Luther Register. (Luther, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, August 13, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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SYNOPSIS.
At 11 years of age Admiral Sir I'eter
IfiiK-kdhnw'* nephew, Richard Glyn, fell
deeply in love at first sight wltli Lady
Arabella Stormont, who spurned his at-
tentions. Tho lad. un orphan, was Riven
a berth as midshipman on the AJax by
his un«le. Giles Vernon, nephew of Sir
TJionu;s Vernon, became the boy's pal
i ney attended a theater where Hawk
sliaw s nephew saw Lady Arabella. Ver-
Philip Overton, next in line for
Sir 1 nomas V. rnon's estate. Tliey start-
ed a duel which was interrupted. Vernon
t>vertcn and Hawkshaw's nephew found
themselves attracted by pretty Ladv Ara-
bella. The AJax in battle defeated French
warships in the Mediterranean. Richard
< lvn Hot £2,000 prize money. Me was
called home by Lady Hawkshaw as he
was about to "blow in" his earnings with
\ ernon. At a Hawkshaw party Glvn dis-
covered that Lady Arabella was a poor
but persistent Rambler He talked much
with her cousin Daphne. Lady Arabella
again showed love for gaming. Later she
i , -vn anr' Overton prisoners, thus
delaying the duel. In the Overtcm-Ver-
non duel, neither was hurt. Lady Ara-
bella humillat' il Richard by her pranks.
Richard and Giles shipped on a frigate,
(riles was captured by the French. Sir
J eter arranged for his exchange. Daph-
*\° showed a liking: for Glyn, who was
*-i?n ~ y*'Rra ag,>- Giles was released.
<rlles and Richard planned elopements.
Hir Peter objected to the plan to wed
Daphne. By cl. v. r ruses Giles and Rich-
ard eloped with Lady Arabella and
Daphne, respectively. The latter pair
were married. Daphne was pleased; Ara-
bella raved In anger. When the par-
ty returned, Arabella asked Sir Peter to
aid in prosecuting (iiles in court on the
charge of committing a capital crime.
All attended the trial. Upon Arabella's
testimony Giles was convicted and sen-
tenced to be hanged. Sir peter visited
the prince of Wales in effort to secure a
pardon for Giles. Arabella threw herself
at the feet of Overton, whom she had
loved for many years. He spurned her.
CHAPTER X.—Continued.
Arabella turned pale, and replied:
"I was summoned as a witness. I
wa3 obliged to testify."
Overton said nothing. Then Sir
Thomas, taking snuff with his usual
grace, remarked:
"I listened with attention to one law-
breaker praying for another lawbreak-
er. Of cours'c, you know, this meeting
of yours is seditious—and many a man
lia>3 been stood in the pillory for it."
"And one man," replied Overton,
"Jesus Christ, was crucified for it."
He turned, and with me, took the
path back to the tavern. I heard, as
we went on, an altercation behind me,
and involuntarily, after we had gone
some distance, I looked back. Lady
Arabella was struggling in the grasp
of Sir Thomas Vernon, while Mrs.
Whitall looked on, and wrung her
hands. Sir Thomas, however, was no
match for Arabella's young strength.
She broke away from him, and, run-
ning after us, caught up, panting and
breathless, with us, as we entered the
little grove. And then I saw an almost
exact representation of the scene when
Giles Vernon had insanely and with
unmanly groveling and violence
pleaded with Arabella for her love—so
she pleaded with Philip Overton. She
held him by the arms, when he would
have thrown her off.
"Philip! Philip!" she cried. "I did
it for you! I determined to make you
rich, great, even if you refused my
fortune. Sir Thomas can not live long.
Surely, you can not reproach me, if
all the world does. The stupid, stupid
world thinks 1 did it under the influ-
ence of Sir Thomas Vernon; but no,
it was not hate for Giles Vernon, it
was my love for you, Philip Overton,
that made me appear at the York as-
sises."
"Remember yourself," said Overton
to her, sternly. "Others besides your-
self see your degradation!"
"It is no degradation to love truly,
to love as 1 do. Speak but one word
1o fne, and I will become a Methodist
like yourself. I, too, will go among the
poor, and serve and love them; and I
will even love God for your sake!"
The awful grotesqueness of this,
the blasphemy of it, was altogether
unknown to her. She continued wildly:
Does not my soul need saving as
much as those clods you have been
praying with?"
"You blaspheme!" replied Overton,
<«as1ing her off.
A\nd, to make the resemblance be-
tween her own unwomanly conduct and
the unmanly conduct of Giles Vernon
the more singular, she recovered her-
self, as he had done, in a single mo-
ment of time. She laid her hand on
Overton's arm, and looked keenly into
his eyes. Her glance seemed to en-
chain him, and to set her free. She
breathed a long sigh, and, turning,
gazed about her, like a person awaking
from a nightmare. Then, with per-
iect self-possession, she dropped a
curtsey to us both, and said, in her
natural, playful manner:
"Mr. Overton, I see I have been
mistaken. I should have tried to cheat
the law by not appearing when I was
summoned; or, 1 should have testified
falsely. And for my indiscreet conduct
just now, let me tell you, for seven
years I have been under a spell. It is
now broken forever. Titania once
loved Bottom, the weaver; but not al-
ways. I bid you good day, Capt. Philip
y
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"Mr. Overton, I See I Have Been Mis taken.
Overton, and you, Mr. Richard Glyn. I swore roundly by church and state
And I trust Giles Vernon's life may be
saved, if only to keep you, Capt. Over-
ton, as poor as you deserve to be. For
myself, I shall shortly marry—perhaps,
Sir Thomas Vernon—then, neither of
you will get the estates. Good morn-
ing!"
And she was gone, flying along the
field, with a white mantle streaming
after her, and her flight as rapid as the
swallows in spring.
CHAPTER XI.
At 12 o clock that night Sir Peter ar-
rived at the tavern, and with the
pardon.
The expectation of his coming, and
the greater matter upon which we
were engaged, prevented my mind
from dwelling longer upon the strange
scene 1 had witnessed between Over-
ton and Lady Arabella. Overton did
not speak her name to me, and showed
much sympathy for us. When Sir
Peter's chaise drove up to the door of
the Bear and Churn, another chaise
with four horses was waiting, and into
it we huddled, bidding Overton a hur-
ried farewell; and in another moment
we were off for York, the horses doing
their best.
Sir Peter then told me the circum- >
stances of his visit to Windsor. The I
prince, who was always most powerful
and was always a great churchman
when he was slightly in liquor, which
did not happen often. He therefore
condemned Overton's sermon, which
I tried to repeat to him, as a damned,
beastly low sort of religion, unfit for a
gentleman to practice; but he ad
mitted that Overton
weather suddenly changed, a Tiolent
snowstorm set in, and our postboys
willfully, 1 think, drove us ten mil^s
out of the way, near a tavern where
they hoped, no doubt, we would agree
to stop until the storm should be over, i
Hut Sir Peter, putting one of his great ;
horse-pistols to the postboy's head, j
forced him to turn back to the high-
road. We lost three hours by this; j
and when we got to our next posting
stage, our horses, engaged two days j
ahead, had been taken. We got others, j
after a frantic effort, hut at the end
of that day's journey we saw our mar- j
gin of time diminished exactly one- '
half. j
I shall not attempt to describe the j
fierce and gnawing impatience which '
consumed us, nor the awful and un
spoken dread which began to over- '
shadow us. Sir Peter was a man of
stout heart, and had no more notion
of giving up at this stage of the affair
than he dreamed of surrendering
when he saw the Indomptablo to >
windward and the Xantippe to lee-
ward.
The weather, however, grew worse ;
Instead of bettor, and even four horses
could scarcely drag us through the j
mire made by the snow and rain. In
spite of all we could do our progress
diminished, although at no time did It
seem hopeless, until—O, God! 20 miles
from York, at midnight on the Thurs-
day, Sir Peter himself suddenly gave
out; the strain had proved too much
for his brave heart and sturdy frame.
It came as the horses were wallowing
along the road in the darkness, nnd I,
holding my watch in my hand, was
"lancing at it every ten minutes, by
the feeble light of Ihe traveling lamp.
I spoke to Sir Peter, as he lay back
in the chaise wrapped in boat-cloak,
and got no answer. Ho was uncon-
scious. \\ ithout stopping the chaise
I got some brandy, which I tried to
pour down his throat, but could not.
I grew much alarmed—it was not like
Sir Pelei to refuse good brandy, and
as we were passing n farmstead, I
stopped the chaise, knocked the people
up, nnd had Sir Peter carried Into the
house. I met with kindness, and I re-
paid it with coin of the realm. Sir
Peter soon revived, and his first words
were;
Push on, my lad. Don't wait to re«
pair damages."
I found that his seizure was really
trifling, and he assured me ho would
lie able to resume the journey by day-
light, the farmer agreeing to furnish
him horses; so, in half an hour I had
again taken the road.
And ten miles from York, the chaise
broke down!
I had the horses taken out, and,
mounting the best beast, marie for
York at the top of his speed, which
was poor—the creature was already
spent with traveling.
It was just daylight, and streaks of
golden glory were lighting up the pallid
dawn; I urged the poor beast onward.
Seven miles he went, then he dropped
dead, just as the. sun was gilding the
spires of York cathedral. Hefore me,
along the road, jogged an itinerant
tinker on a rather good-looking horse,
the tools of a tinker's trade hanging
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and misery.
LUCKY MAN.
i wo men whom I refused to
, sir, have become millionaires!
-Ib that the reason why?
, lacked neither | from a moth-eaten saddle. I was voung
el a ,ho°nehCOrT , 1°* Ara" I 311(1 «<"«ng he was middle-aged and
Bella, though, he had the stern disap-
prova] of an honest heart, and in his
excitement swore both long and loud
because of the short-sightedness of
Providence in permitting such women
to exist for the undoing of his maj-
esty's officers of both services.
We made good progress that night
and the next day, which was Monday,
and began to have strong hopes of
reaching York Wednesday night
on Monday, in the afternoon,
Ill-fed and feeble. I ran up to him,
holding five guineas in my hand.
"Lend me this horse to ride to
York !" I cried.
The man, astonished at my abrupt
address, stopped, but gave me no an-
swer. I made my own answer, though,
by dragging him off the beast, dashing
the five guineas on the ground, and
clattering off, throwing away the tools
and kettles as I galloped along.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Starch, like everything else, is be-
ing constantly Improved, the patent
Starches put on the market 25 years
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat-
est discovery—Defiance Starch—all
injurious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition of another ingredient, In'
vented by us, gives to the Starch a
strength and smoothness never ap
proached by other brands.
The Retort Unkind.
Gerald—A gentleman is defined as
one who never gives pain.
Geraldine—Then you're no gentle-
man; you give me a pain every time
you call.
when the king was on the verge of
madness, saw his father and found him
comparatively rational. The story be
ing broached to him, he appeared in-
terested. and even grew more col-
lected as his attention was chained. He
recalled at once Sir Peter Hawkshaw
and the capture of the Indomptable
and Xantippe, and corrected the prince
when he spoke of Sir Peter as vice-ad-
mi! al of the \\ hite. it was a very easy
matter to get his signature to Ihe par-
don, and the necessary seals and for-
malities took some little time but no
tiouble, and when Sir Peter presented
himself at ihe castle on Sunday all
was prepared for him.
We felt now comparatively safe.
There was little doubt that we could
reach York at least 24 hours in ad-
vance of the date set for the execu-
tion, our letters would precede us.
giving positive assurances of hope;
and we looked for no accidents, having
a new and strong chaise.
After Sir Peter had told me his
, story, I told him mine about Lady
i Arabella and Overton. He was not
much imbued with the kind of religion
i that Overton preached, although he
Inherent Love of the Soil
Characteristic That Is the Most Deep,
ly Planted in Mortals.
The first man was a gardener, we
are told. Certain it is that the first
men were tillers of the soil, after they
ceased to be wandering warriors.
That is where we get our love of na-
ture, declares a writer in the Kansas
City Journal. That is why we build
parks and have flowers clambering
about our premises. That is why we
are strangely at peace when we get
out into the mountains and lose our-
selves among the fragrant woods.
That is why we loathe at times the
smell of paint that is on civilization
and long for the perfume of the life
l hat is close to the green leaves and
the wild flowers. That is why we are
so happy when we camp out and why
we are so reluctant to return. That is
why our earliest recollections of the
"old farm" are the sweetest and ten-
derest of our lives. That is why we
crack a joke at the "simple lite" and
"back to nature" and all that—when
somebody is around—and why we
know, away down in our hearts, that
the simple life is the life most worth
living and that we cannot get close
to anything sweeter or purer than no
ture, "Mother" Nature, whose sonu
and daughters we ar , from whom ws
may wander far, but to whom we w
turn as prodigals, finding the prodi-
gal's welcome and the prodigal's
peace..
Expert Opinion.
First Hird—Seen the airship?
Second Hird—Yes; they will have
to get a mighty strong telegraph wire
{ to sit on.
Lewis' Single Hinder made of extra qual-
ity tobacco, costs more than other 5o
cigars. Tell the dealer you want tiiem.
Chicken-hearted people are always
ready to hatch up an excuse.
Clear white clothes arc a sign that the
housekeeper uses Ited Cross Ball iilue.
Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents.
Too often when the heart is willing
the purse is weak.
How to Make Tea.
Mrs. Wickersham had advertised for
an experienced cook. The first, appli-
cant who came In answer to the ad-
vertisement was a stout, red ha I ret!
young woman. Mrs. Wickersham pro-
pounded several questions which she
answered in a fairly satisfactory man-
ner. Then she asked her;
"How long do you boil tea?"
Well, mem, said the young woman,
"some folks biles It longer and some
shorter. It s all a matter o' taste." j
"But you do boll It, don't you?"
"Oh, yes, cert'nly; but I've alius !
thought that two hours was long
enough to bilo any tea You can git I
all the strcn'th out of it in that time.' I
—Youth's Companion.
Guara
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