The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-16
CHAPTER vII.-continued.


CHAPTER vII.-continued.
l was SO staggered by having the
words taken out of my mouth, that
could only cape and stare at her. To
render my confusion worse. she added:
"And you want to marry Daphne
81 can not deny 1t, madam" man
aged to say.
Twill you ring the bell?" she asked
1 rang the bell like a church war
den, and the footman came, and Lady
Hawkshaw Immediately sent him for
Sir Peter.
think my courage would wholly
have given out at that, except for
glimpse of Daphne. fitting up the
stairs The dear girl wished to give
me heart, so she told me afterward.
Sir Peter appeared. and was greeted
by Lady Hawkshaw as follows:
Sir Peter, here is Richard Glyn
wanting to marry Daphne. He has
but $4,000; but she might go farther
and fare worse"
Sir Peter literally glared at me. He
gasped once or twice, then broke out
in a torrent.
He wants to marry my ward, does
he-my ward. with 100000 in her
own right! l wonder. damme. he
didn't propose to marry Arabella,
too. Young gentleman. you are too
modest Heiresses in England go
about hunting for poor lieutenants to
marry. l suppose you think 1t would
be a fine stroke for me to marry my
ward to my nephew! Ha, ha!
Ho, ho!"
His laughter was demoniac.
Sir Peter" said Lady Hawkshaw.
severely-for / remained mute-'I am
astonished at your violence and I'M
reason. Did you never hear of an
heiress-and a fine. handsome girl too
with many accomplishments, and of
great family-marrying a poor lieu
tenant without a penny, and without
an ancestor"
by Jupiter, l never did," roared
Sir Peter.
Then. Sir Peter" cried Lady
Hawkshaw, rising with awful dignity,
you forget all about Lieut.. Peter
Hawkshaw and the Honorable Apol-
lonia Jane Howard"
At this Sir Peter fairly wilted for a
few moments; and | heard something
strangely like a tittering in the next
room.
But Sir Peter presently recovered
himself in a measure.
"But-but-there are lieutenants and
lieutenants, madam. l was considered
a man likely to rise. And, besides, II
/ remember rightly, l was not an ill
locking fellow. madam
"Sir Peter, you were no taller than
YOU are now-five feet four inches.
Your hair was red, and you were far
from handsome. Richard Glyn is as
good-looking as you ever were in your
life; and he has already made his
mark. Richard Glyn," turning to me,
you are at liberty to marry Daphne
Carmichael"
Richard Glyn." bawled Sir Peter,
eff you dare to think you are going to
marry Daphne Carmichael-mind. /
say, If the thought ever enters your
damned head-it will be as much as
your life is worth. l am going. this
moment, to the first lord of the ad.
miralty to see If can't have you sent
to the West Indies, or the Gold Coast
with my best wishes and endeavors to
keep you there for ten years at least
And what will you do with me,
dear Uncle Peter?" suddenly asked a
soft voice; and Daphne. who had
stolen into the room (she must have
been very near), stood before him,
and nestled her pretty head against
his shoulder.
Sir Peter was too astonished for a
moment or two to speak. The whole
thing had fallen upon him like the
shock Of an earthquake. But in lit
tie while he recovered his voice, and
all of his voice, too; he shouted as II
he were on the bridge Of the Ajax
with a whole gale blowing and the
enemy in sight.
Dol" he shrieked. what shall
do? Bread and water. miss, for six
months! Discipline, miss" And much
more of the same sort.
This reused Lady Hawkshaw to take
our part. She shouted back at Sir
Peter;t and l, not to be outdone
shouted that Daphne was mine, and
/ was hers, as long as life should last;
and presently Sir Peter flung out, in
royal rage, and Lady Hawkshaw
flung after him; and Daphne sank, in
tears, on my shoulder, and l kissed
her a hundred times. and comforted
her. But l knew Sir Peter was a de
termined man in some respects; and
I felt assured he would shortly carry
out his threat to send me to sea, and
once at sea, 1t might be years before
should again set foot in England
Scotland. then, sounded sweetly in oul
ears. found. in truth, that when II
came actually to going on. Daphne's
romantic willingness changed to q
natural hesitation at SO bold a step
But the near prospect of going to the
Rellona turned the scale in my favor