Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-03

only one muffied. inaudible sound escaped
| from under the great palm.
| You hear?" said Saul Mark, smiling.
| she cannot even express her joy"
| You are devilI' cried Umphray, indlg-
| nantly. 'Lfsten-take my life and let the
| girl gog'
Saul Mark laughed aloud.
| THAT would be neither profitable nor yet
| a Christian act. 1t is true. you cannot go
back to your mill till after you have re-
| manned little while in a secluded spot.
| But We are not murderers. Besides. We
| want You to go and weave US more money
| than this paltry sum you have paid us on
| account. Do not imagine that this pays
| back the blood money you owe for Dominic
Ringrose's lifel His death We will require
| at your hands and at those of this brave
young man here, whose fame is so Great
| In all the countryside.
| He turned about to VIII as he spoke.
"Ah, sirrah.' he said. with a deep sneer.
you are but an apprentice, but for all that
settle the blood debt. Blood for blood
shall You pay. Drop for drop. Agony for
agony, till every Jot and title be re-
| deemed
To all which, wisely enough. Will Bow
man answered nothing. For the fellows
who held him on either side threatened him
with knives II he tried to speak. By this
| time they had tied up Umphray Spurway
| as he stood, with his back to Saul Mark
and his men, in the opening of the Pro-
| vosts Close.
| bold a seeker should be taught how to
| find"
He passed Umphray by and, taking the
| lantern which had fallen to the ground, he
| followed the darksome passage to its end.
| Here he unlocked door under an arch
| way. the same by which some hours before
had descended to view the treasure of Sir
| Harry Morgan.
Bring him along. three Of your' Saul
| cried back, 1.-The rest lie snugi Now, Um-
phray spurway, bend your head If you
wish your brains to remain in their case.
| Follow me along the passage, and at the
end you shall find safe and sound that for
| which you have searched in vain all this
night"
1t was at the same moment of time that
L started up from the dusty floor of the de-
| serted lime kiln, a wild hope that [ was
to be delivered singing in my heart. 1
| heard voices, footsteps, the tramp of men
| approaching. Fear and hope laid alternate
hand on me. The low door, which l had
not been able to find in the dark. showed
| itself plainly enough now, light darling
from the keyhole and flashing all around
| the ill-fittinR edgeS.*
The door opened A tall, broad-shoul-
dered figure filled all the doorway. l was
found-I was delivered.
"Umphray Spurway!" cried. and sprang
toward him.
My poor boy" he said "I can do moth
| hands
What" I cried: you a prisoner? For
had deemed such thing impossible
| 1Hen appeared saul Marx carrying the
| lantern and three other men behind him,
| whom / had never seen, all with weapons
| III their hands / could now see the English
| mans wrists tied behind him.
| Now, Master Philip began Saul Mark
:. promised you that you should see Sir
| Harry Morgans treasure. 1t was neces-
sary to try your courage first. Now, since
| that is proven, l shall keep my word
Harry Morgan's treasure you shall see.
| and that in the best of company. More
| over, you shall have a chance to gain
some of it in the same way he did-or
| thereabouts. You are going seafaring,
| Philip, my lad. and / fear me your kit is
| something of the shortest. But this your
benefactor will supply. Put your hand into
his pocket and see what you find
Il will never rob Mr.. Spurway' I said,
| blinking as boldly as 1 could at the man
| with the silver rings in his ears. He was
| sui smiling the little contemptuous smile
What do you say to that, Master Spur
way?' AS he spoke he turned to the En-
| glishman.
| Philip said Umphray, kindly. not an
swering directly. but speaking to me, do
| as you are bid. Put your hand into my
| pocket and take what you find there 1t is
| all yours"
| Il thought So" cried Saul with simulated
| generosity: L knew it-spoken like a gen.
| erous Yorkshreman! You going to a
| far country, lad You will need all you
| can get to make a figure there So do not
| fail 10 take advantage of this, your benefac-
| tors Kindness"
| Then, seeing that 1t was useless to do
| otherwise, and since he himself babe me,
| put my hand reluctantly enough into Mr..
| Spurway's pockets one by one, and drew
| out from his coattails snuff box of gold,
| set with pearls, and silk kerclief of fine
| material. Out of the other came a little
| red-bound prayer book, which struck me as
| strange, for Umphray was never known to
be pious, or even SO much as to cross
| kirk door,
| Il will relieve you Of that snuff box. Phil
|
| foul and one that growing boys will do
| well not to acquire" And he held out his
| hand for the box.
| For moment 1 hesitated, and the next
| Saurs voice changed from suavity into
a perfect gust of ferocity.
| ships Manners he cried. Learn to
| obey, Not at once but long mile ahead
| of that. After you have been a month on
| the Corramantee with the captain on board,
you will learn to obey, before, not after.
you are spoken to!
Startled almost out of my Judgment I
handed him the box.
| Now. proceed with your inventory and
make haste! 1 cannot keep my lads here
| all night waiting your fumbling,"
Then l took from my friends brooches
| pocket his tobacco pipe in its silver case.
| The stem unscrewed into two pieces, and
| the bowl was larger than common. After
| that came his tobacco box and finder.
These also Saul Mark took from me ON
| the same pretext and handed to the seamen
! behind him. I never saw them again. Mr..
| SpuTWay Keys ne permitted 10 put
back into his pocket. saying that as ne
was 10 return to the Min house and weave
| more money for them, he had better have
no more difficulties than were necessarily
put in his way. Next came his purse,
| which the supercargo bade me put into my
own pocket, for the present. Then was
commanded to search the pockets in his
| waistcoat, to take the watch and seals out
| of his fob, and to put my hand into his
breast, from which, though ! knew it not.
he had himself already taken out the pock-
| etbook. AS l did this last 1 felt something
small and oval hidden deep within, and
each time my hand passed across it 1
| could feel him vince. So 1 judged that
| Umphray desired. above all the rest, to re-
tain this article, whatever it might be. So,
of course, passed it by.
So busy was 1 at this work that 1 did
not hear the sound of feet along the pas
| sage, nor any one ascending the steps
| which led into my dungeon.
What is this?' said voice that sound
ed in my ears like the trump of doom:
"ungrateful young tiger cat, is he robbing
his benefactor. his foster parent? We must