Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1924, Page 52

Mistress Wilding By Rafael Sabatini Author of “Scaramouche,” “Captain Blood,” ete. 7 Houghton Mi cnough a half- =sion mount- hark you, you'll ‘not vours. There I can nor upon strangled laugh, ng ever. “Hark for Richard’s ten for bhoth I kno verlooked should hav my love B and b ' counted uggest it. But you the thing on whi you counted. You overlooked unt upon that, my Ruth, shall have naught to m that, and when we Richard and 1 ¢ the apo! that I was w ame into th that what Rich well-deserved This will T upon my love, »ked up at him fearfully, th flutterings of hope. “What you mean?" she asked him faintly “That if you'll promise to be my wife L “Your strug ne arm “Let me He was You my who w oduce mg to mpany and wife!" she interrupted him d to free herself, released and struck him in ‘the face g0, vou coward answered. His arm her. He fell back a pace. very and even the fire 1 gone from h 1 was now rmed qull So be | bell rope. not oftended n melted rode to the “I'l] not offend again. I had w"—he continued. in the voice of one offering an expl tion cold and formal—"but that when first 1 ca ) your life you seemed to bid me ome.” His fingers closed upon the crimson Lell cord, She cd_his purpc “Wait!" she gasped her hand. He paused, the rope in his, s eye kindling anew. “You ou mean to kill Richard now?" ed him A swift and put forth she as! of his brows was his only an He tugged the cord From the distance the peal of the bell ached then ¥ “Oh, wa *she begg hands pre against her che stood fully to consent to > He infinished question his face again. He rd her, but by & ges- € him come no lifting her the rme D tow emed o b understood Interest v took a ture she nearer. tthin week Richard use to fear either for Dis honor at my hands.” She seemed nc her calm. “Very % ngularly s ¢ u betwe Sparc life and honor—both, rem Sunday next * For all urage her voice quavered and tered. She dared add no mere, hould_br. iltogether. M. rew a ¢ would _have mote some sh his purpose. At that n his mind to capitulate ur ally: to tell her that Richard 'ave naught to fear fr yet that she should winds. Her gesture was 0 eloquent of aver: ‘on ed in his advance, stifled feelings, and turned on: lentless. The door opened Walters st waiting his stmacott s servant, an ally in farewe marry me shall have his life covering said, her thit be ber!—and fal- h tion- sho! checked b He e infor low and her. She word, the presently through mained open came of who = ) Nick sauntered in, « al- most hidd by the rakish cock of his hat, one hand tuc sk of his plun oat, other supporting the stem of a g elay pipe, t which he pulling thoughtfully. The pipe all but inseparable; indee ‘before in London h ing scandal by appearing with i1he Mall, and had there ren him any character to lose he must us- suredly have lo: it then. He observed his friend through na rowing eyes—he had small eves, ver: blue and very bright, usually abode a roguish gleam “My sight, Anthony,' d he, minds me that 1 am growing ‘wonder did it misled me on th of your visito “The lady wt les with & touch of severits tress Wilding by this day Trenchard too the [nbu Lo . , audibl blew out a cloud o :’rr?:kfl and stared at his friend. “Body o me!” quoth he. “Is this a time for marrying >—with these rumors of Monmouth's coming over. ‘Wilding made an impatient ge ture. “1 thought lo have convinced you they are idle,” said he, and flung him- gelf into a chair at his writing table. Nick came over and Fcl'"h‘rd \\!n““t:f he table's edge, one leg swing- ‘i‘r\vzflni;)e(hn air. “And what of this matter of the 1v’}lorl'vplm;r:::‘l‘;‘x;nfrum on to our Taunton friends? Lo doan't tell you. But for this I am sure, His grace is incapable of any. thing so rash. Certain is it that he'l hot stir until Battiscomb returns to , and Battiscomb is i1 in ‘heshire sounding the duke's fri i “Yet were I you I should not marry ust at present.” S iding smiled. e v 'd never marry at al P hith, o maid Trenchard. y at ‘hot-cockles o aon- 'pl-al'on-hh-:-lnak. 'Tis a mort the sooner done nother and ut re- was * said Wilding cill be M se'night from h amusing and CHAPTER V. The Encounter. Ruth Westmacott rode back like one in a dream, with vague and hazy notions of what she saw or did. So overwrought was she by the in- terview from which she came, her mind so obsessed by it, that never a thought had she for Diana and her indisposition until she arrived home to find her cousin there before her. Diana was in tears, calied up by the reproaches of her mother, Lady Horton—the relict of that fine sol- dier, Sir Cholmondeley Horton of Taunton. 5 g " irl had arrived at Lupton Ht;ru:: g half hour ahead of Miss Westmacott, and upon her arri al she had expressed surprise, either felgned or real, at finding Ruth still absent. A was eareful to throw into her vBice and manner, her mother ques- tioned her, and elicited the story of her faintness and of Ruth's having ridden on alone to Mr. Wilding’s. So outraged was Lady Horton that for once in a way this wean, usually o meek and ease-loving, was roused to an energy and anger with her daughter and her niece that threat- ened to remove Diana at once from the pernicious atmosphere of Lup- {on House and carry her home to ‘Taunton. Ruth found her still at her remonstrances, arrived, indeed, in time for her share of them. ‘I have been sore mistaken in you Ruth!” the dame reproached her. “T can scarce believe it of you. I have held you up as an example to Diaxa, for the discretion and wisdom of your conduct, and you do this! You Zo alone to Mr. Wilding's house—to Mr. Wilding’s, of all men! “It was no time for ordinary meas- ures” said Ruth, but she spoke withoyt any of the heat of one who dofends her .conduct. She was, the slyly watched Diana observed, very white and tired. “It was no time to think of nice conduct. There was Richard to be saved.” ¢ “And it was worth ruining your- self to do that?”’ quoth Lady Horton, her color high. L “Rulning myself?” cchoed Ruth, and she smiled never so weary smile. have, indeed, done th. though not in the way you mean. Nother- and daughter eyed - her, ey 1 guess- | Richard's | which there | Detecting the alarm that | make vou i ! brary | the | achieved a horrible grimace. | He | {answered mystified. our is blasted,” said her be that Mr. Wilding is prope his wife” It was woman could not, ion, repress. is" what Mr. Wilding_ha the honor to propose,” Ruth bitterly, and left them We are to be marrfed this ood nt, rame “unless ing to sneer in her so the goo; ndign Tha lence followed th alm nt Then Diana rose the anguish that impress so strange and white on Ruth's winsome face, she smitten with remerse, her incipi tisfaction dashe This was the fruit of her scheming. gone further than she and for all that no r could better harmonize with her ambitions and desires, for the ment-—under the first shock of announcement—she felt guilty grew afraid Ruth!” she cried, whisper of stupefactio I had come with you! But you couldn’t, you were faint.” And then—recalling what had pas -her mind was filled with sudden concern for Diana, even amid her own sore troubles. “Are you quite €1f again, Diana®™ she inquired na answered almost fiercely, T am quite well.” And °n, with change to wistful she added, “Oh. T would I had c with you Matters had been different, Ruth ured her. “It a bar- gain Mr. Wilding drove price 1 hadato ¢ for Ric and honor. swallowed and let her hands fall lhn side “Whe is Richard quired. It was her aunt who answered her. “He went forth half an hour agone with Mr. Vallancey and Sir Row- land.” Sir Rowland had returned, then looked up quickly. Yes." nswered Diana. “But he achieved nothing by his visit to lordship would the misery was it her | . But had exult own mo- that and her voice a “Oh, I wish th no was to her e " she in- he hoped the ' ive Wild- Those were his lordship as Sir Rowland repeated them. Sir Rowland is in sore distress for Rich- ard. He has gone with them to the meetin, At least, for his distress Westma cott with her bitter smile, and sank one exhausted to a chair. Lady Horton moved to comfort her, her motherliness all aroused for this ptherless girl, usuall wise and and seemingly wiser and s thing t cemed a weakness her | nwhile, weross unter with Richard and his on their wa the river to the en- Mr. Wilding. But be- had got him to ride forth had had oceasion to re Le s committed to th arrel, for he know Richard as b Iy 1 found him in am abject s nd trembling, his cow anticipating a hundred a minute the death he was anon e, two to the times to lancey had hailed him cheerily is yours. Dick,” he had when Richard entered the li- rary where he awaited him. “Wild Wilding has ridden to Ttaunton this morning and is to be hack ‘Odsbud, Dick'—twenty miles and more in the saddle before coming on the ground. Heard you ever of the like madness? He'll be stiff as a broom handle—an casy victim." Richard listened, stared, and, find- ng Vallancey's eves fixed 'steadily mpon him, attempted a smile an eried “What ails you, man?’ cried cond, and caught him by the felt the quiver of ‘the limb. “Stab me!” quoth h in no case to fight. W ails you?" “I am none so well wrist other ou are the plague this morning." Richard feebly “Lord claret.” he added, ing ss his brow ervase’'s claret? echoed in horror, as at some out- “Frontignac at bottle! he ex- Gervase's a ha claimed. “still, ever does lie easy ; ichard explained, intent upon blaming Lord Gervase wine—since he couldn think of noth- ing else—for his condition. Vallancey loo! My cock.” said he, “If you're to fight we'll have to mend your tempe He took it upon himself to ring the bell, and to order up two bottles of Canary and one of brandy. If he was to get his man to the ground at all—and N © nulcli a"Took | al i | by noon. | his ed at him shrewdly. | {ard. ‘THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. APRIL 13, 1924—PART 2. young Vallancey had a due sense of his responsibilities in that conne tion—it would be well to supply Rich- ard with hing to replace the courage th had oozed out over- night. Young Richard, never loath to forti himself, proved amenable enough to the stifily lnced Canary thul his friend set before him. Then; divert his mind, Vallencey, with that rash freedom that had made the whole of Some t know him for a rebe set himself to talk of the! Protestant duke and bis right to the | crown of 2ngland. i He was still at his talk, Richard tening moodily what time he was owly but surely befuddling him- self, when Sir Rowland—returning from Scoresby Hall—came to bring the news of his lack of success. Rich- rd hailed him noisily, and bade him ring for another glass, adding, with a burst of oaths, some appalling threats of how anon he should serv Anthony Wilding. His wits drowned in the stiff liquor Vallancey had pressed upon him, he seemed of a sudden to have grown as fierce and bloodthirsty as any scourer that ever terrorized the waicl Blake listened to him and grunted. “Body o' me! swore ‘the town gal- t. “If that's the humor you're go- ing out to fight n, I'll trouble you for { the eight guineas I won from you at Primero yesterday before you start.” Richard reared himself, by the help of the table and stéod a thought un- steadily, his giance laboriously striv ing to engage Blake's. “Damn me!” quoth he. “Your want of faith dishgraces me—and 't{ ‘sheraces you. Shalt ha' the guineas wh n we're b and not before." “Hum!"” quoth Blake, to whom eight { Euneas were a consideration in these bankrupt days. “And if you don't come back at all upon whom am I to draw?" The suggestion sank through Dick’s half-fuddled senses, and the scare it gave him was gcted on his “Damn you, Blake!" swore Vallan- cey between his teeth, “Is that a decént way to talk to & man who is going out?® Never heed him, Dick! Let him it for 3 dirty gujneas il we turn. “Thirty guineas?” hiccoughed Rich- “It was only elght. Anyho: waitll T've sli' the gullet of's Mr. Wilding.” He checked on & thought that suddenly occurred to him. He turned to Vallencey with a ludierous solemnity. “'Sbud!” he swore "'S scurvy trick I'm playving the duke S treason to him—treason no les And he smote the ble with his open hand. What's sharply, his that?” quoth eyes so suddenly alert that Vallancey made haste to cover up his fellow rebei's indiscretion. “It's the brandy-and-Canary makes him dream,” said he with 2 laugh, and rising is he spoke he announced that it was high time they should set brought about a bustle the duke's business fro Richard’s mind, and left Bluke with- out a pretext to pursue his quest for information. But the mischief was done, and Blake's suspicions w | awake. He bethought him now of dark hints that Richard had let fall to Vallancey in the past few and of hints less k with wh Vallancey-—who was a careless fellow at dinury times—had amswered. And now this mention of the duk and of treason to him—to what duke conld it refer but Monmouth? Blake so| SHOES SUPPORT YOUR FEET If you are on your feet much, the support of the Ease-All immovable reiniorced steel shank will be the most rest- ful sensation you have ever e perienced. Support your feet now, and they will support you forever. G. B. 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Drive, Lhe arrival Blake was well aware of the wild tales that were going round, and he began to wonder now was aught real- ly afoot Westmac 1f there the knowledge might be of value, and it might shipwrecked with which Vallancey had proffered frivolous words, th the instant he swep Rowland horse an were _in that wen clons of ali oppor the betray hi; They w borders o jof Polden Hill to wait be rode up, upon Mr. you r that business with artificial valor., Trenchard cam Vallancey that Mr. charge him. [horses of Mr. W moment say 1o more just then, I ground—an had Vallancey during their this would be a convenience to them. and we Vallancey thanked him and accepted the offer, and thus the groom—in IMMIGRATION BILL geetea vr renenara_ted e v §CORED BY M’LEOD It now became a matter of making | preparations, and leaving Richard to divest himself of such garments as he might deem cumbrows, Vallancey went forward to consult with Trench- ard upon the ¢ of ground. At me Mr. Wilding forw d, ficking the gra; whip in an absent manner. Vallancey,” he began, when I war, | wag | for | proposed striction nations.” nouncement democracy. is mot equally and was his gool ptt in it? was, he bethought him that friend help to float once fortunes. more his The haste Tells Walcott Post Proposed Mens-} ure Is Departure From Fair- | Play Policy. explanation bustle with of Richard which upon | rd and Sir house to get to to Bridgwater themselves circumstance t to heighten those suspi- leave Sir Rowland's. But lacking y,” he growled. tunity for investigation at| “But there is something I wish to he deemed it wisest to | say, Nick,” answered Mr. Wilding, his st he should | manner mild. “F sur leave, then.” : And he turned ain to Vallancey. |McLeod of Michigan told the mem- { “Will you be so good as to call Mr. |bers of the Stuart Walcott Post, | stmacott hither?" No. 10, American Legion, at o meeting | Vallancey stared. last night. pose sir? he asked. sfore Wilding and Trenchard | “For my purposc He expressed surprise that attended by a groom. Their | Wilding, sweetly. Legion, which is maae up of a large an_oddly sobering effect | my wish to engage number of foreign born who served | this country during the world war. | Westmacott, for which | macott was thankful For “Anthony!” ericd Trenchard, and In | ghould favor passage of the .lu)lnsun‘ ride he had begun to | hig zement forgot to swea bill | had carried too far the| “I propose” added Mr. WIldIng, | “We are én friendly of the great powers equipping his prineipal | “to relieve Mr. Westmacott of the Representative McLeod declared. | necessity of fighting.” Vall: v in his heart thought this | “Shall we maintain this relation, or might be pleasant news for his prin- | shall we depart from our proud policy cipal. Still, he did not quite see how the | of fair play? The smoke of guns is | d hardly cleared away. The world still end_was to be attaine id so. | (Continued in Tom. v'8 Star.) bleeds from the wounds of the world | e hill Dormer, estra, was el Johnson Gen Legislation such as the pru]mxt'd}::r':h Johnson immigration bill would |5 sterting strain the friendly feeling existing | case for b between the United States and sister | ball nations, Representative Clarence from the d ride out with hig “Mr. it safely to me, 5 chfulness e the first to arrive upon open space on the | f Sedgemoor, in the shelter But they had not long | If you smoke government a lighted cigar or elevator you “For what pur- Tt with answered Mr. the is no longer Mr. West- ng The latest cor in charge of pi down an edict levators a member of t is not immune the guards in terms with all | of the world.” he of forward the courte: Wilding's £ with to offer suggestion servant should | the care of the | stmacott’s party, if | authorized to 0 316 7th St. N.W. in Congress paring to deal a blow to our friends | | and ailies during this terrible conflict | d ko that the world may be safe | Clearly applied 4 was Walcott post will take up the immi- | | gration question at its next | at which it Is expected the post wil %o on record in opposition leader ed post, and was D filver cigaret s services at the leap Year | introduce PUT BAN ON SMOKING. in an building now cigarette are liable to manded and reported by the elevator | will provide f conductor to the captain of the prder insu plic nst bt g in_public from cha buildings have poli make fractions of the rul I Cunninghane & Co are pre-| ONE-MAN COMMISSION FOR UTILITIES, PLAN McLeod to Introduce Bill Tomor- row—Sees Improvement Worked. th policy poliey of re- to all) made that the meeting, to the of Dormer's to membership | ented with . and match | republicar Representatfve Clarence J Michigar intends 1o | in the House tomorrow substitute for the commissioness* [ B which proposes to enlarge the ‘mn.m utilities commission \ fre {three to five members, one of whom ator in a|would be a local lawyer and t preferably eer Corp ele ia from or carry |other an engineer, into the | the Arms be repri-| Representative or McLeod's substit; independent member to be Sen guard. | m ihe offi- | pointed by (s lays | committees smoking in | by th ldings. 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