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HEY were more than a thou- eand, ae I guessed, and came winding down the road very orderly tll, being full of them, it seemed a eerpent writhing with shiny The tramp of hoofs and fin- Gling of bite were pretty to hear. “Rebels!” whispered L Joan nodded. There were three regiments tn all, whereof the first, and biggest, was of @ragoon: Bo clear was the air I ould almost read the legend on their standard, and tho calls of their cap- tetas were borne up to us extremely Aistinct. ‘Turning my head as the last rider @sappeared on the way to Bodmin I spied a squat oddly-shaped man striding down the hill very briskly, yet he looked about him often and kept to the hollows of the ground; end was crossing below us, as ft ap- peared, straight for Joan's cottage. Cried I: “There is but one man tn the world with euch @ gait—and that’s Billy Pottery!” ‘The man turned, and catching aight ef me as I stood waving, made his way up the hill. ‘Twas indeed Capt. Billy, and coming up, the honest fel- Jow almost hugged mo with joy. Was seoking, thee, Jack,” he Dawled: “learned from Air Bevill where belike I might find thee. Left Dis fodfing at Launceston this morn- fm’ and trudged every foot o' the way. A thirsty land, Jack—neither horse's meat nor man's meat therein, nor a ehair to sit down on; an’ three women only have I kissed this day!" He broke off and looked at Joan. “Beg- gin’ the lady's pardon for eea-man- mers and way 0 epeech.” “Joan,” said I, “this 1s Billy Pottery, @ good mariner and friend of mine; 4 as deaf as a haddoc *aiiy made a leg: andasT pointed to the road where the cavalry had just @eappéared, went on with a nod— “That's #0; old Sir G'arge Chud- leigh’s troop o' horse sent off to Bodmin to size the High Sheriff and Bie posse there. Two hours agone 1 spied ‘em and ha’ been ever since playi spy.” Then Pre be the King’s forces?” I mado shift to inquire by signs. “Marche out o’ Launceston to-day, tad—an’ but @ biscuit a man between tem, poor dears—for Stratton Heath, the nor’east, where the rebels be en- camped. Heard by scouts o' theso gentry bein’ sent to Bodmin, and were minded to fight the 1 o' Stamford while his dragooners was away, An’ here’s the long and short o't: thou'rt wanted, lad, to bear a hand wi’ us up yonder—an’ the good lady here can thee.” Lot here we both looked at Joan—-I shamefacedly enough, and Billy with @ puszied air, which ho tried very dell- cately to hide. Bhe put her hand in mine, * “To fight, lad?” 3 nodded my head. she said, without a shake fm her voice; and as 1 made no answer, pall a woman hinder when there's fighting toward? Only come back when thy wars be ‘over, for I shall miss thee, Jack.” ‘And dropping my hand she led the way down to the cottage. ‘Twas but a short half-hour when, the mare being saddled and Billy fed, we took our leave of Joan, On the crest, 1 turned in the saddle, Joan was yet standing there, a black speck on the road. She waved her hand once. My had turned too, and, uncover- IN fnouted so that the hill-tops M24. od inse—a good lasny But what's become 0’ t’other on CHAPTER XV. N though my comrade stepped briskly besile me, IGHT came, and found us ‘Wares useless 40 put Molly beyond a but midway between Tem- ple and Launceston; for By A. T. QUILLER COUCH A romance of England in 1662, with a hero whom adventure marked for a series of thrilling experiences in love and war. ant lend Molly by the britie for & mile or eo; end ell the wey to Launceston Billy wae re counting Die adventures since our parting, It appeared that, efter leaving me, they bad come to Piy- mouth with @ fair passage, but be- fore they cow unioed had adver tsement of the Governor's dem! to | vensela then riding In the Bound for purpone of war, end #0 made quick escape by night tnto leoe Haven, where they hed fortune to part with the best part of their cargo at a high profit. ‘Twas While unloading that Milly had & mind to pay @ debt be owed to « cousin of hie at Altarnum, and, leav~ tay Matt Boames tn charge, (ramped northward through Liskeard to Launceston, where he found the Cornish forces, and was met by the news of the Karl of Stamford’s ad- noe in the portheast, Furt! meeting in Bir Bevill's troop with fome North Coast men of hi qQuaintance, he fell to talkin, @o learned about me and my ride to- ward Braddock, which, it seemed, ‘was now become common knowledge. ‘This led him te eeck Bir Bevill, with the result that you know, “For,” as he wound up, “'tis a desirable an’ rare light to pay @ debt an’ eee some fun, together.’ We had some trouble at Launceston gate, where were a fow burghers posted for sentries, and, aa 1 could mee, ready to take fright at their own shadows, But Billy gave the, watoh-word ("One and All"), and Presently they let ua through, We marked a light in every window, a most, tho’ ‘twas near midnight; and the people moving about bebind their curtains, There were groups too, in the dark doorways, gathered there discussing, that eyed us as we went by, and answered Billy's “Good-night, honest men!" very hoarse and doubt- fully. But when we were beyond the town, and between hedges again, I think I must have dozed off in my saddle, and goon folt Billys grip on my knee and opened my eycs to see his finger pointing. | We stood on a ridge above a hollow | vale, into which the sun, though now bright, did not yet pierce, but pase-| ing ‘over to a high, conical bill be- | yond, smote level on line after line of. white tents—the prettiest sight! 'Twas the enemy there encamped on the top, and some way down the sides, the smoke of their trampled watch fires @till curling among the gorse- bushes. Looking down into the valley at our feet at first I saw no sign of our own troops—only the roofs of @ little town, with overmuch smoke spread above it liko a morning mist, But here also I heard the church bells clashing and a drum beating, and presently spied a gleam of arms down among the trees and then a regiment of foot moving westward along tho base of the hil Twas evident the battle was at hand, and we quickened our pace down Into the street. Tt lay on the slope and midway down we passed some watch-fires burnt out, and then a soldier or two running and fastening their straps, and lust a little child that seemed wild with the joy of Uving amid great events, but led us pretty straight to the sign of The Tree,” which indeed was the only tavern, It stood some way back from ¢! street, with a great elm before the porch, where by a table sat two men Ith tankards beside them and a small company of grooms and soldiers standing round. Both men were more than ordinary tall and soldier- like, only the bigger wore a scarlot cloak very richly laced and was shouting orders to hi while the other, dressed in plain buff sult and jack-boots, had a map spread before him, which he studied very atton- tively, writing therein with a quill- en, “What a plague ha cries oy ve we here the big man, as we drew up. crults, if you please sir, I, dismounting and_ pulling y hat, though his insolent tone offend- ed me. “s'lid! The boy speaks as if he were a regiment,” aloud, “Can‘st fight?” That, with your leave, sir, is what Tam come to try.” All this while the man tn buff had scarce lifted his eyes off the map. But now he looks up nd I saw at the first glance that the two men hated each other, think,” said he, quietly, “my Lord Mohun has forgotten to ask the gentleman's name. “My name is Marvel, air — John Marvel,” 1 answered him, with @ - abd, cropping his pen, up and” grasps my hand— | have never thanked : tler.” a n Even so, sir, My Lord, on, still holding my hand and turning to ‘his companion, “let me present to you the gentleman that in January gaved your house of Boceonnoe fro burning at the hands of the rebels— whom God confound this day!" Ufted his hat, Amen!” said I, a8 his lordship bowed, e eding sulky But I did not value his rage, being hot with joy to be so bepraised by the first captain (as I yet hold) on tho royal side, Who now, folding up his map, ad- cressed mo again, Master Marvel, the fight to-day will ie but little with the horse—or so L hope. You will do well, if your wish be to serve us best, to leave yout mare behind, ‘The troop which my Lord Mohun and I command together ts be- low, But Sir Bevill Grenville, who has seen and is interested in you, has the first claim: and I would not deny you the delight to fight your first bat- tle under so good @ master, Hie men are, with Sir John Bei 's troop, & ba the weatwards ih you are (T'S Going To Be THe BEST PHOTO (EVER Took OF YOy ready I will go some dist: and put you in the way to find him, , lord, may we look for you pres- ently?" The Lord Mohun nodded, surly enough: so we set out down the hill together, Billy shouldering a pike and walking after with the groom that led Sir Ralph's horse. Be sure the Gen- eral's courtly manner of speech set my blood tingling. I seemed to grow “ full two inches taller; and when, tn the vale, we parted, he directing me to the left, where through a gap I could see Sir Bevill's troop forming at some five hundred paces distance, T felt a very desperate warrior indeea; and set off at a run, with Billy behind me. | after sunrise, ended not till four in the afternoon, or thereabouts: and indced of the whole my Fecollection 1s but of continual ad- vance and repulse on that same slope, Of this signal victory (in which 1,700 prisoners were taken, beatdes the Major General Chudleigh; and all the rebels’ camp, cannon and victuals) I leave historians to tell. For very soon after the rout was assured (the plain being full of men screaming and run- ning, and Col. John Digby's dragoons after them, chasing, cutting and kill- ing), a wet muzzle was thrust into my hand, and turning I found Molly be- hind me, with the groom to whom I had given her in the morning. So I determined to see the end of it, CHAPTER XVII. WOULD be very tedious to tell the whole of this long fight, which, beginning soon ¢ and paying the fellow, climbed into the saddle, On the summit the Cornish captains were now met, and cordially embracing. 1 was aware of Billy Pot- tery striding at my stirrup, and munching at a biscuit he had found in tho rebels’ camp, Woe left there in hopes to catch up with Col, John Digby's dragoons, that already were far acro: the next vale, The slope around us wag piled with doad and dying, whereof four out of every five were rebels, Night Was coming on apace; and bere al- ready we were in deep shadow, but could see the yellow sun on the bills beyond, We crossed a stream at tho foot, and were climbing again, Soon we tirned into @ iane which grad- ually led us to westward, out of the main line of the rout, and past a hamlet where every door was shut and silent. And at last @ alice of the sea fronted us, between two steeply shelving hills, On the crest of the road, before it plunged down toward the coast, Billy chanced to cast his eyes up toward the sca and stood looking with a puzzled face, Following his gaze, I saw a small sloop moving under shortened can- vas about two miles from the land, but for Billy's perturbation I could not account, so turned an inquiring glance to him, uthin in the wind out yonder,” was his answer: "What's @ sloop doing on that ratch so close in by the point? Be danged, but there she goes again"—as the little vessel swung off a point or two further from the breeze, that was breathing softiy up beth ot'na"'be bows oll arin ** + eee - Ma r Can T el Don'T Romer re ) WANT To TAke A GOOD one ‘ tue Indeed, I was faint with hunger by this time, yet had no stomach to eat thus close to the dead, So tu « into the gate on our left hand, we crossed two or three fields, and sat down to sup off Billy's biscuits, the mare standing quietly beside us, and cropping the short grass. The field where we now found our- selves ran out along the top of a small promontory, and ended, with- out fence of any sort, at tho cliffs edge. As I sat looking southward, L could only observe the sloop by turn- ing my head, but Billy, who squatted over against me, hardly took his eyes off her, and between this and his meal, was too busy to speak @ word, For me, | found it very pleasant to lio etill; nor, when Billy stood up and sauntered off toward the far end of the headland, did I stir more than to turn my head and lazily watch him, He was gone half an hour tt th least, and the sky by this time was #0 dark that I had lost sight of bim, when rising on my elbow to look around, I noted @ curious red glow at @ point where the turf broke off, not 300 yards behind me, and a t smoke curling up in it, as its from the very faco of the clift In @ migute or so the smoke almost, but tho shine against the shy continued steady, though not very atrong, “Billy has lit a_ fire,” [ guessed, and was preparing to go and took, when I spied a black form crawling toward me, and presenuy aw it was Billy himself. Coming close, ho haited, put 4 finger to his lip and beckoned: t began to lead the way buck as had come, Ho turn'd his head ¢ to make sure I was following, ¢ then scrambled on quicker, but » towards the point where the red glow was shining. Once more he pull'd up—as I judg’ about twelve paces distance fom Ul edge—and after consider ond, began to move a; he worked @ little to goon I saw the intention o Just here the cliff's lip was ¢ fissure that ran back into th and shelved out gently at th And ‘twas from this fissure th glow came. Along the right lip of this B mo, skirting tt by a coup and waiggling on blindwor Crawling stopp'd beside him and stro the violence of my breathins after a minute's pause, pulled ourselves to tl peerd over, The descent of the broken, some elght fect b a small ledge, sloping outw aix foet (as I guess), and » branches of the wild tamurisk, the back, in an angle of the rock, was now set a pan holes, and full of burn. and over this a man in the ret uniform was stooping. He had a small paper parc left hand, and was b charcoal with all his mi my breath, I heard him cles could sce nothing of his face, back was toward us, all sable : the glow, Billy laid one hand on my shoulder, and with the other pointed out to seaw: Looking Nght shining on th IT saw a emall ‘sea, pretty close in. ‘Twas a lantern hung out from the sloop, a8 L concluded on the instant; and now I to bave an inkling of what was toward But looking down again at the man with the charcoal pan, | saw a biaci bead of hair lifted, and then @ pear of ia ates abe dt ~ ( You Awe NYYouR HAT 15 HIDING Te Focus hining in the glare of the pa wers of Heaven!” L gaspec that bloody villain Luke Settle in. tls Ani nging to my feet, 1 took a jump over the edge and came sprawl- ing on top of him, ‘The scoundrel was stooping with his nose close to the pan, and had not time to turn before 1 Lit with a thud on his she 8 so sudden that, before has think, my fingers were about his windpipe, and the both of us struggling flat on the brink of the precipic For he had a bull's strength and heaved and kicked, #0 that I fully looked next moment to be flying over the edge into the sea. But now, just as he had almost twisted his neck free, | heard a stone break away from above us, and down camo Bully Pottery flying atop of us, ad pinned us to the led, "Pwas short. work now. Within a minute Capt, Luke Settle was turned on his back, his eyes fairly starting with Billy's clutch on his throat, his mouth wide open and gasping, Ull L slipped the nozzle of my pistol be- tween his teeth, and with that he had ad no more chi but gave in, and ke a lamb submitted to have his rms trussed beliind him with Billy's leathern belt and his legs with bis own said I, standing over him ing the pistol against bis tem- + “you and I, Master ‘Turncoat Set- Ue, have some accounts that ‘twould © Well to square, So first tell me what do you here, and where is Mis- tress Della Killigrew?"" I think that till this moment the bully had no idea bis assailants were more than a chance couple of Cornish troopers. Hut now secing the glow of the burning charcoal on my face, he ripped out a horrid, blasphe » and straightaway fell to speak- 8, the game ts yours, with S'lid! but you hold a pretty hand if only you know how to play en prey is you shall help me, Captain, but let us bo wbout the stakes, "1 y "tis | ath; for me ‘ts to n Mi 4 De ailing which T t u here through the head, and te you into the sea, Where 1s she? For answer, ha pointed seaward, where the sloop's lantern lay like @ floating ron the k waters “What! cried I. “Mistresa Della in that slc And who is with her, pray “Why, Mack Dick, to begin with-— and Reuben Geddes-and Jeremy ‘oy."* ad help her!" looked out toward the T muttered r Providenc answered he, “your unworthy servant may suffice. Hut what ia my reward to be? “Your neck,” said I, “if 1 can say {t when you ure led before the Cornish captains," “That's fair enough, so lsten, These few months the lady has been shut up in Bristol keep, whither, by the Ivlce of our employer, we conveyed her buck safe and sound, ‘his same employer "A dirty rogue, whom you may as well call by his name—Hannibal Ting- com), “Hight, young elr; a very dirty rogue, and a nicgardly~1 hate a mean rascal. Well, fearing her second esca| *, from that TiORe Bod bel: hy ove MJ di? Ada Tay SSS / Ce ee ee a ae a THE PHOTOS Maurice Ketten \ Pon'T 5 S ? for the Virgin men, he gets ne “Which y to give hin lighwened, ht acheme; Cornwall, (with his wervices) thereat. fancied, jod know: his brains out aignals, execution sprang upon abroad, and a brown powder trickling from it about the ledge. “This was the red lght—to be },,, sprinkled on the burning charcoal, I“ «, suppose? moi another packet “Now tell me-—in case the rebels half. won, where was the landing to be 0 thar made?” “In the cove below here—where the road lends down.” “and how many would escort hei He caught my drift and laughed ftly—re 80 why should more escort her? ipper and crew have thelrown business to look after “Then, Master Sett you, you must give and I pressed my pistol sharply against bis ear as the s a sore trial knave: my ac a reminder. “With all my heart, young air, you tory. And here, though loth to do so, says he, briskly. this time was shall have them,” The charcoal by glowing mass of red and @ light on us that I feared the on board the sloop might see our forms and suspect their misad- But the lantern sti hung lily, so signing to Billy to drag one of the barns; and her ere v 8 ture our prisoner behind « tamarisk bush, mattre ed the second pac! out the powder on th Instantly there came a de: ing vapor and a vivid green flare that turned the rocks, the sky and asleep. ghastly brilliance, For two minutes at least Natural light lasted. I ope our faces to died away d seaward after oo mato Pay 7h an KOT ¢azine. Friday. September By / Move ITS | ( Goma To BE A | ( PEACH of 4 PHoTo | ‘ / , Just at the time , when he knows the Earl of Stamford ‘ow with the /tetertneuber’ Geddes is to march and crush the Cornish- For escort she h comrades of mine that ti r the captain of the sloop has cruise along the coast hereabouta till Dis chest, and fired. His scream min- va of the battle.” 7 u were just now about Ping ¢t cried I, suddenly en- again. ‘Twas a for—d'ye = ray yell with the Earl of Stamford, tho eee et cuid he wiped: out in from Billy, and a crashing blow that d Master claims might snap his So, in that case, Delia was to be brought ashore here Kneeling on and taken to him to serve aa he #word-point at hia throat, T had le! Hut if the day should go eure to glance at Billy, who, in the against us—as it has—she waa to sall darkaseemed to be sitting on the head to the Virginias with the sloop, and of his disabled victim. there be sold as @ slave. Or worse felt a touch on my shoulder and a might happen; but I awear that is dear face peered into mine. the worst was ever told me. ‘ ‘tle vile enough.” said I, scarce able to refrain from blowing but reach “So you were to fol- it, for all that low the Karl's army, and work the rogue,” Which are they?” auick resolve had come into my head, cheok—#o! and I was casting about to put tt into ened, and yet could laugh for Joy’ fhe fellow nodded. ent, Billy (who as yet had not ghalt know one from tothe: spoke a word, and of course, under- stood nothing) thrust into my hand ¢y, that he had found 5. * stuck in a corner against the rock, 6 damned, sir, love you, for you play the game very proper and soundly, Reuben, Joremy ck Dick alone are In'the plot, and the fumes cleared, 1 The lantern on the sloop was mov- ing to the signal. Three times it was studying in 4 map; and, with apology lifted gud peed end ten, a tas for my haste, atillness ard voices Ya Tingcomb' the regular oplesh te 1916 | |NEXT =+! THE RE By FRANC personaly Ve the Wark of the waves b. Tf looked about me On F wide the road was now banked lusters of bracken lying darkly on 4 by Call bills, with and bushes ome forty the captain aide. Hardly were we thus disposed be- fore | beard the sound of a boat nding on the beach below and murmur of volees, and then thé of feet trampling the shingle od my prisoner n he did ily, Heube be there, we be! Fetch along the cargo!" shouted ‘apt. Settle, on my prompting, “Where be you! “Up the road, here—wattini “One minu' ute, Captain! 1 heard the boat pushed off, som rs nights called, and then (with | tender anguish) the voice of my Deli lifted in entreaty, So fired waa I at the sound of Delia's voice, that "twa: | with much ado I kept quiet behind | the bush, Yet I had wit enough left | to look to the priming of my pistol, jand also to bid the Captain shout As he did #0, @ light shone road, and roun he corner came @ man bearing @ lan- | ‘an’t be quicker, Capta’ |oalled: “the jade struggles #o that | Dick and Jeremy ha’ their hands full.” | Sure enough, after him there came in view two stooping forms that bore my dear mald between them—one by the feet, the other by the shoulders, oO they came, howeve: until not more than ten paces off; and then | that traitor, Luke Settle, rose up behind our bush. “Set her here, boys,” eaid hy said the fol- ‘tle her pretty ankles, “Well met, Captain! stepping forward pand was holding out hie own, when ang up, set the pistol close to ‘Give us your the three ped, and rders to gled with the roar of tt, lantern, he th hands and tumbled ina heap. At the same moment, out wont the light, pretty and the other rascals, dropping Dell went turned to run, crying, “Sold—aold! But behind them came now a shout and drop w up if all Tingeomb Almost severed Black Dick's arm at nd meritorious the shoulder: and at the same f{ thumb stant I was on Master Toy's coll Mistress and had him down tn the di his chest, with And then I s it Jack--my sweet J ? “To be sure,” said T: “and tf you ut your hand, I will kiss m busy with this For a “Nay, Jack, I'll kina thee on the Dear lad, T am ao frigh Rut now I caught the sound of gal- D: “A green light if we won; if not, @ loping on the road above, and shouts, red light, to warn the sloop away. I picked up the packet that had dropped from his hand when first [ jike to have ridden over us had I not and then more galloping; and down came @ troop of horsemen that were It was burst ghouted Justily. “Who, in the flend's name ts here?” shouted the foremost, pulling in his 6 with a acramble, Tonest men and rebels together, I answered: “but light the lantern At the sama that you will find handy by, and you By the time it was found and it e@ was a dozen of Col, John Dig- dragoons about us; and before the two villians were bound comes a dozen more, leading tn Capt, Set- ad taken to his heels at the first blow and climbed the hill, alt tied as he was about the hands, and was caught in his endeavor to clam- ber on Molly's back. So he and Black Dick and Jeremy Toy were strapped but I begin to UP; but Reuben Geddes we left on the road for a corpse. CHAPTER XVIII, E came, @ little before mid- W night, to Sir Bevill’s famous Kirkhampton; that to-night was brightly lit and full of captains and troopers feasting, as well they needed to, after the great yie~ For though it be great house of Stow, near those three me, or IT play the ring of 1 left Delia to the care of I Shrew ee Grenville, Sir Bevill's fond, be wife, Sir Bevill I aid not see, & groom who led me to dy Grace utiful T found loft over above a of hay, 1 slept the first time and shook for many months between fresh linea that smelt of lavender and in thinking how pleasant ‘twas, dropp'd sound coal se chok- Early in the morning I woke with this un- wits clear as water, and, after wash- As soon as it Ing at the pum: low, went in search of breakfast and Sir Bevill, The ono I found, ready bald, in the ball; the other seated in his writing-room, handed him Master confession and told my ‘omen aman Gn Reel megs ee WEEK'S COMPLETE NOVEL 1 slory of the rugged West—the hero a man from the whom force of circumstances invested with a new “mea BYGINS iN NEXT MONDAY'S EVENING WORLD AL MAN IS LYNDE —os and afr a @ dering ie wold, very ™ whome vessel in Looe Haven wl lay bee in a ell have bin clapped in Lawne and there Assine you why dury and hear his case. Ti ere have already 1 lea deal withal; only, againat », must claim some mercy for rogue, Battie.” To thie Sir Bevill consen’ it was batten minules before the warrant in my pocket. o'eloek horses were m: ¥ appeared, all ready for the Journey, he whole pretty tale of thie ride I shall not dwell upon, bi + I scarcely noted the miles as ‘ panned, * At Launceston, Billy Pottery of us, and now went due ‘de Looe, with a light purse heart, undertaking that ehip should lie off Gleys, with her crew ready for action, within and-forty hours, Delia and I faster now towards the sot and having by this time recov temper, | was recounting along this very road, when I e to aa ‘brought my heart inte my mout ‘Twan the blast of a bugle, wee came from behind the hill in front us. And at the same nt IT un- © derstood. It must be Bir George Chudicigh’s | cavalry | returaing, oa news of their comrades’ d we were riding straight towards them Was no place to hide. “Quick!” I cried, “follow me and my, Ky ‘a about 200 yard ° gone about e when [ heard a shout, and pine over my right shoulder saw a banner waving on the crest of road, and gathered about it the van- guard of the troop—some score of dragoons, and these, having caught sight of us, were pausing @ to watoh, The shout presently was followed by another, to which I made no an- awer, but held on my way, with the nose of Delia's horse now level with my stirrup, for [ guessed that my dress had already betrayed us. And this was the case, for at tie nextiid glance I saw five or six dragoons de- tach -themont ivan Grow. che Nery body “\" and gallop in a direction en aguta, angie to ours. : Sera Not choosing, however, to be driven tty eastward, I kept a straight course ‘ trusted to our horses’ fleetness bi carry ue by them out of reach of their shot. In the pause of their ‘ surprise we had stolen two bh yards more. 1 counted and eight men thus in purauit of us, and? to my joy heard the bugle blown, again, and saw tho rest of the now thering fast above, moves’) steadily along the road without ime tention to follow. Doubtless the news of the Cornish success made thus wary of tl ood order, Still, eight men were enough te - run from; and now the nearest let fly with his plece—more to frightes — us, belike, than with any other view, for we were far out of range. Bus fi grew clear that if we held on ous direction they must cut us off. Only now with good hope I saw @ hill rising not half a mile in fi tee fl gain the hollow to the left of it put the hill between us, they ride over it or around—in either So, pointing ure and called to Molly to make her 6. emy divined our purpose, em@ in a minute ‘twas a desperate for the entrance to the hollow. our horses were the faster, so that won, with thirty yards to spare, the foremost. er Down the hollow we raced with eo dragoons at our heels, an he e pst going round the hill, But they.” aid Mttla ea by so. doing, for after ™# 1/6 the hollow came a broad, diamak”) ) sheot of water about a mile round and bank'd with black peat. Gallope 7 ing along the lett shore of this, we ie» cut them off by near halt a mile. But the three behind followed di shough dropping back with every, stride. ae Beyond the pool came a green vale». ley; and « stream flowing down ft, which we jump'd easily, We won to the top of a stiff ascent; and now, looking down at our feet, I had the jJoyfullest surprise, vas the moor of Temple spread below like a map, the low sun strike, wh at ‘s cottage, on sear of the highroad, and thet? sides of the tall tor above it, In ten minutes,” said I, be safe.” So down into the plain we hurried) and T thought for the first time of) the loyal girl waiting in the cot: “ yond But two days here was T running to Joan for helpg 8 a child to his mother. Past the peat-ricks we stry the sheep-cotes, the straggling all so familiar; cross'd (he stream 5 and rode into the yard pe ‘Jum own,” TF whispered: “wee. have t and no uae.” Glancind 59 “kT 9a a couple of dragoons sady coming over the helghtag had spied us +e Dismounting T ran to the cottage Sa by door and flung [t open. A stream fj) light, flung back blazed into my eyes. 3 I rubbed them and halted for @ meed: at stock still. td or Joan stood in front of me Iressed in the very clothes] had worm % on the d we first met- buff coat, breeches, heavy boots and all ; back was toward me, shoulder, where the coat had away from my wound, I saw uy Uae and feet een of m "de

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