The Lamar register., 1909-08-04
CHAPTER x.-continued.

Arabella turned pale. and replleu:
II was summoned as a witness. i
was obliged to testify"
Overton said nothing. Then Sir
Thomas. taking snuff with his usual
grace. remarked:
II listened with attention to one law
breaker praying for another lawbreak-
err. OF course. you know. this meeting
of yours is seditious-and many a man
has been stood in the pillory for II"
And one man." replied Overton.
Jesus Christ. was crucified for it."
He turned, and with me. took the
path back to the tavern. l heard. as
we went on. an alteration behind me.
and involuntarily. after we had gone
some distance, 1 looked back. Lady
Arabella was struggling in the grasp
of Sir Thomas Vernon. while Mrs.
Whitall looked on, and wrung her
hands. Sir Thomas. however, was no
match for Arabella's young strength.
She broke away from him. and. run
ming after us. caught up, painting and
breathless, with us. as We entered the
little grove. And then I saw an almost
exact representation of the scene when
Giles Vernon had insanely and with
unmanly groveling and violence
pleaded with Arabella for her love-so
she pleaded with Philip Overton. She
held him by the arms. when he would
have thrown her of.
Philip! Phillip" she cried. 81 did
It for you! I determined to make you
rich, great. even II you refused my
fortune. Sir Thomas can not live long.
Surely. you can not reproach me, II
all the world does. The stupid, stupid
world thinks 1 did 1t under the infiu-
ence of Sir Thomas Vernon; but no.
it was not hate for Giles Vernon. 1t
was my love for you. Philip Overton.
that made me appear at the York as
Sizes
Remember yourself" said Overton
TO her. sternly. Others besides your
self see your degradation"
1T is no degradation to love truly.
to love as 1 do. Speak but one word
to me. and will become a Methodist
like yourself. l. too. will go among the
poor. and serve and love them; and
will even love God for your sake!"
The awful grotesqueness of this.
the blasphemy of it. was altogether
unknown to her She continued wildly:
Does not my soul need saving as
much as those clods you have been
praying WITH"
You blaspheme!" replied Overton
casting her off.
And, to make the resemblance be-
tween her own unwomanly conduct and
the unmanly conduct OF Giles Vernon
the more singular. she recovered her.
SELF as he had done, in a single mo-
ment of time. She laid her hand on
Overton's arm, and looked keenly into
his eyes. Her glance seemed to en-
chain him, and to set her free. She
breathed a long sigh. and, turning.
gazed about her, like a person awaking
from a nightmare. Then, with per
feet self-possession. she dropped a
curtsey to us both, and said, in her
natural, playful manner:
Mr.. Overton, / see / have been
mistaken. l should have tried to cheat
the law by not appearing when l was
summoned; or, should have testified
falsely. And for my indiscreet conduct
Just now. let me tell you. for seven
years have been under spell. 1t is
now broken forever. Titania once
loved Bottom. the weaver; but not al
ways. l bid you good day, Capt. Philip
Oyerton, and you, Mr.. Richard Glyn.
And l trust Giles Vernon's life may be
saved, If only to keep you. Capt. Over
ton, as poor as you deserve to be. For
myself. shall shortly marry-perhaps.
Sir Thomas Vernon-then, neither of
you will get the estates. Good morn
ing!"
And she was gone. flying along the
field, with white mantle streaming
after her. and her flight as rapid as the
Swallows in spring.