The Marshall republican., 1909-05-28

NHUhO WOtIthG. uALN OBChu|6 NO WUIlHUl
could ever be induced to elops with
you, there is no reason Why Runaway
marriages should not be the 1baupiest
in the world. l. defied my family ana
as good az ran away with Sir Peter
Hawkshaw. and he was ;as moor as
Giles Vernon: but. like him. he was
n true and gallant. gentleman ana J,oi
bless the day / married hfmrr
Ar this there was t-rer,uuao,.z edt,pp,.
ing for Sir Peter. and he ttpdk nif his
hat and bowed. kissing IiHtfy Hawk.
shaw's hand. ?
Sir Thomas responded INV osIIiuv oout
airily:
MAY I ASK your lsstysbtp m Sir
Peter was a free agent IN the affair of
your marriage? for I believe he IA not
generally held accountable fspr his
actions since that day.r
Sir Peters eyes fiashe,H nj ttbHt. but
Lady Hawkshaw cried back:
fright o are. Sir Thomas. for
have him / would, and n he had not
agreed to marry me I should have died
OF disappointment. Nor has he been
q free agent since that fuy-not for
one moment free from my love. my ad-
miration, and my solicstude. l knew
you well. Sir Thomas. 40 year ago
(this was a cruel thrust, Tor Sir Thorn
as was VIGOROUSLY touchy about his
age) and l would no more have u
away with you than I would this night
and God knows no woman I'm all the
three kingdoms would 10 with O
nowt"a
The delight Of the crowd was ex.
traordinary. 1 believe they would
have mobbed Sir Thomas. except that
they felt that Lady Hawkshaw could
infiict the more exquisite misery on
him. The judges, still going up the
steps slowly. probably heard every
word Of this controversy. The crowd
then parted. and taking SIR Thomas
horses by the bits, forced them to give
place to Lady Hawkshaw's coach, and
she descended amid the ioadest cheers
of the populace.
within the splendid ballroom Lady
Hawkshaw's triumph was even more
marked. Numbers Of great people
focked around her; many OF them had
been witnesses Of her battle royal with
Sir Thomas, and the story had quickly
spread to the rest. Lady Hawkshnw,
In spite OF her. oddities, had always
maintained the respect OF an who
knew her, and never Jaw l q woman
who bore, under all circumstances,
more Enthusiastically the air OF a great
lady; whether s~quaDDiing with Sir
Peter, laying down the law 20 the
world at large, OF speaking a French
she was invariably n woman OF
quality.
The scene of the bail was 80 cor
geoms that even my sad heart took
note Of 1t. The hall was ablaze with
wax lights. and a huge band OF musi-
clans brayed and trumpeted. The lords
justices, the lords heutenants of the
three Rulings, n many other persons
We're IN full court costumes, n the
ladies' trains OF brocade and velvet
were a sight 10 see ana may De par
doned 1or aying that Mistress itich-
ara Giyn was py no means the least
handsome OF the women present.
BY Lady H~awkshaw's command we
were all to look cheerful, and. when
l saw the outpouring OF popular ap-
prevail upon us as Giles Vernon's next
friends, my heart grew less heavy.
Lady Hawkshaw seated herself In a
large chair at the end OF the nall
where she held a kind OF court. she
wore a gown or some sort OF crimson
stun. with a great tail o It, and on
her head was a turban with a bird oil
paradise In II, and on top OF that her
huge diamond tiara. Everybody Hooked
to pay her court. and the lord heuten-
ant OF the East Riding asked the honor
OF her hand to open d ball. she
promptly agreed. with the added re-
mark that she had not danced for 80
years. Sir Peter attempted to inter
pose,
You a not do 1t, my lady," he
said. You will trip up and break
YOU leg.