The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-07-08
CHAPTER vll-Continued.

Miss Carew wore now cheeks that
rivaled any red in her wardrobe.
"Ah, yes" nodded her ladyship with
q sort of satisfaction that had no ring
OF pleasure in II. They stood looking
at each other through the mist that
few about their charming forms In
little gusts OF broken clouds, the
dampness softening their tint and
crisping the ends of Lucy's hair.
you will find the castle open.
daresay" Lady Ormond gave a cool
laugh. 81 did not! and yet l am an
habituee,"
ASK Mr.. Tempest to show you the
empire roon-it's a biiou," she said.
maliciously.
As the Americans dignity impressed
itself upon the Englishwoman by her
silence. her maidenliness, by her
mounting color. and her angry yet I'M
ashamed eyes. with keen penetra-
ton fitting Tempests enigmatical re-
mark to the lady:
Tell me-your name Is Lucy?'
why do you ask"
Lady Ormond shrugged. Il am
Lady Ormond." she said as IL to COM
plete the introduction. "a very old
friend of Mr.. Tempest's, and he has
spoken to me OF you"
The words did their work Lady
Ormond saw that the blow she dealt
told.
'Good-by," she nodded. maliciously.
there's the horn" and SO 1t was. faint
and far away. She touched her horse
and rode into the mist. leaving Lucy
Carew trembling like leaf, for the
first time in her relations with Temp
est and Craven Inundated and
ashamed.
She went on. mechanically conscious
of having been dealt a suffering
wound.
He had spoken to this woman Of
her-calling her name to her! Oh.
what had she been doing! how mad
and fatuous and foolish she had been!
She would have turned then and fed.
II the fog had not lifted. as 1t does
absolutely for a second, and the great
mass of Craven risen before her. She
shuddered at It: for the first a mo-
mentary distaste. sickening jealousy.
displaced all the feelings OF the past
horses feet were on the damp earth
up to the very terrace steps: as for
herself, she was a pis-aller-a second
best No. she could not bear tit
was too humiliating. Even part of
Tempest had displaced the tender
memories Of lis youth to humor the
caprice of this woman. What part
did Lady ormond now play in his
life?
The castle was silent. Before her
cleaned the large door, its highly.
polished surface blurred here and
there by the mist that lay in little,
pearly lines along the carving. Lady
Ormonds hand had first touched the
knocker. or else the great door had
just opened to let her go VIGOROUSLY
forth.
To Lucy Carew her own behavior
appeared now in all its rash uncon,
ventionality. She saw the situation
as 1t should have declared itself be.
fore and she despised herself. What
was she doing here? The thought OF
Tempest came to her with so much
anguish. SO piercing was her knowl
edge of how much she loved him, that
she bit her lips, felt her cheeks burn
with shame. and sharply she turned to
leave Craven forever.
Here the rustic of leaves In the ter.
race close at hand made her con.
scious OF the indignity of a flight in
the sight possibly Of some servant to
whom she was already too familiar
and as she looked fur another refuge
the long window Of the empire room
caught her attention At sight Of the
room the last words Of Lady Ormond
came TO her ears She would 20 In il
4 we're open. leave the sonnets there
oo The table. and then slip away.
1ssa 70 the window knob and It yield