6 III 7 SERIAL 112 story s ©/" //>e LADY ARABELLA By MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL (Copyright, 1906, Ikibbh-MorriUCa) SYNOPSIS. At 14 years of ago Admiral Sir Peter Hawkshaw's nephew. Richard Glyn, fell deeply in love at first sight with Lady Arabella Storinont, who •purned his attentions. The lad, an orphan, was given a berth as mid ■hlprnan on the Ajax by his uncle. Giles Vernon, nephew of Sir Thomas Vernon, heca me the boy's pal. They attended a theater where Hawkshaw's nephew saw- Lady Arabella. Vernon met Philip Over ton, next In line for Sir Thomas Vernon's Mtate. They started a duel which was In terrupted. Vernon, Overton and Hawk- Ihaw's nephew found themselves attract »d by pr/tt» .j&dy Arabella. The Ajax in tattle defeated French warship* In the Mediterranean. CHAPTER IV. We took the Xantippe home —the Indomptable went to the bottom of the Bay of Biscay—but before our prize money was settled up we were off again; Sir Peter dearly loved cruising in blue water. It was near two years before we got back to England to spend that prize-money; for, except the captain and Mr. Buxton and some of the married officers, I know of no one who saved any. Sir Peter, I un derstood afterward, spent much of his In a diamond necklace and tiara for Lady Hawkshaw, in which he was most egregiously cheated by a Portu guese money lender, and the balance he put into a scheme for acclimating elephants in Rngland, which was to make him as rich as Croesus; but he lost £I,OOO on the venture, besides his prize-money. In those two years I grew more and more fond of Giles Vernon. We generally contrived to have our watch together, and we were intimate as only shipmates could be. He talked much of what he meant to do when he got ashore with money to spend, and assured me he had never had above £2O of his own in his life. In the course of many nights spent in standing watch together, when the old Ajax was sailing like a witch — for she was a capital sailer at that time-—he told me much about his early youth, and I confided to him the story of Betty Green. Giles' career had been the common one of the younger branches of a good family. His father had been a clergyman, and, dying, left several daughters, who married re spectably, and this one son, who was putin the sea service very young. At that time several lives stood between Giles and the title and estates of Sir Thomas Vernon, and other lives stood between Giles and Overton; but those had passed away, leaving these two distant kinsmen as heirs to a man that seemed rightfully to have earned his title of "wicked Sir Thomas." I asked Giles if he knew why Sir Thomas, who HO cordially hated his heirs, had never married. Giles replied that Sir Thomas showed no inclination to mar ry until he was near 40. Then his reputation was so well established that he was generally looked askant upon; his character for truth was bad and at cards was worse. But he had induced a lady of rank and wealth to become engaged to be married to him. His treatment of her was so infamous that her whole family had declared war against him, and had succeeded in breaking off several very desirable al liances he would have liked to make. Of course a man of his rank and wealth could find some woman—alas! —to take him; but Sir Thomas was bent on money, with an inclination to ward rank, and was the last man on earth to marry unless he had a sub stantial inducement; and several more years had passed without his being able to effect the sort of marriage he desired. Meanwhile, his health had broken down, and he was now a shat tered man and prey for the doctors. All this was very interesting to me, especially as Sir Thomas' two heirs would one day have the experience of shooting at each other, and possibly deciding the matter of heirship by the elimination of one or the other from the question. We both got promotion, of course, and that brought us into the gunroom; but we were as intimate there as In our reefer days In the cockpit. On a glorious October morning In 1799, our anchor kissed the ground in Ports mouth harbor. When we reached Portsmouth, the news of our good fortune had pre ceded us. and we were welcomed with open arms by men, women, and chil dren —especially the women. All the prize-money brought back by any sin |gle ship rfcring the war was insig nificant compared with ours. The men were seized with a kind of mad ness for spending their money. The spectacle of an ordinary seaman pa rading the streets of Portsmouth with o gold-laced hat, a gold-headed ;stick, and watches and jewelry hung all fiver him was common enough, and was sure to be an Ajax man. Sad ( to say, the pimps and the worst class of men and women soon got the money away from our poor fellows. The officers, in their way, were but little behind the men in their l.ivish ness. Champagne was their common drink, and several of them invested in coaches!—the last thing they would ever have a chance of using. Giles Vernon, although the most wasteful and profuse man I ever saw, desired to spend his money in London, Portsmouth being too small a theater for him. But the pressing affair of the satisfaction he owned Capt. Overton had to be settled. After much hard thinking, Giles came to me on the day after we reached Portsmouth, and said: "Dicky boy, read this letter and give me your opinion of It." This was the letter: "H. M. S. Ajax, May 17, 1799. "Capt. Philip Overton: "Dear Sir: This is to inform you that I have reached Portsmouth, after a very successful cruise In the Ajax, when we took the Indomptable and Xantippe and a large sum in specie. My shair is consider able—more money in short than I ever saw, much less handled, in my life. I would like a month in London to spend this money before offering my carkass to be made full of holes by you. Dear sir, consider. If I escape your marksmanship, the month more or less will be of little account; and If I fall, I shall miss the finest chance of seeing the world I ever had In my life. I think, sir, with dlfldence I say it, that my record in the Ajax is enough to make plain I am not shurk- Ing the satisfaction I owe you, but I would take It as a personal favor If you would put it oft to this day month, when I will be in London. And as X shall eat and drink of the best, 'tis ten to one I will be much fater and therefore be a much better mark for you. I am, dear sir. Your obliged and "Obedient servant, "GILES VERNON." I pointed out to Giles that, although the tone of the letter was quite cor rect, the writing and spelling were scarce up to the standard —I was more bookish than Giles. But he replied with some heat: "Who, while reading the communi cation of a gentleman, will be so base as to sneer at the grammar or spell ing?" So the letter went as It was, and In reply came a very handsome, well-expressed letter from Capt. Over ton, not only agreeing to postpone it a month, but for six weeks, which pleased Giles mightily. I wish to say, although Giles was inexpert with the pen, he had no lack of either polish or ideas, and was as fine an officer as ever walked the deck. The matter with Overton finally set tled, and the ship being paid off, Giles and I started for London, as happy as With Her Wer» Daphnt and the Glo rious Lady Arabella. two youngsters could be, with liberty and £2,000 apiece to spend, for I ac knowledge that I had no more thought of saving than Giles. We took a chaise and four to London — no stage-coach for us!—and reached there in a day. We had planned to take the finest rooms at Mivart's hotel, but fate and Lady Hawkshaw pre vented me from enjoying them except for the first night of our arrival. Next morning on presenting myself at the admiralty to ask for letters —never dreaming I should have any—l re ceived one from Sir Peter Hawkshaw, which read: "Grand-Nephew.—My Lady Hawkshaw desires that you will come and bring your money with you to our house in Berkeley Square, and remain there. "Yours, etc., "P. HAWKSHAW. C. B." Great was my distress when I got this letter, as I foresaw there would not be much chance tinder Lady Hawkshaw's eagle eye of seeing the kind of life I wished to see. And I was obliged togo, for Sir Peter was ' the only person on earth likely to in- J terest himself at the admiralty for me; and I might stay and wither on shore while others more fortunate got ships, if I antagonized him. And when Lady Hawkshaw commanded there was but one thing to do, and that was to obey. So, with a heavy heart, I took my self and my portmanteau and, in a canvas bag, my 2,000 guineas to the admiral's great line house in Berkeley Square. My parting with Giles was melancholy enough; for, with the womanish jealousy of a boy, I was un happy to think he would be enjoying himself with some one else, while I was suffering the hardship of having my money taken care of for me. Giles had no more forgotten the Lady Arabella than I had, and, on reading this note, exolaimed: "Zounds! I wish Peter and Polly had sent for me to stay in Berkeley Square, with that divine creature un der the same roof. Do you think, Dicky, we could exchange identities, so to speak?" But on my reminding him that Lady Hawkshaw had de manded my prize-money, and would certainly get it, his ardor o stand in my shoes somewhat abated CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1909. When I reached Sir Peter's honae about noon, the same tall and insolent footman that I had seen on my first visit opened the door for me. Lady Hawkshaw, wearing the same black velvet gown and the identical feath ers, received me, and sitting with her were Daphne Carmlchael and the glorious, the beautiful, the enchanting Lady Arabella Stormont. If I had fallen madly In love with her when I was but 14. and had only seven and sixpence, one may imagine where I found myself when I was near 17, and had £2,000 in a bag in my hands. Lady Hawkshaw's greeting was stiff, but far from unkind; and she introduced me to the young ladies, who curtsied most beautifully to me, and, I may say, looked at me not un kindly. "Is that your prize-money in that bag, Richard?" asked Lady Hawk shaw. immediately. I replied it was. "Jeames," she said, "go and make my compliments to Sir Peter, and say to him that if he lias nothing better to do, I would be glad to see him at once. And order the coach." James departed. I sat in adoring silence, oblivious of Daphne, but gazing at Lady Arabella until she exclaimed, pettishly: "La! Have I got a cross-eye or a crooked nose, Mr. Richard, that you can't take your eyes off me?" "You have neither," I replied, gal lantly. "And my name is not Mr. Rich ard, But Mr. Glyn, at your ladyship's service." "Arabella," said Lady Hawkshaw in a voice of thunder, "be more par ticular in your address to young gen tlemen." "Oh, yes, ma'am!" pertly replied Lady Arabella. "But such very young gentlemen, like Mr. Glyn, or Mr. Thin, or whatever his name may be, are al ways difficult to please in the way of address. If you are familiar, they are affronted; and if you are reserved, they think you are making game of them." By this speech I discovered that al though Lady Hawkshaw might rule her world, terrorize Sir Peter, and make the lords of the admiralty her humble servitors, she had one rebel in the camp, and that was Lady Arabella Stormont. I saw that her remarks dis pleased Lady Hawkshaw, but she en dured them in silence. Who, though, would not endure anything from that cherub mouth and those dazzling eyes? Sir Peter now appeared and greeted me. "Sir Peter," said Lady Hawkshaw in her usual authoritative manner, "you will go in the coach with me to the bank, with Richard Glyn, to deposit his money. You will be ready In ten minutes, when the coach will be at the door." "I will go with you, madam," replied Sir Peter; "but I shall order my horse, and ride a-liorseback, because I do not like riding in that damned stuffy coach. And, besides, when you and your feathers get in, there is no room for me." "You ride ahorseback!" sniffed Lady Hawkshaw. "Even the grooms and stable boys laugh at you. You are always talking some sea nonsense about keeping the horse's head to the wind, and yawing and luffing and bowsing at the bowline, and what not; and, besides, I am afraid to trust you since Brown Jane threw you in the park." It ended by Sir Peter's going in the coach, where the little man lay back in the corner, nearly smothered by Lady Hawkshaw's voluminous robe, and pishing and pshawing the whole way. But I was quite happy—albeit I was the victim of Lady Hawkshaw in hav ing my money kept for me—for on the seat beside mo was Lady Arabella, who chose togo with us. She made much game of me, but I had the spirit i to answer her back. After placing the : money, we took an airing in the park, | and then returned to dinner at five I o'clock. I neither knew nor cared ; what became of Daphne; for was I not | with the adored Lady Arabella? That night Lady Hawkshaw was at home, and I had my first experience of a London rout. The card tables were set on the lower floor, for although Lady Hawkshaw hated cards, yet it was commonly said that no one could entertain company in London without them. (TO BE CONTINUED.) INTO SERE AND YELLOW LEAF. Eighteenth Century Women Seem to Have Willingly Settled Down. In an English novel of the eigh teenth century the author thus refers to a certain woman: "She had reached the age of 35, an age beyond which no woman oan hope either to feel or in spire deep affection." In one of George Meredith's early novels he re fers to a character as a woman "on the criminal side of 30." A Boston woman in the last century, after reach ing the age of 30, put on, over her abundant natural hair, a false front and a cap. These were the outward and visible signs of the matronly ma turity she had reached. She gave up at the same time all the gayer forms of social intercourse. She confined herself thereafter to the mild and elderly variety. She had "come out" into Boston society at 15. After two years of social gayeties she had mar ried. At 30 she was the mother of eight children. She had lived the ac tive part of her life. In accordance with the conventions of her time she settled down to a life of vegetating domesticity. She was not an excep tion. She was the normal woman of her day, registering its customs, just as a good thermometer registers the I temperature.—Appletoa's Magasiae. Pennsylvania Happenings Philadelphia.—The agreement be tween the miners and operators insur ing industrial peace in the anthracite coal regions for another period of three years has been signed. Philadelphia.—Dr. E. A. Spitzka of the Jefferson Medical college is in possession of the brain which is said to have been removed from the head of Dr. Persifor Frazer, the noted hand writing expert and chemist. Tyrone.—John Schuman, who claims to be the champion walker of the world and who has undertaken to push a small wheelbarrow from Chicago to New York in 300 hours to win a wager of SI,OOO, arrived here. Schuman has five days remaining in which to reach New York. Washington. Waynesburg capital ists have obtained 20-day options on 1,000 acres of coal in South Franklin township just south of Washington, at S2OO an acre. The projecting of a trolley line from Waynesburg to Wash ington through the territory prompted activity. Waynesburg. —At a conference of the promoters of several trolley lines radiating from Waynesburg it was de cided to proceed immediately with the construction of a line from Waynes burg to Claysville by way of Prosper ity, with a spur from the latter point to Washington. The surveys have been completed and the rights of way secured. Pittsburg.—l. E. Ackerly, a Pitts burg business man now in Florida, will return shortly—according to re ports from the south—with the skel eton of a shark eight feet long. At Mayport Mr. Ackerly had the line when the monster was hooked. Re ports are meagre on details of the en suing struggle, but it is known that it required five shots to end Mr. Shark. Washington.—Out of 26 candidates for mine foremen, eight were success ful. Of the 65 candidates for fire boss 13 were successful. They are: First class mine foremen—James R. Black, Anson B. Nedrow, Thomas J. Kane, James C. Smith, John Shultz, Robert M. Charleton, Thomas Skillcorn, James A. Conway. Fire bosses—A. C. Gunter, Robert Carleton, John Brown, George F. Young, James McGill, John Shultz, John J. Clover, Andrew Minford, Arch John J. Clover, Andrew Minford, Archie Gordon, William H. Gillie, Mar tin Thompson, Isaiah Luckle, E. P. Callaghan. Harrisburg.—Gov. Stuart announced the following appointments: Alexan der J. Pentecost, Pittsburg; William S. McKinney, Pittsburg; John T. lams, Waynesburg; Hay Walker, jr., Pittsburg; William D. Wallace, New Castle; F. H. Skelding, Pittsburg; John W. Crawford, Pittsburg, to be managers of the Pennsylvania Reform school at Morganza. Samuel S. Hart ranft, Norristown; Martin G. Brum baugh, Philadelphia; John F. Nichol son, Philadelphia; J. P. Male Jenkins, Norristown; William A. Patton, Phil adelphia; Richmond L. Jones, Read ing, to be members of the Valley Forge commission. Harrisburg.—Gov. Stuart signed 50 new laws and issued a statement re garding appropriaitions in which he declared it will be impossible for him to comply with requests for hearings concerning pending appropriation bills. Among the measures signed by Gov. Stuart was the Townsend-Grim automobile act, which provides for the registration of machines accord ing to horsepower, with fees from $5 to sls, and the licensing of chauffeurs at $2. It fixes the maximum speed limit in open country at a mile in 2y s minutes, and in built-up sections at a mile in live minutes. Fines for vio lating the act are from $lO or ten days In jail up to S2OO or 30 days in jail. Harrisburg.—Gov. Stuart has signed the resolution of the legislature di recting the state treasurer to settle with the bondsmen of the defunct Al legheny National bank 011 a basis of 2 per cent interest on the balance duo the state. Under the decision of the courts affirming the liability of the bondsmen for about $250,000 remain ing unpaid of the state deposit of $523,000 in the bank when it closed its doors the sureties would have been compelled to pay 6 per cent interest from the date of the failure, a year ago. The legislature passed the reso lution relieving them of 4 per cent of this on the plea that the regular rate of interest on state deposits in only 2 per cent, which is all the state would have received if the bank had not failed. Bellevernon. A playing schedule has been adopted by the Mononga hela Valley league, which at the start at least will be made up of but six clubs. The season opens 011 May 15, with Brownsville at lloscoe, Fayette City at Bellevernon and Monongahela at Monessen. Roscoe, Fayette City and Monongahela get all the holiday games, the receipts of which will be pooled. The season closes on Septem ber 18, a total of 40 games being played. Two games a week are sched | uled, one through the week and one vn Saturday. WHAT COLORS SHALL I U3BT This Question Is Important In Painting a House or Other Building. A proper color scheme fs extremely Important In painting a house. It makes all the difference between a really attractive home and ono at which you wouldn't take a second glance. And It makes a big difference In the price the property will bring on the market. As to the exterior, a good deal de pends upon the size and architecture of the house, and upon its surround ings. For a good interior effect you must consider the size of the rooms, the light, etc. You can avoid disappointment by studying the books of color schemes for both exterior and interior painting, which can be had free by writing Nar tional Lead Company, 1902 Trinity Building, New York, and asking for Houseowner's Painting Outfit No. 49. The outfit also includes specifications, and a simple instrument for testing the purity of paint materials. Pure White Lead which will stand the test in this outfit will stand the weather test. National Lead Company's fa mous Dutch Boy Painter trademark on the keg is a guarantee o! that kind of white lead. COUNTRY IN MOVEMENT. Meeting of National Association for Study and Prevention of Tuberculo sis Will Be Largely Attended. The fifth annual meeting of the Na tional Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis will be held in Washington, D. C., at the New Wlllard hotel, on May 13, 14 and 15. Owing to the present Interest in the campaign against tuberculosis, the meeting will be of unusual interest and Importance. The membership of the national association now numbers nearly 2,000, and is distributed in al most every state in the United States. The national association has also a considerable membership in Canada, Cuba, Porto Rico, Philippine islands, and in several of the European coun tries. Ex-President Roosevelt and Dr. William Osier are honorary vice presidents of the national association. Dr. Vincent Y. Bowditch of Boston is the president; Mr. Homer Folks of New York city, and Dr. Charles L. Minor of Asheville, N. C., are the vlce> presidents; Gen. George M. Sternberg of Washington, D. C., is treasurer; Dr. Henry Barton Jacobs of Baltimore, is secretary, and Dr. Livingston Farrand of New York is the executive secre tary of the association. ANOTHER BORING QUESTION. "I say, pa, is a man from Poland oalled a Pole?" "Yes, my son." "Then, pa, why isn't a man from Holland called a Hole?" A Natural Mistake. A teacher in a Pennsylvania pri mary school Instructed her pupils one "composition day'' that they might each write her a letter making excuse for not inviting her to an imaginary birthday party. The following effort of one little girl was decided to be the best: "My Dear Miss Alice: It becomes my duty to apologize for not inviting you to my birthday party last week. I had fully intended to do so, but —as I always do in everything—l postponed it till the last minute. When I at last started and reached your gate, I saw the doctor's carriage standing there, and thinking some one was ill, I did not think It best togo in. What was my mortification and consterna tion to learn the next day that the doc tor was courting your sister!" —Illus- trated Sunday Magazine. FOOD FACTS What an M. D. Learned. A prominent Georgia physician went through a food experience which he makes public: "It was my own experience that first led me to advocate Grape-Nuts food and I also know, from having pre scribed it to convalescents and other weak patients, that the food is a won derful builder and restorer of nerve and brain tissue, as well as muscle. It improves the digestion and sick pa tients always gain just as I did in strength and weight very rapidly. "I was in such a low state that I had to give up my work entirely, and went to the mountains of this state, but two months there did not improve me; in fact I was not quite as well as when I left home. "My food did not sustain me and It became plain that I must change. Then I began to use Grape-Nuts food and in two weeks I could walk a mile without fatigue, and in five weeks returned to my home and practice, taking up hard work again. Since that time I have felt as well and strong as I ever did in my life. "As a physician who seeks to help all sufferers, I consider it a duty to make these facts public." Trial 10 days on Grape-Nuts, when the regular food does not seem to sus tain the body, will work miracle*. "There's a Reason." Look in pkgs. for the famous little book, "The Road to Wellville." Ever read the above letter? A new one appear* from time to time. are genuine) true, and full of kioua latere# t. PRESCRIPTION FOR NERVOUS MEN AND WOMEN—TRY IT The Impairment of the nervous fore* In men and women la first manifested by extreme nervousness, sleeplessness, dread, worry and anxiety, without rea son, trembling of the hands and limbs, with the slightest exertion, heart pal pitation, constipation, kidney trouble, and a general Inability to act ration ally at all times as others wl£h hoalth in their bodies do. In a half pint bottle get three ounces of syrup sarsaparllla compound and add to this one ounce compound fluid baimwort, and let stand two hours; then get ono ounce compound essence cardiol, and one ounce tincture cado mene compound (not cardamom); mix all together, shake well and take a tea spoonful after each meal and one at re tiring. UNPLEASANT OUTLOOK. "I hope It don't rain; It'll take all de starch out of my dress." "Yes, and If maw sees you In your best dress she'll take de starch out of you!" CURED ITCHING HUMOR. Big, Painful Swellings Broke and DM Not Heal—Suffered 3 Years. Tortures Yield to Cuticura. "Little black swellings were scat tered over my face and neck and they would leave little black scars that would itch so I couldn't keep from scratching them. Larger swellings would appear and my clothes would stick to the sores. I went to a doctor, but the trouble only got worse. By this time It was all over my arms and the upper part of my body In swellings as large as a dollar. It was so pain ful that I could not bear to lie on my back. The second doctor stopped the swellings, but when they broke the places would not heal. I bought a set of the Cuticura Remedies and in less than a week some of the places were nearly well. I continued until I had used three sets, and now I am sound and well. The disease lasted three years. O. L. Wilson, Puryear, Tenn., Feb. 8, 1908." Potur Drag A Cham. Corp., Bole Prop*., Bostoa. Perfect Confidence. A physician was summoned to a very sick man, who was very much preoccupied with troubles of his own. On arriving at the sick man's bed, he said to his wife: "Your husband is in the last throes. Every movement shows that the end is nearing." At this moment the sick man's head fell over the pillow, when the doctor said: "The end has come, your husband is dead." In a shrill, thin voice the sick man said: " 'Tain't so, Maria." At once the wife laid her hand on his head and remarked: "Don't dis turb yourself, Rufus —the doctor knows best." —Harper's. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any ease of Catarrh thai cannot be eure<l by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O. We. the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly hon orable In all business transactions and flnanelaJly able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. WALDI.NO, KINNAN A MARVIN. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. O. Hall's Catarrh Cure L«§ taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of tha system. Testimonials sent free. Price 71 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Tills for constipation. One of Fashion's Follies. A lady came on an odd-looking bag the other day la one of the fashion able London shops. It was In expen •l ve leather, and seemed too large for an ordinary hand-bag; also It had a curious opening cut at one side to wards the top. "Ladies use it for carrying their little dogs," the sales man explained. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for Infants and children, and see that it In Use For Over JJO Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. No Escape. "The smell of smoke certainly does make me ill." "Then why do you allow your hus band to smoke so much in the house?" "I might as welL When my hus band sn't smoking the chimney is." Rod, Weak, Weary. Wntery Eye* Relieved by Murine Eye Remedy. Com pounded by Experienced Physicians. Mu rine ..Doesn't Smart: Soothes Eye Pain. Write Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago, for illustrated Eye Book. At Druggists. When Love Is Young. Mabel —Who was the best man at your wedding? Ethel —Why, my husband, of course. Particularly for Particular People. Souders' Vaniila Extract is produced from fine Mexican Vanilla Beans—a pure, rich concentrated flavor. All grocers. Put up in 10, 15 and 25-cent bottles. Defined. "Paw, what Is a 'tropical imagina tion?' " "Mostly hot air. Tommy." It's Pettit's Eye Salve, that gives instant relief to eyes, irritated from oust, heat, sun or wind. 25c. All drug gists or Howard Bros., Buffalo. N. Y. Life In this world could never be so sweet or so sad IX w® had not been children In It
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