THE LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCE!, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 181)0.
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Htmelrt of th Adventure of Mr.
ft ' iHk Marvel, a Servant ef Bit laU '
IW JatyMfy King CharUs 1, in th
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' m.iiniiik w uaivd rvnT.TniT TIT
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ES "n.
& " en AFTER XIL
'0W 0A tAY TH AMIT 0 TIM WMT.
1 V Bt th WHO Of my nurt ioneweu mm ray
,,4nmm. I woke with a start, and tried te
' ittt Ml
i " WHaia the kitchen all wm quiet The old
. unn wa ttlll stretched en the floer: the
ES 4 cat enried upon the hearth. Tbe girl had
! ? Hnt tUrnd but. looking- toward, the window
.'i'.'.' V 1 IW J1. J - ....
si BOW, I sw sign iwauM,iwi ittiui,r
v vHiu VM U ,
"Jean, wnv vu nearn
'ftm1 bean down these four hours." She
Iterntd her face te leek at me.
n 'a " i'"" v " ""
W i-fCbote te come, lad: none axed thee, that
flVnewiby."
.v - vtnere me marui mus. net utu ni-iina
7t ,.-l t .t- .-t r...t ..4 -
K'
back. Jean, and let me rlJe en."
"Mare's In itable, wi' fetlock, swelled like
,-l, peddens. Chose te ceme, lad; nn' choeso or
ie. must bide."
;j. "TUfertheOcucral Hbpten, nt Bodmin,
I am bound, Jean; and weuud or no, must
;t.I win tbere thU night."
"And thatl teen mua away; wi' a liuliet
In thy skull, and a peat quag thy burial. Fer
they went south, and thy read lleth mere
south than west."
"The troepcs,
"At. Jack; an' work I had this day wP
)' thoeeMune bloody warrior,; but take a nip
a, ma KfSj, nun ijimj iuis inauuiiut vi vtir
cake while 1 tell thee."
,V And te, having fed me, and set my bed
$' straight, she tat en, the deer beside me (fur
f' the batter hearlug), and III her uncouth tongue
'! told hew I had loon naved. I cannot write
ber laeguaRe; but the tale, In mm, waa tbtii
r When I dropped forward Inte her annt,
y Jean for a moment we, taken aback, think
& Inz me dcaiL But (te quote her) " 'no geed,'
L-Ar Ta V .1 f lllt l-.l 1 i l.flt-l.l.. ..-
ry - MlHl If in cuumiu n iui jwh viiu iiiimiuti, iut
'V folk te sce, though he have a-get curls like a
wench; an' doed or 'llve, no me te wait Ter
ethers te make lure.' "
Be he lifted and carried me te a pet bard
by that (he called the "Jevt't Kitchen;" mid
1aia Knf. hiii Apnti with siipti liimflnfra na I
t bad, (he deflnl me te discover. Tliore iim
no time te tend me, wliiut Aleliy (toea near
rt tinw mv whArealieutji! e fthe let me He.
; and went te lead the torrel down te (table.
??, VTm lmnil u-ab nn tint hrlillfl whfn klieliAril
whoepl up the read, and thnre were halt a
deaen rider, ou the crest, and tearing down
hill towards her. Jean boil nothing left but
te feign coelnesn, and went en leading the
mare down the slope.
In a While up comes the foremost trooper,
draw, rein, and pants out, "Where's he let''
"Whet" ask, Jean, mating out te be sur
prised. 'Why, the lad whose mare tlieu'rt IcadlnM''
'MUe an' half away by uew."
new', thatl"
"Freshly hersed," explain, Jean.
The troepore tliey were all around her by
this swore 'twas a lie, but luckily, being
down In the hollow, could net tee ever tlie
next ridge. They began a string of question,
all together, but at hut a little tun bollled ser
geant called "Silence!" and atked the girl,
"did she lean Uie fellow a hoi-sol"
Here I will quote her ngaln t
" 'Sir, te thee,' I answered, 'no lean at all,
" but fair swap for our dray llehliu'
" 'That's a He,' be says; 'an' I won't hello ve
thee.1
'"Might no well,' says I; 'hut gote the
table an' soe for thysel'.' (Never had gray
bone te my name, Jack; but, thinks I, that'i
LU'n IneknuLt"
gii:, ' They went, did Uiose slmple trooper,, te
,tloek at the stable, and, sure enough, thore
JS' was no Gray llebln. Novertuelota, ume
yr iiiwFinfc um imu wjf ib muuii hjmp hub
as something lew than proof convincing, and
pent three hours and niore rausacLlng the
feoeas and barn, and searching the ter anil
the moor below It. 1 learned, tee, that Jean
had come In for seme rough talk te which
he put a (top, a, (he told me, by offering te
light any man Jack of them for the bottom
en his buff coat. And at length, nleut sun
down, they gave op the hunt, and rode away
ever tbe moors toward Warleggan, having
(as tbe girl beard them say) te be at Brad Brad
deck befere night.
"Where is this BraddeckP
"Sigh te Lord Meuun'a house at Bocennoc;
Mven mile away te the south, and sevcu uille
or se from Bodmin, as a crew flies."
"Then go I must," cried I; and hereupon I
broke out with all the trouble that was en
nynilud, and the Instant need te save these
gallant gentlemen of Cornwall, ere two
armies should combine against them. 1 told
of tbe king's letter in my breast and hew I
found tbe Lord Stamford's men nt Launco Launce Launco
sten; hew that llutheu with the vanguard of
the rebel, was new nt T.lskeanl, with but a
bare day's march between the two, and uone
but I te carry the warning. And, "Oil, Jeunl"
I cried, "my comrade I left upon the read.
Brighter courage and truer heart never man
proved, and yet left by me In the relwls'
bauds. Alasl that I could neither save nor
help, but must (till i ide en; and here is the
issue te He (truck down within ten ntile of
my goal I, that have traveled two hundred.
And if the Cernlshmen be net wanted te give
fight before Lord Stamford comes up, all's
lest. Even new they be outnumbered. Se lift
me. Jean, and set me attrlde Melly, and I'll
wki te Bodmin yet." tA
-. "Reckon, Jack, tbeu'd best band mO'tliy
letUT.JL .r--S f
Jfew, 1 cttA-net Bronce catch the Intent of
the words, se simply (juLeu; but stared at
her like an ewL
"There's horse In stall, lad," she went en,
"though no Gray llebln. Tearanaj'u the
tuune and straw berry the coier."
"But, Jean, Jean, If you de this feel In
side my coat here, te the left you will save
an army, girl; muy be a threnel Here 'tis,
Jean, see no, net that here I Say the seal
1, that et the governor et BrUtel, who dele it
from me for a whlle; but the handwriting
will be known for tbe king's, and no hand
but your, must touch It before you stand lw lw
fere Sir Ilalph Hopteii. The king tJiall thauk
you, Jean, and Ged will bless you fer't."
"Hepe no, I'm sure. But larn me what te
say, lad, for 1 1 main thick witted."
Se I told her the message ever and ever,
till she had It by heart.
"BhaVt fergit new," she said nt length;
"an' se hearken te ine for a change. Illde
still, nor fret tbysel'. Here's pasty an' eat
cake, an' a keg e' water that I'll stew beside
thee. Vay no heed te feyther, nn' If he wills
te get drunk en' fight wi' Jan Tergagle that's
the cat why, let'u. Drunk or sober, hoV.ue
Vxrent."
Bbe hid tbe letter In her besom and stepicd
te tbe deer. Ou the threshold she turned.
"Jack, forget te ax; what be all this blood bleed
abed abeutl"
"Fer church and king, Jean."
"H'm; ame knowledge ha' Ie'lwth an'
that's neught. But I dearly loves fair play." '
She was gene. In a minute or se I heird
the trampling et u horse; and then, with a
scurry of hoofs, Jean w as elt en the king,
errand, nnd i Idlug into the darkness.
Little rest had I that night, hut lay awake
en my bracken bed and watched the burning
peat turves turn te gray, and drop, flake by
flake, till only a glowing point remained.
Tbe deer rattled new and theu en the binge;
out en the moor the light winds kept a nolhe
persistent as town deg, at midnight; and all
tbe while my wound was stabbing, and the
brackeu pricking me till I groaned aloud.
A day began te break the old man picked
blnuelf up, yawned and lounged out, return
ing after a time with fresh turves for the
hearth. He noticed ma no mero than a stone,
but, when the fire was re-stacked, drew up
hi, chair te the warmth and breakfuted en
eat cake and a liberal deal of liquor. Observ
ing him, the block cat unceilul, stictched
himself, ami climbing te his master's knee rat
there purring and the best et friends. I alto
Judged it time te breakfast; found my store;
took bite or two and a pull at the Lug and
lay back this time te sleep.
Wbeu I woke 'twas high neon. The deer
steed open, and euUlde ou the wall (he whiter
suushlne was lying very bright and clear.
Indoors, the oil savage had been drinking
(teedlly, and still sat U-fore the lira with the
rat en one knee and bU keg ou the ether. 1
sat up and drumed my tun. Sun-ly If Jean
bad net failed the i e) al generals would march
out and girt battl at once; aud (uiUy, If
fftfT wT fktjM, wn; ten. inllt aw,?-, soma
seumi ei it weum rc.ieu mey ut unyenu tlie
purring of tlie cal I urani jieiuing.
I crawled te my feet, tested a liieinent te
,tny the glddlnr,, ami tottered ncre e the
deer, where 1 leaned, listening and gnzlng
itnutli. Ne a-tilp of vapor lay en tlie moors
that stretched all battel In the meet won
derful bright colors te the lip of the horizon.
Tbe air wa, like n sounding beard. I heard
the bleat et an old wether a mile off upon the
ters, and was turning away dejected, when,
far down In tbe south, there ran a sound Hint
set my heart leaping.
Twa, the crackling of musketry.
There was no mistaking it. The nolse ran
like wildfire along tbe bills; befere the echo
could overtake It a low rumbling followed,
and then the brisker crackling again. I
taught at the deer pest and cried, faint Ills
th sadden Je vt
"Theu angel, Jeant then angel I"
And then, as something took me by the
threat "Jean, Jean te see what thou secstl"
A long time I teauml by the deer pest there,
drinking In the sound that new was renewed
at quicker Intervals. Yet, for as far a, I
could see, 'twas the peacefulest scene, though
dreary quiet sunshine, en the hills, and Die
sheep dotted bore and there, cropping. Hut
denu yonder, ever the edge of the moors,
men were fighting and murdering each
other.nnd I yearned toieeliowtlmibiy went.
Being both weak and lenth te inks a wiund
of It, I sank down en tlie threshold, ami tliere
lny with my eyes turiied southward through
n gap In the stone fence. In a whlle tlie mus
ketry died nwaynnd 1 wondered, but thought
I could (till at tlme nmrk n low sound tvt of
men shouting, nnd this, as I learned after,
was the triie battle.
It must have been tin hour or morn liefore I
newanumlier of black -cLi coining ever
thorldgeof hill, nnd siviirmlug down Inte
the plain towards me, and then a denser Irndy
following. Twas a ceinpnuy of liorse mov
ing nt a great pnee, and 1 giiewed tlmt the
bnttle was done and tliese were Hid first fugi
tives of the beaten army.
1'was, maybn, an hour after that a man
rame In through tlm gap; a lean, hawk ejed
man, with a pinched fneeiitid tmiugly gnshea
ene across tlie brew from left cyn te the
roots of Ills hair; the ether In his leg Mew
tlie tnee, thut had sliced through hoot and
llesli like a scythe cut, Hlifacn was suunrnl
with bleed nnd he curried a musket.
"Water I" he haHed outashecamnlrailing
Inte the yard. "(Jlve me water I'm a dead
man I"
He wa, (topping ever me tn enter the
kitchen, when he halted and fcaidi
"Art a malignant, for curtain I"
And lcfore 1 hail a clinneu te reply lil inus inus
ket was swung up, nnd I felt my tlme ns
ceme te din.
But new the old savnge, that had been hit
ting all day befere his (Ire, without mi much
ns a sign te show if he noticed aught that w as
passing, Juuqwd up with n jell and leail to
wards us. ltu nna the cut were cm the oer
wretch together, touring and clawing. I ran
hear their liellMi outcries te this day; but nt
the moment they lurneil me faint. Ami the
next thing I recall Is lielng dragged Insldeby
the old mail, who hut the deer lifter me and
(llpliud thelKilt, leaving the noiiiutel troeor
en the ether slde. llelieatiigalnstlt forseino
tlme, sobbing piteously for water, and then 1
heard him groan at Interval till he died. At
least, tlie groans ceuied, nnd the next day he
was found with his back ngiiluM. the cettage
mill, stai k nnd dead.
Having pulled me Inside, Jean's father must
have thought he hail denu enough, for en the
lloerl lay for lieiirsnnd iwikseI from nnosweon
te another. Huand the nit had gene luiek te
the tire again, nnd long liefore evening lieth
wern sound nulecp.
Be tliere I lay Imlpleis, till, nt iitglitfnll,
there rame the trampling of n horse euUldn,
nnd then a rap en the deer. The old man
Marled up nnile'iul it; and In rtiidied Jihiii,
her eye lit up, her breast hunviug, nnd In her
band a naked sword.
"Church and King, Jnckl" she crltsl, nnd
flung the bhule with a clang ou te the (able.
"Church nnd Klngl O binve day', work,
lad-O bloody wei k this day I"
And 1 swooned again.
CIIAiTKR XI II.
l ii:i:t with mh, iianmiiai. tinocemb.
There had, Indeed, U-en brave welk en
Braildeck Down that HHh of January. Fer
Sir Ilalph 11 opt en with the Cornish grandees
had made short bunliun of lluthen's nrmy
driving it headlong back en I.Ukeard nt the
nrst charge, rlinsiiig it thinugu that town,
and taking 1,'JU) p'lUeners (lueliidlng Sir
rHrflstnii Cnlmudy), together with many
colon, all the rebel ordnance nnd ammuni
tion, nnd most of their limn.
At Idskeard, after retreihlng their men,
nnd holding next day n solemn thanksgiving
te Ued, they divided the 1ercl Meliuuwlth
Sir nulph Heplen nnd Cel. Uoilelphiu march
ing with the greater ut of the nrmy iqwin
Haltash, whltlier Bullion had fled ami was
Intrenrhlng himself; whlle Sir Jehn Berke
ley aud Cel. Ahhliurnluim, with n small
prty of hersunnd dragoon, nnd the volun
tary regiments of Sir Bevlll Grenvllle, Sir
Nlch. Slaiiiilug, aud Cel. Trev anion, tiirmtl
te tlie northeast, tow aid Luuncesteii and
Tavistock, te soe what account they might
render et tlie Karl of Stninferd's army; that,
however, had no stomach te await them, but
posted out of Ilia county Inte I'lj mouth and
Kioter.
Twns ou this exiiedltleu that two or tluee
et the captains 1 hue uinutieiHsI halted for
en hour or mero at Temple, as well te recog receg recog
ulie Jean's extieum meritorleii, kervln1, ns te
thank inn for thn iart I had in hriugiugiievt,
nt the ICarl of Staiufertl's advance. Fer
'twas thl, they owned, had uiqd them the
king's metsage being but uu exhortation and
nu adveilisuuiculfien wune lessur ui.itters,
Jt idiiht ef"hli'li weie already taken out of
human hands by the turn of events.
But though, ns 1 leal ml, these gentleinen
Here full of rempllments aud profvsiteus of
esteem, I neither uw nor lieaul theui, U'lni:
by this tlme uYlliienn of a high Itnir tlmt
followed my wound. And net till threu
giKxl weeks after was I recovered enough te
leave my ll, nor, for iiiauy mere, did my
full strength turn te me. Ne mother could
linemadii a teudeier nurse than was Jean
throughout this time, Tis tn her I ewe it
tlint I mil nllru le write the) words; mid if
the tears seald my e)iw ns I de te, jeu will
pardon them, I prouilve, before the end of
my tale is reached.
In the llriit d ly of my recovery, new came
te us (1 forget hew) tlmt a solemn Kirriuuriit
huil Iftteu tnkeu between the pnithai in Deven
and Cornwall, and the country was at (leace.
Little I cared, lit the tlme; but wiu content
new spring was come te loiter aluut the
ters, uud, whlle watching Jehn nt her weik,
te think upon IMia. Fer, nlleit 1 had little
he te msi her again, my late pretty com
rade held my thought, the 1 ,y long. I
shared then) with nobody; for though 'tis
Tobable 1 had let sem winds fall in my
delirium, Jean never hiutcvt nt thli, and I
never found out.
Te Jean's ceniany I .as left; for her
father, after saving my life tliat ufleinoen,
took- no further notice et me t.y word or detsl;
hud the cat, Jail Tergagle (named after u
spirit tlmt was said te haunt the moors lieru lieru
ubeuts), was in iudlirerent. Se with Jean I
)a..td the days Idly, tending the sheep, or
iltlng en her us she plowed, or lying full
length en the hilUlde nnd talulug w it Ii her et
w ar nnd lwttlei. Tw as the one topic en w blrli
she was rurieus (-rolling at me when I elferetl
te tench her te reed print), nnd for hours she
would listen te stei iui of Alexainlernud Hun
nllwl, Caisar uud Jean of Arc, nud ether gi eat
couunauders whose history 1 remembered.
One evening 'twas earl V in Mav we had
climbed te tbe top of the gray ter nbove
Temple, whence we could spy the white sails
of the two channels moving, nnd, stretched
un the short turf thare, I was telling my
uual tule. Jean luy Inside, me, her chiu
prepsl en ene tin th stained hand, her great,
sehmueyes witloeion at she lUteued. Till
that moment 1 hud ieguril4 t.r rather us a
man comrade than a girl, but new souie fein
iuiue trick of gesture uweku me, jierliajw, for
my fancy U-gun te contract her with Dslia,
aud I broke off my story and sighed.
"At t longing te be heucef" sliu asked.
I felt ashamed te be thus caught and wa,
sllent, She looked at me aud w ent en:
'Sjseak out, lad."
"Leath would I be te leave you, Joau."
"And whyl"
"Vhy, we are geed friends, I bejw, and I
am grateful."
"Oh, ay wish theeM loam te sjieak the
truth, Jack. Art longing te be hence and
ihalt toen."
"Why, Jean, you would net have me dwell
here always!"
Hhema.lt no answer for a whlbnud then
with a change of tene:
"Shalt ride w' me te Bediniu fair te-morrow
for a treat, an' mm tea ureat Turk and
tat -00111811 mm nocus-pecus. no ten inomero
'bout Jean, the Frenchwoman."
On thn morrow, alieut 0 In the morning,
we set off Jean ou the strawberry, balanced
easily en an old sack, which wa, all her saddle,
aud I en Helly, that new wa, sound again and
dialing te be no Idle. A, wa set out Jean',
father for the lint time took some notice of
me, standing at tha deer te see in off and
shouting after us te bring home some account
of the wrestling. Leeking back nt a quarter
inlle', distance, 1 saw him (tilt framed In the
doorway with the cat perched en his shoulder.
Bodmin town la neught but a narrow street,
near en a mlle long, and wklenlng toward, the
western end. It Ilea mainly along the south
tide of a steep vale, and this May morning, a,
Jean and I left the moor and rndn down te
It from northward, already we could hear
IruraiwU blowing, the big drum sounding,
and all the bawling voices and hubbub of tlie
fair. Descending, we found the long street
lined with booth, and shows and nigh blocked
with the crowd, for the level began early and
was new In full swing. And the crew of
gipsic, whifflers, mountebank,, fortune tell
ers, cut purse, and quack, mlxed up with
honest country faces, beat even the rnbble 1
hail seen at Wantage,
New my own llrst business wa, with n
tailor; for tbe clothe, 1 wero wlien I rede
Inte Temple, four mouth, back, hail been se
sadly nicnnl with bleed, and afterward, cut,
te free them from my wound, that new all
the tunic I were was et sack cloth, contrived
nud stitched together by Jean. Se I madn
nt ence for n decent (hop, where luckily 1
found n suit te fit me, one taken (the tailor
Ktid) elf a very premising young gentleman
tlmt had the mUfortune te be killed en Brail Brail
deck Down. Arrayed In this, I felt myself
ngaln, nnd offered te take Jean te sce the fat
woman.
We saw her, and the Klhlep, and the rhi
noceros (which put me In mind et oer An An
teony Kill (grew), and the pig faced baby,
and the cudgel play, nnd presently halted b b b
fore n Cheap Jack that was crying his ware,
In a prodigious loud volce near the town wall.
'Twas n meager, sharp vlsaged fellow with
n gray chin beard like n blllygeat's; and (a,
fortune would have It), spying our nppieach,
he picked out a mirror from his stock, and,
holding It alef t, addrevwd us straight:
'What have we here," cries he, "but a pair
e' levers coming! and what I' lny hand but a
lever's hour glnssf Sure the stars et beav'n
must have a hand In this conjuncture and
only thirteen enre, my pretty fellow, for a
glus, that will tell the weather I' your sweet
heart's face, ar.il help innke It line."
Tliere were many country fellow, with
their maids In the crowd, that turned thelr
heads at this address; and ns usual the women
began.
"'TlsJoane' the Teri"
"Jean's picked up wl'n sweetheart tco tce tco
heel uu' us reckoned her'd forsworn man
kind I"
"Who Is her
"Heme furrlncr, euro, that like, garlick."
"He's Iwught her no ribbons yet."
"Hew should he, peer lad, that can find no
garments upon her te fasten 'em tot"
And seen, with n deal of spiteful laughter.
Bome of these sayings were halt truths, no
doubt; but the truthfulest word may be In-
fellx. Se, noting n dark llusli en Jean's
cheek, I thought te end the scene by taking
the Cheap Jack's mirror en the set, te step
hi tongue, nud then drawing her away.
But In this I was n moment tee late, for
Just as 1 1 cached up my hand with the thir
teen iKince, nud the grinning fellow oil the
platform lient ferwnrd with his mirror, I
heard a coarser Jest, a rush in the crowd and
two heads go crack I together llke eggs.
'Twos tw e of Jean's tormenters she had tukeu
by thn hair nnd served se; and, dropping
them thn next instant, had caught the Cheap
Jeck's beaid, as y nil might n belt reH), nud
wrenched him heed foremost elf his stand,
my thirteen jwuce Hying far uud wlde.
Flump he fell Inte tlie crowd, that scattered
ou all hands as Jean pumineled him; and
wliackl wbackl fell the blows ou the peer
Idiot', face, who screamed for mercy, a,
though Judgment Day were ceme.
Ne ene, for the minute, dared te step bo be
twecn tlieni; nnd presently Jean, looking up.
with arm raised for another buffet, spied a
jioer astrologer clese by, In n red and yellow
gnu n, tlmt had been reading fortunes lun
tub of black water beside 111 in, but was new
broken off, dismayed lit the hubbub. Te this
tub she dragged the Cheap Jack nnd scut liim
into it will) a round souse, The black water
tpbudied right nnd left ever the crowd. Then,
her wrath snted, Jean faced the rest, with
luindd ou IiIn, and waited for them te
ceme ou.
Net a word had she xpeken, from first te
lest, but steed new with het cheeks and besom
heaving. Then, finding none te take up her
challenge, she stiode out through the folk,
nnd 1 after her, with tha mirror In my hand;
while the Cheap Jack picked himself out of
the tub, whining, and the astrologer wiped
his long white Uvird and soiled role.
Outside the throng was a carriage, step; nil
for a minute by this tumult, and a sonant
nt tlie herW huniK By the leek of it 'twu,
the coach of home sirseu of quality; nnd,
glancing ut it, I saw inside nu old gentleman,
alth n grave, enernble face, routed. Fer
thn moment It Hashed oil me I had seeii him
iHifoie somewhere, mid cudgeled my wits te
think where It hud ImiML But n second and
longer gaie assured me I was mlstakeu, uud
I went uu down the street after Jc-i.i.
She wieU walking fust and angry ; nor, w hen
1 caught hc'iyip nnd tried te seethe, would
she answer me hut In thn shortest words.
Weman's Justice, as I had Just learned, ha,
thU small defect it gees straight enough,
but mainly for the wrong ubji-ct. Which
new I proved in my nwftense.
"Where nre you going, Jean!"
"Te 'Fifteen Balls' stable, for my horse."
"Art net leaving the fair yet, surelyl"
"That I Ixi, though. Have bad fairing
enew wl' a maul"
Ner for the great jwirt of (he way home
would she sjiefik te me. But meeting, by
Found Scaweii, (a hamlet clese te tlie read),
with home friends going te the fair, she
steil for n while te chat with them, wliiUt
I rede forward; uud when she overtook me,
her brew was clear ligaln.
"Am a het headed feel, Jack, and have
(lulled thy day for thee,"
"Nny, that you have net," said I, heartily
glad le seu bur humble, ter the llrst tlme in
our acquaintance; "but if you have forgiven
me tlmt w hlch I could net help, you shall
take this that I bought for you, In proof."
And, pulling out tlie mirror, I leaned ever
nud lmtidiil It te her.
"What i' tlie world lw IhUr she nsLed,
taking and looking at it doubtfully.
"Why, n mirror."
"What's thatl"
"A glass te see your face In," I explained.
"He thU my fncul" She nlu forward,
holding up tlie glass In front of her. " Why,
what n handsome looking gal 1 Is', te lie sure I
Jack, urt certain 'tis my ery own fuce"
"Te be mire," said I, uuuized.
"Weill" Tliere was si lence for n full min
ute, nave for our horses' Head ou the high
read. And then:
"Jack, I bo;iew-e:ful dirty I"
ThU was trim enough, nnd It made, me
laugh. She looked up solemnly nt my mirth
(having no sense of a Jeke theu or ever) aud
bent forward te the glass again.
"By the way," wild I, "did you mark a
enrriage Just outside the crowd, by the Cheap
Jack's booth, with a white haired gentleman
seated Insldef'
Joau nodded. "Master Hannibal Tiug Tiug
cemb, stew-nid 0' Gleys."
"What!"
I jumped lii n i.v saddle, nud with a pull at
the bridie brought .Melly te a standstill.
"Of Gleysl' I cried. "Slenunl of Sir
DeaUn Killlgrew that wal"
"lllglit, lad, except the last worth 'That
is,' sheuldst rut her say,"
"Then you nre wrong, Jean; fur lie's dead
nnd buried these llve months. Wheru is this
hnusoet Gleys) for te morrow I must lido
there."
"Tn easy found, then; for It stands ou
the south coast, yonder, and no house near It;
live mile from anywhere, und sixteen from
Teniple, due south, Shall wuut thee nfoie
thou startest. Jack. Deur, newl who'd ' hu'
thought I was se ditty I"
The cottage deer steed open ns we rede
into tlie yard, and from it a fulnt smeke
came curling, with a smell of ieat. Within
I
leuim me smelilerlnir tune sr,ilure.l
about a, en the day of my llrst arrival, and
among them Jeuu's father stretched, flat ou
Ids face; only this time the cat wus curled
up quietly and ly lug Ixtwet n the old man's
shoulder blades.
"Druuk again," sold Jean shortly.
But, looking mero narrowly, I marled a
purplish stain en the ground by Ihuuld nun's
mouth aud turned l.lin softly our.
"Joau," tuld I, "h' ityt druuk he'.
She steed above us and looked dgwn, first
nt tlie corpse, then at me, without snklu,g
'or n time; at lusti
"Then I reckon lie may as well ba burled."
"Girl," trolled out, Iwlng (hocked nt this
calletifnr-sfl, "'tis Jeur father and he Is
dead!"
"Why, that's se, lad. An lie were alive,
shouldn't tiouble thee te liuiy'u."
And se, before night, nn cnrrlnl him up te
tlie bleak terstde, and dug hi, grave there;
the black cat following us In leek. Five feet
deep we laid him, having dug down te (elid
rock; and, having covered liim ever, went
silently Iwck te tlie hovel. Jean had net
died n single tear.
CHAITKtl XIV.
1 1)0 KO OOOD III TI1K IIOL'&U Or GI.EY8.
Very early next morning I nwele, and,
hearing no sound In the left above (whitht r,
stnee my coming, Jean hail carried her bed),
concluded her te Im still ncleep. But In this
I was mistaken, for, going te the well nt the
back te wash, I found her there, studying
her face in the mirror.
"Luckily met, Jack," shiisaid, when I wa,
cleansed and freshly glowing, "New fill
another bucket and sarvn me tlie Mine."
"Cannet jeu wnsh yourself I" I nsked, a, I
did se.
"Lmt the l.imek, 1 reckon. Stand theu se,
an' slush the water ever me.
"But your clethi-t" 1 tiled out; "they'll ha
soaking well"
"Clethes won't be worse for a wash, iie'lher.
He slush uway."
Therefore, standing at thrixi pares' dis
tance, I Kent n bucketful ever her, nnd then
another nnd another, Mx limes 1 tilled nud
emptied the bucket in nil; mid at the end she
w as sntlslled, and went, ill Ippiug, back le the
kitchen te get me my breakfast.
"Art early abroad," she (aid, ns we fi.it te
gnther ever the meal.
"Yea, for I must lido te Cleys this morn
ing." "Blia'n't Isi sorry te mis, t Iks) for n while.
Makes me feel se siiy this cleanliness."
Se, premising Ut be back by nightfall, I
went presently teraddla Melly; nnd, follow
ing Joau', dlreetien, nud her warning,
against quag, and pitfalls, was seen riding
keutli across the moor, mill well en my toad
te (he Heuse of Ule) x.
My way lending me by Bruddeck Down, I
turned aside for a whlle te examine the
ground of thn late light (though by new little
was In lw Keen but a piece of earthwork left
unlluished by the reliels nud tlie fresh mound,
where the dead were laid); nnd se 'twas high
lioeu and a dull, cheerless day befere the
hill, broke nnd let me have a sight of the sen.
Ner, till the nolse of the surt was In my cars,
did I mark the chimneys nnd naked gray
walls of the heuse I was bound for.
Twns n gloomy, savnge plle of granite,
Iierchisl at the extremity of a narrow neck of
and, wliii 9 every wind might sweep It, and
the wave, bent or. three (.Ides the clllf lielew.
The tlde wiui new nt thn full almost, nud the
sprny flying in my fare, its we crossed tlie
head of n Rieall beach, forded a stream and
scrambled up tlie tough lead te tlie entrance
gate.
A thin line of smoke blown level from ene
chimney wiw all tlie sign et lite in the build
ing; for the uui row- llgliU et the lipnjr story
were mently shuttered, and the lower fleer
was bill from me by a high wall inclosing n
courtluge in flout. One stunted ash, with
Umghs tei tuitsl nud bent tewnrds the main
land, stiKsl by the gate, which was locked, A
smaller deer, also locked, was let into the
gate, mid hi this again n shuttered Iren grat
ing. Hard by dangled u rusty lull pull, nt
wlilcli I tuggisl sturdily.
On this, a cnukisl lull Hounded, far In tlie
house, uud scared u Heck of still lings out of n
dUlw-d chimney. Their cries- tiled nuay
piesently uud left no sound but tlmt of tin)
gulls walling ulieut the cliff ill my feet. This
wus nil the answer 1 wen.
I rung ngaln, nnd u third tlme; nnd new nt
lust came the sound of footsteps shullllng
across the court within. Thn shutter of thn
grating w us sllpsd hack nud a volce, crocked
as the bell, asked my buslnus3.
"Toe soe Muster lluuuibul Tingceinb," nn-
swered 1.
"Thy iminel"
"Hn shall hear It In tlme. Say tint I ceme
en business concerning the citate."
The elcu muttered something, and the
foetstoH went back. I had Iks-ii kicking my
heels there for twenty minutes or mere when
they returned, uud tlie volce ieieatedthe
questien:
"Thy immel"
Being by this tlme nmjered, I did n foolish
thing; wlilcli was te clap tin) muzloef my
pUte! iignlnsl the grating, rlose te the fol fel
low', in ise. Singular te nay, tlie tiick served
me. A Isilt was slipped hastily buck nud the
wicket deer ejientsl stealthily.
"I want," said I, "rami for my liorse te
pass,"
Tliereuisiii mero grumbling followed, nud
a prodigious cloaking of holts ami chains;
after wlilcli the big gate swung utility back.
"Sure, you must be weith n ileal," I bald,
"that shut yeui-M)les In be cuieful,"
Befere me steed a strange fellow extraor
dinary old nud bent, with n widened face, out)
eye only, uud a chin tiiat almost touched hit
Hest). Hn wert) n dirty suit of livery, that
onto had been cuuary yellow; and shook with
tlie uilsy.
"Master Tlugremli w ill son the y eung man,"
he squeaked, IKslding hishcud; "luillsn-l'cud
lug Just new in his Bible."
"A pretty Imhlt," nnswertsl 1, leading In
Melly "It unseasonable. Hut wliy net lme
said sol"
llewH-nnsl te consider t lit for aw Idle, ami
then said, nbiuptly;
"Have some ty nud some geed elder f"
"Why, yes," I said, "with all my heart,
when 1 Imte ttaliled thoseriel here,"
lie led thn wnyacrevs the com I, well puxed
but choked witli weeds, towards the stuble.
I found it it spicleus building, uud counted
sixteen stalls there; but all were empty save
two, where steed tliobei'M-s I had seen in lt.hl
min tlie day Is-feit). Having stabled Melly.
I left the place (which was thick with cob
webs) nud followed the old servant in the
hnusn.
He took me Inte n great stoue kitchen, and
brought out the uisly uud cider, but ; wined
out half a glass only.
"Hae n cure, young man; 'lis n luscious,
thick, seductive drink," nud he chuckled.
'"Tweuld turn theedgenf a knlfe," said I,
tasting it uud looking nt him; but Ills ene
I ileal cd eye wus inscrutable, Thu pasty ulne
was moldy, and I seen laid It down.
"Hast n proud stomach that cemetli of far
ing sumptuously; thu tusif theielu is our own
killing," Mild hn. "Yeung tir, art n iii-iu of
bleed, I greatly fear, by thy long sweid uud
liiindines, witli the lirearins."
"Shall 1st presently," answensl 1, "if you
lend me net te Master Tingceinb."
He scrambled up biiskly and tettensl out
of thu kitchen into n stoue corridor, I after
him. Along this he bill lied, muttering nil
tlie way, nnd halted K'foiea deer ut the end.
Without knocking he pushed it eiwi. nnd,
motioning me te enter, huMcticd hack us he
hud ceme.
"Come in," Mid a volce that seemed famil
iar te me.
Though, as you knew, 'twas still high day,
in tlie room wheie new 1 found myself wus
awry iipKnrniice of night; the shutters lin
ing closed and six lighted candles standing en
the table. Behind them sat tlie wiicruhle
gentleman whom 1 had stsm ill thn coach,
new weui lug a plain suit of black nnd lead
ing in it great tioek that lay open mi the ta
ble. 1 guessed it te Im thu lllble; but noted
that thu caudle, had shades nlsuit them, se
disposed as te threw the light, net en the
pnge, but en tbe doorway where I Meed.
Yet tlie old gentleman, having bid me en
ter, went en reading for a while ns though
wholly unaware of me; which I found some
what nettling, se Ugau;
"I ns'itk, 1 U-lleve, te Master Hannibal
Tlngcemb, stewuid teSirlk-ukiu Killigruw."
He went en, us if ending Ids sentence,
aleud:
"And my darling from tbe ener of the
deg." Here he pa uses 1 with finger ou the
place und looked up. "Yes, young sir, that
Is my name steward te the late Sir Dcakiu
Killlgrew."
"The late!" cried I. Then you knew"
"Surely I knew that Sir Dcakiu is dead,
ele should I be but nu unworthy stewuid."
He OJielled his gluvoe)cjil if in weiider.
"And hi, seu, ulsel"
"Alse his seu Antheny, a headstrong boy,
I fear me; a couserter with vile character,.
Alasl that I should soy It."
"And his daughter, Mlttres, Dellar"
"Ala, I" and he fetched a deep sigh.
"De you mean, sir, that she, tee, I, tlc.idl"
"Why, te lu sure but let u talk en les,
painful matter,."
"Ill one moment, sir; but first tell me
wkera did, (ha di, and whan I" ,
for my ncart ttoea (till, and t was fain te
clutch tbe table between us te keep me from
falling. I think this did net escape him, for
he gave me a sharp leek, and then spoke very
quiet and hushed.
"Bbe wa, cruelly killed by highwaymen at
the 'Three Cups' bin, soma mile, out of Hun Hun
gcrfenl. The dnte given me U the Ed of
December last,"
With this n great joy ceme ever mc, and
I blurted out, delighted!
"There, dr, you nre wrong! Her father
was killed en the night et which you (peak
cruelly enough, a, you sny; but Xlistrm,
Delia Kllllgrew escaped, and, after the most
Incredible adventure,"
I wa, exctltig him te start Up with Jey
nt my announcement; but, Instead of this, ha
gazed at me Very sorrowfully and shook hi,
head, which brought me te a stand.
"Sir," I said, changing my tone, "I speak
but what 1 knew; for 'twas I hail the happy
fortune te hejp her te escape, and, under
Ued', band, te bring her safe te Cornwall"
"Then, where Is (he newl"
New, this was Just what I could net tell
Se, standing before him, I gave him my nam
mid u history of all my adventure, In my
dear comrade's company, from the hour when
I saw her llrst In the lun at Hungerford. Still
keeping hi, linger en tbe page, be heard me
te the end attentively, but with a curling of
the II; toward, the close, such ns I did net
llke. And when I hnd dene, te my amaze he
sjioke out sharply, -nnd as if le n whipped
ichoellioy,
'OTI.nr
'Tis a cock nnd bull story, Mr, of which I
could hee te make you nshamed. Six weeks
In your company! and In lwy' habltl Suro Sure
ly Unas enough the pure, tinhnppy maid
should Ijo dead without such vile slander en
her fame, and from you, that were known,
Mr, te have been nt that Inn, and en that
night, with her murderers. Bey, I have evi
dence that, taken with your confession, would
woave you a halter; and am a justice of the
pence. Be thankful, then, that I am a merci
ful man; yet Iki abashed."
Abashed, Indeed, I was; or, at least, taken
aback, te sce hi, holy Indignation and thn
flush en hi, wnxen cheek. Llke a feel I steed
staggered, and wondered dimly whero I had
heard that thin volce liefore. In the coufu ceufu coufu
slen of my sense, I beard it say, selemnly:
"The sin, of her fathers have overtaken
her, ns the Boek of Kxedu, preclaimed:
therefore I, her Inheritance wasted, and given
te the satyr and the wild ass."
"And which of the twain Ise you, sir!"
I cannot tell what forced this violent rudo rude
nex, from me, for be ecemed nn honest, geed
man; but my heart was boiling that any
should put se 111 a constiUctlen en my Delia,
A, for him, he had risen, nnd wa, moving
witli dignity te the deer te show me out, a,
I guess. When suddenly I, that had lieeu
(hiring stupidly, leaMsl ujwn him and hurled
him lmek into lit, chair.
Fer I had innrked his left feet trailing, and,
by tlie token, knew him for thu whlle haired
man of the bowling green.
"Master Hannibal Tingceinb," I speke In hi,
car, "deg mid murdercrl What did you
In Oxford last Novemberl And hew of Cant.
Lucius Higgs, otherwise dipt. Luke Beltle,
otherwise Mr. X.I Sicik, befere I turvu
you us the deg was served Hint nlghtl"
I dream yet, lu my sick nights, of the
change that came ever tbe vile, hyiecritlcal
knave at these word, of mlne. Te soe hi,
pule, venerable face turn green nnd livid, hi,
cyelmll start, hi, bands clutch at ulr it
frightened me.
"Brandy I" he gasped. "Brnndyl tbere
quick for Ued', sakel"
And the next moment he had slipped from
my grasp, nud was wallowing In n lit en the
fleer. I rnu tn the cupboard nt which he hnd
(minted, nud, finding thore n bettlu of strong
waters, fonts 1 seme dre;, between his teeth;
nud hard work it was, he gnashing nt me all
the time nnd foaming at the mouth.
l'rcsently he censed te wrlthe nnd bite;
nud, lifting, I set him In hi, chair, whure he
lay, n mero llinp bundle, staring nnd blink
ing. Se I sat down facing him mid waited
his recovery.
"Dear young Mr," he liegnn nt length,
feebly, bis lingers searching the Bible liefore
him from force et habit. "Kind young sir
I mil an old, dying man, nud my sin, have
found inn out. Only yesterday the physician
nt Bodmin told me that my days are num
bered. This is the second attack, nud the
third will kill me."
"Weill" said I.
"If If Mistress Delia be ullve (as, indeed, I
did net think) I will make restitution I will
confess only tell me what te tle, that I may
dlu In pence,"
ludeisl, be looked pitiable, sitting thore
and stammering; but I hardened my heart
te say:
"I must hnve a confession, then, written
befere I lenve tbe loom."
"But, dear young friend, you will untuse
It It 1 glve up nlll Yeu will net sock my
life, tlmt Is already worthless, as you sts)"
"Why, 'tis w hat you deserve. But Delia
shall say when I llud her as I shall go
straight te sock her. It she Im lest, I shall
use It novel- fear; It she is found it shall be
hers te tay what mercy she enn discolor in
her heart; but I premise you I shall udvlse
none."
The tears by this were coursing down Id,
shrunken cheeks, but I observed him natch
me narrowly, ns though te find out hew
much I knew. Se I pulled out my pistol,
nud setting pen nnd micr liefore htm, ob
tained, at the end of nu hour, a very pretty
confession of his sins, wlilcli lies among my
I in per, te this dny. When 'two, written nud
signed, in a weak, rambling hand, I read It
through, folded it, placed It iuside my cent
nnd prepared te take my leave.
But he called out an order te the old serv
ant te suddlumy mure, and steed softly pray
ing and lx-sccculiig me in tlie courtyard till
the last moment. Ner when I was mounted
would anything serve but lie must fellow at
my stirrup te the gate. But when I had
briefly taken leave, and the heavy doers had
creaked Miind me, I heard n veice culling
nfter me down the read:
"Dear yeungsirl Dear friend I I had for
gotten somewhat."
Itetiirnlng, I found tbe gate fastened, nnd
tbe Iren shutter Mlped back.
"Weill" I nsked, leaning toward, it.
"Dear young friend, I pity thee, for thy
paper Is worthless. Today, by my udvlces,
the army et our most Christian (mrllaiucnt,
mere than twenty thousand strong, under
tlie IZ.nl et Stamford, have overtaken thy
friends, the malignant gentry, near Strutteii
Heath, In the northeast, They are mero than
two te one. By tills hour te-morrow tlie
1'iipUU nil will be running llke conies te their
burrows, nnd little chance wilt thou have te
ek Delia Kllllgrew, much less te find her.
And remember, I knew enough of thy Inte
services te hang thee; mercy then will lie In
thy friends' bunds; but le sure I shall udvlse
lione." r
And with n mocking laugh heclupptsl te
the grating lu my face.
CHAPTHU XV.
I I.1CAVK JOAN AND 11I11K Tt) THE WAH3.
Yeu may guess hew- I felt nt Mng thuj
properly fooled. And the worst was I could
(ee no way te mend It, for ngutnst the barrl barrl
cade lxtvuvu us I might have lieat myself
for hours, yet only hint my lists; anil tha
wall was se muxKith nud high that, even by
standing en Melly's back, I could net by a
feet or mere icach the top te pull myself
ever.
There was nothing for it but te turn homo home
wards down the hill, which I did, chewing
tbe cud of my roily uud llndlng it bitter u,
gall.
Joau was net in tlie kitchen when I nr
rived, nor about tbe buildings, nor yet could
I spy ber any where me lug ou the hills. Se,
after culling te her ence or twice, I stnbled
the mare uud set off up the ter Mde te seek
her.
New I must tell you that slnce the day of
my coming I hud madn in my attempts te
llud the place while Je.ul had then hidden
me, and always fruille-ly, though I knew
well wherenUiut, it must l. Indeed, I had
thought at llrst 1 bud only te walk straight
te the hole, yet found lifter repented trials
but solid eartli mid Uiwldeis for my palus.
But today, as 1 rlimlss past the s-t,
something very bright flatbed in my eyes
aud dazzled me; uud tubbing them and look
ing I saw a great hele in thn hill facing te
the southwest in the wry place I bad
searched for it, and nut of this a beam of
light glancing.
Creeping near en tip tee I found oue huge
block of grnnite, that hcfoiebad seemed bed
ded among u dnren fellow bewlder, ugalnst
the turf Iho lure rtttiug ou another well
nigh ns big wa new rolled back, having
been fixed te work smoothly en a pivot, yet
se like inline that iim eve, but by chance,
could deteet It. N jit, wue In the begiuulng
designed this hiding place 1 Itsu-'e you te con-
siaer, anil wueiuer 11 was init mw Mr s uiv
ntclans-natiens, 1 am told, that once worked
the bills areuud for tin. But buldstwa,
curiously paved and lined with slab of gran
ite, the speck, of ere in which, I noted, were
the peluta of light that had once nuzzled me.
And here wa, Jean's bower and Jean bcnclt
inside It
She was sitting with her back te me, In her
left hand holding up the mirror, that caught
the rays of tlie new sinking sun (and thu,
had daxxled me), while with her right she
tried te twist into tome form et knot ber
tresses black, and coarse a, a horse', mono
that already she had roughly braided. A
pail of water steed beside her. and around
lay scattered a scere or mera of long thorns,
cut te the shape of hairpins.
Tis probable that after a minute's watch
ing I let sorae laughter escape me. At any
'rate, Joau turned, spied 'roe, and scrambled
up, with an angry red en her cheek. Then I
saw that ber bodice was neater laced than
usual, and a bow et yellow ribbon (fished up
heaven knew, whence) steed in tbe besom.
But tha strangest thing was te note the effect
of this new tidiness upon her; for she took a
step forward n, it te cuff me by the ear as,
a day ngone, (he would have done and then
stepped, very shy and hesitating.
"Why, Jean," said I, "don't lie angered. It
suit, you choicely it does Indeed. Jean, art
certainly a hnndsorae girl; give me a kiss for
the mirror."
Instead of flying out, as I looked for, the
faced round and answered me gravely:
"That I will net; net te nny but my mas
ter." "AndwbelsthntP
"Ne man yet; nor shall be till ene he, beat
me sero; Mm will I leve nn' fellow llke n deg
If se be he whack me often enew."
"A strange way te leve," laughed I.
She looked at me straight, albeit with nn
aid, gloomy light In ber eyes.
"Think go, Jack! thou I glve thee lcave te
try."
1 think there I, always a brutality lurking
In a man te leap out unawares. Yet why de
I seek excuses, that have nover yet found
ene I Te be plain, I sprang fiercely up nnd
nfter Jean, who had already started, and
was racing along the slope.
Twice around tbe ter she led me; nnd,
though I strained my Ix&t, net a yard could I
gain uih)u her, for her bare feet carrled her
light aud free. Indeed, I wa, losing ground,
when, coming te the Jen's Kitchen a second
time, she trled te slip iuslde and shut the
(tone lu my face.
Then should I have been prettily liomeckod
bad I net, with a great effort, contrived te
thrust my beet against the deer Just as it
was closing. Wrenching it open, I laid hand
ou her shoulder; mid in a moment Mie had
gripjied me nnd wa, wrestling like a wildcat.
New, being Cumberland bred, I knew only
the wrestling of my own ceuuty, nnd noth
ing of tlie Cornish style. Fer In the north
they stand well njuirt, and try te wenr dew n
ene another's strength; whereas the Cornish
1, a brisker, lighter play, and ns I must con
fess prettier te watch. Se when Jean rushed
In and closed with me I was w Ithlu an ace of
being thrown, pat.
But, recovering, I get her nt arm's length,
nnd held ber se, whlle my heart nebed te soe
my finger, gripping her shoulder, and sink
ing into the ile-slu I begged off; but she only
fought nud panted, nud struggled te lock
me by the ankles ngaln. I could net have
dreamed te find such llcrre etrenglh In a girl
Once or twlce glie nearly overmastered me;
but nt length my stub! Mini play wero her
out. Her breath came short nnd fast, then
fainter; nnd in the end, still holding her off,
I turned her by the shoulders and let her
drop quietly en tbe turf. Ne thought had I
nny longer of kissing her, but steed back,
heartily Mck nnd ashamed et myself.
Fer a whlle Mie lay, turned ever en her
Mde, with bauds guarding her head, as it ex
pecting me te strlke her. Then, gathering
herself up, she came nud put her band iu
mlne very moekly.
"Hnd liked It lietter hadst thou stamped
tbe llfe out e' mc, n'mest. But there, lad
nm thlne forever!"
'Twns llke a buffet in the face te me.
"What I" I cried.
She looked up In my fnce dear heaven,
that I should have te write Itl with eye,
brimful, Mck with love; tried te speak, but
could only nod, nnd broke Inte u wild fit of
tears.
I wa, standing there with her hand In mlne,
nnd a burning remorse in my heart, wlieu I
heard the clear notes et n bugle blew n, nwny
ou the read te Lnuncesten.
Leeking that way I fuw a great company
of liorse coming down ever the ciest, tbe sun
shining level ou their arms nnd n green stand
nrd that they bere in their midst.
Jean spied thorn the sumo instant nnd
checked her bobs. Without n weul no flung
ourselves down full length ou the turf te
watch.
They were mera than a thousand, n, 1
guessed, mill came winding down tlie read
very orderly, till, lielug full of them, it
seemed a long serpent writhing with shiny
scales. Tlie tramp of hoofs uud jingling of
bit, were pretty te hour.
"Itebel, I" whispered L
Jean nodded.
There wero three regiments In all, whereof
the first (nnd biggest) wus of dragoons. Se
clear wa, the air, I could almost rend the
legend ou their standard, nnd the culls of
thelr captain, w cre borne up te u, oxtremely
distinct.
Turning my bend ns tbe last rider disap
peared ou tlie way te Bodmin, I spied n squat,
oddly shnjitsl man striding down tlie hill very
briskly; yet he looked alieut him often and
kept te the hollows of the ground, nnd wa,
crossing below us, n. It appeared, straight for
Jean's cettage.
Cried I: "There Is but ene man lu the
world with such u gait, nnd that's Billy Tot
tery I"
And, jumping te my feet (for he w ns coma
directly beneath Us), I caught up a great
fctone and sent it bow ling dew u tlie slejie,
Bouuce it went iast him, missing Ids legi
by a feet or lens. The man turned, nud,
catching sight of me ns I steed waving, made
hi, way up the hill. Twns indeed Cnpt,
Billy; nnd, coming up, the honest fellow al
most hugged me for joy.
"Wa, seeking thee, Jack," be bawled;
"learned from SirBevill w here bolike I might
find tlme. Left his lodging ut Lnuncesten
tbl, mernlii', and trudged ivory feet e' the
way. A thirsty land, Jack; neither liorse',
meat nor man', meat therein, nor a chair te
sit down en; nu' three women only have I
kissed this day 1" He broke off and looked nt
Jean. "Begging the lady's pardon for sea
maimer, and w uy e' speech."
"Jean," said I, "this Is Billy Tottery, n
geed inarlner nnd friend of mine, and ns
deaf as n haddock."
Hilly made a leg, and ns 1 pointed te the
read where the cavalry had justdisnpiirared,
went ou with n ned:
"That's se. Old Sir Oeorge Cluidlcigh's
troop e' horse sent off te Bodmin te seize tbe
high sheriff and his pesse tliere. Twe hour
agouel spied 'cm, nnd hu' been ewr bluce
play In' spy."
"Then where be the king' forces!" I made
shift te inquire by slgni
"Marched out e' Launccsten today, lad
nn' but u biscuit n man between 'em, jwer
dears for Stratum Heath, I' the ner'east,
where the rebel, be eticatuHsl. 'Heard by
scout, e' these gentry lieln' sent te Bodmin,
and were minded te fight the Ear! a' Stam
ford whiles his dragoenera was away. An'
here's the long nn1 short e't: theu'rt wanted,
lad, te liear a band wl' u, up yonder an' tlie
geed lady here can spure thee."
And here we Isuth looked nt Jean -I shame
facedly enough, mid Billy wild n puizlcd
air, which he tried very delicately te hide.
She put her hand In mlne.
"Te fight, lad I"
I nodded my bead.
"Then go," she said, w itlieut n sh-ikn Itl her
volce; nnd, as I madn no uuswcrwint en:
"Shall a woman hinder when time's flgbtin'
tewnrdl Only ceme lmek when thy wnr, lie
ever, for I shall miss the.), Juck."
And, dropping my bund, she led tl.e way
down te the cettage.
New Billy, of ceurse, had net heard n word
of this; but perhaps he gathered soma Imixirt.
Any way, he pulled up short midway en tlie
(lejie, scratched his head and thundered-
"What a geed lass!"
Jean, seme jmces ahead, tui nnd nt this nud
smiled; whereat, having no idea lie'd spn.i
above a whtticr, Billy blushed red as nny
tieenv.
'Twas but a short half hour wheu, the-
mare being saddled and Billy fit I, we took
our leave of Jean. Billy walked beside one
stirrup and the girl en the ethor Mde, te soe
u, a tow yard, en our way At length she
halted.
"Ne leave takln's, Jack, but 'Ciuirch nnd
JClugl' Only de thy bet and net di-grace
ma,"
CItAPTEn XVL
TUB BATTUE or RTAMTOEO HIATR.
Night came, and found us but midway be
tween Temple nnd Lnuncesten; for though
my comrade stepped briskly beside me, two,
useless te put Melly tioyend a walk; and, be
sides, the mare wa, new from her day's jour
ney. This troubled me the less bjr reason et
the moon (new almost at tha full), and the
extreme whiteness of the read underfoot, se
that there was no fear et going astray. And
Billy engaged that by sunrise we should tn la
tight of the king's troop,,
"Nay, Jack," be said, when by sign, I of
fered him te ride and tie; "never red e
faerselmck but ence, nnd that pen Parton
Bplnks hi, red mare at Bldeferd. Panoe f
these days was ceurtin' the widow Hambly,
ever te Toning ten; an' I, that wanted te
fare te Barnstaple, spent that merula' am'
better part e' th' afternoon clawin' off Tor Ter Tor
rlngten. And th' end wa, the larboard hal
yards broke, an' the mare jibed, en' te Ter
rlngten I weut befere the wind, -wi' an no
seemly bloody nose. 'Ludl'cric tha widow,
"tis tha wrong man'pen tha right horse P
'Parden, mistress,' says I, 'the man b) well
enew, but pen the wrong horse, for sure.' "
We had tome trouble at Launceston gat,
where were a few burgers petted for sen
trie,, and, a, I could soe, ready te take fright
nt their own shadows. But Billy gave th
watchword ("One nnd all"), and presently
they let us through. As we pasted along the
street we marked a light in every window
almost, though 'twas near midnight; and th
poeplo moving about behind thelr curtains.
There were group,, tee, tn the dark door doer deer
ways, gathered there discussing, that eyed ut
as we went by, nnd answered Billy's 'Geed
night, honest men!" very boarse and doubt
fully. But w hen we were beyond the town, and
between hedge, ngaln, I think I must have
dozed off in my saddle. Fer, though this was
n read full of sharp memories, lielng the last
I had traveled with Delia, I have no remem remem
brance te have felt thorn; or, Indoed, of not
ing aught but the frmh night air, and the
constellation of the Bear blazing ahead, and
Billy's volce resonant !eside tnn.
And nttcr this 1 can recall passing the tower
of Mnrham church, with the paling sky bo be
hlnd It nnd seme birds chattering in the
carved courses; and seen, It seemed, felt
Billy's grip en my knee, and ojieued my eye
te soe ids finger tlnting.
We steed en n ridge nbove a hollow vale
Inte which the sun, though new bright, did
net yet plcrce, but passing ever te a high,
conical hill txjyeud, smote level en line after
line of white tents tlie prettiest sight! Twa,
tlie enemy there encamped ou tlie top nnd
seme way down the sides, the smoke of their
trampled watch lire, still curling among the
gnrse bushes. I beard thelr trumpet, calling
nnd drums beating te nrins; for though,
glancing back nt thn sun, 1 Judged it te be
hardly p,tst I iu the morning, yet already tlie
Mopes were moving like nu ant hill the regi
ments gatheiiug, nrins flashing, horsdiuea
galloping te and fro, nnd tlie captain, shout
ing their, commands. In the dlstauca thi,
hnd a sweet and cheerful sound, no mero dis
quieting than a plow boy celling te hi, team.
, Leeking down Inte the vnlluy at our feet,
nt llrst 1 saw no sign of ourewn troops-only
the reefs of n little town, with overmuch
smeke spread nbove it, like a morning mUt.
But here also I heard the church bell, clash
ing uud n drum Inviting, ami presently spied
a gleam of arm, down among the trees, and
theu a regiment of feet moving westward
along the huse Of the hill. 'Thus evident the
battle was nt hand, nnd we quickened our
pace down Inte the street. v
It lay ou the slejw, nnd midway down we
passes 1 seme watch Urea burned out; and then
a soldier or two running nnd fastening their
straps; nnd lastalltlle child, that seemed wild
with tlie joy of living nmid great events, but
led ii, pretty straight le tlie sign et "'ilia
Tree," which Indeed was the only tavern.
It bleed seme wny back from the street,
with n great elm liefore the perch, whero by
a tnble sat two men, with tankard, beside
thorn, nud a small company of groom, and
soldiers standing round. Beth men were
mere than ordinary tell and soldier like; only
the bigger w ere n scarlet cloak, very richly
laced, nnd was shouting order, te his men;
whlle the ether, dressed in plain buff suit mid
Jack beets, bad a map spread liefore him,
wlilcli he ttudled very attentively, writing
therein with a quill ;eii.
I "What n plague have we here!" cries th
big man as we drew up.
"ltecmlU, If it plense you, sir," said 1, dis
mounting nnd pulling off my hat, though bit
insolent tone offended me.
"S'lidl Iho liey sivak, n, if he were a
regiment," gienls he, half nleuiL "Can'st
light I"
Hint, with your leave, sir, is what I nm
ceme te try."
"And this rascal r He turned en Billy.
Billy heard net a word, of coursejj-ct an
swered readily: w
"Why, since your honor is se pleasantly
minded let It lie elder."
New the fit st effect of this, delivered w itli
nil force of lung, wits te make the big man sit
belt upright nud staring; recovering speech,
however, he breke Inte a volley of blasphe
mous curses.
All this whlle the limn In buff had scarce
(lifted his eyes off the map. But new he leek,
up and I snw- at tlie llrst glance that thn two
men hated each ether.
I think," raid be, quietly, "my Lord
Mehuii has forget te nsk thu gentleman's
name."
"My name Is Marvel, sir Jehn Marvel," I
niisweiisl liim witli a bow,
"Hey I" and, dropping bis pen, lie starts
up aud grasps my hand "Then 'tis you 1
haw nevtr thanked for his gracious majesty's
letter."
"'Iho Gen. Hoptenl" cried I.
"Kven se, sir. My lord," he went en, still
holding my hand and turning te his compan
ion, "let mu pieseut te you thu geiitleinnu
that in January saitsl your hou-e of Bocon Becon Bocen
noc from burning nt the hands of the rebel
whom Ged confound this day I" He lifted
his hat.
"Amen," said I, ns his lordship bowed, ex
ceeding sulk v Hut I did net vnlue his rage,
riling net Willi Jey te lie se lcprnlsc-1 by tut
(list captain (hs 1 yet held) en tlie royal side.
Who new, net without a sly triumph, Hung
tlie price of Billy 's cider en the table, and,
folding up his iii'ip, addressed me again:
".Master Marvel, the light today will lie
but little w ith the liorse or be I Iuum. Yeu
will de well, If your wish Ik te serve us liest,
te lcave your mare lielilnd. Tlie troop w hlch
my Ixud Mehuu nud I command together
is below. But Sir Bevlll Orenville, who has
seen nnd Is Intel csted 111 you, has the first
claim; and I would net deny you the delight
te light your Hist battle under se geed a mas
ter. HI, men nre, with Sir Jehn Berkeley',
roep, n little te the westward; nnd if ou
me ready-I will go seme distance witli you,
end put you in thu way te find him, My lord,
may we leek for you presently!"
The Lord Mehuu nodded, surely enough;
re, UlllyV cider Iwing new drank and Melly
fiwnowrte nu estler, we set out down the
hill together, Hilly sheuldeiiug a pike and
walking nfter with the groom tlmt led Sir
luilpir, horse. Be sure tlie general', courtly
maimer of sieecli set my bleed tingling. I
seemed te grew n full two inches taller; aud
when, iu the vale, no jiartcd, he directed me
te the left, where through a gap I could sce
Sir Bevlll's troop forming nt some five hun
dred iaces' distance, 1 felt a very desperate
wnuier indeed, nud set off at a ruu, with
Hilly behind me.
Titus uu ejien space we had tocress, dot
ted tilth gerse bushei, uud the enemy's regi
ments, plain te sts), ilrnwn up In battalia ou
the sloie above, which here was gentler than
te the south and west. But hardly hail we
goneleu yard, when I tsiw u puff of white
mioke nliove, then another, and then the
summit ringed with flame, and beard the
noiseof IU lonrlnginthe hills around. At
thu llrst sound I pulled up, and then began
running ngaln at full Sed; feri saw our
division uliendy In motleu und advancing up
Iho hill at n quick pace.
The curve of the slope hid all but the near
est; but above thorn I saw a steep earthwork,
and thereon three or four bras, pieces of ord erd
nance glittering whenever the smoke lifted.
Fer here the artillery wa, plying the brisk
est, pouring down volley ou volley; aud four
regiments at least steed massed behind, ready
te full en the Cernlshmen; who, answering
with a wnnll discharge et musketry, new ran
forward mero nimbly.
Te catch up with them, I must uew turn
my course obliquely up tbe hill, where run
ning was pretty toilsome. We were panting
along when suddenly a shower of sand and
earth was dashed In my face, spattering ma
all ever. Half bliuded, I looked and taw a
great round shot had plowed a trench In the
ground at my feet, and lay there burled.
At the tame moment, Billy, who was ruu-
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