The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-17

could puL EOSe the most DedutiiHl
woman Of those times. OF course
Manners could not come to Haddor
Hall to see his charrner. However.
there were servant who could be
bribed in those days as we'll as in these
and love laughed at locksmiths then
as now. Many a secret meeting did
Dorothy and her loevr have beneath
the great oaks Of the Chase Of Had
don, where they carved each others
initials on the bark of the trees and
swore eternal fidelity to each other.
My dear Dora" said Sir George to
her one day. 1t is high time you be-
gan to think Of marriage. Many suit
ors have been here seeking you hand
but, child, you seem hard to suit. Now,
/ viii pick a husband for you. You
will please to marry Sir James STAN
ley. son and heir Of the Earl of Derby"
4 will not marry the son Of the Earl
of Derby replied Dorothy. 4 will
only marry with the man / love-and
l do not love Sir James Stanley
"Wench! wench.' cried the old man
in a rage, take care what it's you say.
You cannot deceive your father. There
is more in this than seems. What
s~pringald ave you got into your pref
ty head now Who is it? Stanley
is about the tenth man l have pro-
posed for you ard never yet was maid
en- SO hard to suit but had already
made her choice. But come, daugh-
tCiS lily - SooIS- lou IL T. d kODu
girl. after all, though too much Of
your father in You to be managed
easily. Come, tell me who the gallant
is, and if he is Of suitable birth
why, TAX my blessing along with him,
my Dora"
Dorothy bllshed, but locke her
father straight in the eyes as she re-
piled: "Well. sir, what say YOU to Sir
John Manners? Surely he is Of suf-
ficiently noble BIRTH The old man
sprang from his great chair Of carved
oak SO impulsively that he sent a great
crystal glass crashing to the floor. His
face became purple with rage, and his
feelings SO overcame him hat for a
minute he could not speak. Then he
sank back, pale and trembling and
said in a shaken voice: Surely, Dora
you do not jest with me-? Say that
it is a jest, my girl-say that it is a.
jest and I will forgive you" Il have
seen Sir John Manners-and. father,
we love each other" Where did you
meet Sir John Manners asked the
knight at length in a calm voice,
which was all the more terrible for its
caImness. 1T was quite by accident"
replied Dorothy. Il was out hawking
and became separated from the COM
pany. My horse got the bit in his
mouth and ran away with me. A
strange knight came riding out Of the
wood and caught my horse by the
''ANASB Ah1 LII III 1oOe d little
way back with me until I again came
IN sight of my companions. It was
Sir John Manners; he was visiting
in the neighborhood."
And have You seen him since?"
asked the night. Yes" returned Dor
othy stoutly, and shall see him again.
shall marry Sir John Manners-or
NOBODY. What was your promise, Sir
George Vernon-was it not that if the
man selected was Of fitting birth you
would consent to our nuptials? Say,
was it not SO ?"
Sir George, ignoring the question,
arose from his seat, and with his hands
clasped chino him walked RAPIDLY
up and down the apartment as he
continued: Were your mother alive.
my pretty rebel. she might know how
to deal with thee. Manners! That
hated race, the deadly foes of me and
ne-Re But l know how to deal
with thee, Dorothy. A rebeliious
child is a sore grief to her old father,
but 1 will tame that spirit Of thine If
locks and bars there are enough in
fiaedon. let him beware how he ven
lures within my power. Ho. there.
Nan Maxim. Conduct your lady to
her chamber-no. not to her cham
Der, but to the chamber near the cross
bow room. And see that she leaves it
no. uat,l my further orders Ho.
there, Giles cross1nan.i Take your post
IN the gallery leading to the crossbow
room and let no one pass to Lady
Dorothy's chamber except Malkin-to
or from 1t, do you hear"
Dorothy dropped a low curtsy to
her ireful father and then, with head
erect, swept from the room without
another word. followed. by her attend
ant. The room to which Dorothy
was conducted. and which was to
form her prison. was a chamber over
looking the terrace1 garden and the
extensive chase toward Haddon Hill.
There was to it one wiHdow heavily
barred and set in a deep recess in
the of the wall. That night
Sir john Manners waited in ain for
Dorothy Vernen ben cath the trusting