6 CLOVES o_f the LADY ARABELLA By MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL (Copyright, I'JOO, Bobbs-MerrlU Co.) SYNOPSIS. At 14 years of age Admiral Sir Peter Ifawkshaw's nephew, Richard (Jlyn, fell deeply in love at first sight with Lady Arabella Stormont, who spurned his at tentions. The lad. an orphan, was given a berth as midshipman on the Ajax by bis uncle. Giles Vernon, nephew of Sir Thomas Vernon, became the boy's pal. They attended a theater where liawk shaw's nephew saw Lady Arabella. Ver non mot Philip Overton, next in line for Sir Thomas Vernon's estate. They start ed a duel which was interrupted. Vernon. Overton and Hawkshaw's nephew found themselves attracted by pretty Lady Ara bella. The Ajax in battle defeated French warships in the Mediterranean. Richard Glyn got £2,000 prize money. He was called home by Lady Hawkshaw as he was about to "blow in" his earnings with Vernon. At a Hawkshaw party Glyn dis covered that Lady Arabella was a poor but persistent gambler, lie talked much with her cousin Daphne. Lady Arabella again showed love for gaming. Later she. ltehi Glyn ami Overton prisoners, thus delaying the duel. CHAPTER VI. As Overton had said, the meeting was delayed exactly 24 hours. My courage always has an odd way of disappearing when I am expecting to use it, although I must say, when I have had actual occasion for it I have always found it easily at hand. I can not deny that I was very much fright ened for Giles on the morning of the meeting, and, to add to my misery, 1 heard that Overton was considered one of the best shots in England. The dreary breakfast gulped down; the postchaise rattling up to the door —I had hoped until the last moment *-at it would not come; the bumping r.long the road in the cool, bright sum mer morning; the gruesome, long, nar row box that lay on the front seat of the chaise; the packet of letters which Giles had given me and which seemed to weigh a hundred tons in my pocket —all these were so many horrors to haunt the memory forever. But I must say that, apparently, the misery was all mine; for I never saw Giles Vernon show so much as by the flicker of an eyelash that he was disturbed in any way. About half way from the meeting ground we left the highway and turned into a by-road; and scarcely had we gone half a mile when we almost drove into a broken-down chaise, and standing on the roadside among the furze hushes were the coachman, the surgeon—a most bloody-minded man I always believed him—Mr. Buxton and Overton. Our chaise stopped, and Giles, put ting his head out of the window, said, pleasantly: "Good-morning, gentle men ; you have had an accident, I see." "A bad one," replied Mr. Buxton, who saw that their chaise was beyond helj), and who, as he said afterward, was playing for a place in our chaise, not liking to walk the rest of the dis tance. Giles jumped out and so did I, and the most courteous greetings were ex changed. The two drivers, as experts, ex amined the broken chaise, and agreed there was no patching it up for ser vice; one wheel was splintered. Mr. Buxton looked at Giles mean ingly, and then at me, and Giles whispered to me: "Offer to take 'em up. By Jupiter, they shall see we are no shirkers." Which 1 did, and, to my amazement, in a few moments we were all lumber ing along the road; Overton and Mr. Buxton on the back seat, and Giles and I with our backs to the horses, while the surgeon was alongside the coachman on the box. Nothing could exceed the politeness between the two principals, about the seats as about everything else. Over ton was with difficulty persuaded to take the back seat. Mr. Buxton seated himself there without any introduction. (I hope it will never again be my for tune to negotiate so delicate an affair as a meftting between gentlemen with one so much my superior in rank as Mr. Buxton.) "May I ask, Mr. Overton, if you pre fer the window down or up?" asked Giles, with great deference. "Either, dear sir," responded Over ton. "I believe it was up when you kindly invited us to enter." "True: but you may be sensitive to the ' rmd may catch cold." A ~ Mr. Buxton grinned in a heartn. The window re mained u,. We Vowded with the two pistoi i and the surgeon's box of instruments, which to me appeared more appalling than the pistols. At last ve reached the spot—a small, flat place under a sweetly blooming hawthorn hedge, with some verdant oaks at either end. Giles and Overton were so scrupu lous about taking precedence of each otlier in getting out of the chaise that I had strong hopes the day would pass before they came to a decision; but Mr. Buxton finally got out him self and pulled his man after him, and then we were soon marking off the ground, and I was feeling that mortal sickness which had attacked nle the first time I was under fire in the Ajax. Overton won the toss for position, and at I hat I could have lain down and wept. Our men were placed 20 paces apart, with their backs to each other. At the word "one" they were to turn, ad vance and fire between the worijs "two" and"three." This seemed to me the most murderous arrangement I had ever heard of. The stories I had so lately heard about Overton's proficiency with the pistol made me think, even if he did not kill (iiles intentionally, he would attempt some expert trick with the pistol, which would do the business equally well. I knew Giles to be a very poor shot, and concluded that he, through awkwardness, would prob ably put an end to Overton, and I re garded them both as doomed men. I shall never forget my feelings as we were placing our men, or after Mr. Buxton and I had retired to a place under the hedge. Just as we had se lected our places, Giles, looking over his shoulder, said in his usual cool, soft voice: "Don't you think, gentlemen, you had better move two or three ful-longs off? Mr. Overton may grow excited and fire wild." I thought this a most dangerous as well as foolish speech, and calculated to irritate Overton; and for the first time I saw a gleam of anger in his eye, which had hitherto been mild, and even sad. For I believed then, and knew afterward, that his mind was far from easy on the subject of dueling. I wish to say here that I also believe, had he been fully convinced that duel ing was wrong, he would have declined to fight, no matter what the conse quence had been; for I never knew a man with more moral courage. Hut at the time, although his views were changing on the subject, they were not wholly changed. Mr. Buxton, without noticing Giles' speech, coughed once or twice, and Overton Took Off His Hat and Bowed. then waited two or three minutes be fore giving the word. The summer sun shone brilliantly, turning the distant river to a silver ribbon. A thrush rioted musically in the hawthorn hedge. All things spoke of life and hope, but to my sinking heart insensate Nature only mocked us. I heard, as in a dream, the words "one, two, three" slowly uttered by Mr. Buxton, and saw, still as in a dream, both men turn and raise their pistols. Overton's was discharged first; then, as he stood like a man in marble waiting for his adversary's fire. Giles raised his pistol and, taking deliberate aim at the bird still singing in the hedge, brought it clown. It was a mere lucky shot, but Overton took off his hat and bowed to the ground, and Giles responded by taking off his hat and showing a hole through the brim. "You see, Mr. Glyn," said Overton. "1 have done according to my prom ise. It was not my intention to kill Mr. Vernon, but only to frighten him" —which speech Mr. Buxton and I con sidered as a set-off to Giles' speech just before shots were exchanged. The two principals remained where they were, while Mr. Buxton and 1 re tired behind the hedge to confer —or. rather, for Mr. Buxton to say to me: "Another shot would be damned nonsense. My man is satisfied, or shall be, else I am a Dutch trooper. Certainly you have nothing to com plain of." I was only too happy to accept this solution, but more out of objection to being browbeaten by Mr. Buxton than anything else, I said: "We shall require an explanation of your principal's observation just now, sir." "Shall you?" angrily asked Mr. Bux ton, exactly in the tone he used when the carpenter's mate complained that the jaek-o'-the-dust had cribbed his best saw. "Then I shall call your man to account in regard to his /ate obser i vation, and we can keep them pop ping away at each other all day. But j this is no slaughter pen, Mr. Glyn, nor am I the ship's butcher, and I shall ! take my man back to town and give i him a glass of spirits and some break i fast, and I advise you to do the same. | Vou are very young, Mr. Glyn, and i you still need to know a thing or two." ! Then, advancing from behind the hedge, h* said in the dulcet tone he used when the admiral asked him to : have wine: CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1909. "Gentlemen, Mr. Glyn and myself, after conferring, have agreed that the honor of our principals Is fully estab lished, and that the controversy is completely at an end. Allow me to congratulate you both"—and there was a general hand shaking all around. I noticed that the coachman, who was attentively watching the performance, looked slightly disappointed at the turn of affairs. Straightway, wo all climbed into the chaise, and 1 think I shall be believed when I say that our return to town was more cheerful than our departure had been. We all agreed to dine together at Mivart's the next night, and I saw 110 reason to believe that there was any remnant of ill feeling betweon the two late combatants. I returned to Berkeley Square that afternoon, with much uneasiness con cerning my meeting and future inter course with Lady Arabella; for I had not seen her since the occurrence in Sir Peter's study. Although my af fection for her was forever killed by that box on the ear she gave me, yet 110 man can see a woman shamed be fore him without pain, and the antici pation of Lady Arabella's feelings when she saw me troubled me. Hut this was what actually happened when we met. Lady Arabella was sitting in the Chinese drawing room, her lap dog in her arms, surrounded by half a dozen fops. Lady Hawkshaw had left the room for a moment, and Ara bella had taken the opportunity of showing her trick of holding out her dog's paws and kissing his nose, which she called measuring love-ribbon. This performance never failed to throw gentlemen into ecstasies. Daphne sat near, with her work in her lap and a book on the table by her, smiling rath er disdainfully. I do not think the cousins loved each other. On my appearance in the drawing room I scarcely dared look toward Lady Arabella; but she called out fa miliarly: "Come here, Dicky!" (her habit of calling me Dicky annoyed me very much) "and let me show you how I kiss Fido's nose; and if you are a good boy, and tell me all about the meeting this morning, perhaps I may hold your paws out and kiss your nose" —at which all the gentlemen present laughed loudly. I never was so em barrassed in my life, and my chagrin was increased when, suddenly drop ping the dog, she rushed at me, seized my hands, and, holding them off at full arm's length, imprinted a sounding smack upon my nose, and laughingly cried out: "One yard!" (Smack on my nose again.) "Two yards!" (Smack.) "Three yards!" (Smack.) At this juncture I recovered my presence of mind enough to seize her around the waist and return her smacks with interest full in the mouth. And at this stage of the proceedings Lady Hawkshaw appeared upon the scene. In an instant an awful hush fell upon 11s. For my part I felt my knees sinking under me, and I had that feel ing of mortal sickness which I had felt in my first sea-fight, and at the instant I thought my friend's life in jeopardy. Lady Arabella stood up, for once, confused. The gentlemen all re tired gracefully to the wall, in order not to interrupt the proceedings, and Daphne fixed her eyes upon me, spar kling with indignation. Lady Hawkshaw's voice when she spoke, seemed to come from the tombs of the Pharaohs. "What is this countrytom I see?" she asked. And nobody answered a word. James, the tall footman, stood be hind her; and to him she turned, say ing in a tone like thunder: "Jeames, go and tell Sir Peter Hawk shaw that I desire his presence im mediately upon a matter of the great est importance." The footman literally ran down stairs, and presently Sir Peter came puffing up from the lower regions. Lady Arabella had recovered herself then enough to hum a little tune and to pat the floor with her satin slipper. Sir Peter walked in, surveyed us all, and turned pale. I verily believe he thought Arabella had been caught cheating at cards. (TO BE CONTINUED.) WORLD'S CITIES HARD TO KILL. Rome Twice Burned, Six Times Starved —Paris' Eight Sieges. Few of the world's groat cities have not faced, at one time or another, to tal destruction. But a city is hard to kill. Take Rome, for instance. She has been swept by pestilence no fewer than ten times. She has been twice burned and six times driven to submis sion by starvation. Perhaps it is on account of her great vitality that sho is called the Eternal city. Paris lias gone through eight sieges, ten famines, two plagues and one firs which devastated it. Constantinople has been burned out nine times and has suffered from four plagues and five sieges. In addition, she has been ruled by monarchs who were worse than a plague. Yet Con stantinople still Nourishes. London has been decimated five times by plagues, in addition to visita tions of typhus, cholera and other epi demics. She lias been burned more or less severely several times. —Stray Stories. What He Wanted. "Sir," said the agent, addressing the man who had opened the door in an swer to his knock. "I am introducing a patent burglar alarm and thought perhaps you might lie interested." "Well, I'm not," growled the man on the other side of the door. "What I want is a device that will put burglars tx> sleep instead of alarming them." jUPRrt/IMtv, BRACING A CEMENT EfoD POST How to Construct a Pillar That Will Not Give Way in Stretching a Fence. In order to brace an end post se curely, first plant the post UMs feet deep, says a writer in Indiana Farmer. Be sure that the dirt is well tampod around the post. Packing the first foot well is the most essential thing in making a post stand firm. Lean the post back about three inches. This leaning causes the post to pull to the ground instead of lifting out of the ground, as it will do if it leans the other way. Then cut a notch about half way between the ground and top of the post for end of brace to rest in. Then plant a smaller post about six feet in front of end post for foot of brace to rest against, placing top side of lower end of brace six inches below the surface of the ground with a fiat rock under it (to keep the brace from settling in the ground). Now pass three strands of well-galvanized No. 9 wire around the two posts, ma king six strands of wire to twist to- Brace for Cement End Post. gether. Fasten the ends of the wire together, so they will not slip. Take a rod about 18 inches long, place be tween the six strands of wire and twist them together. Do not neglect to twist them tight, for this is the secret in making the posts stay in position. If my instructions are fol lowed the fence stretcher is not made that will move the end post one inch at the top. POTATO CULTURE PROFITABLE Certain Sections of Country Where Irish Potato Is Best Growing Crop on the Farm. There are certain sections of the United States which are, owing to cli matic conditions, combined with the nature of the soil, better adapted to the growing of the Irish potato than probably any other farm product, and as this crop can be marketed at re munerative prices on an average of four years out of five, the farmers of what is known as the "potato dis tricts" rely almost entirely upon this product for their money crop; there fore, it becomes necessary for them to secure as great a quantity of tu bers as possible from each acre of land planted, from a minimum amount of labor and expense, in order to get the greatest percentage of profit ob tainable. The soil best adapted to growing the potato is a sandy loam well sup plied with vegetable matter. This kind of a soil is not available in all cases and we have to be content with that of a heavier nature. 111 that case It is advisable to turn under a sod of some character, preferably clover, which will serve to keep the land in a mellow condition and retain the moisture longer than if the soil should become more compact.. More attention every year is being given to the selection of seed, and the most successful potato growers have long ago discarded the using of culls for seed potatoes. Experiments have shown that an ordinary size potato cut in quarters will often pro duce 23 to 30 per cent, more salable potatoes per acre than when cut with only one eye to the piece. If proper precautions are taken and treatments begun in time there are none of the enemies of the potato, which, if properly handled, cannot be reduced to a nonentity as far as dam age to the crops is concerned. For Slugs or Snails. Salt is a sure remedy for the slugs or snails, says the Ohio Farmer. Dis cretion, however, is always necessary in its use, as it is liable to kill or in jure plants to which it is applied at all freely. We find ordinary air slacked lime just as sure to kill shigs as salt, and probably much t,afer. Slugs are night feeders, leaving their hiding-places and feasting on the leaves first reached (usually the iower ones) shortly after sundown. To de stroy the pest dust the lower parts of the foliage of affected crops lightly with the air-slacked lime. The effect is immediate. Next morning you will find the remnants of the dissolved slugs. Value of the Berry Patch. Where an old berry patch lias been cleaned out is fine for a crop of mel ons or potatoes. Then it should be sown to cow peas or clover. Eeither of these crops are fine for storing up fertility in the soil. 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