The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13
 LADY ATHLYNE
Copyright, 1908, by BRANI STOKER Entered at Stationer's Hall-AH rights reserve,


each other. Ample opportunity was given from the fact that the newly | married pair found themselves occu- | pied with each other almost exc1uS1Ve- | ly. Occasionally. of course, Joy and the Sheriff converSed: but as a work | ing rule he was quite content to de- vote himself to Judy who seemed quite able to hold up her end of the serious Irritation. When finally the party broke up. preparatory to setting out for the south. the Sheriff asked Colonel Ogilvie if it might be possible that he should join, in travel with the party, as he wished to spend few days in AmbleSide-a place which he had not visited for many years. Colonel Ogil- vie cordially acquiesced. He was pretty ty sure by now that the meeting of Judy and this new friend would end in match, and he was glad to do any thing which might result in the happi- ness of his sister-in-law of whom he was really fond. But it was not on | this account only that he made him welcome. The reaction from his evil temper was on him. Conscience was awake and pricl1ing into him the fact that he had behaved brutally. His mind did not yet agree in the justice | of the verdict: but that would doubt | less come later He now wished to show to all that there was quite an- l other side of his character. In this view he pressed that the Sheriff should l be his guest. The other was about to | object when he realized that by ac- | cepting he would be one of the house. 1 lDIu, ana SD InuCn ClOS0T lO Juuy, | more and oftener in her society than | would otherwise be possible. So he | accepted gladly. and he and the
 Colonel soon became inseparab ble-ex- | such cases Colonel Ogilvie often felt | himself rather left out in the cold. At | the beginning of breakfast Athlyne
 had learned from Joy of the abandon
 cordingly sent his father-in-law's | chauffeur, with his pilot. to bring it back. They had to travel in horse | carriage; he could not drive two mo- | tors at once. and the pilot could not | drive one. In due course the motor
 was retrieved. and having been made | clean and taut by the "frst-class | mechanicien and driver'' was ready for | the road. Colonel Ogilviee motor was | also ready, and as the pilot could now | be left to travel home by train so that
 the owner could sit by his chauffeur.
 to sit between the two ladies in the tonneau. When he mentioned this ar | rangement. however. the Sheriff did
 in the way of incommoding the ladies. | At last he said:
 'I hope you will excuse me- Ogilvie, | but had already formed a little plan | of your wife. to carry out. Before | breakfast. Miss Hayes and I had
 been talking of the old manner of posting. Her idea had. think. been
 
 | of carriages in runaway matches to Gretna Green. and I suggested In fact ventured to offer to drive
 her in old-fashioned postal style to
 was like. I have in my house at u Galloway a fine old shay that my father and mother made their wedding
 trip in. It has always been kept in good trim. and it is all right for the journey. As Sheriff have post-boys
 in my employ for great occasions and
 have good horses of my own. So when f. Miss Hayes accepted my
 off to have the trak sent down here. I Indeed it should arrive within a very
 short time. I have also wired for re- lays of horses to be ready at Dumfries, Amman. Carlisle and Patterdale, so that when we start we should go with out a bitch. My boys know the road.
 and four horses will spin us along in good style-even if we cannot keep up with your motor" So it was arranged
 that the pilot could occupy his old place with the chauffeur; and the
 in the tonneau, Darby and Joan fash
 ion.i This settlement of affairs had
 only been arrived at after considerable discussion. When her father had told Joy that she was to ride with her
 mother she had spoken out at once
 without arrangement with. Athlyne or
 even consultation with him:
 "Athlyne will drive me. and we can | S.
 stacks of room in the tonneau, and we
 have no luggage. l am sure my hus-
 band would like to have her with US. .''
 But when the arrangement was men , toned to the foSter-mother she refused
 absolutely to obey any such order:
 What she said ''me go away in the
 coach wid the bride and groom! An
 ouJd. corrn-crake like me wid the
 quality: this none other than me } own darlin' lord and Miss Joy that I'm going to nurse the childher iv her. No. me Lady. I'll do no such thing! Do ye think I'm going to shpoil shport
 when me darIin' does be drivin' wid his beautoful wife by him an kissin' her be the yard an the mile an the
 hour. an huggin, her be the ton, as
 he ought to be doir'. or he's not the , man I've always tux him for. Shure
 ma'am" this to Mrs. Ogilvie "this is their day an their hour; an iviry mint iv it is goold an dimons to them! Pm tellin' ye. I'd 1iefer put me eyes
 on StVX than do such a thirg!" Mrs. l Orilvie. who recognized the excellence of her ideas. said:
 } Colonel and me. We've loads of room. ) and we are all alone"
 An savin' yer presence. so ye should be ma'am whin we're seein' yer daughter goin' aff wid her man. There's
 loads iv things you and your man will want to be talkin' about. Musha! if it's only rememberin' what ye said an done whin ye was aff on yer own
 honeymoon. Mind ye. ma'am. it's not t bad tallin' or rememberin, that's not! s No motors for me. ma 'am-to-day at any rate. I'll go by the thrain that I 2 kem' by; an when I get to yer hotel, 7 if I'm tefore ye. I'll shtraighten out things for ye. ar have the rooms nice
 an ready. \ For mind ye, ma'am. me darlin' Lord tould me that he's gein' to have a gran weddin to Miss Joy 9 whiE he gifts his license! Be the way. does he get that. can ye tell me ma'am. Q from the polls where the sheebeen-
 CTS gifts theirs? An av there's goin' S to be a weddin' wid flowers an gowns g an veils an things in church. I sup ) pose tlcey don't be too previous about | comin' together. Mushai but's it's a !. Quare sort iv ways the quality. has! : Weddin's here be the Sheriff. an thin be bishops, an wid license. An him in Bowness-for that's where he tells
 me he's shtoppin'-an' his wife in Ann s bleside-on their weddin' night! Be f gobi Ireland's changin' fast, fur that nsen,t to be the way. Pm thinkin' that