The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-12
CHAPTER VII

hnO IltntIng III Flhnderh thefe ar
number Of people left In Dnglant
In hand Although George Osborne wa
killed. Rawdon came out OF the battl,
unbarmed and by his bravery won c
r. 30 Miss Briggs, when she saw Raw
don's name In the Gazette, and how h,
had been not only decorated with thu
cross OF the Bath, but had been pro
NOTED to be = lieutenant colonel. whor
Miss Briggs saw this. she said to heI
dear Miss Crawley: win not Miss Craw
ley deisn to cast her eyes upon IN,
heroic soldier whose deeds have been in
scrlbed In tho annals OF his country,
glory and added luster to tho name o
Crawley7
Briggs. you are a fool" said the spin.
ster ''Rawdon rnwlcy has dragged tn,
name OF crawlcy through the mud Mar
rying n drawing masters and a danclnl
womans daughter indeedr' But there
came a letter. ostensibly from Hawdon
though Miss Crawlcy knew who wrot,
II well enough, accompanied by a pack
age In which wero a pair of French epau.
lets, a cross OF the Legion OF Honor and
the hlt OF broken sword. And the
letter told how all these trophies had
been captured by Rwdon upon III,
stricken field and he could think OF ne
better way Of disposlng OF them than tc
r'Hu tHtTl ONtt 10 MS urHf aunt,
The apinster caused Briggs 10 write
back a very gracious letter TO Rawdon
him for his relics. Becky had
captured every one Of them for few
pence anef tho battle when tho relic
hunters and makers Of relics began Il
so about Perhaps the old lady knew
this. nut letter from Becky via Raw
amused her. You poor
Hriggs." she said. don't you know that
Becky writes all Rawdon's lettcrs7 He
could no more write such n clever let
ter than YOU could yourself"
Since the departure Of Becky Sharp
that old wretch. Sir Pitt Crawlcy. had
given himself up entirely to his bad
to the great horror and scandal
pf the neighborhood, and the mute horror
Df his son, Pitt. The ribbons In Miss
cap were more splendid than
ever The polite families fled tho hall
md its owner. who went about tippllng
With tho tenants and drank rum and
water with the farmers Of Nudbury lie
irovs the coach and four 10 SouthRmp-
'on with Miss Horrock's inside and the
'ountry people expected every week--Rs
,is son did with speechless horror-that
his marriage would be announced In the
provincial paper.
Mrs, Butte looked nightly across the
,ark 10 see II the hail was not burning
'bove the trees. That good lndy thought
With the greatest regret Of her mistake
rad her and would say, ,"Oh. Butte, Rute,
Why did you break your collarbone7''
rhey sent young Jim Crnwley over TO
to make an attack upon his
,unt and tho spinster. who always liked
10 meet Young people and new faces At
'irst was grently amused by him. But
the youth smoked In the house and got
drunk Mt dinner. and was dismissed.
A for our friends on the continent
Amelia was In n terrible state after IN,
death OF George and was. brought home
TO England where she was taken into
the humble home ~ her father and a 1T
tie hoy was afterwards born to her. Al
for Rebecca, she marched with the vic
torious army TO Paris and the winter o
1886 VISA very ray one In the Frencl
capital George had left nothing for hll
widow and Dobhin went to see old maj
Osborne to see n he could not extrac
sons widow but the old man was still
angry and obdurnte lie seemed to hate
the verv name ~ poor Amelia. SO Dob
bin rnads up n little Income for the widow
out Of his own pocket-.and she thought
II had been left her by George II was
n small one but II helped In the poverty
stricken establishment nt Brompton
where John Sedley and his family now
lived with his former clerk. Mr. Clapp
As for Jos. he went back to India where
he told such circumsta ntial stories about
tho great battle that he became known
~ Waterloo Sedley," and many be-
lieved, what he came almost to belicv,
himself. that he was by the dukes sid,
during tho engagement
For a short time Crawlev and his wife
lived very comfortably IN Paris on moth
ing a year. when We saw nothing W,
mean TO signify the unknown. Crawley
But finally people refused to play with
him Life In Paris was only an Idle dnl.
lisnce, and Rebecca saw that she must
push Rawdon's fortunes In his owr
country. A a first step she made hin
sell out Of the guards And at this juno
ture arrived news which caused the cred.
itoru " Colonel Crawley great satisfac'
tion when II was spread abroad amonl
them.
The rich Miss crsw,ey had died. Re.
becca ordered the most Intense mourning
for herself and told everybody that thi,
was the rich aunt from whom she eS.
pected such an Immense fortune. Tn,
colone, went away at oncc-he was bus,
arranging the affairs Of the Inheritance
Becky said And she hsd long con
sultation with the landlord OF the hous,
where they had put up M TO the new
decorations required In the new apart.
ment they could now afford TO take.
A. q matter Of fact, Rawdon did moi
20 10 England, hut to brussels, where n,
awaited orders from Becky She left tn,
French capital without paying anybody
taking her child and "honne" with hei
and, leaving these latter two nt Boulogn,
made an invasion Of England with what
Rawdon had won In Parts. with whN,
Rocky had saved. with what she had go'
for her horses, and what her husband
Ind received for his comisslon. she had
n neat little sum In hand md offered
the London creditors that or nothing g-sc
that she was able TO purchase with | 200
pounds more than ten times that amount
Of debts. She employed no lawyer II
this matter. n was 50 slmple-tO take oi
leave. And 40 Colonel and Mrs Rnwdor
Crawley came back 10 London
Refore Mr., Howles came TO preside owe,
Miss Crewley's establishment that lady
had had for n butler Mr. RhgRlcs. whC
was born on the estate of Queens Crnw
ley When he had been certain mum
her Of years with Miss Crnwley. wher,
he had good wages and fat perquisltes
he undertook the superlntcndence OF
ANAL green rrocer's shop In the neigh
horhood. He added country fed pork an
fresh milk and cream To- his business an.
prospered--hsvinH n good connection witt
other buffers In the neighhorhood
And when AZ length that snug an
comfortable little house at No 20i Cur
Zon street was for sale Daggles bought 4,
| Not, OF course, with the Idea Of llvin
In such a fine place, hut OF letting II a
pn Investment A part Of the money.
IN true, he borrowed from fellow butte
IT y rather high rate ~ interest II
fought the house and the furniture too
/ ana II really was very rcntcel littl
place As luck would have n this hous
was IN let when neCkv and Rnwdnn cam
back TO London The Colonel knew
and In owner quite well and hlrod A
Rhwdon and his wife generously pny
iheir patronage to all srch NJ Miss Craw
serve them
Never was better elsret NJ any man
table than at honest Rawdon's Nav,
were dinners more raw ana wei, se,,,.