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VOL. XV. Ti v . O'v OF k iTtfinbio rRnjHC ULVUwt. p| nnne By STANLEY J. WEYMAIL [CopyrtM y\-\ < ossi-u Publishing <’o AU SYNUi HI H. M uy is tfl 5 •11 of Kti>r!iiti<). Frail C ! s Ofi'iiM is liv with Ids uncle, /- r A r, fanny. tin H cousin Pef.rouillii, n'nol'W'meliuSl.er, Autfvat'V’s daughter. Gardiner, visit to bUh Sir pays Catholic a is Anthony, and being a dls liked bv FranoK who is at heart v . Protestant. CHAPTER H.—Gardi ner tells Francis who his father is. that lie is a tr liter and informer, man’s fortune and offers if he, pi make the young will e „t.er his service as a spy Francis ns'u for time, to reply and runs away, iat-nding to carve out his own fortune, ill.—He i* overtaken bv Clarence, an agent af Gardiner, against whom he in cites the mob by tolling and them Die man i-a press raiig leader, escapes on Blarenee’s liorke and with his dispatches IV.—Francis goes t.) aninn at He. li.t’is, ami showing the tii-parches is thought to he a queen’s courier. renoe arrives, and he escapes with the ail of a waiting; maid, V. and \ I.- fie reaches London and Venders aid to two women. He and the women escape in a boat, YU.—They sm Attacked, and re-cuml Francis and is stun put ued. are -.n board a vessel bound for Holland One of tha woman proves to b« the Otich ess of Hiiff iik, v.ho has married a man named Bertie. The other is a kinswo¬ man twined Anne Brandon. Bertie is ou heard lot- Biting 1’ otestants, they tuft* were lleeinsc from England. Francis them liis name it* Carey. Vi It — ’nicy ascend the river Rhine in a boat and remit the liott-e of a friend named hind-t om. IX, X arid Xi.—0 a r e y saves JlymphtiH, l.ands r >m's dathjbt *r from the violence, of a soldier arid kills the man. They decile to bury the Spaniard, but. Carey sees a ghost Van Tree, i.’yui dma’s Dover, warns them that they are discovered, arid they li e. XII.—TheV reach Emmerich b? X>"at. The Dutchman’s party go to Saucon. While. Carey, Bertie and the two women start for We ml on hors back. char'. :;k xxii. Only to feel that wo were moving Was a rDief, though our march child was very slow. Mosicr Bertie carried the slung in a cloak before him, and thus burdened could not well go beyond u smooth amble, whist tlio guides, who were on foot, and the pack horses found this pace us much as they could manage. A little while, and the exhilaration of the start died away. The tine morning was followed by a wet evening, and beforowobad loft Emmerich three miles behind us Master Bertie and I had come to look at ono another meaning¬ ly. Wc were moving in a dreary, silent procession through heavy rain, with tho prospect of tho night closing in early. The road, too, grew mere heavy with each furlong and presently began to ba covered with pools of water. We tried to avoid tMrthconvenierics by resorting to the bill slopes on our left, but found the attempt a waste of time, as a deep stream or back¬ water, bordered hy marshes, intervened. The narrow road, raised hut littlo above tile level of the swiftly flowing river on our tight, turned out to he our only possible path, and when Master Berlio discerned this iiis faco grew more and more grave. Wo soon found indeed as wo plodded along that a sheet of water, which psticly reflected tho evening light, was taking tho place of viio road, and through this wo had to plash and plash at a snail’s tiaeo, one of the guides on a pack horse loading the way and Master Bertie in charge of his wife coming next; then, at some dis¬ tance, for her horse did not take kindiy to the water, tho younger woman followed in My care. The other guido brought up the rear. In this way, stopped constantly by the fears of tlio horses, which were scared hy tho expanse of flood before them, v. e crept wearily on until the moon rose. It brought, alas! an access of light, but no comfort. The water seemed continually to grow deeper, the current on onr right swifter, and each moment I dreaded tho announcement impossible. that farther advance was It seemed to liavo como to that at last, for I saw tho duchess and her husband E (op and stand waiting for me, their dark shadows projected far over the moonlit sur¬ face. '>bafc is to be done?” Master Bertio called out as vro raovecl up to them. “The guide tells me that there is a broken piece Site wl t “ thl ° depth f rt W of f hic!l water.” W “ be lmpaSSabI ° T 1 uad expected to hear this, yet I fluinfounded—for, was so this being t me, we tfrye lost indeed—that for a time 1 could not answer. No one bad uttered a word Blinking. nnproach, but I knew what they must , I bad brought them to this, ft Was my foolish insistence bad done it. JXo .' Ck poor um beast under ''“Is. mo “Wo shivered. must go I f, otwartll «>? what? ’ I said desperately. "Or onat do you thinkf Go back?” ^teadv, the steady, duchess Master cried in Knight, her calm, Er rave voice. "I never knew you so bad a Wtnsdor before!” 11 is , uy fault that you aro here,” I , ,, looking Perhaps dismally around. the other road is ns bad,” replied. “At any rate, that -1‘ist and gone. Tho question is, What s. e Z° 10,11 t0 ,?° a::tl uow? »****• To remain To kero back is may to he n t>run into 80 tbo enemy’s arms. 'Xo go wvard — d ill lie to lie drowned!” Mistress Anne ^ 1 could with a pitiful hl-s-ue sob. -Ioomv «i'-.ck.h«cu4 tint ^™«*onourtad2d her \ I'-nTe tod the te=n tn cc te • jr th0 t:n:c 01 y SitTw^ ana 1 .“ ' Vln(1 - pivreed , !' ub our garments “ Dy “° ° U T S - fcnmte. 1 '"leht , begm . afresh and the n k e overcast. Of ourselves, we could r § 3? ^ r V--— e>- - CONYERS, GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1895. longed only 'aui to return. ' ■•Vet I for going forward” the finch ess urged. -If tliere ho but this one bad place, wo rony pass it with ears,’ "We mar," her husband assontedduhi onsly. “But suppose when wo ii.-vo pn.s-d it wo can go no lart-her Papeete ti-"— "Jt is no good supposing!” Site retorted with some Hiiiirpnes.s. ’ lo t us cross this ntnee iiisr-. Hiehnrd and we will dial with tin, other ininiieil when we ca!i« .*.1 in it ” i!e assent •• t ■ me veil co'fiis’ c'mvlv bnwr.nl IiFtlds^ef oonriet'itw «^d tie- eeidesto luu^m! urn sumo With v,,ids through water Which rew .......... each -fhei s>.p, until it roe nearly to our g , n!ts the lads swpoed -Are wc over'-” saiiUJiedm-hcsaca»erly I'm-answer me of them pointed to tho fl ooa Iicforo him, and peering forward 1 made oat a ©torrent, swooping silently and swiftly across our patli.—a current with an ominous rush and swirl. "Over?” grunted Master Bertie. "No; this is the place. See, tho road has given way, and tho stream is pouring through from the river. I expect it is getting worse every minute ns tho banks crune bio.” We nil craned forward, looking at it. It W as impossible to say how deep the water was, or how far tho deep part mtcht cx tend, and we hud with us a child and two women. "We must go back!” said Master Bertie resolutely. ‘'There is no doubt about it. Tho flood is rising. If wo do not take care, wo shall be cut off and bo able to go neither backward nor forward. I cannot eco „ foot of dry land, as it is, before or behind us.” Ho was right. Far and wide, wherever our eyas could reach, tho moonlight was reflected in a sheet cf water. Wo were nearly up to our girths in water. On one side was the hurrying river; on tlio other woro the treacherous depths of the back¬ water. I asked tho guide as well as I could whether the road was good beyond. Ho answered that ho did not know. Ho and his companion were so terrified that wo only kept them beside us hy threats. ‘‘I fear wo must go buck, ; ’ I said, as¬ senting sorrowfully. Even tho duchess' agreed, and wo woro In tho act. of turning to retrace our steps with what spirit we might when a dis¬ tant sound brought us nil to a standstill again. Tho wind was blowing from the quarter whence wc had come—from Em¬ merich—and it brought to us the sound of voices. Wo ail stopped to listen. Yes; they were voices wo heard—loud, strident tones, mingled now with tho sullen plash of horses tramping through the water. I looked at the duchess. Her face was pnlo. but her courage did not fail her. She un¬ derstood in Ulrica that tho danger wc had so much dreaded was up on us; that wo were followed, and the followers were at our heels, and she turned her horse round again. Without a word she spurred it back toward the deep part. J seized Anne’s rein and followed, notwithstanding that the poor girl in her terror would have re¬ sisted. Betting the guides go as they pleased, wo four in a moment found our¬ selves abreast again, our horses craning over tho stream, whilo we, with whip and spur, urged them on. In cold blood wo should scarcely have d me it. indeed, for a minute, ns our steeds stumbled and recovered themselves and slid forward, only to drawback trem¬ bling—as the water rose above our boots or was" flung by our fellows in our eyes, and nil was flogging and scrambling aifd splashing—it seemed as if we were to bo caught in a trap despite onr resolve. But at last Master Bertie’s horse took tho plunge. His wife’s followed, and both, partly floundering and partly swimming, set forward, snorting tho while in fear. To my joy I saw them emerge safely not ten yards away, and shaking themselves stand, comparatively high out of tho water. "Come!” cried my lady imperatively as sho turned in her saddle with a gesture of fleiiance. "Come! It is all right.” Come indeed! I wanted nothing better, for I was beside myself witJi passion. But, flog ns I might, I cotiid 'not get Anne’s brute to take tho plunge. The girl herself could give me no aid. Clinging to iier saddle, pale and half fainting, sho could only beg me to leave her, crying out again and again in a terrified voice that sho would he drowned. With her cry there suddenly mingled another—tho hail of our pursuers os they sighted us. I could hear them drawing nearer, and I grew desp.er ate. Ludkiiy they could not make any speed ill water so deep, and time was given me for ono last furious effort It succeed ed. My horso literally foil into tho stream. It dragged Anno’* after it. liew wo kept our scats, how they their footing, X never understood, but gomcnow, splash ing and stumbling and blinded by the wa ter dashed in our faces, wo earns out on tbs other side, where tho duchess and her x insl);(1K ^ too faithful to us to save them se ] V es, had watclied tho struggle in an suspense. I did but fling the girl's -in to Master Ik rtie, and then I wheeled my Jiorsc to tho stream again. J ■ i Vi - at j e t,‘ vp my mind what I imiRt do. .. Go r icd. waving my hand with a |j, gaftUT0 Q f farewell. 'Ho on! I can keep cln h ,. ro fnr awhile.” --.\obscijco!” I heard tho duchess cry, her ^ voice hi'-h c' ami shrill. "It is”— on [ (tied "Go on! Do not lose a moment, or it will he useless.” >; n stcr Bertie hesitated, but be, too, « w that tips was the only chance. The Snaniards nuut v/ere on tho brink of tho stream d H they passed it, overtake us'easliy. lie hesitated, I iiava said, for „ Kmlen t Then lie seized iiis wife's rein and dte-w her on. and 1 heard the three horsCi to i-ishing away through the fiord 'j I tlir'-w a gianco at them ever my sh <1cl , botliink'iB.t me that 1 bad not to]d thu duche-- my story, and that Sir J,,, ,‘pis'b! and Petrunilia would never— t What was 1 thinking of? That ’ ‘ had only wa tU<mgi - t ft>r s woman. I to j lur de n m V heart Dow ami sot mv teeth together Mv tatk was very simple in deed I had Just to keep lb« so men—there were four—here as long as I cmiul and if T" -ihv in it.mf’-r P mc-'s pur-uit alto or horse stopped suddenly with its fore feet S[)2V3( , f ut , „ the edge of the stream, and , h's dark face grew darker as be saw the sw j rl j ag eddies and mo standing fronting y..„ ■■,-**-t,t e-i.v* roy.swonLiialt ^oc.-^crr.z~ - u£ position. Whero 1 stood the water was freely l,v, r tuy horse’s fetlocks. whcte ,!0 ' stood it was over his horse’s knees, and between u.s it Dewed nearly . four feet deep. Ho held a hasty parley with his com P anto "** »»*' then ho hailed me. "Will - V ' JU surrender!” he cried i.i English "Wo wl;l « iv ° you quarter.” feurnuiuer? To whom?” T said. ’ And why—w hy should I surrender? Are you robirrs and cut purses?” "Surrender in the nnmoof the emperor, f«» <«ol!” he answered sternly and rough ]y - ‘ X know nothing .about thoompororl” 1 retorted -tVliot empem?” "Ju tlio queen’s name, then!” "D'ho Duke of Clews Is queen hero!” 1 <*'«>. "and « tlio flood Is rising,” 1 add od scornfully, "I would advise you to go home again. ” "You would advise, would yon? Who aro you?” ho replied in a kind of wrathful curiosity. X gave him no answer. I have often since reflected,‘ with a fuller knowledge of certain facts, that no stranger interview ever took place than this short colloquy between us; that no stranger fight ever was fought than that which wo contone Plated as wo stood there bathed in the May moonlight, with the water nil round 113 aml "io ™ld sky above. A strange fight indoed it would have been between him and me had It ever come to tho sword s P olnt ‘ Xlnt this was what happened. His last words had scarcely rung out when my hor3e began to quiver Under mo and sway backward and forward. I had just time to take the alarm when the pour beast sank down ami rolled gently over, leaving mo bestriding its body, my feet, in tho wa¬ ter. Whatever tho cause of this, I Had to disentangle myself, and that quickly, for the four men opposite me, seeing me dis¬ mounted, plunged with a cry of triumph into the water and began to flounder P .toss. Without inoru ado I stepped for¬ ward to keep the ford. The foremost and nearest to mo was Clarence, whose horse began, half way across, to swim. It was still scrambling to regain its footing when it came within my reach, and I slashed it cruelly across tlio nostrils. It turned in an instant on its side. X saw tho rider’s face gleam white in the water. His stirrup shone a moment as tlio horse rolled over; then in a second the two were gone down the stream. It was done so easily, so quickly, it amazed me. One gone, hurrah! I turned quickly to tho others, who wore about landing. My blood was fired, and my yell of victory, as I dashed at them, seared back two of tho horses. Despite their riders’ urging, tinny turned and ser<ynrbJed out on the side from which they had entered. Only one was left—the far fchrofc from me. Ho got, across vpfc t ho was tho most unlucky of all, for his hor?G stumbled on landing, camo down heavily on its head and flung him at my very feet. If, was no time for quarter—I had to think of my friends—and while with ono hand I seized tho flying rein asHho horso scrambled, trembling, to iis feet, with the othoT 1 lunged twice at tho rider as he fyilf tried to rise, half tried to grasp at me. The second time I ran him through, and ho ©creamed shrilly. In those days I was young ami hotheaded, and 1 answered only hy a shout of defiance as I flung my¬ self i”'to the saddle and dashed away through the water after my friends. Vce vietjs! I had done enough to check the pursuit and yet escaped myseif. if ! could join tlio others again, what a tri ump.h it would be! I bad no guide, but neither had those in front of me, and luckily r .1 this point a row of pollard wit lows defined thu lino between the road and the river. Keeping this on my rigid, I made good way. Tho horse seemed strong under me, tho water was shallow and appeared to be growing more so, and presently across the waste of flood I dis i 'ki^Y-ivts. 'a ,y y 4 ■/, vv H ■’ teZT&P-Cj- '‘Z-Ut&'y \ /itr^rw \*A —-K _ A -*"• AJffvi-' V' « ^hz^=4d—-»-S___ U • ’(.A ' { } hcd u erucUl/ner<m u, c nostrils. =frned before mo a dark, solitary tower the tower seemingly of a church for it was topped by asturapj spire, wmc i day wonW prouaDiy nayo suown to Door vvood. Thero was a little _ dry^ ground round % cM a r^ro ^ u ^: sea o. wa *- e ‘? * n > J '°.“ 1 !" n ° s V ot and arcbed its .. , as every sign joy nec.. , i& trotted tip to the neighborhood of the church, whinnying with pleasure. Iren, the back of tlio building, I v.»s prised, camo an answering As J pulled up a man, his weapon in his uand, came from the porch, and a woman ■ lowed him. I called to them W* " fancied }«)« wou.d bo hire tho mm l . saw too church: i sun, tl|(U.o xj uic gWBW!. safe!’ hedueb "Thank heaven yon am ess ansvteted, and to my astonishment n e flung her arms round my neez: and kissed >«'-'■ "What has happened? sue asked, looking . in niy oyos, her own full of tears. "4 tnink l have stopped them, i a, • **orod, turning suddenly shy, though, boyliko, I had been longing a before to ta.k ot P>J victory. in..ytr. W w-ss, and — l had not sheathed my sword. Master Bertie cangbt piy wrist, and If-ng uio blade looker* at it. "too, so. *ie said nod ding Are you hurt.' touched! 1 anstnwtf. Bolore , more was saul he coin polled bis wife to go back into the porch. The wind blew keen porcll -herded tbo best shelter to ^ ! Yts upper admitted part was of open wood ” c k and freely the wind, but ^---— , (i . nrr , 1 ,. 1 — cte mm d ' m ovex tbeggi _ 28! dry tvithin. By huddling together on the Door against the windward sulc wo got some protection 1 hastily told what had happened. "bo Clarence is gone." My indy’s veteo as she said the words trembl'd, hut not in sorrow or pity, as 1 judged—rather in rc lief. Her dread and hatred of the man stranjto and terrible, and so seemed to me then After'., arsl 1 learned Mint smiierhlng had between them which uiado almost, natural sucth feelings oil her part am! made natural also a l.itrer resent ment on his. Hut of that no more. "Von sure,' she said, pressing mo anxiously for confirmation, "that it was h ‘’ ! " "Vos, but I am not sure that ho is dead,” I explained. ” You seem to boar a charmed life your scl*. sno said, “Hush!” cried her husband quickly “Do nod say that to tho hut. It is un¬ lucky. But do you think, 5 ' ho continued —tho porch v. a.'j in darkness, and wo could scarcely make out one another’s faces— ••that there is any further chance of pur suit?” “Xot by that party tonight,” I said grimly. “Nor i think tomorrow.” “Hood,” he answered, “for 1 enn seo nothing hut water ahead, and it would bo madness to go on by night without a guide. We must stay her© until morning, whatever tho risk'. ” lie spoke gloomily, and with reason Our position was a miserable, almost a desperate one, even on the supposition that pursuit had ceased. W e had lost all our baggage, food, wraps. Wo lmd no guides, ami wo were in tho midst of a flooded country, with two tender women and a baby, our only shelter t he porch of God’s house. Alistress Anne, who was cioiiohing in tho darkest corner next tho church, seemed to have collapsed entirely i icni’inhered afterward that I did not once hear her speak that night. Tho ouch ess tru'd to maintain our spirits and hor own, but in tho face of cold, danij^ and hunger sho could do little.. Master Bertie aud l took it by turns to keep tv kind of watch, but by morning—it was a long night, and a bitter one—wo woro worn out and slept despite our misery. We should have been surprised and captured without a blow if tlio enemy had come upon us then. 1 awoke with a start to find tho gray light of a raw, misty morning falling up on and showing up our wretched group, Tho- duchess’ head was hidden in her cloak, her litisbmiiVs ltntl (•link on lm lirc-ast, but .Mistress Anno—1 looked at her and ghmlflcrod. Had she sat so all Bight—sat staring with that stony face of pain and those tearless eyes on tho moonlight, on the darkiic?;, which had been before the dawn, on tho cold first rays of morning? Stared on ail alike and seen none? I shuddered and peered at her, alarmed, doubtful, wondering, asking myself what this was that had happened to her. Had fear aud cold killed her or turned her brain? "Anne!” 1 said timid ly. “Arfne!” , c *ho did not answer nor turn, nor did the fl:\ed g;vM>uf her eyes waver. I thought she did not hear. “Anne!” 1 cried again, so loudly that the duchess stirred and muttered something in her sleep. But the girl showed no sign of consciousness, I put out my hand and touched iior. {Sho turned sharply and saw me and in an instant drew her skirt away with a gesture of such dread, loathing repulsion as froze roe, while a violent shudder con¬ vulsed her whole frame. Afterward fhe seemed unable to withdraw her eyes from me, but sat in tho same attitude, gazing at mo with a fixed look of horror, as one might gaze at a serpent, while tremor after tremor shook her. I was frightened and puzzled and was still staring at her, wondering what 1 had done, when a footstep on the road outside called away my attention. I turned from her to see a man's figure looming dark in tho doorway. Ho looked at us—1 suppose he had found tho horses outside—gazing in surprise at the queer group. I bade him good morning in Dutch, and ho an swerejd as well as ids astonishment would let him He was a short, stout fellow, with a lug face, enpabio of expressing a ,-ood deal of astonishment. He soemed to bo a peasant or farmer. "What do you here?” ha continued, his guttural phrases tolerably intelligible to mo. could that I explained as clearly as I wo were on tho way to Wesel. Then I awoke the duchers and her husband, and stretching our chilled and aching limbs we went outside, tlio man Stitt gazing at us- Alas! the day was not much hotter than (ho night. Wo could see but a very litt.lv way, a couple of hundred yards round us onljz The rest was mist—all mist. Wo appealed tq the roan for food and shelter, and ho nodded, and obeying his signs rather than Ids words wo kicked up our starved beasts and plodded out in to the lop. by hla $ulo. Anne mounted si lontly ami without objection, but it was plain ^ S012ic thing strange bad happened to cmidw , n lvas unnat ural Thu duchess gazed at her very anxiously, and ,, ( , lC j 1)r , no answers or very scanty ones to g er rtU e Stio ns shook ,mr head gravely. j, nt WQ , vcr8 on ,; l0 vnrgo of ono pleas uru When wc reached tho bos !t . l!)ln latchon ef the farmhouse, it was . to sta „d before tho great turf Jj r( . , lf , ftK ) ,j )0 ),eat stealinf; Spin our half frozeu UlJ dlcs, to mm and warm hack nnd frollti w )iiio the good wife set bread and j j0 , Jn }jjj j, 0 f ore u . How differently W threo felt in Half an hour! How tbo doeli once more! I Cow easily r , reo tho lau.qit to our Jlpsl Joy l,ad indeed w j.j, t ; u , morning. To be warm and . , a v _ oll fe d after being cold and wet an(J hungry—what a thing thisisl jj 0( . on ono neither food nor warmth . tohavc any effect. Mistress Anne tli(1 indw)j j„ obedience to my bidyte • f | iar f‘he ., words, raiso her bowl to her lips, |, a t tu t it down quickly and sat look Jn ap;|t , jy at tll0 eiowil , B peat. \ V)lat j, a ,j conii . 0V1 . r ],«•? Ma Uer Bertie went out wit^ thu /armor to attend to tho horses, *nd when be came ^ ^ ^ ^ ; . - T ; j Zt, „, j .. ‘who l | a( | 1 m said in -••mo 0XC1 has; st seen thru, i r lo 7„i I imstif 1 wnistieu -The-, i.it.i Clarence Clarence.got got m ( "“L d '^'d; .^rugging v "LsssSCt that.U (3* ' UasifiE •>—? —r 9,1 •>\vci\ it*, t .< i.t tw» r~T. *...*. 1 il., biioliu. 'The qnr.ii.5oTi arises again, Whet is To bo iloiH’r" J:u continued. “Wo may follow them to Wi'sri, but tho good man says rho Hoods arc 0/cp between hero und the town, and wo .shall have Clarence and his party bo fore ns all tin- w;iv—shall perhaps run straight into their arms.’’ “J5nt what list 1 can wo do?” I said. “It is Jmpossime . .. , , to go iwe... Wo held a long conference, and by much host . lenrm (1 . that . half . . questioning < t our a league away was a ferryboat, which emild carry as many ns two horses over tho river at n time. On the farther sum we miyat hit a road leading to banton, three Matters distant Mioud wo go to Iran urn utter all Tho farmer thought tho roads on thatisuloof thei river might not bo Hooded. We should then bo in touch <mee more with tint Dutch friends and might profit; by Master Llndstrom’s ad vice, on which I, for one, was now iti dined to set a higher value. “Tho river is bank full. Aro you sure tho ferryboat can cross?” I asked, Our host was not certain, and thereupon an unexpected voice struck in. “Oli, dear, do not lot us run anymore risks!” it said. It ^vas Mistress Anne’s, ilho was herself again, trembling, excited, bright eyed, as different as possible from tho Anno of a low minutes before. A great change had conio over her. Perhaps tho warmth had done it. A third course was suggested—to stay quietly where wo were. Tho farm house stood at some little distance from tho road, and though it was rough— it was very rough, consisting only of two rooms, in one of which a eovr was stalled—still it could furnish food and shelter. Why not stay there? But the duchess wisely, I think, decided against this. “Itisunpleasanttogowan dering again,” she said with a shiver, “But 1 shall not mst until wo are within tho walls of a town. Master Lindstrom laid so much stress on that. And I fancy that tho party who overtook us last night aro not the main body. Others will hnvo gone to VVese.l by boat perhaps or along Uui other bank, There they will meet, and learning wo have not arrived they will probably return this way and search for us.*' “Clarence”-— “Vos, if wo have Clarence to deal with,” Master Berths assented gravely, “wo ean not afford to loso n point. Wo will try the ferry. ” It was r.omothing pained to start dry . llK | ^vc.rni, but tho women’s palo fa cos— for little hy lit tin the f.Uif'iro, tlio tvnnt of riw(i tlio ie«r, weio tolling oven on tho duchess—were sad to seo. I was soro and st jff myself. Tho wound I had received mysteriously had bled afresh, probably ail during last night’s tight. Wo needed our courage lo put a bravo faco on tho matter and bear up and go out again into the air, which for tho first week in May was cold and nipping. Suspense and anxi¬ ety had told in various ways on all of us. VVliIlo 1 felt a flora) anger against those who were driving us to these straits, Mas¬ ter Bertie was nervous and exoitod, alarmed for his wife and child ami in dined to sro an enemy in every bush. However, wo uiii ereU up u little wlion tee rpnehed the furry uml found the boat cuulil ci'oss without much risk. Wo lmd to go over in two detachments, and it was nearly an hour past noon before wo all stood on tlio farther bank and limit; fare¬ well to tho honest- soul whoso help had been of so much importance to us. Ho told us wo had three leagues to go, and wo hoped to bo ct rest in Santon by 4 o'clock. The tlirco leagues turned out to bo more nearly five, whilo tlio road was so ftmnder ous that we bad again and again to quit it. Tho evening came on, the light waned, and still wa were feeling our way, so to speak—tlio women tired and on tho verge of tears, the men muddy to t tee waist, euv age and impatient. It was b o'clock, and dusk was well upon us before we caught sight of the first lights of Santon, and in fear lest thu gates might be shut pressed forward at such speed as our horses could oompass. "l)o you go on!" the duchess adjured us. “Anne and l will ba safe enough be hind you. Lc-t me take tho child and do you ride on. Wo cannot pass the night in the fields.” The importance of securing admission was so great that Master Bertie and I agrml and ..•mitered on, soon outstripping our companions, and almost., in tlieglooni, losing Bight of them. Dark masses of woods, the last remnants apparently of a forest, lay about tho road we had to trnv erse. We wore passing onoof these, scawo ly SCO paces short of the town, and l was turning in the saddle toseo that the ladies; were following safety, when I heard Mas te.r Bertie, who was a bowshot in front of n »o, give a sudden cry. I wheeled round hastily to learn the rca son nnd was just, in time to *< -v three horse men sweep into 1 the toad before him from the cover of the trees. They were so close to him-and they ,died the road-that Ids horse carried him among them edmont be fore he could cheek it, or m it s; ciucd to me. I heard their laud challenge, saw his arm wave ami guessed that bis Mvord was out. J spiimil desperately tu join him, giving a wild shout, of encouragement as I did so. But before I could come up, nr i\t deed cross half the distance, tho sen file was over. One man fell headlong from bis saddle, one V” f T 5'«d ndeile-s down the mad, and at sight of this, or perhaps of me, the others turned tail without moro ado and mute off, tearing Master Bertio in possession of tbofiebL Tbo whole thing bad ■■ a. eit !ri tho aiindovv of tlio weed in than half a minute. V-b-iH drew rein l,y him, he was .|i,>athing bis sword. "Is it Clan.pci ’ i cried eagerly. No, no, I did net see him. T, think nor," answered. He v.-iw lu- ..tiling hard ami was very much excited. ' i'bey v. -r • pour sweyd^mqn. for Span! mK ” be aduK-,y poor, i tbou-.-M." l jumped off my Imr.-e, »:::il kiieeiip.'' Ij sido the man inrncd oi:n over I Jo was badly hurt, if m-r. dvu.g, cut across Hm neck- U- -...x ,mH »t M... by such light as Iher- vn.s aim oil not recognize him as ono of our a-allauU of .* . ..ight over over him mm • Xot a Spaniard?” Master Bertio said stupidly. 'Kow is that?” . |}efoTeI ©nswciciX NO. 24 s I %Spc| X amt Hi q Jw i The 6'd Friend And tho beat friend, that nevei fails j’ou, is Simmons Liver Regu¬ lator, (die Red Z) — that’s wha* you hear at the mention of thu excellent Liver medicine, and people should not be else will do. It:s the King of Liver Medi¬ cines; i.3 better than pills, and takes the placo of Quinir" and Cal orach It, acts directly on tha Liver, gives Kidneys life and the Bowels whole and now to sys¬ tem. This is tao medicine you Liquid, want. So! in 1 by Powder all Druggists Lo in or to taken dry or made into a tea. 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