Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-06-05

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Darlington Of tnS9and, but IN their NE
After settling IN Angland; The scene b
Placed. Just following the revolution, In
harrington castle lp4 England. The Car.
rngtons, after Q house party, engaged
IA family tilt. esused BY Jealousy.
CHAPTER rI-Lord Darlington and
>hs wife each made! charges Of faithless-
nsss against the ether In continuation Of
the quarrel - '!-0----1-l I" ="
CHAPTER L1-First -objecting against
playing cards with the guests, Lady Car
'nngton agreed to cut cards with Lord
etrathgate, whose attentions to- Ellen
10 become q sore point with Darlington.
tns loss OF -sloo, 90 failed to perturb her,
end her husband then cut for his wife's
!. Q. y. and his honor, Darlington win
Mng. The incident closed except that
liking FOR each other apparently arose
ketMeen Lady Darlington and Lord
siCHAPTER Iv.-Additionai attentions
Lord Darlington to Lady Cecily and
Lord strathgate to Lady Darlington com.
Reiled the latter to vow that she would
ave me castle. c .7sl.opu ssj1sIa
CHAPTER Y.-Prepartns to De-. Ia6v
Darlington ,ahd her chu1n iDeborsh IA
American girl. met Lord ,Strathgatel a
SWo & NJ, he agreeing to ZEE them safely
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aqHAPTER yI-Eilen ned,i etrsshean
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~ castle, but she left him stunned Il
eAe road. when the carriage meets Min
o. accident. She and Debbie then
4xuck out for Portsmouth, where she ..
sAded to sail for America - -
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Hens night, Lords Darlington and Seton
81 out In pursuit. ,,-~-.'
!SHAPTER JvIi1.-sston, locating q
shing village, hit the trail Of Ellen and
Debbie. He then rented Q fast vessel
~. stsrtsa IN pursuit. csrrinstsl 'DsF-
cifRPTER 1x.-strathssts, -Slssa,ns
ZEN fall. dashed on. to Portsmouth, fe1
!hich Darlington Ellen and Seton wses
~ hesdeA byI different 4yaRtsA ssqs51g
CHAPTER iX.-strathgate arrives IN
A&nE that Ellsn's. ship had saiisd -.
'cH1prER x1-strathrat. ana car.
Fngton each hired o. small yasht 70 pafe
ne the wrong vessel. upon which each
supposed Ellen had sailed. = o. =
CHAPTER xIl-setcrif. overlook the I'd.
gitivesl near Portsmouth, but his craft
ran aground, Just as capture was inafni-
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An lmpromptu Affair on the High Seas
II was hardly possible, at Hrst, even
FOR 30 practiced and acute an eye a
Carrington's. to determine whether he
o. strathgate had the better boat. In
the first place, the two cutters were
continually on opposite courses, split
ting tacks,, the wind blowing straight
into the harbor, and it was not until
they had passed and repassed each
other several times that Darlington
became convinced that he was gain
ing on his antagonist. The gain, how
ever, was slight one. The differ
snce In. the. rate of sailing between
the two boats was not very great.
Both Of them sailed faster than the
Flying Star in the air then prevail
ing. When the big ship got out into
the channel she would probably rur
away from the two fishing boats with
out difficulty. The wind being as II
was necessitated Q hard beat out, and
again this gave the smaller vessels ar
Advantage, for they could hold OF
where the great ship was compelled
to tack for fear Of shoal water. AND
with every tack they gained distance
Darlington studied the sea intently
: and concluded that II the wind did mo-
shift and 1t did not come to blow hard
or than it was, there was every pros
. pect that both boats would overhaul
the. Ship Whether he could beat
Strathgate at that game, however, III
the time at his disposal was a cues
lion. At any rate there was nothin,
TO do but hold on. Master Haight haf
viewed Carrington's usurpation of thu
helm with some misgiving at first
but his dfstrust soon gave place t
admiration, for never was small
boat better handled than by the youn,
naval officer. If Darlington had beer
sailing the. cutter in race for a stalk,
OF $4,000, he could not have watched
her more carefully OF handled hel
more skillfully. He made everythin,
tell. WA. ..- -.,,
That worthy fisherman, Cooper, VIII,
was sailing Strathgate's boat, albeit
ne did very well, was a mere tyro com
pared to Darlington, Indeed, Csrr:as
ton felt as If he were sailing his boa
fer love, honor. happiness, revenge al
the passions that can .engross hear
and move. a SOUL Strathgate was n,
sailor. but after an. hours rapid sailin,
even he could see that eventually Car
Fington would overhaul. him. H,
spoke of this to Cooper, ,wringing +,
reluctant admission of the truth O
his conclusions from the sailor, bu
the latter promised to put him along
side the merchant ship at least be
fore Darlington ran him down.
For perhaps an hour the three YES
sels-the ship. and the two small
boats-held on; every moment bring
ing the little chasers nearer theiI
great quarry The Flying Star wa.
making. no especial. effort at speed
Her royals were not yet set. Sh,
was proceeding on her voyage rattle,
ieisurely, in fact, and the others wer,
IN high hope. Darlington, especially
He thought that he at last had Strath