The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-02
. ETTINA vANDERPOEL

" ETTINA NANDERPOEL was
~ ten years old when her sister
- Rosalie married Sir Nigel An
struthers, an English haronet. Betty
hated Nigel with a child's instin.tive
hatred for a bully, but in spite Of his
coarseness, there was a certain fasci-
nation about him which blinded ROs-
allie to his real character. They were
married in the whirl Of gayety which
befitted the daughter Of multi-mil-
lionaire. and left New York for Eng
land. Long before the honeymoon
ended Rosy discovered that Nigel cared
only for her money, and nothing what
ever for her pretty, rather shallow
self, and by the time Stornham court
was reached Rosy was desperately
homesick and frightened. Her life
lis e little English village, even while
lie was the lady of the manor, was
made nightmare by Nigel and his
mother; and when, bewildered and
terrified Rosy sought spiritual con-
ISOLATION and comfort from Mr.. Ffol-
lott, the vicar, Nigel accused her Of
having lover. He intercepted her let
tiers, lied to her about her parents, and
at last, furious at her refusal to ask
her father for money, he struck her
so that she fell in a heap against a
chair, and cried out, with crazy, aw-
full little laugh:
"Nigel, be careful! You don't know
how valuable am! might might
have-a son !"
Fifteen years passed, and the Shut
tie of Life. weaving back and forth
between the two countries, weaving a
ceaseless web over the ocean, twisted
a thread in the life of Betty Wander
poel that stirred her with the spirit
Of adventure that had been born in
her Dutch forefathers, and always a
voice cried out to her to 60 to Rosy
to see why the letters from England
had been so few and so unsatisfying
Betty was a lovely woman Of twenty
five, very different from the gawky
long-legged little schoolgirl who hat
angrily defied Nigel AnS'ruthers, but
she kept her determination and hel
will-power and booked her passage or
tile Mauretania with party o.
fr'epds. At sea storm came up tha
IL ftened to send the ship to the bot
tom of the ocean, and, rallying the
frightened people who were with her
Betty had the unexpected assistance
of one Of the second-class passengers
silent, gentlenanly Englishman, VIII,
helped her to keep order among tn,
passengers, and then as suddenly a
he came, disappeared into the secon'
cabin. The storm abated at last, an,
England was reached in safety, blu
Betty did not see the man again.
When Betty reached Stornhar
Court, her worst fears were confirmed
Rosy was changed from a dainty
pretty, lovable girl into faded wrecl
tinid and dowdy before her time. He
son Ughtred, was a hunchback, an
with the cringing nature of his kline
tried to hide himself from the worl(
Nigel was on trip to the Riviera, an
his mother had died, which left Ro'
allie alone in the Court, 'hich wa
tumhling down for lack Of repair
With plenty Of money at her call, an
with plenty Of courage Betty set abor
her work of Transforming Resale, an
building up the house, which 500
changed from dingy, gloomy pile
the stately English country house
should have been. She superintent
60 the repairing Of several Of Oh
houses in the village. and one da
during her regular drive about Stor'
ham, she went farther and visited IL
grot as Of the Mount Dunstan estat
Mount Dunstan was almost as bad
In need Of help as Stornham. Thel
sas a superstition which had con
down through the years that the ear
Of Mount Dunstan were cursed, ar
the last earl. James Hubert Sa,tyr