The evening world. Newspaper, August 30, 1916, Page 13

NEXT WEEK'S COMPLETE NOVEL THE REAL MAN By FRANCIS LYNDE 4 story of the rugged West-—the hero a man from the East whom force of circumstances invested with a new wii. By Maurice Ketten eS THE SPLENDID SPU By A. T. QUILLER -COUCH “ RIDING %& Goor Fom REQUCING mesiciaee A romance of England in 1662, witha hero whom adventure marked for a series of thrilling experiences in love and war, wirile than the their bende Mut the ene op wed Wee @ tall, fair wo! contre ond belie BEGINS IN NEXT MONDAY'S EVENING WORLD my eyes tar . have nought to tell,” amall court, 1k at bie boote—he'e pull'd and « girl ted furiously at Delta, who! Jhughing @lso, answered him very ueht, Leteppd past her “You are bold to make so certain cannot even tell) ud from man What te meant by th soldier, opening bh simply this boy at all, but a Close the door lads cap rakishly evening was r and longing pute during whieh | qwalking with a ewaxee to meet with the sight of the ruined stared at Delia Tomorrow 1 astonishment, iseegre ber whispered in my “Lam so very, very sorry: but wear these hateful clothes the put hor hands together, ing ber breath, hor straight, yand Puritan cap. questioning me, through the filds and by every by- 1 lead weatward over @ hedge, “fete an outpost of rebels aw they sat munching their supper. ‘They were six in all, and must have been sitting like mice: for all L know climbed the hedge “Yiret, and was helping Delia over, when out of the ground, as it seem'd ,& voice sbricked, “A Kilag’s men are on us! t alipping, down w feu well-nigh broke his neck as he turned - to bok up at ine. At fret Lie whole six were for run- sping, 1 believe. . dad etrotebed on his fac on the hedge, they t Before 1 could scram) “one pair of hands was screwed about er at my heels, and in thee there we wore, pinioned. “Search the malignant!" cried one. called another; @ long interrogatory movements of His that seemed t We jumped » faced the company with « rosy “What say you to this? on my lip, when ‘twas he—turning there came sound that made ua round on th What do TL aay? That the wan the bi echo of a gun firing from the first, and thia proves it!” CHAPTER IX, HE next four weeks I spent ina bitter cold cell in the! of Bristol keep, | with a chair and pallet of | straw for all my furniture, | and nothing to stay my fast but tho} bread and water that the jatler—a if there ever was one— brought me twice a day, Col. Essex had been thrice to visit me, and always offered many excuses for my treatment, but when he came to question me, why, of cours nothing to tell,.#o that each visit but; served to vex him more, was suspected to know a great deal: beyond what appeared in the letter; and no doubt poor Anthony Killl- grew had receiv'd some verbal mes- sage from His Majesty which he lived not long enough to transmit to As ‘twas, I kept silence, and the Colonel in return would tell me noth | ina of what had befallen Delia, frosty morning, when I had lain in this distress just of my cell opened, and there apnear'd a young woman, not uncomely, bringing In MY pegin to attack the window-bar with I had no need for silence, this great height above the groun and, besides, the hammering continued Of it to this, jen door, after f WORE Foop ! ORSE RACK RID! HAS GIVEN HE aaa EMENDOUS O, PSHAW | THANE GAINED and then, my She did not wait my anawer, but running into the passage, she back with a heavy key, open'd the window 1 aprang Into the garden and held In one mo- hurrying | with across the dark garden beds. jane and rac'G forth a han We struck Into a narrow side etreet. My neck, ano About half way down it I spied a gateway standing Delia aside, into a courtyard litter'd is and timbers, it to a black, empty barn of a place, of wooden steps glimmer'd, that led to an upper, We climb'd these ma’ The loft was pil’ bales of wool. * feoneerning the Majesty's troop: "I Jearnt much but, of course, high with great 1 was groping about @ to hide, when by the arm and pointed. Looking, T deseribed in the gloom a tall quadrilateral of purple, not five with a speck’ of Hmht shining near the top of it, and three ‘shouted a pock-marked hand thrust In <petapoper, that had his bring the lantern close on my breas alas! the King's letter, and “PN my lip, while vePotad, turning _ pBlare upon the superseription, “Lads, there's promotion in this: tman Thad tum- ed, Was the ser- steps away, the lantern'’s yellow The girl went out, sobbing, and lock’d the door after her. ling the file trom my pocket, 1 other out of the window again and climying to & silting posture on the il, thrust out my legs over leading down to the darkness. courts are full me with astonisnment. ‘Twas, 1 could not trance ball of the C An oak door, very massive, fronted was a line of poas with many cloaks and hats depending han the reat. shouted the thick of troopers. bled on (who, it s "Twas an open 1 vernor's house. within It; the broad streak, a ship’ mast reaching up; and the lesser on Vorking over @ my head, and used for lowering the bales of wool on ship- bread and water, she was the jailer's daughter, and wore a heavy bunch t her girdle. norning!" said 1, for till only had visited me, and this Was a welcome change. ead of answering cheerfully (as ‘d for), she gave a little nod of She nodded. ‘There's @ door at the far It_leads to the crypt You'll find the key and a lantern. She reached from @ haeus Martin and I gripped the rope and pushed my- elf inch by inch through t and out over the ledge. For a moment 1 dangled, without ce “duty; tlother three full in about the ners—-quick mareh!" age to move wreathing my legs round the rope, L loosed my left hand and caught with it again some six inches below. And so, down I went. Minute followed minute, and left me still descending, six inches at a time, and looking neither above nor below, but always at the gray wall that seemed sliding up in front of me. Bud- denly my legs, that sought to close round the rope, found space only, I had come to the end, T look'd down, I took a step to the door, paused nd or two with my hand on the latch, und then cautiously pushed now her fat Daylight was closing my task, and, pulling the two pieces of the bar aside, thrust my head out at the window. Advancing, T stood on the sill and the black water, flint and steel,’ shelf beside h they'll spy you through the window, crypt & passage takes you to the governor's house, cape then, God knows! ‘Tis the beat { can think on.” I thanked her, and began to at down the ladder, moment to watch, leaving the trap open for better light. avenue of casks and bins | stumbled toward the door and lantern were just to be discerned at the far end of the cellar, on flint I heard the trap close and since then have never set eyes on that kind-hearted girl. The lantern lit, I took the key and It turned noisily, air struck my face. Gazing round this new chamber, I saw two lines of squat pillars, supporting a low, arched roof, trickled down the p! on to the tombs beneath them. At the end of this dreary place was f@ narrow passage which led to a low room, every inch of space was piled with barrels, chests, and great pyra~ mids of round-shot. lay @ heap of rusty pikes. Of all thi the signification was clear, I stood in the munition-room of the castle But what chiefly took my notice was & great door, studded with iron nails, that barred all exit from the place. Over the barrels I crept toward It, keeping the lantern high, 1 firing any loose powde: Tramp—tramp! ‘Twas the sound of fall, and to tl acending a flight of steps on t side of the door, key-hole, then stepped to # cask of @ that stood handy by. out @ dozen, felt in my pocket for Delia's kerchief that she me, caught up @ pike from the pile stacked in the corner, and softly blow- ing out my light, stood back to be con- , when it opened. ‘The door creaked back against 4 and a@ shaft of light pierced the dar for a mile or more « “a@ email ¢illage tavern. +tor-entered the tave the left in the passage he nd soon came to Our conduc- At a door to looked down twenty feet below, lay a three ted trader, close against the ware- My toes stuck out over her deck almoat, At first glance could see noaign of presently waa leaning over I gave « rapid glance around. lamp's rays searce tHlumined the far corners; but in one of thess stood a great leathern se fireplace near it a full of swords, pistols and walking Stepping toward it, I caught sight of Anthony's sword, suspended there among the rest (they had taken on the day of my exam~ hich now Itook down and T then chore Mpped them into twenty feet from the ground, | saw a beam projecting, about six feet long, over @ sort of doorway in the wall. Under this beam, on a ladder, was a carpenter-fellow at work, fortifying {t with two supportin, rested on the sill of the doorway. The clock over the barbican struck four; and in @ minute was being an- swered from tower after tower, down “ather’s abed with the agui ‘ow, you cannot expect me to be she said; and I caught her me with something like compassion in her blue eyes, which mov'd me to ery out, suddenly: “[ think you are woman enough to like a pair of lovers.” “Oh, ayer but whe e room Was on, and over the dimly by two tallo’ kk was hanging, D> She stood for a aware of a dark figu the bulwarks near the bows back was to- ward us, blotted against the shadow, and the man engaged only, in watching the splash of light flung lantern on the water beneath him I resolved to throw myself on the mercy of this allent figure, and put out @ hand to teat the rope. of It was fixed to a bale of wool that as it had been lowered, on the . Flinging myself on the other I found it sink gently from the pul- ley, as the weight below moved slow- nd sinking with it I held on till my feet touched the deck, the figure in the bows was Who looked timbers that ‘Marply at o o@ He was thin, with a blue nose, and .sWore a green uniform like the rest; only his carriage proved him a man * of authority. This Capt. Stubbs listened, you may re, With a bright’ning eye to the A yard below my feet the beam of the gallows gleamed palely out of the darkness. I let my hands slip down o, hung for a@ strapped at my side out a pistol or two, my sash and advanced to the centre ere's t'other half ‘As I struck steel “our o'clock!" cried the man on the ladder; “time to stop work, and here goes for the " drove it in and prepared to descend. shouted @ soldier, ‘ot the rope.” ‘That'll wait till to-morrow. There’e @ staple to drive in, too. I'm dry, and want my beer.” hig apron around his waist, and gathering up bis nails, went down the ladder, he picked up his bag, shouldered the ladder, and lounged away, leaving the coll of rope the soldiers The young gentle- Woman that was brought hither with me-L know not if she loves me, but y—I would give my hand to learn her whereabouts, and “You're right. the last foot or so of ro, moment, then dropped for the beam, My feet missed it, as 1 intended they hould; but I flung both arms out and caught it, bringing inyself up with @ While yet I hung clawing, heard a footstep coming through the gateway between the two wards. The footsteps drew nearer, passed almost ‘Twas @ sentry crossing and recross- avement below me. T lay flattened scare daring Thus far it had been all fear and trembling with me, but now this was changed to a k » on the pair » King’s letter over fitted it to tho lo and a cold whiff + panting Joy. keys hanging near the fire-place, and behind t nh your posses- nN? he asked at length, “That,” said 1, “I must decline to ” tter eat thy loa: girl very suddenly setting down the A green molature iilars and dripped riding boots, whereof a pair ready |, fitted me cholcely well, in the colonels boots, vanced again to the table. ing-wax and eae, «wo she was gone, locking the iron door behind her, 1 turned from my breakfast with sigh, having for the the hope to hear something of Delia, feeling hungry, the loaf beside broke it in two. A To my amaze, out dropp'd some- thing that jingled on the atone floor, ‘Twas a small file, and examining the loaf again, I found a clasp-knif oo aa neatly folded, « He hesitated a moment, th the gallows. peating himself, broke the s the letter upon the map < “slowly through, At the foot ¢ A i moment, taste: For the first time L began heartily to hope (hat the paper contained nothing of moment. Man's face was no index of this. read it through twice, his breast, and turned to the wfo-morrow at 6 in the morning continue our march, p these fellows secure, you for this.” ‘The sergeant It, * cuffs, huddled with fifty soldi 4m a hayloft of the inn, and hearken: to their curious talk, that was composed of Holy Writ and half ¢ “Before daylt und We were led down to the ‘ore the tavern door, where ly were close upon five hundred gathered, that had been billeted about the village and were now for vornor's seal, that I paid out my end of the rope lying there, wool, and as soon as It rested again 4 on deck signalled to Delia to let She did #0. As she alighted and stood beside me our han’ The rope slipped up a bale with a rune ‘We caught at the rope and stopped it Just in time, but the pulley above erenked vociferously, letter, and sticking it In my breast, caught down the bunch of keys mady for the door, The hall was void. a cloak and heavy, hat from one of the pegs, and dons ning them, siijped back the bolts of the heavy door, Then, with a last hitch of the k, to bring it well about me, stepped forth into the night, shutting the door quietly on my heela were on the pavement of Above one star only man had passed In each cor the sixth time, heart to wriggle myself toward the doorway over which the gallows pro- truded, By slow degree: ing wheneve: ‘as emp’ I looked down on the coll of rope lying directly below, @ pretty scheme struck me. I eat down on the floor of my cell and pulled off my doots and stockings. Drawing off a stocking and picking out the end of the yarn, I began to ¢ unravel the knitting for dear life, ‘until the whole lay, & heap of thread, rved the other in the same way, and at the end had two lines, each pretty near four hun- dred yards in length, which now I divided into eight lines of about a hundred yards each, With these I set to work, and by the end of twenty minutes had plait. ed a rope-if rope, be called—weak to be sure, but long to reach the ground, with Then, having bent my bodkin to the form of a hook, I tied it to the end of my cord, weighted it with a crown from my pocket and clambered up to the window, going to angle Ttwatched down broad-brimmed the fellow drew ne up to the wall; ing the proper moment, cast my legs over, dangled for a second or winging myself toward the flung myself off, and, touching the ledge with one toe, pitched forward into the room, The effect of this was to give me @ sound crack as I struck the floor, which lay about a foot below the level of the sill, I picked myself up yi, the regular tramp of the sentry proved he had and a strip o! luted and we were ssex, finding no good come of his interrogatories, tho’ I continue under his eye, to wit, with a dowager of his acquaintance, a Mistress Finch, Wee private house midway down St. Thomas his atreet, In Red- cliff: and she hath put a dismal dress ‘tis hideous), otherwise uses me not Ill, care of thyself, my deare friend: for be a gentilman, he is prest by them about him, and at our interview [ noted a’ mischief in Canst use this file?—(but take care: all the gates I saw guarded This by one n my friend: r the paper up. your cordial, loving comrade, D, K." After reading this a dozen times, till I had it by heart, I tore the letter into small pleces and hid them in my pocket, and began lazily to rub away at my window bar, The man in the bows had not on the floor, the inner war CHAPTER X. OW, either I am mad or thought I, for that the fellow had not heard our nolse was to I bent my Across the court Was a sentry tra T fellow looked, saluted, stepped to the ned it himself. wicket and oj tho’ the Colnl indeed, it could breath, for I knew that without a myself to anewer, lantern he would darkness, the tell-tale rope dangling from the tower, In the room where I stood all was But the flooring was uneven pred with small was one of the stepped along the deck toward not an inch did he budge. him on the shoulder. Ho faced round with a quick start “Bir,” said I, quick and low, before he could get @ word out, “sir, we are I will be plain night I have broke out of Bristol Keep, and the colonel’s men are after me. Give me up to them, and they hang to morrow; give my comrade up, and they persecute her vilely sir, I know not which side you be, but there's our cage in @ nutshell," I said this the man leant forward and shouted into my ear so that I fairly leapt in tho air: name's Pottery: cap'n of the Godsend—an’ you can't make me hear, not if yo I be deaf as nails ‘Twas horrible; for tho trooper ) if anywhere near, coul His voice shook in the arened cealed by the di sage of the barbica riage waiting, beside the door. a heart In their movermen began a cold drizzle as we set out, and through this saddening weather we trudged all day, De’ kept well apart, she with the van- guard and I in the rear, a porter standing a and T being to the foot, and scat pieces of masonry." many chambers tn had dropped into disrepair. my way with both hands, and bark- ing my shins on the loose stones I found a low, vaulted passage that led into a second as the first, ne: Within the threshold, with bis back to me, stood @ gray-beare and tottered a that the lantern shook It shamed me to Lita pike against one so weak, dropped it with a clatter and leaped forward, The old fellow Juinped ike turned and faced dropped jaw, which gave me an op- to thrust four o* five bul- lets, not over roughly, into bia mouth Then, having turnea him on bis back, Delia'#® kerchiet across his mouth, and too« the lan- tert, from his hand, Not a word was nald poor old man's wits were shaken, for he lay meek as a mouse and alared me while I unstrapped nd bound his feet with It, hands 1 trussed up behind him with is own neckcloth; and, catching up the lantern, left him there. the door after me and alipt the key into my pocket as I sprang up the stairs beyond But here a light once more I extingut ter bowed low, holding th him rapidly, of the coach and drew a long breath. for the hangman's in your hands. ‘Twas near dark by this; but I could just distinguish it on the pav- ing-stones below, and looking about saw that no one was astir, in bis band, towers of Bristol grew clear. the leaden mist in o'clock we halted out spoke @ word porter, who came around to the coach he file work'd Ty noon the bar was halt sev- nd T broke off to hear the key ng in my lock. s daughter enter'd with Her eyes were red “To Mistress Finch's, "waiting for the drawpri¢ beside Delia, under ¢ soldiers, and shaking with cold, be- neath a gateway that led between the two wards outside the castle. there, for an hour at least, we kicked our heels, until from tue Capt. Stubbs came striding and com- * manded us to follow, Across the court rain, through a vaulted passage, and sereen of carved oak found suddenly in a near forty yards long (as I reckon ip, and raftered with oak end, around a great shoulder through the opening, and let ntly through my hand, ‘There was still many yards left that could be paid out when I heard my coin tinkle softly on the pavement, ‘Then began my difficulty, A dozen times I pulled my hook across the coil it hitehed, and then a@ full three scores of times the rope slipped away before I had raised it @ dozen 1 began to lose heart when, In delight, the bodkin caught It had fastened on a kink in far from the end, began to pull up, hand over hand, trembling all the while like a leaf, 1 caught it back Into the room, pulled There was nothiWe to fasten it to but an tron staple In the door, that m width of my cell, some six f be risked and To my delight the door of thin was ajar, with a glimmer of Nght slanting through the crack, made atraight toward it, and pulled It opened and showed T was standing ard of a dozen the line run The Coachman touched up his pair were oulside th With what r the door softly, a lantern dimly staircase of the me, into the darkness. My chance was, of course, to de- ascend; which I did on tip-toe, hear ing no sound, The id down and down, and ended by a stout door with another lamp shining above After Hstening a moment I de. elfed to be bold, and lifted the latch, A faint cry saluted me. T stood face to face with the Jatler’s “Why do you weep?” { [leant back as the shall I tell it? They are going to keep winding past hang you tut-tut-toemorrow mo-horn- nuled avon ine bridge, and immediately we were roll= sily down hill, through a street of some importance the shutters wer —Bill Pottery, we went in the I went suddenly cold all over. Thera was & ence for a moment, and then I { heard the nolae of some one dropping vurtyard below, stairs twiated up along the shop- said T, meditating, T heard a low sob behind me. jailer’s daughter was going, your bodkin, for a moment.’ Bho pull'd it out and gave it to me. “Thank you, and now goodby! They bavg RX doar,’ and, slipping then we were crossing a broad b Avon on alther with the dark kily, at this moment, Delia had sense to put a finger to her lip. ‘The man wheeled round without an- other word, led us aft over the blocks, coming Up against the 1 I : that engunber'd the deck to a ladder feon we wen, Detweem tmes of thal, toward the stern, led dowa inte seated, who, turned their eyes upon us, as the ca , + tadn brought us forw ble before the She stood up, white as if painted, and rasped: “Quick--quick! « hind the counter for your !ife!"" ‘ She pulled up a trap close besid> tect and out was shining, #0 their lanterns casting 1 was littered 3, Warrants and papers; and gentlemen had pene the uttermost end, and beneath this lamp J stenped inte @ blace that filled , stronger, more gaone we oe » threw 1108 OWL & FARE etree te our facee “Twas the cap atin lined #ith cupboards end kere, and the Ueht come from « p banging @ harrow dew Hy tm Billy ecran * for = then, fron hers, browaht out pen. 4 t the ipped it ant Marvel, @ serve: end (his sieht am oF 4 out of Bristol Castle, If you * far T hed written without viancing Up, in fear to read appointment of a hopes, Hut sow the pe oe caueh! wuddenly from my i in shreds, ory sbaking we ing and beck «and re the while all over his «red ta Hut he coamed at teat, and opening Another of his lockers, drew forth a horn lantern, & mallet and @ chisel Not a word Was spoken as he iit the orn 4 passed out of t , at t to stopped, pulled up @ trap mn the flooring, and disclosed another ladder stretching, aa it seemed, dows Into the bowels of the ship. la wo descended carefully and found our- selves in the hold pinching our soser twixt finger and thumb For indeed, the smell here was searching to ®& Very painful degree, mn Was Narrow, and every ntested by tWo PUlaBAnt er the of raw wool, th: Dilge-water, With wool the as piled; but also I noticed ar from the ladder, severa Asks set on their ends, and to these ptain led us, hey were about @ dozen tn ail, Blacked close together, and Master nttery, rolling two apart from the rest, dragged them to another trap and tugged out the bunga, A stream of fresh water gushed from each and splashed down the trap Into the bilgo belo v » having drained them, he #taved in their heads with a few blows of his mallet, iis plan for us was clear, And in a very fow minutes Delia and I were crouching on the timbers, each with 4 cask inverted over us, our noses at the bungholes and our care listen- ing to Master Pottery's footsteps as they climbed back to deck. The rest of the casks were stacked close round us, go that even had the gloom al- lowed, we could see nothing at all. And #o we crouched till, about mid- night, Capt, Billy brought us down & supper of ship's bincult, which we crept forth to eat, ooreiy” cramped, He could not hear our thanks, but guessed them, ‘Now say not a word! To-morrow we sail for Plymouth Sound, thence for Lrittany. Hist! We be all King's men aboard the Godsend, tho’ hearing nought, I says litte. Yet I have m» reasoning heresies, holding the Lord's Anointed to be an anointed rogue, but neverthe to be served: just as aboard the Godsend I be Cap'n Hilly an’ you plain Jack, be your virtues what they may. An’ the con- clusion t#—-damn all mutineers and rebels! Tho,’ to be sure, the words be a bit lusty for @ young gentle- woman's ears.” We went back to our caske with Uehter hearts, Howbelt ‘twas near 5 in the morning, I daresay, before my narrow bedchamber allowed mu to drop asleep. I woke to spy through my bung- hole the faint Nght of day strug «ling down the hatches. Above, | heard a clanking notee, and the voices of the men hiccoughing a dir mal chant. They were lifting anchor T crawled forth and woke Delta, who Waa yot sleeping, and together we ate the breakfast that lay ready act for us on the head of a barrel, Presently the sailors broke off their song, and we heard their feet shuffling to and fro on deck i “Sure,” erled Delia, “we are mov- ing!" And surely we were, as could be told by the altered sound of the water beneath us, and the many creaking’ that the Godsend began to keep, Once more I tasted freedom again, and th Joy of living, and could have sung for the mirth that lifted my heart. P fore we had left Avon mouth twenty minutes, Captain Billy came down wit! news that we were safe and free to g on deck, We struggled up to the deck for air, and looked about us, On deck a few sailors moved about, red-eyed and heavy. They showed no surprise to seo us, but nodded very friendly with a smile for our strange com- plexions. "Twas necessary I should tmpart some notion of my errand to Captaln Milly, tho’ I confined myself to hints. telling him only ‘twas urgent I should be put ashore somewhere on the Corn ish coast, for that I carried intelltgence which would not keep till we reached Piymouth, a town that, besides, was ld by the rebels. And he agreed idily to land us in Bude Bay. ‘To be brief, ‘twas not till the fourt! afternoon (by reason of baffling head winds) that we stepped out of t Godsend's boat upon @ small beach shingle, whence, between @ rift in the black cliff’, wound up the road that was to lead us inland. The Godsend, as we turned to wave our hands, lay at half 4 mile distance, and made a pretty sight; for the day, that had be- gun with a white frost, was now turned sunny and sull, so that looking morth We saw the sea all spread with pink and lilac and hyacinth, and upon it the ship lit up, her masts and sails glow- ing ke @ gold-piece. And there was Billy leaning over the bulwarks and waving his trumpet for “Good-by!" No time was to be lost in reaching Bodmin, that lay @ good thirty miles to the southwost, Night fell and the young moon rose with @ brisk bree: as our backs that kept us still waking without feeling of weariness, {| doubt not we lost @ deal of timo among tho by-ways, but at hb happened on @ good road LJ south, and followed # till daybreak, when to our satisfaction we apled a hil in front, topped with @ stout castle, and under it @ town of im. rrlanes, that We guessed ta. be Launceston, (Te Be Continnedy._|_.* . a hae