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V V L FTTH Iw A POST MARIIjIL 'ROMANCE rTI BT CYRUS TOWN 5 END DEAD! JL Z U3 T?A TOA& By WAY WALTEP6 Icopywg7; 9oo pr to Deborali, she "si a!ons tne Fortunately the way was deserted They saw no one, and for a long tlm .did not pass any houses. The dawn was gray In the east Ellen Judged it was about half aftei four o'clock. They had been gone twe hours from the castle and a half houi from the carriage when the road swerved to the southward and led frorr the forest to a little fishing hamlet or. the shore of Lyme bay. Nobody was as yet stirring in the town, although lights twinkled here and there in the windows, indicating that some of the fisherfolk were making ready for theii day's labor. Kllen was too desperately anxious to get away to stop to bargain with anyone for a boat. She ran down tc the little wharf jutting out into thc small inclosed harbor and rapidly se lecting the best of the little vessels tied there, she hauled in the painter drew it alongside the wharf, made Deborah get aboard, laid five guineas down on the wharf where the boat had been secured, in the hope that the owner of the boat would receive the money which was full value for the vessel, hoisted the sail, shoved away from the wharf, and under the influ ence of a gentle breeze ran rapidly out of the harbor. As she cleared the headlands that marked the little haven, she found the wind fair for Portsmouth. She put the helm up. eased off the sheet, and ran away dead before it for the place where she would be. Her heart ex ulted. She had left Carrington, she had shaken off Strathgate and she was at home upon the sea. "Heart up, Debbie!" she cried. "If this breeze holds, a day should fetch us into Portsmouth and another morn ing will see us safely bound for Phila delphia in my own ship. We are well rid of these villainous men." "I would Sir Charles Seton were here!" cried poor Debbie, who had not the advantage of Ellen's exten sive and intimate acquaintance with the male sex, and who, therefore, did not share her detestation of it. "And what is he to thee, child?" asked Ellen gleefully. "lie said he cared very much for me," returned Deborah, "yesternight In the library over the good book of. Master Haxter." " 'Tis a gallant gentleman, Debbie." returned Ellen. "Hut they are all that before marriage. My lord of Carrington I once thought was well nigh perfect." Ellen stopped suddenly and com pressed her lips. "Hut what did he," asked Debbie, "that you leave him thus?" "I saw him in the arbor with his arms around Lady Cecily. She clung to his neck and he kissed her. I taxed him with it and he did not deny it. He hath mocked me and jeered at me and been ashamed of me ever since his fine friends came to Carrington and we were so happy so happy before. Oh, Debbie, Debbie!" And this heroine who had schemed and fought like a man for her lib erty bowed her head upon the Puri tan's shoulder and wept like any other woman. It was evidence of her qual ity, however, that during her weeping her hand did not leave the tiller and she still conned the little ship that bore Ellen and her fortunes. Deborah consoled her as best she might, and in turn Ellen assured her that if Sir Charles really loved her he would follow her wherever she might go. Who shall say in that as surance Ellen was not persuading her self that if Bernard Carrington really loved his own wife he would not be far from Charles Seton on the chase across the sea? "CHAPTER VII. My Lord Hears 111 Tidings. The morning sun was streaming brightly through the windows when Carrington glanced at his watch as he opened his eyes, and was startled to discover that It was already seven o'clock. And he had meant to get up early that day to prepare himself the better for that interview with his wife. Hastily arising, he stole soft ly to the door opening into her bou doir, tried the knob gently and found that the door was locked. He lis tened, but could bear nothing. Imag ining that she was still asleep, he sum moned his valet, bathed and dressed himself with unusual care for the op erations of the day, and then returned to the door of the boudoir. Again he knocked, and more loudly. Receiving no answer, he fairly thundered upon it with bis feet, to be met with the same silence as before. Pulling the bell, he summoned his own man once more and made my lady's maid be brought to him. In a few moments the startled woman presented herself before him. Now, my lady's maid was more or less of a luxury. Whenever she could, Ellen attended to the details of her own toilette herself, but sometimes the complication of unusual apparel in volved the necessity of assistance, and then the maid was ready. "Your mistress," began my lord. Im periously. "Yes, my lud." "Did she Eend for you last night?" SCAPADE ( rriwr) Suddenly he bethought him or the door net often used that opened int3 the hall from her bedroom. He cursed himself for a fool for net hav ing thought of it before. He ran thither at once in spite of the fact that his conduct was attracting the attention of the servants i.assing to and fro about their various duties. He tried the handle of the door, which was shut, and found it was un locked. He threw it open. The bed had not been tenanted, yet Ellen had certainly undressed, for the gown and other things she had worn the night before lay in a tumbled, confused heap on the floor just where she had kkked them off. Carrington stepped curiously over them. Ha lifted one by one the familiar articles of apparel. He was in a state of complete bewilder ment. Suddenly the thought occurred to him that she might have laid down on the sofa in her boudoir. Still clutching the slipper she had worn, which was the last thing he had touched, he threw open the door be tween the two rooms, only to discover that the boudoir itself was empty. My lady's desk stood open before him. A piece of paper caught his eye. He dropped the-slipper, darted toward it, opened the paper, which was addressed to him, and read the following: "The enclosed pays my last debt to Lord Carrington. When he reads this, I phall be on the way to my own land. With the money which he won, he can buy himself Lady Cecily without the for mality of a marriage ceremony and in her arms he can forget the woman he shamed, whom he once loved and who once loved him." From the paper as he had torn it open, an inclosure had fallen. He stooped and picked it up. It was the cheque on Ellen's bankers for twenty odd thousand pounds. My lord's brain reeled as he stared from the cheque to the note. It was as if he had been struck some powerful blow over the heart and was for the moment paralyzed. He sank down in a chair and gazed stupidly about him in great bewilderment. Ellen was gone, actually gone. How could she for a moment have believed that there was anything between him and that painted old coquette, Cecily Carrington? How he loathed that woman! What had Ellen said; that one or the other of them must leave the house? Why did she not wait until morning? Why had she not given him an opportunity to show that, after all, it was she he loved, and none other? Ho had treated her abominably, liis s.veet, pure, lovely wife. What if she had lacked some of the petty accomplishments of her day? She was a woman nobly planned, and one of whom any man should have been proud beyond measure. He had been a fool. He world find her. tell her the truth, bring her back and drive out the whole wretched crew. They would be happy at Carrington again, as they had been happy before. But it was no time for useless re grets now. The need for action was Imperative. He started to his feet and ran toward the door that opened into his own room. He drew the bolts, swearing that if he ever got his wife back she should need no bolt to pro tect her but his love. And then he heard his name called. "My lord, my lord!" It was the aged butler coming up the stairs, white-faced and panting. "What is it, Jepson?" cried Car rington, confronting the man. "Speak out. What has happened?" "One of the footmen, Thomas, my lord, has just come in from the stables. He says that he found the three stable boys who were there last night bound and gagged." "What!" cried Lord Carrington. "That's not all, sir," continued the faithful Jepson, "the coachman " "Has he gone?" queried the earl. "No, my lord. He was bound and gagged, too, in the coach house." "Who did it?" "He says the earl of Strathgate." "Good God!" cried Carrington, turn ing pale. "The earl of Strathgate!" "Yes, my lord. And the bay team and light traveling carriage are gone from the stable." "Impossible!" protested Carrington, fighting against the awful suspicion that entered his heart. "It's quite true, my lord." "Jepson," said Carrington, firmly, "send the coachman to me. Have one of the footmen ask Admiral Kephard to come to the library at once. Mount some one on a horse and bring the lodgekeeper here, also. And, stay " he added as the butler turned away "ask one of the women to sum mon Mistress Slocum as well. Now, say nothing about this to anyone else, but hurry "as if your life depended upon it." Carrington dashed back madly into his wife's room. He had known that she had hanging in her closet the sailor's suit which she had worn on her cruises with him. A dark suspi cion had come to him. He tore open the door of the closet and tore from the hooks one after another the gor geous dresses which hung there. He did not find what he sought. She had evidently worn It away. He turned from the room, ran through the nail and down the flieht of stairs to ArA.6S tne library. Tne coacnman awaited him. "Who was with Strathgate when he bound you last night?" "A young man, I take It, my lud," answered the coachman. "The room was dark, with only the firelight, and I couldn't see very well. Lord Straihgate threatened me with a ls tol. or I'd have made outcry and rtstance. He kept me covered with my htad turned away. The young man handed him straps to lash me." "Yen coward!" cried Carrlngton, j 1:1 i FA V He Tore Open the Door. fiercely turning on the man. "I beg your pardon, your lordship. I'm afeard of no man who comes at me with his fists, but that pistol." "What did they do next?" "I heard them go into the stable, and after that Here's the stable boys, p'raps they can tell you about if, sir." He threw open the door and the three boys came in. "Who was with Lord Strathgate last night?" questioned Carrington fiercely. The stable boys shuffled uneasily. Each looked furtively to the others, and they made no answer. "By heaven!" cried Carrington In tones of thunder, "answer me or I'll have you flogged all over the place." " 'Twas a slight young man," said one of them, finally. "We didn't rec ognize who it was," he continued, boldly lying. "Lord Strathgate is a very imperious man and he covered us with his pistol and swore if we made a sound he'd blow our brains out, and the young man tied our hands and the two of 'em gagged us." "Couldn't you see who the young man was?" "No, my lud; not in the dark." "And you allowed Lord Strathgate and one young stripling to overcome you?" "We be mightily afeard of firearms, your lordship," answered another stable boy. "They looked awful big and monstrous in the night." "Which team did they take?'' said Carrington, cutting in. He knew all he had to know, and he would waste no more time on these men. "The bays, my lud." "The bays! The best team in the stable! and the traveling carriage?" "Your lordship, yes, sir," returned the coachman. "That will do. Go you and saddle Sailor and the best rider among you boys saddle the best horse left in the stable and make ready to come with me. See that your pistols are in the holsters. Where is the lodgekeeper?" "Here, sir," answered that individ ual, entering the library and making a scrape. "What do you know about this af fair?" "What affair, my lud?" "The flight of the earl of Strath gate." "He came to the lodge about two o'clock and said som'w'at about a wager with your lordship and bade me open the gate." "And you opened it, you fool?" "Yes, my lud." "Jepson," said Carrington to the but ler, "tell Mr. Wilson, my steward, to discharge every man before me ex cept the one who rides with me. They are either knaves or fools, and I want none of them about me. Which way did the carriage turn?" continued Carrington once more facing the lodge keeper. "If I'm no longer in your lordship's employ, I don't know as I can remem ber that," the man answered imperti nently. "You villain!" cried the Infuriated earl, making a. dash at him, but the man did not wait. He stood not upon the order of his going, but fled at once with the others from the room. A moment later there was a timid knock on the door and at Carrington's bidding the woman who looked after Mistress Deborah entered. "Your lordship, Mistress Slocum's room is empty." "Was her bed slept In last night?" "Yes, my lud." "And she is not there now?" "No, my lud." "She did not summon you this morn ing?" "No, my lud. But, then, she often dresses herself, and there's nothing peculiar about that." "Have you looked for her else where?" "No, my lud." "Search the house for her at once, and tell her I want to see her." "Yes, my lud." "Now, go!" cried Carrington. The maid disappeared, only to give place to Admiral Kephard. "What's the trouble, my lad?" said the admiral, rolling into the room, giv ing evidence in the disorder of his 1 in me ct trie hatte in which he had rr.aje his toilet. "Admiral, you are the only friend 1 have in CJcd's world. I believe." "Wfe'.l, I am your friend, my lad. Count cn that without fall. What's the trouble?" "I.ady Carrington har? gone. She left me this." lie drew from the pocket of his waistcrat the note, added the cheque to it. cad extended them to the ad miral. The eld man took them, read them slowly, folded them up and returned them to the injured husband. "Carrington," he said, "you've been a fool." "I know it," returned the other. "The idea," said the admirtJ, "of your giving a look to that painted old coquette, when you had such a woman as Lady Ellen for your wife." "You can't say anything too harsh for me, admiral." "I'm glad you - are awake to the situation. Now the thing to do is to clap on sail in chase, overhaul her, bring her to, make your apologies handsomely and fetch her back to anchorage under convoy. Then we'll clear ojt this crew." "It's too late!" cried Carrington. hoarsely. "Too late for that!" "What do ycu mean?" "She's gone." ' Yes," said the admiral, "the letter telis thrvt." ' But not alcne," groaned the young man. ' With whom, then?" 'With Strathgate. Damn him!" crted Carrington, gritting his teeth. "Good Lord!" gasped the admiral, sinking down in a chair and passing his hand across his forehead. "It isn't possible." "It's true." "If you please, my lud," interrupt ed the maid, coming in unannounced in her excitement. "What do you mean," cried Carring ton, "by interrupting me in this way?" "Please, my lud," curtsied the maid, terrified but standing her ground, "Mistress Slocum's hat and cloak are gone, too." "What?" roared Carrington. "It's better than we thought, Bern ard," said the admiral, rising and slap ping him on the shoulder. "Heart up, my lad. It can't be so bad if she's taken the little American with her. That girl's as pure as the driven snow." "And do you mean," said Carring ton, turning fiercely uron the admiral, "to imply that Lady FZHen is net in the same class?" "Tut! tut!" sa'd th o!d hti. "By no means.. I only m.-anf to -' - ci; up. If Lady Ellen had intended to run away with Strathgate she would never have taken her friend along. She's used the man ignorant of the construction the world would put upon her action. We must find them, lad. We must find them at once." "There's Seton!" ejaculated Car rington, peering through the window. "Charlie!" he called. Seton turned. "Come here quickly, bear a hand." There was that in Carrington's" voice which indicated some grave emer gency. Seton ran across the lawn and vaulted right through the window. "Lady Carrington's gone," said Car rington, bluntly. "Did you know any thing about it?" "You insult ms!" cried Seton, fiercely. "How should I know any thing about it?" "You've been hanging around her ever since you came here. I've caught you a dozen times alone together." "Lord Carrington," cried Seton, "I'll not be catechized and insulted this way another moment." "It was you or Strathgate," contin ued Carrington, hotly, "one or the other of you, but Strathgate's got ahead of you. He's gone and Lady Ellen with him." "Great heavens! You can't mean it!" "It's true," said the admiral, step ping between the two angry men, "but they have Mistress Deborah with them." "The dog!" cried Seton, "not satis fied with one, he must take two." "Are you interested in the Puritan as well as in my wife?" cried Car rington. "I'll answer that question, Carring ton," said Seton, "when we catch up with the fugitives. I presume you're not going to let them go unpursued?" "Not I," said Carrington; "I'll follow them to the end of the world, and when I eventually overhaul them, I'll settle with Strathgate. Then, il there's anything left of me, I'll settle with you." "At your service," said Seton. "1 presume that you start at once?" "I do. Immediately." "I shall do the same thing," said Sir Charles. "If I come across them first, I shall send word to you, and 1 trust that you'll do the same by me." "Don't fear," answered Carrington as the other- turned and dashed out of the room. "You'll find me at Portsmouth, Car rington," said the old admiral. "I'll be glad to render you any assistance in my power. You won't fail to call upon me, will you?" "I will not. Will you tell the duke and duchess and the others that they may take their own time in departing, but that they better be out of the house before I get back." "Assuredly." "?ow, you will excuse me, I know," said Carrington, rising. "God help and God bless you!" said the admiral as Carrington ran out of the room. A few moments later, booted, spurred, cloaked, armed for his ride, he came down the hall. An early riser for her on that eventful day was Lady Cecily. Her maid had carried a strange bit of gossip to her. Her heart bounded at what she conceived the Drovidential openine that it afford- J 1 The mnd You Have Always in use lor over JiO yearn, - and has t-cn made miner ins per-IT-i tf- sonal supervision since its Infancy. f'&CCUM Msr nn nno to deceive vou in this. ah rAunforfoitG i.iiitotsiia Experiments that triilo with and endanger the health of infants and Children Experience against Experiment. What is CASTOR I A Oaetoria is a harmless Mibstituto for Castor OH, Paro porie, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic Mihstance. Its ago is its guarantee. It destroys Wornw ami allays Fcverislmess. It cures Diarrhoea and "Wind Colic. 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Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sen.ce of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescrip tions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., con tains no mercury, and is taken inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buy ing Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold by druggists. Price 75c per bot tle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipa tion. Breaks Her Collar Bone. Last evening while at play at her home in the north portion of the city, little five-year-old Alice, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Schuldice, fell down the stairs and fractured her col lar bone. Little Alice, about a month since, had the misfortune to break one of her arms, which was just getting well when this second misfortune came to her. The little one suffered a great deal during the night, but is somewhat easier today. It is hoped that Alice may get along well and soon be over her ac cident. Tetter Cured A lady customer of ours had suffered with tetter for two or three years. It got so bad on her hands that she could not attend to her household duties. One box of Chamberlain's Salve cured her. Chamberlain's medicines give splendid satisfaction in this community. M. H. RODNEV & Co., Almond, Ala. Cham berlain's medicines are for sale by F. G. Fricke & Co. Now Grandpa and Grandma Marshall. Happiness reigns supreme at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Eaton today on account of the visit at their home of his majesty, the stork, and of his present ing the happy couple with a dainty bit of humanity in the shape of a girl. The mother and daughter are doing well, and Father Eaton is getting along as well as could be expected. Calvin P. Atwood, after attending the wedding of Miss Sally Agnew, his cousin, departed for Lincoln this after noon, where he will visit with his par ents for a few days. Cal is now with the B. & R. Rubber Co. of New York, whom he represents from Chicago to the coast and south to New Orleans. Bought, and which has been has borno the signature of niwl .Tnst-rts-iroml " arc but Signature of Notice to Creditors. State of N'lrasUa. ' County of Cas, f 1 n County Court. I n tin' matter of the estate of Margaret A. Pat terson, deceased. Notice is liereby triven that the creditors of s:iid deceased will meet the administratrix. Mae Patterson, of said estate Itefore me, coun ty judire of Cass county, N'elwaska. at the county curt room in Plattsmouth, in said county.on theCmh day of June. P.i'. and on the ll'th day of 1 (ecemlx-r.r.Hts, at ten o'clock. a. m.. of each day. for the jiurH)se of presentintr t In-ii claims for examination, adjustment and allowance. Six months ate allowed for the creditois of of said deceased to piesent their claims, anil one year for the admini-t ratrix to settle said estate, from the-Jt'th of May. I'.m. Witness rny hand and seal of said County Court at Plattsmouth. Nehraska. t his tint h day of May, i;ms. A LLKX .1. UI".I N. Isk.ai.. ! County .1 ndtre. liair.sey & Kamsey. Attoi uey for Km ate. SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue f an o:-!- i if ale. Uvj I !, .lames Kohei ton. iNilK of tin- distilct court, within and for C:i-.s county. .' !.i :is!.u. and to me directed. I will .n ti e 24th Day cf June, A. D., 1903, at II o'clock :t. m.. f -i day at tl: south door of the com t house, in said county, sell nt puhlic auct ion to the highest hiilder for ca-i the following teal estate, to v. il: The north half of t he not t heal u ' v of the ue' i ifjarler. of sec i ion ih in y-t li! e (;:: in t ovush!i Iwilv ( 1). lani-'e nine :) ea-t of the i'iIi P. M.. in Cass i-ouiii y. Nel.raska. The st'.me heins.' lev it d u i n a nd 1 a'( II as '. lU'MM-i t y of Waller A. L;iii'Ii!!i. administra tor of t he est ate of lieu lien A . t hii pi 1 1. deceas ed. Ira Chapin. Kdward (haiiu. .Iise) Chauin. Trcie Kau'lilin. me ( haiin: Iaf Iteeli r. r.ee hapin : M.;y K. C'hai'in. Fl ien-e H. Chapiu. Koy M. hajii.M. ami Wal'cr A. I. au'lilin. truardian of .M ay K. ( liai.iu.l loienct li. ('hapin. Ko.v M. Cha:in and Alherl It. Wel ton. are defendant s to satisfy a judgment of said court recovered hy Oscar W. Kauifhlin. plaintPT. atrainst said defendants. I. Qt lNTO.V. SherilT Cass county. Net r.iska. Pialtsmoui h. Net)., May U'th. I Union. j From tLe Kecuer. I Mrs. W. F. Tracy left Monday even i ig for Pawnee City to make a few ' days' visit with friends. i Charley Applegate has been enter It lining a huge boil that established headquarters at a very tender spot on i on hi3 neck. Ed L. Shoemaker and family of Om aha made a visit at the M. H. Shoe maker home near here, returning to Omaha Sunday evening. Misses Elanche Mougey, Jennie Mark and Hattie Taylor, students in the Plattsmouth high school, came heme last Saturday to ppend the summer va cation. E. J. Mougey took a car load of his fat hogs to the South Omaha market Tuesday evening, his son Louis going With him to see what was new in the big city. Mrs. Ed Chidester, who suffered a fracture of the right ankle two weeks ago by an accidental fall, is getting along very well, but will be quite lame for some time yet. William Clarence arrived Saturday night from Plainview, Wash., to make a visit with his parents and other rel atives and friends in and near this vil lage" He located on the Pacific coast several years ago, and this visit is one of great pleasure for him as well as for all whom he meets in the old home. Miss Lottie Wunderlich, teacher in the Swan district northwest of here, closed a very successful term last Fri day, and the pupils and a number f visitors enjoyed a nice school picnic din ner in the grove. The afternoon wf s spent in a mo;t pleasant manner, the only regrets being the sej aration of pu pils and teacher, among whom there ex ists the warmest friendship. i h , I r to if v i; I! TT