Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, March 23, 1911, Image 7
The Man
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I* GEOKE BARR
MOUOCON
Copyright, 1908, by Md. Me.d ? Co. 1
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CEIAPTER XX.
THE riABITT BALL.
mlTET were not long In finding
ont what had happened to
Saundera. After luncheon,
while Browne and the three
ladies were completing the preparations
for the entertainment, Misa Pel
ham appeared beforo Deppingham and
Chase iu the former's headquarters.
She had asked for aa interview and
was accompanied by Mr. Britt.
"Mr. Saunders baa deceived me."
she announced steadily. "I leave it
to you if his attentions have not been
most pronounced. Of course, if I
wanted to, I could show you a transcript
of everything he has said to
me in the last covplo of months. He |
didn't know it. tot I Managed to c*:
most everything down in shorthand |
I did it at the risk, too, your lordship
of being considered ooid and unrespon- j
sive by him. Ifa most difficult to takei
conversation without the free a so of
your bands, I must say. But I've pre 1
served in my own Nock and white
every promise ho made and"?
"I'm afraid it wm't be good evi !
dence," volunteesod her lawyer. "It;
will have to bo Mitotantiated. mjl
dear."
"Please don't oal sae 'my dear,' Mr '
Britt. Never you mtod about K aotl
being good evidaaoa Thomas 19aub
ders won't enjoy toastog it read in
court Just the earns What I want to j
ask of you. Lord Deppingham, as a,
friend is to give Mr. Britt your deposi
tlon regarding Mr. Saunders' attitude
toward me to the beat at your knowledge
and belief. IU take it verbatim
and put it into typewriting free of
x- charge. I?I doa't see anything to
laugh at. Mr. ChaaeP* she cried, flushing
painfully.
"My dear girt," be said, controlling
himself. "1 think you are misjudging
the magnitude of a lovers' quarrel
Don't you think M te rather a poor
time to talk breaah at promise wtth
the guns of aa eaetay ready to take a
pop at us at any ma ascot f*
"It's no worso than a charity bah.
Mr. Chase," she aaU severely. "Oharltjs
begins at bone, guademen. and fm
heps to leok out ftr myself. No aae
else wK, let ma taB yoa (hat I waat
to get the depaaltftea aC every peraoo
in* the chateau. Thar oaa be a wars
tolfeefore Mr. Hi aha, wha is a magistrate
r? told. Mo oaa aaarry pssfrte
and"?
"By Jovei" awhlaal Deppingbaai
suddenly. "Caa hot Dpoa my soair
"01s manner ehapd aa soon aa that j
noma unte was ii nua came im ine i
chateau. I do*"! Nke the way she
mafces eyes at him, and I told him so
thld morning down !a the storeroom*.
My. but he dew up! He said he'd be
?i If he'd marry me." She began
to use her handkerchief rigorously.
The men smiled as they looked away.
"I?I Intend to sne him for breach of
promise," she said thickly.
"Is It as bad as all that?" asked
Depplngham consolingly.
"What do you mean by 'bad as all
that?' He's kissed me time and again,
but that's all."
"I'll send for Sannders," said Depplngham
sternly.
"Not while I'm here," she exclaimed.
"Just as you like. Miss Pelhain. I'll
send for you after we've talked it over
with Saunders. We can't afford a
scandal in the chateau, don't you
know."
"No. I should think not," she said
pointedly. Then she looked at Chase
and winked, with a meaning nod at
the unobserving Deppingham. Chase
followed her into the hall.
"None of that. Miss relkam," he said
severely.
Saunders came in a few minutes later,
nervous and uncomfortable.
"You sent for me, U13' lord," he said
weakly.
"Sit down. Saunders. Your knees
seem to be troubling you. Miss Pelhain
is going to sue you for breach of
promise."
"Good Lord!"
"What have you promised her?"
"That I wouldn't marry her; that's
all, sir," floundered Saunders. "She's
got no right to presume, sir. Gentlemen
always indulge in little affairsflirtations.
I might say, sir. It's most
common. Of course I thought she'd
understand."
"Don't you love inr, Saunders?"
"OluJ say. iny lord, thut's rather a
pointed question, ary word, it is, sir.
There may hare been a bit of?er?
well, you knew?belweeu us* sir, but?
that's all. that's quite all. absurdly
all. 'pon my soul."
"Saunders." said Brltt solemnly, "I
am her attorney. Be careful what you
say in my presence."
"Britt," said Saunders distinctly,
"you are a blooming traitor. You told
me yourself that she was used tc all
that sort of thing and wouldn't mind.
Now see wuui you uu: in?us outrageous."
lie was half In tears. Then,
turning to Deppiugham, ht went on
fiercely: "I won't be bally ragged by
any woman, sir. We got along beautifully
until she began to shy figurative
pots at me because Sellm's wife looked
at me occasionally. Hang it all, sir, I
can't help it if the ladles choose to look
at me. Minnie?Miss Peiham ? was
perfectly silly about it. Good Lord!"
he groaned in recollection. "It was a
very trying scene she made, sir. More
than ever it made me realise that I
can't marry beneath me."
"Saunders," said Lord Deppingham
sternly "she loves you. I don't understand
why or how, but she does. Just
because you have obtained an exalted
social position at ITnmmersmith Bridge
is no reason you should become a snob.
I dare say she stands just as well at
Brooklyn bridge as yon do at Hammersmith.
She's a fine girl and would be
an adornment to you such as Hammersmith
could be proud of. If you want
my candid opinion, Skuadeee, I think
you're a silly ass!"
"Do yon really, my load?" quite
humbly.
"Shan l prove it to yoei ny evo*j
man on the place? Miss Peiham If
quite good enough for any one of us.
I'd be proud to have her as my wife?
If I lived at Hammersmith Bridge."
"You amaze me. sir!"
"She's a very pretty girl," volunteered
Chase glibly.
"Oh, she could marry like a flash in
Now York," said Britt "A dozen men
I know of are crazy about her?good
looking chaps too." Tht sarcasm escaped
Saunders, who was fidgeting uncomfortably.
"Of course, you know, the breaking
of the engagement?I should say the
row?wasn't of my doing," ha submitted.
pulling at his finger joints nerv
oust J.
"I'm afraid It can't be patched np
either," said Brltt dolefully. "She's
been insulted., you see."
"Saunders, we can't have our only
romance marred by a breach of promise
suit," said bis lordship resolutely.
"There has simply cot to be a wedding
in the end or the whole world will hate
us. So far you bare t>eec our price
young lover. Tou are the undisputed
hero. Don't spoil everything at the
last moment, Saunders. Patch It up
and lefa hare a wedding la the last
hapter. Tou should net forgot that
it was you who advocated moltimarriage.
Try It once for yourself, and If
you like It, by Jere, well all eemt te
your succeeding marriages and bleat
you, no matter how maay wives you
take unto yourself."
Saunders, vary much impressed by
these confidences, bowed himself out
of the room, followed by Brltt, of
whom be implored help la the effort
te bring about a recosefltattea. He
waa sorely distressed by Brltfs apparent
reluctance to compromise the
rase without mature deliberates.
The charity ball began at 10 o'deek,
schedule time, Drastlla Browne, asserting
herself as an American matron.
tDBisted that the invitation list
should include the lowly as well as
the mighty. She had her way. and as
a result the bank employees, the
French maids, Antolne and the two
eorporals of Rapp-Thorberg'a Royal
guard appeared on the floor in the
grand march directly behind Mr. Brltt,
Mr. Saunders and Miss Pelham.
"One cannot discriminate at the
ebarlty ball," Drusllla stoutly maintained.
"The hoi pollol and the riffraff
always get in at home, so why
not here?"
"I shall feel as If I were dancing
with my greengrocer," lamented Lady
Agnes. Later on, when the dancing
was at its height, she exclaimed with
all the fervor of a charmed Imagination:
"I feel as the Duchess do What'sher-name
must have felt. Bobby, when
she danced all night at her own ball
and then dressed for the guillotine Instead
of going to bed. We may all be
shot iD the morning."
The Indian fakers and showmen gave
| a performance In the courtyard at midnight.
They were followed by the
Bedouin tumblers and the Inspired
Persians, who danced with frantic
abandon. There was but one unfor
; tunate accident. Mr. Rivers. formerly
i of tl:e bank, got very tight and foil
| down the stops loading to the court;
yard, breaking Ids left arm.
Lord Deppingbam and Chase kept
I their heads. They saw to it that the
i watch over the grounds and about the
i chateau was strictly maintained. The
former led the grand march with the
princess. She was more ravishingly
beautiful than ever. Hollingsworth
Chase was dazzled. Something seemed
j to shout coarsely, scotlingly into his
j ear: "Now do you realize the distance
that lies between? She was made for
J kings and princes, not for such as
I yon!"
I /
lie waited long before presenting
himself In quest of the dance he hungered
for so greedily?afraid of her!
She greeted him with a new, brighter
light In her eyes. A quirer of delight
long in restraint came into her Tolce.
ITe uv and felt the welcome In her
manner. The blood surged to his head.
He mumbled his request Then, for
the flrat time, he was clasping her flngera.
touching her waist, drawing her
gently toward his heart Onct as they
swept aronnd the almost empty ballroom
she looked up Into his eyes.
Neither had spoken. FTls lips parted
suddenly, and his fingers closed down
upon hers. She saw the danger light
In his eyes and knew the unuttered
words that struggled to his Hps and
stopped there. She never knew why
she did It, but she Involuntarily shook
her head before she lowered her eyes.
He knew what she meant His heart
turned cold again, and the distance
widened once mom to the old proportions.
He left her with Bobby Brown? and
went out upon the cool, starlit balcony.
There he gently cumed himself
for a fool, a dolt, an Idiot
The shouts of laughter and the clapping
of bands on the Inside did not
draw him from his unhappy reverie.
He did not know until afterward that
the official announcement of the engagement
of Miss Minnie Pelham and
Tbomaa Saunders was made by Bobby
Browne and the health of the couple
drunk In a series of bumper*.
CWaa's bitter reflections were nt
Hmi disturbed by a sound that cam*
sharply to his attention. The nols*
onm* from directly below where he
ateod. He peered over th* stone railing.
The terrace was barely ten feet
below him. A mass of bushes fringed
th* htm of the wall, dark, thick, fragrant
The Beit moment a dark figure
ahot eat from the shadowe and flunk
off lnt* night, followed by another and
another and yet others, sev*n in alL
Then the truth suddenly dawned
ipon him. The prisoners bad aoeaped
S ik. dwmmeAwf
irvuj ium uuufwu.
He dashed into the ballroom and
shouted tbe alarm. Confusion ensued.
"There's been treachery," he explained
quickly. "Some on* baa released
the prisoners. We must keep
them from reaching the walls. They
will eTerpower our guards and open
tbe gates to the enemy. Britt, see that
the searchlight Is trained on the gates.
We muet stop those fellows before it
la too lata. Time enongh t<? hunt for
the traitor later on."
Twe minutes later a swarm of armad
meo forsook the mock charity ball
and sallied forth to engage in realities.
Firing wes eoon beard at the western
gate, half a mile away. Thither tbe
eager pursuers rushed. The wide ray
frea the searchlight swung down upon
this gate and repealed the forme of
etruggllag mem.
The prisoners bad fallen suddenly
ago* tbe two Greeks who guarded tbe
water a gate, surprising them cleverly.
Beth fell under the clubbed guns of
their adversaries.
Chase and Sellm were mot more than
a hundred yards away when the
Oreeke went down. Tbe blinding
glare ef the searchlight aided the purMM,
whe kept outside its radios. The
fugitive*, bewildered, eenfuaed by tbe
bright glare in which they found
themselves, faced tbe light boldly, five
ef them hassling with guas raised to
protect their two companions who
started across the narrow strip, which
separated them from tbe massive gate.
Sellm gave a shout and stopped suddenly,
throwing his rifle to his shoulder.
"They have the keys!" he cried.
"Shootr
His rifle cracked a second later, and
one of the two men leaped into the
air and fell like a log. Cha9e understood
the necessity for quick work and
fired an instant later. The second
man fell in a heap thirty feet from the
gate. His companions returned tne
fire at random in the direction from
which the well aimed shots had come.
"Under cover!" shouted Chase. He
and Selim dropped into the shrubbery
in time to escape a withering fire from
outside the gates. The searchlight revealed
a compact mass of men beyond
the walls. It was then that the insiders
realized how near they had
come to being surprised and destroyed.
A minute more, aud the gates would
have been opened to this merciless
horde.
The prisoners, finding themselves
trapped, threw themselves upon the
ground and shrieked for mercy. Lord
Dcppitigham and the others came up
and. scattering well, began to fire at
the mass cutside the wall. The islanders
were at a disadvantage. They could
not locate the opposing marksmen on
account of the blinding light in their
faces. It was but a moment before
they were scampering off into the dark
wood, shrieking with rage.
Tl.e five fugitives were compelled to
carry their fallen comrades and the
two Greeks from the open space in
front of the pates to a point where it
was safe for the defenders to approach
them without coming in line with a
possible volley from the forest.
"Under cover!" shouted. Chase.
jl smkil force was left to gunrd the
gate. The remainder returned as
quickly as poeeible to the chateau.
Immediately upon the return to the
chateau as Inspection of the dungeons
wae made, prior to an examination of
the servants in the effort to apprehend
the traitor.
The three men who went down into
the damp, chin regions below ground
soon returned with set, pals faces.
There bed bees do traitor!
Tbe man whose duty it was to guard
the prisoners wee found lying inside
the big cell, his throet cut from ear to
ear, stoae daad! He had beeu seized
from within aa be came to the gratlsg
in reeponee te a call. While certain
fingers choked him Into silence,
others held his hands, and still others
wrenched the keys from his sash.
After that it was easy. Depplngbam,
Chase and Befim looked at each other
In horror, and, strange as It may seem,
relief.
Death was there; but, after all, death
is no traitor. _
(To be continued.)
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