The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-23


too. was on the ground, but out of
sight.
Pray. my lady" said he, in his
most gallant manner, and hat iii hand,
ALLOW me to show you to your coach. y
Mr.. Vermont" cried Lady Hawk
shaw, in surprise. Il thought you
were in London. How came you to
Scarborough"
by chaise, madam" he replied, po-
litely: ''and l hope to see the young
ladies' before leave" (the hypocriteD
is Sir Peter with you, madam"
NO, he is not" replied Lady Hawk
shaw, her wrath rising at the idea.
Had he been with me my coach
would have been awaiting me-" And
then turning to Arabella and Daphne,
who were behind her, she said,
sternly:
"Arabella and Daphne. this does not
happen again. Sir Peter comes with
us to the play, after this
l caught sight, from corner be-
hind the chaise, of my dear Daphne,
at that moment. She stopped sudden
ly, and turned pale and then rosy. and
glanced wildly about her. She knew
l was not far off.
How Arabella received Giles sud-
den appearance / never knew, as
could not see her. But in another mo-
ment he had placed Lady Hawkshaw,
with the utmost obsequiousness, in the
coach; then folding up the steps like
magic, he slammed the door, and
shouting to the coachman, Drive on"
the coach ratified off, and the next mo-
ment his arm was around Arabella and
mine was around Daphne, and they
were swept off their feet; and in less
time than 1t takes to tell it. each of
us was with the idol of his heart,
whirling off toward Gretna Green, as
fast as four horses to- light chaise
could take us.
Now, what think you, were Daphne's
first words to me?
'Unhand me. Mr.. Glyn, or I'll
scream for assistance"
my dearest one!" exclaimed, "you
are now mine. By tomorrow morning
we shall be over the border, and you
will be my wife"
IAN elopement! Gracious heaven.
/ never thought OF such thing." she
replied.
might have answered that she had
not only thought of such thing, but
talked OF 1t. l refrained, however,
knowing a woman's tongue to be ca
PRECIOUS in its utterances, and. in
stead, assured her that my passion
was such l could no longer bear the
thought of existing without her.
And do you mean to marry me,
sir, without my guardians consent? ?"
she asked, with much violence.
Il do, indeed, my angel, and l
thought it was agreed between u.s."
This was an unfortunate speech, and
she again threatened to scream for as
sistance, but presently remarked that
as there was none to come to her as
sistance, she would refrain. And then,
having done what propriety required,
she began to relent a little, and at last
lay in my arms, asking me, with tears,
If would promise her never to love
another, and I told her, with great
sincerity, that never would, provided
I got out OF that alive.
Deep in our own happiness-for at
last the dear girl admitted that she
was happy to be mine-we yet thought
of Giles and Arabella, and 1 would
have got out of the chaise at each of
the three stages, where we made a
rapid change of horses, except that
Daphne would not let me-afraid, she
said, lest / should be recognized and
get into trouble. She afterward told
me it was because she feared we
might be stopped. We did not forget
the precaution, in our brief halts, to
pay the hostlers well to do some harm
to any pursuing vehicles which might
be after us; and our plan seemed to
be prospecting famously.
So all night we ratified furiously
along, and at daybreak we crossed the
border, notified by the huzzaing of the
postboys. 1t was dank, dismal morn
ing, the weather having changed dur
ing the night, and we saw that we
had passed the other chaise in the
darkness. 1t was some distance be-
hind, and the horses seemed much
spent. We continued on our way to
the house of a blacksmith at Gretna
Green, who. 80 our postboys told us.
usually united runaway couples. We
dashed up to his cottage-a humble
place, surrounded by a willow hedge
and he. warned by approaching wheels.