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CHAPTER I.
In Which It Is Shown That Marriage
Does Not End AIM
The romance of life In novels!
Is usually pre-marital. No matter !n
what wild fury of passion and tem
pest, outward and inward, the young
people may have been plunged, their
author seems to think that he has
quieted the raging seas of adventure
with the oil of his pen or of his
typewriter! when he has led them
to the altar. In the minds of the
creators of the children of fancy prac
tically nothing ever happens after the
forging of the hymeneal bond. In
the world it Is usually different.
The circumstances preceding the
marriage of Ellen Slocum and Bernard
Carrlngton the protagonists of this
veracious chronicle of disturbance,
were sufficiently unusual in them
selves to have given rise to a num
ber of interesting and highly exciting
episodes, upon which with great reluc
tance I refrain from dilating, for Ellen
Slocum belonged to an old and very
respectable family domiciled in Phila
delphia since the days of William
Penn, while Bernard Carrington was
an English baron of ancient and hon
orable lineage whose seat was a dilapi
dated castle in Dorset.
Ellen was an orphan, her mother
having died in giving birth to her.
Her father, deceased shortly before
her marriage, had been a prosperous
merchant and shipowner. Bernard's
father, also eliminated from the story,
had been a gambler and a spendthrift
who had broken his wife's heart and
dissipated his own fortune. Conse
quently, Ellen was blessed with a
superfluity of this world's goods which
more than matched Lord Carrington's
lack of the same. Ellen was a staunch
patriot, a rebel and a revolutionist
therefore. Lord Carrington was a
promising lieutenant in the English
navy. In some qualities happily he
resembled his mother rather than his
father.
Without entering into the details of
their previous acquaintance, suffice It
to say that they had met while Lord
Carrington was a prisoner of war at
Philadelphia, and married. The Amer
ican Revolution was over at the be
ginning of this romance and the scene
Is set at Carrington castle in England.
Ellen's money, or a considerable por
tion of it, had been cheerfully used
by her to rehabilitate the ancient seat
of the family of which she was now
become the chatelaine.
There had been much business to
attend to in the two years that had
elapsed since their marriage; leave
of absence had been obtained for Lord
Carrington, arrangements for the con
verting of much of Lady Ellen's prop
erty Into available securities which
could readily be turned into cash, and
a deal of planning and working with
the architects and builders and so on,
eo that the marriage had been a hap
py one despite the fact that there had
existed, and still existed, an original
difference of temperament and en
vironment between the two as great
as had been that between their sta
tion in life and places of birth.
The time had arrived, however,
when all the preliminaries having
been gotten rid of, it was necessary
that she should step forth as one of
the great ladies of England into which
station her money and Carrington's
position easily Inducted her. Her
qualifications for filling that distin
guished role were a strong and vigor
ous young body, a proud and high
spirit, a pure and innocent mind, a
lovely face, manners simple and un
sophisticated, and an unbounded de
votion to her handsome and distin
guished husband." There was in her
blood some strain cf the sea and she
had spent half her life on her father's
ships. She could handle a small boat,
or even a great ship, as well as a sail
or for instance. And Lord Carrington
had amused himself by teaching her
how to use pistol and small sword
almost as well as he.
She had the disabilities of her qual
ities, too. She had never touched a
card; she had never ridden a horse,
she did not even know the steps of
the minuet or any other dance, and un
til her marriage she cared little about
that prime feminine pursuit called
"following the fashion." The two had
been so busy in their first comn.de
ship. there had been so much voy
aging between England and America,
necessitated by their plans, that there
had been no time for these things as
yet.
The two lovers had lived for each
other and much alone during the per
iod preceding the opening of this
story, hut with his castle now com
pletely repaired and his fortunes thor
oughly rehabilitated. Lord Carrington
must needs exploit his good luck by
showing his beautiful wife with whom
he was very much In love and of
whom he was Inordinately, proud, and
eke his castle, to some particular and
Intimate friends of both sexes men
and women of fashion of earlier and
less innocent days. The introduction
of several varieties of Adam and a
number of distinct species of Eve in
this hitherto serpentless Eden caused
the trouble to begin. The marriage
bad stood the test of isolation, the
greatest test that could be imposed.
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Was It to break down before the lesser
trial of association? We shall see.
It was an excited and angry Ellen
who confronted her lord and master
In her boudoir late one autumn night
or to be quite accurate, early anoth
er autumn morning. And my lord of
Carrington was by no means cool him
self, although he was more remarkable
for natural imperturbability of manner
than his hasty and beautiful wife.
As she spoke with him. however,
she let down her hair and carefully
removed those extraneous arrange
ments which had enabled her to raise
It towerlike above her brows, doffed
her silks, unclasped her stays and as
sumed a more convenient negligee,
In which she was not less charming,
as preparation for the imminent fray.
It was to be the culmination the
minor culmination that Is, the greater
would come later of a series of an
noying incidents since the opening of
the castle to the house party. My
lord and my lady both had grievances
which each was eager to present for
the calm and dispassionate judgment
of the other.
First in Lady Ellen's mind was
Lady Cecily Carrington, a cousin sev
eral times removed of my lord's. The
relationship was not near enough to
render my lord immune nor was it re
mote enough to warrant indifference.
Indeed, Carrington had had a rather
difficult part to play. Ellen had dis
covered that an ancient love affair
had subsisted between her husband
and Cecily and she Imagined not
without cause that Cecily, a repre
sentative product bf the vicious soci
ety of her time, was endeavoring to
fan the embers Into a flame. Nor
could she detect in Lord Carrington's
method of handling the situation any
very pronounced desire to quench the
fire, and his conduct toward his fair
and, if reputation did not too greatly
belle her, frail cousin, was not distin
guished by self-restraint. In Ellen's
eyes Carrington manifested a very
catholic taste in the eternal feminine,
for he gave much unnecessary atten
tion to Hon. Mrs. Monbrant, a wid
ow putatively at least, for no
one knew where Hon. Mr. Mon
brant was. His wife gave out
that he was dead, but that testimony
was not of great value. At any
rate if he lived, he was wise In his
generation and he kept under cover.
In the house party there was an
other eternal In more senses than
one! feminine In the person of the
ancient and Imperious duchess of Dul
ward. Her great age precluded the
possibility of Jealousy of Carrington
In Ellen's mind, but the chatelaine of
the castle did not like the ponderous
and vicious dowager any more than
the younger pair who were making
the running apparently for the affec
tions of her husband.
There was only one woman In the
castle whom Ellen really did like, and
that was Mistress Debbie Slocum of
Massachusetts. In making up the
house party Ellen by a freak of clr-
My Lcrd Was by fJo Means Cool Him
self. i .i j , .
I cuuisiances uau uesirea to include
some one from her own land. As for
j tune would have it, a ship opportune-
ly arrived in Portsmouth bearing Mis
J tress Deborah Winthrop Slccum as a
passenger, consigned to ner Kinswom
an and friend, the chatelaine of Car
rington. Deborah was the exact an
tithesis of Ellen, a quiet, staid, prim
little Puritan, with all the character
istics of the Massachusetts branch of
the family, utterly out of place in
the society of Lady Ceily and la Mon
brant, but not without a certain very
definite charm of her own. Her type
did not appeal to Carrington, however,
and therefore Ellen loved her.
Having surveyed the woman through
Ellen's eyes, we may take a look at
the men through those of her hus
band. First In rank there was the
duke of Dulward, a hard drinker, a
high player and a rich liver; Admiral
Benjamin Kephard, a jolly old sailor,
and General, Honorable George Athel
strong, an Anglo-Indian soldier on the
retired list. The qualities that distin
guished the duke of Dulward were
common to Atheletrong, in a less de
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gree perhaps owing to their diTo
ent stations. The party vm ttvn
plated by the presence of Sir Ciiarlts
Seton and earl of Strathgate. Seton.
who was Carrington's most intimate
friend, had enjoyed a weakness for
Ellen since he first saw her. but the
friendship between Carrington and
himsMf had been so true that noth
ing had been allowed to disturb it
as yet! Now Seton had succumbed
to the charms of Mistress Debbie, and
a3 Mistress Debbie clung to the lee
if this were not a nautical romance,
I WDuId say, sheltered herself beneath
the wing of Lady Ellen, Seton was
conserjuently always about the pair,
and with masculine blindness Carring
ton jumped at the wild conclusion
that there could be no attraction for
his friend except what lay In Ellen's
charming personality.
So much by way of Introduction.
CHAPTER II.
Needles and Pins.
"Sir," began Ellen imperiously,
while settling herself comfortably in
a chair before the open fire, "you have
been pleased to find fault with me
about many things which I have borne
with what patience I might."
"Patience!" laughed Carrington un
pleasantly. Ellen's eyes flashed.
"You repetition of the word at this
juncture serves to emphasize the qual
ity in me, think you not so?" she re
torted. "Pnay proceed, madam," answered
her husband, dodging the question
which indeed was unanswerable from
the woman's point of view.
"I shall do so. This morning you
actually laughed at me."
" 'Fore God, madam, what would
you have had me do? Weep? I con
fess I felt more like it and if I laughed,
it was but to turn off an awkward sit
uation." "And you call it an awkward situa
tion that I was thrown from my
horse, do you, and plumped into the
brook, and covered with mud, and
nearly killed? What made you give
me such a horse anyway?"
"I protest. 'Tis the gentlest beast
in the stables, and the tamest, I do
believe, in all England," returned
Carrington bitterly. "A girl of ten
could have ridden it."
"Yes, I suppose so," answered his
with with equal acerbity, "if the girl
of ten had been taught to ride all her
life. I told you that I couldn't. 1
hate the animals. Yet you needs must
mount me to have me thrown off to
make a spectacle to all your fine
friends."
"If you remember," said Carrington,
"I advised you to stay at home and
you insisted upon going."
"What! And have them say that I
was afraid to ride to hounds!"
Carrington In the face of this Im
passe could only shrug his shoulders.
"You're Just about as helpful now
as you were then. Why didn't you
come to my assistance?"
"You lacked no help, madam. I ob
served that two of the gentlemen at
least were by your side."
"You refer to Lord Strathgate and
Sir Charles T'
"A good guess, madam, though an
easy one, for they are ever by your
side,"
"And all you could do was to laugh,
to Join that painted, powdered co
quette, your cousin, and that other
bedizlned fromp by her side, in jeer
ing at your wife. If I had them on
the deck of a ship or a tops'l-yardarm,
or at a wheel, I'd show them."
"No doubt," returned Carrington
sarcastically, "and perhaps if you put
on boxing gloves with them, or tried
them out with the broad sword, they
would be equally at a disadvantage,
but one doesn't look for these things
in women to-day."
"There was a t'-ie," Interrupt3d El
len swiftly, he;- s trembling, and
Indeed despiie t!:-. o' things she was
quite woman enoush then, but Car
rington was so blinded with passion
as to be unable to se it.
"I have had enough of reminis
cence," he began curtly.
"Was it in reminiscence," cried
Ellen shrilly, "that you had your arm
around Lady Cecily in the arbor this
afternoon?"
"Did you spy upon me, madam?"
"Spy!" exclaimed the woman.
"Lord Strathgate and I "
"Damn him!" burst out Carrington.
"What was he doing with you in the
arbor?"
"lie is my friend," returned Ellen,
"he and Sir Charles."
"I would not have thought it of
Charles," cried Carrington angrily.
"It was they who came to my res
cue. It was not they who laughed
when I fell."
"I tell you I never felt less like
laughing in my life to see you made
a fool of and those popinjays rushing
to your assistance."
"I have been made a fool of," said
Ellen steadily. "I am just beginning
to realize it. I was well enough when
you were alone with me and you
were well enough then, but when
others came "
"By heavens, madam, are you con
trasting me with that dandy and rogue,
Strathgate?"
"He has never spoken to me other
than in terms of the utmost respect
and consideration in my life," an
swered Ellen bravely, "and I "
"He had better not," burst out my
lord grimly.
"And I would to God that I could
say the same of my husband!" she
continued disdaining his threat.
"If you treated me with any defer
ence and paid more heed to my wishes
these difficulties would not arise,"
said Carrington. "If you would be
guided by me "
"And what, pray, would you have
me do?"
"Dance, game, act as the rest do,
and"
"1 rode to bounds this morning. How
Unior
From the Ledger.
Will L Davis and wife, residing
southeast of town, are the parents of
a fine new daughter weighing eight
pounds, born Sunday morning.
Lewis Curtis has almost recovered
from his recent illness, and was able to
be on duty at his barber shop Tuesday
morning for the first time in over two
weeks.
Mrs. A. R. Eikenbary arrived on the
forenoon train yesterday from Brush,
Colo., being called here by the death of
her sister, the late Mrs. Charles An
derson. John P. Thacker left on Monday for
Alliance, to spend a few days investi
gating some of the real estate bargains
that are said to be lying around loose
in that country.
Myron Lynde lost a $60 cow last Sun
day morning, the result of bloat from
feasting upon white clover. We are
told that John McCarroll and D. W.
Foster have lost several cows from the
same cause.
Mrs. T. G. Barnum was called to
Lincoln Tuesday afternoon by a mes
sage stating that her sister, Mrs. Emma
Wallace had become very weak and
that her recovery was a matter of
much doubt. Yesterday afternoon a
telephone message was received saying
there was some improvement in her
condition.
Some sneak raided Geo. Stites' res
taurant Tuesday night and took about
two dollars of small change, overlooking
thirty dollars of paper money that was
in the drawer. An entrance was easily
made by reaching through a broken
window and slipping the door bolt. The
work is thought to have been done by
a person not altogether that ot a
stranger to the town and premises.
If any one wishes to see one of the
"Cyphers" incubators making chickens
by wholesale it can be seen at L. II.
Upton's hardware store, where he has
the "wooden hen" working on 250 eggs.
The grist is due to "ripen" May 22d,
and at that time we expect to see Roy
and Uncle Abe put on their wooden
claws and begin scratching for those
little motherless chicks. The incuba
tor is of the latest improved pattern,
and Mr. Upton can spin you a half hour
lecture and show you how it doe3 the
work.
Nehawka
(From the Eetrlster.)
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Will Davis, of
Wyoming, Sunday morning, a daughter.
Mrs. D. C. West and Gladys return-
! ed home irom Uskaloosa, Iowa, on
j Tuesday. They are both looking well.
!
Mrs. NicholasKlaurens and children
came down from Murray last Saturday
' and spent the day with her parent?.
August Ost's horses got frightened
at A. F. Sturm's Shetland pony last
Saturday near Vilas Sheldon's, and ran
throwing him out of the buggy. Fortun
ately he was not hurt.
A little lady arrived May 6 to make
her home with Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Mil
ler, southeast of Nehawka. Ed wears
a "grin like a Cheshire cat" and don't
object to being called dad.
The smallpox patients at George
Hansens, are reported to be getting on
nicely. There are no new cases and
Mrs. Hansen is getting up and around.
George says that while it is a little in
convenient, he is much better off than
if he wa3 in town.
Miss Jessie Todd of Union was in Ne
hawka' Saturday calling on friends, and
the Register editor was honored by a
call. , She is company with Miss Zola
Zinn, one of the teachers in the school
at Union, was on a trip to the quarries,
of which Miss Zim was writing a descrip
tion in connection with a coui'se she is
taking in Normal school work.
Sunday evening will go down in his
tory as one of the darkest. Several
people got lost on their way home from
church, the worst case being Henry
Lindsey, who wandered around until he
I found himself in D. C. West's back
yard in an ash pile, he then found the
way to We. Rose's, borrowed a lan
tern and finally got home. A couple of
ladies found themselves in C. D. Kelt
ner's yard. We have not heard whether
any "Merry-Widows" were soaked or
not but presume they found places of
safety before the rain.
Plenty of Cherries.
J. T. Batss, who lives on the Isabell
place, near the poor farm, brought to
the Journal office this morning, a twig
about eight inches in length, with
twenty-five cherries thereon. He says
this is a fair sample of the manner in
which the trees are bearing in vicinity
of where he resides. From the appear
ance of the cherries on this twig, if it
is any indication of the prospect over
the country, there will be plenty of
fiisjucious fruit for home onsumptior,
and to spare.
In order to keep pace with other
towns who delight to furnish entertain
ment for those who patronize them,
would it not be a good idea for us to
look around and secure a number of at
tractions for the summer season? The
farmers and their sons and daughters
will go to points where there are at
tractions, and while there they will buy
goods. Don't forget this.
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fc'rom the Courier.
Charles Boedeker of Murray was a
visitor in Louisville Thursday.
John Helvy and wife were down from
Omaha over Sunday visiting relatives.
Oscar Palmer came down from Lin
coln and spent Sunday with his parents.
Miss Martha Goehry has been elected
as a teacher in the Plattsmouth city
schools.
Charles Hoover is carrying one of his
hands in a sling, blood poisoning having
resulted from a pimple on his wrist.
The Burlington paint crew have been
here recently and painted the
depot, water tank and everything
needing paint about the yards.
Jim Ferrell arrived Monday from the
east to take charge of the steam shovel
work at the National Stone quarries.
The quarry is now running a large gar g
of men.
A horse belonging to Ed Eager was
so badly injured last week as to neces
sitate having it killed Wednesday. It
was being unhitched from the cart, hav
ing a broken shaft, when it jumped and
the broken shaft was plunged into the
animal's side.
The pupils of the 7th and 8th grades
planned and carried out a nice surprise
party on their teacher, Miss Edith
Johnson, at the home of Grandma
Stander, last Friday evening. Cake and
punch were served. Miss Johnson was
presented with a volume of "Snow
bound" and a dish, besides a large bo
quet of lilacs, it being May day. Games
were enjoyed during the evening.
SXlmwoocl
From the Leader-Echo:
Ed. Langhorst's little girl has
been
quiet sick this week.
Master Harry Clements is very sick
with typhoid-pneumonia.
Charlie Lake left Tuesday for Mina-
tare, ScottsblufF county, where he has
secured a good position tor the sum
mer.
TJiss Alice Jeary of London,
land, was the guest of Miss
Eng.
Clsra
Dettman and Mrs. C. S. Kast
over
Sunday.
Mrs. S. D. Eells and daughter,
Mrs
Alpha Bicknell, returned Friday
a ten days visit with a sister and
from
aunt
at Long Island, Kansas.
Mrs. J. m. rseely and chiiuren, ac
companied by her sisters, the Misses
Edith and Kate Perrv. went to Grand
Island Tuesday for a few days visit
with their parents.
After May ISth the merchants of
Elmwood will close their places of busi
nees at 7 p. m., except on Wednesday
and Saturday evenings, and on these
two evenings they will keep open until
ten o'clock.
A severe freeze visited this vicinity
early Friday morning and a great deal
of the fruit went glimmering. Orchards
that were surrounded by groves were
not near so hard hit as those unpro
tected, and in these orchards there will
be some peaches and apples. Fall
wheat is booming and the dandelions
promise a bounteous crop.
J. F. Stephens, the artist at the
Perkins House, who has made the
picture of so many horses, has been
confined to his room for a number of
days was able today for the first
time to get down stairs.
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All persons interested or"om-en:el aieliei'
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Notice Is hereby triven.that the undersign' d
Ernil Amende and (iust F. Mohr. have tiled
their petition with the village clerk of the
villatre of Avoca, Cass county, Nebraska, as
required by law, signed by the required num
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Avca. setting forth that the applicants ar
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pray that a license may be Issued to the said
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of malt, spii ituous and vinous liquors for t he
municipal year endintr May I. litii'A in a build
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block (13) frontintr on House street In the said
villajfe of Avoca, Cass county. Nebraska.
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the city of Louisville, county of Cass, and
state of Nebraska, as required by law. si trued
by the required number of resident free-holders
of the said city, setting foi-t h that the ap
plicant is a man of resiect able character and
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All persons Interested in the al,e estate
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lienjami!) Kanard. deceased, at the county
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Nebraska. :.:nl which t ime said film 1 account
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