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The Wingham Times, 1906-06-07, Page 7ire The Adventurers By 11. B. MARRIOTT WATSON COPYRIGHT, 1895. Br HARPER ts BROTHERS l were fighting upon tho'floor before me. Tap, tap, tap went the Horrid knife up- on the floor, and then silence again, broken only by heavy noises In the throat. With formidable fears in my breast, I struck a match, casting a thread of light upon the scene of the struggle. Hood lay in Montgomery's .arms, crum'plecl like a snake whose back is broken, one hand (which held .a knife) stretched inert along the floor, .bis Bead thrown back, his face white through its sallow discoloration, and his eyelids lowered over his strange .eyes. • "Good heavens, you have killed him!" ;said I. Montgomery looked doubtful. "I don't think so," he panted; "but be was the very devil to tackle with that knife of Iris. I may have squeezed too hard. .Something did crack, but" — I pulled him aside. "Light the lan- tern, old chap," I said. Hood fell loosely to the floor as, Mont- gomery moved his arms, and opened Hood was bent over the chests. his eyes, which fell on me sharp and ardent, burning with a violent light. He sat up. "You have me, sir," he remarked. "Yes, my man," said I cheerfully, "I ,,bink we may go so far as to say that." Hood turned on his side, and I kicked the dagger out of his reach. "If you don't mind, sir, I should like to be eating something," he said quiet- - ly. "I've had nothing all day." He looked toward the treasure chests, and I perceived upon one of these the preparations for a meal. I laughed. "You know the house well, I see, Hood." "Yes, sir," said he. "I've done a ,good deal of foraging, sir, at one time and another." "Very well. Have your meal," I .agreed. "Any bones broken?" . "Thank you, sir; none, sir. A bit .stiff, sir; that's all." - "Then I think we'll leave you to your supper, Hood," I said. I examined the candle in the lantern; it would last :some hours. Ere it.burned out I would revisit the prisoner with some sup- plies. "You are not going to keep him here?" asked Montgomery in some sur- prise. 1 nodded. "For the present." We passed out, and I turned the key in the lock. "He'll stifle in there," expostulated Montgomery. • "Oh, dear, no!" said I. "It's not the ..first time the keep has been used as a dungeon, though I dare say it will be •the last" I think the boy took a grewsome fear •of me on that occasion, regarding me :with horror as a malevolent and bar- barous tyrant, but in truth I had a pur- pose in my seeming malice, as will ap- pear. -Liver Complaint j` OOK out for these symptoms of L torpid liver and biliousness: Coated tongue, i' Bitter taste in the mouth, Attacks of headache, ' Fickle appetite and indigestion, Feelings of weight and oppression -( about the stomach, Pale, muddy complexion, h Depressed spirits and irritable temper, Constipation and looseness of the bowels. 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The capture of Hood, then, opened a road of escape, and'I had already resolved to employ it. Of course it would have been possible still to have surrendered the treasure to the crown or to have handed it into the possession of Sercombe's party; but, though I was reluctant to continue the bloody struggle, I was certainly indisposed to haul down my flag. If it were to be peace, it should be peace with honor. And the body of Hood gave me nay means. I wns able after some argument to carry my point with the others. They had both a kindly fancy for the fight• ing and were inclined to take my ars nouncemeut in a chapfallen manner, But I explained that I was making no decision of myself; that I was one of three and that I had merely offered the suggestion as my contribution to the counsels of war. Upon that I add• ed the very cogent reasons which I had prepared in favor of my advice, and. the end of the talk was that they ac• cepted the plans I unfolded. To execute my scheme it was neves. sary to see Sercombe. But first 1 must pay a visit to the prisoner, who by the time we bad arrived at a con• elusion had lain in the blackness of that abominable dungeon for five hours Sheppard, indeed, had been eager to interview him, and upon hearing of the capture had at once betaken himself to the keep. He was absent halt all. hour. but I did not inquire what he had been doing. I merely looked at him interrogatively when he returned, which he did wearing a graver face than was usual to him. Noting the inquiry in. my glance, he shook his head. "That man is dangerous," he saki— "abnormally dangerous." "Montgomery and I have occasion to know that," I replied. "He is a snake— that is the substantive — and I doubt very much whether we can Lill him." "I have my doubts whether we can even scotch hint," said Sheppard dryly and then dismissed the subject. Yet my conversation with Hood later was very commonplace and marked by no particular points. He kept his cus- tomary face of obsequiousness and gave me the briefest replies to my in- terrogations. I was specially exercised in my mind as to the manner of his entrance into the castle. For all his dexterity and cunning, I could not see how, carefully watched as our fortress was, he had managed to gain admit- tance over the drawbridge and through the closed portcullis. At the question, which was delivered point blank, he turned his luminous eyes upon me and regarded me with a shifty smile, the shadow of a smile, betokening no amusement. "I don't mind telling you, sir," he murmured, "though it's not what I would say to most gentlemen. But you have been, a gentleman, sir, throughout, and I shuld be proud to have served you. I came with the party in the morning, sir." "What!" said I. "You were with the storming party?" "Yes, sir. Seeing you engaged,. I crept away. I know the house, sir, be- ing with my poor master so long. And I don't bold with violence whore you can do without it" I opened my eyes. The man's plans were conceived with excellent craft. It would be the last thing I should have thought of, and yet it was so simple to take advantage of tate confusion and secrete himself upon the battlements after his allies had fled. "You are a rascal, hood," I returned, not without admiration. "But you are a clever rascal." "Thank you, sir," said Hood. "Yes," I continued, "you have had a smart shot for it, but your gain° is up, my man. Clever as you are,, I have you caged, and I think Captain Ser- combe and his scoundrels are further from the gold than ever." "It looks like it, sir," admitted Hood. I looked round upon the dark and grimy walls. "This is a mean hole for a man of your parts to Ile festering in," I said, "but I see no cholce before you. You have made your own bed, and you roust lie in it. A. man might rot here and drop into the bones of a skeleton without sound or sense of the outside world. The bodies of many captives have decayed within these gloomy Walls." "Have they, indeed, sir?" said Roost politely. Ile sat upon one of the oaken eases, his eyes bent upon me earnestly, his holy almost couchant for a spring. I could have believed the man was Tiro - paring a sudden assault upon me but that I knew he carried no Wear** and THE WINGIIAM. TIMES, JUNE 7 I wns of stronger and bigger build than he. Rut apparently, .nothing of the sort was in his mind. It was merely the deference due to my position which he proclaimed in that attention. That meek of the trained servant concealed his individuality now as ever. Never once had I seen the veil lifted and the teal man exposed and caked to the light of day. "Hood," said I, almost with a sigh of despair at his imperturbable Calm, "do you want to stay here indefinitely?" "Certainly not, sir; by your leave, sir," he answered promptly. "Then upon what terms shall I offer you release?" Ilfs eyes dropped, and there was silence. "Remember,' said I, "that no one outside ourselves is aware of your existence here. You may be hidden here till the day of judgment and nontvt be the wiser, and even then your hones will scarcely see the light of day. What do you pro- pose?" • ,r. hood shifted his gaze to ipy face. "Anything that's convenient to you, sir I'd rather leave it to you, sir." I experienced a strange impulse to cry out with some emotion, but wheth- er this was astonishment, auger or a mere sense of the ridiculous, or -yheth- er it was a combination of all three, I could not have said. I rose from wy seat, controlling my voice with diffi- culty. "Very well, hood," I said. "It shall be left to me, as you suggest." And with that I stalked out of the dungeon and locked the door. It was impossible to transact • busi- ness with suc-h a man. I felt the need of reciprocity, whereas dealing with Iiood reminded Inc of nothing so much as of digging at n piece of rubber that will fly gently back when the pressure is removed. And so it must be with Sercombe that I should arrange the (1c - tails of a compromise, or at least the terms of a truce if not of a permanent peace. Sercombe was absent from the inn, but I learned that he was hi Raymond, :uui, taking our horses, Montgomery and I rode across to the little town In the early hours of the afternoon. We rain upon the captain himself in high street and as we were making for' the Swan to put up our nags.' Iie welcom- ed us cheerily and, mopping his red forehead (for the day was very sultry), invited us to drink with him, "Just stepping across to the Swan," said he. "Como along and put up your toes, Ecuador was nothing to this." I accepted with a nod, and presently we were seated in the commercial room by the window that looked out upon the courtylyd, sipping a cooling clt•aft. "I prefer," says the captain hospita- h!y. "t3 drink in company ranter than ohne. And that's the distinction 1e tween a drinker and a drunkard, Mas- ter Montgomery. Take it froth me." 11'Ith which he threw back his head and took a long pull at his glass. "I have not felt so warin since I was in Abyssinia," he remarked. "Ab," said I, "you are right, captain. Hot is the word. I'm sure from my heart I euvy Hood." ' Sercombe pricked up his ears, re- garding me inquisitively. "Yes," I went on, leaning back in my- chair; "cool, damp floors, cold stone walls and neither the sun nor the moon to smite him—that's my notion of com- fort this weather." Sercombe paused in the •act of drink- ing and put down his glass. "What is this conundrum, Mr. Greatorex?" he asked in a puzzled way. "'Tis no conundrum," I replied airi- ly. "By the way, where did you say your friend Hood was?" IIe looked at me under his red eye: brows. "Mr. Hood," he said, "is on business of his own. 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But you let up on us with that moat of yours and those sharp eyes. I will confess I never saw a position held more keen- ly. But that's ne use to us, and I soil you that I'm sick of it. Look; I'll tell you how I stand. I have my men you, mind - they're mine, t , and not Hood's—and I've no stomach to give it all up for nothing. But, between you and me, it's no champagne supper to defend the castle and lose half your natural life in blows and strategies; therefore, what do you say to terms?" "Terms!" I echoed. "To ransom Hood?" IIe ejaculated an oath. "Let the beast rot," he declared. "I'm talking of ourselves." "Captain Sercombe," said I gently, "I knew Mr. Hood in this business ere I knew you, and to my idea he was the prince mover in the conspiracy. Let us say that he is gone, and what have we to fear?" Sercombe looked extremely blank, and I could see that my words had struck a vital spot. "Hood," be said, "has done nothing but blunder, and besides"— Tut lie got uo further, breaking off suddenly and as though with an ef- fort. "If that be so," said I, rising, "let us see how Captain Sercombe will man- age matters." "Hold hard," he interrupted. "Sit down awhile, sir. You have sprung this affair on me. I must take my counsel. Come, what do you say to go- ing shares?" I lifted my brows. "You are not serious?" I remarked. He glanced furtively at Montgom- ery. "I will take one-third," he said, "and no questions asked." "My dear sir," said I in amazement, "you embarrass me. Your terms are too liberal from a vanquished foe. I could not accept such generosity. And now, if you will allow me, as I have an appointment with Mr, Hood shortly, I must"— intBut this alarmed him, as I could per- ceive, for h" changed color and put out a finger to catch my arm. "I will stand in with all of you!" he • cried. ' I smiled, but before I could reply an interruption fell in the entrance of the police sergeant, Jones, :whom we had , met before. He saluted 1s and I made an inquiry as to his have • 'gations. "I am on a track,, sir, ' lie declared. • "I can say no more." And he eyed Sercombe attentively. "You've not struck those gypsies, I hear," said Sercombe, who had re- "sumed his cigar with an appearance of nonchalance. "No, sir." "They're here today and somewhere else tomorrow. I hardly expected you would find therm. They nose a scent pretty soon" "I'M on a track, sir," repeated Jones. "Glad to hear it," nodded the cap- tain. I went out with the sergeant, but Sercombe called to me. "What is it?" I asked, stauding in the doorway. An anxious look troubled Sercombe's eye. "I have made you a proposition, Mr. Greatorex." "That's true," said I gravely, "and I will ask ,you, captain, to better it. But, excuse me, my time is limited." "You glue me short shrift," exclaim- ed he, with a bitter laugh. "Oh, no," I said; "but I dare say you Will have time to think over It between now end 9 o'clock. If you can see your way to a snore .egUitable adjust- Meat, djustMent, eaptain, perhaps you would be good enough to let me know by then?" At that I left him and caught up with Montgomery, who had gone ahead With yQ1A91• 19 )6 "Excuse me, sir," said Jones politely, "but are you a very old friend of Cap- tain Sercombe's?" "Why, no," said I, "I have not known him long" "Ah," said he, "an odd gentleman, sir. Mr. flood of the Woodman, be knows some queer stories about him." "IXC Says -so, does lie?" said L Jones emphatically wagged his bead. "Very queer," he added. Ie root which it appeared to me that Mr. Jones night not be quite so smart as he seemed, and also that lir. Hood was even sou rter. What his object might have been lu spreading an evil reputation for Sercombe I could not guess, but that he had an ob4ect, and a material one, 1 did not doubt for a moment. Though I had introduced the idea to Sercombe's notice, and the lntroduc- tIotr had had its effect, I had not yet given shape and substance to my plan of setting off the one scoundrel against the other. I foresaw that I could im- prove my own position very substan- tially by this system of balance, and I determined to go now forthright to Hood on the same errand. Ile had failed me in the morning, but perhaps she would have grown wiser in the course of the day's imprisonment. There is nothing like solitude nntl the opportunity of reflection to bring a Hain to prudence, and now, too, I had seen Sercombe and had a genuine offer to consider. I enure to the conclusion that, after nil, hood would not prove obdurate and that the end of the war- fare was almost in sight, In some such mood as this I made. the journey to,the keep, flattering my- self with the success of my diplomacy and complacently contemplating an honorable settlement which would rid us of onr troubles, banish these wretch- ed intruders and leave us to the com- fortable enjoyment of our shore in the treasure of the Vyvians. Dinner was over. The clock in the hall had chimed half past 8. I expect- ed Sercombe at 9 o'clock and roost hurry to secure the interview before that. I entered the dungeon carefully and locked the door behind me, as was my custom. Then, turning, I cast the light toward .the -boxes upon which hood had sat. He was not there. Hastily I flashed the lantern round the walls. There was no sign of Iiood. The dungeon was empty. CHAPTER XV. stared at the blank stones, but they returned no sign from their unavailing grayness. The silence began to speak in that gloomy 11ace. Recovering myself, I put down the lantern and considered. First I put the key in my pocket, a definite precaution which was to influence strangely the history of this narrative. It was not conceivable that any one could .have opened the heavy door when it was locked, yet the prisoner was gone. "If he is gone," said I aloud in order to reassure myself, "he must needs bare gone by some hole." That was incontrovertible. I decided, too, that the means of escape must Ile within the dungeon. Once more I In- spected the huge oaken door and shook my head. Was there any flaw in the wood? Perchance there was a secret spring in a panel. I went over the surface carefully, but found nothing. "Very well," said 1, "I will unriddle this or be hanged for a felon," and I set to work upon the walls. Inch by inch I passed the masonry under my scrutiny, but made no discovery. "I will go over it again," I declared des- perately and resumed my work from the beginning. I had not reached a point very far from the door on this second round of investigation when my glance slid off at a venture and al- most mechanically rested upon the treasure chests. Something unfamiliar in their appearance vaguely persisted in my' thoughts. I left off fumbling with the wall and stood gazing at them. They took my eyes with inter- est, and, crossing the room, I shed the light upon the cases, fingering the gold pieces under the broktslr lid. One, two, three—they stood exactly as—no, that was the point. They had been moved! With a new zest I examined the door, and, sure enough, one ofstheso chests had been pulled out from the wall as far as its own width. I peeped over it, illuminating the space beyond. The slab of stone which the box bad cov- ered was like the other flags that made the floor of the dungeon. 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