The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-02-24

win no Erenter disturbance 70 esn
current Of our lives than A suddsr
perpiexity with reEard 10 MHnd. II
was not only with regard 10 Mnud. ami
With regard 10 Lord Ravenal wing
neither J0hn npr Ursula had foreasep
W'ifnt might happen there 4 never nm.
derstDsd, for to me Rnch q possibTlfry
nao long been evident. Maud was
now eighteeD; Lord Rawanel g roman
TIC somewhat Byrorie, figure Of thirty
seven To her parents the dffTerencs
In nge preciudef lowe TO me love
knew no such ltmiTariunE. When there
fore RBvenel came 10 IFS asking per.
mission to try TO win the child he7
pHrerts refused While nothing wns
said 10 Maud the diHappaarance Of
fltr 1Dver--he VINE almost fhgt-laf1
hsr wounded and wandering. II waa
not only the difference In are which
had Dictated the COURSE Of John and
Ursula, Dut lack of confidence II the
stability Of the ypunR maIi's character.
That waB soon TO be tested. Ttthfn
short time Ritter he had LEFT ne with
the understanding fhat ne wns no Fe-
fnrn, the earl, his father, died, legr-
ing large entaIIed property, but nth
srw'iHe nothing hut debfE. 10 pay
4 these Debts, for which the law held
the new earl In NO why Responsible,
Ravsnei, now Lord IIuxmure, re-
nnunced his rights OF inheritance. lie
himself was left with the smallest I'M
come On which man pf his rank
could live. To John and Ursula This
Unexpected fpree of character brought
mingled satisfaction and regret. Tina
more they rejoicsd In the mobility of
the act the more deep their anxiety
lest they should have fnterwsnsd 10 the
INJURY Of two whom they loved
And Eth more years went by. I'd.
win wRs now relieving hts father ut
some Of the cares Of BUSINESS Waiter
was preparing 10 go into the world /;
Maud WIRE growing Btaid. Already
prominent in public affairs 5nhn de-
clinad 10 stand for parliament be.
cHuse, 10 come Gegree, the heart mad
gone put Of him. There wRs NO ont.
ward change beyond more grEy In ting
hHir and more gravity In the express
sion hut pain borne In Eacrat WIS be.
ginning TO tell On him. The Enpwt
edge EhRt Guy wRB 30 far RwEy hn6
Maud not happy had its afrasrB on
Ursula Growing old myself wHE
obliged TO stand by and wHtnh fine rwf
III loved best On earth growing oil
even more rapidly.
i There CRIME day when there wRE
no more news from Guy. Our fears
Increased with tine weeks. Then ws
received q letter saving that he HnI
his partner were to sail IN few Days
time from Boston. For some reasoT
nnt explained the letter waB Rlrsaty
two months old. Had they really
tafan the ship Guy named they Should
have been IL England some weeks ago
. Inquiry at LlOyds revealed no Ruct
: ship Us having crossed the Atlantic
] though q small vessel Of that nRms
| had FDundared in the West Indies
Hind Guy and his partner sailed fOl
England by this roundabout route, L
rescued and might be Oh the WEI
lIhGmR.
Sc for more months we waited IN 1
, hope fhHt gradually bHcame no hope
{ For the first time in MY knowledge q.
her the strong, competent Ursula be
run To have days Of mt coming fipwn
stnirs. John with his secret and shs
. with hers scanned 10 withdraw RHci
into & Btin place where they warE
RlDne with Gad, Ii WIS u quiet time
even If L sad time; but 10 me 1t WI
the end.
i Then one day q stranger RnItHa-H1
| tall, bearded, tanned. 1t WIS Maui
who sEw him first Begging him Il
/ he seated, she told him sine wnuld semi
, ! her father. 'But Maud, don't Euu know
! me- I'm Guy"
/, He had come back with his partner
VIM wRs now known us WIiiiHm Raw
enaI. For John anE Ursula II wHl
= the 10y which lets the servant dapur
! i in pence Guy having uutlivHd hi
ibgrish uHssiun for Louise d,ArgeuS
, he and Edwin met rs friends. Maui
! land WIlIiam RHvenel found sRHri
\ ufher In that happiness In which q ,dtt
ference Of 70 yeHrs i1DPs mt count.
: We went one day to the MD baRcl
: wnntis NJ EudarlRy, where SS yHar
earlier John and Ursula Ind vowel
E themselves to each other. John ma
tguune with us; Ursula kapr her room
, Not even the bliss Of Guys rsrurl
, / give her bnCk her strength. II wERs
nleasant afternoon with the young PEG
nle all about us. John lEy down upuI
\ the grass. his nat pulled uvar his eyes
. 'TF4nw cold IT has grown" Muud stii'
Fuyard sunset. ST think we ought q
wnke Iufhsr"
Il Rut John did nBt wRks. While slsHr
| ling he had been chilled. I went jhnmi
, ltD tell his wife.
II We .carriet him into the Md farm
lhnuse, where he and Ursula hat mei