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T1113 OMAHA DAILY ] ? EE : TUfRSDAY. FEBRUARY 13. 1000. ( pi EI i < I > © ® © @i0 Xj 1 I I THE LADY GWENDOLEN EPISODE. 1 A - BY ItOMUKT HARK. - _ (5 ( ( Copyright. 1900. by 3. S. McClurc Co. ) Let xxonlth , let commerce ami let learning lie , Hut loiivi } to ue our old rob-II-l-tlo Ur.xxonis to thru effect , by unknown poet. The carl of Slobcross vm oh ! so haughty. Ho was nlso proud , and went about with his thin In the air. Karls can alwas be reeoR- nlzed by the itltUudo ot their chins. An American visitor to Kngland once expressed hit. regret to me that the notables ot thj British Isle did not RO round xxlth large printed labels on their hacks , telling who tlicj were , so that a stranger would not be compelled to follow the example of Theodore Hook who , mcctlnc 11 dlstln- KUlphcd-looking nun on the Strand , plain- lively sold , when I remarked that the no bility might object to bolnfc labeled , that It would merely be reverting to an old CUB- loni , which , had been allowed to fall Into dleusc. In ancient times the swells carried lh lrlabel ; 5jbn their shields , drawing pic tures' thereon , because , as n general tule , they were ftot able to w'rlte. ' Then , when > oii met a knight oul In London all you had to do was to consult your Illustrated cata logue of the tilled families , for the year llfi. , for Instance , and jou spotted jour man nt once , , and knew whether It was hotter to take to a side street or not. An a rule , It xou had any xaluablctt about jou It wai safer to make a hasty mo\e clnc- whrrc. He suggested that It the House of Lords would consent to wear largo numer al * on their manly bosoms , and It tonic pub lisher would Issue a numbered catalogue for sixpence , to bo hold at nil respcctablq bookstalls , the arrangement would be a great convenience to the tourist. I said that If the tourist would merely take the trouble In. suily trigonometry a llttlo ho wnutd baxo no trouble. A plain knight wears bin chin at a certain ( ingle , easily nfcertalnable by a nnn who mixed In gqod society ; a baronet holds his three degrees higher ; an carl flxo degrees higher than a baronet ; a duke Is again oxer so much more clcvntccl than an earl , and thus comes our phrase. "As drunk ( I. e , as ele vated ) HH a I'd " Jly American friend thanked me coidlally for my Information , and , getting some further Instruction * ou nngle . acute- and obtuse , ho went forth on the streets to test his newly-acquired knowl- ndge , all of..whlch brlngn me back to where I started , that thp e.irl of Stobcrosa held his chin m high In the air that his nose pointed ' straight up to the zenith. Captious readers mny sny : How. thru , could a duke hold his head higher" To explain the matter I must refer lo the history of the carl While most of our dukeh' ancrutoit * came oxer with r William the Conqueror , the first carl of Stob- cross was' dropped off on these Islands b\ Ncah OK the nrk was passing the peak of Sklddaw. The archives In Stobcross castle Inform us. that , although Noah booked thr first earl Jor tho'entire Voyage , the ancient mariner could not put tip w-Jth the earl's pretenfclono , who Insisted on sitting at the head of the table , while Noah held that this chair Va < < .tho captain's place. His lordship grumbled bo much about the food and com plained so bitterly that there was no smok ing room on the boat that Noah was glad to get rid of him and when the marooned earl threatened him for breach of contract Noah replied that ho had hi1 } remedy at the law courts. When the waters subsided the call vent down the hill and seized all the land ho cquld get his lyinds ( or feet ) on and so ' 'founded Stobcrcw manor. He brought , suit against Noah , but the latter had sailed out of thi-'Jurisdlctlon t < t the courtsr * The monk who wrote the Slobcroas chronicles ven tures a small pun at this point , spelling the word "Jow-rlEdlctlon , " and explaining thus the anil-scmltic attitude of the Stobcrcfis family. Whether the first earl hated the Jews or not , the seventeenth carl had a great liking for them , mor'gaged the manor to them and blew In the money resulting therefrom with neatness and dispatch. Hav ing nothing elfc to blow In hi > blew out his well , the coroner's jury said it was his brains , but those who knew the seventeenth carl -maintained that ho had none , so there la an historical discrepancy eDiuewhore probably In the earl's hoad. . IJo that as It. may , the Stobcross family has been poor and mortgaged up to the hilt ever since , but their pride never lessened In the EllghteHt degree , which brings this bi ographical resume to the middle of the week i before last and to Archibald , forty-third earl of Stobcross. and his only daughter , the I ady Gwendolen. Difllcult as It would bo for us to learn to Invo the forty-third earl of Stobcross , oven If I worn content to veil the truth and say he was an amlablo man , which I steadfastly refuse to do , the cane of the Lady Gwen dolen calls , forth our deepest sympathy Thn carl being poor , the neighboring nobles would not look at her , but were all over In the United States with Item of railway own ers and pork millionaires In their pockets , ocklng the ellglblo daughter * thereof. The earl lielng proud. Lady Gwendolen was not allowed to roceixe the addresses of any of the rich tradesmen's sons In the neighbor hood , even though the carl's grocery bills had not hern paid for years and years , . Now , If this were play Instead of a plain state ment of actual fact. I would have the truculent - lent butcher of the neighborhood demand the hand of Gwendolen for his ton or tho' Instant liquidation of the meat hill. This would co well on the stage , jnd I cun hear the deep beefy tonra of the butcher threat ening to put the cringing nobleman Into the count'- court and the bailiffs Into Stobrross cictlc , finishing up with a prroratlnn which would capture the gallery to the cffcil that A hundred unpaid mutton logs Am worth a thousand coats of urms. However , none of these things xvi-io thnight of. and never are , except on the hoards. The neighboring tradesmen did not hither about unpaid bills , but pointed with prldo to the fact that the earl refused to deal with the co-operatlvo stores , which was Indeed true , for tbo stores heartlessly re quire cash down. In thtso circumstances the life of Lady Gwendolen was not an einlable one , and eo aha took to bicycling She got a machine on Ihn Installmcnl plan , and when the Install ments went for long unliquidated and the ngent tornnvfully took the wheel away for non-pa jmrnt ns was agreed , the Lady Gwen- dqlcn got ( mother somewhere else , the maker printing In hU catalogue "Patronized by the rarl of Slobcrofa and others of the nobility. " Great ro I ho blccglogs of the credit system when > oii Know how to work It At first she cycled on the smooth roads of the home park 'round Stobcrofacnatle ; then. Kfc she became wore expert , she took to the delightfully leafy lanes of the country , and. of course , when fcho was seven and ono-balf rnlliM " from homo she punctured the tire of the "blml wheel and gat disconsolate on a -V mpagy bank , not knowing what to do with VttV It. Tl'oro wan a repair Kit along , but eho Knew nothing of Ita u c. thinking It had been put there In tmjanco the wheel or something of that sort. * At tM Juncture or perhaps it would b more accurate to say at thU punc ture there happened along a nice > oun ? ir n. who also rode a wheel. He sprang on * , nn seeing a maiden In dlstrows , and j ukfd , poli ] ( > ly If he could bo ot anv nr. flsttuit ! . H1 could , and he wa . The girl I ' < tat there , and admired JiU dcfl handling of a tl'o that had unexpectedly sono as limp aa rns 1 TjKi < V' raid th" joung man cheerfully , I h all rlgr- > now my lady " "Oh , jou Know who I am ' eaH tbi girl,1 flushing slightly. "Yes , my lady , but as II Is not likely that jou recognize me , may I have thq pleasure of Introducing myself ? " ( These board schools In England ( lo enable a > oung man to oxpre. s himself heautlfullj. I'rttly soon there will ho no ntoro dialect etorlcs written , for which niurey let us too tiuly thankful ! ) j i "I flhould be plriuciJ to have jou do so. ' replied Lady Gwendolen with dignity , "that 1 may know to rthoni 1 am under obliga tions. " ' There Is no obligation , my ladj' ; It was a delight to seixe you. I am John A. nigg , I son of the blacksmith In PodmrG ! < Mset , the Milage under the shadow c-f Stobcro s I casllc , as one might say , although It Is llvo miles away. We do cjtle icpalrlug , and If Anything ex IT goes wren ? with your whcol ft > will put It right as cheaply as any other reliable house In the trade. " "Cheapness has no attraction for mj father , " said Lady Gwendolen with tonui ot the hauteur of the gentleman she had mentioned , "we hnxo never been In thq custom of haggling about price. " The joung man boned and was silent , Ho was well aware of the carl's financial principles. The two rode together along the lane toward the castle and chatted In the moU arrlablo manner of the various merits of different machines , nad when they parted at last the girl Impulshely held'out her hand and If he kept It In his own a little longer than was strictly necessary , who bhall blame him ? Not I , for one , 1'xe done It mji-olf. He made bold to ask her If she was ac"UE- tomed to cjcle often In that lane , and she anbwcred In a low voice that flhe wa . Hut what Is the use of my dwr'Ilng ' 0:1 : these details ? I know the reader ha.s aln-ady fathomed my shallow plot. There la only one ptiry to write , and that ha hrrp writ ten o\er and over and over again. Ptlll I , am encomagcd to proceed because I am deal-1 Inc with fact and not fiction. This Is a plain , uncnarnclcd record of actual o\enls ( all except the Noah story , which I am not | rcsponslblo for ; the monk wrote that ) , and I ns long an I stick rigidly to the truth 11 don't see how I can be found fault with If1 I wcro writing fiction I would call the1 jouns man Reginald Tr xour lusto-il of John A Ulggs. I don't se > mm h romance , about the name of Dlggs rmself although he was a fine , stalwait joung fellow , deeply i road in clippings stolen from the American comic papers and consequently possessing such a vast fund of Information that It was an education In itself for any lady In the land to talk with him. Hut the reader who thinks everything I going smoothly from now on , Is much mistaken Neither of the young people gave a thought to the proud carl , who paced the battlements with his chin In the air , and who was so unllterary that he didn't oven take In a Sunday paper. The wily reader who keeps hs | eje on that haughty carl will run the bast chance of gaining the guinea prize offenhl for a solu tion of the "Stobcross Mjsterj- . " Tbo two young people met often In that leafy lane and talked most absorbingly of let us say of bicycles and the component parts thereof. And the arrogant earl kept his noeo HO perpendicular that he saw noth ing of what was passing under hjs chin , as ouo might remark , nut was there none to enlighten him ? Header , you haxe gueajed It. No account of a grim castle can bo writ ten without taking account of the surly scrv- Itor the menial whoso forefathers haxe faithfully slaved and spied for the baronial house with which they have- been connected all through the centuries. Novelists should Eubscrlbo for a testimonial to the rancciions retainer , he is a boon and a blessing to them. 1'etcr TrexelllLk , the crabbed nian-of-aM- woil ; about the castle , had a suspicion of what was gulng forward and be stealthily watched the j-oung pair. For a long time ho was baflled because ho waa TII jrars old and no sprinter on the cycle , and as moot of tholr ronferoncci took place In the aforementioned leafy lane , on their wheels , espionage was not without Its ilimcnltlpj. nut so ejger were the tAaln to meet that on ocvcral occasions when the earl was from homo the black- smith's eon had the temerity to call on Lady Gwendolen at the castle , and It was only too evident that the girl was most raRer to ? o him Tro > clllck. the better to fuithcr his sinister purpose , fawnol on the young man and pretended to be hU friend , actually winning hU confidence. Ah , youth" jouth' when will you learn discretion ? Haxcn't you read enough dlnio noxols to know that crawling servitors are ex'cr to ho dUtriutod ? Subscribe for" the Family Story Paper or Saturday Night , learn of thrlr wa > and hewlte At laht the joung man gaxo Trevelllik a note to take to Lady GncnJolen. It was to bo slipped Into her hand secretly and Peter wag to chnoee his opportunity , which he promised to do. John A. gave him a slillllnc. which the old man hit. to to.-t li * quality , when the donor's haclwab turned ; thtu he rubbed hta withered hands one oxer the other and chuckled , after the manner of xlllalua on the mclo-drnmatlo stage. Ho steamed open Hie note and read It. It was without address or signature and r in 33 follows "I hair everthins arranged and I tMnk there will bo no fear of dls-wcrj ifo't "an get away without creating < - clon meet me In the old arbrr tonight at 0 an4 I will tell jou all" | Rescallng the letter , Trtxelllck bunded It to the lady and watched her furtively while * h j read. She nnsi lt > ly agitated by ! t j 1 coMente. the colnr coming and going - UfM ) j ! on hrr fair checks. | Ntcd I tate thnl when young Hlggs met j I the Lady Gwendolen In the summer hous I old Tro\elllck was listening outside ? 1 think not ; yet , fearing there may be any mlap , < rchenlon. T will rtntc It nnd add that he had hi * car at knothole. He heard every palpltatl.ig word , for the two , having no suspicion , did not speal ; In whlspnra. Little do joung people Know of the moan- nrjn of this.world ! If wo wore not con fident that exprthln * would turn out all right at laxt nud that the villain would bo overthrown wo could not hear to read stories lot their simple Innocence. This is what the 'lurking cavctdropper hoard "Don't jeu think wp might try It on it tandem ? " asked Lady Gwendolen , sweetly. "No , no , " paid ycun ? Hlggs eagerly , "t think wo should Imvo two bicycles Then In case of pursuit we could go down different roads nnd thus bcttlllcr the e who follow. Wo could meet at the market cross In Pud- dlebury and go together to the place of ap pointment. " "Yes , I suppore that would be the heller pliin , " sighed the girl , "although 1 clI.sllUo riding nlouc In the dark. " "I don't suppose It will be noccfiisary for us to separate on thp road ; 1 ntu merely speaking of what had best be done slionl 1 our plans bo discovered , a most unlikely oxcntuallty , fet your father hh. < t not the slightest suspicion and may not irlm you until It Is too late for him to do anjthing. " Old Peter chuckled offensively and p'lently ' as ho heard this. "Wouldn't It have been 'better to bax-o gone to your village , which la only five miles nway , than to Puddlcbury. which Is twenty' " "They arc such go lpe In our xlllago that I dare not risk It. It we were FCCII together thn news would IIP all over the country In half an hour and jour father would be fiiiro to hear of it. At Puddlchury nn oni > Knows us , ami thp moment the csro- mony Is over wo can snap our fingers at the wholeworld. . I htixo witnesses ready and thPi'p will be 1,0 delaj. " "How thoughtful'toii aie ! Will It take IOIIK. once wo reach there ? " I 1 Only , i few minutes. " I " \nd to think that an action fraught with siicl < conc-equcnce an action which chanpct the whole course of two human lives , occu pies but , \ few minutes ! 1 can hardly be- llcvo that xxf arc s-o near to the realization of iirir fondest hopes. When shall I nx'l ' ' you' " 1hall 1 b > In the lane with two bicycles at ihrep lio-irs after midnight. The ligh' ' d lamps will guide you We will ride slo.\ly unless there Is pursuit , and should reach I wa * honored in carrjlng out for jour daughter. I/mly Gwendolen Quite so , quite * o 1 am delighted tf > b abto to a ure you * lordship that there was'not ' n hitch In the i > roc iln s and pv rylhtn * went oft exactlj at arranged , and 1 am sure 1 moil heartly congratulate your lordship. " said the official , xulublj. "Connratulate ! On a'blacksiplth's ftcii ! You you ' The haughty early bwwnp Inarllculato with nngor. Thp rrglslrarent on susxely : "A blacksmith's * on. Certainly find 1 doubt 'f she could hax-p had i bellcr partner. She had the Ideas , and hd 'had"thp mechanical ability. Experts saj lhat the bicycle jaddlij they have Invented Is Just the thing that the public linvo long hccii waiting for , and walt- ! lug for In Miln. 1 do a little bit iness In it 'llnnticlal ' way. and the * yonrg n.on was good enough lo Intrust the arrangements to me. I succeeded In Interesting tint great company promoter , Glllooley. In Iho Invention after wo had secured the- patents all oxer Iho world tor It , and this morning the contracts were signed. The joung man Is to bo made managing director of the company at n large salary xvhtii the saddle Is put on the publto. " " 1 I really don't know what > ou are talking about , " stammered the carl. "Tho saddle on the public' 1 thought you said It wao to he put on a blryclp " "Quito ro , quite so. Ollloolcy has paid your daughter GOO.OOfl cash , less my little commission , and he Intends to pass It on to the public for 2,000,000. And ho'll do It , too " "Then you jou have marrtel nobody re cently , I take It. " gatppd the earl. "Not llkelyl There Is toi much money In the ejrio business for mo to bother about marrjlng people. 1 send them off to a nclghboilng minister. " "Will you e\cuse mo If I bid jou good morning' " stammered his lordship. "Delighted to haxo j-ou do > o , " replied the registrar. This brings me to the conclusion of the episode I set out to iclate and all that now remains for mo to do Is to marry off every one of my character , after the manner of accomplished story tellers , thus avoiding the example sot by the money-making registrar. The particulars of the Gwendolen saddle x\as printed In most of the lending Kngllsh papcia as ica'lmt ; matter , but paid for as an adxuiFC ! ! > , ent by the talented Glllooley and sxxallancd as real news by a gullible public , who subscilbed the capital of the new com pany flxo tlmos oxei. The Information was cabled to America nnd In the New York paptru Lord dc Denture UatbirrybUHh read that Lady Gwendolen , only daughter ot thn carl of Stobcrcfrs , had become possessed of $2,500,000. As his Icrdship was at that mo ment In ncKotlatlon with a stock broker , who would only glx-o $1,000,000 with his girl , and that largely candltlonal on the success -rc-i n' ' " ? < i WILL BE IN THE LANE AT THREE HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH TWO UICYCLES. Puddlebury about daylight. I hope you xx-IH have no difficulty in getting nxxay from the caHtlo unseen. " "There will bo no trouble about that. At 3 o'clock , then. " Thus they parted and Gwendolen eought her own room. Had she any qualms about leaving it thus surreptitiously ? I'm sure I don't know. I am compelled to keep strictly to the facts within my own cognizance. I nm , however , dcllghte ! to be able to Htnto that here the villain met his first dif.- culty. Up to date ex-orythlng has been gong hib way and if thnt kept on to the end there would be llttlo use In xv riling tills narrative. The proud carl x\as not at home. The county court xxas In tension thnt week nt Scradllng- ton , ten miles xxestwnrd from the castle , xvblle I'uddlebury was twenty miles to the east , and the earl alwa > H attended the county court , being usually summoned to do EO. He \\iis a punctlllouH observer ot the laws of his country nnd nexcr flouti'd a xvrlt. Old Peter therefore hml his xvork cut out for Inn ) , Ho mouiitea a horse and galloped for the carl. Trexelllck did not shlno as n liunie- 111,111 , and tile only horse at his disposal uaq not of rue-ing block , having brer jnoro nc- cuntomtJ to the plow than to the hurting field. It was lontf nfter mi'lnlKlit ' x\hcn Prior leached the county tovxu , and then there xvas much delay In finding lil lordahlp and In ( onxImitiB him that hln daughter had aitually eloped with thu eon or a bluclu-mlih. No StobticuH glnro the days of Noah had cxvr so deme.iiic-d herself , the earl main- tuined. He htiw th.it If this wcto Indeed true ho could nut In future Krep his chin no high In iho air , and iu he had become ac customed to it In lhat position ho hated to change. lie was very rontervatlxo , anyhow , nnd liad nlv. ju hilled change , inner hnxiiij an > of it In bin pocket. At last , hot/vxcr I'o rode grumblliiRly to his castle nnd nr- rivcd there nbont iliollnht , fully expecting to find ( hvemlulon In her room , nnd thin ho told hliusolf he would in < i ) > e It lively lor old Peter , x\ho liad thus unnccoanilly dis turbed his rtt > l. Ho oven contldcd ihis re- solxo to Peter , but the lattrr had a coufl- df-nt nlr that doubled hlt > loiiUhlp. Sure onouEh. thu crstle XV.IH empt ) ' The 1 ird had flown ! Mudly the carl galloped lo Tiiddlfbury. lie rallo * ! llr l. raijins on the cttablibluil clfigyman of Iho plice , but found that placid old gentleman liiid 'nanl < M no ! CHO for wiol.s Thei < trashing on thu lerturbiil noel < xran's distracted brain came thi > thought that the bl.iclianiith'h ton was tuiii to lie a dii&fJUc-r. and had doubtlos I cm marrid by one of the numerous mlii- Utctk of that fuitli. He visited in turn all tb rexpreud gc < itleiiu > n In PiiddloLury. but I without ho.irliiK of iue fugitheg. Thoie was' ' now left only iho regUlrar. The lakt of the | tloth OH wLow ho culled had sugsefctuj thN' ' ofll-.lal , aa Ii hiJ nox'tr oce-urred to the carl tl'ut a daughter of his would descend to a' i iv 11 lEanidge The eul mlled uprn chf < rc itnar In a fnrnng rage I an th- carl of S IITO'fd I couic " ' 0 ) C9 iny lor I \ - ' Iho 1 HI- iof ] the wheat corner. Lord dc Denture Im mediately sailed for home nnd told Gwendo len that he had been in America merely to learn the best route to Klondike , which was qullo true. Ho found what he Bought by marrying Gwendolen at the parish church. John A. Biggs ultimately wedded the i grocer's daughter , Hannah Sprowle , after ] 1 the great aaddlo company had gone Into j liquidation. The stubborn old earl of Stob- j I cross , who had been a widower for twenty I I years , ictuses to allow mo to unite him to any one nnd sa > s ho dotsn't care a hang xvhethcr my slory Is unpopular or not on thnt account. Old Peter was married al ready , ns he found out lo his cost nfler the cplbode I hnvo related , when his Irate wife nearly broke his head for being such a fool as to Interfere In business that did not con cern htm and thus offend Lady Gwendolen nnd lose nil chance of getting n share of her money. Vliiuit SHiool Children. A forthcoming repoit of thu bureau o rducai.uii on u fturtx' of children v,111 con- lain fmc Interesting infut motion regard ing Ihe "fnb child " The report ns a whole < ] cnlitli obherx'atloijK of more thun J3.1WVOO i hi Wren In America un < l IJurope , but enl > u few bundled c hlidri'il xvlthoui ilirolhorh or Mstrrseie i xuinlncd. Mental and ph > slc-.il ilefei-ta of a fiavo nnlurc xxrro iiiuoh mite c immun among- them than among tlilMien e < * noialh They entered school later thnu nthfr olilldit'ii.ore lei i regular In attcndaruc and their succets with sihool xxoilt wan t nlov.tlin nx-eraco. i Thi'y did not u.ijienr to Join r > adlly In the iBiums I xvltli other c hlldroi , but preferred I the quleler form of amusement l TO THE PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION OF KIRK'S NEW CREATION [ TUA r MAKK ] at the Bee . . j AP ROSE is an entirely new product whose virtues arc equally adapted and suitable alike for the Toilet and Bath. 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