6 l/l STORY cj of the LADY ARABELLA By MOLLY ELLIOT SEA WELL >■■■■! ■ IMB HIPIH—M (Copyright, I'JOti, Bobbs-MerrlU Co.) SYNOPSIS. At 14 years of age Admiral Kir Peter Hawkshuw's nephew, Richard Cilyn, fell deeply In love at first sight with IjUdy Arabella Stormont, who spurned his attentions. The lad, an orphan, was given a berth as mid shipman 011 the Ajax by his uncle, (iiles Vernon, nephew of Sir Thomas Vernon, became the boy's pal. They attended a theater where Hawkshaw's nephew saw I-'tady Hawkshaw ns he was about to "blow in" his earnings with Vernon. At a Hawkshaw party Glyn discovered that I-ady Arabella was a poor but per sistent gambler. He talked much with her sister Daphne. CHAPTER V.—Continued. My infatuation for Lady Arabella continued; but I can not say she ever showed me the least mark of favor. But that she did to no one except Overton, and I soon knew what every body in the town knew, that she was j desperately smitten with him, and would have bestowed herself and her fortune upon him at any moment,-if he would but accept it. As for Giles Ver non, she showed him what no other woman ever did—a coolness at first, that deepened into something like ac tive hatred. She knew he stood be tween Overton and the heirship to the Vernon estates, and that was enough to make her dislike him. She often re marked upon his want of good looks, and she was the only woman I ever knew to do it. Yet Giles was unde niably hard-featured, and, except a good figure, had nothing in his person to recommend him. I had thought that pride would have kept Giles from pay ing court to a person so inimical to him; but pride was the excuse he gave for still pursuing her. He declared he had never, no, never, been flouted by a woman, and that Lady Arabella should yet come at his call. This I believed at the time to be mere brava do. He was enchanted by her, that was the truth, and could no more leave her than the moth can leave the candle. I saw much of Daphne in those days, chiefly because I could see so little of Lady Arabella, who led a life of sin gular independence, little restrained by the authority of Lady Hawkshaw, and none at all by Sir Peter. Daphne was fond of books, and commonly went about with one under her arm. I, too, was inclined to bo bookish; and so there was something in common be tween us. She was keener of wit than any one in that house; and I soon learned to take delight in her conver sation, in Lady Arabella's absence. My love for the Lady Arabella was, I admit, the fond fancy of a boy; while Giles Vernon's was the mad infatua tion of a man. Giles was much with us at that time; and I acknowledge I had great benefit from the spending of his prize-money or, rather, I should say, much enjoy ment. He laid it out right royally, nsked the price of nothing, and, for the Mme he was in London, footed it with Mte best of them. His lineage and his heirship to Sir Thomas Vernon gave him entrance anywhere; and his wit and courage made his place secure. Shortly after we arrived, Sir Thomas Vernon also arrived at his house in Grosvenor Square. We were bound to meet him, for Giles went much into gay society, as I did, in the train of Lady Hawkshaw. Tlio first time this occurred was a drum at her grace of Auchester's where all of London was assembled. Even Overton, who was rarely seen in drawing rooms, was there. Giles, of course, was there; her grace had fallen in love ✓ith him, as women usually did, the first time she met him. It was a great house for play; and when we arrived, we found the whole suite of splendid apartments on the lower floor prepared for cards. There was the usual crush and clamor of a fine London party; and I, being young and unsophisticated, en joyed it, as did Daphne. Names were bawled out at the head of the stairs, but could not be distinguished over the roar of voices. I happened to be near the door, with Giles, Lady Arabella heing near by, when I heard the name of Sir Thomas Vernon shouted out, as he entered. He was a man of middle size, and was between 40 and 50 years of age. He might once have been handsome; but. the ravages of an evil nature and a broken constitution were plainly visible in his countenance. I observed that, a-t he stood, glancing about him before making his devoirs to the duch ess of Auchester, no one spoke to him. 0/ seemed disposed to recognize liiai. This only brought a sardonic grin to his countenance. Ho advanced, and was civilly, though not cordially, re ceived by her grace. At that moment Giles approached and spoke to her, and the change in the great lady's manner showed the favor in which she held him. Sir Thomas scowled upon Giles, but bowed slightly; and Giles returned the look by a steady glance, and this stinging remark: "Good evening, Sir Thomas. You look very ill. Is your health as desper ate as I heard It was two years ago?" A titter went around at this, and Giles moved off, smiling. Sir Thomas was unpopular, there could be no doubt about that. Presently Sir Thomas caught sight of Lady Arabella, and, as usual, he was instantly struck by her exquisite beauty. He succeeded in being pre sented to her, and I noted that she re ceived hint with affability. About midnight the company broke up, and our party made a move togo, but Lady Arabella announced that she had been invited by her grace of Auchester to stay the night, and she wished to do so. Neither Sir Peter nor Lady Hawkshaw perfectly ap proved; but Lady Arabella carried her point, with the assistance of the duchess. At the last moment, her grace—a fine woman —approached me, and said, confidentially: "Mr. Wynne—Glyn, I mean—will you not remain, and share a game with a choice collection of players?" I was flattered at being asked; and, besides, I wanted to see how these great London ladies acted at such play, so I accepted. But it was an other thing to get away from Lady Hawkshaw. However, I managed to elude her, by giving a shilling to a footman, who shoved me into a little closet, and then went and told Lady Hawkshaw I had gone home in a coach with a gentleman who had been taken had left word for thorn togo without me. This pacified her, and she and Sir Peter and Daphhe went away with the crowd. There were left about 20 persons, who, after a little supper, and general expres sions of relief at the departure of the other guests, sat down to play, at one in the morning. There was a cabinet minister, also a political parson, two peers of the realm, several officers of the Guards, Giles Vernon and your It Was Lady Arabella's Satin Petti coat. humble servant. The ladies were mostly old—Lady Arabella was the youngest of them all —but all very great in rank. I had wanted to see ladies play—and I saw them. Jack, with his greasy cards, in the forecastle, laying his month's wages, was a child to them. And how they watched One an other, and quarreled and fought! No one among them played so eager ly as Lady Arabella; and very badly, as usual, so that she managed to lose all her money. She was ever a bad player, with all her passion for play. Her last guinea went; and then, determined not to be balked, she rose and said, laughing: "I have on a new white satin petti coat, with lace that cost three guineas the yard. It is very fit for waistcoats. No gentleman will be so ungallant as to refuse my petticoat as a stake." Of course, they all applauded; and Lady Arabella, retiring behind a screen, emerged with her satin petti coat —how it shone and shimmered! in her hand. And in five minutes she had lost it to Giles Vernon! There was much laughter, but Giles, gravely folding it up, laid it aside; and when we departed, in the gray light of dawn, he carried it off under his arm. As for me, I had lost all the money I had with me, and had given my I. O. U. for £3OO. Next day 1 /idy Arabella was dropped in Berkeley Square by her grace of Auchester It was in the afternoon, and I was sitting in the Chinese room with Lady Hawkshaw and Daphne when Lady Arabella appeared. "Well, Dicky," she said —a very of fensive mode of addressing me—"how do ydu stand your losses at play?" And, as I am a sinner, she plumped out the whole story of my play to Lady Hawkshaw and Daphne. As an officer and a gentleman, I scorned to retaliate by telling of the white satin petticoat. But vengeance was at hand. Just as she had finished, when Lady Hawk shaw was swelling with rage, like a toad, before opening her main bat teries on me, and Daphne's fair eyes were full of contempt for me, we heard a commotion outside. None of us could keep from going to the window, and the sight we saw threw Lady Arabella into a perfect tempest of angry tears. A flfe and drum were advancing up the street, playing with great vigor the old tune known as "Petticoat# CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1909. Loose." Behind them marched, with the deepest gravity, a couple of ma rines, bearing aloft 011 their muskets a glittering shimmering thins that fluttered whitely in the air. it was T„ady Arabella's satin petticoat; and, halting before the door, the drummer, with a great flourish, pounded the knocker. On the porter's responding, the two marines handed the petticoat in with ceremony to him, directing him to convey it to the Lady Arabella Stormont, with the compliments of Lieut. Giles Vernon of his majesty's service. This the man did, and was almost torn to pieces by her for doing so, though in what way he had of fended I know not to this day. It was a trilling thing, and made laughter for us all (including Lady Hawkshaw), ex cept Arabella. She seemed to hate Giles with a more virulent hatred after that, and tried very hard to induce Lady Hawkshaw to forbid him the house, which, however, Lady Hawk shaw refused to do. Neither Giles nor I had by any means forgotten our appointment to meet Capt. Overton on the field of honor; and as the time approached for the meeting, Giles sent a very civil note to Overton, asking him to name a gentleman who would see me to ar range the preliminaries, for I would never have forgiven Giles had he chosen any one elso. Overton re sponded, naming 'our old first lieuten ant, Mr. Buxton, who happened to be in London then, and was an ac quaintance of his. I believe Overton's object in asking Mr. liuxton to act for him was the hope that the affair might be arranged; for from what I had heard of the deeply religious turn Overton had taken, I concluded the meeting was somewhat against his conscience. But the indignity of a blow in the face to an officer could not be easily wiped out without an ex-, change of, shots. My principal was much disgusted when Mr. Buxton was named. "I know how it will be, Dicky," he growled. "You will sit like a great gaby, with your mouth open, imagin ing the tavern parlor to be the cock pit of the Ajax. Mr. Buxton will talk to you in his quarter-deck voice, and you will be so frightened that you will agree to use birdshot at 40 paces, provided Mr. Buxton proposes it." This I indignantly dfhiied, and sw'ore I would meet Mr. Buxton as man to man. Nevertheless, when we were sitting at the table in Mr. Buxton's lodgings, I did very much as Giles had predicted. I forgot several things that I had wished to say, and said several things I wished I had forgotten. Mr. Buxton did not let me forget, howover, that he had been my first lieutenant, and I was but a midshipman. He called my principal a hot-headed jack anapes before my very face, adding, angrily; "But for him I should have been first on the Indomptable's deck." To all this I made but a feeble protest; and finally it was arranged that the meeting should take place at a spot very near Richmond, at eight o'clock, on the morning of June 29. When the date was set, and the ar rangements made, I began to feel very much frightened. Not so Giles. There was to be a great ball at Al mack's on the night of the 28th and Giles announced that he was going. It was a very special occasion for him, because the Trenchard, whom he still called the divine Sylvia, and professed to admire as much as ever, was togo that night. She was then the rage, and had a carriage, diamonds, and a fine establishment, yet I believe lier conduct to have been Irreproachably. She had long been consumed wi'f a desire togo to Almack's, but up t/> that time no actress had ever yet en joyed the privilege. It seemed gro tesque enough that a young midship man, of no more consequence than Giles Vernon, should succeed in carry ing this through. But such was actual ly the case; and Giles accomplished it by that singular power he possessed, by which no woman could say him nay. He worked with much art upon those great ladies, her grace of Au chester and Lady Conyngham, and got them pledged to it. Of course, the most violent opposition was devel oped; but Giles, who had a perfect knowledge of the feminine heart, man aged to inspire these two ladies with the wish to exercise their sovereignty over Almack's by doing what was never done before. Having led them into the fight, they had no thought of running away; and the result was in numerable heartburnings and jealous ies, and meanwhile a card for Mrs. Trenchard. (TO BE CONTINUED.) HAT BROKE UP THE CONCERT. Remarkable Headgear Responsible for Spoiling Performance. A story has reached this country of a hat which spoiled an afternoon per formance at a small French play house. It appears that in the absence of an orchestra a lady presided over the piano. She was neither young, pretty nor talented, and not wishing to pass unnoticed conceived the idea of wearing a hat that would attract the attention of the audience. In this she was successful. The hat looked like a good-sized umbrella cov ered with flowers, ribbons and birds. As the lady took her seat the surprise it caused hushed the audience into silence; when, however, the pianist struck the first note 3 and the flowers, ribbons and birds began a mad dance, the storm broke loose and the laughter at last grew so terrific that the curtain was lowered to give the spectators an opportunity of regaining their compos ure. They never regained It, the per formance was spoiled and the author* are suing the director for damages/*** Millinery Trade RevUw. | THE I jtafflck BOljfclfv* A STIR AMONG THE PLANETS Shifting Sure to Occur, Says Freder ic Campbell, Sc. D., Suggests General Plan Among Them. During the month of April there occurred such a shifting of the plan ets as suggests some general plan among them. On the 3d at six o'clock in the morning the planet Saturn, that marvel of the sky, adorned with its gorgeous rings of light and attended with ten satellites, made the shift from the east to the west of the sun, whereby it changed from the even ing to the morning star. On the 9th, at 11 a. m., Venus, brightest of all the stars, and nearest neighbor to ourselves, met Saturn on the west of the sun, Venus hastening to pass the sun eastward. On the 13th at four p. m., little Mercury, the fleet footed, came eastward, rushing after Venus, and passing Saturn on the way. On the 18th the moon came along still more swiftly and, at 11 p. m., passed Saturn and left him to the west. On the 19th, at about 5:30 p. m., the moon overtook Mercury, and 15 min utes later overtook Venus. At ten the same evening Mercury overtook Venus and rushed on for the sun. But the moon already had gained the lead and, at 11:43 p. m., reached and passed the sun, and thus became new moon. Not till the 21st, at six p. m., did Mercury accomplish the same feat and transfer its position from the morning to the evening, sky. On the 2Sth at uogn, along came Venus and did the same thing, and the entire movement was over. The result of all was Saturn had removed from the evening to the morning sky, and that the moon, Mercury and Venug ex changed the morning for the evening sky, where they were soon discovered in the order named. .., . , (Copyright, 1909, by Joseph B. Bowles.) FINGER DEVELOPING DEVICE. Contrivance Invented to Develop Mus cles of All Digits in Playing the Piano. A recent invention provides a device which may be applied to the hands of a piano player to develop the muscles of the fingers individually, so that the fingers may be able to strike the notes with a uniform blow. The device con sists of a wrist band which supports a series of rods, provided at their oppo site ends with pads adapted to rest on the knuckles. Hinged to each ono Finger-Developing Device. of these rods is a short arm connect ed at its outer end to a stem project ing from a ring slipped over the finger. A series of weights in the form of washers are adapted to be slipped over the stem, thereby permitting the op erator to adjust the weight on each particular finger. Thus if one of his fingers is weaker than the rest, it is fitted with a heavier weight so that in time the muscles will be developed to such an extent as to make it as strong as the rest of the fingers.—Scientific American. Seek Substitutes for Rubber. Rubber is in such demand for mod ern uses that not only are new plants supplying It being sought, but eager efforts are being made to produce sub stitutes. Artificial indigo and artificial camphor are among the great suc cesses of modern chemistry, and arti ficial rubber seems to be near at hand, as the production of caoutchouc by synthesis has been already announced by Mr. Allsebrook and Dr. Docherty of Burton-on-Trent, England. A process yielding an adequate supply would take rank as one of the greatest of chemical achievements. Substitutes for rubber find some uses, and one of the most promising recent ones seems to be a patented German composition containing glue, glycerine, chrome salts, "lead plaster," vegetable fibers parchmented by acids, gum trag acanth, vegetable balsams and water glass. A process of making rubber from naphtha is said to be under test on a large scale in the Caucasus. Non-Polarizing Battery. Bichromate batteries are very ex pensive to maintain and dry cells do not furnish enough amperage for some kinds of experimental work. A cell of battery that will run ten hours with an output of over one ampere can be made as follows: Secure a jar about four inches in diameter and eight inches high and place in the bottom of this jar the lower half of a tin baking powder can, to which a wire has been soldered for connec tions. Place in the can a mixture of two ounces black oxide of copper, one ounce black oxide of manganese and some iron filings Purchase a small crowfoot zinc and hang it about one inch above the half can. Prepare a ten per cent, so lution of caustic soda and fill the jar within one inch of the top. Place on top of the solution a thin layer of kero sene or paraffin. The cell will only cost about 50 cents to make and 25 cents for each renewal. When renew ing, always remove the oil with a si phon.—Popular Mechanics. EDISON'S PROMISED BATTERY 'Practically Indestructible Device Will Travel Long Distance Be fore Worn Out. Announcement is made of another epoch-making discovery by the great wizard, Thomas Alva Edison. This time it takes the shape of a practically indestructible battery, which, it is claimed, will travel 100,000 miles be fore it is worn out, and which for the trilling sum of S2OO will provide the purchaser with motive power that will need no renewal for 15 years. "I never could believe," remarked the great inventor, "that Nature, so prolific of resources, could provide only lead as a material ingredient of the battery. I have always found her ready for any emergency, and based New Storage Battery. on this confidence, which she has never betrayed, I communed diligently with her." After experimenting with numerous other substances, Mr. Edi son hit at length upon cobalt as a substitute for lead. But, cobalt being one of the rare metals, the problem was not yet solved. So he scoured the country to find this metal in suf ficient quantities to warrant its use, and discovered an abundance of it in Canada, Wisconsin, Oregon and Ken tucky. ELECTRICITY ON OCEAN LINER Over Two Hundred Miles of Wira and Cables Are Strung Through out the Mauretania. Although much has from time to time been written about the • Mau retania comparatively few can grasp the significant part which electricity plays in the ship. Apart from the 70,000 horse-power cf the turbines which propel the ship through the water, the- electrical pow er, which is supplied by four genera tors, represents an additional 2,144 horse-power. Electricity is used not only for il luminating the ship at night, but for a multitude of other purposes, such as operating the lifts, of which there are two for passengers' use, eight for bag gage and mails and two smaller ones in the pantries. Electrically driven cranes and winches are also provided, and 6,300 electric lamps give the enor mous total of over 100,000 candle-pow er. For heating the first-class quar ters <>o electric radiators have been fitted, to soy nothing of some 43 heat ers in the bathrooms. In the kitchens one range alone has a frontage of about GO feet, and in cludes a roaster with four vertical spits rotated by an electric motor, these spits being capable of dealing with a half a ton of meat at a time. There is also a smaller roaster with three spits, driven in the same man ner. In the bakery electricity is em ployed to operate a large dough-ma king machine capable of making bread for at least 3,000 persons. Some idea of the size of this vessel may be obtained when it is mentioned that over 200 miles of wire and cables are fitted throughout the ship. The electric bell and telephone in stallation on the Mauretania surpasses anything hitherto attempted in con nection with ship work. 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