The Marshall republican., 1909-04-30
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~. .1ynOLLY ELLIOT SEkNrL
1pM OLLY ELLIOT SEAWEII

you are now-fve feet four inches.
Your hair was red, and you were far
from handsome. Richard Glyn is as
good.looking as you ever we're in your
life; and he has already made his
mark. Richard Glyn," turning to me,
I '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, l
! say. II the thought ever enters your
| damned head-it will be as much as
| your life is worth! I am going. this
] moment, to the first lord of the ad-
miralty, to see II 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 a lit
tie while he recovered his voice, and
all CT his voice, too; he shouted as II
he we're on the bridge of the Ajax,
with a whole gale blowing and the
enemy in sight.
DO" he shrieked. What shall
do? Pread 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: and /, 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
q royal rage. and Lady Hawkshaw
flung after him; and Daphne sank. in
tears. on my shoulder, and l kissed
her - hundred times. and comforted
her. But | knew Sir Peter was a de
termined man In some respects: and
! felt assured he would shortly carry
out his threat to send me to sea. and
once at sea. It might be years before
should again set foot in England.
Scotland, then, sounded sweetly in our
ears. / found, In truth, that when 1t
came actually to going OF, Daphne's
romantic Willingness changed to a
natural hesitation at so bold a step,
But the near prospect Of going to the
Bellona turned the scale In my favor,
and won from her a sort Of oblique
consent. And another thing seemed
to play directly into our hands. Sir
Peter had business at Scarborough,
which might detain him some time;
and, although 1t was late in the au'
tumn, he determined to take his fam
lily with him. / believe 1t was by way
Of separating Daphne and me that he
came to the decision. Lady Hawk
shaw was to go, and his two wards;
and they were to remain a month
This was so obviously showing MS
the road across the border that | told
my sweet Daphne plainly l should car
ry her off; at which she wept moro
and protested less, than l had yet seer
her. 4.
In the whole affair, I had counties
uDOn lu6 dSSl6ldlltS " NiIto tl AlbA
and on the very night the party let
for Scarborough, after a fearful fare
we'll between Daphne and me, l wen.
to Giles lodgings, to make a clean
breast of 1t.
Giles voice called me upstairs; ans
when l reached his room, there, spreat
out on the bed, / saw a beautiful sui
Of brown and silver.
do you see that?" cried Giles
/ "That is my wedding suit. For it
! spent fifty of the last a100 had II
: the world, and it is to marry Lad!
Arabella Stormont that I bought it,"
/ thought he was crazy, but ! sooI
t perceived there was method in hi
madness. He told me %seriousl.
5 enough hat he meant to carry OF
Lady Arabella Storinont from Scar
g borough.
!, "But-but-she does not like you,
I said, hesitating and amazed.
1--WE shall see about that, my lad,
. he said, and then began to tell me 0
! what he thought a great change in hi
Y favor with Arabella. He put man,
! trihing things which I had not note,
In such a light that under his eloqUen
persuasion / began to believe Lad,
Arabella really might have a score
weakness for him which pride pre-
/ vented her from discovering. He hat
never failed to win any woman's re
gard yet; and it had always seemeI
a a miracle to me, Richard Glyn, VIII
! had fallen under his spell so man,
I years ago, how anybody could rests
him. He wound up his argument b
q saying, in his usual confident manner
Trust me, there is something CON
= pelling in the love feel for Arabellt
!, Women are all alike, my boy. The
Y want a master, Once put the bit
! their mouths. and they adore you 70
1t. Let me have the spirit TO run ava
Z with that adorable creature, and Sc
3 how quickly she will come to my Cal