Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-04-24

J.: CHAPTER. IV.-Additional attentions
o. Lord Darlington to Lady Ceeily, and
Lord strathgate to Lady, Darlington com.
Pelled the latter: to'.vow that she would
Ieave the castle. !;
CHAPTER V-Preparing to fee; LADY
Darlington and her. chum Deborah; an
american girl, met Lord Strathgste a
two q. m, he agreeing to See them safsly
CHAPTER vI.-Eilen. fled, 'strathsat.
driving. He attempted to. take her t.
his castle, but. she left. him stunned In
the road. when the carriage meets with
an. accident. She. and Debhie ther
struck. out for Portsmouth, where she IN.
tended, tt, sail for America. !. - y
-. :. CHAPTER VII !.
.'",. Ny Lord. Hears M TIdlnss. :.
The morning sun was streaming
brightly through the windows when
Darlington. glanced at his watch as be
opened his eyes, and. was startled ts
discover that twas already :. seven
o'clock. And. he. had meant to gel
up early that day to prepare himself
the better for that interview with hi
wife. Hastily arising. he. stole soft
~. to the door opening into her bou
DOR, tried the. knob gently and found
that the door was locked. He lis
tened; but. could hear nothing" 'Imag
Inihg that she was still asleep, be sum
moned his valet, bathed and dressed
himself with unusual care for. the op
erations Of the day, and then returned
% the door Of the boudoir.' Again be
Knocked, and more loudly. Receiving
no answer, he fairly. Numbered upon Il
with his feet. to be met with the
same silence as before.
Pulling the' bell, he summoned bis
Own man once more and made my
iady's maid be brought to him. In
. few moments the startled woman
presented herself before him.
Now, my lady's maid was more Of
less Of luxury. Whenever she could
Ellen attended to the details of hel
own toilette herself, but sometimes
The complication Of unusual apparel in
Tolved the necessity Of assistance, and
then the maid was ready.
your Mistress" began my lord, i'm
periously.
Yes, my lud." ::
did she send for you last nightT
mo, my lud." -.
HAS she rung for you this morn
ing?"
mo, my lud." -
very well, you may CO." D..
The maid curtsied and turned away
There was nothing unusual in Ell
lens failure to summon her maid
but nevertheless Darlington felt some
what uneasy. He went back ant
Knocked again on the door that opened
into my lady's boudoir and then he
called her name.
Suddenly he bethought him of the
door not often used that opened into
the hall from her bedroom. Hs
cursed himself for fool for not hav
ing thought Of. 1t before. He rar
thither at once In spite of the fac
that his conduct was attracting the
attention Of the servants passing t
and fro about their various duties.
He tried the handle of the door
which was shut, and found 1t was un
locked. He threw it open. The bee
had not been tenanted, yet Ellen hat
certainly undressed, for the gown anC
ether things she had worn the nigh
before lay In tumbled, confused
heap on the floor Just where she hat
kicked them on. Darlington stepped
curiously over them. He lifted one BY
one the familiar articlesOf apparel HI
was in a state Of complete bewilder
ment. Suddenly the thought occurred
to him that she might have laid dowr
on the sofa in her beudoir. -
Still clutching the slipper she hat
worn, which was the last thing he hat
touched, he, threw open the door be
tween the two rooms, only to discover
that the boudoir itself was empty
! My lady's desk stood open befor,
him. A piece Of paper caught hil
eye. He dropped the slipper, dartec
toward It, opened the paper, which
was addressed to him. and read tn,
following:
The enclosed pays my last debt Z,
Lord Darlington. When he reads this.
shall be on the way to my own land
With the money weich he won. he cal
buy himself Lady cscily without. the for
mahty OF q marriage ceremony and d
her arms he can ferget tie woman b,
shaped, whom he once loved ana VIII,
once loved him" y Ne 80 ~ Ssssl
From the papsr - he had torn I
open. an inel0purss had fallen H
stopped aad picked It up. II IVES Ii,
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