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THE LOVES
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LADY
ARABELLA
I By
I HOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL
(Copyright, I'-**;, Bobbs-Merrill Co.)
SYNOPSIS
At 14 years of age Admiral Sir Peter
Hawkshaw's nephew, Richard Glyn, (ell
deeply in love at first sight with Lady
Arabella Storniont, who spurned his at
tentions. The lad. an orphan, was given
a berth as midshipman on the AJax by
Ills uncle. Giles Vernon, nephew of Sir
Thomas Vernon, became tin- boy's pal.
They attended a theater where Hawk
shaw's nephew saw Lady Arabella. Ver
non met Philip Overton, next in line for
Kir 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 l.ady Hawkshaw as lie
was about to "blow in" his earnings with
Vernon. At a Hawkshaw party Glyn dis
covered rhat Lad}' Arabella was a poor
but persistent Rambler. He talked much
with her cousin Daphne. Lady Arabella
aguin showed love for gaming. Later she
held Glyn and Overton prisoners, thus
delaying the duel. In the Overton-Ver
non duel, neither was hurt. Lady Ara
bella humiliated Richard by her pranks.
Richard and (Jib s shipped on a frigate.
Giles was captured by the French. Sir
Peter arranged for his exchange. Daph
ne showed a liking fur Glyn, who was
then 21 years of age. Giles « is released.
Giles and Richard planned elopements.
Sir Peter objected to the plan tip wed
Daphne. By clever ruses Giles and Rich
ard eloped with Lady Arabella and
Daphne, respectively. The latter pair
were married. Daphne was pleased; Ara
bella raved in anger. When the par
ty returned. Arabella asked Sir Peter to
aid in prosecuting Giles in court on the
charge of committing a capital crime.
CHAPTER IX.—Continued.
As soon as Giles was lodged in jail,
Sir Peter and Lady Hawkshaw, Daph
ne and I went immediately to see him.
We drove in state, in a coach and four,
with outriders. Sir Peter in his uni
form, with his sword, and I also in
uniform; for our object was to testify
publicly our regard for Giles and de
testation of the prosecution for his life
which was on foot.
U'e reached the great gloomy build
ing, and the turnkey immediately
showed us to Giles' room. It was one
of the best rooms in the place, and
would have been comfortable enough
had it not been in a prison.
He was delighted to see us. kissed
Lady Hawkshaw's hand, and gave
Daphne a hearty smack on the cheek.
He looked well, and I expected to lind
him hopeful; but he seemed to regard
his fate as fixed, although it in no
wise disturbed his cheerfulness. Sir
Peter at once told him that everything
possible should be done for his de
fense, and that eminent counsel were
then on their way from London for
him: and he and Lady Hawkshaw
would bear all the costs of the trial.
"And we," cried Daphne, "claim the
*ight to help; and when you are ac
quitted, you will find all your debts
paid and need not trouble yourself
where the money comes from."
Tears sprang to Giles' eyes at this,
and he looked gratefully upon us all.
"Dear friends," he said, "I thank
you; but I shall not be acquitted. Sir
Thomas Vernon and Lady Arabella
Storniont thirst for my blood, and
by my own folly I have put the noose
arotird my neck. But I say to you
frot the bottom of my heart that I
rather would die upon the gibbet than
be married to Lady Arabella. God was
good to me in giving her to me as my
enemy instead of my wife."
There was something in this; for
what man could think, without shud
dering, of taking Arabella Stormont
to wife?
I saw that Giles had completely re
covered from his madness. He blamed
no one. frankly acknowledging his
own folly, and bore himself as became
an officer and a gentleman.
Sir Peter would by no means admit
there was the smallest chance of an
adverse verdict; but although I could
not bring myself to believe that the
extreme penalty of the law would be
carried out, yet I thought it very like
ly that the case was too plain for Giles
to escape conviction. The conduct of
Daphne and Lady Hawkshaw to him
was such that I came out of the jail
w'.th a deeper reverence, a higher es
teem for women than I had known be
fore, although I had always believed
them to be God's angels on earth (with
a few exceptions). So gentle and
caressing was Daphne, so boldly and
determinedly friendly was Lady Hawk
shaw, that it did one's heart good.
Daphne announced her intention of
going to see Sir Thomas Vernon and
pleading with him, while Lady Hawk
shaw threatened to give him her
opinion of him publicly, which was, in
deed, a dreadful threat.
The trial came off at the February
assizes, and on the night before was
the great assize ball. The word was
passed around that all of Giles Ver
non's friends were to attend this ball,
by way of showing our confidence—
alas! —in his acquittal. Therefore, on
tnat night, we—that, is, the Hawk
shaw's. Daphne and I —were to go to the
ball in ail the state we could muster.
We had taken lodgings at York for
tlis trial.
The evening: of the ball found the
streets crowded as I had never seen
them before. The great ease, which
would be reached within a day or two,
brought crowds to attend the assizes,
many persons coming even from Lon
don. These were chiefly gentlemen
of the nobility and gentry who were
friends of Giles Vernon's, lor never
man had so many friends.
It was a cold, bright February night;
and the street in front of the assize
hall where the ball was held was
packed with chariots, chaises, and
people on foot, flaring torches and
bawling footmen, as if it were a Lon
don rout. As our carriage passed the
entrance, the way was blocked by the
judges' chariots, from which they de
scended in state. Our coachman, whip
ping up to get the next place in line,
locked wheels with the coach of Sir
Thomas Vernon. He sat back, his
tace visible by the lamps in the court
yard, and as unconcerned as if the
case which had brought us all to York
was one of his servants beating the
watch, instead of the trial of his rela
tive and heir on a capital charge.
The crowd showed its disapproval of
Sir Thomas by hurling abusive
epithets at him, which only caused him
to smile. But he had another enemy
to encounter, which was Lady Hawk
sliaw, and in full sight and hearing
of the judges, as they stepped with
stately tread up the stairs, occurred a
battle a mort between her and Sir
Thomas Vernon, to the intense en
joyment. of the crowd, which was up
roariously on Lady Hawkshaw's side.
Neither Sir Peter nor I took any part
in the fray, seeing Lady Hawkshaw
had the best of it from the start, and
that, woman against man, the populace
was heartily with her.
It began by Lady Hawkshaw's put
ting her head out of the coach and
saying at the top of her voice—and
what a voice! —"Good evening. Sir
Thomas. We are called here upon a
sad occasion, but I hope that English
justice will prevail to save the life of
that gallant young man, your heir,
Giles Vernon."
To which Sir Thomas, with a wicked
grin, replied:
"We may safely leave that, to the
jury and to their honors, the lords
• ' ~~
"Good Evening, Sir Thomas.''
justices, madam. But if a young vil
lain steals an heiress against her will,
he incurs the extreme penalty of the
law."
"Yes," replied Lady Hawkshaw, "I
dare say you think the law will deal
by Giles Vernon as it did by poor Jack
Bassett, whom you got transported for
life for killing a hare whiclf was al
ready half dead; or as it served Tobias
Clark, the blacksmith, whom you got
hanged for stealing one of your sheep."
These things were true, and the
crowd gave three loud groans for Sir
Thomas Vernon. Before he could got
his breath to reply, Lady Hawkshaw
continued:
"No wonder you are afraid to sleep
without candles burning in your room
all night, Sir Thomas."
Sir Thomas ground his teeth, and
called:
"Back your horses, coachman, and
drive out."
But. the crowd would by no means
permit it, holding on to the wheels,
and shouts resounded of; "Good for
your ladyship! Hawkshaw forever!"
Sir Peter lay back laughing, while
Daphne, by way of encouraging the
people, clapped her hands and kissed
Lady Hawkshaw on the cheek.
"And let me tell you, Sir Thomas,"
continued that excellent and indomit
able woman, "that because no woman
could ever be induced to elope with
you, there is no reason why runaway
marriages should not be the happiest
in the world. I defied my family and
as good as ran away with Sir Peter
Hawkshaw, and he was as poor as
Giles Vernon; but, like him, he was
a true and gallant gentleman, and God
bless the day I married him!"
At this there was tremendous cheer
ing for Sir Peter, and he took off his
hat and bowed, kissing Lady Hawk
shaw's hand.
Sir Thomas responded by calling out
airily:
"May I ask your ladyship if Sir
Peter was a free agent in the affair of
your marriage? for I believe he is not
generally held accountable for his
actions since that day."
Sir Peter's eyes flashed at that, but
Lady Hawkshaw cried back:
"Right you arff, Sir Thomas, for
have him I would, and if be had not
agreed to marry me I should have died
of disappointment. Nor has he been
a free agent since that day— not for
one moment free from my love, my ad
miration, and my solicitude. I knew
you well, Sir Thomas, 40 years ago
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1909.
(this was a cruel thrust, for Sir Thom
as was notoriously touchy about lu
nge) and I would 110 moro have run
away with you than I would this night
—and God knows no woman in all the
three kingdoms would go with you
now!"
The delight of the crowd was ex
traordinary. I believe they would
have mobbed Sir Thomas, except that
they felt that Lady Hawkshaw could
indict the more exquisite misery on
him. The judges, still going up the
steps slowly, probably heard every
word of this controversy. The crowd
then parted, and taking Sir Thomas'
horses by the bits, forced them to give
place to Lady Hawkshaw's coach, and
she descended amid the loudest cheers
of the populace.
Within the splendid ballroom Lady
Hawkshaw's triumph was even more
marked. Numbers of great people
ilocked around her; many of them had
been witnesses of her battle royal with
Sir Thomas, and the story had quickly
spread to the rest. Lady Hawkshaw,
in spite of her oddities, had always
maintained the respect of all who
knew her, and never saw I a woman
who bore, under all circumstances,
more unmistakably the air of a great
lady; whether squabbling with Sir
Peter, laying down the law to the
world at large, or speaking bad French,
she was invariably the woman of
quality.
The scene of the ball was so gor
geous that even my sad heart took
note of it. The hall was ablaze with
wax lights, and a huge band of musi
cians brayed and trumpeted. The lords
justices, the lords lieutenants of the
three Hidings, and many other persons
were in full court costumes, and the
ladies' trains of brocade and velvet
were a sight to see. And 1 may be par
doned for saying that Mistress Rich
ard Olyn was by no means the least
handsome of the women present.
By Lady Hawkshaw's command we
were all to look cheerful, and, when
I saw the outpouring of popular ap
proval upon us as Giles Vernon's next
friends, my heart grew less heavy.
Lady Hawkshaw seated herself in a
large chair at the end of the hall,
where she held a kind of court. She
wore a gown of some sort of crimson
stuff, with a great tail to it, and on
her head was a turban with a bird ol
paradise in it, and 011 top of that her
huge diamond tiara. Everybody flocked
to pay her court, and the lord lieuten
ant of the East Hiding asked the honor
of her hand to open the ball. Sho
promptly agreed, with the added re*
mark that she bad not danced for 30
years. Sir Peter attempted to inter
pose.
"You can not do it, my lady," he
said. "You will trip up and break
your leg."
"Not unless you trip me up, Sir
Peter," responded her ladyship, who
was totally unable to keep up the tur
tle-dove style toward Sir Peter for any
appreciable length of time. "My legs
are as good as the lord lieutenant's,
thank God! and I shall have pleasure
in dancing with his lordship."
Obeying a look from her, Daphne ac
cepted a partner, and I secured one in
the lord mayor's daughter. Sir Thomas
Vernon, who was then in the hall, had
the ineffable impudence to wish to
dance in the country dance with us,
but he was met everywhere with cold
cold looks and refusals. The ladies
of the lords lieutenants were all en
gaged; so were their daughters. It wa:
a picture to see him going along the
line of ladies sitting against the wall,
being repulsed by allT and his com
posure under these embarrassing cir
cumstances was the most extraordin
ary thing I ever saw. He wore a smile
upon his sickly, but handsome face all
the time, and, at last, he found a part
ner in the person of a monstrous ugly
woman, whose husband was in the
hides and leather trade.
We took our places. Lady Hawk
shaw and the lord lieutenant, a fine,
handsome man, many years younger
than she, at the head of the room. And
then the musicians struck up, aud
Lady Hawkshaw began to dance.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
HOW THE PYRAMIDS WERE BUILT
Theory That Explains Expenditure of
Time and Labor.
No one lias been able to decide how
the enormous stones in the pyramids
were handled; for, even allowing for
the vast army of men, some sort of
mechanical contrivance must have
been used.
One theory is that as each course
of stone was laid a sand embankment
was built around it with long, easy
slopes so that the stones for the next
course could be pushed on rollers
and slid into place, without any actual
lifting, and so on, the pyramid being
in fact buried as fast as it was built,
until the top was reached, when the
stupendous job of removing the sand
embankment was commenced.
This might account for the vast
army of laborers used; for instance,
it is said that in building the great
pyramid of Cheops 100,000 men were
employed for 30 years, although the
quarry from which the stone was ob
tained was nearly 3,000 feet from the
pyramid.—Engineering Magazine.
Has Many Crowns.
The czar has as many crowns as a
fashionable lady has hats. He is re
garded by his people as a religious as
well as a secular monarch, and there
fore has crowns for every possible
state occasion. The Russian imperial
crown is modeled after a patriarchal
miter. Five magnificent diamonds,
resting on a huge glowing ruby, form
the cross at the summit. Diamonds
and pearls of utmost perfection ren
der this crown unrivaled among all
others, and there is one sapphire in
it. which is said to be the linnet stone
of its kind ever miuud.
,SSctbinet
"SQUEAKING DOORS."
HEY any I'm rather deli
cate and puny-like and
WjPai I'm always rather poorly;
jP#T\ my constitution's frail.
/ Hot I have noticed all rny
f -j/1 / life that folks with
Jit* ■ JJ aches and twinges,
jgjWgi/—ID Live n(?es! It's .the
I squeaking door that
lianas Ions; on its
A\ liingcs!
There was my Uncle Reu
~ben; always seemed
so strong and weil,
But people say ho can't
«• ""SI live long, since that
Sift pneumonia spell,
And Cousin John—he's always bragged
about that wife o' his,
So healthy—till she up and died with
sudden rlieuniatiz.
No, sir, of bale and hearty folks we can
not be too sure;
"The good die young," and nobody, by
rights, can feel secure.
Of folks that seem so gay and peart, wa
can't bo certain, ever.
But sickly ones, like squeaking doors,
will creak and squeak forever.
The Banting System.
This scheme of diet was first popu
larized by William Banting of Lon
don. England, who addressed to the
public a letter on Corpulence, in 1863.
Banting suffered from surplus flesh
so extreme as to force him to "go
downstairs backward." He tried vari
ous medicines and forms of exercise
"without success, until finally advised
to abstain from "bread, milk, butter,
sugar and potatoes."
In lieu of these he adopted a diet
of lean meat, fish, any vegetable (ex
cept potatoes, and a limit of one ounce
of bread at a meal.
On this regimen Canting reduced
his weight marvelously. He found
sugar to bo the most fattening—five
ounces in one week adding one pound
to his weight. "Milk, sugar, and but
ter are the human beans," he said,
because he found them to have the
same effect thnt a diet of beans have
upon a horse, very fattening.
The characteristic of the Bant
ing diet is the great predomina
tion of proteids. Carbohydrates, of
which sugar and potatoes are so
largely composed, are strictly forbid
den.
Every scheme of diet for the reduc
tion of flesh includes advice against
variety in food, as that tends to in
crease appetite.
BACK HOME.
C AST summer I made up
ift'Lr,- W. my rn ' r "i'
l'd take a holiday.
And go back to the home
I had
/rj * s>ot sepn for many a day.
t IJut P eo P lo said: "You're
N'sjsjTii/ ,fr~* foolish, Jane,
Ils a w-ild-goose
/ IW; chase.
Ir' % Your family and friends
/ n/ ' L. are dead—
Why, you won't know
* . Re?' the place!"
But all the same, I went,
P ' it] and my!
I had a splendid time!
I started when the bloom
and blush
Of summer was in prime.
Tis true, my girlhood friends were gone,
But every stick and stone
Was full of them—with memory
You know, we're not alone.
The children all were gone, but thera
The old brick school-house stood;
The little bridge; the crooked path;
I'orget them? Ah, who could!
The trees, the everlasting hills,
The brook, the sky for frame,
All these were there, and to my eyes
The old home was the same.
Appropriate Salads.
To serve after & fish course or
heavy meats the salad should be a
crisp vegetable, preferably cucumbers
or tomatoes, with French dressing
With game, serve chicory, water
cress or any kind of lettuce.
With roasts, the best salad is of
lettuce with apple or any light fruit.
Garlic in potato salad is liked by
epicures and a clove of garlic rubbed
around the salad bowl is enough to
give it flavor.
Heavy meat salads are sometimes
served at dinner, but they do not in
terfere with the delicate salad which
accompanies the meat or fish. They
must, however, be served first; no
salad after the meat.
Bridget's Beatitudes.
Blessed are the pantry shelves
which are painted white and then fin
ished with a thin coat of white eti
amel. They are easily kept clean, and
dirt can Hot hide from sight.
Blessed is the kerosene for the re
moval of tar from the hands or china.
Blessed is the pan of water placed
In the oven with the potatoes to
hasten their baking.
Blessed is the little boiling water
added to the omelet while it is cook
ing to prevent its getting tough.
Blessed is the white of egg applied
to the inside of jelly molds or glasses.
The jelly will then turn out easily.
"Empyreuma."
This is the word with which cooks
denominate the slight burnt taste of
meat, fish or any animal dish. It is
not always unpleasant, and, indeed,
in some places on the continent of
Europe, it is thought to add an at
traction.
To Wash Lettuce.
Add salt to the water; it helps to
loosen the dirt, %and and the tiny
bugs harbored by the leaves.
Scum on Jelly.
This should all be removed before
pouring into glasses, jars, etc. Other
wise, air is allowed to enter as
the scum evaporates.
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