Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-03

the main road that led 20 CraYenford.
Nevertheless. he peered, and as II was
far from dark II seemed needless TO
lean forward as Tempest did to search
the roadside for so conspicuous an OBJ
iect as a pedestrian young woman of
no mean height or figure
His horse pounded through the mud
bit well in her teeth, her head down:
the short incessant rain was a spur
Tempest thought OF the high heels OF
the lady's shoes. and grew hot with
shame Feminine follyl" he NUT
tered. What modern twentieth-cen.
tury emancipation! A young woman,
not only Independent. but secure I'm
her lack of conventionl Fancy one
Of our grandmothers appearing in
lchu and curls and crinolines at
mans house alone, unchaperonedl
Not only would this girl have scorned
me II | had dared show appreciation
OF her sex. but It would have been the
height OF ruffianism to have been gal.
liant. the acme OF ungallantness."
Yet as he mentally compared her to
the summoned image of the 1880 lady
Miss Carew lost none of her attrac.
tiveness in her plain dress. the sharp
note OF white at neck and wrists. the
taille cambree. the svelte beauty OF
her figure.
ITS absurd" he muttered. "this
emancipation of women They've no
right or title TO IL. For example. now,
II ] were not driving to her rescue,
where would she be- poor dear?" lie
smiled "She would melt in the
storm"
As before him the road grew indls-
tinct: Cad | should have fetched
Melton TO drive, can't make out the
road. She must have flown to have
gone so well onto escape the boor
was-no wonderl"
Here the mare shied violently. and
in holding the cart to balance and
! quleting her Tempest almost failed to
see the cause of the fright Out of
the rain and darkness a figure on a
stone had risen.
Miss Carew!" (she hardly recog.
nized the voice II was so full OF live
welcome) won't you get in at onco
q please here. at this side. can't
help you. unfortunately--or leave my
seat. Can you manage it?-she won't
stand"
Miss Carew displayed neither III.
temper nor grudge. In twinkling she
had climbed into the cart-was at his
J side.
you will let me drive you back to
Craven-warm you. feed you. show
} you hospitality | am chagrined, Miss
: Carew." He had started to turn.
ITO the station. please. II 1t isn't
too much to ask"
| He was sufficiently impressed by
what he believed was the will of the
modern woman 20 not gainsay her.
, Il don't wish to obey you, but l
have no choice. Put on this macin-
tosh, please, and cover yourself with
? this rubber-there, over US both.
: There's a shorter cut to the town If
, you will tell me IL there is a stile-
= just there il would be-to the right"
| YES"
/ Then we turn here and should
r reach Cravenford in three-quarters of
an hour. Hush" he said as she thank.
ed him. Trouble! am ashamed of
/ myself Don't make me feel more so.
( Tell me, If am not too curious, where
you are bound for?"
/ ITO London to-night-and to Amer
lea the day after tomorrow"
/ Tempest caught his breath. "You
4 mean you were serious! You came
? to England to see me, and are going
2 back on the first ship?"
| Yes" she said simply.
| I
Is all reporting work like that? Seven
a thousand mile for"
! "Success--yes," she finished. 81
suppose so. It seemed to them worth
it. / should. of course. have sue
ceeded."
4 "But you have travelled before-you
. know Europe"
J. "Oh. yes" she said. II was in
school in France. have Travelled, but
5 | have never been in England"
|, you must stay" he cried enthusl-
! asticly. 'England's garden-this
; county especially lovely. Why, Pen.
5 thuen castle is within two miles of
a me-Raynes and the forest of
b Raynes"
4 Il know" said his companion
a Here TO the west, low shelving TO the sea,
2 and she repeated one of Tempest's
< sonnets written 10 years before. Her
Q manner of speaking 1t was delightful
!. undeclamatory. understanding, and
|. simple.
/. He said nothing when she ceased
o lie did not speak again until they had
entered the small hamlet OF Craven
n ford and drew up to the station under
a red lantern that swung from the
caves in the rain.
Two men I'm raincoats stood smok
" ing their pipes under the roof shelter
d AT Tempest's Halo" one of them
came out to the platform edge
y "ls that you, Mr.. Tempest. sir?"
q "Yes, hold the mare, will you, Rams
a dnn?"
"There1l be no London train 10
. night, sir-a haccident Slug Norge,