The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-01-31
The Man
From
brodney'S
By GEORGE BARR
M'CUTCHEON
Copyright. 1905. by Dodd. Mead q Co.
CHAPTER NXXIII.
A TOAST TO The PAST.

L 1 once more, out lllS time not ON
. voyage into the mysterious
south seas. They no longer were in
terested in the island Of Japat, except
as a reminiscence. nor were they con
cerned in the vagaries Of TasweIl
Skaggs' will.
The estate was settled-clOsed.
Two months have passed since the
Depping CHAINS departed from Japat.
for good and all" Many events have
come to pass since that memorable
day. not the least Of which was the
excha nging Of $500. 900, less attorneys
and executors fees. Lady Depping-
ham and Robert Browne divided that
amount of money and passed into
legal history as the late claimants to
the estate Of Taswell Skaggs."
1t was Sir John BrOdneyS enter
prise. He saw the way out Of the
difficulty. and he acted as pathfinder
TO the other and less perceiving coun-
sellers, all Of whom had looked for
ward to an endless controversy.
The business Of the Japat company
and all that it entailed was trans
ferred by agreement to a syndicate
Never before was there such a stu
pendous deal in futures.
The grandchildren of the testatOrs
were ready TO accept the best settle
ment that could be obtained Theirs
was rather forlorn hope to begin
with. When 1t was proposed that
Agnes Deppingham and Robert
Browne should accept $3.50. 600 apiece
in lieu Of all claims, moral or legal.
against the estate, they leaped at the
chance.
They had seen but little OF each 9th
er since landing In England. except as
they were thrown together at the con
ferences. Lady Agnes went in for
every diversion Imaginable. For n
wonder, she dragged Deppinghan with
her on all occasions. 1t was n most
unexpected transformation. Their
friends were puzzled. The rumOr went
about town that she was in love with
her husband.
As for Bobby Browne. he was devO-
ton itself to Drusila. They sailed for
New York within three days after the
settlement was effected. ignoring the
enticements Of a London season. The
Brownies were rich. He could now be
come fashionable specialist They
were worth nearly million and a
| quarter in American dollars. They
| now had nothing in common with TaS
well Skaggs Skaggs is not n pretty
| name
| Mr. Britt afterward spent three
| weeks Of incessant travel on the CON
| hnent and an additional seven days at
| sea. In Baden-Ba he happened
apon Lord and Lady Deppingham. 1t
| will be recalled that in Japat they
had always professed an unholy aver
| sion for Mr. Britt Is it cause for
| wonder. then. that they declined his
invitation to dine In Baden-Baden: He
even proposed to invite their entire
| party, which included a few dukes and
duchesses who were leisurely on their
| way to attend the long talked Of nup,
| tials in Thorberg at the end OF June.
| In Vienna the Deppinghams We're
joined by the Duchess of ", the
| Warehouses of +. and other fash
ionables. In week all of them would
be in the castle at Thorberg for the
ceremony that now occupied the at
| teutlOn Oh Sotidl roy I-ulpIt-
And to think" said the duchess
"she might have died happily on that
| miserable island. am sure we did all
we could to bring it about by Steaming
away from the place with the plague
chasing us. Dear me- how diaboliCally
those wretches lied to the marquis
They said that every one in the cha
teau was dead. Lady Derpingham. and
buried. II am not mistaken. 1t would
be much better for poor Genevra il
she were to be buried instead of mar
ried next week. lamented the Ouch
eSs.
"Other women have married prince:
and got on very we'll" SAID Prince
Lichtenstein.
"Oh, come now. prince" put in Lord
Deppingham: you know the sort o
! chap Brabetz is. There are prince
and princes. by Jove."
Hes positively vile." exclaimed the
duchess. who would not minCe words.
shes entering upon hell of al
mean n life of he'll" exploded tn,
duke banging the table with his fist
That fellow Brabetz IS the rotteneS1
thing in Europe. He's gone from had
TO worse so swiftly that public Opin
ion is still months behind him"
Nice way to talk Of the groom
said the host genially. Il quite aGre
with you. however cannot under
stand the grand duke permitting ii T.
go on unless, Of course. it's too late I,
interfere"
Poor dear. She'll never know VIVA
II is to be loved and cherished" sal,
the warehouses dolefuily.
Lord and Lady Deppingham glanced
at each other They were thinning o
the man who stood on the dock n
Arafat when the Kings Own sale,
away.
The grand duke IS probably sayins
the very thing 10 himself that Era
betZ's associates are saying IL lubli.
ventured a young Austrian count
What IS that. pray
THAT the prince won't live NOR
than six months He's physi"a
wreck today and a nervous one toe
Take my word for II. he will he
creeping. imbecile thing inside IF hal
year-locomotor ataxia and all thai