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Show 12 STORY gyj THE LOVES I " the LADY ARABELLA By HOLLY ELLIOT SEA WELL (Copyright, 160ti, Bobbs-MerrlU Co.) uncomplaining fortitude with which he submitted to an odious and miserable position, the remembrance of his past military services, showed him to be every inch a man. Many of his friend? came in their coaches, and, descending and going up to Overton, saluted him respectfully and expressed their sympathy, sym-pathy, to which Overton gently returned re-turned thanks. At last a very splendid coach appeared. It was magnificently horsed with four thoroughbreds, and had outriders, besides two huge footmen foot-men with nosegays. It drew up in front of the pillory, and within it sat Lady Vernon, superbly dressed; and in her arms she held a very young infant in a great robe of lace and satin. Twc nurses sat on the front seat; and Sir Thomas' saturnine countenance glared behind Lady Vernon's beautiful, triumphant trium-phant face. The coach stopped; and Lady Vernon, holding the child up in her arms, directly in front of Overton's eyes, gave him a smile and a meaning look, as much as to say: "Poor wretch! your inheritance is gone! " The crowd, which was never in a good humor with the Vernons, began to hiss vigorously. This they appeared not to mind; but when hisses were followed fol-lowed by a shower of stones and sticks, the equipage rolled off at the top of its speed. At 12 o'clock Overton was released. Peter made a speech the most won-lerful won-lerful I ever heard standing with one 'land on Giles' shoulder, and the other on mine, with Lady Hawkshaw and Daphne in the background. He began by roundly damning Sir Thomas Vernon, "and a lady who shall be nameless." Nevertheless, in spite of some vagaries, the speech was full of sound sense, and he promised the people, if they gave him their suffrages for parliament he would do all in his power for the abolition of the barbarous bar-barous law from which Giles Vernon had suffered so cruelly. He averred that it was jmpossible for a seaman, alone and unaided, to take care of himself him-self on dry land, Jack ashore being a helpless creature at best, and but for Lady Hawkshaw he would probably have been hanged himself long ago. This allusion to Lady Hawkshaw, who fairly divided the honors with Giles, brought forth yells of delight from the crowd. Her ladyship appeared and bowed magnificently, and it was a regular reg-ular triumph for us all, from beginning to end. Next day, with Giles, we all started for London, the happiest coach load of people in the three kingdoms. Two days after our arrival, we read the announcement of the marriage, at St. George's, Hanover Square, of Sir Thomas Vernon to Lady Arabella Stor-mont. Sir Peter was delighted at this match, and so was Lady Hawkshaw, and for once they were agreed. The position of the newly-married couple in London was anything but a pleasant one; for Giles became the object of public sympathy, and of popular and royal approval. The prince of Wales sent for him, and our visit to Windsor, whither we all went to thank the king, was made a triumph for us. Sir Thomas and Lady Vernon were forbidden for-bidden the court and Carlton house, and were frequently hissed in public. I saw them myself at Drury Lane, when they were hissed. Sir Thomas merely grinned, while Lady Arabella surveyed the scowling faces before her with a slow sweet smile, and calmly played with the diamonds in her stomacher. We had a whole year of happiness. The dreadful experience Giles had been through began to tell on him, and he was permitted to remain quietly quiet-ly a year on shore. And I, because of Giles, was given a year with my bride and at once he was exhorting the people peo-ple to fear God and live truly to him, He was not interrupted by the constables con-stables who were present, and was listened to with solemn attention. He has preached ever since, and has never again been molested. And when a dear little girl came to my Daphne I was then at sea, fighting the French Overton was at the christening, and made a prayer over her infant head, which my Daphne believes will keep that dear child good and holy all her life. Giles Vernon, now Capt. Vernon, in command of his majesty's ship Acasta, 44, is counted the smartest of the young captains in the British service. The women still love him; but Giles has grown a little shy of going too far with them, and swears he will die a bachelor. However, there appears to be an affair forward between my little Daphne, who is now four years and six months old, and Capt. Vernon, and I think something will come of it when she is of a marriageable age and so thinks her mother, too. (THE END.) SYNOPSIS. At 14 years of age Admiral Sir Peter Hawkshaw's nephew, Richard Glyn, fell deeply in love at first sight with Tady Arabella Stormont, who spurned his attentions. at-tentions. The lad, an orphan, was given a berth as midshipman on the Ajax by his uncle. Giles Vernon, nephew of Sir Thomas Vernon, became the boy's pal. They attended a theater where Hawk-Bhaw's Hawk-Bhaw's nephew saw L-ady Arabella. Vernon Ver-non met Philip Overton, next in line for Sir Thomas Vernon's estate. They start- ed a duel which was interrupted. Vernon Overton and Hawkshaw's nephew found 1 themselves attracted by pretty Iady Arabella. Ara-bella. The Ajax in battle defeated French warships in the Mediterranean. Richard Glyn got 2.000 prize money. He was called home by Lady Hawkshaw as he ' was about to "blow in" his earnings with Vernon. At a Hawkshaw party Glyn discovered dis-covered that Lady Arabella was a poor " but persistent gambler. He talked much With her cousin Daphne. Lady Arabella RgpJn showed love for gaming. Later she held Glyn and Overton prisoners, thus delaying the duel. In the Overton-Vernon duel, neither was hurt. Lady Arabella Ara-bella humiliated Richard by her pranks. . Richard and Giles shipped on a frigate. Giles was captured by the French. Sir Peter arranged for his exchange. Daphne Daph-ne showed a liking for Glyn, who was then 21 years of age. Giles was released. Giles and Richard planned elopements. Sir Peter objected to the plan to wee! Daphne. By clever ruses Giles and Richard Rich-ard eloped with Lady Arabella and Daphne, respectively.' The latter pair were married. Daphne was pleased; Arabella Ara-bella raved in anger. "When the party par-ty returned, Arabella asked Sir Peter to aid in prnsecuting Giles in court on the charge of committing a capital crime. All attended the trial. Upon Arabella's testimony Giles was convicted and sentenced sen-tenced to be hanged. Sir Peter visited , the prince of "Wales in effort to secure a pardon for Giles. Arabella threw herself at the feet of Overton, whom she had ; loved for many years. He spurned her. Then she told her plot to have Giles exe- - cuted so the Vernon estate would devolve upon Overton, whom she had planned to I mXmrm " P3arry. Her affairs being disarranged. she announced that she would probably nmrry Sir Thomas Vernon himself. Par don from the king was secured with 24 hours' leeway in which to save Giles. After great difficulties were overcome, Sir Peter and Richard reached the prison at the moment Giles was to be executed. CHAPTER XI. Continued. .Already there were great crowds in the street, and as I made my way mad ly toward the jail, I was often impeded. im-peded. I shrieked, I screamed at the people, and waved aloft my precious paper, shouting: "Pardon! Pardon!' The cry was taken up, and swelled io i a . great roar that came from a thou sand friendly throats. As I galloped i along on the tinker's horse, through the crowded streets, an awful unspeakable unspeak-able Thing loomed up before me. It was the gibbet, and it was empty! ;" I felt the hot tears run down mj cheeks at this and some recollection of the God that Overton had preached to me caused me to utter an inarticulate thanksgiving! But if my tongue faltered, fal-tered, my heart did not. At last I pushed my way through shouting crowds to the jail. The people peo-ple parted, and I saw a black cart drawn by a white horse, and Giles Vernon, Ver-non, with pinioned hands, sitting in it. I Saw Giles Vernon with Pinioned Hands. before I had to leave her. And what a year of blessedness it was to all! We all lived with Sir Peter and Lady Hawkshaw in Berkeley Square, and those two honest souls took delight in us. Lady Hawkshaw became a heroine, hero-ine, and the worthy woman enjoyed it thoroughly. Overton came sometimes to see us. A persecution had been set on foot against him; and he was several sev-eral times arrested and sentenced for unlawful assemblage. But persecution was not the way to prevail with Overton. by the side of the hangman. I noticed as I did all the trifles of that dread 'ful time that the jailer was ashy pale and Giles was fresh-colored. I flung myself off my horse, rushed toward ' the cart, holding the paper above my head. Oh, the roaring and the shout ing! I thrust it in Giles' face; the hangman, in a second, cut the thong? tTtat bound the prisoner's hands. Gile; 'took the pardon and kissed it, and then threw his arms around me and kissed me, and smiled and waved his hat ir, the air, while voices thundered, mer shouting like demons, and women screaming and weeping. And the next thing I knew Daphne appeared, as i' dropped down from heaven, and springing into the cart, clasped Giles: and Lady Hawkshaw, a little slower but. yet quick, descended from tin cioach, in which she and Daphne hn come, and embraced all of us; an then Uie cheering seemed to rend th-skies. th-skies. In a little while, the mood of th-crowd th-crowd changed. They began to clamo-for clamo-for the blood of Sir Thomas Vernon He was known to be away from home but, as if by a preconcerted movement a dash was made for Vernon cour! which was but Ave miles away. Th' military were called out. and the crow-stopped; crow-stopped; but not without a collision and several persons were badly ir jured, which did net tend toward be! ter feeling for Sir Thomas. For ourselves, I remained with Gile: until he was duly released by the pj fleers of the law, while Daphne an Lady Hawkshaw set oft to meet Si Peter on the road. They met him five miles off, and brought him back t York in their coach. I shall never for get the scene when they drove up t' the inn where Giles and I were a'. ready, the crowd, however, not allow ing him to remain indoors at all. Whe" the coach hove to. the people, in the: delight, picked Sir Peter up and ca-ried ca-ried him bodily upstairs to an ope .balcony and demanded a speech, fo' lowed by "Parliament! Parliament Our next member!" and so on. Sii It was very well understood who instigated in-stigated these continued persecutions, and that did not help to increase the popularity of Sir Thomas and his beautiful beau-tiful wife. At last, a year to the month after the trial at York, the last indignity indig-nity was offered to Overton. He was sentenced to be whipped at the cart's-tail, cart's-tail, and set in the pillory. There was a general rally of his "riends; and on the winter morning when this barbarous sentence was to be carried out, a number, including .nany persons of note, were assembled it the prison, when Sir Peter and I joined them. We soon heard that the government vould not permit the first part of the entence to be carried out; but when Overton emerged from the prison he vas unaware of this, and prepared for :he worst. The holy calmness of his ountenance and air brought even Sir Peter to admit that "the pious dog is i man. after all." When informed that -e weuld not be whipped Overton uly remarked: "My Master was scourged. Why hculd I rebel?" Arrived at the place of punishment, ve found a great crowd assembled, of .11 sorts of persons, among them some f the highest quality. Overton sauted sa-uted them, and with te utmost dig-;ity dig-;ity submitted to the cruel and hateful innishment. He had, however, the un-isguised un-isguised sympathy of the officers of he law, as well as of the crowd, and vas treated with the utmost tender-less. tender-less. He was to spend three hours pll-oried, pll-oried, and it was made the greatest riumph of his life. It is possible for a good man under-oing under-oing unjust punishment to be digni-ed, digni-ed, even in the pillory; and so it was vith Overton. His singular beauty, (.he mildness of bis countenance, the |