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surprise. She had thought of this
Southern essay as a quickly passing
incident, a colorful chapter whose
page might any day be turned But
it was impossible to mistake his mean
ing. Clearly. he was deeply infatuated
with this Arcadian experience and had
no thought at present but to continue
it indefinitely.
They were passing the entrance Of a
cherry-bordered lane, and without TAX
ing his hands from the gear, he
nodded toward the low broad-eaved
dwelling with it's Towering arbors that
showed in flashing glimpses of brown
and red between the intervening trees.
THE palace of the queen!" he said
Rosewood. by name
She looked in some curiosity Clear
ly, if not a refuge of genteel poverty,
neither was it the abode Of wealth:
so, from her assured rampant of the
Fargo millions, Katharine reflected
complacently. The girl was a local
favorite, of course-he had been tact
full as to that. 1t was fortunate in a
way, that he had not seen her, Katha-
rine, In the grand stand until after
ward. Feeling toward her as she be-
lieved he did, with his absurd direct
ness, he would have been likely to
drop the rose in her lap, never re-
fiecting that. the tourney being local
function, the choice should not fall up
on an outlander.
The slowing of the car brought her
back to the present, and she looked
up to see before them the great gate Of
GLADDEN. Hall. She did not speak till
they had quite stopped.
Then, as her hand lay in his for
farewell, You are right in your de-
cision," she said softly. This is your
place. You are a Valiant of Virginia.
l didn't realize II before, but am be-
ginning to see all it means to you"
Her voice held a lingering indefin-
able quality that was almost sadness,
and for that one slender instant, she
opened on him the unmasked batteries
of her glorious gray eyes.
The tournament ball at Damory
Court that night was more than an
event. The old mansion was an ire.
sistible magnet. The floor of its yell
low parlor was known to be OF delecta-
bic hugeness. It's gardens we're a le-
gend. The whole place, moreover, was
STEPPED in the very odor OF old mys-
terry and new romance. Small wonder
that to this particular affair the elect
the major was the high custodian
OF the. rolls, his decisions being as the
laws of the Medes and Persians-came
gaily from the farthest county line,
and the big houses of the neighbor.
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whole field was SO still that he could
hear the hoofs of the file of knights
behind him. The people were on their
feet
The mounted herald blew his blast.
by the Majesties of st. Michael and
ST. George" he proclaimed. II declare
the Knight of the Crimson Rose the
victor of this our tourney. and do
charge him now to choose his Queen
of Beauty, that all may do her hom-
age!"
Shirley saw the horse coming down
the line, it's rider bareheaded now,
and her heart began to race wildly.
Beyond wanting him to take part, she
had not thought She looked about
her, suddenly dismayed. People were
smIITng at her anu clapS1ng meIr
hands. From the ctner end of the
stand she saw Nancy Chalmers throw
ing her kiss, and beside her tall
pale girl in champagne-color staring
through a jeweled lorgnette.
She was conscious all at once that
the flanneled rider was very close
that his pike-point. with its
big red blossom. was stretching up to
her.
With the rose in her hand she curt
sled to him. while the blurred throng
cheered itself hoarse. and the band
struck up You Great Big Beautiful
DOLL" with extraordinary rapture, to
the tune of which the noise finally sub
sided to a battery Of hilarious con-
gratulations which left her flushed and
a little breathless. Nancy Chalmers
and Betty Page had burst upon her
like petticoated whiriwinds and pres
emily, when the crowd had lessened,
the Judge came to introduce his visi-
tor.
"Mr. Fargo and his daughter are our
guests at GLADDEN. Hail." he told her.
They are old friends Of Valiants, by
the way; they knew him in New
York"
''Katharine's lighting her incense
now, | guess" observed Silas Fargo.
See there!" He pointed across the
stand. where stood a willowy tan fig
ulC, OHt manu- btIhOlluS W luc SOu'
course below. where Valiant stood the
center of shifting group, round which
the white bulldog, mad with recovered
liberty, tore in eccentric circles.
AS they looked, she called softly
John, Johni"
Shirley saw him start and face
about, then come quickly toward her
amazement and welcome in his eyes.
AS Shirley turned away little later
with the major, that whispering voice
seemed to sound in her ears-"John!
john" There smote her suddenly the
thought that when he had chosen her
his Queen of Beauty, he had not seen
the other-had not known she was
there.
A few moments before the day had
been golden; she went home through
a landscape that somehow seemed to
have lost its brightest glow.
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CHAPTER XIV.
Katharine Qecidea.

Katharine left the field of Runny-
mede with John Valiant in the dun
colored motor. She sat in the drivers
seat beside him, while the bulldog ca
pered, ecstatically barking, from side
to side of the rear cushions. Her
father had declined the honor, remark
ing that he considered a professional
chauffeur a sufficient risk of his valua-
BILE life and that the Chalmers grays
were good enough for him-a decision
which did not wholly displease Katha-
rine.
The car was not the smart Pan.
hard in which she had so often spun
down the avenue or along the she'll
roads of the north shore. 1t lacked
those fin-de-siecle appurtenances which
marked the ne plus ultra of it's kind,
as her observant eye recognized; but
it ran staunch and true The powerful
hands that gripped the steering wheel
were brown with sun and wind, and
the handsome face above it had look
of keenness and energy she had never
surprised before. They passed many
vehicles and there were few whose oc-
cupants did not greet him. In fact,
as he presently remarked, it was q
saving of energy to keep his hat off;
and he tossed the Panama into the
rear seat. On the rim of the village
group raised a cheer to which he
nodded laughingly, and further on q
little old lady on a timid vine-colored
porch beside church, waved a black.
mitted hand to him with sweet old
time gesture. Katharine noted that he
bowed to her with extra care.
That's Miss Matte Sue Mabry," he
said, the quaintest, dearest thing you
ever saw. She taught my father his
letters"
Where the Red Road stretched level
before them, he threw the throttle
open for a long rush through the
thymy-scented air. The light, late
afternoon breeze drew by them. sweep
ing back Katharine's graceful sinuous
veil and spraying them with odors of
clover and sunny fruit. They passed
orchard clumps bending with young
apples, boundless aisles of green,
young-tasseled corn and shadowy
groves that smelled of fern and sassa-
fras, opening out into more sunlighted
vistas overarched by the intense pene-
trable of the June sky.
John Valiant had never seemed to
her so wholly good to see. with his
waving hair ruffling in their flight and
the westering sun shining redly on his
face. Midway of this squirt he looked
at her to say: did you ever know a
more beautiful countryside? See how
the pink-and-yellow of those grain
fields fades into the purple of the hills.
Very few painters have ever captured
tint like that. It's like raspberries
crushed In curdled milk
I've quite lost my heart to II all"
she said. her voice jolting with the
speed of their course. IT'S perfect
pastoral so different from
our terrific city pace. OF
course 1t must be a trifie dull at times
seeing the same people al
, ways and without the thea
ter and the opera and the whirl about
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CHAPTER XIII.
The Knight of the Crimson Rose.

The Knight of the Crimson Rose.
The row of horsemen had halted in
a curving line before the grand stand,
holding a parchment scroll, spurred
before each rider in turn, demanding
his title. AS this was given he
whirled to proclaim it, accompanying
each evolution with blast on his
horn. Knight of the Golden Spur"
Knight Of Castlewood," Lord Of
Brandon" "Westover's Knig h t."
knight of the Silver Cross: the
names, fanciful, or those Of family es-
tates, fell on John Valiant's ear with
a pungent flavor of medievalism. He
started as he became aware that the
rider next him had answered and that
the herald had paused before him.
Knight of the Crimson Rose!" 1t
sprang to his lips without forethought,
an echo, perhaps. Of the improvised
sash and the flower in his hat-band,
but the shout of the herald and the
trumpet's blare seemed to make the
words fairly bulge with inevitability
palled feeling that he had really
spoken Shirley's name, and that every
one had heard He could not see her
face, and clutched his lance fiercely
to overcome an insane desire to stoop
hideously in his saddle and peer un-
der the shading hatbrim. Lest he
should do this, he fastened his eyes
determinedly on the major, who now
proceeded to deliver himself of the
charge to the Knights"
The major made an appealing CEN
ter to the charming picture as he
stood on the green turf, the glass
of fashion and the mold of FORM" his
head bare, his shock of blond-gray
hair thrown back, and one hand thrust
between the buttons of his snowy
waistcoat His rich bass voice rolled
out to the farthest corner OF the field:
"Sir knights:
"The tournament to which we are
gathered today is to us traditional; a
rite of antiquity and a monument of
ancient generations. This relic of the
jousts of the Field of the Cloth-of-
Gold points us back to an era OF
knightly deeds, fidelity to sacred trust,
obligation to duty and loyalty to wom-
an-the watchwords of true knight
hood.
I'VE like to think that when our
forefathers, offspring of men who es
tablished chivalry came from over
seas they brought with them not only
this ancient play, but the precepts II
symbolizes. We may be proud, In
deed, knowing that this is no hollow
ceremonial. but an earnest that the
flower of knighthood has not withered
In the world. that in an age when the
greed of gold was never so dazzling
the spirit of true gallantry has not
faded but blooms luxuriant in the
sparkling dews of the heart Of this
commonwealth
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|TheVaIiants|
|efVirginia|
Copyright, 1919. by Bobbs-Msrrili 90.
SYNOPSIS.
BY
Halle Erminie
Rives
Mrs. Post Wheeler,
Illustrated BY Lauren Stout

CHAPTER John Valiant. a rich So
ciety favorite. suddenly discovers that the
Valiant corporation. which his father
founded and which was the principal
source Of his wealth. has failed.
CHAPTER II-He voluntarily turns
over his private fortune to the receiver
Tor the corporation.
CHAPTER Hills entire remaining
possessions consist of an old motor car,
a white bull dog and Damory court. a
neglected estate in Virginia.
CHAPTER Iv-He learns that this es-
tate came into the family by royal grant
and has been In the possession or the
Valiants ever since.
CHAPTER Won the way to Damory
court he meets Shirley cambridge. an au-
burn-haired beauty, and decides that he
Is going to like Virginia immensely.
CHAPTER vI-An old negro tells Shir-
leys fortune and predicts great trouble
Tor her on account OF man.
CHAPTER vII-Uncle Jefferson. an old
negro. takes Valiant to Damory court.
CHAPTER vIII-Shirley's mother Mrs.
cambridge. and Major Bristow exchange
"reminiscences during which II Is revealed
that the major. Valiant's father and a
man named Sassoon. were rivals for the
hand OF Mrs cambridge In her youth.
SdSSOOn ana valiant tOugnt a uuel on neI
account in which the former was killed.
CHAPTER IX-valiant finds Damory
court overgrown with weeds and creep
ers and the buildings In very much
neglected condition Uncle Jefferson and
his wife, Aunt Daphne, are engaged as
servants.
CHAPTER X-Valiant explores his an
cestral home. He is surprised by fox
hunting party which invades his estate.
He recognizes Shirley at the head Of the
party.
CHAPTER XI-He gives sanctuary to
the cornered fox Gossips discuss the ad-
vent of the new owner and recall the
tragedy In which the elder Valiant took
part.
CHAPTER XII-Valiant decides to re-
habilitate Damory court and make the
land produce living for him.
CHAPTER XIII-He meets Shirley. who
has been gathering flowers on the Valiant
estate, and reveals his identity to her
CHAPTER XIV-Valiant saves Shirley
from the bite of a snake. which bites him.
Knowing the deadlness of the bite, Shir-
ley sucks the poison from the wound and
saves his life
CHAPTER Xv-Shirley tells her mother
of the incident and the latter Is strangely
moved at hearing that Valiant is again
living at Damory court.
CHAPTER XVI-Valant learns some
of the history of his family from Doctor
Southall and Major Bristow.
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lie guided ner TO a corridor, where
branches of rhododendron screened an
alcove of settees and seductive cush-
ions. Here. her WEAKNESS seemed put
to rout There was no dropping OF
fringed lids, no dlsconcerting ST.
lences; she chartered with ease and
piquancy.
Il have been listening to paeans all
the evening"" she said. And you de-
serve them. It's a fine big thing you
are attempting-the restoring of this
old estate. And kEow you have even
bigger plans, too"
He nodded, suddenly serious and
thoughtful There's a lot I'd like to
do. It's not only the house and
grounds. There are other
things. For instance, back on the
mountain-on my own land-is a set
Element they call He'll ls-Half-Acre.
Probably It has we'll earned the
name. It's a wretched collection Of
novels and surly men and drabs of
women and unkempt children, the
poorest of poor-whites. Not one Of
them can read or write, and they live
like animals. If I'm ever able, mean
to put Misunderstanding school up
there. And then"
He ended with half laugh, sudden
ly conscious that he was talking in a
language she would scarcely under
stand-in fact, in tongue new to him
self But there was no smile on her
line opd har avtraordiporv avac-cooJ
gray, shot through with emerald
were looking into his with frankness
and sympathy he would not have
guessed lay beneath her glacial pla-
cidity.
To Katharine, indeed, it made little
difference what philanthropic fads the
man she had chosen might affect as
regarded his tenantry. Ambitions like
these had a manorial flavor that did
not displease her. And the Fargo mil
lions would bear much harmless ham
mering. A change, subtle and incom-
municable, passed over her.
81 shall think Of you," she sighed,
"as working on in this splendid pro-
gram For it is splendid. But New
York will miss you, John"
"Ah, no. I've no delusions on that
score. | dare say I'm almost forgotten
there already. Here | have place"
Her head, leaned back against the
cushion, turned toward him, the pale
orchids trembling on her bosom-she
was so near that he could feel her
breath on his cheek A new waltz
had begun to sigh it's languorous meas
ures.
"Place?" she queried. "Do you think
you had no place there? Is it possible
that you do not understand that your
going has left-a void?"
He looked at her suddenly, and her
eyes fell Before he answered, how
ever, the big form Of Major Bristow
appeared, looking about him.
1T has-left a void" she said, her
eyes still downcast, her voice just low
enough, for me-"
The major pounced upon them at
this juncture, feelingly accusing John
of the nefarious design of robbing the
assemblage of it's bright and partic-
ular star. When Katharine put her
hand in her cavaliers arm, her eyes
were dewy under their long shading
lashes and her fine lips ever so little
Continued on 18th Page.
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CHAPTER XIV.
BY the Sun-Dial.

Eyes arched with fan-shielded whis-
pers. and fair faces, foreshortened as
they turned back over powder-white
shoulders. followed their swallowlike
movement. From an overwhelming
circle of masculine devotees Katharine
Fargo watched them with a smile that
cloaked an increasing and unwelcome
question.
Katharine had never looked more
handsome a critical survey Of her
mirror at GLADDEN. Hall had assured
her Of that. Never had her poise been
more superb, her toilet more enraptur-
ing. She was exquisitely gowned in
rose-colored mousseline-de-soie, en-
hroidered in tiny brilliants laid on in
Greek patterns. From her neck, in a
single splendid loop Of iridescence
against the rosy mist, depended those
fabulous pearls-"the kind you sim
ply can't believe" as Betty Page con-
paper reproduction (actual diameter)
metropolitan shop-girls had been wont
to gaze with glistening eyes; and with
in their milky circlet, on her rounded
breast, trembled three pale gold-veined
orchids
Watching that quadrille through her
dropping emerald-tinted eyes, she had
received a sudden enlightening impress
sion of Shirley's flawless beauty. At
the tournament her fieeting glimpse
had adjudged the other merely sweetly
pretty. The Chalmers surrey had
stopped en- route for Shirley, but in
her wraps and veil she had then been
all but invisible. This had been Kath-
arine's first adequate view and the
sight of her radiant charm had the
effect almost of a blow.
For Katharine, be it said, had wholly
surrendered to the old, yet new, at
traction that had swept her on the
tourney field. And what had lain al
ways in the back Of her mind as half
formed intention, had become a self
admitted purpose during the motor
ride.
In another moment the waltz tainted
out, to be succeeded by duex-temps,
and presently the host, In his crimson
cloak, was doffing his plumed hat be-
fore her. Circling the polished floor
in the maze, there was something
gratefully like former days in the as
sured touch, the true and ready guild
ance. The intrusive question faded
He was the John Valiant she had al
ways known, Of flashing repartee and
graceful compliment, yet with touch
Of dignity, too-as befitted the lord
of a manor-which sat well upon him.
After a decorous dozen Of rounds. she
took his arm and allowed her perfect
figure to be conducted through the
various rooms of the ground floor,
chatting in quite the old-time way, till
a new gallant claimed her.
The mellow strings made on their
merry tune, and at length the Wash
ington Post marched all in flushed
unity Of purpose to the great muslin
walled porch with its array Of tables
groaning under viands concocted by
Aunt Daphne for the delectation of
the palate-weary.
And then once more the waltz-strain
supervened and In the yellow parlor
Joy was again unconfned.
Again Valiant claimed Katharine
and they glided OF on The Beautiful
Danube" Her paleness now had q
tinge of color, bat nevertheless he
thought she dropped. You are tired"
he said, "shan't we sit II out?"
"Oh, do you mind" she responded
gratefully. 1T has been fairly siren
uous day hasat IT,"
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Los Angeles, Nov. 29.-Barney Old
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road race, run Thursday Edward
O'DonnelI, who had been awarded that
position being forced back into third
place by the revised figures.
The corrected time for Eddie Pullen
winner Of the race, was announced as
3:2s:U2. This gave him an average
of S7.75 miles an hour for the entire
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