The Wingham Times, 1906-05-03, Page 7eteere.elre semsec .er°Ne_ mieseasumulesepiossieampei1
The Adventurers
By H. B. MARRIOTT WATSON
CQPYRI;GIiT, 4890. BY HARPER f..,0 BROTHERS
;Greatorex," he said, again very awk-
wardly, and he -laughed shortly, and
.;again bis eyes flew to Hood, directing
alt him, as it seemed to me in that
light,., a glance of warning, of appeal,
•even of fear.
"No doubt," said I In return, "but
you must remember that I have a1 -
ready had experience of your possl-
tbilities. But come; we shall get no
further unless we can strike a compro-
mise. If you ti i11 produce your frag-
ment of tbe document"—
"You assume that I have it," he broke
in, with his discordant laugh. "You
are taking a good deal for granted."
"I assume nothing," said I. "Do not
let us bandy words."
Sercombe lifted the decanter which
•stood at bis elbow and filled his glass..
,with n hand that shook. He drained
it tit a draft and turned tq Hood. The
Innkeeper glided to his chair, and
something passed from hand to hind.
Sercombe put the torn fragment upon "
the table before him. IIe looked at
sae, as if inviting me to a similar dem;
enstration. We were to proceed by
moves, then.
"I have no evidence that this is the
document," I objected.
"Nor I, in your ease," he retorted. •
"Very well," I assented. "We will
take it point by point, but I fear we
shall find it a tedious job."
I drew the paper from my pocket and
laid it before me. At the other end of
Abe table -1 could see Sercombe's green
eyes bulging in his head as they fasten-
-ed upon the white thing under my
hand. His mouth dropped, and a per-
. tion of the glow receded from his face.
Montgomery stared. A tense feeling
stiffened the attention of all. I felt my
heart throb in the silence, and then
suddenly there was a sharp exclama-
tion from Sheppard, and the next mo-
ment I was conscious of a clatter and
two figures struggling beside me. The
affair lasted but a few seconds, and
then Hood was hurled deftly back
against the window,
and Sheppard
taxing upon the floor with a crash a long
Spanish dagger.
A hush fell on the room. Sercombe
turned pale, and his eyes shifted un -
.easily. Had it been murder that was
intended? If so, I could have sworn
that Sercombe was no party to it.
"It appears that we can't do quite
Without the law," said Sheppard, plac-
ing his heel upon the weapon. Hood,
breathing deeply, remained in the
shadows of the window.
"What
does this mean?"I asked.
Hood, black and lean, but immovable
•,Its to feature, stepped from his corner.
"I beg your pardon, sir," he explained,
"but I suppose the gentleman objects
to my wearing it. It isn't a pretty
weapon, sir, exactly, but I have found
it useful, sir. I thought there would
be no objection. Mr. Greatorex, sir,
more especially as the gentleman here
carries a revolver." He indicated
Montgomery, who" grew red and stam-
mered:
"I beg your pardon. Awfully sorry.
a—I—here it is," and extracting a Colt
from under his waistcoat he threw
it on the table in front of me.
Sheppard and I exchanged glances.
"Come, sir," said Sercombe's voice,
rising in an imperative key, "but this
remarkable scene requires an explana-
tion. Why may not Mr. Hood wear
what weapon he likes?"
"Was there anything?" I asked of
Sheppard in a whisper.
He frowned in embarrassment. "To
have waited for anything would have
been too late," he answered in the
same tone. "I had to forestall. I
guessed, but I'll swear I guessed right.
I cal;'t prove it. I caught the gleam"
/Then he turned quickly from me and
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Hood, wild joined hfmn and the twoWELL (�(�
pored over the sheet together, g) O •
Then fiercombe rose and, putting the
you,
paper in ave trustedhis pocket, ,remarked: "You IN J A RVI(vj' ONi'%�i
see I haMr. Greatorex. ' (')� J
X take your word. And as you have •w'-•--
Haidirnand County Councillor tells t
how. Psychine cured his
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pienang up the dagger offered it to
Hood. "I am sorry for this misunder-
standing, Mr. Hood," be said sweetly.
"If I had stopped to think I should
have known that a man like yourself
would only carry a weapon for some
good purpose. But I am a creature of
impulse, full of mistakes, but of a
warm heart below all, and I offer you
the dagger back in token of zuy trust
In you," with which he sat himself
down in his seat and ostentatiously
played with Montgomery's revolver for
the rest of the interview.
"Come, come. That is well said and
well ended," said the captain genially,
and he was evidently very much re-
lieved at the conclusion of this scene.
"And now, Mr. Greatorex, and to show
that it is not both sides that are so
'unnecessarily suspicious, if you will be
so good as to take this paper from me
I will trust you to read out the whole
document "
'This proposal, corning on the top of
What had happened between ns, as-
tounded us all, as you may suppose.
But Sercombe was rarely at a loss for
some amazing movement, and he knew
well enough that he was perfectly
safe with me, whereas he was also
aware that I knew I was absolutely
unsafe with him. Therefore he assum-
ed a golden air of courtesy and lofty
faith, as between gentlemen. But these
reflections are not to the point, for
there was I, with the two parts of the
precious document in my bands and
four pairs of bright eyes burning upon
my face with their eager interrogation.
You may conjecture my emotions and
the way my pulse ran. I spread the'
paper I had received from Sercombe
'mon the other, smoothed it with the
back of a knife and, forthwith deci
phering the following composition, read
it slowly aloud to' the company:
"I, Sir Ralph Vy\'Ian, being now in
my thirtieth year and upon the eve of
exile through the malicious treachery
of friends, this 15th day of April, in the
year our Lord 1640do hereby,as
of
,
hereunder,give and proclaim
follows
1
to all or any of my descendants, laws
fully begotten, or their heirs, the en-
suing information. It being in the
twentieth year of the reign of our be-
loved sovereign bis gracious majesty
and in the fifth of the lamentable and
abominable strife with the disloyal
houses, I was besieged in Ivor castle
by one Colonel Morgan, attached to
the army of the houses and more par-
ticularly to the notorious traitor Sir
Thomas Fairfax. I held this castle for
the king for three days and three
nights, but upon the fourth day, this
said lath day of April, through the ac-
cursed act of traitors, the enemy hath
gained entrance by the towers and
even now is pressing upon the garri-
son. And thus I set down these sev-
eral facts here upon the instant of the
final essay—to wit, that .I, being the
custodian of divers eases of treasure,
gold pieces, jewels and the like, des-
tined for his majesty's uses, having
taken counsel with my steward and
my friend Sir Sohn Clunes, have con-
cealed this great treasure in a privy
'place within the castle precincts and
do hereby deposit this said writing also
In a secret hiding place. And to whom-
soever of my descendants or their law-
ful heirs this shall fall, in the event of
my death or exile, I charge them to de-
liver the saine unto his gracious maj-
esty King Charles or unto his heirs, the
sovereign kings of this realm, as a duti-
ful subject, being held in trust for that
purpose,
"And here is how ye shall find the
treasure: If ye will descend by the
stairway in the guard room within the
northern tower ye will find a gallery
among the donjons of the basement.
Keep upon this, feeling upon the walls,
until ye shall touch the corner where
the castle turneth to the south"—
Now I paused for a moment, for here
the document which Sercombe bad giv-
en me was ended. I east a glance at
the others as I laid it aside and took
up the other portion. Sercombe's face
was appalling in its marks of greed.
The vulture shone from Hood's eyes.
I resumed:
"Turning this corner, it is necessary
to proceed upon the western side of the
castle for the space of thirty footsteps,
and at the close thereof to pause and
survey the walls. If ye will then de-
termine a heigbt of five feet from the
footway, there will be hereupon dis-
closed a small knobbe, the which re-
volving will give access to a large cup-
board within the wall. Observe dili-
gently upon the back of the cupboard
and where the oaken lining adjoins the
stone. IIere will be a spring, the
which pushing, a doorway shall open
behind the cupboard, and ye shall find
entrance to an interior vault. A flight
of stairway Ieadeth"—
At this point, as you will remember,
the document grew illegible and noth-
ing but the blur of faint characters
was discernible. But we had all that
was necessary In that explicit narra-
tive of the !lead Cavalier, and in proof
of this up jumped the captain, his
green eyes shining with emotion, and—
"You
nd .."You will give me a copy of that,
sir?" he asked sharply.
i nodded.
"You are welcome," I said. "If you
will write I will dictate" And forth,
with, pen and paper being fetched, we.
leoeeeded upon the odd teak. 'When
ave had llnished he gave a look at
As 1 rose a mann grappled u'tt7e no.
now the whole document of the late
Ur. Kesteven in your possession I wish
you joy of it,"
'Macre is oue word more," said I
sternly. "The man who stole tuts
piece of paper from its owner is moral.
ly guilty of his death,"
"Pistil" be exclaimed lightly. "Wo
can't awake an omelet without break-
ing eggs, Mr. Greatorex. Ana now I
must reluctantly wish you goodby. I
owe you au excellent dinner, and if for.
tune favors me I shall look forward to
returning it. There is no need to part
on bad terms."
IIo held out his hand, but ere I could
accept or refuse it Sheppard sprung
forward. "Allow me, captain," he
said.
':ib." smiled Sercombe, in no Way
elinslied by my hesitation, "it is a pity
ou and I are not cast tor color;. totals.
.i r. Sheppard." •
"At leu i; ' said Sheppard, "as scouzl-
Irelo we can respect each other."
Soremnibe broke out laughing, and
with out' glance at Mod, in which, as
t tliougbt, he tunic -wed to otter a ques-
tion, he marched out 0f the room. The
innkeeper followed, and Sheppard went
atter them, full of geniality to the last
and calling for Captain Sercombe's
Moak. Out of the window I saw them
pass under the dim light of the oil
tamp before the doorway, and Shep-
pard was still ushering thein across
the courtyard to the gateway of the
castle.
Suddenly 1 heard my name called in
a loud voice, and Montgomery started
to -his feet and threw open the win-
dow. This gave upon the courtyard
from the northerly side of the castle.
Iu an instant 1 recognized the cry of
Sheppard, piercing i4hrill3' through the
noise and clatter of n struggle.1e. Shout-
ing
ct -1 to Montgomery to follow
me. I
dashed out o it
�.
da i d of the to I d down the
un
staircase, almost falling upon the slip-
pery cobble of • the courtyard in my
haste. As 1 rose a man grappled with
Y g
' ] now • S 1 "
me but, beta \ . tilt t to fighting
pitch by my excited anticipations, I
flung hhu heavily to the stones, where
he lny inert, and 1 leaped over his body
to the assistance of Sheppard.
CIHAPTER IX.
OC will remember, .if I have
been explicit enough, that the
the to i e en> tlo lay
across the clt•nw•bt'idge and by
way of a great stone archway running
through the width of the easterly Wing.
This passage, which w•ae not more than
ten feet across, was in effect a vault
twenty feet high and thirty feet long.
It was here that the noise attracted
ate, and into this narrow channel I
ran, breaking tumultuously upou the
aggregated kuot of men that seemed
to struggle in the uncertain light. Stars
illumined the sky very faintly, but in
that passage the gloom was heavy, and
I could perceive very little. As I wax
casting about, tossing among the sway-
ing bodies, I saw immediately to my
right the fair head of Sheppard rise,
struck with the evening glow from
without Forthwith I dashed the body
nearest me to the ground and with my
fist dislodged another man in front of
me. Then 1 beard Sercombe's voice
raised in angry remonstrance. I •
gathered nothing, neither words nor
sense, from- it, but, occupied merely
with the physical lust of battle, drove
right through the press of the melee to
Sheppard, It seemed to Inc then that
there were dozens of people crowded
w•ithiu those narrow* walls, but I believe,
as a !natter of fact, that there were only
some eight of us. Sheppard rose and
fell and rose again. •
"Ned! Ned:" he called, and at the
sound, plunging upon human bodies, 1
lurched and went under. :). stampede
of feet seemed to rush over mc. I felt
battered end bruised; the Wind eves all
out of my lungs; but, slowly t aging on
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uiy stomach toward d the wall, 1 ('.row
out of the Pres:,, As I did ria 1 bear.i a
great dull noise, thud, thud, iuterveu•
fug upon the sounds of the struggle,
and presently, my eyes being now me
customed to the darkuees, I caught
sight of Moutgomery's tali form, his
arms uplifted and wielding a heavy
bar of iron.
"Bravo!" I cried and, struggling to
my feet, pushed toward him.
"Turn, you fools! Curse you, turn!"
said Sercombe's voice.
I was conscious then of white teeth
and a grotesque screw neck that rose
up before me, and even while I put up
my hands to choke it I felt the warm
sting of a knife in my shoulder blade.
By some magical thought, dawning at
the moment, I recalled Montgomery's
revolver, which I carried in my breest
pocket, and, producing it, fired at die
bestial form before me. There was e
.
PO r the el anyappeared CATC tore•
sharp Cd
Y lP
coil and then Montgomery's s
Bail de•
. seended iu a pitiless shower of blows.
Of Sheppard there was no sign.
Seeing •that the affray was turning
n
our II • I sprang to side, all
in favor, of s athe s c and,
,
, a
opening a"small doorway in the south•
erly drum tower, rushed up the stairs.
It was fortunate that I had made se
complete a study of the castle. I found
the crank I wnntecl and turned the
wheel, putting forward all the strength
I had iu my muscles. Slowly the
mighty
portcullis descended, shriekin
)
R
Ioz tc s les!ded
as it fell, but this, as I had hoped, fol-
lowing upon the report of my revolver,
and accompanied as it was with Mont-
gomery's continuous. and powerful
blows, proved the turning point for out
enemies. As the groaning gate de•
scended there were cries uttered in a
foreign topgue, and a rush ensued for
the gateway. Leaving the machine tc
revolve by its own impetus, I flew
down into the archway. Sercombe
stood in the light expostulating. Mont-
gomery's weapon stretched some one
fiat upon the stones as I entered, and the
man crawled off. I fired another chem•
ber of the revolver aimlessly, and the
flash lit up the passage while the
sound reverberated dully from the
groaned vault. Tho portcullis fell low-
er and Sercombe was driven across the
drawbridge by his retreating allies.
"Dead or living, they shall have him,"
said some one in my ear, and I beheld
Sheppard, his face smeared with blood,
dragging a body in his arms. Togeth-
er we thrust it forth, and it lay half.
way across the threshold. The port
cullis dropped inexorably and was now
within a foot orthe ground. The man
lay under the range of its iron spikes.
The wheels creaked above, and the
distance shortened. Montgomery ran
forward and shoved the body outward
But it still hung halfway. And ;then
Sercombe came rapidly back and,
stooping, by a swift movement dress
the inanimate form fr.m beneath the
iron spikes of the drawbridge. HE
said no word, but n:t t'ly glanced at
us as we stood behind :':e grille.
As Sercombe's figure faded blackly
into the night I turtle;]. and peered
into the gloom of the archway where
my companion stood.
Sheppard struck a match, and the
tiny. flame cast a precarious light upon
the three of us. Two streaks of blood
crossed Sheppard's forehead.
"First blood and first honors," he
said.
Montgomery breathed like a black-
smith.
"It was a mean trick," he observed.
An acute pain struck suddenly
through my shoulder. '",Che foreigners
use their knives aptly," I remarked.
"They do that," said Montgomery
fiercely. "One devil has pierced zny
stomach through."
"Let us go back to the hoose," I said
rind, setting the example, turned.
Sheppard's light went out, and as the
flame vanished the blue -black darkness
fell like a pall again. We walked back
into the castle.
"What about this wound, Montgom-
ery?" I asked anxiously.
The boy stood up straight, his well
cut face severe and immobile.
"It's no wound," he rejoined. "A
pin prick"
"Oh, Web, let us see," I salts care-
lessly.
He stripped oft his shirt and coat,
and It great red bulging spot Met my
eye below the breast. Sheppard put
bis lingers on it.
"That wants a bandage." be said,
aifd, meeting my eye.-"Ao, there's noth-
ing much in it, A nasty place, but
merely superficial."
"We'll have old Toms over tomer-
row," I said.
"The doctor?" queried Sheppard.
"But what about" --
"Oh, I dare say we can compose some
sort of Re. Besides, as a medical man,
our confidences are sacred."
"That's true," said Sheppard,and a
little silence Ali between us. "Web,"
lie resumed presently, "can we sleep,
do you think?"
"I think we are likely to have a
lively night," I answered, "And for
uta, X am in no mood for bed."
"Nor I," declared Montgomery.
"Very good," says Sheppard. "Then
what about this treasure?"
"Precisely what 1: Was thinking," I
said.
"Let us see the papers," said he.
"011, I have them burning in my
mind," I answered. "And if all are
1lonteomcry eurcncltcti tit the 7:nob.
agreeable, we may take a . lantern.
'They won't trouble us just yet."
But •just at that Moment came a
knock at the door, and Mrs. Main
showed in the oven doorway, wearing
a face Of alarm.
''.11r. Montgomery's pistol went off by
accident," said Sheppard promptly.
Mrs. Main apologized stud retired.
"1 think we shall have to square the
old lady or get rid of her," I observed.
"Leave that to me," says Sheppard
cheerfully.
"Well,come along,"
lugthe lantern, I
u ,
courtyard and ma
to the northerly dr
Sheppard broke
entrance as we stumbled
but one w ' were
e we
had descended in
deep silence enveloped
cor-
ridor rang with ou
slabs of stones w
even through our
pro-
ceeded on the wa
and then a narro
off tothe right, n
s)
at the farther eu
glow of the extern
From this I 'gathered
bers we were pas
the use to which
were cat off by e
the outtitcwall of th
11y gratings upon t
Passages we explored,
through the grata
iron bars, we w
that the floor of th
was buried some
of the moat itself,
stood high above
only reached by c
that they stood j
level of the water.
We were 110W,
western faee of t
say, upon the bac
upon the park of
behind, where the
was called) rose i
termost summit.
at right angles an
the document once
of certainty. We
some thirty paces.
"The wall," said
the paper by hex
and forthwith set
right hand.
"There is no d
served in a ]ow
should be a chamber
passed already."
"Five feet from
in equally low to
says."
"Is it here?" be
Sheppard gate_
(Tobe0
said I and, ,
,
stepped t into the
iP ou o
do for the entrance
um tower.
a jest or two at the
tmbled up the stairs,
in the passage and
to the basement a
us. The r feet, and the great
were damp, to be felt
boots. As we s I noticed that now
w passage branched
and on each occasion,
d, I caught the soft
a1 lights of the night,
that the cham-
bers (whatever was
they had been put)
exiguous channels tc
e castle and breasted
he moat. One of these
and by peering
ng, set with heavy
were able to perceive
e sepulchral corridor
feet below the level
for the gratings
our tenets and were
]tubing. I assumed
just above the propez
we judged, upon the
he castle—that is tc
k parts which looked
trees and the brook
tin (or pitch, as it
nathickettoitsut•
1 e had twice turned
d, pausing, consulted
again for the sake
had now to proceed
Suddenly I stopped.
Sheppard, who find
rt as well as myself,
to fingering upon the
doorway here," he ob-
voice, "and yet tbts
such as we have
the ground," I said
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Wampum Moons.
The word signifies in aboriginal ver-
nacular that it will pass current for
wampum, and is interchangeable as an
equivalent, same as we take diamonds
or other standard gem stones in lieu
of coin at a fixed value per karat. In
the breech -clout and blanket days, pre-
vious to 1890, wampum moons were the
best and most convenient collateral
which a wealthy redskin could possess.
A large one as big as the paha of a
man's hand would buy five ponies, or
fifty buffalo robes, or a second-rate
squaw. With furs they constituted the
currency of the section of the country
adjacent to the Rocky Mountains on
both slopes, a beaver skin being the
unit of value at a dollar apiece.
These trinkets were made of the
peach -blow cheeks of the couch shells
of the Pacific Coast, and were nearly
round, varying In size from the di-
mensions of a quarter of a dollar to a
silver dollar. They were certainly very
beautiful, and were very much affected
by nborightal dandies, espcialiy by
the mountain and river braves of Mon-
tana. -c'hiefl and wealthy men sus-
pended them by a thong around the
neck, wearing them as substitutes tor
honor medals bestowed by the c'ar'at
Father, and the women as Pend Wore -
tiles. They were eriginahly ebtttined
from a family of farmers named Prost,
in r'l w Jersey, vita manufactured theta
iron' the pink checks of eolith shells.
They were also obtained through iatd-
diemen in regular course of barter
With the Pacific coat Indians, who
learned to Imitate them..: Recreation.
CURIOS FROM FA -A -JAPAN.
Ontario's Provincial Museum Recently)
Receives a Splendid Gift.
The Ontario Provincial Museum hail
received from the curator of the Im--
periat Museum at Tokio, Japan, 100
archaeological objects, including relics
over 1,200 years old, taken from ancient
burial mounds. The thoroughness and
attention to detail so characteristic of
the Japanese was manifested in the
packing the ]te ob ects. Bach a -
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in a separate box perfect in make and
finish, and these were all packed into'
one large, strong box. also a model of
workmanship, which was lined with
tin.
The curios received all relate to old
Japan, and the workmanship in an iso
such as will delight connoisseurs in
archaeology. They include the follow-
ing articles in stone: Arrowheads,
drills, scrapers, spearheads, knives and
axes. Fine specimens of primitive pot-
tery, such as jars and domestic uten-
ells, and some pieces of broken pottery.
are included,
The relics from ancient .burial•
mounds comprise tube and cut jewi
els, glass beads, gold and silver rings,
a sword blade, bottles, a bridle bit, jars,1
a small dish with a cover, and a stone
imitation of a sheath.
Accompanying the collection is a list-
oa the articles with their Japanese and!
English names, and the name of the'
places in Japan where they were found.
Mr. David Boyle, Curator of the Pro -1
vincial Museum, will in return for this.
very valuable collection send to the'
Tokio museum 100 objects relative to!
early Indian life in this province.
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