Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 214, 20 August 1915 — Page 7

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1915

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Her Husband's Widow by edmund b. d-auvergne Leslie Hears a Second Proposal of Marriage and Makes, Besides, the Startling Discovery That She Is Independent for Life. x

SYNOPSIS. Leslie Morne, a governess, falls love with a British sergeant, who saves her from insult. Oswald Varney seized her roughly by the arm. "I ask you to marry me," he said. "Will you ?" Steele marries Leslie, then goes to Egypt. She stays behind and later hears he has been killed. She conceals th fact that she ia his widow and meets Oswald Varney, who takes her on a picnic with her chum to his country place. CHAPTER VII. They lunched not at an inn but, at Varney'e suggestion, on the edge of a gleaming, placid tarn in the heart of St. Leonard's Forest. Rose tactfully insisted on helping the chauffeur to spread the contents of their well-stocked luncheon basket while Leslie and their entertainer strolled by the waterside. He dropped into sn intimate confi dential tone. He had left the army, he told her, about the time she had met him at Cromer. "I had an unexpected windfall," he said frankly. "My family's a pretty old one, but we were practically beggared when an American millionaire married by aunt and furnished up the old place over there." He looked In the direction of Kent. "Then they died, soon after each other, and he left all his money to me Lord knows why." He laughed. "It was a lucky hit for me, for I'm sure I should never have been able to earn my own living." The Most Delightful of Meals for Her. It was the most delightful of meals. They concluded by all drinking each other's health in champagne. Then re-entering the car, they sped eastwards through the Sussex woodland while the sun dropped lower behind the hills. Leslie dreamily contemplated the darkening landscape. The wine and the country air made her drowsy. She heard the chatter and laughter of her companions as a long way off. "Wake up" said a cheery voice. She opened her eyes. She started at finding that the car had halted on a narrow stone bridge immediately above which towered the walls of what seemed to be an ancient baronial residence. A servant was busily removing wraps and basket. Varney and Rose had already alighted and were enjoying her bewilderment. "It's all right," exclaimed Rose. "This is Mr. Varney's own place. We're to have dinner here and he's going to drive us home at midnight, that will be fun. And hurry up. for I'm as hungry as a hunter." "Do you mind being here so much?" asked Varney in a low voice, drawing near Leslie. "I don't know it all seems rather odd. Don't take my arm., Don't, I say! If you try to make love to me 'I shall go at once. Please don't make a Bcene." "But I must make love to you, for CENTERVILLE Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hurst and For est and Emily . Hurst attended the Hurst reunion near College Corner yesterday. John Dynes and H. H. Peelle were In Indianapolis yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Wallace and Mrs. Roll Grigsby of Milton spent Sunday with local relatives. . Mr. and Mrs. Arch Jackley and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hurst and daughter of -Franklin, Ind., were the guest of Mrs. Joseph Hurst Tuesday.

I am in love with you," said Varney, reluctantly releasing her arm. "Well, this is not the moment to tell me so. Whose portraits are these?" She walked trembling to the ether end of the room and began to study the pictures on the wall. She gave a little cry. "Why," she gasped, "How did that get here? That is surely James Morven my mother's brother." Varney, who had followed her, looked at her startled and incredulous. "So he was your uncle?" he 6aid at length. "Well, he was also the man who married by aunt and left all his fortune to me." "Yes, that is he," affirmed Leslie, gazing at the portrait and hardly heeding Varney's explanation. "There was a portrait of him at Leffingham taken just before he went to America. He must have been about twenty-four Or five then. His face has not altered very much. That's because he remained clean-shaven, I suppose. So he's dead? What a strange thing I should come across his portrait here." He stopped and faced her. "This is rather unexpected, isn't it?" he said, with a half laugh. "That I should bring you here tonight and you should turn out to be the niece of my aunt's husband of the man who restored this castle and to whom I'm indebted for my fortune. Oh, well everything happens for the best, I suppose. In a way this brings us nearer together." He sat down facing her, the table between them. His manner had in the subtlest way become more restrained and deferential. "The old man ought, I suppose, .to have left all his money to you," he said, leaning his elbow on the table, "except that my aunt married him on the condition that the old house was to be kept in her family. "He took our name Varney, you know. He was the man I told you about yesterday that used to read 'Smiles's Self-Help' and so forth. As a matter of fact, he made his fortune by the merest fluke. He got hold of a lot of waste land in settlement of a gambling debt, and just when he was cursing himself for a fool he struck oil on the landliterally. His example didn't encourage me in habits of industry." He drummed lightly on the table. "I wish they would hurry up with the dinner. You must be hungry. Well, to continue, he left his property to my aunt, with remainder to me. She only survived him six months; so here I am, standing more or less in your shoes." He Tells Her of a Legacy for Her. Varney eyed her a little ruefully. He still had the air of a man recovering from a disappointment. "Now, I think of it, I believe there's a legacy for you. My aunt advertised and left the money in the hands of the lawyers. They reported to me about a year ago that Miss Morven, your aunt, I suppose, had died, and left you $600 a year." Leslie gripped the tablecloth and leant over towards him. "You mean $600 a year for life?" "Yes. Oh, I know it's a miserable pittance. Of course, something more must be done. Oh, here's the dinner at last. John, go and find Miss Darley." ...... "Mis Morven -turns out to be a sort of relation - of mine, announced Varney," recovering his good spirits at the. first glass of wine. "Her uncle married my aunt;, that's his portrait Mrs. Alice Commons of Columbus, O., came Wednesday for a few days visit with her sister and brother, Mrs. Irene Walker and Mr. and Mrs. Beitzell. Nerbit Cosgrove of Brooklyn, N. Y., is the guest of his uncle, William Matthews. , MAKES BIRO STUDY. MILTON, Aug. 20. Paul Werking, who is making a study of birds, has been watching a number of kinds of birds he finds in the vicinity of Milton. Up to date he has seen and named 161 different kinds. , . - - . . ,

facing me. I'm so lucky, too, as to be the first to apprise her that there's a little legacy waiting for her. What do you think of that, eh?" Miss Darley ' listened with parted lips ... and open eyes. She - congratulated .Leslie with just a - Unge of envy.. She congratulated .Varney on fading such a cousin. "And don't forget,- she reminded her " friend, "that -if ;I had not allowed Mr. Va. ney to bring you here when "you. were

asleep -you wouldn't have beard about your uncle at all so mind that." "It's the merest accident," she said, turning to Varney, "that you did not find out who J was when you took me back from the golf links years ago. I believe that I told you my own name. Had I mentioned my aunt's you would have recognized it as my uncle s." Reves Castle, he told them, had been built just before the War of the Roses, by his ancestor, Sir Hugh Var ney, out of the proceeds of the spoils he had amassed in France. "The Varneys had a, place here before that, he added with a touch of pride," but it was not up-to-date enough for Sir Hugh." He showed them in the entrance hall the valiant knight's harness. "Unlike most of our ancestors," he observed, "he was a fair-sized man. I have been able to wear that armor myself." He looked at her with a queer smile and led the way to the banqueting hall, with its splendid hammer-beam roof. It was hung with trophies gathered by his soldier sires. He pointed to the portraits on the wall of gentlemen in full-bottomed wigs and ladies in towering head-dresses. "They tever did anything remarkable," he observed, "except drink very hard, play high, and pick their man. We were a dying race when your uncle put us on our feet again." Rose Obligingly Takes the Hint. "It must look lovely in this moonlight," exclaimed Leslie. "Come up to the battlements, then," be said, and glanced meaningly at Rose. ' "It's too cold for me," said that young Ia?y promptly. "I'll: stay hre; you go, Leslie." Varney pushed Leslie Into the lift, which he worked himself. He averted his eyes from her til! they stepped out on the roof. , "You were right, you know," he said deliberately. "I did manoeuvre to get you down here. I wanted to make love to you whether you liked it or not, perhaps. Well, I can't say. As 'you remarked, I'm like my ancestors they did that sort of thing." She leaned on the battlements and he leaned beside her, looking straight before him. "Well," he went on, "I shouldn't have admitted that, butwell, look here," he turned and put his face close to hers "I looked upon you as an adventure, but for the last two hours I've realized that you are my Great Adventure. I love you." It was good to hear him say that, though she was not sure but that her vanity only was touched. "I don't believe you love me, Mr. Varney," she said. "To begin with, you only met me yesterday afternoon Well, of course, you met me years ago, but I am grateful for your generosity" He sprang up from his leaning posture and seized her rudely by both hands. "Generosity be hanged!" he cried. "I simply want you more than I have anything else in my life, and I- ask you to marry me well, because that's the only way of getting you" - .. . "Then you must marry me do you promise?" "Yes-rl will." t ';Y-' : ? . . (To Be Continued.) DREAM LEADS TO GOLD MINE. ANACONDA, Mont., Aug. 20. Acting on impressions received in a dream, which was repeated for four nights, always indicating the location of fabulous wealth, Andrew Nelson, an old-time prospector, has struck a ledge rich in virgin gold. A. strange partner figured in the dreams of Nelson before he set out to find the ledge. The ghostly partner would tell him how he had let himself down with ropes over a cliff, and would return each night to the dreaming Nelson, with pockets bulging with nuggets. iA ;u :-s5v f.'u

MUSICAL PROGRAMS PLEASE CAMBRIDGE CAMBRIDGE CITY, tad., Aug. 20. The - large tent at the Chautauqua grounds was filled to overflowing Wednesday. The prelude to the afternoon program was by the Schroeder Quintet The members appeared in Continental costume. Mr. Schroedter, as violinist, Mr. Zfegler, as pianist, and Mr. Stade, as celloist, are artists In their profession, while Mr. and Mrs. Hartt, as vocalists, show remarkable training and culture. The address of .the-afternoon was by Mrs. Nannie Webb Curtis, of Texas, president of the W. C. T. U. in her own state, and vice president of the National W. C. T. U. Her lecture was an arraignment of the present-day methods of social education, a plea for purity in the home, and a strong endorsement of the suffrage movement and of. Mrs. Pankhurst and her work.

HOLLANSBURG Robert Mikesell is home, after having visited relatives in Toledo. Jerome D. Wright was in Richmond Monday. . . Howard Harley spent Tuesday in Richmond. Lacey Mikesell was ' in Richmond Tuesday. Russel Wolfal and Waldo Dubbs were Richmond visitors Tuesday. . Tom Branson spent Saturday in Sid ney. . Ora Mikesell left Monday for sev eral weeks' stay in Toledo,. Ohio, and Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fulkerson, of New Madison, and . Mr. and Mrs. Har ry Fulkerson and daughter, of Eldo rado, were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fulkerson and fam ily. Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart and daughter, Mrs. Nettie Stewart, O. A. Downing and family, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Downing spent Sunday: with Samp son Cloyd and family. Joe.Bicknell, of New Paris, was in town Tuesday. Robert Bucher, of New Carlisle, O., was here Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. William Boyd, of Chester, Ind., spent Monday here, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wil liams. Mr. and Mrs. Shaner. and family, of Muncie, Ind., have been visiting Mr and Mrs. Chalmer Caskey and family the past week. Messrs. Howard Harley, Charles Fulkerson, Norman Irelan and Dr. George W. Harley were in Hamilton Wednesday on business concerning the bank. Roy Chenoweth was in New Paris Wednesday on business. John Turner and William Barton, cf near Richmond, were here Tues day. Harry C. Downing and Orville Southard attended Chautauqua in Richmond Tuesday evening. Mrs. Burley Pyle, of Richmond, came Tuesday evening to visit her aunt, Mrs. Mary A. Robertson. Wliliam Wright, of Arba, . spent Tuesday with his "brother, Amos Jones and family. Ervin Anderson, Robert Anderson and Bob Marshall, of Bethel, were in town Wednesday morning. Van White and Walter Peden were business visitors in Richmond Wed nesday. The young petople of the Christian Sunday school held an all-day picnic in Norman Irelan's woods, west of town, Thursday. ARCHDUKE STEPHEN TO BE POLISH KING AACHDUKE CHARLES STEPHEN. The proclamation of Archduke Charles Stephen of Australia as King; of Poland is expected soon. Both Australia and Germany have agreed to the selection, it is said. The coronation ceremony will be celebrated in the Warsaw Cathedral. The archduke is a cousin of the Emperor of Austria and was born in 1860 at Gross-Seelowitz, the son of Archduke Charles Ferdinand. He married Maria Teresa in 1886 in Vienna, and .they have six children. He holds the rank of Admiral in the German Navy and is honorary Colonel of the Eighth Regiment of Infantry. He belongs tothe order of the Black Eagle and other Imperial

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