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rlngton would overhaul him. lie
spoke of this to Cooper, wringing a
reluctant admission of the truth of
his conclusions from the sailor, but
the latter promised to put him along
side the merchant Bhlp at least be
fore Carrlngton ran him down.
For perhaps an hour the three ves
sels the ship and the two small
boats held on, every moment bring
ing the little chasers nearer their
great quarry. The Flying Star was
making no especial effort at speed
Her royals were not yet set. She
was proceeding on her voyage rather
lisiirfv in fact, and the others were
in high, hope, Carrington, especially.
He thought that he at last bad Strath
gate where he could not escape, and
if Ellen and Deborah were on that
-ship, they could not get away, either.
Into this peaceful nautical passage
at arms, suddenly a new factor was
introduced. That, of course, was El
len's boat. Sheltered by the island
neither Strathgate nor. Carrlngton
bad noticed It until It suddenly shot
into view. Now Ellen had a better
"wind than any of the other three. On
a broad reach she came down on the
big ship, as a sailor would phrase it,
band over fist. Her little boat wat
heeled over until the lee gunwale was
awash, and danced over the waves at
a terrific pace.
Carrington saw the boat first. The
reckless way in which she was being
sailed caught his eye. It was too far
for him to distinguish who sailed it,
but he could tell that one of them was
a woman. Something made him be
lieve that it might be his wife. He
gave the tiller to Haight, went up
forward and stared hard. He would
bave given Anything for a glass but
there was nothing of that kind in the
fisherman's boat and he had to trust
to his unaided eyesight.. The longer
be looked the more sure he became
that it was Ellen. His first jmrjujse
was to alter his course and head di
rectly for her cutter, but he realized
the moment he conceived the design
that he could never intercept her, that
bis only chance was to overhaul the
ship for which she was evidently mak
ing. He would thus lose no distance.
If she did not intend to try to board
the ship he could chase her after
ward. The sailors on Strathgate's
boat evidently pointed out the situa
tion to him just as it had presented
itself to Carrington, so all three held
"on.
Ellen had the shortest distance to
sail, and a free -wind, while the ship
and the other two boats had a hard
beat before them. There was nothing
Carrington could do in fact but hold
his course, yet with what a fever of
impatience he continued his steady
beat to and fro across the harbor.
The only satisfaction he got was that
with every tack he gained percep
tibly on Strathgate. Indeed the boats
passed each other close enough for
conversation, but Strathgate had noth
ing to say to Carrington and Carries
ton controlled himself waiting for a
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self fully and unequivocally.
Both of them, moreover, were en
grossed in the other boat. As the
boats converged uton the ship, there
"I'll Kill You."
was no doubt in Carrington's mind.
or in Strathgate's, as to the identity'
of Its passengers. The wind was get
ting stronger as they drew farther oul
into the open channel and the rate al
which they were drawing nearer to the
ship grew correspondingly slower
Carrington gritted his teeth in his
vexation.
Still he held on. It was such a ract
as he had never sailed before. He
held on although he knew that if the
wind increased, his case was a hope
less one; held on, although he saw
Ellen's boat in a few moments would
Intercept the ship; held on, when he
saw that boat disappear on the lee
side of the ship; held on when he
saw the ship thrown into the wind
to make a half board so that her waj
was practically checked; held on whet
two figures appeared upon the deck
of the ship, and one, a boyish look
Ing youth, walked over to the weathei
gangwayandlf tood in full view of the
WNSE1VD B2Y3tf'a
approaching cutters, waved a hand
lifted a cap disdainfully and then dis
appeared; held on when he saw the
boat which the two had abandoned
trailing astern at the end of a long
line.
It was my lord's nature to hold or
doggedly so long as there was the
faintest possibility of success and be
yond. And he kept up the chase ol
the big ship even though she suddenly
covered with light canvas and, catch
Ing the full force of the breeze, great
ly accelerated her motion. He held
on even though a slant of the wind
brought the breeze over the quartei
of the big ship as she bore away or
her course to the eastward. Carring
ton marked that with sudden sur
prise. The ship was not going tc
America apparently.
But it was evident, even to the mosl
sanguine mind, that the game wat
up. Strathgate's boat was suddenly
put about. The earl had abandoned
the chase and was going back to har
bor. Carrington was not so easily
daunted, or perhaps he was more
blind to the possibilities, for he strove
to persuade the boatmen to continue
the chase. He would have sailed tc
France, or to America, or to the end
of the world, in whatsoever boat he
was on so long as it would float. But
the boatmen were not so minded. They
were not provisioned for such a
cruise nor prepared for it. Not even
the incentive of unlimited financial
rewards with which Carrington strove
to dazzle them could make them agree
to continue the pursuit. They Tere
clamorous for putting back to Ports
mouth, seeing plainly that they had
failed. It was only the personal au
thority of Carrington's rank and sta
tion which kept them from summarily
dispossessing him from the helm.
They were not quite ready for that
when Strathgate's boat came rushing
down toward them.
It was Carrington's opportunity.
Balked in his chase of his wife, he
determined to wreak his vengeance
upon the earl. As the boat drew close
to his bows, by a sudden sweep of the
helm he sent his own heavier cutter
crashing fair into it. The force with
which he struck the other boat caused
Strathgate's smaller vessel to hang on
the bows of Carrington's boat There
was no loss of life, for Strathgate,
scarcely worse for the disaster, fol
lowed by. Cooper and the lad, scram
bled aboard Haight's cutter.
White with passion Strathgate
rushed aft, shaking his fist at Carring
ton, who sat laughing bitterly in the
stern sheets. At Strathgate's back
were Cooper, furious over the deliber
ate wrecking of his boat, and the boy
eager to join in the fray.
"By heaven!"-, cried Strathgate,
fiercely, "what did you mean by
that?"
"I should think tjiat my meaning
was obvious even to you," says my
lord, indifferently, although he was
seething with anger to soe Lis adver
sary within his reach.
"I don't know you, str," cried Coop
er, shaking his fist, "but you sunk my
boat. You done it deliberately. It'll
cost you a matter of 50."
" 'Tis cheap at the price," answered
Carrington. "Don't worry, my man.
Just pipe down," he continued, as
Cooper opened his mouth to expostu
late. "I'm Lord Carrington. You shall
be paid for your boat and something
for your trouble."
"Payment is not enough to com
pensate me, Carrington," cried Strath
gate, furiously.
"No," returned Carrington, "there's
nothing that I might offer you that
would pay you for what you've done,
you dastard!"
"What do you mean?"
"You know very well what I mean,
although I confess I have done some
wrong to your powers of fascination,"
returned Carrington.
"And what, pray, may be the ex
planation of that statement?" queried
Strathgate.
"I thought that you had run away
with my wife; I thought so yesterday
morning,. that is; but now I see that
she fled from you as well as from
me."
"It's a lie!" cried Strathgate.
Both men were now so worked up
and so blinded with passion that they
did not care for the open-mouthed,
open-eared audience which crowded
around them.
"She did go with me," continued the
runaway.
"It looks like it this morning. I
she went with you. how did she come
to be on yonder ship while you were
here?"
Strathgate laughed evilly.
"If you must know it, my lord, your
wife fled in my company."
"Damn you!" cried Carrington.
But Sfrathgate went on without
heeding.
"An accident, a broken coach wheel
stopped our journey. I rode on ahead
to make arrangements for our passage
to some happier land on yonder ship.
Lady Ellen elected to go by water."
"I don't believe a word of it," re
turned Carrington. "If it were true,"
asked my lord again, "I ask you
why you were not on the ship?"
"I overslept myself this morning,
w ith the consequences which you see."
"You haven't seen me end of those
consequences, my Lord Strathgate,"
continued Carrlngton.
"No?"
"Not by any means. We'Jl Bettle
the question aB to which of us is to
live"
"And have Lady Ellen?" interrupt
ed Strathgate.
Carrington whipped out his pistol.
"Another word like that and I'll
kill you without giving you a chance
for defense."
"You threatened to murder me on
the wharf an hour or so ago," and
Strathgate, equably. "What prevents
you from doing it now?"
"A thing of which you know noth
ing," answered Carrington.
"And what is that, pray?"
"A sense of honor."
"Indeed," answered the earl, "I had
understood that your honor was it
Lady Ellen's keeping."
The sweat stood out on Carrington's
face. He locked his jaws until the
muscles rose like whipcords. He was
under the strongest . possible con
straint a man may put upon himself.
"My honor is in her ladyship's keep
ing," he said slowly at last, "and I am
confident that she will never put it at
the hazard of a blackguard like your
self." This time It was Strathgate who
gave way.
"You have another pistol at your
belt. Give it to me. Take you one
end of this boat and I the-other. We'll
see then who has the right to live and
love."
"I dishonor myself," said Carring
ton, rising and abandoning the tiller,
which was instantly grasped by one
of the crew, "by meeting you in this
way, but I'll do it. Here!"
He extended one of the pistols.
"I . would prefer a choice," said
Strathgate, not extending his arm to
take it.
"As you will," returned Carrington,
extending both of them to him. "You
honor me in doubting my good faith,"
he remarked as Strathgate took one
of the pistols. "Haight," said Carring
ton, "take your station amidshlp, out
of range, and count three. There
shall be no firing dqne by either of us
until after the word 'three,' Are you
agreed. Lord Strathgate?" .
"Entirely," returned the other, step
ping forward.
But Master Haight did not propose
to have his vessel turned into a field
of honor, which would be a field of
blood. He interposed a vigorous ob
jection. "Gentlemen," he began, "I'll have no
murder done here."
"There shall be none," said Carring
ton. " 'Tis a fair duel with each man
a chance for his life."
"I don't know about that, my mas
ters," returned the sailor, "but I say
this: This boat's mine, I'm the cap
tain of it, and I'll have no fightin'
aboard. Savin' yer honors' graces, it
can't be done. You agree with me,
Cooper? You, Jack? You, Ned?"
"Ay, ay," returned the others, clos
ing about Haight and interposing be
tween the would-be combatants.
"Gentlemen," continued Haight, who
was not without a certain decision of
character, "I swear to God there-ain't
goin' to be no fightin' on this boat. I
don't, know the rights and wrongs of
this quarrel, but this boat's mine and
I won't have It. You'll oblige me.
Lord Carrlngton, by givin' me that
pistol. And you, sir " turning to
Strathgate, "will do the like. When
you get ashore I've naught to say
about your actions, but here "
He held out his hand imperiously
for Lord Carrington's pistol and mo
tioned Cooper to take that of Lord
Strathgate.
The boat had shot up into the
wind and lay idly rocking, practically
drifting. Cooper's cutter had been
shaken off and was a floating wreck
some distance away. Cooper had a
distinct interest in the quarrel, for he
muttered:
"You're right, Haight, there can't be
no shootin' here. Yonder gentleman
might get a bullet in his in'ards and
then who'd pay me for my sunken
boat?"
Strathgate Interrupted with a laugh,
one of those irritating laughs that
drove Carrington nearly frantic:
"Did you arrange all this with the
captain of youri boat Carrlngton?"
queried Strathgate. "Is this a bit of
bravado, with the appearance of this
worthy, sailor at the proper mo
ment?" "Curse you!" cried Carrington, leap
ing up to windward. "Come up to
windward with you."
He leveled his pistol full at Strath
gate, having sprung clear of the hud
dle of men who happened to be to
leeward. Strathgate had followed his
movements and two shots rang out si
multaneously. Quick as had been the
rush of the two men, however, the
sailors had followed suit. Haight
threw himself .upon Carrington and
bore him back against the low rail,
nearly throwing him overboard, while
Cooper struck Strathgate's arm such
a violent blow as he pulled the trig
ger that his pistol was hurled back
wards and fell into the sea.
Haight was the first to recover him
self. "Gentlemen," he said in tones that
indicated he had come to a final de
cision, "jwu've had it out now and
there's got to be no more of it. Un
less you give me your word," he said,
turning to Strathgate, "and you give
me yours, Lord Carrington, to abide
peaceably in the boat until we get
ashore, so help me God! I'll lash you
down to a ring bolt with a rope,
and"
"There's naught for it," returned
Carrington whose pistol, knocked from
his hand, had been taken possession
of by one of the men, "but to give
you the promise, for you have, my
pistol, the other has gone overboard
and while I have a sword Lord Strath
gate is without a weapon." - .
"Oh, you have my word,, too," said
Strathgate carelessly.
"He'll keep the forward end of the
boat and you'll stay aft, my lord,"
said Haittht to Carrington, "and now
we'll put Lack to harbor."
My lord Strathsjate amused himself
during the hours that elapsed before
he and Carrlngton were landed at the
same wharf whence they had taken
' their departure, by humming graceful
little tunes, whistling merry little airs
and In general disporting himself as
if he were having a delightful time.
My lord Carrington, who had more
at Btake, was gloomy and silent. He
did not cast a glance in the direction
of his brother earl recliping on the
deck forward until the vessel was
made fast to the wharf. Then he
sprang out and touched Strathgate
on the shoulder.
"We have matters of moment to
settle, my lord," began Carrington
gravely, "and it were better that we
settle them quietly as gentlemen,
which one of us at Jeast is."
"I agree with you in that proposi
tion," returned Strathgate bowing.
"We shall doubtless find friends in
Portsmouth and may conclude our ar
rangements without the unseemly in
terruptions of brawling seamen."
"Brawling seamen!" growled Haight
under his breath. "The only peaceable
people aboard the cutter were Cooper
and myself and the men."
"I am staying at the Blue Boar,"
said Strathgate gravely.
"I also," returned Carrington.
"Very well, I shall await a visit
from your friends as soon as may be
convenient."
"There are men on the nhips yon
der," said Carrington gravely, "brother
officers of mine. One of them will
call upon you forthwith."
' Strathgate bowed but made no other
reply as he walked away toward the
inn.
Carrington stayed a moment or two
longer to complete arrangements for
paying for the boat he had destroyed
and then with a heavy heart, turned
toward the town. He was in a ter
rible state. He had had no sleep the
night before. He had ridden both day
and night. The 'chase of the morning
had not conduced to quiet his nerves,
and the insults of Strathgate, whom
a punctillio kept him from picking up
in his arms and breaking as he would
a stick, had not rendered him any
more easy. His first duty was to get
something to eat and to refresh him
self by a bath. He would then send
a message to some of his shipmates
in Admiral Kephard's fleet who could
be counted upon to attend to all the
arrangements of the meeting a 1'
outrance between him and his enemy.
Although Carrington was as angry
as a man could well be and as full of
bitter hatred toward Strathgate, he
did not intend to throw his life away
on that account. He had other things
to do, one of whieh was to chase Ellen
wherever she went and find out the
truth. He did not believe Strathgate's
extravagant assertions about the earl's
arrangement to meet Lady Ellen on
the ship, but there was a possibility
of truth in it and that at least kept
him from entire confidence in his wife.
As for Strathgate, he was not feel
ing any too happy either. He had
risked everything, got himself em
broiled with a man of Carrington's
determined character, had upon him
all the odium of having run away with
another man's wife, and yet he had
lost the wife!
His sensuous admiration of Lady
Ellen was turned to something like
hate. He did not want to throw away
any points in the game either, and he
made up his , mind to kill Carrington,
If it was in his power, and to wreak
such vengeance upon Lady Ellen as
would cause her to remember to the
very last hour of her life the time
in which she flouted him.
CHAPTER XIV.
Admiral Kephard Joins the' Pursuit.
We left Sir Charles Seton hard and
fast in his boat on the shoal. Sir
Charles had nothing to do but study
the ocean and observe that which
transpired upon it, for a few moments
of hard work convinced worthy Master
Whibley that only the rising tide
would float his vessel. Sir Charles
saw the whole drama enacted before
him. He saw Ellen run down the
Flying Star; he saw that vessel's way
checked; he could see Deborah fol
lowed by Ellen clamber aboard. He
marked the other two boats chasing
down the channel and made a shrewd
guess that one carried Carrington and
the other Strathgate. He saw the
collision, although of course he was
too far away to know who was re
sponsible or what was happening. He
even saw. the smoke from the two pis
tols' which were discharged by: the
belligerents on the boat and after a
time detected the report faintly, but
other than that he kuew nothing.
It was some time before the rising
tide coupled with their own tremen
dous exertion got the boat off the
shoal. Sir Charles had had plenty of
time to mature his plans. He knew
that Ellen was on that ship. He
guessed that Carrington and Strath
gate had gone back to "Portsmouth,
if one or the other, "or both of them
had not been killed in that inter
change of pistol shots, and he sur
mised that the first duty to which
they would devote themselves would
be to see which one could kill the
other.
He therefore determined fo chase
the ship. Not in his own boat, oh, no!
He had a better plan than that. A
ready and resourceful man was Sir
Charles Seton. And while he was deep
ly in love with Mistress Debbie, the
more in love because through Ellen's
persistence his sweetheart had been,
as it were, dragged out of his arms
and therefore added the value of the
unattainable to his pursuit of her, yet
he was not in addition blinded by
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which will present many opportunities for the
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Last evening C. W. McConnell of Lin
coln, a lineman for the Burlington, de
parted for his home after having made
connections of the party line telephone
system which has recently been installed
at the shops, with the station. This
places any phone in the shops in posi
tion that they can call the station with
out the intervention of any other office.
At the station they have switches also
that enable them to switch the station
phone onto either the Lincoln or Omaha
line as they desire. This places at the
telegraph office appliances which ena
bles them to talk in any direction.
W. P. Stull, of Adair, Iowa, was in
the city thi? morning, and made ar
rangements for the lustallation during
the coming week in the room formerly
occupied by Claus Speck, a moving pic
ture show, which shall be continuous in
its entertainments. He thinks to get
the show going by the forepart of the
week. He departed for his home this
morning on the Burlington.
Will Loan $10,000.
I have $10,000 which I wish to loan on
good farm security. Write or phone
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Pacific Junction, Iowa.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
State of Nebraska, t ,
County of Cass. f ss In County Court.
In the matter of the estate of Hannah E. Cal
kin, deceased.
All jersons interested in the above estate
are hereby notified that the administra
tor of said estate has filed in this court his ac
count and petition for final settlement, pray
ing therein that said account be allowed. A
hearing will lte had uion said petition and ac -count
on the 1st day of July. l!ls. at 10 o'clock
a. m.. of said day in the county court room, at
Plattsmouth, in said county, at which time
said account will l examined and adjusted
and final decree of distribution will be made.
All objections thereto must be filed on or be
fore said time. .
Witness my hand and seal of said court this
Stth day of June, luos.
ALLEN .T. BEI-X1X.
SEAl-l County J u dye.
SHLRIFF'S SALE.
Ty virtue of an order of sale, Issued by
James Kolertson. clerk of the district
court, within and for Cass county, Nebraska,
and to me directed, 1 will on the
24th Day of June, A. D., 1908,
at 11 o'clock a. m.. of said day at the south
door of the court house, in said county, sell. at
public auction to the hitrhest bidder or cash
the following real estate, to-wit: The north
half of the northeast (n?4 of the nej-t) quarter,
of section thirty-three (33) in township twelve
(12), ra litre nine (9), east of the tith P. M.. in
v-ass county. eirasKa.
The same lieine levied upon and taken as the
property of Walter A. Lautrhlin. administra
tor of the estate of Reulen A. Chapin. deceas
ed. Ira Chapin. Edward Chapin. Jesse O.
Chapin, Tacie Laut-'hlin. nee Chapin: Kate
Beeler. nee Chapin: May E. Chapin. Florence
B. Chapin. Koy M. Chapin, and Walter A.
Laiurhlin, truardian of May E.Chapln.Florence
B. Chapin. Koy M. Chapin and Albert I. Wel
ton. are defendants to satisfy a judtrment of
said court recovered by Oscar W. Laugblin,
plaintiff, atrainst said defendants.
C. I. QriXTOX.
Sheriff Cass county, Nebraska.
Plattsmouth, Neb., May 12th.
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Account Modern Woodmen of Amer
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run a special train from Plattsmouth to
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m., returning leave EImw"od at 10 p.
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Fare $1.52 round trip.
Hugh Norton, Agent.
Good Horse For Sale.
A good all around work horpe, good
for farm work. Apply at Ed. Donat's
saloon for particulars.
Notice to Cass County Farmerls
The secret of curing hams and
bacons lies in the use of Wright's
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and gives better results than the
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