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

Ellen sloeum, Puritan miss, and Lord
'CArnngton9of England, but In. their life
after settling il England. The scene ID
paced, just following the revolution, IN
harrington castle p England. The Car
b family TIT caused BY feaiousy.
CHAPTER n-Lsfd Darlington and
~ wife each rnaAs charged Of faithless-
ssss against the ether in continuation Of
CHAPTER f1.-rirst Directing ars,n,,
Staying cards with, the gufsts, Lady Car
nngton agreed TO cut cards witt Lord
Srathgate, whose attentions to Ellen
4ed neeome0a sore point with Darlington.
fAe loss e $4,000 failed to peftufb her,
knd her husband them cut for his wifs's
/ o. U. and his honor, Darlington win
AnE. The Incident closed except that
liking for each Other, apparently aross
2etwsen LADY Darlington and Lord
CHAPTER Iv.-6ddieonsl attentions
q Lord Darlington to Lady Cecily and
LORD strathgate to Lady Carrington opm.
eeled the latter TO vow that she Ecuia
ave the castle. 90
cHAPTER v.9preparins, to dee, La,
Sarringtopl and hero chum Deborah. -
American GIRL 0met Lard StrathEats a
50 q m'' he agreeing 10 see them S1fslI
CHAPTER G1-Ellea led, est.stAss.
eriving. he attempted to take her -
% castle. but She left him stunned h
NE road Cwhen the carriage meets Ma
, - accident. She and Debbia . fhen
truck out for Portsmouth,, where she E,
tended. to sail for Anerta -
SEAPTER, vI.-Fssarlns ps.a -
Ellen's Night Lords Carrinstop and ssteH
lest out In pursuit -
. CHAPTER whistles, locating. 1
Esning village. hit the trail Of Ellen ana
Depols He then rented @ last ve1sSl
suing strsthsate. 20. '0~
CHAPTER oN.-sththgsts, blseuss
rom f9ll, dashed O to Portsmouth, fSS
mich Esrringtor Ellen and Seton vSi2
eAso headed BY different routes.
CHAPTER <. n 60
o5ThsY ss~ildsruest Of ssrsshsssa
As my LORD carringten rode With
Increasing Q satisfaction and Sir
Charles setono sailed in a srovfns
sense Of sslt-conustuiation in that b
alone was on The fisht track, mo- lord
q strathgate sasD full Of bewildsr.
nsnt. Like Carrinstsnp he, too, made
o Inquiries at every posting station, a
every wasside Inn, from every pssssr.
By, As to the Whereabouts of the two
Who had escaped him and everywhere
b had been msrby a. absolute lack
Of information. O "
A dozen times be had hesitated-
mentally, Chat is-ss to his course, yet
In every case he had persuaded him.
self that the fugiuvesomust be head.
ID for Portsmouth. Ellen had made It
quite clear to him that there was her
destination. There had not been the
least secrecy q to her plans. There
was nothing CwhatsJer to be gained by
pursuing the way Strathgate had
taken them when the to him, unfor-
. tuDate accident to the carriage had
occursedo They must have retraced
their steps, but II they had done 30,
where had they gone? They seemed
70 have disappeared as completely as
. Il the earth had swallowed them,
1t was possible of course, that
Ellen might have thought better Of
her escapade ana returned to Caring.
ton, although knowing what sort Of a
reception would probably greet her,
etrathgate thought this was hardly
likely. AT any rate, slnce he could
not return to. Darlington, aUd since he
had no trace Of his quarry, he rea-
soped clearly enough that the best
thing for him to do was to get to
Portsmouth as. SOON as possible. He
had missed them somehow on the
road, but II, as he believed, Ports.
mouth was their ultimate destination
0 he would be Ia . position to mature
Ais plans and make ready 10 iaesa
eept them when theysdid arrive.
Strathgate was Q man who did not
believe in doing things by halves, and
he rode to Portsmouth as if on a
wager. His interest in Ellen was
that which might have been expected
from man Of his time and condition,
, but the fact that she was not to fall
Into his hands, that. she had already
o bafied him; othat she Dad shown such
tremendous spirit IN, endeavoring to
Kill him, added Z Joy to the adventure
which immensely tickled his jaded
soul He had started out on the IN.
dertaking and he was determined to
see 1t through ct all hazarda OF
course, he realized that Lord Caring
ton would enter the game Is soon a.
ne could get within reach of the table,
but Srathgate was as brave as he
vas vicious, andehs rather welcomed
me added player. % =.
If he had Known. and. indeed, Il did
dawn upon him after q, tina, he would
have the more enjoyed the fact that
. Ms own rapid progress greatly hin.
aered carrington's advance. Indeed.
toward the latter part Of the after.
noon he threw many obstacles IN the
way of a possible .pursuer,. on tho
chance that 1t might be Darlington
Or even Seton-by. securing all the
post horses that were worth anythins
ct every station and moanting hestlers
and post boys on them, with instruc.
lions to ride to the next station at his
expense. Consequently, while strsth.
gates progress was faster and faster,
Carrington's advance became slower
and slower.
Strathgate, BY hard riding. reached
Portsmouth about nightfall. Caring.
ton was not to- arrive, although he
pressed on all night. untip tha fniiov.