The Kiefer Searchlight. (Kiefer, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, June 11, 1909 Page: 3 of 10
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voctd to Capt. Overton as ever. You 1 bad humors—and. little as it raajr be
know Arabella ever liked him rather
more than he liked her." At which un
believed, I. Richard Glyn. lieutenant
in his majesty's sea service, with
THE LOVES
of the
LADY
ARABELLA
By
HOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL
generous speech. I said one word: £3.000 to my name, would have gone
"Fie!" and Daphne, coloring to the] to the gibbet rather than marry Lady
roots of her hair, yet attempted to de | Arabella, wilh her £30,000.
fend herself. , Perhaps Daphne Carmichael had
"1 only tell you what all the world something to do with it. She was the
says, and so say my uncle and aunt same gentle, winning creature at 19
Arabella could have married a dozen as at 12. She was still hir Peter s pet,
times—she is all of 21, you know— | and Lady Hawkshaw's comfort; but I
and married very splendidly, but she had not been in the house a week be-
will not. Sir Peter rages, and swears fore the change I alluded to came
that he will marry her off In spite ot about and the change was in me con-
herself; but Arabella is her own mis- , corning Daphne. I began to find it
tress now, nnd laughs at Sir Peter.’ very hard to keep away from her. bhe
The Fifth Wheel
” By INA BREVORT ROBERTS
(Copyright, by J. B. Llpptneott Co.)
And does she still play cards?’
•reated me with great kin iness before
„ . . . . others, but when we were alone to
a,) ',a 8, u i e' „tri „„8i get her. she was capricious. I began to
to give that otherwise sweet girl post- 1
tive pleasure to call over Lady Ata-
bella's faults.
‘ Yes." she said. "Loo. lansquenet
—anything by which money can be
'ost or won. Three times a week she
foes to the duchess of Auchester's.
where play is high. We go there to-
night; but 1 do not play."
despair of ever finding a woman who
could be kind to a man three times
running. And I was wry much sur-
prised at the end of a fortnight to find
myself experiencing the identical
symptoms I had felt five years before
v.ith Arabella—only much aggravated.
There was this difference, too. 1 had
admired Arabella as a star, afar off,
1 had not thought there was so much and , thlnk j should have been very
malice in Daphne until that conversa- nillcb frightened, if. at the time, she
l*on- had chosen formally to accept my de-
I left my adleux for Lady Hawk- votlon. Not so with Daphne. I felt
(Copyright. 1908, Bobb»-Merrill Co.)
8YNOPSI8.
shaw and repaired to the admiralty. | should never be really at ease until
where Sir Peter happened to be that i had the prospect of having her by
day. 1 explained that 1 should have my side the rest of my life. 1 reached
- | come to him at once, but for my fnor- this phase a» the end of the third
At 14 years of age Admiral Sir p.-ter dinate wish tosee Lady Hawkshaw; and week. At the end jf the fourth 1 was
<Wply*hinWiov"PateflrstKsiKhtdwithni.ttdy ,hutIfoun(lherlookinKat least 20 >'ears in a desperate case, hut it was then
Arabella Stormont, who spurned Ids at- younger since we met last. At which time to go to Portsmouth to meet
tendon* The lad an orphan was. s|r peter beamed on me with delight. Giles, according to my promise, and
his un.le Giles Vernon, n.-phew of sir and, 1 believe, mentally determined I felt, when I parted from Daphne, as
to give me £1.000 additional In his
will.
I then stated
BEYOND DOUBT.
Dinner was drawing to a leisurely tered angrily, as. unable to
close. A little breeze, welcome after
the heat of the day. came in through
the lace curtains and swayed the flow-
ers on the table, around which sat
Arkwright and his wife and their
guest, Oliver t’arlton.
There were not many evenings now-
adays when Oliver was not in what
had grown to be called "Mr. Carlton’s
place" "In town he was always
dropping in on some pretext or other
late in the afternoon, and they had
remain
| v
"1 suppose you mistake me for a
fool?"
"Mistake you? My dear boy, I
know you too well!"
Starch, like everything else, Is be-
still any longer, he rose and left the 1 ing constantly Improved, the patent
Starches put on the market 25 year*
room.
Outside on the porch he was pacing
Impatiently up and down when he
caught sight, just inside of the long,
open windows, of his wife's slender
figure. An impulse which he wished
to resist but could not made him
pause in his walk and step through
the window.
The room was In darkness except
for the faint, clear starlight, blit
fallen into the habit of expecting him i Keith was seated so that tills fell full
Thomas Vernon, became the hoy's pa
They attended a theater where Haw' •
slmw'i nephew saw I.ady Arabella Mer-
non met Philip Overton, next In line or
if I was starting on a three years'
cruise, and I was only to be gone a
business, day and a half. She, dear girl, showed
Sir Thomas Vernon's estate. They st rt- ] * lu*‘B B,“lcu reaX .. . . . . . .
«-d a duel which was interrupted. Vernon, which was to get Giles Vernon ex- some feeling, too, and 1 left, nearing
Overton and Hawkshaw’s nephew- found chancpd. and sir petpr without a with me the pack which every lover
themselves attracted by pretty Lady Ara- cnangeu, Him on rein, «iluo.il « ...
bells The Ajax In battle defeated French moment’s hesitation, agreed to do all' carries pains and hopes.
ofyn^got X^ooo ^irUe** money0 He*' * was h* c°uW for me; and then, as usual, I left London at night, and next
Lady Hawkshaw as he directed me to have my portmanteau morning on reaching Portsmouth, as
sent to Berkeley Square, as Lady raped from the coach, I ran into
Hawkshaw had done. Before I left the Guts’ arms; he had reached Ports-
admiralty machinery had been put in mouth some hours in advance of the
motion to secure Giles Vernon's ex- time.
change. I returned to Berkeley Ho showed marks of his imprison-
Sqaare, and again took up my abode ment in his appearance, but his soul
there. had ever been free, and he was the
- same brave and joyous spirit 1 had
CHAPTER VII. ever Known. Not being minded to
called home by f^dy Hawkshaw
was about to “blow in" his eurnlniis with
Vernon. At a Hawkshaw party Glyn dls-
rovered that Lady Arabella was a poor
but persistent gambler. He talked mu'-h
with her cousin Daphne. Lady Arabella
again showed love for gaining Later she
held Olyn and Overton prisoners, thus
<1elsylng the duel. In the Overton-Ver-
non duel, neither was hurt. Lady Ara-
bella humiliated Richard by her pranks.
Richard and Giles shipped on a frigate.
CHAPTER VI.—Continued.
We had a pleasant journey to Ply-
mouth and were troubled with few
regrets at leaving London. We ex-
pected, in the foolishness of youth, to
f,
One month from the time I arrived waste our time in Portsmouth, we tong
in London I was on my way to Ports- coach for London town at noon. As
mouth to meet Giles Vernon, who had we were mounting, a countryman
been brought over with a batch of ex- standing by held up a wooden cage
changed officers from France. full of larks, and asked us to buy, ex-
in that month, during which I had , Plating on their beautifui song,
lived continuously in Berkeley Square, "1 will take them all, my lad. cried
things were so little changed, except Giles, throwing him a guinea. The
in one respect, which I shall mention fellow gaped for a moment, ami then
presently, that I could scarcely per- made off as fast as his legs could car-
suade myself five years had passed, ry him. I wondered what Giles meant
Peter and Polly, as Giles disrespect- do with the birds. He held the
during those eventful years. We were fully called them, had not grown a cage in his hand until we had started
constantly at sea; we kept a tireless day older, and quarreled as vigorously and were well into the country; then
opening the little slide, he *—’’ '*•"
apture many more such prizes as the
ndomptahle and Xantippe. The Bel-
videra was nearly ready, and in a few
weeks we sailed on our second cruise.
I shall not give the particulars of
that cruise. It was such a one
as all the officers of his maj-
esty's service were engaged in
lookout for our enemies, and hunted
and pursued them into their own har-
bors. We never slept for more than
four hours at a time, in all our cruis-
ing. We lived on beef and biscuit for
months at a time; sometimes we
had scurvy in the ship, and sometimes
we did not. We struggled with mighty
gales, that blew us hundreds and even
thousands of miles out of our course;
and we sweltered in calms that tried
men’s souls. In all that time we
watched night and day for the enemy,
and, when found, chased him. and
never failed to get alongside when it
was possible; and we fought him with
the greatest good will. We had good
and ill fortune with the ship, but her
colors were never lowered. And It
was five years before we set foot in
London town again.
Only a year of that time was Giles
Vernon with me. He got promotion
which took him out of the ship. I had
the extreme good fortune to be with
Nelson at the Nile. On that great day.
as sailing-master of the Belvidera. I
took the frigate around the head of
Admiral Villeneuve's line—she was
the leading ship—and placed her
where she was enabled to fire the first
raking broadside of the battle. I got
i wound in the forehead which left a
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took out
one poor, fluttering bird, and. poising
on his finger for a moment, the lark
Hew upward with a rush of joyous
wings.
Each bird he liberated in the same
way, all of us on the coach-top watch-
ing him in silence. As the last cap-
tive disappeared in the blue heavens,
(Mies, crushing the cage in his strong
hands, threw it away.
"I have been a prisoner for 14
months," he said, "and I shall never
see any harmless living tiling again
imprisoned without trying to set it
free."
We reached London that night, and
Giles went to his old lodgings, where
his landlady was delighted to see him,
as all women were who knew GHps
Vernon. She gave us supper, and
then we sat tip all night talking. I
had thought from the guinea he had
thrown the vender of larks that he
had money. I found he had none, or
next to none.
(TO HI-; CONTINl'KD.)
to remain to dinner.
Hero at their summer home other
guests came nnd went, but Carlton
stayed on, occasionally going up to
town for a few days, but alwnys re-
turning sooner than ho had intended.
That he liked to be there was scarce-
ly to be wondered at. T.te Arkwrights
wore a charming couple; young anil
rich, besides having a delightful way
of making their guests welcome.
As for Carlton, that young man
talked business with Arkwright, dis-
cussed books with his wife, and was
in many ways a pleasant person to
have about.
Mrs. Arkwright rose with the gentle
grace natural to her and moved to-
wards the door, her husband and Carl-
ton following. These two never lin-
gered at the table after she left It.
In the hall Arkwright left the others,
turning his steps In the direction of
tho library. His wife's’ eyes followed
him.
"Won’t you come out to the garden
with us?" she asked; "it is cooler
there."
"Yes. do come," urged Carlton; "it's
much too warm to stay in the house.
Arkwright shook his head; he had
letters to write, he gave as excuse.
Carlton and Mrs. Arkwright passed
out to the cool darkness of the gar-
den, while the master of the house
went into the llbary, not to write,
but to sit and think, with eyes staring
upon her face. Carlton w as not there.
Arkwright dropped into a seat in
the shadow. His wife must have been
aware of his entrance, but site did not
speak for some time. Finally Rhe sloner of Indian affairs, for the lmme-
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat-
est discovery—Defiance Start u—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.
To Check Spread of Trachoma.
It has been reported that tho dis-
ease known as trachoma, or granular
eyelids, has been r,treading rapidly
among the Indians. To che"k this
trouble congress appropriated J12.000,
placing It In the hands of the conitnls-
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"We Were Constantly at Sea.”
"I Thought I Loved You, Too—Once."
at the light and one hand idly drum-
ming on the ilpsk before him, of the
pair who were In the garden—discuss-
ing books, he told himself with an odd,
bitter smile.
There had been a time when Ark-
wright was wont to Joke among their
friends about, the congeniality of his
wife’s and Carlton’s tastes, and to pro-
test that he was growing jealous, but
that was long ago, before his eyes
were opened to the truth.
He wondered how long the—it had
gone on before he had found it out,
how long he hail been that most piti
able of human beings, the man who is
being fooled.
There was no bitterness in his heart
Seagulls of Auchmlthie.
In the fishing village of Aurhmithle
von mav frequently witness seagulls
as ever Lady Arabella was then her fly)ng ,ut0 the houses of the fisher-
own mistress, although still living un- men an(1 partaking of food from their
... der Sir Peter’s roof; but. as far as I hands 0ne of thP3e SPa birds was In
soar that remains to this day. but I coul(1 8PP this sp0j|ed chll)1 of nature ,he hablt of stayiIlg ln a fisherman’s
also received the personal thanks of and fortunp had always been her own hou8ft oll the year round except at
my Lord Nelson, which l shall ever n,j8tress. I found that Overton had thp br*»«'dint; season, when it left,
esteem as the greatest honor of my been away for some years on foreign About a fortnight ago. while the gull
life. I had heard nothing of Giles tor Servlce. and. after distinguishing him- was awav the fisherman removed his ,owania her. only deep pity and a
nearly a year. when, among Admiral self K,eatly. had lately returned suf- home sonio three and a half railes ! keen reRrot ,hat he ha‘l Persuaded her
VUleneuve 8 officers, 1 found one, a fPrjnK from severe wounds and in- from tho former place
young lieutenant like myself, who told jurle8 to his constitution. He was. The fishernian never expected to see
tne that Giles had been captured, while however, in Ijondon, and able to ride o)d friend the gull again. It was
on a boat expedition, and was then in and wajk 01lt and visit his friends; therefore, much to his astonishment
prison at Dunkerque. but it was doubted by many,whether. tllat he beheld on a recent Sunday
I wrote him a dozen letters at least, on the expiration of his leave, he sea bird come walking into his
by officers who were paroled; and would ever be lit for duty again. npW residence with stately steps to
when the ship was paid off. the follow- ] heard and saw enough to convince resume his old familiarities and house-
ing spring, 1 lost no time in getting to me that Lady Arabella had been wild hold ways.
LtTndon, and using what little power I with grief and despair when she heard ----
had in trying to have him exchanged. ()f his wounds; and, although since A Dangerous Roll.
his return to London lie avoided com- H. Engels, an Oakland. Cal., boiler-
pany generally, she managed to see maker, mot with an experience which
Sir Peter was in great favor at the
admiralty. As soon as 1 reached I.on-
don. 1 went immediately 1o call in
Berkeley Square. My Lady Hawk
to marry a man she did not love.
She had told him this quite frankly
before their marriage, but it had not
made hint afraid. In time, he was con
fldent, he would be able to win her
in-art; such love as his must beget an
answering love, he reasoned in his
folly.
In spite of his pain, Arkwright found
something ludicrous in the knowledge
that Carlton had succeeded where he
had failed, he who in the outside
said: "I am glad you are here. I have
something to say to you. something
that 1 fear will hurt."
Arkwright drew a long breath. Was
she going to tell him that she loved
Carlton?
Mrs. Arkwright broke the silence.
"I want to tell you that we cannot
go on as we have been," she Bald. "I
suppose," she went on ln the same
soft tone, "you think that you love
me. No, don’t speak yet. I know
what you would say: you want to
swear that you worship, adore me. that
1 am the one woman ln the world to
you, but I have come to feel that
mere words do not count for much. It
Is acts that tell the story. Had you
really loved me you would never have
told me so."
Arkwright set his teeth hard. Was
she going to reproach him for having
perRuaded her to marry him? Well, he
deserved It. lie supposed.
"Why did you do it?" she questioned
with more passion, more anger, In her
voice than he had au,, osed her ca-
pable of feeling. "Why dlu you force
yourself Into my existence? 1 was
happy enough as I was, as happy as a
woman can be who has never loved."
Arkwright winced.
"But there, 1 must not be unkind to
you." Her voice had grown inde-
scribably tender. "After all, you are
not more to blame than 1; Indeed, not
so much, and I know you arc sincere
in thinking that you love me. 1 thought
I loved you too—once. But now I
know that it was not you l loved. In
accepting your attentions 1 was only
yielding to the desire every woman
has to be made much of. to have
thought, devotion, showered upon Iter.
What I mistook for love was merely
being glad that you. someone, anyone,
cared for me. It was comparing you
with him that made me realize this.
Had he been in your place he would
never have told nte that he loved me;
he would have gone away and suiTered
In silence."
Arkwright stirred impatiently in his
seat. Why could she not have spared
him a little? It was bitter enough to
be reproached with his own shortcom-
ings without having to hear her lover's
praises sung. Besides, would Oliver
have done these things? Arkwright
thought not.
His wife leaned forward and laid a
hand on his arm. “You don't know
how I hate to have to say all this,”
she whispered.
Arkwright shook her hand from his
arm.
"Of course, you nro angry with me,
lmt isn't it better for me to tell (lie
truth? I do not love you; I love him,"
The way she said the last three
words made Arkwright dizzy with
pain. It showed him how she could
love.
"Of course, I can never be anything
to him now,” Edith went on, "for you
will always stand between us; that Is
my punishment; but it is only fair to
him that you should go away.”
Arkwright did not speak; indeed, he
could not, for something came into his
throat and choked him.
His wife went on talking. Would
she never stop, lie wondered. How
much more was there for him to hear?
"I know it is a good deal to ask, but
I should like to feel that you forgive
mo for telling you these unpleasant
truths and for sending you away. It
may be hard for you to go, but, be-
lieve me, you will find it harder to
stay. I am sure of this because—if
dlate investigation and treatment of
the disease and to check Its spread.
world was called a successful man,
bile Carlton-well, there was nothing *ou lovei‘ me a8~a’s 1 ,ove hlm’ >',,u
him occasionally, and spent much of nearly cost him his life, while at work --------------- -----------------------o . .. _ . . . m e it t
her time driving in the parks upon the inside a 28-inch water pipe. The line against Carlton, but then there was ! -'i*!'vet's "little °I
shaw was at home, and received me mere chance of seeing him taking his ((f pipe ran along a steep hillside and nothing to him either, Arkwright n"" 1 0 me' ,l 1 ’
in great state, black feathers and all; daily ride or walk. Lady Arabella was held ln position by wooden sup- thought.
and with her sat Daphne Carmichael. Stormont had everything in life that ports. While Engel was riveting two ( As yet neither of the pair suspected
1 believe Lady Haw kshaw was really heart could wish, except one. She had sections together the supports gave ’ that he knew. He had gone on as
glad to see me; but Daphne, after chosen to give her willful and way- way and the section in which he was usual letting them, if they took the
speaking to me, remained with her ward heart to Philip Overton, anti it working started down the hill at a ter- trouble to think about the matter, be
eyes fixed on her embroidery. 1 must be acknowledged that he was a riflc speed, it rolled several hundred
noted, however, that she was a very man well fitted to enchain a woman's feet and finally dropped into a ditch in
charming girl, and her eyes, under her imagination. Overton had disdained which a stream of water was running,
long, dark lashes, were full of fire and the spontaneous gift of Arabella's Engels'companion supposed, of course,
sweetness. But she had not, and love; but I believe her haughty and that he had been killed, but rushed to
never could have, the glorious arrogant mind could never be brought the ditch. The in-piped man was
beauty of Lady Arabella Stormont, to believe that any man could be real- taken out alive, but seriously cut and
bruised and almost drowned.—Detroit
News-Tribune.
Lady Hawkshaw demanded of me a ]y insensible to her beauty, her rank,
particular account of my whole and her fortune. Overton could not
cruise, and everything that had hap- in any way be considered a great
pened at the battle of the Nile. This match for her. His fortune was mod-
I gave, to the best of my ability. She j est. and his chance ot' succeeding to
Why We Shake Hands.
In the barbarous days of old, when
then invited, or, rather, commanded, | the Vernon estates remote; but, with every man had to watch carefully over
me to take up my quarters in Berkeley the desperate perversity of her na- his own safety, when two persons met
Square, and told me that I had three ture. him she would have and no other, they offered each to the other the
thousand and ten pounds, nineteen it always seemed to me as if Overton right hand, the hand that wields the
shillings and seven pence to my credit was the one thing denied her, but club, sword, knife or other weapon of
in bank. that she had determined to do battle war. Each did this to show that the
with fate until she conquered
After this, she was called upon to
leav* the room for a moment, and i1 soul's desire,
civilly inquired of Daphne how Lady
Arabella was.
"She is well." responded Daphne,
rather tartly, 1 thought; "and as de-
her hand was empty, and that, therefore,
no trouble needed to be feared. The
For myself, she treated me exactly handshake wa3 the treaty of peace—
as she had done five years before— in a word, the way they had of show-
called me Dicky in her good humors. Ine each other that they meant to b®
and a variety of sneering names *n her 1 friendly.
lieve him still the fool.
He had a vague feeling that this
pretense of being blind was not the
straightforward course (and Ark-
wright above all things had always
prided himself on being straightfor-
ward), and yet, after all, what could
he do? What was there to do?
Perhaps some time in the near fu-
ture death would solve the difficulty.
Arkwright hoped so and, since he
seemed to be a fifth wheel, that he
would be the one to go, which was un-
selfish of him. when one considers
that he was well and strong and did
not want to die.
He did not blame Edith—such re
senlment as he felt was ail for Carl-
ton—but it hurt him to have to think
of her as a hypocrite. "Why need she
be so
think
I felt this in a vague way from the
first. That is why even when I thought
I loved you I would not tell you so."
Arkwright drew a sigh of relief. He
was glad she was telling all this to
him and not to Carlton. It meant
much to him to be able to believe in
her again.
His wife rose to her feet. "Come."
she said In a voice she strove to make
niatter of-fact, "we must not stay here
any longer. He will be wondering
where we are.”
Arkwright rose too, and together
they moved through the darkness to-
wards a curtained doorway. Just be-
fore it Edith paused and he felt her
hand upon his arm again. "I am sorry,
Oliver, 1 am indeed," she whispered.
Oliver! Arkwright felt a sudden
dizziness. Oliver! She had thought
he was Oliver Carlton all this time.
Why—then she must have been talk-
ing about him—her husband. She
must love him!
After a moment, when his mad exul-
have urged me to go to the garden to- j tation had given way to a great peace,
night? Why need she always go ] Arkwright took hi* wife’s hand, and.
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