The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-07-02

noa's arms. she accepted tAs pssaso
tion of . relative Of his. oae Mrs
Whitall. . decayed gentlevonaa. and
went so live At . small town near
York until the assizes. vhen she
would be called upon as the chief Wit.
mess for the prosecution. Great stories
were Immediately put forth that Sir
Thomas Vernon vas deeply smitten
with Arabella's charms. and that, after
a visit With Mrs. Whitall to Vernon
Court she looked very kindly o. Sir
Thomas. All this might be true. and
Sir Thomas might hatter himself that
he had won her favor; but, knoving
Arabella well, ! did not credit her
with any sincere desire to be kinA TO
Sir Thomas Vernon. although she
might make him think SO. for her own
purposes. l suspected. however. a
motive far deeper In any matter con
nected with Sir Thomas Vernon. Over
ton was the next heir after Giles; Sir
Thomas was extremely rickety, and
not likely to be long and II, BY
merely telling what had happened
Lady Arabella could safe her resent.
ment. which was deep and furious.
against Giles. and at the same time
greatly benefit Overton, think she
would not have weighed Giles life at
a penny. My Daphne. whose faith in
human nature was angelic, In her be-
lief in ultimate good. prayed and be
sought Arabella to leave the country
before the trial came on: but Ara
bella only said contemptuously:
You are a child and . chit. Giles
Vernon contemplated doing me the
greatest wrong man can do . woman.
Do you think shall let him go un-
punished? II SO. how little do you
know Arabella Stormont!
Then !. from loyalty to Giles. and
not from any hope l had from Lady
Arabella, went to her and made my
appeal. She heard all my prayers
without the slightest sign Of relenting.
playing with her lap-dog the while. At
last, l said to her:
Tell me. at least, who is to be bone
fted by the conviction Of Giles Yer,
non? Not you. certainly: for you will
be loathed and Stunned by ALL"
The person dearest to me In the
world" she replied; the person l love
better than my life or my SOUL" and
then. as IL she had admitted too much.
she stopped, turned pale, and seemed
altogether disconcerted. She had. in
truth. admitted too much. The person
she had ever loved better than her
soul was Philip overton.
l had the self-possession to Ieave
her then. and went OF by myself to
think over the strange motive which
had been revealed to me- Arabella's
infatuation for Overton had always
been abnormal. touched with unreason
And could fate have woven . closer
web around Giles Vernon than in ma
king him fall SO madly in love with
Arabella stormont!
Giles had promptly surrendered him
self. rightly judging . trial better than
being . fugitive from Justice and . de-
serter from the naval service. He re-
paired to York. after having duly ~
ported TO the admiralty, and was jaiIol
Immediately, and indicted.
The Hawkshaws. my Daphne and
remained in Scarborough during the
two dreadful months that passed b.
fore the trial came OF. Sir Peter
easily got leave from the admiralty
for me, hoping. not only that my testi-
mony, but the example Of the felicity
in which Daphne and lived. might not
be without its eject upon the Jury that
tried Giles.
Offers of money to assist in his de-
tense came from many quartsrs aud
from several ladies-two in especial,
her grace Of Auchester and Mrs.
Trenchard. Lady Hawkshaw. however.
claimed the privilege of bearing the
expenses Of the trial out Of her private
fortune. which was large. Sir Peter
and she had it hot and heavy. he de-
string to contribute; and for one OF
the few times In his life. he carried
his point against her. Two great bar
risters were to be brought from Lon
don to assist Giles in his defense, be-
sides another one In York itself.
(TO BE CoNr1NUED)