Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-04-26
|nB SPLENDID SPUR.
~ Msmcfys Of tAe Adventures Of M.
je&A 1ssvsi, a Servant Of His late
1G9fssev King Charles I, in the
n esnrs lole-S. writtem BY himseif.
DrrED II MODERN ENGLISH By
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CHAPTER Ill

n-Wented, maybe, . quarter TO 2 that
ontng, when passing out at the college gate
ny way to All.Hallows' church, I saw
- the lantern there man lettering and
kine with the porter Twas Master An.
III lAckey; and as came up he held out
Ho1s for me,
EDpurs Jack
,lSse zoe 70 the "Crowne" at vi O'Clock, hay.
Il nok4 with Captain Settle who Il on dcwty
y the horse to-nite, and must TO Abendonn BY
1ocks Tor you Your unfayned loving
1hs bearer has left my scrvise, and his heIth
11gns me mott 80 Xix him II he tarrie
~ lask advice had no time to carry out
- any thoroughness; but being put In a
at dread by this change Of hour pelted
nowards the Corn market as fast as legs
~1d take me which was the undoing Of Q
- round citizen into whom ran full tilt
3 he corner Of Balliol college; who, before
4 oopld see his face in the darkness, was tip
1h on bis back in the gutter and using the
lcrk dismal expressions So left him, con.
11priur that my excuses would be unsatisfy.
- 20 his present demands and to his cooler
1gmeut superAuity.
"a The windows Of the Grown" were cheer
4 lily liz behind their red blinds. A few
E1nk1ddling grooms and troopers talked and
~ In the brightness Of the entrance, and
<uouido In the street was q servant leading up
80 down beautiful sorrel mare, ready sad
I'd. that was marked on the near hind leg
f<1th q high white stocking. In the passage
~ net the host Of the Grown Master John
Z zavsnant, and sure q thought in what odd
4notners viii tho Muse pick up her favoritesl
~ this slow, loose checked vintner was no
- than father to Will Davenant, our laurs-
4 ~, and had belize read no other verse in his
! ~ but those at the bottom OF his own pint
ssTop Of the stairs, says he, indicating my
way, land open the door ahead Of you, IL
Il ars the young gentleman Master Killigrew
& S1roke Of"
8 bad my foot on the bottom step, when
( HlUm the room above comes the crash OF
sznble upsetting, with a noise of broken glass,
xSnairS thrust back and racket Of outcries.
Htext moment the door was burst open, let
So out q food Of light and curses; and
& &IoWn dies q drawer, three steps at a time,
$1Dtth . red stain Of wine trickling down his
SN1kits face.
ks 11urder!" he gnsped out; and sitting down
- stair, fell to mopping his face, all sick
- trembling.
y Es ! was dashing past him, with the landlord
211 my heels, when three men came tumblng
h III 1t the door and down stairs l squeezed
N1,ysef against the wall to let them pass but
11nster Davcnant was pitched to the very
Y 1T Of the stairs And then he picked him
5 ~ up and ran out into the Corn market,
&Ako drawer after him, and both shouting
:SyVatchi Watchl" at the top Of their lungs;
$nnd % left the three fellows to push by tho
nmsn already gathered in the passage and
s4nnfn the street at their ease. All this hap
&oned while man could count twenty; and
S half q minute heard the ring Of steel and
;z1too standing In the doorway.
III there was now no light within but what
kic6e shed by the fire and two tallow candles
&yA6t guttered on the mantelsheh The re-
. 1niuing candlesticks lay In pool Of wine on
8 >o door, amid broken glasses, bottles, scat
z I'D coins, dice boxes and pewter pots. In
~ corner to my right covered pot boy,
lt1h tankard dangling 10 his hand, and the
on1ents spilling into his shoes. His wide,
9ftned eys were flxed on the far end Of the
s IN, where Anthony and the brute Settle
1Sod, with shattered chair between them.
III swords were crossed In tierce, and
n13ng together as each sought occasion for
1nnxe, which might have been fair enough
s for dog faced trooper In frowsy black
! giwig, who, as ] entered, was gathering .
nndful OF coins from under the fallen table,
now ran tlTOss, bWOTu III W tuO
1nDtaiu's aid
e was Anthony that faced me, with his
I - against the wairscoting, and, catching
q ~ cry Of alarm, he called out cheerfully over
Y ~ captains shoulder, but without lifting
L ~ eyes:
Just In time, Jackl Take OF the second
~, that's a sweet boyl"
s. Now carried no sword; but. seixing tho
I tqnkard from the pot boys hand, hurled 1t
3 - the dog faced trooper. 1t struck him fair
Il Geween the shoulder blades; and with yoll
Sef pain he spun round and came towards me,
- point ghttering in a way that turned me
@4old. / gave back a pace, snatched up
bnlr (that luckily had a wooden seaD, and,
18TH my back against the door, waited his
AArge-
~ Twas In this posture that flinging glance
$uegu0 the room, saw the captains sword
1cribe a small circle OF light and next mo-
gnt, with sharp cry, Anthony caught at
- blade, and staggered against the wall,
nnsd through the chest to the wainscoting.
ssOut with the lights, Dickr bawlsd Settle
nEging cut his point. Quick, fool--the
ENtndow"
Dick, with back sweep Of his hand, sent
~ candles flying of the shelf, and, save for
EI6o flicker Of the hearth, we were in dark
- felt, rather than saw, his rush towards
&un. leaped aside and brought down my chair
~ crash on his skull. He went down like
ninepin. but scrambled up in trice aud
<<NuD running for the window. There was a
81 kout below as the captain thrust the lattice
E:0psn; another, and the two dark forms had
Numbered through the purple square Of the
Gnaunent and dropped into the bowling green
e1ow.
4 ~ this had made my way across the
! tbnm. and found Anthony sunk against the
Nnll with his feet outstretchcd. There was
A nething he held out towards me, cropping
1nr my hand, and at the same time whisper
EMg In thick, choking voice:
Here, Jack, here; pocket 1t quick!'