Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-20
Nj A RY The The i MH!n OF
A Story of the Rom ntic
Age in England.
By JOSEPH HATTON.
CHAPTER II.-(Continued.)

Then lay it TO heart" said Foster;
"it is likely to be my last"
You're beginning to weary me with
your growls and threats
"Growls. not threats Foster re-
piled. | never threaten in the sense
you mean.
And what is my idea of threats?
THE same as most of your other
ideas"
And what are they like?'
Like Yourself. handsome and unre-
liable
Il admit the first charge. because |
cannot help il: | did not make my
self"
Nor l. said Foster.
IF YOU had-well, never mind that.
In what respect am | unreliable?"
In every respect: ask the women
whom you know; ask the men you
profess to lead
'.Oh. am ! really a LEADER
"Ditson. Jones. Wild and the rest
think So
Do you?''
Sometimes
only sometimes?
Look here. Dick, you have had ev-
cry penny We have made since June.
am hard up We have both borrowed
from Isaacs; you have borrowed from
me-"
We'll. who put money into your
purse and enabled you to lend? | will
not ask you to reply. | will admit a
certain laziness of late-a holiday II
you like: but | will have no more of
your scurvy tempers. Andy. do you
hear"
4 hear
What the devil IL the name of this
travelling bank of yours. this Midas
I'm disguise. this argosy on the high
way"
"Bellingham." Foster answered in a
whisper
Tall sinewy. with strong hands.
clean-cut jaw. iron-gray hair? He is
In the house"
He came from the back and went
into the bar as Tom showed us up the
stairs
Dick Parker had many accomplish
ments. and they gave him power as
the chief of the enterprising company
Of gentlemen. whose headquarters
were in the metropolis, and whose Op-
erations were on the merry English
highways.
He was a gentleman by birth and
education. His family had come over
with the Conqueror One of his an
cestOrs had sat in the House of Lords
but had lost title and estates for re-
belliOus conduct. Another had been
hanged for piracy on the high seas.
On the other hand. there was a bish-
OF in his family and his sister had
married a Spanish Don. He had a
wonderful faculty of observation. was
quick in resource, generous, fearless
and had never taken life. except
once. in a duel that was forced upon
him.
He had danced with the Duchess
whose party he had afterwards
stopped and robbed on the way to
Bristol. He had taken a big purse on
Blackheath and gone straight to the
swell taverns in St. James street upon
which the present aristocratic clubs
rest their foundations, and doubled it
Or lost it at cards. He had been the
most apparently timid of inside pas
sengers in the York coach. and at a
favorable moment made the rest of
the passengers prisoners. while Foster
had ridden up and dominated guard
and driver with his pistols His es-
capades and triumphs were themes of
admiration at a shady hostelry with
in the sound of Bow bells. where a
few choice spirits, his friends and
companions. met as members of a club
of Merchant Venturers.
Supper" said thick voice at the
door. after the owner of the voice had
struck the timber strong hard blow
necessary to make an impression upon
the ears of those within.
Right" said Foster
do you feel better?" Dick asked.
IL am hungry" Foster replied
After supper I am going into that
little room. the bar parlor," said Dick.
mo incivilities mind"
Let us go up to supper" Foster re-
piled with no signs of better humor.
Il am not joking. Andy"
~ understand, and | mean bust
ness"
IL was capital supper Old Nor
ley himself placed the first dish on the
table
They supped in the general room.
which was furnished in old mahog-
any The sideboard was brilliant
enough in its polish for loo, ing
glass. There was white cloth upon
IL On the cloth there were two great
bowls of celery, Cheshire cheese. a
sirloin of beef. Yorkshire ham and
white loaf of bread
CHAPTER III.
The supper consisted of a joint of
stuffed chine and dish of cartridges