Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-09-01

mared the dislike which liad been nv.
en- his father Going through the
grounds, Betty fOand the man who
had been the second-cIass passenger
on the Mauretania, and assuming from
his dress that he was the keeper, she
talked to him and learned something
Of the family Of Mount Dunstan. AS
she was going, she offered him money.
when to her surprise she learned that
he was the earl. More annoyed than
confused, Betty forgavc him for the
deception, and gradually friendship
sprang up between the two houses.
Then, as II to cement their friend.
ship, the Shuttle twisted in the web
OF @. Selden, the junior salesman for
the Delkof Typewriter company Of
New York. who made Mount Dun
STAINS acquaintance, and learning that
the daughter Of Reuben s. vanderpoel
was In Stornham, went to see her, in
the faint hope Of selling her a type
writer, and contrived to break his leg
in front Of Stornham Court. They
carried him into the house and cared
for him. and through his slangy, care
free manner, he unconsciously broke
down the barrier Of prejudice that
surrounded Mount Dunstan, and went
back to America happy in the posses
sion Of a letter to Mr.. Vanderpoel, the
establishment Of longed-fOr ''terri-
tory" and the order for six typewrit-
ers which were to be sent to Eng
land.
The long summer days found Ros-
allie very nearly restored to her former
self, and perfectly cOntented to have
Betty there; when Nigel, tired of the
Riviera, and, having exhausted his re-
sources. returned to Stornham, there to
find the place built up and repaired,
ROsalie almost free Of her fear of him,
and Betty, rich and beautiful, in full
charge. No sooner did he appear than
Rosy fell back into her old timid ways.
but, with a view to propitiating Bet
ty, Nigel treated his wife with as much
kindness as he could assume. Every
thing he did was done with the hope
OF making Betty like him, until he
found that Mount Dunstan, penniless
as he was, loved Betty, and, although |
she did not confess 1t, Betty loved him.
Nigel was crafty, however, and bided
his time, until there came dreadful
scourge Of fever that swept the vii
lagos and terrified the people. Mount
Dunstan gave up his home as hos |
pital, and needless Of his own we'll
ring, he acted as doctor, nurse and
ana won from everyone the
owe and respect that was his due:
md then, when the fever was abating,
le was taken Ill.
An awful day followed for Betty,
or they had told her Of his illness,
md she knew that If the worst hap
'ened they would toll the bell in the
'hurch tower. Shutdown came, and
With it the ominous tolling Of the bell,
he pitiless notes that froze her heart,
md blindly, she rode from Stornham,
rying to shut out the sound Of the
ell. Her horse stumbled in hole,
nd threw her, injuring her ankle, and
hen It was that she knew Nigel had
Ollowed her. He found her hiding In
little hut, and claimed her for his
wn, and In answer to his demands,
he said:
There Is one who stands between {
S-one who died today"
He laughed at her, and tried to take 9
er in his arms, but she managed to c
Tade him, and ran. as best she could,
18th her injured foot, and hid from Q
IN in a tiny clump Of bushes, whis- q
ering ceaseIessly. "Come-yOu who Q
ed today-you who diedl" 5
And then-he came the man she =
ought had died, the man she loved 2
I'd who loved her, and finding Nigel =
18th evil in his eyes. he led her gent. =
to the little hut and then went back
Nigel. What followed would not be
'od to repeat, but Betty heard sounds ),
re the bowling of dog, and when Z
cunt Dunstan finally came back to
r, 1t was with flashing eyes and q
snched fists. his broken horsewhip y
ailing on the ground. Then he told y
r how It had happened how he had y
nply had headache, and the bell
d tOlled for some one else, and how.
len he found she had gone, he knew
At 1t had been for love Of him. ne
For a few months Nigel fingered,
icken with paralysis, and then the ar
idly Weaver Of the Shuttle slipped va
his black thread, leaving Resale B.
ltented with her father and moth
while the golden threads Of the W
e of Betty for her man wove them
yes in and out. forming the perfect
b Of happiness. KIN
,yright. 1919. By the Post Publishing
o. (The Boston Poatl. Copyright IA the se'
nlted Kingdom. the Dominions, lts Col.
MES and dependencies, under the copy =
ght act, BY the Post Publishing Co.
oston. Mas. 2. s. A. All rights re.
'rved. : chi
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