Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-07-24
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Rogers lady was . Caldwell"

Rogers lady was . Caldwell"
Merton Caldwell found his welcor.
singularly unaffected and warm. Ans,
a pleasant evening he was invited ~
make the castle his headquarters snd
the upshot was that. a week later h.
was still a guest there, and his hoe,
the squire. resolutely refused N ia,
him depart. at least until the relat,on.
ship had been cleared up.
Il think" he said. that yor ana
Lucy are twenty-ninth cousins"
Lucy was the most delightful cons.
in he had ever had.
She proved a mine OF genealogv
why. l do believe didn't finish
that story of the legend" she sald one
day, when they stood sid. by side a,
the tomb. You know Lady Brow no
was really a bad woman. She ran
away to Lyonesse. in the west soma.
where-a mythical country tar ONT in
the Atlantic-while Sir Roger was in
the Holy Land. When he came back
he prophesied that in eight hundred
years she would come back IN him
and he would recognize her and rise
out OF the grave and pardon her.
But | must say 1t doesn't look as
though he was going to fulfill hls
promise. for eight hundred years were
up five years ago"
The glamor OF the English country.
side bewitched Caldwell lie couIa
have lived there forever. But the
short vacation was drawing toward ia
end And singular difficulty was
troubling him.
He loved Lucy. A shy. reserved
man. lie had never thought OF mar
rlage until her sweet face and pleas
ant. simple ways attracted him.
| Would she come back with him. OR
should he lbandon everything. settls
In England. and trust TO being able
TO succeed there and to maintain her
In her accustomed manner II life!
That night he dreamed OF her among
the garden flowers. he seemed 10 see
In them the renewal OF the ancient
league between the two families; he
wandered through the castle grounds,
happy In his newly found resolution.
There was a newcomer at dnner-a
Caldwell. lie was young fellow lust
down from Cambridge and evidently
an old friend
I'D have known you for a Caldwell
any day" he said To Merton DO you
know you are the exact Image OF Sir
Roger"
Why. so he is" exclaimed the
squire. How otd-how extraordlnart
ly odd, Don't you see IL. Lucy"
Everybody did. and the recognition
seemed an omen to Merton Perhaps
he. then. was the old knight. re born
TO win his lady In a new world. to
wipe out the unhappiness OF the past
He would speak to Lucy that e,en-
ing
After dinner the squire took him
aside. Il ought TO tell YOU he said.
innocently. that Mr.. Caldwell and
Lucy are TO be married next autumn
They have been engaged for year
So II they are a little inhospitabls
you-you'il understand. eh7"
Yes" answered Merton. dismally
An hour later he was In the Nor
man church. beside the tomb. How
soon his hopes had been dashed down.
What he had taken for da~ning love
was nothing but friendship. sincere
and unaffected. He must not betray
himself. He must leave on the NOR
row.
A beam OF moonlight broke through
cleft In the wall and shone full upon
the figures OF stone. II liz up the an
Client lady's marble face. and. as II
did so. Caldwell started back with an
exclamation OF amazement
The face OF the knight was his-so
much he had seen. But that OF the
lady was-not Lucys. but Miss
Browns. The family type had been
re-created In her as though those
eight centuries had been wiped out
, completely.
There she lay. the little schoolmis
tress, with her delicate features 'he
4 effigy OF her who had wandered away
[ TO Lyonesse-a mythical country Tar
I out in the Atlantic" -.
/. Then the full Significance OF the oia
story struck Caldwell like hghthinb
!, fash. II was coincidence. OF COURSE
n he did not believe that the legend was
"A 10 Ue IuiIiileO III tneHi' '"N -
a first time he thought OF Miss Brown
his friend OF five summers, patient
=, lovable: he remembered her face 'na'
;, day she said good-by. and her man,
!, whipped back by the wind.
> Half an hour afterward he was o'u,
;, ding his host goodby In the nan VI
, the castle.
"A business matter. and posllNe'
not to be avoided" he explained. Zee
- | take the early morning tram !" ~
- up before you are down -,
=, IL Miss Lucy had guessed MS 'ev'
INK she would have thought heis .,'
n mistaken when she looked in'o us
a. frank face.
:, Il hope you will both be very na =,
w. py," he said And perhaps the olu :, :,
- lance between the Brownies ana O"D
10 wells will be repeated many .'"e
"a They did not quite understand a.
4. til they received his wcddihs "'