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VOLUME xxxvi. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1920. NUMBER 14
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(Continued from Last Week.)
SYNOPSIS.
CIIAP-':t I.--Iih:ail Searles, IuCceoss
ful .\ner4enn phry wrigot, c4o)nthIe1s to his
l'rieri, I 4,&> Sliigleton, the fa'tt that, In
spire:l by the :enisu.; of ; young nati'ss
vhiiiij hie h:ii seen in Ionon, ie h:(
wrItt:a it pl:ay, "il ly L'arl 1inir,'' *Molely
V It i.:,." tl i glht tlw '. :!he sh1001/1 hn er px-t
1. - l--Ulo e'a:uact r. Th'1i:< tvirl, V."Iolea
14 in:-, lir:s <is;( tIiiit d ai d H':trie; re
'I;."I" t the .1." to ll' prl iA t ,}
b\! e nyor - ..::e inl :." , r! ., Sill ti 'tln
it t: .,i:- a :4netid (I 11(:2lIe l 1 irin -:: -,
wh ( !1 :' I 1' ( i : . : i n ", t i the :ito:i n
0 ,:',",(1: i" 11 o , 1. n m .':i r
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3. 1'e ; to 1I1, I itt :> Itr ;.th a U nmr
Ont a vi- at to ,ln:t a. il" .h-'t in.;!h ":1-iin,
1'1r*:.r,'tively :ni Ill i'rnlt of nion y
an2( ' ; ;t :l" ot,; 4 1- ditne in the
"M ~.e'o!' his1 rta:n 'r beine, l:. r:on-onl
tlin" --.:."l, (',Iii itt. ?.+rs. 1l'.hn or1,. t'
b.-lieveal} to Lie tr":ireltag In 01h, 0I 1,nt. Thu
housI:ellol( ti tliar'on is; tin l ei 1:11 .'f ,-";r iy
em41liplyee4 t f the v''Yiir Iitin, ..'. :w Y'oik
1:tel, wiv1 re ihaithfor.I mn:le hi:; l'iinne. Ity
the terms of his will these p.-oijie are4 to
1:.tve it honie at lathton for the rest of
their IIve. SlIgleton goes to i .trton. i't(k
1int with him tho mnucMript of "I anly
I .arpur." There ho incla the household
tr4it; :.: upset, so)ne of It in,ItnhCers be
Ing :lispectoiI by th"ir coirit4:4 of pro
244rrnpr:o Antoine. heau of the estab
ilhmentc, itiforms hhnu thatt hie hats been;
1'4epht:<d by the soinm ivl4tt tuy4terious
visits of a stranger. pintre ntly ia for
-egner", seeking Mrs. '3.uthford. Antolno
I i I ortined the t14ale ni;nh'ts of the
'household into a gutiarl for the protection
of the pretnisos. Torrence. hiIg otlicial of
the trtst company handling Blashford's
estate, infortna Singleton that Mrs. Hash
ford is in America a.n4( maity h expected
at Bkarton at any time.
CHAPTER Ii.
The Amazing Widow.
As sioon usi '1'orre'ce leri I ret-irned
-to tlhe gr2 e, feelig I tant with lrn.
inshforid on Ameienin:ii soil m4ly use itf
he res~tidene evenl as n1 Innfiing-pincel
wits 41141n'coii11g. Mts lnshforlId was
nlot only i Aitmerlien, but wit i it motor
lit her :retnin:nt1 i she tiniht reaich
1hirtiu a14t lny hir. And the vigor I
4u)s, dina111ti0 lg wolitn wiho 1111 'np
tinred ilmy 1 nele flish, burled hi in
at fil count1ry, a11ndl then effecitil 4a hap,
skIp, an4 Jumptl I'rl J zungkok to
Seitttle, was Ilikely to he a prodigl
:spender of gasoline. le' pr'opensity
for traiveling encotirnged the hope
that she would (uicly veary of Barton
and pine for in(15 where the tlephant
and) Jinrickihia flourish,
I had brought with mne the manu
script of Searles' play, and I fell upon
It irritably and begin reading the first
act. The dialogue moved briskly, and
I read on as though enfolded Inr the
air of a criap spring morning. My
grouch over the upsetting of my plans
yielded under the spell of his humor.
"Lady Larkspur" was the name
assumed by the daughter of a recluse
nturalist in the v'alley of Virginia.
She hand known no life but that of
tihe OPen1 country, where she ran wild
aill summner, aiding her father in col
lecting plants andi butterflies. He
hand educated the girl in such a mnan
ner that only the cheer and joy of
lIfe were known' to her, HIIn inan
't.ind, hle haid enc(oura'gedl her In nni
tre-worship. Site kniew~ no literature
e'x(cpt thle claesslcs; nIl histor'y, e'ven1
the ilstory3 of the storied va4lley3 ini
wle h shlived, 'tcl was5 a S4'aled4 book
to her'I.
stitlen'r4 a)ppeaae i'l444of sit'ranhger's froim
the~ untknown world beiyon.li, whatn44
Ishnuess. Si'nr ies i1nn i akeni 411 ol
Theii soilulon of41 ithe14 mteryt '4 of the 4
pil ienton441 of lovers alffo)rdedt a sus
penhsive4 intlt ( we(i l~l ssti1neel to thie
end(. liIn tiChtlat net1 thei gIrl 41ppearsi4*
ait It hll aIIt II counltrty houitsi in sipis
tlen 14tei ra)4nent, and1 tht' stor1' ytinds itn
the4 1k4y iof mir4th in wi Ihlteh Iit'gi
It wasii a1 dli ghtfl b4ttlening 41nil
mod)(ernI'ition4 of Dilnan, Atai4lnta,.
Ci1nderelin n In.o(11 lind11(; but even In
the typ1ewittenI paI hge It wasi4. am1az-7
inigly'n aIv and w411 ielI ten1i1ulate(d to
e'voke tears nnrd lauighlter, Tha4t a
plafy so cnthranlllig should1' tt be i hurld
in a safety-vaiult was not to ibe
thought of, 4and( 1 sat down andi wrote
Searles ai iong letter (14em1anding t hat
hie at once forget t~hmt lost ,star for
whom lie hadt wr'ittnl fte piece,.ug
gesting tihe namties of seve'i'ai well
known actresses I thought wot-th con-iI
sidering for thse dliflult leading ,role.
Not satisfied with thIs, I, telephoned
a tetegram to the' agent at IBarton
for transmisslon to Soarles at the Ohio
address he had given me.
Thll next da;; lia.G"ed w fhhout incl
hloo. :11el 1,n the seon1d. hear11ingL
nli IIt;g fIrlotll 'i'Torrettl' e. I I'c;il to
flotiht IM rs. I;:18111 's liroxiillity.
In the lhhl, still In-aring nothimr, I
hairl:n l 41 I4) :un invitation fro ' rien
:It New I.oullf l ")1(1 droves in 11he
runn:oi411t for dinnir. It was miiidnight i
whlen I got hiitk, ::nd w'hen I renohed1er
the ;;'es serve'l 111en dsi(nl out of
theI lIod;i lnd huIlle(d mll'.
"She's Cole, sir," a11ounced(
Arntoine, (.11'igiily froill the larknews,
and,1( si:ealking utiii''r stress of dieep
arIriv"ed, sir'!"
"Why not Ch-'Eo3tra or the Queen
of Sheha?" I ex('Ihied testily to
Cover't m1y 11m1oyance' thalt mly autnt hadl
effet oil i('I' d('S(entlI ii 111lmy 1b)se1lce.
"Well, she was expected ; the house is
hers ; whaI do you want mie to (10 abott
it?" I ended with affected Joeularity.
"We received her the best we could;
but it wash most ill fort unate, your not
beig here, sir."
"Is that your idea, Antoine, or do
you reflect the lady's sentiments? I'm
properly hinnlitated either way. 'T'ell
mhe just walilt she sald."
"Well, sir, she just laughed when I
took the liberty of apologizing."
"The sneering laughter of outraged
dignity ! Go ahead and give me the
rest of it."
"It was at ten she camse, sir, and the
guard 101(1 her up, not recognizing
her, here at the gate, and when the
cur wouldn't stop the boys chased her
and fire'd at the tires of her machine.
It was very dreadful, sir. And at the
house-at thie door, sir-the guard
was very harsh with her, sir, m4ost
regrettable."
" Y ou certainly madle a mess of It !"
I ejl('llated. "But you did let her
11-1114)t her own house, we must
remlember-you dill grant her the
courtesy of a lodging for the night?"
I lmluired ironlically.
"Sih's retired, sir. Tiere was a 'ady
with hie'; maybe a maid ; I can't
exactly say; and we (id everything,
sir, to mnake her comfortable. She
was not what you might say fussy,
but quite human-like. I hope you'll
pardon us, sir, which was due to not
being warned."
"Oh, it's all right with me, but in
the morning she'll probably bounce the
whole lot of us. An old lady fatigued
from i journey cross country and
shot at on her own premises --its a
very pretty story."
Antoine was swallowing hard in his
effort to continue the recital.
"You say an old lady. sir; the ais
tress Is not really wihat you would
call so old-not exactly, sir."
"Really a younlgish party. I should
say." volunateered Graves. the gardener.
,Tust what these veterans wmuld cnll
old ; a matter of conjecture.
"Young or ,old, she wold hardly
e'ellsh her receptlr n. There was a
mnid. andl thley cam~e In a machine?
Did you pt up the chau feur or did
y0o1 shoot himi) on thle p~ot?2"
"It was4 a1 hlireCd mnh~lie, sir ; andl
madlam sent511 it aiway. The iiliver
wans a good d~ealI upset over thle shoot
ing. One of thle rear tires wvas quito
"You're in luck If he dloesn't have
you nil IIrre!(ted to-mlorrow," I remallrk
041 conlsolinigly.
"A'rIrs. Ilhishif'ord seemeda1 at~l mito llSead
"'Woiiderful A merlea !' Sile ke'pt say
lng after. w'd'( golt her linsid. We
gave her1 ((en, wl ih was all slhe iiske0(l
for. We did our host to mak!e he'r
com11fortle.l And therie was ai doig,
sir. I reeall that the muilster' was niot
Antoine spoke truly ; if t here was
anyth!ing miy uncle Jlineh detested it
wais a dlog, buIt I rl'eicted'( that a
wor'lil-skipping widow who cou1ld
coirral/'1 illifleu'tlt a sublject as may
unlcti' would1( be quilte c'apable of inspi r
ig him with delight in the canIne
speeles. My' respect fol* the wom~ani's
ploes oft perlsualsion was inlteillerl
by3 this disclosure.
To maluke sure niothiing wats requlired
of me iuntil morning, I drIove past the
house with the iamy hanging to the
footboard, The lower rooms were
dtirk, but lights fwinkled'through thle
second-story shutters, My aunt was
established on the premiaea, and het'
cominr and tha ,.lKenmalanqan af har
II1 Ivelit ('Ills: it t i ot )id joke of
wh 1 .l tt i tse wat h vI~ (li .t
\. 1.1 II rI o el lily cflad'' r in5 t1he1
l,!.I~ : 1 1:1 ' . 1'r ti' r y. n( theli
' :,'i 1 1.111 pont ra (( to. l lsn
it'' e ~r y. n. 1 bel cn
(-Ill 11' t e a1a; ' 2 1 :1 1 iP
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hie:'! 'i r. sall;. 53I'1h Iin Iii hal f
St .112 210 ~ c I ~ll 0211.fil
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2lfl(I 5t" 03a )pi (,1 or quint v hitma
t o ,' 2 11(3 tt'1)12a I t1)." t h fc
"mo e She' e enti l ovro r i hel I ho~
Pe sop le o asunta h from all
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Pepe rm l
garage?" I asked. ;glanrling at iy
watch. It was not yet eight o'clock.
The banter did o'tit of me; clearly it
had beeni my dnty to he on hand to
pilot her over the estate, or at least
to receive her at the gnringo. ";Just
what was the lly's fraie of mint
its to thinlsg:: gengrally. i'evel, was
she, over the row last night ?"
"Oh, no, sore; quite cheerrfil in'
friendly. She's ordered a bg enIr
from New York and told ine it would
he comiig up to-dty and to ma:i!e a
yltce for it."
.Ilere n'a- 'news iindlre1, dlesiroyini
all I hopeS that she leditaledt only
a, br oIourt. 'The purchn-:. of a
mnelin elni t iefinite h at he
illd li ni for"t( e In , ie. perbnp
for th,' w\initor. I"l re a m.] p
f e070 w lltf e it, lrh e myiii11i hint
:nrl stiek. :111 lu el r 1ed eni ,' hh nment
.'l ti, t he Courlse ink'l R n b \i::.:. Junsh
fon:')l\i when she left 11m: re .
"she took the liwer roar, sorr,
d:tri the Sound antil srteppll o1ff
fluit I is'-like."
It wa"ts Ithe serenest of Sei''ember
mrniingi.s, :111d1 I hiiirri'd :1va v, think
InF I hei I lourtle bl 1,' .'hi 1 . he
twin srl eF. flilr the r lip r i gh:I10;0t
ser it: toI soften mI 'si dit s f r e
:' h ' hosil I re pi' oni . -'1 r om '
,':r'1r! i en a t : 2:111 of
nl \ iani . fntilhe benV i hS -:I r:i; 1 r , I 1'1
ntlle w\ioaln. throin4 '!1: 1 hall 11r 111
anousem'!It ft a for-"terrir-r. Tfhe two
Ihe Imi eh edr joyfully when~' I;e ball
tall into hie'r han(' 'inl Fire ,'rer
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