Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1900 — Captain Brabazon [ARTICLE]

Captain Brabazon

BY B. M. CROKBR

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CHAPTER XV.-fCootfaued.) rv “You were in too great a hurry, bld. ruai),” wMLTeddy, reprovingly. “Why did you riot take your time? you should look before you leap. Why did you not; ask?” “What was there to ask? Had 1 not aeen for hiysejf? And is not -seeing -beWeeing? I never dreamed that she jiad -another brother; never. In any case jroh, fellow, would ha»£jlwwjpst tbe same.” , '“l’m awfully sorff,” sajd Tkldjr. riw~ *4/<ispeaklhg With his eyes riaodft a lively fixed on the geound; .“sorry fortho money. Imihww about Uyitl”.. ugloney! its not the njoapy .1, m thinly ‘‘iug'of, returned Miles; hnskity. a - -“Oh. ft you are thirtk’iug oftEawre. aWJI ■.heaUrasiijht.S rejuinedter brother. eh®pryou mqkri the,amende honorable, you neefi. not be a” tilt fttieAsy wilPfie all right;” WWeh tfftoal way I of summing up most questions. “Afi’ftghf*How fatfy hM!- retuftWffC 'dfUrtousin, samastiicillyit “StosWttl u«wr tfcMfc tma#je again aw 4w»g ft| dMsme«3*nd everything'in The UMtoWfll thvrv tret- the bridegroom,? lrrwn«. A»- 1 j , Vm m a, .flag*, mad,„ J., paver to pryathe, much less to reflect Or think; all I wanlro’td do w.a? ■ to pwt the eeds between " t “Hare you bad’any lettera-?”- ; : ,:M ■*■ ’ ’ "Nyt one line gince 1 came, out. You , are tip* fir»t who has opened my-eyqp to the awful mist Ake t have made. .. . **t hbpe, Miles,” Said Toddy, humbly, “that you won’t hate the very sight of . me, for I was the/ cause—innocently ;entra£h, bift htillthe cause—of the whole catastrophe.’* . .Lii:. .i..'" “No, juo. . Why should I’i It was. pot" your fault, it was no one's fatfit, ft was just sheer bad luck. What "evil spirit induced me to go to Pdrtsfflbnth that day,, of all others??* he demanded pfis•ionately. “It is «ll chance,” returned Teddy. “Do /on know that Ofice you Were actually Within it- hair of finding it’ ritft ? It all turned “opon iuchr a little th«fa‘ as tile .ftjriking of a match! . It-:«Ud iqfieed.'-1 djuj’.t know if you rewmlag (he tost night Anti were at BaronsToWin August, Welt, 1 Wlfc’Tiiere, too,' prowling about the bushes on.chance of 'seeing ’.Esme. ! She came running- suit about ’fflneo’cWMk 1 E*rytfi4 l oWve<nahibW it perfectly,” inter--.tuptefi M <W- within, 4weuty.milel.pf, Harousfordthinks me the finished and eompkjtc. SCTiitid.rei; imd, 1 caiyjot bittoe thettf.-- Appwiradces'fire frightfftP iy me.- I thrnk thebest,thing fdn > for me, Teddy.” with a grim ssritto ,' “is,to blow my, br.aius opt rifaiuf ir ada»tU TJly.** ’’ “Stuff fthdrionserise! If'|t : ik Esiue you ; are so much afraid Of, 1 can tell'you that yon need not be rmeasy; she will marry] yoqqll the!same.”;, ’ . .“Even, jf she WQUId- wjnch 1 am sure 1 she . wouldn’t—how could t‘ nfirry with ■cahviy anything besides tpy pa/7” tPohli H-That’n- easily am> wared. Kames has never been brought up ,u» dttxursethShe’ll .make *. grgnd poor mim's wife. Why, she urted to turn my ties'arid patch my «oatm*N fef 4 * ■ twr. -m: .i. ftll vary well fttr-hpr to,xjlo those I things X.ujr her brother, but, I'm, dj.ffeamrt. -W’ny should! bring herlo poverty? What, right-have r/b asfe her to shat-e'iny 'plt-, tttce?;.Mrs. Brabazon would a»Wr Ifgten f ißinrpola'te* Teddy, rudely.; “who cares for'her?”., • !M Aud site will marry soW rIA swelL A' pf*4ty girl-like het, » face’Mite hers,' will h*re doaena of amif, r< W ! «W-se,.»he .will.marry euftot tlyew, aud 1 HI telF yott’ fWfeaWn.dsM Wtittff bis-oOuahr UseraHy toy-.thst, button hjs ycdrgeaige coat. A>W hpcjaj be. and I ought to know her nrofty Veil,' arift patlktng'ffir a- 2 onhit.'-*?:• «■ #sej 1 Wt6 .' ( BtGt f^-.#kes *£ Ujyi’t ,j»u XDUU> lUuJjf w i ' aud he sfflWtPWWh wtfdiWMMkl b«r<W ~S ore»%id*W!<ly; *»W ! -WWMfiyon' arU ha.veiHWiidwfcimmrhiioth'kr, top 1 mSftWHo nnm arw-tn little Mne<'i'*aiua». Lm le ( Xdiefl vccentrie.’ Hanoi ■. t ' ’itwr’ rikreakttwt hude. amdtfc iiresl bnxiff. Cheer ‘k,»lll Am "P mJUBrirfiasOtt, sir’.*’’aalH' a rich MlfletriaH breathFeMy* . Mitchell's vnmpHuients, sad would y« pWjge^ him,-with, the Ifnd of .< ti* of * ‘‘TA*- y<%’cirtathlyl* Impatiently; “gd ' t<r White:’*- '■ « •? V;-'H 1,-H Ft <• *Time for us to be moving, tun, t»«ur morning meM; -there's- not, much tp, art before , you. , Teddy, .Jmt,, coljl ,gtew and black coffee, onr rations being of' the fcast tqxdrlous dcscriptidd.'’’ l 1 • ’■ ••I'm nM particular about gnnlity «a long as I have quantity, and I fancy you are even better off for grub than we are. You're sure you don't hate the sight of me, Miles?’* he adder] diffidently, as they, once more came near the tents. “That’s the second time you've asked me that, Teddy. No. In fact, takf ib all around, now that I have got my breath again, so to speak, l*m very glad to see ’“‘t TIM- *“*eFaf‘/> bl f*

■. ■ ■ as they were yesterday.,,l- might get on the Man. I might have some ruck out here: arid, if forgive me, if I thought there war any chance , pf that, I would lie all right.” It would not he necessary to describe the conditioii or Miles Brabazon’s mind ttt this period, p.qleM trig; terg# “chatfgealile from fair to stormy might be. applied ffr it. At one time he w'ais* buoyed up With' hnpeiVtbat rested bn Teddy’s assurance that Esme-wgs. a girl toTitick ( a fellow through Uuck jrad thin, aud of course it would be “all right;” bitt these glcaiii's df sdtiififte 3 iiWe unt generally he"was plunged abyss ofwsfwfi? To'Sfrid that he had thrown, awify a Wife and<orwne entfaW thrririgfi IV: igntfr- | family, seerer, was a maddening reflection. He fl a fed tn f 'bc ‘ 11 onef li e oni "tffcfft might-ImWbortr;’’ He to Esme, of coiMM®-a»d also to Jdjr's. . Brabaz.on, and Im-eowoted the very days' HHitil- the b»v«j~ Afoutd.-rriadine. 'He timwht «W WM &X 'lfif/r wWhl t#es*tty 'rt«Mit T 5 scrape together* - ASnple thitherto far ■bis modest fMnt>sbflt for Eeme H wdW pMgnarit, ¥ 6n the ld3t fo/fy thousand pounds. ” ... WrwiwsS T tMigfm <®t- t u » tjfo Sgife CH AFTER XW /, "What hfis happened new? whehee this beaming face: aud thvw seraphie smiles?” inquired (luwsic,..raising her, eyee lazily from, her,book,,as,her sjster the Worn. f , ’ ‘ 1 ‘Tve just had a letter from Milts,” replied Esme, hastily advancing- with an i •if, of bashful elatioqjr “such a juce let; “Oh, is that if ?” rejoined jiiss Braba-i zon, in a ve^'wintry tone of voreo. "And pray whut has he gpj. tq say fop;himself?”.. “Oh, of course he is in a dreadfpl state ‘‘iff minff; 1 believe ft Is fvally Worse-fbt him now than it evUr was tor we,” len- • “I should hppe.so,” u ,wj(jj..a Jfttle, angry sniff. “I should hupibry tfttst that he Was pretty thoroughly ashaWivd of htmsfllf and fain i&atte andfddioticrlsehavleift 1 Yeti jged,-out,4>f the business, better thancou.ld.,hav f C been exported, thinks .to Msa. B.’s 'presence of mind and falent-for inVfrri"tlotiY’ris?mrifig- ; -t#<‘fifoT& tftat at the vWy last mtimte Miles had bn'en conipcit-, ed.tpjEjpTon foreign service!” .. " ‘“That ottl/ pasred wlfft OTtfStders,” Mid Esme, striking h*r‘hesth-”of <Jourse all tfie serrants riud vha the., t JWlg..k^*» ! k Mid ..thp. stpp M»n the rgad ii#id look after-me, or WhlspiT together mid npint, waS too, too drvikdfnl.’*<- _ “The little.i trip j».a te--ik with Aim/ Jartt sniostwMi over ; t;y;tt^uj ; that, arid Mrg. B.’s >*»> don’t be'ungraiefuL” ’ ',,, .>. diibibiMy; "in df wqiy; but still 1 1 Am alwwys fincytag that people ar* kt a ring at me and.ialiimg abdiit me.” ■■ ■ .. ...y,, “Nonsense, my dear. Your affair Is fiVrgotrnu-tong aim; you <t* not of siii-h importance- a* it. : wws 4HT u nine day/ WOftdor.;’ r , r thldk ahnuk - AUf’-vrew drawing a Jorig' slgh trf relief, "of course ifc doeu.lot matTer, im it's all r-hfhl-” sc i X dr* . w ‘ dj? l^ u «<*” ‘nlanded’Augusta, sharply, ftfrtirtig flMilF *nrvi*y-lMg , her «»• ter eritiMHyj.-«br ;iag*i «•• stwftsri I'Ulffl mp«®TtWt the. locked Y ill hujwrw hfter' J M when he .comas home,”, said Esme shyly? femitA there war no?ifWiiWer tM’ at least iCffttatite.eanft tfcetr<hi»»ie said v<y decidedly; , a 'it*.if . “Kshit’,’ you iritist flip ‘ftfad 1 , you wqptfl.ttf nl*of ■WfaH'yfMg hitrf now?” sp<;a.|i-.. Ing a».itr wete in citpltsd-.lettmTK■: ~x ' hft tfttefßidWT IT TTth r* ants TMt.nwwsiwrjv vrfare as*' «>qnki<*ig»MMk mt'A'fcifei-r is no •■’HVhaA1 Wife yoiTMgttlßS tlWO»e uffhn, drag X.i kflir*s*»*ydte 'WiUtEMimd MHn hrick* ? < llflvrtjmjhilifl* of dm gjoh*, appen» •titvitf «wtHi bowlyMMftiDw-r-*.; “But”—hesitatingly—“but, .Gusaie, 1 have some money,”— ' t: “JW€ a qfltiugk ntitaM jmT marrjr. to (House an these homff' tWtfgs, riTitrfiAl li«(hie in<Wgff#iWlSfta ul yiw(thhi'lßispietog'»f trarr hfhi r voice. «ptUi MqqjL.jMHMf ,wbeu<spu 4}S* e •^’k t y‘» ! .jpjw;iu'» %T3 e Mlle#l ""W’l-ilo. my kUlf sitter, as a Toosta/fiut not Jisen Jnst ait down bere,” givui* a chgtr a Uytte P w "Afti‘‘*»4.U | ’U‘U, for afew miputen, to sound yompion sense. When Rilles was an eligible pa'rtl, -yob wobld not marry him; -yiMtr niTcfitfnY hlMs at nit Was sttnipir"iM*ansccy<ni saw hirp ;d*-«A phutky thing at h|g nd by rough, and,, carried qff yopr fcet by the emotion of the moment, you ’said' fwt; and then -the wedding wak buVrled on; and the dresetw and proseuti Were such thileious.noveliiew you had not the heart to go back! But you were nevone bit In love with him; you would rather haw Roddy's link finger than S4sek>s cause Miles and I did not make an humbling exhibition of ourselves aud ait hand +4 hand,.and imjufik turuk like other peo-

“you we 11$® I—don't care aft hifir 'I ’ mu< w’ s W “W dle ' de dee > MdMiAffifee. Was.Wt love* I was T!?.V Wong point, you tkill plAwr tonmember! This time next’ltSj&r, my beautiful, impulsive sister, I shall have you up to London, and marry you to some very pice, rich and, if you are very good, titled youn< man! Think of thfit!* “Marry anyone yon Uke yourself, my dear but, aa far as l am concerned, I shall never marry anyone but Miles —never!” ’ ■ -'.a-■. n “And yet, in this very room, and not so very long ago, yon Hived arid stamped and ail but tore your balr out, aud declared that, dragged to the foot of .the altar you might be, but become his bride—never! And—ah! I see you remember the episode—l have just on®J little -question to ask, and only ope, Supposing now*' for the sake of argument, that he won’t marry you—what then?” Ah! this was a phase of the matter that Estnh had never contemplated; but, although she made prompt anti cheerful answer to herself to her sister’s query, she Vouchsafed no reply, beyond what might be called A superior smile, and loud and triumphant poking of q most offensive fire. .. Huitqle' B allusion to Mrs, Brabazon was tliuelyylCsme well knew. That lady had Always been antagonistic to s fter;jiiepSew when' he was a moneyed man, tfbd was nol likely to be any fonder us jbim now that he was as poor as a church m<aise>. Quite she ‘Had- awakened to a due gfiprecratiwn of tkacnnutmah-pevscmal gifts qf her youflfler,vtofhdj»ugh«^ !r; a;»d thorough understanding of, her value—a coronet! visirVu' BrlgßCertain ynW WWMt son 6f ?UMHM«ngcimfc&was constantly’ hndiue bis • way stiver to BaronsforeL He was received by Gussie wfth w>en arm»rtoyAJ»m* fbr -JWng genßeinair; -’•#’it!r , a- - voice-, frank, unaffected uumners, an 4, was really VerjKiihu’eh e&MahirihS of -J the beautiful Mlrarßrabazßm - Of cmirse he heard that she ihljd-beeu engaged to her him; it was a %o Mrs. Brabazon' had whispered confidentially |o Littfy Marigvl-’Wurz+e, arid-she looked forward tern double wedding before tong,-for Axiisjrie. had accepted her long-suffering j'reddy, jaho'hqd. come jn for another fortune, and already, as ahe remarked complacently, “the prtisents-had been both numerous and costly ” Now here was this odious; tiresome ‘Miles - Brabazon cotriing f to the surface again,. and writing Mrs. Brabazon a long letter !rem some outlandish camp in South Africa,. What was to be done with felm? What a worry and riWctfbn fie had ’beeft fFotn first to last. “What a good thing it would be if the Bderti were tb kffl fifth,” -thought, this amiable ' lady. Should «he ■, answer his letter, .or m>t?« ‘ After some very grave reflection jsba ilecjded that she; .would yer ph-,. and by tfie next mail, in'a friendly sprrft, 'giving 4rim largely of ness and sfltnpatby; but apfcealing to him, forcibtyy-to release Esme from her present fi'diertous engagement. The epistle took some time to put tufet|wr.and as she ;was siting biting tic VU 4/2A “ er I’ en jn the throe®- of composition, Estfte came into the ‘room wtffi fieF hat on, a'rid said she was going 16 the vfllkge with tie ,v “1 am net quite ready yet; but in tefa mittatta 1 time I- rhiriLhace finished. lam Wri&W * ratX ,qM»cuJtUetter to MiiWK *.‘Ye«,” ctdqimig, kahcL * "(Jf course I fetgivr film freely;‘but the must not be talked of just at:present; «s makers lire it would be toa imprudent. You see..my dear, althdugfi 'trice htaiself* he hfis nothing tePmai;ry on now.’! ‘ “Ah, xeS, you ajre qrily -twenty; you ■■ have'’wnttfti'Vo Bhh f tod?” r » ’ ■ 'ey "Yea,” bolding up,* letter. ; > ‘MWlik* lTe*r rrt*'. yon, might have inclosed mine and saved me sixpence; it is not stamped, though,! see.” 1 ;-. “Not yeti!’m .taking it>Jta.the post:”" , ‘Tien give it time, it Mn go in iMMP, there is plenty oC rdom In my drivetope, wnd'Ftfive'i stamp.” ’ ’’Esrnchsndett ttiuMrta* With aArttle refucianep, •KhevpMjld.hava.iLked to have posted it Imjselfj, but H djd ijqt one douj>tqhe| stepmother’s honesty of pqf: jWwd. nnd was firtnly convinced, ten riilnruUiS Jatei; K as . she walked down winal? tvftft etnvfrC. kbringihg steps, tMkt ■shVwWA tkarrVtog ifOveVTbe first stage of faction*, long joarntr, nnd,:.that( in five -week* it.qrould b$ uwu bamrtfc* Jtejjpjed vpung dariiset! The insjaniiflhe ha deleft the room Mrs. Brafiaron ha l ' ■baleen tJ iq> her e'lHstle, had tUVriM it over ’Miedhartivciy? RndHsajd.to&hereelf; 'This' billet doux will '‘*ft-k ud that would be falal.tojulourhopes; probably slwih* %o Ite cn«W* t»s dad|*deliheE«tMy traliMtkmftr tq thiTfire* p]«ce.ApMMMtrfk<tgoals, in•Al? "W ••tetWStap dropwujhe miajnye; for a second Thy, seemmhly-Mkr-' “Irik tttW’ like'l?oW& living'YMngi-eartlfcr' its clear address-‘Coetb<mrttM|faw s th^H j<t V e J!vf *4. •. fajkMita. bisoqit x.qktt, ..the* if shot qp in a bright flamej-and in aiiWflHw' moment a few brack Tragmcnpi, >a*Ky sanhjiTfp thb cWntafy. were afi that r«n! tuainfd of Mifa Hume Bra bason h foc«kn, r letter. ,w>,*s < »,.v. (To be continued.) Mascagul. m director of thweonsorv* ntory at I'ettsa-M Ireir *f HomBB) wants tta» Italian Pwligmoui, tp paag . a laF «*«tpptiDg...the “Barber of BeXUk." oC..wb|c|» has expired. from the opernfldn Of the copyright Ift vs. * ‘ ’ Ki * U SU-- V Hearing that the llttto wan of one of hen tradesmen was suffering from a needle Imbedded in one of hla arms. Queen Victoria aenTher sympathy aud a book dffVktamls. <Nfl|rJ|oß!naplan Re/w|’ ap calledl.y tljHfl tlvol where natural fflbnflhuttFfroff’ the ground, and has been on fire for ages.