Evening Star Newspaper, September 22, 1924, Page 18

THE OWL’S HOUSE A Thrilling Adventure Story By Crosbi e Garstin Covyright, 19214 by Frederick A. Stokes Ce. (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) King Nick" e took on a slightly pained tone. ieorge, dear life, ponder, will where between St. Ives and Sennen cargo. how many in winter can I land at 3 Not one. Not one in & mon hardly. ‘He gathereth waters of the sea together. as it was m thirty-three. that the notable Jard drinking’s done, as thou well Jnowest. What else i the poor ®ouls to do in the long bitter e Jings? Think o' they poor St. Just 4inners down in the damp and dark 711 day. 'Tis the duty of any man Jrofessing Christian love and charity %0 assist they poor souls to et a drop of warm liguor cheap. What ~aith the Book? »d is he th considercth the and needy Think on that, George.” There were lesrs in the ous brook runted. “Dunno as Y've got any turrible love for tinners “The last pair o’ they mucky toads comed here pretty nigh clawed m) house down. Why not Porgwarra or Tenberth?” Cos there aren’t a man there I'd trust, George. 1 wouldn't put my | trust en nobody but you—The faith- | ful are minished from among the! #ons o' men.’ You run a bit for your- | ¥elf: why can't e run a bit more and make a fortune? What's come over ‘e, | all to| way be dark L ngel of the cord B y d we shall wash our eps in t blood of the | ungodly akes ‘e hold back, | old shipmate?” Horses,” sz i Cap'n and 1 do respect it as much as | money’s ed to think. He had a plan forming in his head, a money-making plan. He strode up and down the bare strip by the boat capstan getting the details clear. It did not take him long. being simplicity itselt. He| hitched his belt and marched up the little hamlet hot with inspiration. Subdued mysterious sounds came » | from the surrounding darkness, whis- pering thuds, shovel scrapings, sighs as of men heaving heavy welghts. A shed suddenly exploded with the mour of startled hens. In another a sow protested vocally against the | disturbance of her bed. There was a big bank running beside the stream in front of the Admiral Anson. As Ortho passed by the great mass of earth and bowlders became articulate. A voice deep within its core sald softly: “Shift en a bit further up, Zack; there's three more to come.” Ortho saw a thin chink of light be- tween two of the bowlders, grinned and strode into the Kkitchen of the Kiddlywink. There was & chill burn- ing on the table and a kettle hum- ming on the hearth. Jacky's George sat before the fire, stirring a mug of grog which he held between his knees. Opposite him sat a tall old man dressed in unrelieved black from neck to toe. A wreath of snowy hair circled his bald pate like a halo. A pair of tortoise-shell spectacles jock- eyed the extreme tip of his nose, he | regarded Jacky's George over their rims with an expression benign but paine cky's George looked up at Ortho's “Hallo, what s it?" Where's King Nick? I want to see him." The tortoise-shell spectacles turned slowly in his direction. “There is but one King, my son, omnipotent and all-merciful. One King—on High . .. but my name is | certainly Nicholas.” Ortho staggered. This the master- smuggler, the swashbuckling, devil- may-care hero of song and story! the next man ‘fraid of | This rook-coated, bespectacled, white- riders nor clse—save tu- W f it were only a matter why, I'd land 's much stuff | ax you've a mind to. But carry goods tn St Just for ‘e, T won't, for that | means horses. and horses means farmers. I'm e sea myself and 1 can't a it before and there 1t do take a week carth coll do show u farmers 't mix wid Gwithian and Sancreed t 1ach neither. And, what is more do eat up all ¥ profits— tive sh here, ten shillings there t the end of it. When think 3 ¢ done paying slit me, you've only just be- gun. 1 won't be plagued wid ‘cm, so That's the finish Listen to me a minute,” King Nick purled on, quite undeterred. “I'll tell here's t Bend to it gig shot shoreward manner in which the Barag: ath family disposed of a run c tained the clements of magic. a conjuring trick, no 1 ‘now you see it, now you don't t one mo- ment the sliphead was chockablock with bales and barrels; at the next it was bare. They swooped purpose- fully out of nowhere, fell upon the Zoods and—hey, presto'—spirited themselves back into nowhere, leav- ing the slip wiped clean Including one son and two daugh- ters-in-law, the tribe mustered four- teen in all, and in the handling of il- licit merchandise the ladies were as ted as the gentlemen. Ortho was oriously trundling a cask up the ip when he encountered one of the Misses Baragwanath, who gave him : push and took the matter out of his lands. By the time he had recovered his balance she had gome and so had the It was too dark to see which way she went. Not that he was interested; on the contrary, he want- headed old Canorum (Methodist) lo- cal preacher, King Nick! His senses reeled. It could never be, and yet he knew it was. It was the same voice, the voice that had blandly informed Anson he would blow him out of the water if he pulled another stroke. He felt for the door post and leaned against it goggling “Well?" Ortho licked his lips. “Well? 1 eddn no fiery dragon to eat 'e, boy. Say thy say.” Ortho drew a long breath, hesi- tated and let it out with a rush. “I can find the horses you're want- ing. I can find thirty horses a night any time after Twelfth Night and land your goods in St. Just under four hours.” King Nick screwed round in his chair, turhing the other side of his fuce to the light, and Ortho saw, with a shock of revulsion, that the ear had been sheared off and his face furrowed across and across with two terrible sears—rellcs of the Cawsand affair. 1t was as though the old man was revealing the other side of him, spiritual as well as physical. “Come nearer, lad. How do ‘e knaw I want horses?’ “I heard you. I was pulling stroke in boat.” “Son o' yourn, George? He don't favor ‘e, seem me."” “Naw. Youns Squire Penhale from “Since he were weaned.” “Ah ha! Ah, ha!” The smuggler's blue eves rested on Ortho, benevo- lent vet probins. “And where can you find thirty horses, my son? “rn:l a brear passell.” “Gypsy Herne rests on my land over winter; he has plenty.” “An Egyptian! An idolator! A worshiper after false gods! 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