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prance. and advance 80 far lute the
" yard ne that their riwket brings Peggy
a second time to iier Darrow pane,
a -squinting, up her eyes to see who tithe
' may be. rot In the midst of her Ws. .
tress, as Mail; linen enough to all Of
US, site takes oneonseloue note of minor
happenings, the which those who etutly •
Stith inatters infirm to be proof el the •
two sided condition Of nen's minds. -
"Your guests' names':" reiterates the
•sneall gentle:nen as. followed by the
cortege ef dame. mad, Man, dog, cut
and tante magpie, the eoacii comes to
a halt within excellent range of her
.ledYebin's coign of vantage and ear- •
shot, "1 must know tlietu before
Goes to Town
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..x have been troubled with dlesPePele for
years, and, tried every remedy 1 heard of.
but never got anythingthat gave an relief A doeyriebt. 1901. by THE BOWEN.MERRILL COMPANY 0.1
until 1 took Hood's Sarsaparilla, 1, cannot s
praise this medicine too highly for the good —
It has done me. I always talcs it in the
spring and hill and would not be without
it." W. A. Noss; Iselieville, Ont. •
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Strengthens and teines the stomach and
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nignt with Mulch and too in the boxes,
all brains much of a muddle with the
strange adventures and miraculous
disappearances incideut upon Beau
BrUnamers never to be forgotten mese
querade party at Vauxhall. '
CHAPTER XI.
TIE moment that the excitement
of the vicar's Identification had
subsided the baronet, leading
e worthy oid• man to the
gates and there quitting hina under
pretext of retelling a hackney coach,
skipped without and, hiring one with
a couple of the horse patrol at a squeez-
ing price, jumped in and made off for
. ,
his inn at Pimlico, leaving his whilom
precentor te'shitt for himself, ,
Sir Robin had no mind at all for•
duels with any one, leasinf all with the
tesurrected Sir Percy de Bohun, Whom
his guilty conscience suspected to be
fully cognizant of the author ••of his
•attenipted assassination.. Terrified with '
all. this and, if possible, niore so by the
ncgounts he had listened to right and
left or his valorous and Moot 'mysteri-
ous innuesake, the little .gentleman at
one made up his mind este the course
.wisest for bin: to pAlisue and forthwith .
Duetted it. .
. Brtek' to Pimlico' and into bed;; shiveis• '
ing.-netwixt 'the linen untr.feathers; up
for a toilet of . the best and neatest,
curling his wig thriftly himself by thee
fire, a good .breakfast a coach at noon
with: Kerinaston 'castle for goal and
himself and . Liss -ardent and blissful:
hopes and beliefs fors freight and lug-
gage. . . • .
Por, not twelve hours since, had not .
my Lady • Pegg's eivn •emissary, the
delightful "Mr.. Incognito," told him .
. . -
that bis mistress was leavipg. for home -
last night? Nay, had not .Peggy her-
self, 'with her own lipssaid that. she
started for IConasten• "ere cockerow,".
and :Whatever -cogIti • such words mean
lent theithe, tile object of her tenderest...
. .
so ,c u e, . • • atonce.
That • :same. morning 'inward dawn
. ..
.Percy lind ridden . home elopes leaving
Kenn Ston, .cheered by a smile and a •
..
press'1 re of Lady Diana's band,. to 're -
tutu': to his • chambers in Grub street,
whither the .youpg poet had reintived
some few .naya siti6e trete Larklane, at:
thedestande et 'having .had a pleee of.:
good- fortunein the way of .a .tkimnaetre .
dationfrom no 'less a personage than
the great Dr.. Johnson himself,'
• The reflections of Peggjes :adorer,
were verions and Most: totmentinge
Elis brain, ae he tossed in ,hre best...wee
a laleyi•inth.whetien he weedeeed, vain;
IY endeitvoeing to,. eta:lire—such riddles
tie,. • • • ' • . , .
"Where was Lady Peggy?, Was She •
:indeed • the .bride • of. eiteer of the Sir •
Robins? • Who , wits theeetnelY young
gentlemanly rogue whohad for weeks'
bewitched the fair and 'charmed the
brave? • Where • lead • be disanneared?
' TO :Whom in reality was .be - indebted
. . .
- for the savingre of his *wit elfeat the.
Deve. pier, and whoee. were..the', St :
.•Giles' hirelings who had near made an .
end of hint there?" • • • e . •
13ewi1deeed and nt wits' end; •hefinal-
IY.- as the, sim was at meridian,. sprang.:
. frihn his uneasy couch. rang and 'rap -
tied 'thrice for Grigson, made a Sorry
oat, point ruffles, Mesblin lace cravat,
rich oat and- jeweled hilt soon ob-
tatned fare in the one seated cart of a
country .clown who, was off for Tooting.
Her ladyship decided very quickly
that 'twas but a necessary precaution
fo ber to avoid el Inset Best e
es and inns of reputation, since prob-
ably by this a full' description of the
supposed Sir Robin would be word ot.
tnouth from Westminster to Mile Elnd,
and a dozen miles. out of town maybap
a price set upon hie bean!.
Once arrived at Tooting, 'twos her
intention to double on ber tracks, re-
turn with some bumpkin's load ef vege-
tables to Garret ler, and thence to foot
it across country or by penny's 'Werth
rides with village folk, reaching the
neighborhood of Kennaston perhaps
latethat night, or, if she should be
, compelled to sleep under some friendly
farmer's . rot at least by the next
high noon.
But her ladyship reckoned, if . not
without her hosts, most decidedly with-
out taking ,count of the weary beast
that dragged het nor yet of line' possi-
'We fellow ;pleats she might encounter
nn arriving at the Queen and Artichoke
at Tooting. • - .
It was nlglitjktll When, limp and un -
pretense' at: Conversing on politics with
hisetinclee• Whom.- he presently 'encoun
tered'in the hall; 'inwardly cursed the
. old 'gentleman mid at last by 3 o'clock;"
got his wiile-WhichWaS, astride o e
tong roan, . Grigsen :on the 'black, to
cross • to the Surrey side of the river
. and ride Its .fast as eve; be conic' to
Kennaston pestle. .• , • •
h.eavener••• cried he .to bin:melt
pounding Battersea bridge. "Itis time
•her fatherkoew, andher laily.mothets
too, that she is• neither in Kent nor any-
where eleein their reckoning, and 11' it.
puts 'Matboth into their 'shrouds they'll
hoer the truth nnd set abut solving' tbe
• riddle *befote stinrise tomorrow. • .I'M
:sailing .on Thursday for' the colonies,
but :Igo not .thitirS am assured of her
'safety. and her happiness." .
Thus it it happened that not above three
hours. after Sir Robin had started from
Pimeico with his destination Keurtae-
, ton, Sir Percy ciliated ,Cheriette street
with the ,same beacon in vietve and
eaeh, .the one in his -.coach, rother in
his saddle, brain full and heart. burst,.
Ing with btit one thOoght, and; that:
Lady • Peggy •Bergoyne,
Her ladyship m.eanthne, on landing
(rem the wheteye fairly scampered her
way toe me. Drummers ;for fear of des-
neeadoes and lielkicke. At one point
Wild cries of "Watch!" greeted her ears
frotn the •open .window of •el. gaming
'itt tiootbee , a bullet whizzed
above. her 'head, the outcome of •ti duet
being knight in a narrowstreet she
traversed_ ,Itt And out she threaded her
peth wait Presently the pink -flush. of
the tiawu pierced the fog'into a .silvery
mist, and she lutd.-gained the Bean's
threshold. •. Passing the eleepy serVantie,•
Peggy ren up to her Mom and once.
Again' drew the bundle from its hiding
place, ttieked the long tail of her clerk
hair well inside, cost it glance of pith-
•bie amusement about the chamber, and
Hays simegoing)
"God, knows if over get leave to put
On a lady's gement:1 • again, lent
never come back here, that's eertain,
since how ant I no one, not even Sr
Robin MeTart!"
So, ehnlienged merely .by the : till
drowsy feet:mutt who Asks, "Beg par,
don, and With stlinnissiOn, Sir Robin,
but will you be home for dinner, sir, or
net until supper'," • •
• "For neither, today," answers her
lodyshln, running out into Peter's
'Cpurt and then eonting to a dead halt.
She drew a long, deep breath, as deep
as the fog would let her, much as a dog
does before he starts on the 0000.406
Jingled the little money left in her
purse, gave hee hat.the cock as elle be.
held a passerby and struelt out for Lofl.
don bridge, Arrived at Surrey side,
her ladyship paused to- consider and,
wrapping herself In 'her ettmlet
eletike the which she had Used at the
inesrmratie so hitOlY, thereby, bidttig
her blue velvet breeches, bleed Waist"
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Sir Robin elloult she gained the !Meer
end of the hatil,but, not being acqualnted
with its ways and Mennen% above all,
• having forgot ti:e two broad steps that
cut the straight roan to the entrance in
two, her ladyship, with lunch clanking
of her weapon on the brick flooring,
fell sprawling, her bundle shooting oif
into the iluseen, elle up on banda and
knees, bitber, you. seeking it; SW Robin
beating on his evainecot such a Mittel
Os was Otto wake the deed, sbrieking,
from the safe ;teener of the minting
pillows where he huddled:
"'Murder! 'Thieves! Ho. there! Land-
lord! Toni! james! Ho, there, I tetY1
Help! Help!" .
Sir Percy is out of his four post up-
stairs in a flash; tinder struck, door
twig open, in nigittrall and vap, with
rapier drawn, hanger uplifted.
" ledeatb! What's the matter?" cries
he at the top of lung. "Speek or I'll
firer Ami down the stair lie plunges to
Sir Robin's very sill.
' This one. having successfully sum-
moned those more doughty than him.,
self to cope with the supposed danger,
tiow recognizing Sir Percy's voice. shiv-
ers and sweats as he cowers and pulls
the counterpane over Ills bead, grasping
ills purse in his sharp little fingers,
wisely never undoing his door.
'Speak or I'll tiro!" repeats Sir Percy,.
whose candle has been blown out by'
the draft. Ile takes a few steps down
the hallway where he hears tlie curious.
scratching noise her ladyship is wak-
ing as. she distractedly feels around for
the bundle,
At last she grasps it and creeps up
unwittingly to Sir -Percy's very side.
De facto her arm grazes nis as she now
raises herself to a standing posture, ex-
actly as her lover, no answer being
. vouchsafed him, pulls his trigger and
the ball goee a -whizzing through Sir tho glint of •suushine, the *bole round
Robin's door panel and. ids lodgment • world and all tile men and women In it
in the chimney bricks. , quite forgot, :even her sword, unbuce
Peggy, her 'customary ceMposure be- kied With the bedeord, now lay glint- •
ing peach thaworee for hunger and the • ing its jewels in the sedges half a doz.
• general excitement,jumps .when tne en rods away;• • .
nerven, a sorry, disbeveled epp.earlog
.young persouage jumped from Among
a pile .tef out bags and marched boldly
.into the parlot of the Queen•and Artn
eboke, • 1' I
"Was there a chamber, to be bad?"
. For her ladyship plainly saw she Must
lie at Tooting and not ,proceed on her
homeward journey until the. morrow.'',
There was S. chamber, an Admission
hesitatingly Made even at this mOnest
hostelry, to a young gentleman firth- •
ing without either eervant luggage,
box; horse, coach or dog, and by, means
*of a Vile rickety little Cart. Yet,,Such
was her. ladyship's swagger, notwith-
standing . a full splash. -Of mild on the
-tip end of her handsome little chin. she
weepresently conducted to a decent
chamber upstatirs, at the rear, It is. true,
yet overlooking '.the green, • witeee a
.gaitte. bowls was; in pregress and
_with a line trellis; -thick With icInes,
beneath its-enaall paned window. ••• '
,Ider' ladyship hed just 'eleven •penee ,
Imenerthy left In :het purse, yet, thought •
she, refreshed by a good meal and the
leaying of her.weepen As -a hostage • for
her" loilginw she weeld better eat than
faint tonight, Whatever 'might. betide
on the merle*. •••• • . • •
While . she *washed her bands, after
hiding • the latindle •under the .feather
d, ber ladyshipheard 'the.ring of
horses' hoots on the stone. pave of the
lnn yard,•and Ocrqulek ear evend
tected • the'fact that oneof' the eteeds.
ewent !erne.: • .
She peeked outof window and bebeld
Sir Percy Astride of his own lot:groans
with origion just dienlotintIng froth the
smoking black. • * • . '
"This. is• •cuised luck!" mutters the
Master .as be himself, out of. saddle,
..etoops.! to examine,. the roan's .much
ineollen 'off 'hind leg.
•
• "it , is, Sir • Percy," • returns the man
"but, by Tour leve, sir, it iratY.he we.
can. him a inount•eeree althougn it don't.
.. •
look tee peontleinee •
•sLtJnhikely, says. Sir Percy... The
•
best we can do is ,te lie in thkehole,for
.• the. night, and by a hot •poultice and it
bandage the mem May- be in eon.eitiOn
by tomorrow ft:relation." : •-••
"Very .wele sir. ' It be. a poor place
'of :entertainment: Sir ; perey., .. with an
ordinary at- tenpenee,.- sir.','• . rigeon's
tone of derision is marked. by the .guest'
who draws close hboilt . her face the -
Cotton. curtain of the upper rear chem-
. e!Will'you be pleased to be served In
Your moth, Sir Percy, at once, and of
whatever can can he .hed? What wine,
81"Tut, Int,. Grigeo. n. .theor4t.
nary. Off with you to the stables With :
the roan,- rub her down :and medictne
her, then to: your own .suppet in the'
kitchen." • •
"gost," observes errigdonloftily, mi.
that' Worthy, obsequiously • appeaes .in
the yard with an attendant yelp,. as is
customary in welcoming •.persons of.
quality', "Sir Perey de Bohm:: has the
condescension to say he will •Stiri in the
alight
"Well, my lord, there's 31r. Sigge, the
eurate from Risley Commons,. as stops
over here on his way to IPinehley every
week; Mr, Blunt, the traveling tailor;
hie grace the Duke of Courtleigles town
man, off en his hoildut; Mr. Townes
, and his new married wife a-goin' to
..sis„ 12 Se.
"Wilt Volt, be home fOr .dtnner,.strt"
• settle in tile lodgent the manor house;
a young spark drabblen with mud and .
havite no boxes and no servants, what
Arrived by means of a musket cart just
• anon, itild Sir Percy de. Holmes- a .fine
gentleman What's just ridden in the
yard before' yeur loydehip's coach,
but"—
• "Who?" The 'little gentleman turned
wee!) hi iil pallor and shot back in his
cushions. with a gasp.
• "Not. much of any account, my 'lord,
l'in thinking, singe Jenny here tells:me
Ile suns at the ordinary. Of course
your loedship 'll'be served in your coign
' sitting room line ,daine .and..nayielf to
huniOly wait neon you.", .
I • "Hold year tongue!" says the little
. man, gethering his scottere.dwits and
pet:sing to thine.. n bile his steeds paw.
• noisily on theconble Pavement. , •
Peggy, at the mune ;tiniest langhs as
• sho regerds:.the elirinking,evelizenedvisage. • s
. • •
• Sir. Loein • el r tl • she says to her-
self, sliakiug her head At the :little
'
vixen. "'Tis " indeed. a merry fate that •
. nuts Inc and Percy diul you all tinder.
e one •roof this iniglits•Ithat is. If his ptes-*
••• ence.don't, fright you into a gallop."..
....Sir Percy nireseit also for. A second
• standing moodily at bus casement; conld'.
and did behold thence •Sir .Robin's sees;
•tive and' hungry _leaders- And balsa •
passing Weeder as te.WItat bratight tny
.gentleman.to stoP at such an 'inn,. eave.
As, hiea-self, by. the Misfortune of a nail
In his twit:Mrs Poet. ' • • • .
• Sir .Robin, however...with that discre-
tion . and prudence. not •,to', say cow-
artlicee Which. disthigeisheir •bina, had
..purposely 'cbostni the 'Queen aiidArtt
- choke, for, mum second thought•lie bed.-
, determined to sleep.Incomfort. ere' •
Sir'. Robin loved his feathers and
qui a night far better titan the ••
.jolt pf ruts ditchee, and.: dreaded
....,higbweymen Mole tien meet 'tbe pangs
, of delayed tolieinaking. ' ' • •
. By his 'choice he 'had hoped to escape •
the least •chance of • an:. encounter with
• ._,
Sir •Percy,. Whom he believeer•to be in
tot pnretilt of 'time -and at this .june•
_ • tura his .wiee little.. pate sidiekly re
solved that it were - .bettep.. for thlre to
alight. gain hie chamber And harbor
there in panty until •siich time as that
,
Sir Percy should .baye..uneuspectinglY,
...,,Proceeded Onhis quest.
`If' you .can insure'. nie 11 perfect pill-
•vacy, to go unseen :to iny rooms A. fair
•service.and dry linen, with quietas to
' cocks and neighbers, I Will retneitt here
Pr the present," eflYs Str Robin, ale
most taking lin Lady ',Peggy by the.
squint of his uncontrollable :left eye.
In a 'trice ,Sir Rollin, is attended; to
'his bower, and ere tong the beet In the
larder. •W laid ',before him. ; Sir Percy
partakes of the laclinely fare of the or-
dinaeys:and her ladyship. 'sits, unneed-
• Jig the lately summons !of . the dame,
• supperlese, hungry, taggedinher theY
room, where .the • warmth from the.
kitehen chimney reaChes 'het and Where
the goodie, strielle from SW Itobin'e
fonns, sausages, eggs And fruit Pie etas
*sail' her tenses. . • ..•
Grigeon, doctoring the roan, ett-
deavored• with much creditable tact to
get wind ef the nnme or title of the
Mester of the coach, but Sir Robin's
men .had had their lesson, and net a
hint •watt to be got ont of either of
:r. m.by n
Origsoor by the curious
host of the Queen, and Artichoke him-
.
•
Bey 11 every candle was out id the
house Ali the guests, save two, slept
the sleep of the preeinuably just.
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gained and she beholds it wide stretch
of demo and naught but the elusive
tower of the distant castle appearing
farther away even than at first.
What common can this be?
Once again she shades her bloodshot
eyes and etare tt lip at the sky. In cross.
log the woods she must have struck
mistakenly to the west. The sun is
nearing the set, and Peggy now knows
She bas come to Farnham heath where,
report has some of the boldest cut-
throats in the country rule the roost
Shall she staet to cross it? iten-
naston village lies only ten miles on
rather side of it, That will-o'-the-wisp
tomer, that castle yonder, yes,
home! And she such a dullard as not
to have mistrusted it before!
She will push on. Why not? What
has she, forsooth, to tempt any thief,
unless he took her for ransom,
Well, let hire, since Percy de I3ohun
at this very moment in all likellbood
kneels at thci feet of Lady Diana. If
bighwaymen want to bear her off, why
sliould she complain? And just then
the tinkle of the little brook at the
wayside beckons in her ladyship's ear,
the castle tower appears to be dancing
up and down against the sky, the two
stark trees yonder on tbe heath are
Surely turning sonlersaults, the bundle
drags all forgotten at her heels and
presently liee in. the tall grasses which
she threaded on her way to the brook.
Her bead swam; ten thousand blunder-
busses seemed to be firing off inside of
it. She pulled off her wig and threw It
far front her. Sbe unbuttoned her coat
and waistcoat and drew her cloak in a
twist abont her. She staggered, caught .
at an elder. It swayed with her to the
water' as she fell swooning with her
thirsty lips just in touch of •the spar-
kling bubbles, her wan face shining in
May 5th 1904
CMS
Eight cents a pound is
what a young woman paid for
twelve pounds of flesh.
She was thin and weak and
paid one dollar for a bottle of
Scott's Emulsion, and by tak-
ing regular doses bad gained
twelire pounds in weight before
tbe bottle' was finished.
Eight cents a pound is
cheap for such valuable ma-
terial, Some pay more, some
less, some get nothing for
their money. You get your
money's worth when you buy
Scott's Emulsion,
We will send you a little
free. •
SCOTT & BOVVNE, CHEMISTS,
Toronto, Ontario,
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Soc. and $1.00 ; all druggists.
shot bops. and Rine inadvertently .nOw A pair of robins eyed her from the
palpably touches Percy's elbow. He • hushes, g bee swerved and swung .
...time upon her and seizes her wristeabove het, mouth, the minnows darted
in it grip •of steel. She, as tightly. hug- . • not her cheek, but ley :lady did not
ging the bundle under herarmpit, ut- wake for any .or all of these. She lay •
•ters no sound; but wriggles and twists there motionless.until•the een had .gone
to thick a purpose that she is about to down and • all the sweet scents and
get free when •her opponent renews his drowsy sounds andewhirs and flutters •
endeavors with an oath. - of twiliglit had come. up; until a fine
• "Spstik," says he, "or Pil brain your conch . with four hot•ses and two pos- .
. reeking to hold Peg's two bands pris-• tilions'efune pp:Indite; and Pawing • at
onerrin onnof hiS, .the while • he may a greet rate speed out 01' the wet& .
seize his rapier and put'a finish to the • to JIM heath; until tt little. Weazened
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matter. . fine geiitlemen. Who had dozed hi Ole
"' '
She does not speak, but to the scene bed until' long Past noon 'Or feai. of
jump now the heavy, cumbrous country encountering a certain other , gentle-
folk,. rattled out ef their deep slumber man, bad- risen leisurely, dined' with '
' by Sir Percy's ball and no less by the eelisie set out from the Queen and
Robin, each Cohn Clout and DOwsabel the other gentleinae had gone. off en a
could cateh, yet, luckily for her • lady le • lopes . . a suitnble
teteb a candle. . • Short tit the ten. wife return; until the
,
piercing and prolonged shrieks of Sir Artichoke billy a f ter 'being a sell red • t ha t
of "em ,armed *with whatever they ruined' horse back to Garret lane in
sto hin, no one ottheee Witb sense enough Meant; which' same A',..;114 not to be bed
, "A. light, at light you idiots!" cried little 'gentlemen, them thruetieg Ills
• Sir Percy,
while her ladyshi :makes a face out of his coach Window as the
final twistto free.herself, fruitless as • vehiCie caine •to a sudden stendstille
before. She feels her ebbing strength spoke. • e
at its lest pinch and feels, too, the bun- , "Is this the !teeth?" he asks, with '
.4,10 loosening in het bold. • • , . • %blinking eyes and a &Inset .. •
• "'•.
. • . . •
ei
guiea. apiece to you," •nOdding to the
othr as between them they carry the
Iiinp form to the coact), "If you bring •
me to Kennaston castle before cur-
few," !
"Never. fear, Sir Robin. If .the young
gentleman only bolds oot for II single
hour, I swear, sir, In the teeth of all 1
the highwaymen in the kingdom, we'll
bave you there." - • ,
"Tut, tut," says Sir Robin; smiling
no longer restraining an expression of ;
his happiness and triumpb, as he
makes ready the 'rims and cushions
within to receive the burden James,'
for the' moment, bears alone. '
"Tis no young gentleman, you ,
leagues.'Tie my • Lady' • Peggy Bur -
goyim, My bride that is to be. Wait a 1,
monient Thomas, while r spread this •
shawl; mid, James, look you sharp be. ,
hind us, for there's a gentleman in
pursuit of this rady would kill me on t
sight if he can." .
,
•
• CHAPTER XVIII. -
T this, very moment two "horse:.
•
•
.en en, sorry mounted eitough, es-
ing the turn of the..weodland'
path and about to .enlerge, upon. the
Oen* next the heath. He Who. rides
tile him!' roan has his eyes bent upon '
the ground, a thousand sad and eon.:
. .
acting thoughtscrewding:his brain, as
'tis impossible even to urge his. hurt
steed; and a' jog trot is all, that...can .be
• . . from all tbe. answers one of the suistilions,e' got out of her ever. eiretn. csee..es
Then as landlord Stumblee to hie tin Yee Sir Pobin Part:nem heath 17-1
. sit": Aar.
der amidan uproar ,•—••
•
travelers especially eepecititly; the new made "Your' PleaSure, Sir . Itobin?" aelts
•• uieting•
pecially the master, arerounl-
•brideandher souse,PeggyEnds her -the second man respecifullYq
self let go, nay, almost thrust aside as. his horses: . .• I •
her optor ejaculates testily: . "Well," returns the little baronet, "if
"Zoonds, girl, whydid you net pro- you think we dan gallop across faster
claim/our sex, and not leave me to fint4 than thoSe devils Could overtake uS,
it out by a long wisp of woman's hair say, proceee. If not", Heglances
between • mi lingers? Lights, lights 1 back EiVer his sbotilder.,
. say, and. we'll get the felloW Yeti He To tell the truth, tbe gentleman from
roust be in the house, for no °nee left Kent considered himself • as betivitt
it." • . • - r • ••• • 2 two very Itnnending Mese and 'tis safe
SirPercy has been for the moment tosay. he dreaded .Sir Percy' de Bos
Meshed in his lady's king tresses, which hun's possibility athis back as much,
In the skirmish have •broken leash of if not more, than he did the robbers in.
the bundle and dangle .ont yard's front of
length. „ ; "'We're in :the besf•conclition, site
For an instant she stands on the returned the man; •'and Afty minutes.
• • landing at bay.. To unbolt the big dear oughteto take tie 'mit of all chances of :
ordinary, and"— •
• WhateVer Mr. Grigssn's futtlier re-.
mark may have intended to tesult itt
'Waif at this crisis lost • to posterity by
• such a 'clattering froin up on the high
road round the corns!' of the green lane..
• 'where nestled the Queen and Artichoke,'
. that every eye was ttuned to behold
- such 's. clond of dust es joyed the soul
••ef• beniface, wbose tuned 'Intelligence
foresaw it,cottch and fonr hoiseselisthe
light of which .Sir Percy de • Bollun'e
reeking !nine roan anti ill kempt aspect
'Jaded. Into almost its much insig-
niectince as.had tong since the traveler
Who had arrived in tbe clown's eart..
. Boots alone was left to guide Sir
• Percy to his apartment. while the rest
made a concerted dash for the yard
entrence, just In time to make their
most profound bows and courtesleS be-
fore a %lick little gentleman who thrust
Ills inquIring,little head out of window,
keeping bis door closed, as be beckoned
the landlord to hitn with eager, beaVy
eyes well under cover of hie palled
doWn hat .
"What guests have you .tonight"
asked the little gentleman. . .
, At ttie tery indolent he was pre-
pottialing iris query,' Sir Percy, now
sunk .to Ignominy evert in the eyes of
Boots by ainionneing he would sup at
tenpenee, was being ushered into an
upper. chamber adjoining the very one
ift which set, dejected, robbed of eVen
the prospect of, food by hie presence,
Lade' Peggy tlurgoyne.
"Very, T4.4 • tny lord," answered the
host glibly; "The very best ehember
on the first floor with the Sitting Nom
has been, kept, for your lordship." ap-
plying hand to latch of eoach door, the
whieh, however, is still firmly held by
Ito occupant.
*Their names?" asks the little gentle.
man, while et the fleek of one of the
leelies hig *bolero begin OS
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CHAPTER XVII.
• HESE Were Peggy and tha little
baronet. tier ladyship, Mind
made up to Sep in the darkness;
leaving sixpence on the table
to pay for her lodgings, even now Stood,
latch in hand, bundle Once more under
arni, still a nem, not having dared to
change her garments.
SW Robin lay eneconced betwlitt the
quilts, the realizing sense that his mor-
tal enemy, one who sought hiS life,
• who coveted Ws hidy—froin whom he
Was running awes', to be veracious --
lay not many yeah; at him. seeming
to banish Out veetful repoee that had
seldom hitlieeto forsaken tide worthy
and exemplary little person.
I A Mouse equeeked, , and Sie Robin
• eitivered; it beetle pattered acrose the
.,ehearth. his hair stood on end.
SeeelY II footstep sounded In the hall.;
Way, the boar& trcaked, eoinething
'Metallic struck egainet the initiel of hie
doot and he slimes rrem his couch
• end chattered io his :mord.
Lady Peggy's blade had struck; the
Weodwork .as he blade her way
afoolthily down la the darkne»S. While
aed mil e an open dash for freedom danget." ' . •
would mean certain .death; to turn up ."Thiless," replies the mister,- again ,
therefrom and regain herechamber was casting an appieliensiva eye to the '
•
• her sole ehanee, and this•must be done • rear; "they quight•clase In onus froin.
before a light Could be .struck. ' , ' ' b,ehind." • • •
,
She wheeled around'and "rushed UP ''No fear sir" -cries the litekel. "Our.
the hall, tip the stairs among the Ouse pistols are loaded and. cocked, 'With
tering folks, nudging she, knew :not your own rapier, pistols and the biun-
whom, skipped ttlong the narrow, rear derbnis, Sir Robin, we should"—
:Passage. and into her roota before can "Whers that?" eXclaims the second
• 'die finines ,revealed to the amazed • man,- eyes 'bulging, as with the handle
company -atilt neither bolt, bar not lateh • of Ins Whip he points to the fallen thee
hitd been diStnibed nor anything In the • ttre• by the- brookside.
house 'taken. • •
•
• • "Zonnds!" cries , the. first rieing 111
Even while theyrummaged in .the • his sent to peer. • • ,
bar mom till, ' counted the forks and ... u?Sdealibi", stinefiks Sit Robin; poliel
'epsomite pewter thoughthey were, her .ing down the coecie sesh. "On,svith ye.
ladyship, tying the ' lucklese bundle yea, devils.: Oe...„1 thumplim im
..abbut her Waist with a hastily cut bed patiently on the Pane wltli his signet
•cord, cautiously Opened the casement, ring;., • •
' ia.her weight, but . Ufl "No feat, 'sir; no fear, Sir tobinri,•
steadied a bit beneat
crawled. out on the trellis, which.
oxelnintS the second man, jumping to •
did not !weak, .clambered In and Out. •: . " •
. the vines to the edge and then lightly, the ground and inspecting het lady
thanks to• her. twin's training,' swung ship "It's only a corp."
"herself t� the ground'elear, crept ticrass"Are you serer opening •the door
the yard.leaped the stone wall 'with ti 'cautiously, "Surer .
bound' and over, Seer the width of the `Aye, Sir Rohin, a quality.. Corp, sir.•
meadow; struck the lane,up to the. i,dayhitis shot down by theee vagabones
highroad, by the moon took a souther- 04100f the heath. Had I best see if
IY course which she knew Made for ttilitea': atillyri,ife left in the young gen-
E.'ennaston 'and paused not ranch for
breath untlt she bad left a matter of
five Miles betwixt her and the. Queen
Sir liobin descends from his 'coach;
a pistol in one hend, a drawn rapier in
and Artichoke. I the other. e
After a matter of it dotes] Miles, and "lied an eye on the lookout ,Itimes,"
now reaching the edge of a woods, , he whispers to the poStilion, who re -
with the tower of a castle just sticking mains in his ANAL end the baronet
•
. 1 111111COS ill and out of the tali grasses,
up Ont OR -the horizon for her only '
shaking the dew daintily from his
beacon, Peggy halted. The tears forced sprawling feet, until he gains the Beet, ,
,
their way to her eyes and even plowed ' where his man kneels above the pros-
, two small ftfrrows the 'length of her trete form. . • •
' • cheeks, clipping in .the dimple of her eUghl" says he, turning aside his
chin and splashing at last on her much heed in a species of disgust. "I never
rumpled Mechlin lade travat
conictabide the ight of the dead."
"13ahl" tried she. "I Weep only be- 'TIvas the very fire& time in his life
F - l
Muse I am hungry. I ant not afraidhe'd eVer had a chance to behold such.
OcizoOksi She that has had the hen* "He ain't quite: Old yete Sir Robin,"
about her neek le. be strung up for a eays the postilion. "There's a flicker to
highwaynlart Meet not Oar to etle01111* his eyelids, sit Leek!" ,
ter one of her own ilk," and her lady- The baronet looks, Out of Ills hands
ship essays to laugh no she pillages tilinble rapier and piste'. I
ihto the wood, ' "Slifer he ON, down on his knees,
It proves a harmless, , peaceful, if feeling at her ladyship's pulse, pulling
stlo inoecwelia:itondadibviroatisbniteseighubrortiher over
eWttie
Where fl
e his from his pocket and trying
n
vainly to pour the liquor between the
dry leaves of last auturancs falling, and firmly shut lips. • '
i'sivolitac I'll gti a ctitis
iatirgeec,boinuptit'tisttyinte
ofr
rmin
ooksa bag As he ties,the little gentleman's
wits work nimbly, which theY eeilld du
and reggleis lege are not of keel,- it 011 OccaelOne, atid, net Stopping even to
seems, but of that lusty 'flesh and blood wonder at his discovery, only to fie -
mid bone which, when made to do duty eept instantly its El fart that his lady
fasting now these twenty hours, begin had beett struck &ten while pursuing
to give out. Her head, too, spins, the ' him, he is so overjoyed at the beauty,
. knot of her cravat seems to choke her sentiment and opportuneness, of . the
as she loosens it, the weight of the adventure .as to be scarce able to re« •
bundle appears like twenty keno at strain his elation, even in the fate of a
the least about her waist, and she cuts eeriout; swoon.
the bedcor4 and lets it drop, just for a "Into the Oda at Once, James," he
afetwUrnthwelitest'heearsethalgeloetfeittelletr:reelati as
044 tleqr gentlest endeavors and a
says, raising her ladyship'e head. him*
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had sent him away ,siuly ,with his own• •
again. • • •• 5 .
"Sir Percy, with` submission,
e&c a ins t eSen, this' be Farnham
heath, sireand 'pen my lifeSir," jump -
•Ing Wow his saddle and darting to the .
grassy side of .the Witye ea rapier, Sit
Percy!" picking .it . up anddragging
with it the straggling bedcord and its
tiPpePerntleYleaing4puenddleio, the g4nd and •
seized the weapon. .. '
"Grigeon," cried' he, "there.9 been.
foul work ;hereabouts."This- is the
sword of • a gentleman I know, Or ray
name's riot Percy de Bohunl Ile is a
scurvy fellow, and my enemy, but If
he has ,fallen among thieves, by the '
heaven above tie; 1,11 rescue him, even •
'tis ttepunish hitn- later according to
ins" .own Will! Take the'rapler."
As be hands it back to his man' the
bedeord from the Queen and. Arti-
choke, being a full centuri old gives
entirely away, and my, Lady Peggy's
duds, long tall of dark bele, egos, nee -
dies, whatever else beside, :fall, scatter,
topsy ttirvy, to the ground, and at the •
very same moment Percy sees before •
hien, as in a nest among the sedges and
ferns of the marshy brooltlahd, the
wig that her ladyship had flung off and
Serapof tumbled paper addressed to
thiallt
pihestefeiir PTPhillgs
ondseprsiktretiden4
ko,he.1stle
about
to read it when Origson, who hag gone
on afoot a few steps, starts back, and,
reckless of all things, 'seiSes his mats-
ter's arm and Arno him to the turn of
the road.
"Sir Perot /list! taktit!"
(TO EXI CONTINUED.)
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eczema, coarse hands, ragged
clothes, shrunken flannels.
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