The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-18

Hent. I propose, therefore. to stand behind
INC curtain OF ySuE bed Your room win not be
part Il you fall 10 u p iSSnH I. tk SSa Ri sSs iipSS s
taken. but you, my dear friend, win not see IL
terrible erins, and tspped tie barrel rS'S q his Ss p ass
tl with so much meaning that l felt the blood
his prowess, and nodding, as well content. he
to listen, Yet with the tail Of his eye on me.
He had no reason to watch me, however, for
1 was unarmed and cowed besides; nor had We
stood many. seconds before a noise Of voices and
on the stairs, and at once confirmed his story
and proved the urgency OF his need. Appar-
take, and that the constabies and messenger
Of Detailing himself forthwith 70 his place Of
and roughly babe me alt down to my papers.
you say at once that you are Mr.. Brome's
member, my man, betray me BY q word or sign
and strsw your brains on the fioorl'
and dff Sid f his h aasssdl sns ts9Sss s b Tsp' s ths1
me with fear and repusnance beyond descrip-
~tion-behind, the curtain, where. between bed
In the silence which now 1lied the room /
the searchers must hear il also when they en-.
ured. Assured that the Sancrofts and Kens,
and the honest but misguided folk who followed
his statement that he was a Nonjuring parson:
but deemed him some desperate highwayman
he be discovered. and should i By good luck es.
cape his malice, would land me at the best in
candlewick grew long, and terrified at the pros
pect of being left in the dark with him, l went
to snuf It.. With a savage word he whispered
me to let 1t be. and after that | had no choice
but to sit waiting in fear and senli-darkness
listening to the banging ot doors below. and the
alternate rising and falling of voices as the
search party entered or issued from the success
sive rooms.
In my. chamber, with its four w~hitewashcd
walls and few Sticks of furniture there was Int
one place where q man could stand and be I'M
seen. ana. that was behind the curtain. The
most needless messenger must search there, I
thought and listening TO the steps ascending to
the last flight, was in an agony, forcseeing the
Perfunctorily, draw the c~urtain-and the fash,
the report, the cry. the mad struggle up and
So strong was this impression that though I
had been waiting minutes for 1t. when the sum
mons came and a hand struck my door. l conld
not at once lind. voice to speak. The latch was
up and the door half open when I cried 'Enter!'
In the doorway appeared three or four faces,
a couple of lanterns, held high, and a gleam Of
gike-heads, "Riehard Price, servant to Mr..
Bronze. newswriter." cried one, reading in a
Well Affected swered a second-evi-
IDENTIFY the person in command PRONE Is a
NO." l said. with q loudnesS and boldness
tina, surprised me.
Right" he answered. Good night, and
JOd save Mig "llam.
"Amenl" Quoth l, and then. not before. my
knees began to shake. However. it no longer
mattered. for before I could believe that the
behind the curtain. stiI. they We're on the
door and troop in there, and 1 caught the tones
OF a woman,s voice, young and fresh, answer.
a aeain ans sppare eSi sasisa %thu and 'e erSw dsae down S1s
stairs. whereon the man behind the curtain
laughed again. and staggering out. BoabdT
tEa zhnnH hfZ FIST utrh ftrrinttS raGrurpS ufrAT
s see.& he p eried With xHds te a1&s ss e4aItat aaa ' zSp;
Go,t .ass orange asss he eG Is: and MD If ff SeS viii Inn not NE / VII nj
Trot. for the set Of pudding-headed, blind-eyed
b bles; B aha. IS s0q Tor are! yGu, G ny ir9eRs'H he s eonsin:
81 on The so table Ssa, ''y ,ns have axe m9 or i punk ! s than
man M Of ab metal Va, Th he sr is t my f i 6du On I it. sneak
He sripped it and threw it from him with a
boastfgl gesture. and. stalking to the fprthel
cried ei4s Of he the now EoS" ya and ca snes sa 9sf ihai y ,oTAf hs4,
touched hands. with Ferguson, the famou:
FeEsnson the Ferguson . on whose head loo
maker. who detied three kings and made three
kings and will yet make a fourth! Fire and
slipped through Kirke's Iambsf'
who he was; but in astonishment the more
largely leayened with fear and hatred. mas
mhCh as 1 knew tlc reputation ne enjoyed anC
both what he had done and OF what he wa.
suspected. That in all his adventures and in
tr!gues he had borne n charmed life. and whert
Sidney and Russell, Argyle and MONMOUTH
Rumbold and Ayloffe had suffered on the scat
fold. had escaped scot free, was one thing nnC
certain. but that men accounted for this il
strange ways was another scarcely less Ger
tain. His enemies. and men, who were onl,
so far his enemies as they were the enemies o
all that was most base in human nature
limited that in all his plots with Russell nnc
with Monmouth, with Argyle, and with Ay
lofe he had played the traitor, and tempting
men and inviting men to the gibbet- had takel
good care to go one step further and by be
uaying them to secure his own neck from peril
CHAPTER XIII
Such was the man / saw before me. on who's
face. as IL heaven purposed to warn his fellow
against him.. malignant passion and an insanl
vanity were so plainly stamped that part,
spirit must have gone lengths indeed before /
rendered men blind to his quality. A sham
bling gait seemed fitting conveyance for q gauni
STOPPING figure so awkward and uncouth tina
when he gave way To gesticulation he scenes
to be moved by wires: yet. once he looke'
askAnce at yon, face and figure were forgotten il
the CLEAN OF the eyes that. treacherous an,
cruel, leered at you from the penthouse of hi
huge. ill-htting wig.
Nevertheless, I confess that while I hate
and loathed the man, he cowed me. His lai
est escape had intoxicated him, and astride o.
my table, or stalking the floor, he gave way {