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

But by this time it was too late. All
trace of Saul Mark and his companion
was gone completely. There only remained
to visit the Kings Arms to see if any one
had noticed in what direction l had de
Parted But though Wills horse was duly
in stall. neither landlord nor bostler could
he seen And the Kings Arms close was
bare as the palm of mans hand.
And now what to do. Anna was crying
by this time. the tears rolling unchecked
down her face, even as they passed the
faring resin torches of the booths, which,
like swallows nests. monstrous and foul,
were plastered about the walls of the great
kirk.
They would go to the little house on the
Vennel Ii was just possible l might have
gone directly home. But even in that mo-
meut Anna rebelled against meeting my
mother. So that the TWO women most con-
cerned about me, my mother and my COM
rade. would have nothing to say to each
other. So Anna Mark abode without, while
VIII Bowman bent his head to the lighted
window. but could see nothing.
DO you hear Philips voice, WIZ wills
pered Anna from the dusk of a close across
the narrow gateway
Nay" said Will, bending yet closer; but
] hear a man speak Within.
Little Anna Mark could guess who. and
a scornful smile, which none could see,
passed over her face.
"Jmphray Spurway has come backt'
whispered Will Bowman Il can hear his
Yorkshire burrI"
knock on the door. Will, and let us tell
him au,
HE will break my head for leaving the
horse. and Philips, when he catches him,
for bringing you hither!"
Nay" the answer came clear across the
Vennel. what are broken heads at worst?
Ard, besides. Philip cares nothing for me
or he would have gone straight home TO his
mother, as l babe him
Will Bowman stalked boldly to the little.
door in the corner house which gives upon
the quay beneath. He knocked and after a
long pause there ensued the soft grtting
of iron on iron Then came the rattle and
jar Of door which has been opened upon
the chain Which was my mothers ordi~
nary method, ever since the face of her
husband had looked In upon her through
the open window Of the Yeti cottage in the
wood of New Minis
Il am William Bowman. servant to Mas
ter Spurway of New Milns, madam, Anna
could hear VIII saying in reply TO a ques-
am anxious about your son Philip. He en-
tered the town at dusk upon a horse and
hath not been seen since / came to know
If he had returned home"
Then came Anna, the sound of heavy
steps upon a tagged floor the rasp and
tinkle of a dropped chain. and the light
about the door. instead of being a. mere
tbree-sidsd crack, became a broad oblong
tire giant figure of Umphray Spurway.
So sudden was the appartion that though
he had expected his masters presence
VIII gave back step. Umphray Spurway
had g way %hen disturbed of boxing the
ears of a servant who annoyed him and
that without examination or diSCussiOn-a
habit which enabled him to preserve ex-
cellent discipline. but which sometimes led
to mOmentary injustice And Umphray
Spurway's hand was no feather bolster.
What do you here, WHIP his voice
tE,R
heart beat and she would have run TO him,
but for the knowledge that that woman
was peeping timidly past his shoulder.
Then VIII went over the history of the
DAY as il was known to him Umphray
standing glOOulinS in the doorway with the
warm and lighted house kitchen behind
him and my mothers knitting dropped on
the clean-swept hearth.
At every mention Of my being lost my
mother uttered a little moan of appre hem
sion Fog since the Yeti house terror sat
night and day contiguous to her lips. AT
the third petition Umphray Spurway turned
MARY" he said. do not fear. 1 will
bring the lad back to you If he be in this
town.
And he wheeled into the house again to
get his broad unplumed hat.
shut the door. Mary, behind u.s." he
said; open 1t to none. And keep your
heart up. This is but some boyish play OF
Philip's. for which 1 will tan his ill-con-
ditioned hide
Nay, nav, not II you love me. said my
mother through the door. promise you
Will not. for my sake, II is all Philips
high spirit
High DEVILS tricks" Umphray growIed
such high spirits are best moderated with
a ropes end, Bide within, Mary and dc
as / bid you"
Cmphray had found his ordinary way
with all men TO serve him best with my
mother also. For she loved masterfui mer
Gas indeed most women do). and naturally
oheyed them.
So out Of the mild, star-sown clarity Of
the night .Cmphray Spurway came AnC
as soon as Anna heard the chain rattl.
back to its place behind the door of IN,
Little corner house In the NenneI she rar
lightly to Cmphray and clasped him b,
the arm.
'Anna"' he cried In great establishment
stopping at the edge of the quay "what n
heavens name do you in this place at sucl
an hour2' And he turned the girl abou
with her face 10 the lighted window that h
might see what was in her mind
Then, in hasty. broken sentences, tn,