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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
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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.