| Show sea R 11 A A 4 L STO T R y aft HE L OM of the LAU avy BY by MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL dobbie SYNOPSIS n at 14 years of ago admiral sir P reter ter nephew richard ulyn olyn fill Cl Ottly in III loe at list filst sight ith lady arabella stormont mont who spurned lits ills attentions tent ions tho lad tin an orphan was g hldi ven a berth ai midshipman I 1 I 1 I 1 an on oil tho ajax aja by tits hla uncle giles alles ve vernon r non nephew of 81 sli thomas vernon became tho the boys boya pal they it attended a meater where ilowit sl itis nephew saw lad lady arabella vernon met inet phillp philip overton next it line for sir thomas ye Vei estate they starts ed a 1 duel I tiel w ilch was vaa interrupted vernoll overton an and hawkshawe Hawk shaws nephew found th c nis elvos attra attracted ct e I 1 by pretty lady arabella arabelia arac tile the ajax in battle defeated french warsh wai ships I 1 in the mediterranean richard glyn got ot 2000 prize money lie ile ana was called home bv lady its IB lia was about to blow in tits Parn barnings ings with verno varnon n at it a hawkshaw party C 01 ayn n discovered that lady ladi arabe ababella 1 a was a poor but persistent rambler ain tallied talked indell with lier her cousin n daphne lady arabella again as aln showed shoved I 1 love ove for raining gaining later sho she held glyn and overton prisoners pila oneia tilt thua delaying lating de the duel due in tho overton ver non duel neither was hurt lady arabella humiliated lif richard eliard by her pranks CHAPTER VI continued sir peter said lady hawkshaw in tho the samo same awful voice 1 I unexpectedly entered this room a few moments ago and tile sight that met my illy eyes was aribella arabella struggling in tho the arms of this young ruffian lii richard glyn who was kissing tier her with tho the greatest fury imaginable sir peter looked at me very hard and after a moment said icae you nothing to say for yourself young gentleman sir I 1 replied trying to assume a firm tone 1 I will only say that lady arabella Ain bella meaning to treat me like tier her lap dog hissed me on the nose as she does that boast beast of hers and as an all officer and a gentleman I 1 felt called upon pay tier her back and for every smack she gave tile me on my nose I 1 gave her two back in the mouth to show her that an officer in his maje sea service la 18 a man and not a lap dog I 1 do you hear sir peter asked lady hawkshaw with earnestness ile he does not deny his guilt what think you of his conduct think maart shouted sir peter 1 I think if he had done anything else it would have been clean against the articles of war and I 1 myself would have seen that lie he was kicked out of his maje service I 1 send for my solicitor tomorrow to morrow morning to put a codicil to my will giving richard glyn 1000 at my decease at this the gentlemen roared and lady arabella seizing the lap dog hid tier her face in his long hair whilo even daphne smiled and blus blushed lied As for lady for once she was ills dis concerted and walked out glaring over her shoulder at sir peter there was much laughter sir peter joining in but after a while the gen gell clemen left and sir peter went out and Da daphne pline who I 1 saw was disgusted with my conduct walked haughtily away aay in spite of lady marabellas Ara bellas playful protests that she was norald to remain alone in the room with me one thing had puzzled me extremely and that was tier her calmness and even gayety gaiety when she had no means of knowing how overton had bad come off in the meeting and I 1 said to tier her ilow how did you sou know or 01 to do you know whether philip overton and giles vernon are alive at this moment by your oui face dicky she answered trying tiding to give me a on the nose which I 1 successfully resisted 1 I was in agony until I 1 saw your face then I 1 gave one great breath of joy and re ilef and my play with my lily lap dog which had been torture to me became delight hut but tell me the particulars no madam said I 1 1 I tell you nothing this angered her and she said after I 1 a inocent ino ment 1 I presume you sou will take an earl opportunity of telling sir peter and lady hawkshaw that I 1 saw haw philip overton alone in this house at five yesterday morning 9 1 I am quite unaware madam replied 1 I stung by this 0 of f anything in my character chai acter or conduct which could induce you to think such fuch a thing of me you made me no promise not to tell she said certainly not but soma some things sire are i considered universally binding amo z gentlemen and one Is to tell nothing to the disadvantage of a woman I 1 1 neither made nor will make it a prom ise about that affair but if it is eve ever known it will be you or overton who whoa tells it not I 1 and I 1 walked out of the room I 1 speedily found after that my life in berkeley aquaro uncomfortable I 1 felt constrained before lady arabella and what seemed strange to me little daphne who had hitherto treated me with greatest kindness seemed to take a spite at me and her gibes and ats were hard to bear neither sir peter nor lady hawkshaw noted those these things lings ti but they were strong enough to impel tile mo to ask sir pet or to look out for a ship for wo ino at the admiralty mi ralty I 1 saw giles vornon vernon every lay day und lie ho continued to come willi unabated assurance to berkeley square we vo were not anxious that the ho fact ot of tile the duel should leak out and overton was especially desirous to keep it quiet of course hol hoi came no more to deike ley square and withdrew moro more and nil more from his former associates ile iio began to consort much with persons of tile john wesley persuasion spending much of his ha time thile when not on duty ditty nt at oxford where tile the Wosley were numerous tit nt ahti time I 1 noticed that lady Ar arabella treated heated giles and mo me also with moro more eav civility clity than title she had lad hitherto hith oito shown I 1 could not think t sincere re but it to a natural a desire to conciliate those who know so much to tier her disadvantage nut that site aho made no effort to overcome tier infatuation for overton I 1 vory very soon had proof sit sir thomas vernon soon after this had tile tho assurance to present himself in fit square and rare sport it was lady hawkshaw lady arabella bella Da daphne philo myself find and ono olle or two to other persons pei sons were in the chinese drawing room loom when lie was ushered in III I 1 lady hawkshaw and sir thomas were old acquaintances and had been at feud tor for more moio than 30 years neither r stile side asking Ing or giving quarter qua iter sir thomas had a shrewd wit of lila its own mild and was more moio nearly a match for lady hawkshaw than any ally one I 1 had yet seen lie he opened the hall ball by remarking on oil lady tin proved appearance partly duo due lie thought to tier her triumph in getting the K C 11 for sir peter this nettled lady hawkshaw extremely and she retaliated by telling sit sir thomas that lie he looked younger than lie ho did when she first knew him 30 years ago As sir thomas hated any allusion to its his ago age this shot told and allow mo me to congratulate you sir thomas added lady hawkshaw Hawke haw upon your very promising coll cousin sill 0 L a pity said lady hawkshaw mr giles vernon sir peter has tho the highest opinion of him film and lie ho has won the favor of the bong tong to an extraordinary degree ile he may have won the favor of tho the bong tong replied sir thomas till pu dently prudently mimicking lady hawkshawe Hawk shaws french but lie he has not yet succeeded in winning my favor a pity said lady hawkshaw but it signify I 1 dare say it will not keep hoop you alive a day longer and ana there Is your other cousin capt overton of the guards ile ho Is what so few of our young men are pious and god fearing and a sniveling john wesley Aleth methodist odist besides snarled sir thomas much exasperated 1 bless me sir thomas cried lady hawkshaw Hawks baw dont be so hard on oil these worthy people the methodists I 1 own this surprised me tor for if there was anything on earth upon which lady hawkshaw was uncompromising it was church chinch and state and excellent woman though she was I 1 believe she alio would have been rather glad to make one big boli bonfire fire of all the dissenters in england sir thomas was tar far from insensible to lady marabellas Ara bellas charms and after a further exchange of hostilities with avith lady hawkshaw turned to arabella she smiled upon him and seemed anxious to conciliate him and in a little while I 1 caught enough of their conversation to know that she was telling him of the meeting between giles and overton and representing that it had been forced upon overton by the insults of giles vernon sir thomas response to her tale was that ho he did riot not give a damn for either cither of them and it if both had bit tile the dust he should not have been sorry when sir thomas left lady aladj hawkshaw called tile the tall footman jeames she said when that person calls again the ladles ladies are not at home do you understand james understood perfectly in spite salto of lady marabellas Ara ATa bellas scowls it Is nat to be supposed that a young man mail of giles vernons Ver spirit had not linen awen able to go through with tits his prize money and run pretty considerably in debt in five or six weeks in london and ono one morning some lays days after this when I 1 went to see giles at his lodgings I 1 found the bailiffs in possession giles however was as merry as a grig because that very morning lie he had got an appointment to tho the belvidera frigate fri gato it was not much after having served in the ajax but it meant leaving that uncertain and trying element dry land for another element on which giles was much more at home to wit the blue soa sea so lit ho sent out for ti a pot of porter find tic lip and I 1 tog othor with the bailiffs drank to the Dol videra ami I 1 swore then al abid gid thero that go with ith ailin 1 I would vol roi lit tile tho excess of lily affection for giles I 1 would liao have taken aili almost tiny liny service to be with him hill tile tho frigates too moro more lit in tho the way of activity us its the onomy wits abaiy wary of meeting our oin ships of tile tho line but tho ali frigate could go BO hunting after him so whon I 1 returned to Derli cloy square that lay day I 1 begged sti sit peter to got mo me it n berth in ill tile ho liol Hohl doia videra ile iio was aa pleased with my illy spirit and t alie I 1 to vory oy not next day da tic lio went ont to tile the L it ty for tile 1110 the alio complement was f full u 11 but luckily for tile 1110 ono one of tho the juniors got ft a billet more moio to ills hla liking anil and sit sir peter being on oil tile spot got tile ino tho the vac i tincy and I 1 wits ordered to report at once it at plymouth 11 mouth it took ino ina but a lay day or two to got illy 1115 and mako make ready leady to start stait lady ialy showed tile 1110 great kindness then and actually allowed mo ino to havo a stint of lily ini own money lady arabella Ai treated me ino with tier usual indifference and on oil tile tho tiny da I 1 wits was to go bade tile mo it a careless caro luBa adieu adalou when tile tho post chalso was at 0 alie door nna and I 1 went vent to tile tha aso draw ing I 1 ooin loom to ten lady a w I 1 ind and sir peter goodby good by daphne was thoro there with them and site sho looked na its it she had boon been wo hooping sir peter gave mo a otter to my illy now new captain vero anti and words of lady hawkshaw delivered a homily to mo me on oil my lily duty ditty which I 1 received out 0 0 respect for foi tier lioi real ical excellence of heart and tier hor in a manner which made sli sir poter peter my mend for life daphno daphne said bald not a word woid when I 1 took tier hoi hand but handing tile mo a lit tic parcel ran rail out of tho the room loom I 1 afterward found it to bo be a little housewife housew ifo made by her har own hands I 1 went down own to tho the chalso puzzled at her conduct but looking up tor the last time to the windows I 1 saw tier her pooling from behind a curtain I 1 raised the parcel to my lips and as she saw it a sillo broke over her face my aly last glimpse of lier ter was like tin april day daysee she was nil all smiles and tears and it was destined to remain in my memory giles vernon was waiting tor for mo me at the to corner of the street wo we were geroto to make the tha journey to plymouth together to well lie he cried when we found ourselves rolling along to meet the coach 1 I have had my illy cako cake and oaten it how I 1 envy you I 1 said bitterly 1 I have not had my cake every still ahll ling of my prize money la is in bank except about 1200 poor chapt chap answered giles feelingly illow how much more of life have I 1 seen in london than youl I 1 have seen everything including that queen of hearts lady arabella stormont she lias has treated mo me cruelly the jadel jade dut I 1 will bring tier her to my illy hand at last that I 1 swear to you I 1 longed that lie he might know of that episode with overton lit in sir peter hawkshawe Hawk shaws cubbyhole cubby hole liole at five la in the morning TO BU BE CONTINUED |
