Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-16

sition and rank isn't girl and she real
ly can't ride with the lads of my sta,
Bile"
So Lady Diana, in the warm rebellion
of youth, at the first trammeling appear
ance of that convention which ultimately
molds us all until we lose our little dis
tinguishing essence and become as so
many peas. was irritated by this abrupt
separation from the things of her child
hood
In PeeVlsh Mood
Hence this finely strung, perhaps ordi-
narly too emotionless, young English
woman took the highest and toughest of
the obstacles in her course as she fol
lowed in the wake of the Beverley hounds
For the hounds were not the features of
a hunt, but merely out on one OF their
exercising expeditions, when to keep
their scent in" they were permitted to
range for trails under the guidance of
whips.
One of the obstacles which Lady Diana
took that morning was a stone fence that
separated the lands of Falconhurst from
the property of the Earl of Brancaster, in
the midst of which stood the old stone
tower, Rcvers. AS her hunter cleared
well with all tours the fencing and for
a moment trespassed upon the lands of
one regarded by the simple folk Of York
shire as the wicked earl the girl looked
toward the rocky heights accentuated by
the feudal tower, continuing to the eye
! the long ascent of stone upward.
To her mood of the moment while Rlc-
vers appeared less barren and more the
abode of a human being, stiI there was
the sinister atmosphere of a place of i'll
omen, which was not decreased by an
open window and the movement Of
hanging at one of the easements in the
more modern part Of the structure
Even with the evidences of home life
about the tower-which there were not
| the place would have worn its air of sui
len tragedy. its seeming appearance Of
center radiating unwholesome forces
TIE Fathers Plan.
Then as she cantered along over
level expanse skirting the eminence upon
which Ricvers stood and cast a glance
upward occasionally, Lady Diana thought
of what her grandfather had told her
when she was u child 1t was shortly
after the death in the service of her
father. and the death of his comrade,
Robert, the Earl of Brancaster, in the
same Indian engagement. Her father and
Brancaster, sire of the present Brancas-
ter, had planned that the little Lady
Diana and the young Hubert should unite
the fortunes and lands of the two almost
princeIy houses. But her father had been
killed and his father too.
| The young earl, without the depressing
authority Of a parent, had begun life as
| a boy with too much money and no sense
/ of responsibility. His mother had died
/ soon after he was born. He had not
/ been "a bad natured lad, but as a little
! boy he had been precOcious What. under
/ proper training, would have been clean
clear, pure craftsmanship as thorough as
/ that of Lady Diana herself became in
| him a mere gaming spirit He gambled
with nice observance Of etiquette and Of
! honor but still he dehed chance AS a
result he got into the hands Of the money
! lenders and what wasn't entailed was
mort gagged
There were women, too, in this young
mans life but Of these Lady Diana knew
nothing. But though they came and went.
/ they never seemed to have penetrated to
/ the core Of the young Hubert to infect
/ him with the virus Of diseased imagiua-
/ ton. The boy seemed asleep and too
good natured to put his house In order.
] His friends predicted that If he ever real
| ly aroused himself he would rid himself
Of them effectively, clearly and finally
The Excited jockeys.
Diminishing the supposedly dissolute.
young belted earl from her thoughts. Lady
Diana came TO the last fence which sep
| arated her from the glen i'm which the
! Falconsuhrst kennels and stables stood.
From the level plateau Immediately above
the glen there hoated down to her the
| shouts Of the lads on the backs Of the
prides Of the marquis stables. Beverley