The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-25
/" SHREWSBURY"
by STANLEY J. wEYMAN.
oe1yrteAs,a. 1897. ov stoni.y j. wsyuoa-
CHAPTER XIV.

an informor, that It was with q kind Of shock
that 1 found my two friends had grown in tho
course Of their conference to three, nor had 1
moro than discovered this before tho newcomer
left the othor two and saunterod up to me. "oh,
ah," he said, carelossly, "and who do you say"
and there stopped. staring in my face, and then,
by heavens, Il lei" heicried.
BY this time I was something astonished,
and moro amazed, and answered with spirit
though no was a hard-bitten man. with the air
Of q soldier or gamester, to whom ordinarily I
should have given the wall-that 1 was merely
q messenger and knew nothing of the matter
on which 1 was there, or for whom they took me,
His face, which for n second .or two had
blazod with excitement, fell. and when I had
done speaking he laughed.
Don't your he said.
NO." said ], mot a groat"
$50 It seems" he said again. as II that sot-
tied IL. "wol. then, what is your nameI''
Charles Taylor 1 answered.
"And you come from that old rogue, Terg-R
T., / meant
"Yes."
"wen, then you can 60 backto him" he said.
Diminishing mo with q nod. 'Or wait. Did you
know that gentleman, my friendf'
(which said L.
'NTho tall onc.'
mot from ADAM I said.
"Goodi Then there is no need you should"
he answered, oooly. $50 go, and do you tell
that old fox to lie close. He was never In any
thing yet but he spoiled It. Tell him to lie
close and keep his Dragging tongue quiet II he
can. And now be Off. I will explain"
needed no second bidding, but before the
words were we'll out Of his mouth was across
the square on the market side. where there were
no lights, thence, skirting the garden Of Bed.
ford House, l mado my way into the Strand
and home by a pretty direct route. The farther
I left tho men behind me, however, the higher
rose my curiosity, SO that by the time 1 reached
Bride lane and had climbed tho stairs to my
garnet I was agape to know moro. and for once
in my life was glad to find tho old plotter In my
room. Nor was it without satisfaction that to
his eager question, "You..gave the note to the
gentleman I answered shortly that had
given 1t to three.
"To three!' he exclaimed, starting up in q
fury. You DID cur, II you have betrayed
me. What do you meant
"Only that / did what you told me-" I an
swered, sullenly, at which he sat down again.
81 gave 1t to the gentleman, but he had two
with him."
'The moro to hang him." he sneered. quickly
recovering himself. "And what did no sayf"
"very little. Nothing that I remember. But
the two with him"
."Ayi"
"One of them said, Tell the old fox or tho
old rogue. for.he called you both, to lie close
And he added" I continued, spite giving mo
courage, that you had hitherto spoiled every
thing you had been in, Mr.. Ferguson"
At that / do not think that I ever saw a man
In such q rage. Fortunately he did not turn 1t
on me, but for two or three minutes he cursed
and swore, bit things and foamed at the mouth,
trampled on his wig and ragged up and down
like nothing so much as a mailman, while the
imprecations he uttered against his enemies
were SO horrible 1 feared to stay with him. At
length it seemed to occur to him that the man
who could send such a message to him. Fer
f GSsSn: sae r Edeas fe on his bs sns f @r,4 Ss y with Ner a
great man indeed, which. while It consoled
him in some snd measure, excited his curiosity
tened to put to me a number OF questions, as:
What were re-, the two likeI And did the ono
drsssedi And had either a ribbon or a start
And though in answer I could tell him no more
slight, under 80. and Of easy carriage and
besring. and in appearance the leader, i was
Jamie aaa Ii %na ifIsaPDs se n esie sa,shs; TITS saf serw It Is
stop my yitals: He had a villainous French
"something OF the kind" I answered. Add
Ing with as much of a sheer as 1 dared, IF it
he toSk the gibe and scowlsd at me-he spoke
pass for English. but in his pleasure 81 sG at the @e dis-
OoSy sCyy he had made .I he let ths word pass.
IN warrant Hunts down in the Marshes IS like
Z Penny sIIly f ie FSSe With fta t their s e0%i II 20 over ec - The fat
little 6ooknose's wig for him ri hang for It.
He is a better man than his father, is Jamie;
gTo1t uncle was at his age. So Jamie IS over.
wsSs about III Y Re Yes.esi' 'n &nd e the ' oiG
Ffienoe, looked at me slyly and began to rum.
tnatet-on a now treason, unless / was mistaken
a1SSlihs n bis G ragged esi s wig H With sn his st iseEo and as sq Ss
ocPt tnusS t tps smile na, at his wicked thoughts, and
S cSs sSeS 'h IN I the me Sald tims | ws ssdas 70 Ri Ss
and hated him. and, I thought, read him.
Whatever the schemes in his mind, however,
said NO more to me on the subject, but presently
OF tremble and twitter with what 1 had heard
fully SOU Sounding df% : tho h%S's dspt ihnfGi IN s@h des RPlfs onn;d fe %y.
se Ell and striving to gain strength to battle
p .furthor, and further from the land. I was NO 70
TOOL OF vain boy; unaware of the danger of be-
lowed public affairs had presented me with
clay pitcher. When. there @o enc I i slept P at l Ssa
SisSre IN ah ea' Ts sSSsnlns eoo Il a wss tho to o dream nam of the the
bore In my dream a marvellous likeness to Mr..
Br2me-and a wall Of faces that lined the way
0dgeware road.
such a dream taken with my nights thoughts
left me eager to put in execution a plan l had
more. than once considered, which was to give
nj all, to ny from London, and hiding myself
In some quiet place under another name. to live
es I best might until Ferguson,s capture or a
danger. At a distance from him I might even
eein courage to inform against him; but this /
left for future decision. the main thing now
bsing to pack up my clothes, secure about me
tho money i had saved, which amounted to
80 gutneas, and escape from the town on foot
or In a stage wagon without any of his myr-
mdons being the wiser.
To adopt this course was to lose Mr.. Brome's
friendship and tho livelihood which his employ
ment provided; but such was the fear / had con
ceived Of Ferguson's schemes and the perils
they involved that I scarcely hesitated. v
noon, an hour which ] thought least open to
gqaspieiop, had engaged q porter and hidden
engagements and in FIVE minutes. should have
been safe in the streets with my face set toward
Kensington-when at the last moment there
was in.
It was not at an hour at which.Ferguso
bad over troubled me. and trusting..to this I