The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1913-08-07

mother treated with such unbOunded
reverence. The duke-as they suppos-
ed he was-upon the invitation of Mr..
Gardner made himself at home at the
Gardner house, and. though he neither
made nor tried to make any Roadway
with Margaret, she always received
him cordially. But an American wife
was not his object. One day while In
Mr. Gardners office he began to abuse
the mails, which were so ''confounded
slow, you know" He had ordered a
thousand pounds sent him from Eng
land month before. and surely there
had been plenty of time for reply.
Mr.. Gardner at once volunteered to
supply him with any amount that
would serve to meet his present needs.
But the duke" declared that he could
wait few days longer. At the end of
that time, when his friend insisted on
furnishing what he needed, Mr.. Gard
her drew note for $500 and handed
II to the former to get it cashed.
But ! don't need so much," said
Morton.
"As you like" replied Gardner.
well, since you insist upon it." said
the Englishnan, perhaps we had bet.
ter make 1t thousand, and when my
draft comes I'll indorse 1t over to you
Just as it stands
Notwithstanding that $1,000 was no
great matter to Gardner, he was rath.
er taken aback at a stranger accept
ing SO large loan from him. Morton
cashed the note and said he would go
and put it into bank. He was max.
ing for railway station when whom
should he meet face to face but Loris
ton.
Hello, Mortonr'
Morton replied to the salute by turn
ing pale and stammering a reason for
his being there, just as If Loriston had
asked the question. His former en-
ployer, whom he had left so suddenly,
grew suspicious.
Have you found a position here?"
asked Loriston.
mo, my lord"
Loristcn looked at him critically,
then said:
Come with me to my hotel. wish
to talk with you"
Morton was In q hole He should
have avoided one of Americas great
cities which Loriston was sure to visit
and, II they met. would surely expose
any game Morton might be playing
In Loriston's room at his hotel, after
considerable cross questioning, Morton
agreed that If Loriston would permit
him to undo what he had done with
out prosecution he would make a clean
breast of it. Loriston promised, and
Morton, laying the money he had just
obtained on table before Loriston,
told the whole story.
There was lying dormant in Loriston
a spirit of adventure he had inherited
from an ancestor who had fought un-
der the sultan of Turkey, sailed under
the great Drake and, having been ship
wrecked in the Pacific ocean, had been
made king of one of the islands there.
Loriston asked Morton to accompany
him to the Office of Mr.. Gardner,
which he had just left, and introduce
him as his secretary just arrived from
England with his $1,000 and return
the money. That was all Morton was
to do except to go on playing his game
without making any more loans-and
treat Loriston as his secretary.
OF course this return Of funds so
quickly placed Morton's pretentions on
a firm footing, and, since the secreta-
ry, Mr.. Arbuckle. appeared to be gen.
tlemanly fellow. the duke was asked
to bring him to the house. When Mr..
Gardner informed his wife Of this un-
doubted proof of the formers genuine
ness she exclaimed: II told you 30
Just as if don't know breeding when
/ see itp And when Mr. Afbuckle ap-
peared at the house with hs chief
Miss Margaret declared that the secre-
tary was more like duke than the
duke himself
Holding a term in state prison over
Morton, Loriston found is easy to keep
him up to his part. The earl found
in Margaret Gardner one whose intel
lectual endowments and soundness OF
Judgment gave him a clearer insight
into American methods than he had
derived from men whose opinions were
greatly respected. This induced an in
timacy which. throwing the duke out
in the cold, produced contention in the
Gardner family Mr. Gardner's brow
lowered. while Mrs. Gardner stormed.
Then one day the duke took his de-
parture. leaving his secretary to fol-
low him. Mrs. Gardner's chagrin
brought on At Of sickness, and she
took to her bed Then the secretary
departed, but in a few weeks reappear-
ed. One morning, Margaret finding
her father and mother together, said
to them:
"That man Morton isn't duke or a
marquis. He isn't an earl or knight.
He is a swindler. This Mr., Arbuckle
Is John Arbuckle, Earl Of Loriston, and
he has asked me to be his wife"
"For heavens sake" cried Mrs. Gard
ner, "has the child gone daftY'
what nonsenseV exclaimed the
father "If Morton had been a swim
| dIar uuould ha have raturnad ma rho