Luther Register. (Luther, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, October 16, 1908 Page: 3 of 8
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A POST FIARlTlL
ROMANCE
BY CYRUS TO
/LIU6 TP A TION6 BY
PAY WALTER6
(COPYRIGHT, /90a or
w o chapman)
SYNOPSI8.
The E2s<-apmlfe opens, not In the ro-
mance preceding tno marriage of Ellon
dlocum. a Puritan miss, and Lord t-.ar-
rfnfton of Kugland, but In their life after
settling in Kngland. The scene la placed,
just following the revolution, in Carring-
ton caatie In England. The Carringtona.
after a house party, engaged in a family
tilt, cauH*-<i by jealousy. Lady Carring-
ton agreed to cut curds with lx>rd Stratn-
gate, whose attentions to KUen had be-
come a sore point with Carrington. Tne
toss of $100,000 failed to perturb her. and
her husband then cut for his wife s I. O.
(J. and his honor, (Harrington winning.
Additional attentions of Lord Carrington
to Lady Cecily and Lord Strathgatu to
Lady Carrington compelled the latter
to vow that she would leave the castle.
Preparing to flee, Lady Carrington and
her rhuin Deborah, an American Kir*,
met Lord Strathgate at two a. in., he
Agreeing to see them safely away. He
attempted to take her to his castle, out
the taft him stunned in the road when
the carriage met with an accident wne
and 1 >ebble then struck out for 1 orts-
raouth, where she Intended to sat ror
America. Hearing news of KUen s Might,
farris Carrington and Set on set out in
pursuit. Seton rented a fuat vessel ana
started in pursuit. Strathgate, bleeding
from fall, dashed on to Portsmouth, for
which Carrington. Kllen ami Heton were
also headed by different routes, btrath-
gate arrived in Portsmouth in advance
«f fhu others. tlmling that Ellens ship
hail ettilfd before her. Strathgate ftn"
CarrliiKton each hired a small yacht to
pursuit tl>' wrong vessel, upon wnlcii
«&ch stipposei.1 Ell«n hart sailed. Seton
overtook the fugitives n«>fl r Portsmouth,
but his mift ran aground. Just as capture
wiL3 Imminent. Ellen won clias.' tiy
boarding American vessel and foiling her
pursuers—Strathgate. Seton and Carring-
ton. Carrington and Strathgate, thrown
together by former's wrecking of latter a
veascl, engaged in an impromptu duel,
neither being hurt. A war vessel, cora-
o\anded by an admiral friend of Seton,
then started out In pursuit of the women
fugitives, Seton confessing love for
Debbie.
CHAPTER XV.—Continued.
"For Bordeaux and then to Boston."
"Take me aboard of you."
"We're not shorthanded," replied
the other.
"I mean as a passenger."
"Can you pay your passage?" came
from the ship.
For reply Mien held up a well-filled
purse.
The man nodded to her, disappeared
inboard, and presently camo back fol-
lowed by an older sailor.
' Who be ye?" cried the older man,
apparently the captain of the ship.
"My name's Carrington," answered
Hllen.
"Are ye fugitives from justice?"
asked the captain.
"No, no, 1 swear we're not."
"Be ye a runaway couple?"
"Yes, yes," answered Ellen, grasping
at the suggestion presented by the
captain's misconception of the situa-
tion.
And indeed they were a runaway
couple, though not exactly of the kind
the captain meant.
"And them boats yonder, are they
chasln' you?"
"They are," cried Ellen. "Won't
you take us aboard?"
"Well, I don't know," said the cap-
tain, slowly. "I guess so. I don't
want to heave to, them boats to port
is chasln' hard."
"If you'll make a half-board, I'll run
the boat alongside of you and we'll
manage to get aboard."
"All right," said the captain.
He spoke to the helmsman and a
moment after the sails slatted in the
wind, the big ship swung up toward
the breeze and ranged ahead, her way
clearly checked.
Ellen acted promptly. Before the
big ship swung up into the w'nd she
had run lier little boat alongside. She
dropped sail, ran forward and took
a turn with a painter across the fore-
chains. She let the boat drift aft until
it came abreast the battens on the
side, leading up the gangway, lip this
she drove Debbie, reluctant, protest
fng, frightened out of her wits. In-
deed it was a hard climb for a girl
unused to such performances and en-
cumbered by her skirts. Shoved by
Ellen, however, the girl ciambered up
until hands readied through the gang-
way dragged her to safety. Ellen fol-
lowed quickly after her.
"And your boat, what of her?"
asked the captain.
"She's no use to us any longer," an-
swered Ellen, enduring the keen scru-
tiny of the old sailor as best she
might. "You may have her, captain."
"Here, Bud," said the captain to an
old sailor, "jes' drop down the fore-
chains and make that boat fast. We'll
swing her up on deck after awhile, If
«he'« worth it. Now, sir—" he looked
harder than ever at Ellen, "what did
you say your name was?"
"Carrington," answered the count-
ess thoughtlessly, "Ellen—"
"Ellen!" exclaimed the captain,
"fiee Whilikins! I thought so. And
this young lady?" he turned to
Deborah.
"My name's Slocum, Deborah Slo-
. ttMl of Massachusetts, of Boston. I
should like to get ashore."
"Young ladies," said the captain—
and at that word Ellen kuew that all
her hopes of concealment were blast-
ed—"what's the cause of this, I don't
know. Why you're masqueradin' in
boy's clothes, ma'am, I can't tell. I
take it that the other is a female in
spite of her woman's riggln'."
"Yes, you may be sure of that,"
whimpered Deborah with difficulty re-
pressing a strong Inclination to cry.
"Captain," began Ellen, resolutely,
"you've guessed the truth. I am a
woman."
"Ix>rd love you; you didn't expect to
disguise it, did you?" said the captain,
laughing grimly.
"I never thought anything about it,"
said Ellen, "1 was so anxious to get
away."
To get away from whom? I thought
you was a lover and his lass."
"We're not," cried Debbie, indig-
nantly; "she's trying to escape from
her husband, and I—"
"An' you, miss?"
"I'm not trying to escape from any-
body. I want to go ashore! Won't
you put me ashore, captain?"
"Hardly," said the captain, dryly.
"You've come aboard and I guess
you'll have to stay unless I heave to
and go where you please, meanwhile
the ship is yours.'
"Will those boats catch us, cap-
tain?" queried Ellen, stepping slowly
across the deck to the landward side.
"Not if I don't want 'em to," said
Tuggles, grimly. "Mr. Manthy," he
added, turning to a surly-looking mate
who was pacing the quarterdeck, "the
breeze is fresh'nin'. better give her
more sail. An' we've had enough of
southln', better set our course for the
east'ard until we get well up the chan
nel. You're safe, miss. There ain'
no small boat in England that can
overhaul Jeremiah Tuggles an' the
Flying Star, an' there ain't many
ships can do It, either.
"Are you sure, captain?"
"Sartin," said the captain.
Ellen did a strange thing. She ran
across the deck to the gangway, leaned
far over it, lifted her hat and waved It
three or four times at the boats vainly
pursuing. Then not waiting for a re
turn of her salute, she rejoined the
captain.
"If you please, captain," she said,
"we'd like to have something to eat
and a place to sleep. We've had noth-
ing but hard tack and water since
yesterday morning, and what sleep
we got we had to take in the cutter."
"You shall have everything the ship
affords," said Capt. Tuggles,
worthy seaman, "there's only one
thing within reason that I can't sup
ply."
"And what is that?"
"Female toggery." answered the cap
tain.
"I don't need that. I like these
clothes," returned the girl, boldly.
The captain himself took the two
below. He called his cabin boy and
set before them a prodigious quan
tlty of substantial fare. They were
both hungry enough to have eaten
ruder provision with a hearty zest
When their appetite was stayed, the
0
A moment after Ellen caught ft
glimpse of the running light of
larRe ship slowly closing upon the
Flying Star. Other lights gleamed
from port holes here and there, bring-
ing the huge liner in fair view.
This is the high seas." answered
Capt. Tuggles, with great spirit. "I'm
a peaceful merchantman from the
United Slates, and I'm damned If I'll ]
heave to for anybody."
Brave Capt. Tuggles! Ellen thrilled
in her soul, but she knew that the
game was up. No merchantman could
brave a war vessel, and one flying an
admiral's flag at that, with impunity.
The next Instant a gun flashed from
the side of the ship-of the line and a
deep boom rolled across the black
water
"If you don't heave to," cried the
voice from the other ship, "the next
shot'U go Into you."
To hesitate longer was madness. El
len could hear Capt. Tuggles dash his
trumpet to the deck and the next min.
uie his hoarse voice bidding the watch
swing the main yard. The ship Blowly
shot up Into the wind and presently
lay still. On the shlp-of-the-llne Ellen
could hear'the shrill whistling of pipes
and hoarse voices calling away the
crew of the cutter. Unless she acted
immediately she was lost. The ship-
of-the-line could have overhauled the
merchantman only for her.
She turned from ihe porthole to find
Deborah, who had been awakened by
Ihe cannon shot, standing half dazed
at her side.
"Debbie," she cried, "I've changed
my mind."
"What do you mean?" asked
Deborah.
I'm going back to Portsmouth."
Well, I'm glad you've come to your
senses at last
"Yes," said Lady Ellen, "there's
ship out (here which has Just ordered
('apt. Tuggles to heave to, to stop his
ship, that is. We must escape her."
'Whose ship Is it?"
"1 don'l know. It may be a French-
man. or a pirate, or— At any rate, our
only chance is to get away while they
are busy. They'll never notice us."
"How will you do it?" asked Debo-
rah. "Ask Capt. Tuggles to set you
ashore?'
"Never," said Ellen.
Seizing Debbie by the hand, she left
the room, locking the door behind her
and slipping the key In her pocket.
Then she stepped Into the cabin. For-
tunately II was empty. There was a
dim light burning from a lantern hang'
lng at the bulkhead. Ellen took ft
down and opened the door of what she
deemed from her experience was the
captain's room, and found she had
made a correct, guess. She took the
precaution to take the key out of the
door, insert, it on (he inside of Iho
lock and turn it. The captain's room
extended across the after part of the
ship. The stern windows were large
and she and Deborah could easily pass
through them. Her one hope was that
her boat had not been abandoned.
Sure enough, there It was trailing
astern, and fortunately on the side
opposite to that on which the line-of-
buttle ship lay. The Britannia had
drifted ahead and had been hove to |
off the starboard bow of the Flying j
Star. Ellen's boat was drifting astern
off the port quarter.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
An Ambitious Mother.
"Huhhy," said the observant wlf(\
'the janitor of these flats Is a bach-
elor."
"What of It?"
"I really think he Is becoming in-
terested in our oldest daughter."
"There you go again with your pipe
dreams! East week it was a duke."
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and wait for one of them other boats."
"What is your name?" asked Ellen.
"Tuggles," said the captain, "Capt.
Jeremiah Tuggles, at your service."
"Capt. Tuggles," said Ellen, "did
you ever hear of Capt. William Penn
Slocum of Philadelphia?"
"That 1 have, mls%."
"He was my father."
"Oho!" said the captain. "Are you
the Pennsylvania girl that married the
English lord?"
"I am."
"And is the English lord In one of
them boats out yonder?"
"He is."
"An' you're tryln' to git away from
him ?"
I "Indeed, 1 am. He has used me
cruelly."
"Well," said the captain, nodding
thoughtfully as if he understood it all,
"for the honor of America I'll do ail
I can to help you. An' you, miss?"
turning to Debbie.
"I'm not trying to get away from
any English lord," answered Debbie,
"but there's a gentleman—"
She stopped.
"Well, I'm very sorry for yet.',
miss," said Capt. Tuggles, "but the
best I can do is to take you with your
friend. You can get off at Bordeaux
captain showed them to a cabin with
two berths In It. Both women were
so tired that recriminations which
trembled in the air were deferred un-
til they had taken needed rest.
Dressed as they were, each crawled
Into her respective berth and soon was
sound asleep.
It was dark before either awoke.
What disturbed her, Ellen could not
tell, but she suddenly found herself
sitting up in her berth listening to a
faint hail that came down the wind
and through the open air port into the
cabin.
A voice said gruffly:
"This is his majesty's ship-of-the
line Britannia. Heave to and I'll send
a boat aboard."
"The Britannia!" exclaimed Ellen
under her breath, "Admiral Kephard's
flagship!"
What, could it mean? She rose to
her feet and stepped to the port hole
It was uitch dark outside. She could
see nothing. The moon had not yet
risen. Over her head Capt. Tuggles
was replying.
"What do you want with me?" he
cried, roughly.
"You'll find out," answered a voice
from the darkness, "when we send
boat aboard."
Dangerous Practice Too Frequently
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"Women are addicted to many per-
nicious habits," observed a physician,
"but I cannot conceive of one that is
more idiotic than the placing of coins
In the mouth while the purse or money
bag is being opened. Most women do
this, especially in the street cars, and
are doubtless unmindful of the fact
that they are thereby inviting danger-
ous throat and lung troubles. I have
often watched women holding coins
between their lips, and have been
very strongly tempted to utter an ad-
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a beautiful girl give a conductor a
dime. Sitting opposite to her was a
dirty-looking men, whose hands looked
as if they hadn't been washed for a
week. He gave the conductor a nickel
and the conductor handed it to the
young women in change for her dime.
She placed it between her lips while
she opened her money bag. Why does
not some ingenious woman introduce
a small pocket or some device in the
feminine wardrobe that will take the
place of Ihe lips for holding coins?
Certainly she would be a benefactor
to her sex."
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