looked a
n Ellen almost ~malevolently, suryeyin
IS her slight and boyish figure with
venomous glance and the thought ths
since clothes Of the other sex so we
ID became her, Ellen should have bee
IS born a man,
y Poor Debbie felt very wretched an
u very lonely tossing idly about in tn
y quiet seas under the calm stars. Sh
e wondered If Sir Charles did really low
y her as she had more than once ind
y Gated, or whether he were like tn
- faithless Darlington and the insidior
y Strathgate. Was there no honor an
virtue among men in England, 81
~ queried. And alas, out Of her e
perience, she found little comfortir
~ assurance, Yet a man who could S
II for an hour with a woman looking
CT Bakers Saints RestgZsurely tn
was the test Of love II ever the
~ could be one!
ne Deborah knew nothing about Il
proyerbial willingness Of the devil
~ steal the livery OF heaven to delu.
~ mankind, and especially womankin
~ and II she had, she would ha
AZ spurned the thought as doing an
"a, justice to her ideal of Sir Charlie
az And indeed, whatever else Sir Charl
as might be capable OF. he was real
u in eaTnest-not over Baxter, that W
- a mere incident-but e Debbie,
~ he had not been, nothing on ear
~ could have induced him to toll Al
sweat over an oar through half t
night. thEeesor.fO leagues. behind.
10 After a long while Debbie felt sor
forG Ellen. The latter had turned
AZ ner sleep and Debhie could see h
Dle face clearly IN the rising moonligl
There were traces of tears upon
Debbie forgot her own grief, viii
was largely experimental, In comm
u Grafton for Ellen's real misfortune
And so she r%esolutely kept hers
ie' awake and let Ellen sleep until 10
'm past midnight. Indeed. unused to t
us hard bed in which she lay, Ellen
~ last woke Of her own motion, and
ehh preaching Deborah for her disobe
ence of orders made the tired 6
lie down, while she herself took
iei helm to watch.
There was nothing to do except
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