Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1924, Page 22

THE OWL’S HOUSE|| A Thrilling Adventure Story By Crosb Copyright, 1924. by F: (Continued from Yesterds s Star.) craft's reputa- a hint of and he Very jealous of his tion was Jacky's George; deflance from another boat was after the challenger instanter, even though it took him out of his course. Many a gcod spin did Ortho et coming In from th Carn Base Wolf and other outer tishin: grounds. backed against the weather side with the Baragwanath boys. living ballast. while the gig. trem- bling from end to end, went leaping nd swooping over the blue hillocks the trail of an ambitious Pen- merth or Porgwarra man Sheets and weather stays humming in the biast, taut and vibrant as guitar sTing ils rigid as though carved from wood, lee gunnel all but dipping under: dollops of spray bursting aboard over the weather bow - -tense work, culminating in exultation as they crept up on the chase, drew to her quarter, came broad abeam nd with derisive cheers—p d her. Speed was a mania with the cock robin, he was in perpetual danger of sailing the Game Cock under: on one occa- sion he very nearly did. They were tearing c through the Runnelstone Passage after an impudent Mouseholeman, when a cross sea suddenly rose out of nowhere and popg d over the lee gunnel In ond the boat was full of water: v her gun- nels and thwarts were visible. Tt seemed to Ortho that he ing up to his knees in the sea, “Laff!” shouted George. His eldest son jammed the hard down, but the boat wouldn't nswer. The way was off her; she lay as dead as a log Leggo sheet. she Aft all hands.” Ortho tumbled se-hauled helm ed the father. Aft with the Barag- wanath boys and watched Jacky's George in a stupor of fright. The little man could not be said to move; he flickered, grabbed up an oar, wrenched the boat's head round broke the crest of an oncoming wave by launching the oar biade at it and took the remainder in his back. “Heave the ballast out an’ bail. velled gleefully, sitting forming a living bulwark the waves. “Bale till your break, my joll They bailed like furries, baled with the first things to hand, line tubs, caps, boots, anything, in the mean- while drifting rapidly toward the towering cliffs of Tol-pedn-Penwith The crash of the breakers on ledges struck terror through Ortho. They sounded like a host of ravenous great beasts roaring for their prey— him. If the boat did not settle under them they would be dashed to pieces on those rocks: death was inevitable one way or the other. He remem bered the Portuguese amen washed in from the Twlve Apostles without heads. He would be like that in a few minutes—no head—ugh! Jacky George, jockeying the bows improvising ather cloth fron a spare jib. was singing, “Hey, boy up we go' This levity in the jaws of destruction enraged Ortho. The prospect of imminent death might amuse Jacky's George, Who had eaten a rich slice of life, but Ortho had not and was terrified. He felt he was too young to die; it was unfair to snatch a mere boy like himself. Moreover, it was far too sudden; no warning ' at all. At one moment they were bowling along in the sun- shine, laughing and py, and at the next up to their waists in water, to all intents dead, cold, eaten by crabs—ugh! He thought of Eli up the valley. flintlock ) dry, happy, safe for years and of fun; thought of the Owls' House bathed in the noon glow, the old dog asleep in the sun, pigeons strutting on the thatch, copper pans shining in the kitchen—thought of his home. ymbol of all things comfortable and secure, and promised God that if he got out of the mess he would never set foot in a boat again. The roar of the breakers grew louder and he felt cold and sick with fear, but nevertheless baled with the best, baled for dear life, realizing for the first time how inexpressibl. precious life may be. Jacky's George whistled, cracked jokes and “The Bold British Tar.” He made he against backs such a din as to drown the noise of | the surf. The “British Tar” had brave words and a good rousing chorus. The boys joined in as they : presently Ortho found him- singing, too. x lads toiling might can shift a quantity of water. gig began to brisk to ride easier. Fifty yards off foam-draped Hella Rock, Jacky's George laid her to her course again— but the Mouseholeman was out of sight No Dundee harpooner, home from a five years' cruise, had 'a more mov- ing story of perils on the deep to tell than did Ortho that night. He staggered about the kitchen, affect- ing a sea roll, spat over his shoulder and told and retold the tale till hi mother boxed his ears and drove him up to bed. Even then he kept Eli awake for two hours, baling that boat out over and over again; he had enjoyed every moment of it, he said. Nevertheless he for a month, but the Baragwanath family were dodging off St. Clement Isle before sun up next day, waiting for that Mousehold boat to come out of port. When she did they led her down to the fishing grounds and then led her home again, a tow rope trail- ing derisively over Game Cock’s stern. They were indomitable breed. Ortho_recovered from his experience off Tol-Pedn and, despite his promise to his Maker, went to sea occasion- ally, but that phase of his education was' nearing its close.Winter and its gales were approaching. and even the fearless cock robin seldom ventured out. When he did go he took only his four eldest boys, departed with- out ostentation, was gone a week or even two, and returned quietly in the dead of night. Scilly—to visit his sister,” was given by Mrs. Baragwanath as his destination and object. but it was noted that these demonstrations of brotherly affection Invariably oc- curred when the “Admiral Anson’s” stock of liquor was getting low. The wise drew their own conclusions. Ortho pleaded to be taken on one of these mysterious trips, but Jacky's George was adamant, so he had per- force to stop at home and follow the Game Cock in imagination across the wintry Channel to Guernsey and back again through the patrolling frigates loaded to to the bends with ankers of gin and brandy. Cut off from Jacky's George, he looked about for a fresh hero to wor- ship and lit upon Pyramus Herne. CHAPTER IX Pyramus Herne was the head of a family of gypsy horse dealers that toured the South and West of Eng- land, appearing regularly in the Land's End District on the heels of the New Year. They came not par- ticularly to do business, but to feed their horses up ‘for the Spring fairs. The climate was mild, and Pyramus knew that to keep a beast warm is to_go halfway toward fattening it He would arrive with a chain of broken-down skeletons, tied head to tail, fle their teeth, blister and fire their game legs and turn them loose in the sheltered bottoms for a rest cure. At the end of three months, when the bloom was on their new coats, he would trim their feet, pull manes and tails, give an artistic touch here and there with the shears, paint out blemishes, make old teeth Jook like new and depart with a strimg of apparently gamesome youngsters frolicking in his tracks. and main The an was stand- | in the bows, | the | ! headless, | sang | her movements, | the | did not go fishing | ie Garstin rederick A. Stokes Ce. It was his practice to pitch his win- ter camp in a small coppice about | | two and a half miles north of Bosula. | 1t was no man's land, sheltered by a ! wall of rocks from the north and ecast, water was plentiful and the trees provided fuel. Moreover, it was se- cluded, a weighty consideration, for the dealt in other things besides s. in the handling of which privacy first import. In short, he | was a iver of stolen goods and | aluable articles of salvage. He gave | 4 better price than the Jew junk dealers in Penzance because his | travels opened a wider market and also he had a reputation of never | ‘peaching,” of betraying a customer | | for, reward—a reputation far from! deserved, be it said—but he peached always in secret and with consum- ate” discretion He did lucrative business in salvage n the West. but the traflic in stolen | #oods was slight because there werc | |no big towns and no professional | thieves. The few furtive people who |crept by night into the little wood eking the gypsy were mainly | thieves by accident, victims of sud |den overwhelming temptations. The | seldom bargained with Pyramus. but |agreed to the first price offered, { thrust the stolen articles upon him 1s if red hot and were gone, radiant with relief, frequently forgetting to take the money. “I am like their Christ.,” said Py- | ramus: “they come to me to be re- lieved of their sins.” | In England of those days gypsies | were regard d with well merite picion and hunted from pillar to pos Pyramus the exception. | [ passed unmolested up and down h de routes, for he was at particular | pains to in te himself with the two ruling classes—the law oficery and the gentry—and, being a clever | man, succeeded. | The former liked him because “King” Herne joined a r there | would be no trouble with the Ro- | manies: also he gave them reliable information from time to time. Capt Rudolph, the notorious Bath road highwayman, owed his capture and squent hanging to I'yramus, score of lesser tobymen. Pyramus made no money out of foot- ds, so he threw them as a sop to | justice. The with s fawned on | cunning of his race. | a joint in his har- no less. Pyramus weaknesses of the | One influen- | ed snuff boxes, | gentry the magistrat e these little | great his special stud tial land owner collec! another firearms. Pyramus in his| jtraflickings up and down the world | kept his eves skinned for snuff boxes | and firearm d, having ceptional | | opportunities, usually managed to| bring something for each when he passed their way, an exquisite casket of | tortoise shell and paste, a pair of silver- | | mounted pistols with Toledo barrels. | Some men hat¢ to be reached by ollnrl | means. Lord James Thynne was partial to | coursing. Pyrwmus kept an eye lift- | | ed for greyhounds, bought a dog fro |the widow of a Somersetshire poacher | | (hung the day before), and Lord | James won 10 matches running with Herne tribe were welcome waste lands forever. t triumph was with Mr. Hugo Lorimer, J. P., of Stame, in the County of Hampshire. Mr. Lori- mer was death on gypsies, maintain- ing against all reason that they hailed from Palestine and were re- spousible for the crucifixion. harried them unmercifully. not otherwise a devout man; cution of the Romanies ! form of religious observance. Even the astute Pyramus could not melt him, charm he never so wisely This worried King Herne, the more bec; Lorimer’'s one pa |sion was horses—his own line of | business—and he could not reach him | through it could not by selling |it. The |to_camp on hi: But his great |so win the truculent]| him a good nag | because he bred his own |and ‘would not tolerate mno other | breed. He could not even convey a| good racing tip to the gentleman be cause he did not bet The justice | was adamant; Pyramus baffled | Then one day came a change in | the situation. The pride of thestud, | |the crack etallion Stane Emperor, | went down with fever and, despite | all ministrations, passed rapidly from} bad to worse. All hope was aban- | | doned. Mr. Lorimer, infinitely more | | perturbed than if his entire family |had been in a like condition, sat orf upturned bucket in the horse’s box | and wept. . To him entered Pyramus, pushing | | past the grooms, fawning, obsequi- ously sympathetic, white with dust. | He had heard the dire news at Down- ton and came instante purring. Might he humbly crave a peep at the noble sufferer? . . . Perhaps his poor skill might effect something. ... Had been with horses all his life. . Had succeeded with | many abandoned by otHers more . . It was his business livelihood. . . . Would graciously per- mit? . . His worship ungraciously grunted | an affirmative. Gypsy horse coper | full of tricks as a dog of fleas.| |58 At all events could make the | | precious horse no worse. . . . Gu; ahead! Pyramus bolted himself in with the animal and in two hours it was standing up, lipping bran-mash from his hand, sweaty, shaking, but sav Mr. Hugo Lorimer was all grat his one soft spot touched at I 'yramus must name his own reward. Pyramus, both padms upraised in | protest, would hear of no reward; honored to have been of any-service to such a gentleman. 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