Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-26

might hope to get suitable care for his
terribly Ill young employer. He
pushed the yacht to the utmost speed.
and in three weeks dropped anchor in
Honolulu, just in time to save the
young mans life. Indeed. for long
I time it was touch and goias to ,wheth.
er his life could be saved at all, and
II was not until nearly year had
elapsed before the Southern Cross
and shaky, but convalescent owner. on
her quarter deck.
The departure of Katharine Brenton
with Valentine Langford had made a
great sensation, hut it was nothing to
the sensation which ragged when 1t be-
came known that Valentine Langford
had returned without her. She was
a woman OF too much Importance, she
had played too large part in the af-
fairs of the world. civilization had
manifested too much interest in her.
to allow her to drop out of its sight
without at least making an effort to
find her. The position of Mr.. Valen.
tine Langford became interestingly
difficult In the face of storm of In
quiry. Mr.. Langfords previous mar.
yiage was. fortunately for him, un-
known. but the world had had COM
plete and adequate idea of the terms
Of the union which had been entered
upon so hlithely between Langford and
Miss Brenton that the first question
that met him when he came back alone
was as to which one had -spented.
Had the. woman come to her senses.
had the man grown tired of her, had
they parted, and where was the wom-
an? These were queries which were
put to him with the direct simplicity of
the American public through its impe-
rlous representatives. the reporters.
And to these questions Mr.. LaEgford
could return no adequate answer what
ever except the truth, which he could
not bring himself to tell. He; de.
clared that she had left'th yacht in
the South seas. that he did not know
her present whereabouts and refused
to say anything further privately or
in public. Miss Brenton had no near
relations; what was everybody's. bust
ness was nobody's, and presently pub.
lie interest in her declined, She and
her philosophy were practically for.
gotten by all but .Langford himself.
Fortune. which had done him some
evil turns, here. however, interposes to
his advantage. The lady who legally
bore his name departed this life and
left him a free man. Brute though he
mad been, Langford was not without
some strong idea of honor and de-
cency. Indeed, he. had enjoyed long
ana undistributed hours of meditation
upon his sins of omission and commits.
sion during his period of GONZALES
cence. and the calm consideration of
character aud career had done him
good. AT heart, In spite.o of his brutal.
conduct, for which drink. had largely
been responsible, he. was-a gentleman,
and capable, ofAthings fine and high
under the stimulus of some really
great emotion. He had ceme-to real
lie, to. put it. mildly. what an awful
fool he had been to, say nothing of his
realizatio, had haan ~ n ~ .u's
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