6 f~SERIAL? U9 STORY ESCAPADE A POST £ MARITAL ROMANCE =? Cyrus Townsend Brady 1 i ILLUSTRATIONS BY RAY WALTERS JS (Copyright, IWB, by W. o. Chapman.) SYNOPSIS. The Escapade opens, not In the ro maneo preceding the marriage of Ellen Slocum, a Puritan miss, and Lord Car rington of England, but in their life after settling in England. The scene is placed, Just following the revolution, in Harring ton castle in England. The Carringtons, after a house party, engaged in a family tilt, caused by jealousy. The attentions of Lord Carrington to Lady Cecily and Lord Strathgate to Lady Carrington com- { jelled tiio latter to vow that she would eave the castle. Preparing to flee. Lady Carrlngton and her chum Deborah, an American girl, met l.ord Strathgate at two a. tn., lie agreeing to see them safely away. He attempted to take her to his castle, but she left him stunned In the road when the carriage met with an ac cident. She and Debbie then struck out for Portsmouth, where she intended to sail for America. Hearing news of Ellen's flight. Lords f'arrington and Seton set out in pursuit. Seton rented a fast vessel and started in pursuit. Strathgate, bleeding from fall, dashed onto Ports mouth, for which Carrlngton, Ellen and Seton were also headed by different routes. Strathgate arrived in Portsmouth In advance of the others, finding that Ellen's ship had sailed before her. Strathgate and Carrlngton each hired a small yacht to pursue the wrong vessel, upon which each supposed Ellen had sailed. Seton overtook the fugitives near Portsmouth, but his craft ran aground, just as capture was Imminent. Ellen won the chase by boarding American vessel and foiling her pursuers. Carrlngton and Strathgate, thrown together by former's ■wrecking of latter's vessel, engaged in an Impromptu duel, neither being hurt. A war vessel, commanded by an admiral friend of Seton, then started out in pur suit of the women fugitives. Seton con fessing love for Debbie. Flagship Britan nia overtook the fugitives during the night. The two women escaped by again taking to the sea in a small boat. Lord Carrington is ordered to sea with his ship but refuses togo until after meeting Strathgate in a duel. They tight in the grounds of Lord Blythedale's castle. Encounter Is watched by Ellen and Deb bie, who have reached land and are in biding. Carrington won a bloody con test at swords from Strathgate, Debbie and Ellen looking on and praying for the latter's husband. Carrington. immedi ately following the duel, was placed un der arrest for refusing to obey his ad miral's orders and Ellen, who had swooned during the duel, awoke to find him cone. CHAPTER XX.—Continued. Lord Ulythedale looked tip as Sir Charles approached. "Hello, Seton," he said. "You know Strathgate, I believe. He and Carring ton have had it out here this morn ing." "1 understand," interrupted Sir Charles. "Well, Strathgate's got it terribly. Dr. Nevinson here has just, succeeded in stanching tl blood. Will you call mv head keeper, you'll find him over beyond the coppice yonder, and we'll have him bring a shutter and take Strathgate up to the house. It'll be touch .and go with him, I'm sure. Demned unpleasant piece of business this and so early in the morning!" "Did you find tho ladies, Seton?" came in weak and faltering tones from Strathgate's pale lips as he recognized Sir Charles bending over him. "No," replied Sir Charles. He hated the man, but he was terribly down and perhaps would soon be quite out and he could not get up the heart to treat him cruelly. He had played the fool, yes, and worse, the knave, but he was paying for it a high price. "No, they were not on that ship. They had got ten away somewhere." "Devilish clever woman, that," fal tered Strathgate, "and beautiful. Car riugton's a damned fool—if he—did— run me through. You're another, Se ton, and —I'm—" Hut what Lord Strathgate was in his own opinion, he did not at that moment reveal, for the effort at speech had been too much for him. With a Bort of ghastly chuckle, he fainted quite away again. "We have no time to lose," said Nevinson, abruptly. "We must get him to the house at once." "111 call the keepers myself," sain Blythedale, who should have done it at first, as he knew where he had posted them. "Fetch me some water, if you will, Sir Charles," exclaimed the doctor! "from the brook yonder! Here's a cup." Sir Charles did as he was bid, and although he went and came in the twinkling of an eye and extended to the surgeon the cup of water desired, he had time while he filled it to pick up something else that, lay by the bank in the soft ooze of the border of the brook. He noticed the foot print of a woman's shoe and by the side of it another little knot of ribbon like that lie wore, a knot of scarlet, the color Mistress Debbie affected and'with which, lie remembered—for he had met Lady Ellen when she came from the ship to England—the dress she wore on the ocean, which she had tin doubtedly assumed for traveling, was trimmed, it matched that other knot of scarlet which he had worn next his heart since he took it from the car riage floor. Ellen and Deborah had escaped! Why wast it. not possible for fortune to have brought them there? His eye swept the scene with the instinct of a trained soldier to whom the habit of seeking cover has become second nature. The coppice! They were there and he would see them; they should not escape him now. He has tily arranged his course. In a few moments Rlythedale came back with his keepers and a shutter from the nearest keeper's house fiver which blankets and comforts had been hastily thrown. With infinite care, they lifted the prostrate, senseless Strathgate upon it and started for the hall. "If you'll forgive me, Ulythedale," said Sir Charles in answer to an in vitation to accompany them, "I have something to think about and 1 shall stay here alone for a few moments." "Oh, very well, suit yourself," re turned Ulythedale, "but when you've had your thought out, come up to the hall and I'll give you some breakfast and something to drink to take the taste of this demned unpleasant busi ness out of our mouths, and so early in the morning, too! Poor Strath gate!" Seton stood quietly until lie had satisfied himself that the party had got out of sight and sound. Then he turned to the coppice. "Mistress Deborah," he cried softly, approaching the edge. "Lady Ellen!" He listened. He detected a slight whimpering sound and then a sob. "Mistress Deborah, I know your voico," cried Sir Charles forcing his way through the undergrowth regard less of his clothing, and in a moment he was by the side of Mistress Deb bie. Mistress Debbie had been lying upon her face. She lifted herself up on her arms and was staring at Sir Charles as well as she could stars at anvone with the tears streaming down her face. Leaves and bits of mold clung to her person, her eyes were heavy, her face was haggard. It is evidence of the quality of Sir Charles' passion that, even in this guise, he thought her beautiful. He stooped over her instantly, caught her in his arms and drew her to her feet. Mistress Debbie fell against him, clung to him with an as tonishing access of strength and cried the more. In his excitement and rapture at tills delightful contact. Sir Charles did not notice the other darker figure ly ing prone near the spot whence he had plucked his love. As soon as his "My Lord Is Well?" eye fell upon her, he quickly lifted his sweetheart's head and held her from him a little. "Is that Lady Ellen?" he asked. "Yes," said Debbie contritely, "I was so glad to see you, 1 forgot—" "Is she dead?" "Kainted, I think. You see we saw all that terrible battle —" "We must get her out of here at once," said Sir Charles, releasing Deb orah. He stooped down and, although Ellen was no light burden for any man, he picked her up and followed by Debbie forced his way through the coppice onto the sward which had already been the scene of such mem orable events that morning. He laid her gently on the grass, bade Debbie loosen her collar, ran to the brook, came back with a hat full of water and splashed it, manlike, uncere moniously into Ellen's face. Then he drew from his pocket a small flask which he happened to have with him, and forced a few drops of liquor be tween Lady Ellen's pale lips. Then he and Deborah fell to chafing her hands. Presently, with a long sigh Lady Ellen opened her eyes. She stared hard at Seton for a mo ment. and then the color slowly came back into her cheeks. She strove weakly to rise upon her hand and Deb bie slipped her arm behind her and supported her. "Where is my lord?" she asked faintly. "I saw it all. Oh, my God, I saw it all!" "Lord Carrington was not hurt," "I know," faltered Ellen. "Strath gate! How horribly he was punished," she murmured. "We have all suffered, but I must goto my lord now. You have run me down on a lee shore, Sir Charles. Will you take mo to him?" "Dear Lady Carrington," said Sir Charles, tenderly, "I would do so— You must prepare yourself for anoth er shock." This time Pollen sat bolt upright, disdaining Deborah's help and in spite' of her restraining arm. "My lord is well?" she cried in an guished tones. "Perfectly well," said Sir Charles, I "but arrested." "For what? For the du'«l?" CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1908. "Nay, for disobedience of orders, for refusing 1o rejoin his ship, for—" "And he was following me," cried Lady Ellen with a heavenly smile, "he cared more for me than orders, or—" Vnd then the thought of T.ady Ce cily swept inio her mind and clouded her heart. "Madam," said Solon, "believe me he cares more for you than anything under heaven." "And am 1 not to so to him now?" asked Ellen. "1 see how foolish I have been." "If you will forgive me the sugges tion," said Seton, "'tis C'arrington who has played the fool and now he's in a grave situation. Admiral Kep hard is his friend, but he is helpless. My lord must stand a court-martial and 'tis likely togo hard with liim." "What is to be done?" asked Ellen, seeing her new found cup of happiness about to be dashed from her lips. "You must goto the king, tell him the whole story." "Who will take me there?" asked Ellen, after a long pause. "I will," returned Sir Charles. "Think you that having at last run you down, I would allow Mistress Deb bie out of my sight again? Courage, madam, we will appeal to his majesty in person, lie hath a kind heart for all his strange ways', God bless him! We will all go together and appeal to him, but first 1 must get you shelter" —and Sir Charles looked away as he spoke—"and clothes suitable for your sex. We will goto Blythedale hall." "Have they taken Lord Stratligate there?" "Ay," returned Sir Charles,"ln a helpless, fainting condition." "I will never go," said Ellen, de cidedly, "under any roof in which he abides, living or dead." "Very well," said Sir Charle3. "Mis tress Deborah shall stay here with you. I will get a carriage somewhere and we will, goto the next posting station and at the first convenient stopping place the definite arrange ments may be completed." "And you and Debbie, Sir Charles?" queried Ellen. "If Mistress Debbie will accept me," said Sir Charles, bowing ceremonious ly, "I shall be proud to be her hus band." "Oh, Sir Charles," faltered Debbie, rising to her feet and blushing like the crimson ribbon with which her dress was trimmed, "I did not want to run away a bit," she said as Sir Charles, utterly oblivious to Lady Ellen, caught her in his arms. "You found Baxter's 'Saints' Rest' a heavenly volume," says my lady, softly. "May it be peaceful and hap py with you to the last page." "Amen!" assented Sir Charles, cut ting short Debbie's ejaculation in the most approved and delectable way. (TO BE CONTINUED.) THOUGHT HE WANTED SNUFFBOX Suspicion of Piper Not Very Flatter ing to His Grace. At a dinner giv«n by the marquis of Bute, among th<? guests was a well known duke who, in full Highland dress, had his piper standing behind his chair. At dessert a very hand some and valuable snuffbox belong ing to another of the guests was han ded round. When the time came to return it to its owner, the snuffbox could not be found anywhere, though a very thorough search was made. The duke was specially anxious about it, but with no result. Some months afterwards the duke again donned the kilt for another public ceremony—the first time he had worn it since the above dinner —and happening to put his hand into his sporran he, to his utmost astonishment, found there the snuffbox which had been lost at the public dinner. Turning to. his piper, the duke said: "W T hy, this is the snuff box we were all looking for! Did you not see me put it away in my spor ran?" "Yes, your grace," replied the piper, "I did, but I thocht ye wushed tae keep it." —San Francisco Argo naut. Too Much Clothing. The chief quarrel which hygiene has with clothing is that there is too much of it; garments come down too far, are too tight, too heavy, too hot, writes Dr. Woods Hutchinson. We do much more harm to our health by overloading our selves with clothing and by overin dulging ourselves in the luxury of warmth —cramping the movements of the body, interfering with the respira tion, depriving the skin of its most in alienable right, the right to fresh air, absorbing the perspiration and mak ing a refrigerating cold pack for the body after exercise—than is done by wearing tight stays or tight boots. Cheap Home-Made Barometer. A weather man described the other day a cheap home-made barometer. He said it was only necessary to take a piece of string about 15 inches long and to soak it several hours in a strong solution of salt and water. After being dried the string should have a light weight tied to one end and be hung up against a wall, a mark being made to show where the weight reaches. The barometer is now complete. It is as accurate as a SIOO instrument. The weight rises for wet weather and falls for fine. The Necessary Requirement. "Father," said the young woman, "I begin to realize that beauty is only skin deep." "How's that?" questioned her pa. "Nowadays," continued the girl, "a dowry is much deeper." Whereupon her father resolved to add a little more water to the stock that a fund might be established to attract desirable young men.—Detroit Frea Press. PROVED BY TIME. No Fear of Any Further Trouble. David Price, Corydon, la., says:"l was in the last stage of kidney trouble —lame, weak, run down to a mere viSs skeleton. My back I was so 1 coul d 1 hardly walk and the kidney secre a] 1 tions much disor fjjal 'l ere( h A week after i l ® 1 began using Doan's Kidney Pills HaW\w£z&£ 1 could walk with out a cane, and as I continued my health gradually returned. I was so grateful I made a public statement of my case, and now seven years have passed, I arn still perfectly well." Sold by all dealers. 50c a box. Fos ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. ENGLISH HUMOR. She—Pooh! What is a kiss It is nothing. He —Well you once said you could refuse me nothing, you know. —Chips. The Changing Times. Times have changed since 450 years ago, when Halley's comet, for whose reappearance astronomers are now looking, was in the heavens. Then the Christian world prayed to be deliv ered from"the devil, the Turk ahd the comet." Now it says the devil is not as black as he has been painted, the Turk is a negligible quantity and the comet would be rather welcome than otherwise. —Boston Transcript. mm acts gentlyj/et prompt ly on the bowels, cleanses me system e||ectually, assists one in overcoming habitual constipation permanently. To get its oene|icial ejects buy tke genuine. Manufactured by the CALIFORNIA JIG STRUP CO. SOLD BY LEADING DRUCGISTS-50< 320 Acres of L^nd at IN WESTERN CANADA WILL MAKE YOU RICH I Fifty bushels pei acre have been Ctidi I g rown * General ' n any Other part ol the continent. Under new regulations it is possible to secure a homestead of 160 acres free, and additional 160 acres at $3 per acre. "The development of the country has made marvelous strides. It is a revelaWon, a rec ord of conquest by settlement thatWs remark able." — Extract from correspondence of a National Editor, who •visited Canada In August last., The grain crop of 1908 will net many farmers $20.00 to $25.00 per acre. Grain raising, mixed farming and dairying are the principal industries. Climate is excel lent; social conditions the best; railway ad vantages unequalled; schools, churches ard markets close at hand. Land may also b* purchased from railway and land companies For "Last Best West" pamphlets, maps and information as to how to secure lowest rail way rates, apply to Superintendent of Immi gration, Ottawa, Canada, or the authorized Canadian Government Agent: H. M. WILLIAMS. LAW Buildintf. Toledo. Ohio. SICK HEADACHE . Positively cured by CARTERS lhcse Lm,e Pi,,s " They also relieve Dis -BTTLE tress from Dyspepsia, In ■ u digestion and Too Hearty |\fwT K Eatinff. A perfect rem mi a | edy for Dizziness, Nau* ( u IJLLOe fiea. Drowsiness, Bud Wffl Taste in the Month, Coat ["v-rpFf ed Tongue, Pain in the ET?M E T? M I Side, TORPID LIVER. They regular the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRIGE. PABTFEkI Genuine Must Bear uArncno Fac-Similc Signature SSITTIE _ v, | BEFUSE SUBSTITUTES. jP| Keep It"on Coughs and eoIJs nay seize any any tirn^. fcwj and much sickness and suffering Kftfjl Rra his been saved by the prompt use KSjag crt*3| pi Piso't Cure, i here is nothing Rs?fla likeit to break up coucha and colds. RJa T here is no bronMual or lung I tjjjuj ftou'Je thai it will not relieve. kySgjjj '■Sgy rrre from opiates or haimful i»~ f./i&J ip&cj Gradients. Fine for children. Bsb9 No Married Men for Him. H. Elvin, secretary of the National Union of Clerks, mentions that he once received this card from an em ployer who lives in the north of Lon don: "I am a single man, employ two porters and five clerks. No married man shall ever enter my employ. As far as possible with my tradespeople I only deal with those who are single. What else I desire I order froom my stores. I will have nothing to do with dirty, careless, idle and mostly thieving married fools."—Casaell's Sat urday Journal. Aunt Harriet's Omnipotence. In the IJeecher family the name of Mrs. Stowe was ofter quoted to the rising generation as one having au thority. On one occasion a grand niece of Mrs. Stowe became very angry at a playmate and, stamping her foot, said: "I hate you, and I don't want anything more to do with you, nor your man servant, nor your maid servant, nor your ox, nor your ass." Iler mother sternly reproved her, asking her If she knew what she was saying. Little Miss IJeecher promptly replied: "Yes, the ten command mends." "Well, do you know who wrote them?" The child, looking disgusted, an swered: "Goodness, yes! Aunt Harriet did, I s'pose."—Woman's Journal. Bloom on the Egg. "I know these eggs, at least, are fresh," said the young housewife. "As I took them from the basket, a white bloom, like the down of a peach, came off my hands." Her husband, a food expert, gave a sneering laugh. "In that case," he said, "I will fore go my usual morning omelette. That bloom, as you so poetically call it, is lime dust. It shows that the eggs are pickled. Lime dust, which rubs ofT like flour, is the surest test we have for pickled eggs—a not unwholesome article, but not to be compared with the new-laid sort." Trip to Florida Froe I will pay your railroad fare to Hilliard, Florida, from any point In Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, or Kentucky, any day during December, If you buy a 10-acre truck farm for $2lO in the North Florida Fruit and Truck Farm District, 30 miles from Jackson ville, which will earn $2,000 to $3,000 a year. Blxty-two men took advantage of the home seekers' excursion to Hilliard on November 24th and they bought 114 farms. Each was given a lot in Hilliard free. You are offered the same advantages. Write quick. Tht nearest unsold farm to town will be reserved and accommo dations at our headquarters will be arranged for you. Read Every Line of this Advertisement I will send you full details of this offer, plat of the truck farms, portfolio of pictures of the farms, the new improvements and the town of Milliard and a book about the wonderful de velopment of truck farming in Northern Florida. I will reserve for you, the moment I get your postal or letter stating that you want particulars and may goto Hilliard, the nearest farm to the town of Hilliard then unsold and hold it until you make your trip. My proposition to pay your rnllrontl fare in Rood nny day during December. I will arrange so you can secure 10 acres of this land in the heart of the North Florida Fruit and Truck Farm Distriot near Jacksonville at $lO a month, and besides I will give you a building- lot 25x125 feet absolutely free In the town of Hilliard adjoining these farms. Many fruit and truck farms in the Jacksonville dis trict net $250 to S6OO per acre every year. This in the kind you buy nt $lO per month. Do you know that the great Atlantic Coast cities and cities as far west as Omaha depend absolutely on the Florida Fruit and Truck farms for early February, March and April strawberries, celery, Irish pota toes. cabbage, lettuce and rad ishes? With one of these farms you can have an income that can be depended on year after year and you can Ret it if you save Just $lO a month. IVo interest anil no tnxen till payments are completed. You don't have to pioneer—these Fruit and Truck Farms are in the heart of civilization—near Jacksonville and less than two miles from the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, which has a big twenty-car switch track at Hil liard. a thrifty little city with telegraph, lonpr distance tele phone, two schools, churches, three general stores, and these North Florida Fruit and Truck Farms join onto and are a part of this growing town. What 10 Keren menus to yous First—a money making invest ment and a home in the finest all year 'round climate In the world. Northern Florida is warm in winter and there are no ex tremes of heat in summer. Second—you can make a good living, ent June vegetables and fruits in January and sell your crops for cash, and enrn from 92,000 to $3,000 each year. Third—These North Florida Fruit and Truck Farms are all upland, no swamps, ricli sand loam and will grow the finest fruits and vegetables surer, bet ter and more to the acre than in any other section of the South. Every acre in every 10-acre farm Is tillable land. Fourth—You don't have to know farming to make one of these 10-acre farms pay yfcu big money. F. W. CORNWALL President Cornwall Farm Land Company 1532 First National Bank Blder.. CHICAGO. ILL. Anticipating Misfortune. Not only do wo suffer much In the anticipation of evil, as "Noah lived many years under the affliction of a flood, and Jerusalem was taken unto Jeremy before it wag besieged," but we often distress ourselves greatly in the apprehension of misfortunes which, after all, never happen at all. We should uo our best and wait calm ly the result. We often hear of peo ple breaking down from overwork, but in nine cases out of ten they are real ly suffering from worry and anxiety.— Sir John Lubbock. Wanted the Painkiller. Whenever two-year-old Ruland bumped his inquisitive head or bruised his adventurous body a bottle of some good old-fashioned lotion was brought out and some of its soothing contents applied to the Injured part. Recently Ruland received his llr&t spanking, an experience which was to him totally new, strange and mystifying. About all he understood of it was that it hurt and immediately after being al lowed to wriggle off of the maternal knee he toddled toward the shelf oa which stood his old friend, the bottle, and with hands upraised cried implor ingly: "Botty, botty, give Wuland botty twick."—Kansas City Times. Rather Hard. The messenger entered the palace with the dispatches. "Brimstone and asphalt!" ejaculated Castro, as he read the yellow slip. "Holland threatens to spank us." "Well, what of It, your excellency?" responded the secretary. "Other na tions have threatened to do the same." "Yes, but, confound It, this is • Kpanking that will hurt. The Dutcb wear wooden shoes." Lives Lost in the Industries. The construction of every er claims an average of at least three victims, and of the 19,000,000 industri al workers in this country 500,000 are killed or maimed every year. Fifth— You can hold It as an Investment and sell at 100% ad vance by the end of the Hrst year. Here I* nliat my company of fers you i I will have delivered to you Immediately upon receipt of your application for one or these 10-aere North Florida Fruit and Truck farms a certificate of pur chase which is issued by the Chicago Title & Trust Co.; capi tal *13,000,1100. The title to the entire tract is held in trust for the benefit of purchasers by the Chicago Tltla & Trust Company, one of the strongest, safest and best guar antee title and trust companies In the United States. Ask your banker or lawyer about the safety of title to land issued under its guarantee by the Chicago Title & Trust Com pany, and satisfy yourself. The Chicago Title & Trust Company will issue a deed and guarantee title to the 10-acre tract and to the residence lot which give you free. You don't have to Irrigate, flght crop pests, nor watch the heavens for rain. There is no chance for failure of crop. The rainfall in Northern Florida av erages 80 inches and comes every month In the year. It al ways has rained 80 Inches or more as long as any farmer, now living in Florida, can re member. and always will. You owe It to yourself to take advantage of this opportunity. There never was a time when a land company would pay the railroad fare of a purchaser from his home town, of as small a tract as 10 acres at s2l an acre. More than 500 farms have been sold in less than 6 months, and we want to sell a thousand more farms during this winter. I ant, therefore, willing to apply the amount of your tleket from your town to Hllllurd one way to your monthly payments If yon buy n 10-aere farm from us be cause I know you euu help uie sell to a half iloien others In your neighborhood ufter you re turn from your trip of Investiga tion anil purchase. Write a letter or postal and mail it to-day, and I will send the plat of the land and the book with pictures of the land, pictures of the town of Milliard, and pictures of growing truck farms. I will do every thing to give you the fullest as surance that an investigation of the opportunity we offer you is worth while, but space in this advertisement will not permit me togo further into detail. I will give you full particulars regarding the payment of your railroad fare, how and why w® do this, and will send you a schedule of the winter tourist rnllrond rates from your town la fitfi'l dtirlnts December. Please write at once—now. It will cost you but a 2c stamp to find out and satisfy yourself that this advertisement is true, every word of it, and that you can ab solutely earn on this land from $2,000 to $3,000 yearly. Just sny in your letter or postal: "Send me particulars about the North Florida Fruit and Truck Farms." Address me personally,
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