Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-02-14
MARY 4HE TIE INN INN. OF
A Story Of 2En6lish
Lie.
D. JosePN qArroN.

I athvast The nootpatA. vhsse To0
0As0sA cav @. a0A WaAeAe1 it - tn
duty hoaaA. Pssssaly - sav a1oth.
- shaAov spoa tie vhits path. anA
Ton Ay Dr0ao upoa IL baleony above
ths0. ~
Jack you love ms.'' a
| God knovs q. and b ny sorroV.s
II he'd bstroehsd myself 70 anoGhsg:
never can b his DOW. Let that bring
ne back 70 your coa1dsees-"
Mary. vhsa cams into The Inn to.
Aight, it vas 70 - you Tor tie lase
tine. ] an lsaving Kirkstall"
leaving Kiskstall: Whsse 70 yoas
mother. thsa?. f
II have givsa hse the farm and the
moasy: ny Uncae Lake viii - To The
busissas and her brothsr 10 an hoasst
man. 0As can take 10 harm-"
And Why AT thou goins?'' she
asked. some os her old native tsa6ss-
nsss Of speech coming back 70 her.
Because ] eannoe live u the lana
Whaee another u 70 wed thes."
NY poor Jack: Thea DO NOT % %
that account III never wed another:
never wed at all. But In Ds0esy oe
our dear old days of frisnaship. - this
thiAg ! ask oe thsa. Toalsht . 1oal
dssd hes besa dooa. and ! have lived
70 bsar home with me- The sviasnce
that oos lore bs<tss thaA an The
world 70 eoncernsd In Il. HusA. Jack!
for the lore you bsaf NE listsn and
fulnll your promise that whatever ]
eoald esd yoa 10 Do Dor Ds yoa voald
DO It.
Il am iisssning. Mary. aaA vtn not
hFeak ny Wosl" al
"You know the young no-ehs young
fssntlsnaa. Ar. Partesrhay. e noe
shrink from me-nnd him. warn him,
save him. Tell him all y known. ~
must PUT the seas between hin and
4 fEngiand-betwesn him and ne. Tell
hin twas I who found the hax with
its blue ribbon In lie band and took it
home. and they recognised u q the
moment ! did. Go now: foiloW the
msa who are gone 70 the abbsy: hsaf
what they ~ at the Hark-to-Rovef:
esa your oiM. koea 7 Wits. and hunt
down Richard Parker: bat oaiy for
his eood-eo warn him. to save him!
III 70 thy mother. and eoHfoN f1s
and tell h1f that sAoaS Aast aSGht
thysalf oe thy decision. and. th0a shsep
II no. .pssd thon shouldst O." sn,i ~
@ocd biss. Thee: nh poovIs.ayee
love. IN ssa thss no 66ri Hnttf - D
safe shsyoad tbs -. .0ood-by!
He klssed her upon the cheek and
Vas gone. -.
.~well. I'm dommsd." szeiaimsd
rpa Shsmeld under his breath, e he
slipped from his hiding place and
sought his curious old.fashionsa bunk
somswhsf0 heasaeh the great stair.
case. well. I'm dommsd! oftsn
card parson say ~ devil can put on .
pleasin' shape for his own ends. and
dunno - ] ivvsr rsighDly undesst0od
II afoes ytonset. Ther'S that sandy
muGeed yillir Foster. - cum wi'0sn-
tleman Dick. biggest fool = Kirkstall
could Bse a he wor no better nor q
wastef, Yg1tfrops. . cut-thfoat
scour-o.tA-aOSk: but a. for st'oeher'n.
why. weren't seemingly q better chap
Goin'.s 'Andsome 10 a. 'andsoms does.
that's rect: but 'andsoms and doin'
everything 'andsome to boot, that was
Gentleman Parker. . 'earty. pleasant
spoken gent a. you'd wish to ses. and
Just the sort. II I'd been . WOMAN
which thanks Providence ain't-as
I'd ha' gone for straight: just a. our
poor lovely Mary have ben and done.
And then, all being said. 10 and BE-
hold II II don't turn out that he's the
very Old Nick hissen. and hav' been
and done . murder! Which fulnlls
what II written. n parson says that
tho devil he can put It on for his pur-
pose. whether II be nne handsome
young gentleman. q fisherman. or .
roarin' lion: but there's one thing.
Tom. you can bet on. ~ NO Judge and
Jury. II 90 be II should 90 a. far. 10
ever A-goin' to get out o. you what
you'n card this night"
With which earnest comment and
rejection. with which touch of fore
sight, and warning bond Of secrecy.
Tom turned in. and slept the sleep Of
the fearless and just. f.
CHAPTER XII.
The next day Mary had been In
2acad BY her uncle, . magistrate. and
the parson. to tell her Story. The
wager: her walk to the abbey; how