Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-04-18


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 a number OF men
whom he posted at the various inns.
with instructions to notify him i'm
nedistely IN case Ellen and Deborah
arrived. He could give an accurate
description OF this two. and he felt
that he had thus spread q net which
they could not escape. Then no went
comfortably to bed and slept the sleep
OF the very weary, II not Of tho con
science free.
Darlington. plunging along on ex-
hausted. halffoundeTed horses, the
lesvinss OF Strathgate. lost the con-
paratiVe cheerfulness of the morning
and worked himself up into such a
fury that IL he had come across the
earl he would probably have killed him
out OF hand without giving him a
chance for defense.
The only one thoroughly satisfied
with the situation was Seton. and even
his dash eastward was stopped for the
wind. which had held briskly Tor the
greater part Of the day. died out about
nlEhtfall and left the gallant captain
helDlessly tossing in tho short waves
OF the channel He could only guess
that Ellen ia her boat had not yet
been able 20 reach Portsmouth aud
entirely escape him. Capt Seton was
a man OF energy and resource. and by
the use OF a judicious system OF
bribery. be induced whitley and the
two boys % break out the oars. He
himself completed tho Quartette. AID
through the long hours OF the night.
the four. with short intervals for rest.
urged the little boat after the IN.
Ciuves.
SO far as the objects OF all this rid.
ing and sailing and mad chasing were
concerned. although success had At
tended their efforts up 20 this time. Il
could not be said that they were either
OF them particularly happy. In the
first place. the sun beating down upon
tho unshcltercd boat-althoush the
winter season was approaching-wa
very hot. In the second place. hard
bread and water were not exactly
Injuries. Time was when Ellen could
have eaten them without dissausfac.
ton and have even been thankful that
she had them. but that time had
passed. Although her spirit was as
great as ever. the luxurious living OF
Darlington had naturally Affected her
taste. And Dabbio had had no expert.
ence OF that kind at all. The younger
manifested a disposition TO reproach
the elder. only checked by Ellen's
stern and mandatory method OF dis
missing the subject
To hearten up her young friend.
Ellen put brave face upon the whole
matter She pointed out 90 her how
comfortable aud free from pursuit. or
Interference. they would be when they
boarded the New Eagle at Portsmouth:
what q pleasant voyage they would
have back; and made various other
suggestions to cheer her young com
rade and 90 fight down the growing dis
may IN her own heart. II was only by
constantly holding up before herself
the picture Of my lord and Lady Ceclly
IN each others arms in the arbor that
she kept herself TO the pitch OF her
adventure.
She found herself thinking wistfuny
Of the happy days OF the past: OF tho
many pleasant cruises which they had
made in these very waters. What a
gallant. devoted. royal lover he had
beeni How she hated Cecily Caring.
ton! She looked at herself and took
a mental Inventory OF that she could
not see and wondered how he could
for a moment prefer that weak and
Yapid creature TO his wife
But IL was not personal beauty or
charm that she lacked after all. He
had been ashamed Of her ways, OF her
inability 20 enter into the customs and
practices OF = vicious society on terms
OF equality with those who had been
born and lived IN 1t 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 IL he wanted her. be
would have TO chase her across the
ocean, and when he got there. II 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-
hshed IN her good graces.
Aud yet IL is probable that Ellen
had never loved Darlington as she did
while tossing about in that little open
boat. 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 # 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 10 Portsmouth.
Ellen had advanced much farther on
her journey when she ran into the
calm which later overlook Seton. III
was just as well. she thought. for she
would scarcely have dared TO under
take the navigation OF Portsmouth
harbor In the night. and II the breeze
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