6 * SERIAL v 1/3 story S\J m iTHEt 1 ESCAPADE I MARITAL ROMANCE I II Cyrus Townsend Brady I ILLUSTRATIONS BY - RAY WALTERS U (Copjrluht, IWS, by W. O. Chapmatl.) SYNOPSIS. The Escapade opens, not in thn ro mance preceding the marriage of Ellen Slocum. a I'urltan iniss, and Lord Har rington of England, but in their life after settling In England. The scene is placed, Just following the revolution, In Harring ton costle in England. The Harringtons, after party, engaged in a family tilt, caused by jealousy. Lord Harring ton and his wife each made charges of faithlessness against the other in con tinuation of the quarrel. First objecting against playing cards with the guests, Lady Harrington agreed to cut cards with Lord Strathgate, whose attentions to Ellen had become a sore point with Har rington. The loss of SIOO,OOO failed to per turb her, and her husband then cut for liis wife'B I. O. U. and his honor, Har rington 'winning. The incident closed ex cept that a liking for each other appar ently arose between Lady Harrington and Lord Strathgate. Additional attentions of Lord Harrington to Lady fiecily and Lord Strathgate to Lady Harrington com pelled the latter to vow that she would leave the castle. Preparing to Hee, Lady Harrington and her chum Deborah, an American girl, met Lord Strathgate at two a. m., he agreeing to see thein safe ly away. Ellon fled, Strathgate driving. He atte-mpted to take her to his castle, but she left him stunned in the road when the carriage met with an accident. She and Debbie then struck out for Portsmouth, where she intended to sail for America. Hearing news of Ellen's flight. Lords Harrington and Seton set out in pursuit. CHAPTER Vlll.—Continued. The ground was somewhat soft Ia the shadow and footprints were dis cernible in the low spot where the carriage had fallen. There were marks of a woman's shoe and a man's, aJbeit a man of small feet, by the side of the carriage door and other marks around the horses. From the trampling and hoof marks Seton con cluded that the horses must have stood quiet for some time. He surmised that the inmates of the carriage had taken advantage of the stop to get out and go ahead while Strailigate lay stunned. After a final search of the interior of the carriage in which he was re warded by finding a tiny bowknot of scarlet ribbon which he thought he recognized as one that had trimmed Mistress Debbie's gown, for it was a rolor she affected, and which he lucked carefully away in his pocket. An hour from the carriage he came upou a bay coach horse straggling by the wayside, with certain portions of harness dragging from him. Here was another mystery. If there had been two horses, where was the other? Why was he abandoned in the high road not a soul being near? The horse permitted him to get close enough to enable him to see that the traces which dangled from his sides had been severed by a knife. There could be no doubt that this was one of Carrington s coach horses. There was no reason on earth, 11 they had started out on two, for aban donlng one. He galloped down the road and in a few minutes came to a little fishing village. Some of the fishermen had gone ofT for the day's work in their boats, but one grizzled sailor was moodily pacing up and down the little wharf. Reining his horse in on the shore, Seton hailed him. "My man,"he said, "have you seen anything of two or three people, two women and a man inquiring for a boat this morning?" "No," growled the man, "but I had a boat at this wharf, the best boat in the haven, and when I come down this morning at five o'clock she way gone." "Gone!" cried Seton, dismounting from his horse in his excitement, "What do you mean?" "Just what I say, your honor," re turned the man. "She was tied right there"—he pointed to one of the spiles —"and when I got up I was the first man down here at the wharf, she was gone." "Was there any message—any clew —any sign?" "Naught but this," returned the sail or. pulling out of his pocket a handfu of shining guineas. Here was proof positive to Seton "Well, my friend, I don't see thai you have anything to complain of." "How's that, sir?" queried thesailoi "Certainly the boat was hardij worth more than five guineas." "Now, I want to know how far it i( from here to Portsmouth?" "A matter of between 30 and 4( leagues, doiendin' on the wind," sail ihe man. "Would your boat be big enough tc make that, distance?" "Lord love yer honor, she's bis enough togo to Prance." "But could a woman handle her?' "T she knowed the sea and a boai 'ld could do it." "j.o nay provision aljoaxd?" "A breaker of fresh water and may hap some hard bread." "Good!" said Seton, reassured that the fugitives were not starving at any rate. "Now, I want to get to Ports mouth. and T want togo by sea." He judged that since Carrington was probably headed in that direction, by land, it would be best for him to follow directly upon the course of the fugitives which he had so luckily run down. "That'll be easy enough, your hon or," said the sailor, "there's other boats in the harbor." "There's Will Hawke's boat yonder. Will ain't abroad to-day, bein' down with a spell of fever." "Very good," said Seton. "Go and see him, tell him that Sir Charles Seton wants to charter his boat for a run to Portsmouth. Are you free to take charge of her?" "That I am, master." "Set about it at once," said Seton, "while I arrange to leave my horse at the tavern. By the way, what's your name?" "Whlbley, sir. John Whibley, at yer honor's service." Whibley was as good as his prom ise. A half an hour found Sir Charles afloat in a small lugger with Whibley for captain and two boys, the own er's son and another that he had picked up, for a crew. "You said this was a fast boat!" Sir Charles remarked to his sailing master. "Ay, ay, sir. With a wind like this'' —and indeed there was a ripping breeze blowing up the channel —"wo ought to reel off between 10 aud 11 knots an hour." ' Spare nothing," said Seton, "an extra guinea apiece to the three of you if you overhaul the other boat." "Beg your pardon, sir," said Whib )«y after a moment's thought, "but bein's as they've took my boat, I should like to know how, if 'tain't too bold, who or what them parties is you're ehasin'?" "Two women," returned Seton, bravely. "Hum," said Whibley under his breath, "I've knowed of a man ehasin' one woman half 'round the world, but I've never heard of a lover ehasin' two." CHAPTER IX. The Hard Riding of Lord Carrington. Lord Carrington's best horse was named Sailor. He was a magnificent black, built for speed, but not with out great powers of endurance. Like all Englishmen, my lord was a fa mous horseman, although he followed the sea for a livelihood. He was a ease in contradiction to the ancient adage that a sailor is never so much out of his element as when he is "What Do You Mean?" astride of a horse. Generations oi fox-hunting fathers had given him a heritage of horsemanship which the years he had spent upon the sea could not eradicate. Not only was he an expert rider, but he was thor oughly familiar with what could be got out of a horse. He knew how to ride him to the best advantage, when to spare him and when to press him He had but one desire, to ride dowr Strathgate and wrest Ellen from his hands. He had no doubt that the three were headed for Portsmouth As if to punish him for his misuse of a noble steed who responded gal lantly to every incentive of whip spur, voice and appeal his mastei brought to bear, Sailor had the bad luck to cast a shoe. A few leaps and he went instantly lame. With a bit ter curse Carrington dismounted and examined the horse. The poor beast stood panting and exhausted, his flanks heaving, his heart beating, hit head drooping. The groom had beer distanced and left behind. Carring ton was alone with a lame horse miles apparently, from a posting station 01 a blacksmith's shop. There was notli lng to do but wait. He sat down b> the roadside, his eyes strained back ward in the direction whence he hat come, looking for the groom. Aftei half an hour or so of delay, which fretted him beyond measure, he dis covered the fellow leisurely trottinf over a bill. Aroused by the halloos of his master, the boy suddenlj quickened his pace and soon drew reii beside him. "What do you mean," cried Car rington, furiously, "by loafing alone in that way? 1 told you to keep ui with me." "My lud," said the boy, touching his hat and dismounting, "no man or earth could keep up with you withoui killing his horse, and there are few horses, even if killed, that'd bo equa to Sailor, sir. 'Tisn't in this i know. She was in distress sevva miles back, and I pulled her up. m j hadn't, she wouldn't be here." There was sense in what the boj siid, au«J Carriagtoa could not but ac CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1908 Knowledge it. "Give ino your hors<\" he said, 'and do you take Sailor, lie's cast, a shoe. Lead him on the road to the nearest shop and come after me as Fast as ts safe, but don't kill the horse. I'm bound for Portsmouth. Vou'll find me at the Blue Boar inn. Here's money for the journey. If any thing happens, you can leave yo»ir horse and come forward by post horses, you understand?" Carrlngton gathered up the reins, sprang upon the mare's back and without looking over his shoulder, gal loped on ahead. The delay had given lini time to come to his senses, he swept over the ground rapidly, and after two hours of terrific going ho pulled up at a wayside inn. He sprang from his horse the instant he stepped before the entrance. Lord Carrington was well known in the vi cinity, and in a moment a dozen obse quious hostlers and horse boys scram bled about him while mine host came bowing before the door. "A horse, the best you have in the stables!" "My lord," began the host, "I'm very sorry—" "No words," interrupted Carrington, "bring me a horse and a draught of wine." "My best horse has been taken, your lordship, some three hours ago. and I have naught but indifferent ones left." "Bring me the best you have. I don't care what it is," said Carring ton. "Don't you see my mare can go no farther and I must have some sort of a horse. How far is it to the next posting station?" "A matter of ten miles." "Well, give me something that can make the distance in an hour, and if I founder him or kill him, I'll pay you well for him." "Here, Dick," said the landlord, "you hear my lord. Bring old Joe. 'Tis the best we have. There's a bay horse in the stable, if he were only fresh. He came in two hours ago, and Lord Strathgate—" "Who came, did you say?" cried Car rington, turning quickly. "The earl of Strathgate, your honor." "Was he here?" "Two hours agone, sir. He took a bite of breakfast and a draught of wine and our best horse and rode on." "Was he alone?" "Alone, your lordship. There's sum mat strange about it, too, for his head was all bloody, his coat was streaked with mud, he was riding a bay horse, looked like a carriage horse, bareback with bits of harness dangling to it. He had no hat on—" "Where is that bay horse?" cried Carrington, tingling with excitement. "Yonder, in the stable yard being rubbed down." "My horse Betty! By heaven!" he exclaimed. "What is the meaning of this?" He turned and faced the astonished landlord once more. "Did you say that Strathgate was alone?" "Absolutely alone." "Did he ask any questions?" "He asked me if there was a woman and a young man had got horses and ridden on ahead, if anybody had seen anything of any kind of coach, or wagon, or carriage, or people on horse back." "And what answer made you?" " 'Cept the coach for Portsmouth, which went up empty, and some farm wagons driven by men, we knew that nobody had passed this morning." "And you say Strathgate was in a hurry?" "I never seed a man more in a hurry, your lordship, unless it was yourself," added mine host. "You're right," cried Carrington. He was utterly bewildered by the situation. His calculations were all at sea. What could be the meaning ot Strathgate alone upon the road, with a broken head and a muddy coat, rid ing on a coach horse and driving the beast even as he had forced Sailor and the mare? Where were Ellen and Doborah? It must be that he was pursuing some one, but if so, who? Who, but Ellen and Deborah, and how could they keep ahead of such furious chas ing? They had not gone off together, then. In some way they had given Strathgate the slip. Lord Carring ton jumped at this conclusion and his heart bounded. My lord rode with as heavy a hand as before, but with a considerably lighter heart. Of one thing he was certain, that Ellen was not with Strathgate. (TO RE CONTINUED.) PROMISES OF ELECTRICAL ERA, Advancement That Will Open Nature'i Heart to Man. Fire made man master of the mole cule ; electricity makes him master oi ino atom and opens nature's heart Fire melted sand to glass and pre pared the path for a telescope for Gal ileo, a camera for Daguerre, a micro scope for Pasteur, engines for Watt, Stephenson, Parsons and De Laval; all the streams of lead and iron, cop per and zinc ever smelted from their ores, all the acids, oils and alcohols, But all these electricity can do, do it better than flame, and greater works than these, tasks beyond the power oi fire. The electrical era is only dawn ing. There are motors and dynamos, heaters and lamps, chemical dividers and batteries. The larger the field oi electricity the cheaper it will become and the bigger will be the demand. When there are not only telephones in every house, but sewing machine motors, fans, smoothing irons, chafing dishes and the like, electricity will be gin to mean as much for man today as, long ago, did the first kindling oi fire with slowly won arts of furnace and lamp, oven and smelter, crucible and still. Thus saUli a prophet oi wicctikiiy. FOR THE MAN WITH BEES. <Vn Uncapping Box Possessing Many Excellent Features. A few words in regard to the uncap ping box that I use. The upper sec :ion, that holds the cappings, is six 'eet long, 27 inches wide and 18 inches ieep. It has a heavy, wire screen bot tom, a rim of narrow boards around the top, with three cross-pieces to sup port (he combs. A spike is driven up through the center of each of the lat ter to rest the frames upon when un capping the combs. The corners are halved together in botli sections. There Is a cover that fits on bee-tight- The bottom section is the same size, only much shallower, the sides being only five inches deep. The ends are seven inches deep iu the middle, but are reduced to five at the ends. To help support the screen above, a board seven inches wide is placed lengthwise of the lower section. To the bottom of this frame is nailed a sheet of gal vanized iron six feet and one-half inch long, and enough wider than the bot tom so that an edgo can be turned up A Mammoth Uncapping Box. all round, nailed fast and pounded down so as to make a smooth edge and a tight Joint. At each corner is nailed a piece of board as long as the end pieces are wide at the middle. These pieces furnish what might be called legs, and keep the box llrm in an upright position. Each section ia furnished with handles made from tugs cut from an old harness. There is a honey gate at one end of the lower section. Here are some of the advantages of this box, explains a writer In Bee Keepers' Review. The cappings can be spread out over a large surface, which allows the honey to drain out much more freely than it does in a small box or can; there is not onlj plenty of room to spread them out, but they can be stirred occasionally witl a garden rake; there is room and a place to hang the combs after thej are uncapped where the drip will gc into the box, and they are in a very convenient position for the man whc puts them into the extractor, as he has only to reach out with his right hand and pull a comb towards him; there is room for three, or even more men to work at uncapping at the same time; then their toes can go undei the edge of the box, which allows them to lean against the side of the box. Tho latter may seem like a small point, but it counts for a lot in a long day's work. The box may bo paintec black, furnished with a cover made from sheet iron, when, if set out in the sun, the heat will go up from 110 tc 120 degrees, and practically all of the honey will run out, especially if the cappings are stirred occasionally. The uncapping knives should b< kept as sharp as possible, and some means provided to keep them in ho or warm water. An extra knife oi two is an advantage, as it gives oppor tunity to exchange a cold knife for s hot one. Knives ought to be as ligh as possible, yet strong enough for the work; and a support in the shank foi the thumb and finger is an advantage A HEN WATERING PAIL. How It Can Be Made from Old Pall oi Butter Tub. I send you a sketch of a pail we ar< using for watering and giving milk t( chickens, writes a correspondent oi Rural New York. They will not soi the feed because they don't stand or Good Watering-Pail for Fowl. the top. Take a candy pail and put i hoop six inches from bottom of pail take off the top hoop, then saw ou three five-inch slots down near to Ihe hoop for the fowls to reach through Hotter then give a cont of linseed oil then two coats of paint, and keep it the shade. Ours has worked a yea; and yet looks new. Break Up Old Crockery. Old earthen and china dishes tha have been thrown out should bt broken up into small bits by use of i hammer. It is better than gravel o, oyster shells for grit. There need b< uo fear of feeding too much. A GOOD POULTRY NEST. | Trap Nest Which Can Be Made Out j of Grocery Box. A useful trap nest can bo made of grocery boxes. Those I have are 12" Inches each way, p —explains tliecorre spondent of Farm •ffl 1 °[ || ' * and Home. The illustration shows how they are made. In the cut the trap is set ready for the hen to enter. A cleat, c, is fastened to a small piece of cord, which is tied to a nail on the side of the box. Set the trap by raising it and resting the cleat on the nail, with the other end under the arm marked a. This leaves an opening from four to six inches wide, which is not enough for the hen to enter. Ingoing inlo the nest she will bo obliged to raise the trap door, which will let the cleat fall, thus clos ing the trap after the hen has gone in. I made the trap door, the arms and the cleats out of lath. Leave a little space between the boards in the walls, so the heat can escape, otherwise It will be too warm in summer. The bottom board, b, in front should be three or four inches wide, and the lower piece of the trap door should rest against this so the hen cannot get her head through, raise the trap and get out. I have bands on one leg of each of my hens, aDd a record sheet on which I keep account of the eggs laid by each. It is some bother to have trap nests, but I get more eggs since I have used them, because I do not have to keep the hens that are poor lay ers. I goto the henhouse every four hours to look after the nests and each time I take something along to give them that would otherwise goto waste. —Mrs. Mollie Wachendorf, Wau kesha county, Wis. BAD EGGS BARRED. How They Spot the Careless Farmer# in Denmark. Although the average person has lit tle chance to guard against bad eggs in the United States, in Denmark they apparently have solved the bad egg problem. In that country there are syndicates which control the egg in dustry and it is their duty to keep tab on the farmers who are in the habit af shipping bad eggs to the market. The headquarters of this egg syndi cate, of course, is Copenhagen, and the members of it are the farmers them selves. The members of this egg syn dicate throughout the country are pro vided with rubber stamps which bear the serial number of the member's certificate as well as a number for the egg. Each egg is thus stamped with the farmer's name on it, with indelible ink. No eggs are accepted that do not bear a stamp. So this stamp is a guarantee of quality. When the eggs are examined in Copenhagen, if they are found to be bad the shipper re ceives notice and is compelled to pay a fine averaging about one dollar of our money, if he makes many ship ments of bad eggs he is very quickly expelled from the syndicate; thus all bad and not perfectly fresh eggs are either sold to the village grocer 01 used at home. It has been found that this system works admirably in keei* ing the open market stocked with eggs that are guaranteed to be In good con dition. It is likewise stated by offi cers of the syndicate that very few of the members have ever been delin quent with their fines. HAWK SCARER. Merely a Glass Bottle, But It Is Effective. I have tried this plan of keeping away chicken hawks and it succeeds, says a writer in v Farmers' Mail and /-"AS: Breeze. Take pint K or quart size U " X* clear glass bottles, I fill two-thirds full I _________ °f water and cork I ~~ tight. Tie end of J strong cord I around the neck of each and tie the other end around the small ends of 16-foot poles so neck of bottle is about one foot from pole. Sharpen large end of pole and set In the ground. Set the poles every ten or 20 rods clear around the chicken range. The wind blowing against the bottle causes it to swing and turn around and at the same time the sun shining on the bottle of water makes it throw beams of light in sev eral directions. When the hawk sees this he darts away as though he had been shot at. BARNYARD CACKLES. "When roosters crow it is time that they go," is a common motto among many poultry raisers. It is a good plan to separate the cockerels and pullets as soon as the sexes can be distinguished. • You will find it a better investment if you will train your fowls lo come tc you instead of running from you with fright. Sloppy mashes are not good for feed ing chickens and, if kept up ex cessively they will eventually breod disease. Lack of vigor is one thing to br looked after. -None but stiong, vig orous stock should be allowed in the breeding pens. With a cement or brick floor undei (lie pen and fine wire nottlng for the enclosure, there Is small danger ol rats, or other animals getting at the small chicks. AND A WOMAN'S WORK f?IS I Isl 1 V\ 7/ I r \ /A LYDIA E. PINKHAM Nature and a woman's work com bined have produced the grandest remedy for woman's ills that tlio world has ever known. In the pood old-fashioned days of our grandmothers they relied uj>on the roots and herbs of the held to cure disease and mitigate suffering. The Indians on our Western Plains to-day can produce roots and herbs for every ailment, and cure diseases that baffle the most skilled physicians who have spent years in the study of drugs. From the roots and herbs of the field Lydia E. Pinkliam more than thirty years ago gave to the women of the world a remedy for their pe culiar ills, more potent and effica cious than any combination of drugs. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is now recognized as the standard remedy for woman's ills. Mrs. Bertha Muff, of 515 N.C. St., Louisiana, Mo., writes: " Complete restoration to health means so much to me that for the sake ot other Buffering women I am willing to make my troubles public. "For twelve years I had been suffer ing with the worst forms of female ills. During that time I had eleven different physicians without help. No tongue can tell what I suffered, and at times I could hardly walk. About two years ago I wrote Mrs. Pinkliam for advice. I followed it, and can truly say that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound and Mrs. Pinkham's advice re stored health and strength. It is worth mountains of gold to suffering women." What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound did for Mrs. Muff, it will do for other suffering women. A GOOD OLD FRIEND. The Gumpot—Well, you fellows can say what you like about the editor. For my part, I always stick up for him. TRIPP COUNTY, S. D. Government Land Opening. The government opening of a mil lion acres of fine agricultural and grazing lands will probably occur about Oct. Ist. The Rosebud extension of The Chicago & North Western Ry. is the only railway reaching these lands, and Dallas, S. D., is the railway ter minus and the only town on the reser vation border. The U. S. land office will probably be located there. Pamph lets describing this land and how to secure a quarter section homestead, free on application to W. 13. Kiiiskern, P. T. M., C. & N. W. Ry., Chicago, 111. Most Acceptable Worship. The worship most acceptable corar* from a cheerful and thankful heart.—< Plutarch. Your Druggist Will Tell You That Murine Eye Remedy Cures Eyes, Makes Weak Eyes Strong. Doesn't Smart. Soothes Eye Pain and Sells for 50c. A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others. —Marcus Aurelius. FITS, St. Vitus' lance and Nervous Diseases per manently enred bv l»r. Klitie'stireat Nerve Restorer. Send lor FIIKK trial bottle and treatise. Dr. .. 11. Kline, Ld., Kil A rcU Struct, I'lilladolpUla, Pa. Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.—Coleridge. Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the Ruma, reduces ttamiiiiitlou, allayßpalu.curuß wlndeoliu. £>c a bottle When women argue they like to argue that they don't. Use Allen's Foot-Kane Curestlre<l, uchlnir. sweating Trial package free. A. SJ. OluiKtcil, lloy, N. V. It doesn't pay to borrow trouble eve* on a friend's account.
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