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By GEORGE BAR R
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THE EXETER TIMES
;"Tie" took her slender hand in his
broad, white swathed palm and press-
ed It ferventlyregardless of the pain
!which would have caused him to
Cringe if engaged in anyother pursuit,
There was no longer, any doubt as
to the intentions of the disappointed
'islanders. Von Blitz and Resula had
enyInced, thein that their cause was
'seriously jeopardized. They were made
to see the necessity for permanently
;removing the white pretenders from
"their path.
Deppingham, onaccount of his one
;time positron in the British army, was.
,chosen chief officer of the beleaguered
'"citadel." A strict espionage was set
upon the native servants despite Bail-
lo's assurances of loyalty. Lookouts
were posted in the towers, and a cease-
less watch was to be kept day and
night Chase on his first visit to the
:west tower discovered a long unused
searchlight of .powerful dimensions.
Fortunately for the besieged, the elec-
tric light plant was located in the
chateau grounds and could not be
'tampered with from the outside.
Britt was put in charge of the night
patrol, Saunders the day. Selim un-
der orders had severed the long rope
with a single rifle shot. No one could
hope to reach the chateau by way of
the cliff.
Extra precautions were ,taken to
guard the women from attacks from
the inside. The window bars were
locked securely, and heavy bolts were
placed on the doors leading to the low-
er regions. It was now only too ap-
parent that Skaggs and Wyckholme.
had wrought well in anticipation of a
rebellion by the native shareholders.
Each window had its adjustable
grates; every outer door was protected
by heavy iron gates.
By nightfall. Deppingbam's forces
were in full possession of every ad-
vantage that their position afforded.
Chase came from his room,still stiff
and sore, but with fresh, white band-
ages on his blistered hands. He asked
'and received permission to light a cig-
arette and then dropped wearily into a
seat near the princess, who sat upon
the stone railing. Her trim, graceful
figure was outlined against the dark-
ness. A delicate, senuous fragrance
exhaled from her person, filling him
with an indescribable delight stud lan-
guor; the spell of her beauty was upon
him, and he felt -the leap of his blood.
"If I were yon," he said at last, •
reluctant to despoil the picture,.. "I
•'wouldn't. sit up there. It wouldbe a
very simple matter for one of . our
friends to pick you off with a shot
from below. Please let me pull up a
chair for you."
She smiled languidly, without a trace
of uneasiness in her manner.
"Dear officer of the day, do you think
they are so foolish as to pick us off in
particles? Not at -all. They will dis-
pose of us wholesale, not.bythe piece.
By the way, has Neenah been made
quite comfortable?"
"I believe so. She and Selim have
the room beyond mine, thanks. to Lady
Deppingham."
• "Agnes tells me that she is very in-
teresting -quite like a princess out oi;
a fairy book. You recall the princesses
who were always being captured by
ogres and .evil princes and afterward
satisfactorily rescued by those dear
'knights admirable? Did Selim steal
'her in the beginning?"
tp'You forget the pot of sapphires and
the big. ruby."
"They say that princesses can be
bought very cheaply."
"Depends entirely upon the quality
of princess you desire. It's very much
like buying rare gems or old paintings,
I'd say. Speaking of princesses and
ogres, has It occurred to you that you
would bring a fortune in the market?"
"Mr. Chase!"
"You know, It's barely possible that
you may be put in a matrimonial shop
window if Von Blitz and his friends
should capture you alive. Ever think
of that?"
"Good heavens!' You -Why. what a
horrible thing to say!"
"You won't bring as much in the
south sea mart as you would in
Rapp-Thorberg or Paris, but I dare
say you could be sold for" -
"Please, Mr. Chase, don't suggest
anything so atrocious," she cried, some-
thing like terror in her voice.
"Neenah's father sold her for a hand-
ful of gems," said be, with distinct
meaning in his voice., She was silent,
and t. he went on after a momends
there so tweet) I er differenceafter• 11
d ff e , a,
where one is sold, just so long as the
is s fief etor to all concerned?"
rice a a
1? Y
"Iron arc very .unkind. Ar: Chase,"
er"
ishe said with quiet dignity. "I do not
deserve your sarcasm:"
"I humbly plead for forgiveness," he
mid, suddenly contrite.' "It was beast -
two
/d
nericavwit, 1you
all
thio said t<cornfillly« "I dont care
*0.,J114. WLh YOU Mt iafil gar's.
-won't you forgive me? I'm a poor
brute -don't lash me. In two or three
weeks I'll step dawn end net of your
life; that will be ht:aicy e;,,;ugh, don't
You think?"
"For whom?" she asked in a voice so
low that be could scarcely hear the
words. Then she laughed ironically..
"I do forgive. It is all that a prince
or a princess is ever asked to do, Pm
beginning to believe. I also forgive
you for coming into my life."
"If 1 had been a trifle more intelli-
gent I should not have come into it at
all," he said. She turned upon him
'quickly, stung by the remark.
"Is tbat the way you feel about it?"
she asked sharply.
"You don't understand. A ' man of
intelligence would never have kicked
Prince Karl. As a matter of fact, in
trying to kick Prince Karl out of your
life I kicked myself into it. A very
simple process, and yet scarcely intel-
lectual. A jackass could have done as
much."
"A jackass may kick at a king," she
paraphrased casually. "A cat may
'only look at him. But let us go back
to realities. Do you mean to tell me
that they -these wretches -would dare
to sell me -us. 1 mean into the kind
of slavery yon ,mention?'
"Wh.v not?" he asked soberly, _aria-
ing and coming quite close to her side.
"You are bees/ re_!. If they should
,take you alive et would be a very sim-
ple matter for any one of these men to
;purchase you from the others. You
might easily be kept on this island for
the rest of your days and the world
woulU be none the wiser, or you
could be sold into Persia or Arabia or
Turkey. 1 am not surprised that you
'shudder. Von. Blitz and. Rasula mean
to destroy all of us. We are to disap-
pear from the face of the earth.
;When our friends come to•look for us
we will have died from the plague and
our bodies will bave been burned, as
they always are in Japat. There wilt
`be no one left to deny the story. •After
tomorrow no ship is due to put in here
for three weeks. They will see to it.
'that none of us get out to that ship,
nor will the ship's officers know of
our peril The word will go forth that
the plague has come to the island
That is thefirst step, your highness.
But there is one obstacle they have
overlooked," be concluded. She looked
up inquiringly.
"My warships," he said, the whimsit-
cal smile broadening.
CHAPTER XIX.
TME PLAQUE Is ANNOUNCED.
E next morning a• steamship
flying the English flag came to
anchor off Aratat, delivered
and received mail bags and
after an hour's stay steamed away in
'the drift of the southeast trade winds-
Bombay to Cape Colony. The men
at the chateau gazed longingly, help-
lessly, through their glasses at this
black hulled visitor, from the world
they loved. They watched it until
nothing was left to lee seen except the
faint cloud of smoke that went to a
pin point in the horizon. There had
ni
been absolutely no opportunity to com-
municate with the officers of the ship.
They sailed away hurriedly, as if in
alarm. Their haste was significant.
"Perhaps Bowles succeeded in get-
ting a word with the officer who came
ashore," said Browne hopefully. "He
knows the danger we are in."
"My dear Browne, Bowles hadn't the
ghost Of a chance to communicate with
the ship," said Chase. "He can't bully
longer with Tommy 'em anyb bis y Atkins
coat. They've outgrown it, just as he
has: It was splendid while it lasted,
but they're no more afraid of it now
than they are of my warships. I wish
there was some way to get him andhis
English assistants
Dnginto nt the chateau.
think of what is coming
It's awful to t g
to them sooner or later.;'
"Is there no way to help them?"
groaned Deppingham.
"I'll -never forget poor Bowles the
first time I saw him he his dinky red
jacket and that hooligan cap of his,"
reflected Chase, as if he had riot heard
Deppingham's remark. "He put them
on and tried to overawe the crowd that
night when I was threatened in the
market place. He did his best, poor
chap, and I" --
"Look!" exclaimed .Britt suddenly,
nolnting toward one of the big gates
tes
park. uI the
of be-
lievethe upper end
they're making an attack!"
The neat instant the men in the bale
Orly were leaving it nellin 1!
, picking
up the over ready titles as they y dashed
off through the hails rind' out Into the
park. They kept themselves as well.
eorered as possible by the• boxed trees,
although up to this tame there dad
been tion !shooting.
Chase, in advance, nttddenly gave
vent to a land cry and boldly dashed.
exit h tt0 Abe open, Ogregarding s,1l
sTiielter. Two of the native park patrol
were bastening toward; the gate from
another direction. Outside the huge,
barred gate a throng• of mea and
women were congregated, Scale of
the men were vigorously slashing
away at the bars with sledge's and
crowbars; others, were crouching with
rifles leveled -1n the other directi ,nl
"It's Bowles!" shouted Chase.enc(erly.
The situation at once became clear
to those inside the walls. Bowles and
his friends, a score all told, bad man-
aged' to reach the upper gate and were
now clamorin faradm
admission, beset on
all sides by the enemy's pickets.
"For God's sake, be quick!" shouted
Bowles. "'There's a thousand of them
coming up the mines roadil"
The gates were unlocked by the pa-
trol, and the panic stricken throng
tumbled through them and';seattered
like sheep behind the bigji, sheltering
walls. Once more the massive gates
were closed and the bolts thrown
down just in time to avoid a fusillade
of bullets from the outside.
Once inside the chateau the fugi-
tives, shivering with terror, fairly col-
lapsed. There were three Englishmen
in the party besides. Bowles, and
Chase recognized the Persian wives
of Jacob von Blitz among the women
who bad been obliged to cast their lot
with the refugees from Aratat. The
sister of Neenah and five or six other
women who had been sold into the
Island made up the remainder of the
little group of trembling females.
The remainder of the men in the
party, fourteen or fifteen in all, were
of many castes and nationalities and
of various ages. There were brown
skinned fellows from Calcutta, a cou-
ple of sturdy Greeks, an Egyptian and
a Persian, three or four Assyrians and
as many Maoris. As to tbeir walks in
life, among tbem were clerks and
guards from the bank, members of the
native constabulary, Indian fakers and
showmen and venders of foreign gew•
gaws.
Bowles, his thin legs still shaking
perceptibly, although he strove might
ily to hold tbem at strict "attention,"
was the spokesman. A valiant heart
thumped once more against the seams
of tbe little red jacket. If his hand
trembled and his voice shook it was
:because of the unwonted exertion to
which both had been put in that stir,
ring flight at dawn.
"For some time we have been pre
paring iF"the ori[bceili,T'' lea-*aM. fin-
gering the glass of brandy that 'Britt
had' poured for him. "Ever since
Chase began to go in so noticeably for
the ladies -ahem!"
('ht' glared at him. The others tit-
tered.
"I don't mean the old story, sfr, of
the Persians, and I'm saying, sir;
what's more, there wasn't a word of
truth in it -I mean the ladies of the
chateau, begging pardon too. Von
Blitz came to me often with com-
plaints that you were being made a
fool of by a pretty face or two and
that you were going over to the enemy
body and soul. When I board that
they tried to kill you the night before
last I made up my mind that no white
man was to be left to tell the tale.
Last night we locked all the company's
books in the vaults, got together all
the bank notes and gold we had on
hand and made preparations to go on
board the steamer when she called this
morning. My plan was to tell them of
the trouble here and try to save you.
We were all expected to die of the
plague -that's what we were -and I
realized that Tommy Atkins was off
the boards forever.
"We hadn't any more than got the
cash and valuables ready to smuggle
aboard when down came l" -'Ila upon
us -10 o'clock last night. ' • lord•'
ship. He had a dozen men u
and he- told every mother's see or
thht our presence in the town, was not
desired until after the ship bad sailed
away. We were taken up into the
hills by a squad of men. There wasn't
a man among us that didn't know that
we were to be killed as soon as the
ship' had gone. With our own eyes we
saw the mail bats. rifled "and nearly all•
CAUGHT
HEADY.
COLD.
Left Throat and Lungs
Very Sore.
There is no better cure for a cough or
cold than Dr. Wood's Norway Pine
Syrup.
It is rich in the lung -healing virtues
of the Norway pine tree, and is a pleasant,
safe and effectual medicine that may be
confidentially relied upon as a specific
for Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Hoarse-
ness, Sore Throat,'Quinsy, and all Throat
and Lung Troubles:
Mr. S. Monaghan, Charlottetown,
wn,
P.E.I., writes: - "I certify that Dr,
Wood's Norway Pine Syrup is an excel-
lent medicine for coughs and colds. Last
winter I contracted a heavy cold which
left my lungs and throat very sore. 1
had to give up work and, stay in the house
e several cough
I used for two Weeks. g
but got no relief until a friend
mixtures,
advised me to use Dr. Woods Norway
Pine Syrup. Three bottles entirely cured
me
can recommend it as the best
;ndl
a
m g
medicine for coo hs.
"
Don't be"
upon by taking any-
thing
ny
thing but Dr. Woods as there are
many imitations of this sterling' remedy
on the market. ;
"Dr. Wood's"
isput upin a yellow
Dr. Woods ,y o
the
itis trees trade metal
stepper, three pine l
pr�ice 2!5 tents. Manufactured only by
The T. llt'Iilbitm Co.►74atued. Toronto,
Ont,
of the malt destroyed. The pouoliea
from the ehuteait weee burned. •Ras
sula politely b forined as that the
plague had broken out among the cba•
tette servants uild that no mail could
,la(.ev, fl
be sent out. Ilene tout i e said
he intended to warn the ship's oilicer
of the danger in landing, and--wellt,.
that c:eliiaii s tin' short . stay of ,the
ship and the absence of nearly all mail
ct� wont befrom the island '! h
an-
other brat for three weeks, and they
won't land, because of the plague.
They , will get word, however, that
every one In the chateau has died of
the disease and thet scores
of natie
es
are dying every d;iy,,
"Well, we decided to break away
from the guard and try to get to the
chateau. it was their intention to
take some of us back: to the i.nlnk this
morning to open the vault and the
Safes. That was ,to be ,our last' net,.
I fancy. About 4 this morning a
dozen of the women came up to where
we were being geld. They were flying
from the town find ran into the arms
of our guard before they knew of their
presence. It seems that those devils
down their had set out to kill their
women because It was mown that one
of them bad warned Mr. Chase o1
his dagger; During the excitement
brought about by their arrival in our
camp we made a sudden attack upon
our guards. They were not expecting
it, and we had seized their rifles before
they could recover from their surprise.
I regret to say that we were obliged to
kill a few of them in tbe row that fol-
lowed. You let us in just in time. My
'word, it was a close shave."
"It's an ill wind that blows all evil,"
said Deppingham. "Mr. Bowles, you
are welcome. We are a bit short of
Neenah had wafted kisses to the proud
dames above.
ablebodied soldiers- May we count on
you and the men who came with you?'
"To the end, my lord," said Bowles,
almost bursting his jacket by infla-
tion. The others slapped their legs
stanchly.
The arrival of the refugees from
Aratat gave the chateau a stanch lit-
tle garrison of sixty men.
"For the time being we are as snug
as bugs in a rug," said Deppingham
when all was over. "Shall we rejoin
the ladies, gentlemen?" He was as
calm as a May morning.
The three leaders found the ladies
in the Blinded balcony, lounging lazily,
as if no such thing as danger existed.
Below them in the grassy courtyard a
dozen indolent Persians were congre-
gated, lying about in the shade with
all the abandon of absolute security.
The three women in the balcony had
been watching them for an hair, cem-
:menting freely upon these creatures
from another world. Neenah, the
youngest and prettiest of them all, bad
wafted kisses to -the proud dames
above. ' She bad danced for their
hmusement •-
,ady Agnes waved tier hand lazily
toward the group below, sending a
mocking smile to Chase. "The Asiatic
plague," she said cheerfully.
"The deuce!" broke in her husband,
not catching her meaning. "Has it
really broken out?"
"Deppy, you are the dumbest crea-
ture I know!" exclaimed his wife.
Chase smiled broadly. "She refers
to the newly acquired harem, Lord
De iu ham. We'resupposed to die
PP g PP
with the Asiatic plague, not to -not
to" -
"Not to five with it! Ho, bo, I see,
by Jove!" roared Deppingham amiably.
"Splendid! Harem! 1 get the point.
Lipping!"
so
-They're y're not bad,are the, Bob-
by?" asked Indy Agues coolly, going to
Browne's side at the railing. It may
not have been true that Browne was
an love with Lady .Deppingham, but it
was more than uvtdent that his wife
felt coniine ed that he was.
"spit.opiti!" was the sudden exclama-
tluh of I,rtisillai's vagrant lord. The,
others looked up, interested. "Say,
ever.vbnd, i.atl,t' Agnes and I have hit
upon a ripping seheme It's great!"
•'To better our ta,aftion?" asked Dep-
ptngb:iiu.
,
c' ,
"P � 1L1 r 1 v
"Position t t et. Not ex -
:telly, What at do ,,.0 to a clitirtt
yY
ll proceeds to„survivors
ball, the p ceegotothe su v i ors
of the plague we're expected to have?”
The princess gave a quick, involun-
tary look at Chase's face. Browne's
tall fellow countryman was .now lean•
!!ng against the rail beside her chair.
She saw a look of surprised amuse -
intent flit across his face, succeeded al-
most instantly • by a hard, dark ,frown
Li
Ot displeasure.
%te Waited '
a
toome t
d.!hen 1as eddo_no tier*i
mistakable shaute aiid dleaiil>t"ilval.iii
lits eyes.
"We alight just ]ls well be merry
while we can," Browne Was saying,
"Tbink of what the French did tat the
time UV the commune, They danced
and died like ladles and gentlemen,
Aral our own for-efathers,; Obese, at the
time of the American dt,evolution-re- i
member a.
i eui t.i them too. They gave theft
balls and parties right under the muz-
ales of British cannon. And, Vial€sbnrg
-New Orleans, loo -in the civil wart
Think of 'em! Why shouldn't we be as
game and as gay as they?"
"But they were earnest in their dis-
tractions," observed Deppinghaul, with
a glance at his wife's eager face, "This.
could be nothing more than a travesty,
a jest."
"Oh, let us be sports," cried Lady,
Agnes, falleng,.,into. -au Americanism
readily. "It may be a jest, but what
odds? Something to kill time with."
"I don't like Mr. Browne," whispered
Genevra suddenly. Chase did not re-
ply. She waited a moment and then
went on. "He is not,like Deppingham,
Do you understand?"
Lady Deppingham came over to
them at that instant, her eyes spar-
kling.
"It's to be touight," she said. "A
fashionable charity ball -everything
except the newspaper accounts, don't
you know. Committees and all that.
It's short notice, of course, but life
may be short. We'll have Arab acro -
beetles, Persian dances, a grand march,
electric lights and absolutely uo money
to distribute. That's the way it usu-
ally is. Now, Mr. Chase, don't look
so sour! Be . nice, please!" She put
her hand on his arm and smiled up at
him so brightly that he could not hold
out against her. She caught the touch
of disapproval in Genevra's glance,
and a sharp, quick flash of rebellion
came into her own eyes.
"What is a charity ball?" asked Ge-
nev'ra after a moment.
"A charity ball is a function where
one set of women sit in the boxes and
say nasty things about the women on
the door, and those on the floor say
horrid things about the women in the
boxes. It's great fun."
"Charity is simply a hallucination,
then?"
"Yes, but don't mention It aloud.
Mr. Britt is trying with might and
main to prove that Bobby and .1 have
hallucinations without end. If 1 hap-
pen to look depressed at breakfast
time he jots it down -spells of depres-
sion and melancholia, do you see?
He's a dreadful man."
Saunders was approaching from the
lower end of the balcony. He ap-
peared flustered. His face was red
and perspiring and his manner distrait.
"Well, Saunders?" said Deppingham
as the lawyer stopped to clear his
throat obsequiously.
"I have found sufficient food of all
descriptions, sir, to last for a month
at least," said Saunders in a strained,
unnatural voice.
"Have a cigarette, Deppy?" inter-
posed Browne, seeing that something
was amiss with Saunders. In solemn
order the silver box went the rounds.
Saunders spoke up as if suddenly
recollecting something. "I have to re-
port, six, that the stock of cigarettes
is getting very low. They can't last
three days at this rate, sir."
The three men stared at him,
"Good Lord!" exclaimed Chase, who
could face any peril and relish the ex-
perience if needs be, but who now
foresaw a sickening deprivation. "You
can't mean it, Saunders!"
"I certainly do, sir. The mint is
holding out well, though, sir. I think
it will last."
"By George, that is a calamity!"
groaned Chase. • "How is a man to
fight without cigarettes?"
Genevra quietly profferedthe one
she had not lighted, a quizzical smile
in her eyes.
"My contribution to the cause," she
said gayly. "What strange creatures
men '•^' You will go out and be shot
at alt,':(ty and yet"- She paused and
looked at the cigarette as if it were
entitled to reverence.
"It does seem a bit silly, doesn't it?"
lamented the stalwart Chase. Then
he took the cigarette.
CHAPTER F.X.
THE CHARITY BALL.
HEY were not long in finding
out what had happened to
Saunders. After luncheon,
while Browne and the three
ladies were completing the prepara-
tions for the entertainment, Miss Pel-
ham appeared before Deppingham and
Chase in the former's headquarters.
She had asked for an interview and
was accompanied by Mr. Britt,
"Mr. Saunders has deceived me,"
she announced steadily. "I leave it
to you if his attentions bave not been
most pronounced. Of course, if I
wanted to, I could show you a tran-
script of everything he has said to
me in the last coupleof months. He
didn't know it, but I managed to get
most everything down in shorthand,
I did it at the risk, too, your lordship,.
of being considered cold and unrespon-
sive by him. It's` most difficult to take
conversation without the free use of
your hands, 1 must Say. But I've pre-
served in my otvn° black and white
every promise he made and"- '
"I'm afraid it won't be good evi;
,dence," volunteered her lawyer, "I1
will have to be substantiated, My
dear."
"Please don't call me 'my dear,' Mr,
Britt. Never you mind about It not'.
being
goodevidence.. Thomas S
aute
ders won't enjoy hearing it read in
court just the same. What I want to
ask of o Lord D " in hair as a
,9a U e
y P g ,
, p
friend is to gie r. Britt your dosl
tion regarding lift, Saunders' attitude
toward Me to the best Of your know'.
edge and belief. Pl1 take it verbatim:
and put. of
e ritin free of
't d it hate typ w g
charge. T-1 don't see anything to
lintelat, Mr. Chaser' She cried, fl
,
tnie' i> i7tkt: tee' .. -.. ,n sr•w, a '� +th1Ver'
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de. ''t ^. t r
t
Himself. "1 think you ere arisliitig]ag
the magnitude of >I 'caul' quiu'ret
Don't you think' at is rather a pOOt
time to tall( breach of promise with
the guns of .an eueiiiy ready to take n
pop atat any moment?" us n m rnen ?
" '
"It's ao worse thau a charity ball;
Mr. Chase,." she said severely. "Char. •
ity begins at home gentlemen, and rn7
here to look out far myself. No one
else will, let me tell you that. I want
to get the deposition of every person;
'in' the -ebatettee - ilfiy can. be 'sworn
to 'before Mr. Bowles, who is a magisy
halt•, fill tell'! 11i• can marry Peopleand"_
"13y lover ex) laitned Deppiughanf
suddectli. "Can hip: Upon my soull'r'
"His manner i utnged as soon as that
horrid little wife of Selim came to the '
chateati. 1 don't like the way she
makes eyes ;il hi,u. and I told him ad
this morning :low,) in the storeroom%
My, but he tb»v up! He said he'd be-
- if he'd worry me." She begat(
to use her tiauttkerchief vigorously;
The men smiled as t hey looked away.
"I-1 intend to site him for breach of
promise," she said thickly,
"Is it as bad as all that?" asked
Deppingham consolingly,
"'What do you mean by 'bad as all
that?' Hes kissed me time and again
but that's all."
"I'll send for Saunders," said Dep+
oinghani sternly
"Not while I'm here," she exclaimed
"Just as you tike. bliss Pelham. I'
send for you nftoe we're talked it ove
with Saunders, We can't afford d
scandal in the chateau, don't yoi#
know."
"No, 1 sbonill t'tink not" she said
pointedly '!'hen she looked at Chasd
and winked. will: a meaning nod a�
the unobserving Deppingham. Chas
followed her int() the hall.
"None of that, Miss Pelham," he saki
severely. t
Saunders came in a few minutes let{
er, nervous and uncomfortable.
"Yon sent for me, my lord," he said
weakly.
"Sit down, Saunders. Your knees
seem to be troubling you. Miss Pel
hath is going to sue you for breach of
promise."
"Good Lord:"
"What have ,von promised her?"
"That I wouldn't marry her; that'i
all, sir," floundered Saunders. "She'f
got no tight to ! resume, sir. Gentlei
men always indulge in' little affairs -I
flirtations, I might say, sir. It's moss
common. Of t•ourse I thought she's
understand." ,
"Don't you love her, Saunders?"
"Oh, 1—say. my lord, that's rather 'ei
pointed question iiy word, it is, sire
There may ha been a bit of--er--P,
well, you kuoty-between us, sir, but --i
that's all. that's quite all, absurdly
all, 'hon my soul."
"Saunders." said Britt solemnly, "I
am her attorney Be careful what yeti
say in my presence."
"Britt," said Saunders distinctlyc:
"you are a blooming traitor. You 'foist'
me yourself th.tt she was used to all
-
that sort of thing and wouldn't mind'
Now see what you do! It's -it's out
rageous." He was half in tears. Theist
turning to Deppingham, he went ori
fiercely: "I won't be bul]yragged b
any woman, sir. We got along bee ii
tifully until she began to shy figurat6
pots at me because Selim's wife look
'at me occasionally. Hang it all, sir,
can't help it it the ladies choose to loots
at me. AIiunic' - Miss Pelham -wad
perfectly silly about it. Good Lordl'u
he groaned in recollection. "It was $
very trying scene she made, sir. More '
than ever it made me realize that 1
can't marry beneath me."
"Saunders." said Lord Deppingham
sternly, "she loves you. I don't under;
stand why or how, but she does. Jusj
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