6 f SERIAL^ ly^_STOßY_£vJ f «THE» 1 ESCAPADE A POST | j MARITAL ROMANCE || II I Cyrus Towns end Brady |jjl ■ J ILLUSTRATIONS BY HI RAY WALTERS * A:'- ■ •"' (Copyright, I'JOK, by W. o. Cimpnma.) The Kseapadc opens, not in the ro nintue pre> eding tin: marriage <>l Kllen Sin'iini, u Puritan miss, and Lord Car rlngton of Kngland, l>ut in tlicir Jif•• after settling in Kngland. The scene is placed. Just following tlie revolution, in Carring ton castle in England. The Carringtons, after a house party, engaged in a family tilt, caused by Jealousy. The attentions of Lord ' 'arrington to Lady Cecily and Lord Strathgate to I.ady <'arrington • om nclleil the litter to vow that she would leave the castle. Preparing in tier. Lady Carrington and her chum Deborah, an American girl, met Lord Strathgate at two H 111., lie ttgre: iiig to see them safely awav. lie attempted to take her to his castle, hut she left him stunned In the road .vheri the carriage met with an ac cident. She and Del.hie then struck out for Portsmouth, where she intended to sail for America. Hearing now* of Bllen's lliglit. I.ords I'arrington and Seton set out in pursuit. Seton rented a fast vessel and started in pursuit. Strathgate, bleeding from fall, dashi d on 1«• Ports mouth, for whlelt < 'arrington, Kllen anil Seton were also headed by different routes. Strathsrate arrived in Portsmouth in advance cf the others, finding that Ellen s ship had sailed before her. Strathgate and Carrlngton each hired a email yacht to pursue the wrong vessel, upon which each supposed Kllen had •ailed. Seton overtook the fugitives near Portsmouth, but his craft ran aground Just is capture was imminent. Kllen won the chase by bonding American vessel and foiling her pursuers, i'arrington and Strathgate, thrown together by former's wrecking of tatter'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 tho fugitives during the night. The two women escaped by again taking to the sea in a small boat. Lord Carrlngton is ordered to sea with his ship bat refuses to go until after meeting Strathgate in a duel. They fight in the grounds of l.ord Ulythedale's castle. Kneouutcr is watched by Kllen anil Deb bie. who have reached land and are in hiding. Carrlngton won bloody con test Ht swords from Strathgate. Debbie and Kllen looking on and praying for the latwr's husband Carrlngton. immedi ately following the duel, was placed un der i rest for refusing to obey his ad mira"s orders and Kllen, who had swooned during the duel, awoke to llnd him gone. Sir f'harlcs Seton found the fugitives, proposed to Debbie and 'was ne.-epted. Debbie. HIT-n and Sir Charles m id. a plea to the king to spare Car rlngton The king <1 cities to grant a par don after promising Kad.v Carrington that he would frighten tho lord. King George with Admiral Kephard, arrange a surprise for Caiington. Lord Carring to> was pardoned by King George and ordered on a three-year cruise, being den! >d the privilege of seeing his wife until the end of that period. CHAPTER XXll—Continued. "Very well," said the king, some what. indifferently, it seemed, "yon wjll repair aboard the Bellona at once. Her captain lias not yet joined. Yon will assume temporary command anil take her to Weymouth, which is the nearest port to your seat, I believe. You will remain there just long enough to get together your sea kit and receive your captain, and then you will proceed to the East Indies, reporting to Admiral Clarkson when you arrive on the station." ' And my wife, your majesty?" "! have taken care," said the king, gravely, "that she shall be carefully protected and looked after until your return at least." "And may I not see her before I go?" "I cannot modify the orders," an swered the king. "I have already ex tended to you unusual clemency. Hut I give you my word that your wife will be well cared for. She is under my especial protection, remember." "By Gad, lad!" cried the old admiral, turning about, "get down on your knees and thank the king's majesty for his gracious clemency. You're a lucky dog and don't deserve it." CHAPTER XXIII. The King's Jest. A short time after two boats pulled away from the Britannia. In one of them sat the majesty of England. There was more milling of bugles, more rolling of drums, more blaring of trumpets, more thundering of guns, more hurrahing from the men, as the little king, thoroughly delighted with hia royal clemency, was rowed back to the shore. The other boat departed shortly after the king's, without exciting the slightest attention. The officer of the deck escorted Carrington over the side, shook hands with him and the boat pulled away to the Bellona, a hand some u2-gun frigate fresh from the shipyards and ready for her maiden cruise, which lay near by. Carrington was received there with some ceremony. His arrival had been expected, f'arkman, who had been transferred from the Renown, met him at the gangway and the two shook hands fervently. "I am ordered to this ship, .lack, as first lieutenant," said Carrington, gloomily, as they turned and walked aft "Here are my papers. As you will see, I ant directed to assume charge, the captain not being aboard, and take the ship around to Wey mouth, where he will join us." "And the court-martial?" ask"d f&rkmari. "The king hath pardoned me." "And your wife?" "God only knows!" said Carrington, desperately. "All I know is that she is well and under the king's especial protection. We are bound for the East Indies for three years. Three years away from her! Clod, what a fool I've heen. Strathgate was right!" Car rington turned away, putting stror,g constraint upon himself in order to compose his features. "Well," he said at last, "are you all ready?" "Ready to trip," returned Parkman. ".Call all hands. I'll read them my orders and then we'll get up anchor." In a moment the shill piping of the boatswain and hits mates along the deck was followed by the trampling of many feet. The crew, a splendid set of fellows, assembled in the gangways. Carrington read his orders to them, directed the commanding officer's pen nant to be hoisted and bade Parkman, who for the present acted as first lieu tenant, to get under way. There were many expert seamen among the crew and the meaneuver was handsomely performed. The an chor was hove short, the topsails were loosed and sheeted home, the anchor was tripped, tho ship's head was cast to starboard, the sails filled, the wind was fair, and she glided gracefully from the anchorage abaft the Britan nia and swept toward the great liner, whose tall sides towered above her like a castle wall. As the Beliona drew abreast the liner a burly figure suddenly appeared on the edge of the high poop of tho Britannia. Recognizing the admiral, Carrington, who ltad stood aft on the quarterdeck of his frigate, bared his head and saluted. The admiral re turned the compliment with his own chapeaii, then lie turned and waved it forward, instantly tho rails of the Britannia swarmed with men, and from their throats at another signal from the admiral came such a burst of cheering as warmed the very cockles of the melancholy Cwrington's heart, dropping behind him, on which some where his wife's foot rested. What was she doing? Whore was she liv ing? What was she thinking of him? He knew nothing save that in some manner she was under the especial protection of the king; that was assur ance enough that she was well cared And with this cheerful s>a compliment and these words of good will the / r//-\ Ji' \ 1 \ A m'"■ ■f* i 112 1 "\ >V > < \ lij | •tWljyK \SX y ! ! ; I 'ill li \\ "* '\ : 0 I I 112 "Clasped in His Wife's Arms." frigate shot ahead and presently clap ping on more canvas bore swiftly down the river. Carrington stared lons and desper ately back toward the shores, fast for.for no man questioned the hon esty, sincerity or kindliness of George the Third. It. would bo three years before he would see her again. The thought was maddening to him. He did not even know where to write to her. He was not at all sure that the king would cause his letter to be de livered to her. He came to a desper ate resolution. He would write hei another letter and send it.from Wey mouth by special messenger to the king and beg him to see that it was delivered. It was not until late in the after noon, when the Mellona was fairly in the channel beating down toward her destination, that Carrington went be low. As there was no captain yet on the ship the quarters of that function ary by right belonged to him. He entered them without ceremony. The cabin on the new ship looked bright and cheery. Its equipments were rude, of course, as were those of all ships in those days, but they were better than those in ordinary vessels, the Bellona being the newest and most ad vanced product of theshipyards. To a sailor of that day it was both a spacious and delightful sea home. To Carrington it was only a prison. He did not attempt to enter the state rooms on either side, but sat down at the table, buried his face in his hands and groaned aloud. It was the first moment of privacy that he had en joyed. It was the first opportunity af forded him to give way to his feel ings, and he indulged himself at. will. Separated from his wife, and through his own folly! The future that had opened so fairly before him utterly wrecked! Three long weary years at the least, and possibly four, to inter vene before he could see her again. He almost envied Strathgate—fighting desperately for life at Blythedale Hall and likely to be an invalid for the rest of his days—because he would be in England while Carrington was far away. He had gone through so much. He had drunk so deeply the bitter cup of repentance that he gave way com pletely to his emotions. His body shook and trembled in his reckless abandon to his feelings. "This will never do," he said at last. "My punishment seems greater than I can bear, and yet 1 must bear it; I must show myself a man for her." CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1909 A little hand fell softly upon his Bhoulder with touch as light as that of thistledown. Where that hand touched him was the center of his be ing. My lord turned his head, looked at it slowly, turned his body, followed it up, saw a face he dreamed of, tears rolling from eyes that looked love at him, and in another moment tie was clasped in his wife's arms. This was tlie punishment meted out to him by little George. He was togo to the Indies, but not alone. When there was time for coherent speech Ellen handed her husband another pa per appointing him captain of the Rellona, subject only to the orders of his wife. "God bless him!" cries my lord, folding his wife again to his heart. "And I say so, too," answers Ellen, "although we fought against him so long, he hath a kindly heart." "He hath, indeed," returned Carring. ton, after a time. "He gave me his royal word that you should be well looked after for the next three years, and the keeping of the king's word is intrusted to me. I shall see to it." "Nay," said lillen, "you are under my command now. Look at your or ders." " 'Tis even so, my little captain," laughed my lord, sweeping her to his heart again. "And what orders do you propose to issue to me?" "I should like to present to you two of my friends." "Your friends are my friends, my dear," returned Carrington, "and when occasion serves I shall be happy to greet them." "It serves now," said Ellen, draw ing herself away from him. And in deed she found It difficult, for ho would by no means let her go, follow ing her alt and still keeping his hand about her waist as she opened the door of one of the cabins. Out thence, for all the world like a Jack-in-the-box, popped Mistress Deb orah, her cheeks redder than the scar let ribbons she affected, and stalking behind her came Sir Charles Seton in great dignity. "I did you an injustice, Charles!" cried my Lord Carrington. "I humbly beg your pardon. I have not heard the story"—and Seton was glad my lord's remarks were so spontaneous— "but I know that you were true." "It's granted, Bernard," said Seton heartily. "1 could forgive you any thing, knowing how you felt over the loss of your wife, for to-day I can put myself in your place in one particu lar." "And how's that?" "lii this way," returned Seton. "Per mit me" —he seized the blushing Deb orah as he spoke—"Salute Lady Seton, Carrington." "What! Is it so?" "We were married this morning, the king himself being one of the wit nesses." "And do you go with us to India?" "Nay," answered Seton, "only to Weymouth." And at that Carrington was very glad, for though he loved Seton much, he ioved his wife more, and he wanted her for the rest of his life all to him self. Seton divined that, for presently he took Deborah by the hand and led her forth ui)on the quarterdeck, leaving Carrington and Ellen alone together, each in the haven where they fain would be; husband and wife, one and inseparable now and forever, locked in each other's arms. (THI3 END.) BUYING THEM A LITTLE DRINK. City Official Hadn't Consulted the Tastes of His Clerks. Some time ago. E. W. Remls, super tendent of the city water works, asked two clerks in another city department to make some computations for him. They worked late and finished the fig ures to Mr. Bemis' entire satisfaction. "That's very kind of you, boys," ho told them. "I guess I will have to buy you a little drink." They didn't mind. So the three sallied forth from the city hall. Mr. Bemis led the way down Superior avenue. When he passed some of the drink dispensaries without casting as much as a glance in their direction the two clerks began to wonder. "He must be going to take us to the club," whispered one to the other. At last they entered a bedizened spot at a street intersection. Walk ing up to the rail, Mr. Bemis spoke to the white-aproned attendant. "Make us three nice sodas," he said. "What flavor will you have, boys?" He turned to hear their an swer. He got none. They were not ther<fc "Well, what do you know about that?" said the other to one a few minutes later when the barkeep was "drawing two." One didn't know. — Cleveland Leader. Caves of a Cannibal Race. Strange evidences of cannibalism have been brought to light with the recent opening up of caves at One Tree Hill, Maungakiekie, New South Wales, and another link has been added to the chain of interest en circling this celebrated spot. In one cave great piles of human bones have been discovered, mixed up indiscriminately and thrown down in one huge conical heap. These bones belonged to victims taken by the Maoris in battle and slaughtered for culinary purposes. Then they were dropped down the funnel-shaped mouth of the cave into darkness and oblivion. A Master Stroke. "la your daughter as smart as her old dad?" "Smart? Going to marry a duke.'' "is that smart?" "In this case, yes. Love match; gets him for nothing." rWvmnoH "GROWING" CAST IRON. Remarkable Peculiarity of the Metal and Reason for It. That cast iron will swell remark ably in bulk when alternately heated and cooled was shown about three years ago by Alexander E. Outer bridge, Jr., of Philadelphia, who was awarded in 1904 the Elliott Cresson gold medal of the Franklin Institute for his discovery. It seems possible, from facts stated in an article in the Philadelphia Record, that this discov ery may prove to be useful as well as curious. We read: "It had long been observed that iron eastings, such as grate-bars and the like, when subjected to great heat for a long period of time, warped, twisted, and eventually cracked, but the true cause thereof had never been scientifically investigated, aud various 1 r —fin "s 1 111 Fig. 1 shows cast-Iron test bars (Nos. 1, 2, 3, 1, 6, fi, 7) .ill cast of same dimensions, viz.: 14J3-10xlxl Inches, liars 2 and 4 re main unchanged; the others have grown in cubical dimensions, under the heat treatment, from 30 to 40 per cent. No. 7 bar was cut 12 inches in length before treatment; it is now 13 inches long and 1V» inches cross-section. No. S is a steel bar cut 12 inches in length, and it has contracted one-eighth inch under the same treatment as bar No. 7. No. 9 is a section of bar before treatment. No. 10 is a section of the same bar after expan sion by the treatment. No. 11 shows a piston of small pump after having been increased forty-live-one-thousandths inch in diameter on polished end before being reground to size. Figs. 2 and 3 show cast-iron gratings before and after ex posure to heat. theories, such as 'oxidation' of the metal, 'burning' of some of the com ponent parts, 'absorption of sulphur' from fuel, etc., were commonly ad vanced to account for the facts. "In order to study the effects of heat on metals, Mr. Outerbridgs pre pared a number of test-bars, all of the same size, of cast iron, wrought iron, steel, copper and bronze. These bars —which were exactly one foot long and one inch square section —were inclosed in an iron pipe about two feet long, the ends of the pipe being lined with fire-clay. "The pipe containing the bars was then placed In a gas-furnace and heat ed for about ten hours to a high tem perature, but not sufficiently high to soften the pipe or melt the test-bars. "The pipe was allowed to cool down over night before opening, and the inclosed test-bars taken out when quite cold and accurately measured. The cast-iron bars differed from all Oi! the others in that they had all grown permanently longer and thick er; the bars of steel showed, on the contrary, a very slight diminution in dimensions, while the other metal bars were unchanged in size. "These tests were then repeated many times, and, surprising to relate, the cast-iron bars continued growing in length, breadth and thickness, un til the increase in volume amounted to no less tha» 46 per cent., after which there was no further increase by sub sequent heating and cooling. It was found that the bars were unchanged in weight and retained their metallic solidity in appearance to the naked eye. "When, however, a thin section of one of the bars was examined under a powerful microscope it was found coarser in texture than a section of the same bar before the permanent increase in dimensions had taken place. "It was also found, as might be ex pected, that the strength of the metal was as decreased In proportion to the permanent expansion. Mr. Outer bridge found by miscroscopic and chemical examination that the ex traordinary enlargement of cast iion is due to a movement among the molecules or individual particles of cast iron (which is a crystalline metal) and not to oxidation or absorp tion of sulphur or to burning out of any of the component parts. various practical applications of this discovery were foun* . . , among which the following muy b* noted: "In tho American Machinist of Jaijr 7, 1907, a maker of marine gas-engines describes how a cast-iron piston 3Vfc inches in diameter and 4V& inches long which had become worn by fric tion until it was too small for further use was caused to 'grow' to its orig inal size in one treatment and that he had been able to restore it promptly into daily use, whereas formerly a new piston would have been required, causing considerable delay and ex pense." MAXIM NOISELESS RIFLE. What a Test of the New Gun Dem onstrated. A test, made at the Springfield arm ory, of the noiseless rifle invented by Hudson Maxim, is described in Ma chinery. Says this paper: "The test demonstrated that the re port of a service army rifle was so reduced by the device as to be inaudi ble at a distance of 150 feet from the person firing. The invention is of a nature similar to the muffler of a gas engine. Its essential parts are a valva that closes the bore of the gun imme diately after the projectile has passed the valve. This closure of the valvo prevents the sudden expansion of the gases, the gases being emitted slowly. The result is that the characteristic report of a rifle is reduced three fourths in loudness, it being judged by the officials who were present that the efficiency of the apparatus was about seventy-four per cent. In the report of the test it is stated that upon firing, the report was like the snapping of one's fingers accompanied by a slight hissing as the gases escaped. Tho sound of the hammer striking the firing-pin was much sharper than the report of the piece. The invention appears to be entirely practicable and it is thought that it will work a revo lution in warfare. The firing line of an army equipped with noiseless and smokeless rifles will be very hard to locate, as there will be neither noise nor smoke to guide the observer as to the position of the enemy. A danger ous feature of the new weapon is that it lends itself admirably to the coward ly assassin. With a noiseless gun it will be possible to shoot down a man in the street without alarming the po lice. On the other hand, as a game gun the new rifle will be highly prized, it being possible with it to shoot an animal without scaring the remainder of the herd; but even that has its drawback, as it will tend to make tho business of pot-huuting successful." SELF-CLOSING DRAWER. An Excellent Feature of the Newest Filing Cabinet. The newest feature of the filing cabinet system is a self-closing dawer. The card index and filing systems are now so general that 110 office, no mat ter how insignificant, is found with out it in some shape. Indeed, in some establishments the walls are to NtWm 351 7f\f 1 y /' The Self-Closing Drawer. be seen lined completely with the seta of drawers and cabinets in which cor respondence is put away for future reference. In the hands of careless employes, who may leave drawers and lockers open or partially so, even for a short time, the room presents a de cidedly disorderly appearance. So to overcome this the self-closing drawer has been designed. This automatic movement on the part of the drawer is accomplished by constructing the drawer on a pair of inclined runways with an arrangement of flanges, so that as the drawer is left in an ex tended position its weight will gradu ally carry it down the incline and back to its place. It is impossible to leave the drawer standing open. A Home-Made Barometer. Take one-fourth ounce of pulverized camphor, 62 grains of pulverized nitrate of potasium, 31 grains nitrate of ammonia and dissolve in two ounces alcohol. Put the solution in a long, slender bottle, closed at the top with a piece of bladder containing a pinhole to admit air, says Metal Work er. When rain Is coming the solid par ticles will tend gradually to mount, little crystals forming in the liquid, which otherwise remains clear; if high winds are approaching the liquid will become as if fermenting, while a film of solid particles <>rms 011 the sur face; during fair weather the liquid re mains clear and the solid particles will rest at the bottom. Ship Building in England. From the returns compiled by Lloyd's Register, it appears that, ex cluding warships, there were 319 ves sels of 733,378 tons gross under con struction in the United Kingdom at the close of September, 1908. The Disturbing Telephone. "The telephone has destroyed a!l the privacy of society," said the society girl. "It breaks In on everything. Nothing Is sacred to It. You may be saying your prayers. The telephone. Or In the midst of your bath. The tele phone. Or doing up your back lialr, or. worst of all, a delightful man may he making love to you, when k-ling, k-ling, k-ling! The telephone brwaka off the thread of his theme and he fails to resume it." Smportant to JVlothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTOR! A a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it In Use For Over :»() Yrcars. The Kind You Have Always nought A Labor-Saver. "See here," said the irate roomer to •As chambermaid, "don't you evei sweep under the bed?" "I always do," answered the girl Innocently. "It's so much handier thun using a dustpan." cn\<\ ® LlmV'j Sewwa Ctecmscs t\\c Sx/stem EjfcctuoVVy; Dispels colds awd Headoi\\cs &ue\o CcwsYvpoXvow, Ac\s waYuvaWx,, ac\a\vu\\/ <xa a LaxaYwt. 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