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

shAred tne olsiike whleh had been CIV
en- his father. Going through the
grounds. Betty found the man who
had been the second-ciass passenger
on the Mauretania. and assuming from
his dress that he was the keeper. she
talked 20 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 forgave him for the
deception, and gradually friendship
sprang up between the two houses.
Then, as IL to cement their friend
ship. the Shuttle twisted I'm the web
of G. Selden. the junior salesman for
the Delkoff 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 siangy, 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 letter to Mr.. Vanderpoel. the
establishment of a 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 it, Betty loved him.
Nigel was crafty, however, and bided
his time, until there came a 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
being, he acted az doctor, nurse anG
minister, and won from everyone the
love and respect that was his due
and then, when the fever was abating
he was taken i'll.
An awful day followed for Betty
for they had told her Of his illness
and she knew that If the worst hap
pened they would toll the bell In thu
church tower. Shutdown came, ant
with it the ominous tolling Of the bell
the pitiless notes that froze her heart
and bllndly, she rode from Stornham
trying to shut out the sound Of tn
bell. Her horse stumbled in a hole
and threw her, injuring her ankle, an,
then it was that she knew Nigel ha
followed her. He found her hiding il
little hut, and claimed her for hi
own, and in answer to his demands
she said:
"There is one who stands betweel
us-one who died today"
He laughed at her, and tried to tax
her in his arms, but she managed t
evade him, and ran. as best she coult
with her injured foot, and hid fro1
him in tiny clump Of bushes, whi'
pering ceaselessly. "Come-you VIII
died today-you who died!"
And then-he came-the man sh
thought had died, the man she love,
and who loved her, and finding Mig
with evil in his eyes, he led her gen
, ly to the little hut and then went bac
to Nigel. What followed would not b
. good to repeat, but Betty heard sount
: like the bowling Of a dog, and whe
. Mount Dunstan finally came back [
her, it was with flashing eyes ar
!, clenched fists, his broken horsewhl
trailing on the ground. Then he to-
: he- how it had happened-how he hs
simply had headache, and the be
!, had tolled for some one else, and ho'
:. when he found she had gone, he kne
!. that It had been for love of him.
For few months Nigel lingere
= stricken with paralysis, and then Il
kindly Weaver Of the Shuttle slippt
: out his black thread, leaving Rosal
!. contented with her father and mot
.. er, while the golden threads of Il
= love of Betty for her man wove theI
selves in and out, forming the perfe
: web Of happiness.
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