Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-06-25

~ T1r'lB tllN I'llH''N .IItl SblIl' IflltIS
Of his. the marriage certificate aud his
written promise not 10 MODEST me. On
that awful night whom the ship was
disabled | went to my cabin and se-
cured them, or thought | did. At any
rate. | could not find them when we
landed on White Horse island, and
from hints dropped by that wrctched
little ndventurcr De Polncllit | feel
sure they have fallen into IFS hands
Believe mo. Elsie was half mad
when I helped him to steal the boat"
"Steal the boat. What boatf'
HAS not Captain Courtenay told
YOU"
"Not word"
"Ah. he is true gentleman. But you
forget You heard what he said to De
Polncilit before he went to the Guam
AGO canyon"
"Yes: | did not understand Oh, my
poor lsobel. how you must have suf
fercd, while have been so happy"
"If onlY | could recover my papers,
MAY I ask Arthur TO hclp?"
"1Ic knows The worst of me already.
One more shameful disclosure cannot
add to my degradation"
'Isobcl. how little you know him.
Thus spoke Elsie after fourteen days.
Truly there is much ghtenment in
II hug
NJ. lc Comic Edouard dc Polncilit.
TO bis intense chaErin. found that a
ships captain has far reaching pow
crs when he chooses to exert them.
Rather than enter Moutcvidean Jail,
where people have died suddenly Of
nasty fevers. he not only restored tho
missing documents. but submitted to n
close scrutiny OF his own belongings,
which resulted In the pleasing discov-
cry that he was not French count.
but n dcn'zen of Martinique most
probably II defnultng valet or clerk.
No one troubled TO inquire further
about him His passage money was
refunded, and he was bundled ashore
Courtcnay's view was that he Ind
heard by some means of Isobels in
tended departure from Valparaiso and
deemed it good chance Of winning her
approval Of his countship. seeing that
such titles are not subjected to serious
Investigation In South America. Sua-
req took his Fueglan bride M country,
whore Mr.. Barring and Or. thriStobal
established them on a small ranch.
Isobcl renewed her voyage sone-
what chastonad in spirit, but her vola-
tile nature soon survived The shocks il
had received. by the time the KGuSat
put her ashore ut Tibury. to be clasncd
In the arms Of tim1 and fearful
aunt. she was ready as ever for the
campaign Of glory she had mapped out
in London and Paris.
Captain Courtcpay. X. ~. and hi:
wife are not such DISTINGUISHED par
sOnages. but their romance had q So
Quel worthy Of its unusual beenniNg
They were married quietly week ait
CT the Kansas reached London. Ther,
was some war scare In full blast at The
moment ard lord of the admiralty
who deigucd to read the newspaper.
thought it was a pity that sinar
sailor should not risk his life for hi:
country rather than IN behalf of bast
commerce. SO he looked up Courte
nays record and found that II was e1
ccV"nt, the Young lieutenants reason
for rcsigning his comm ssion being thu
necessity of supporting his mother
when her estate was swept away Dy
a lank failure. The sea lords made
him FIST rae offer Of reinstatement
in the service at higher rank withou
any loss Of seniority. and they wen
about the business with such dignifet
leisure thNt Or. ChriGtohal had time e
find out. through men whom he coulC
t.ust, that Estes small estate in Chi,
contained one Of the richest mines il
the country. He secured bid Of many
thousands Of pounds for il and advised
Mrs. Courtcnav TO accept half in cash
and half IN shares Of the exploiting
company
1t was not unreasonable that Gray
should so back to Chile to take charg,
| Of Elsie's mine nor that Mr.. Royl,
should become captain and Wake,
| chief engineer Of the Kansas, Will,
Iollemache settled down in England.
TIE END