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

DurBAar ana SARA CFeWe" (lSSSl
have achieved q wide reputation.
The book and the play OF little Lor,
FauntlerOy" probably spread Mrs. Bur
netts name the brOadest. II had
prodigiOus run; the pretty pathos o
tine story appealed to grOwnups, though
II seemed silly twaddle to the innunaer
aDle Kids who were dragged by fOnC
4 parents 70 see It, ana was said to b,
great nuisance to that ONE OF IN.
authors own children from whom Il
was drawn. The play OF "EsmeraIda,'
done with w. H. Gillette from one O.
her short stories, ran three years II
America. "A Lady of Quality" dram.
affixed with stephen TOwnsend Gas wer,
other plays), had q considerable rum,
Id ETTINA vANDERPOEL was
I'D ten years old when her sister
Rosalie married Sir Nigel An.
Struthers, an English baronet. Betty
hated Nigel with a child's instructive
hatred for 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
beftted 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 Storaham court
was reached Rosy was desperately
homesick and frightened. Her life
IN the little English village. even while
she was the lady Of the manor, was
made nightmare by Nigel and his
mother; and when. bewildered and
terrified, Eosy sought spiritual con-
ISOLATION and comfort from Mr.. Ffols
liott, 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
80 that she fell In heap against a
chair. and cried out, with crazy, aw-
full little laugh:
nigel, be carefull You don't know
how valuable I ami 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 go to Rosy,
to see why the letters from England
had been so few and so unsatisfying.
Betty was lovely woman Of twenty
i've, very different from the gawky.
little schoolgirl who had
angrily defed Nigel Anstruthers, but
the kept her determination and her
Will-power, and booked her passage on
he Mauritania with a party OF
riends- At sea storm came up that
threatened to send the ship to the bot
ON OF the ocean, and, rallying the
frightened people who were with her.
3etty had the unexpected assistance
4 one Of the second-ciass passengers.
silent, gentlemanly Engllshman, who
elped her to keep order among the {
assengers, and then as suddenly as
e came, disappeared into the second
abin- The storm abated at last, and
ingland was reached in. safety, but
lefty did not see the man again.
When Betty reached Stornham
curt, her worst fears were confirmed.
,osy was changed from q dainty,
retty. lovable girl into 1 faded wreck. Il
mid and dowdy before her time. Her 9
IN Ughtred, was 4 hunchback, ana 4
It'll the cringing nature Of his kind. g
led to hide himself from the world. q
igel was on trip to the Riviera, and o
Is mother had died, which left Ros- T
lie alone in the Court, which was p
down for lack Of repair, d
18th plenty Of money at her call, and g
It'll plenty Of courage. Betty set about q
Y work Of transforming Resale, and q
Hiding up the house, which soon 81
anged from dingy, gloomy pile to q
e stately English country house II CO
Ould have been. She superlntends a.
the repairing OF several Of the
uses In the village, and one day.
ring her regular drive about storm
N. she went farther and visited the s,
FUNDS Of the Mount Dunstan estate 81
Mount Dunstan was almost as badly
need Of help as St0Enham. There
5 superstition which had come "a,
wn through the years that the earls 81
Meat nunstan were cursed. and
last earl. James Hubert Saltyre. 70