Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-08-02
A SISTERS VENGEANCE
CHAPTER fv.-,Continusd.,
~ GEORGE MANvILlg FgNN

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CHAPTER (Continued.D
"Cursc them!' cried Abel, as he reach
ed the other side of the point, and saw
that which his sister had seen from the
cliff behind tho cottage.
He looked round him for fresh way
Of escape. There was the sea. II they
liked to leap In and swim: but they could
be easily ovcrtaken. The rocks above
them were too overhanging TO climb, and
there was no other way. unless they re-
turned, and tried TO rush through their
pursuers; for beyond tie point the tide
beat upon the cliff.
mo good, Bart; we're trapped" said
Abel, stolidly. "l'll never forgive her
never"
Eyes, you will" said Bart. sitting down
on a rock, and carefully taking off his
fur cap to wipe his heated brow. you
will some day. Why. could forgive her
anything-l could. She's wonderful
CELL; but. say. my hips are VERY sore"
He sat staring down ut the boat be-
yond the point. the anchor having been
taken on board. and the oars being out
to keep her off the rocks, as she rose and
fell with the coming tide.
"Now said Abel. bitterly. I'll never
forgive hcr--nevcr!'
"Nay, lad. don't say that" said Bart.
rubbing one side. "Hcy, lass! There
she Ii. Top o the, cliff. Look at her,
mate"
"No," said Abel; "let her look-at her
cowardly work.
"Now, them shouted the head consta.
BIKE. a. he came painting up. rs 1t sur
render. or fghtT'
For answer, Abel climbed slowly down
next minute they were surrounded and
stood with gives upon their wrists.
"Warm work." said the constable.
chserfully; but we've got you safe now"
In silence the party with their prison
ers walked slowly back, and beneath the
spot where Mary stood like figure carv-
ed out Of rock, far above their heads,
Ill they had gone out Of sight, without
once looking up or making sign.
Then the poor girl sank down In the
rocky niche where she had climbed first.
and burst into an agonixed at Of weep
ing: /,
"rather - mother - brother-all gone!
Lover false! --alone--alonow she
sobbed. "What have I done to deserve
Il all2 Nothingv' she cried, Aercely, a.
che sprang to her feet and turned and
shok her clinchcd fists landward. Moth
ing but love cold, cruel wretch. Yes,
love; and n0w--Oh, how I hate hin,-and
all the worldv
She sank down again In the niche all Of
Q heap, and sat there with tho sun slow
y sinking lower, and the seabirds wheel.
Ing round and round above her head, and
watching her with inquisitive eyes, as
they each now and then uttered mourn.
full wall. which sounded sympathetic.
And there she sat, hour after hour, till
Il was quite dark. when she began slow.
" to descend, asking herself what she
should do to save her brother and his
friend, both under q misconception, but
suffering for her sake.
"And I stay here!' she said, passion
ately. "Let them think what they will.
III try and save them, for they must be
In prison now"
Mary was quite right; for 40 night fell
Abel Dell and Bart, his companion, were
partaking Of q very frugal meal, aud
made uncomfortable BY the fact that Il
was not good. and that thsy-msn free
70 come and 80 on sea and land-wers
now safely Gagged behind . massive iron
grill.
"Well." said Bart, at last, ''I'm only
sorry for one thing now"
"What's that-Mary being 20 baser'
Mary being 20 baseT
NAY, I'm sorry for that" replied Bart,
"but what ! meant was that I didn't
givs the captain one hard 'un on the
head"
CHAPTER v.
The laws were tremendously stringent
In those days when It was considered
much easier to bring an offenders bad
career to an end than to keep him at the
nations expense; and when tho stealing
Of sheep was considered q crime to DO
punished with death an attack upon the
sacred person Of one Of the kings officers
By a couple Of notorious law-brsakcrs
wax not likely to be looked upon lenient.
b BY a Judge well known for stern sen.
fences.
But q jury Of Devon men was sitting
upon the offense oe Abel Dell and Hart
Wriglsy, and feeling disposed to deal
easily with couple Of young fellows
whose previous bad character was oil In
connection with smuggling. q crime with
the said jury Of very light dye. certain.
b not black. Abel and Bart escapes
the rope, and were sentenced to trans.
p0rtation to one Of his nsajesty's colonies
In the West indies, there to do convict
work In connection with plantations, or
the making OF roads, a. their task mas.
tiers might think at.
Time glided by, and Mary Dell found
that her life at home had become iHsup.
portable.
She was not long In finding that, now
that she was left alone and unprotected,
she was not to be free from persecution.
Her contemptuous rejection Of Captain
Armstrong; advances seemed to have the
effect of increasing his persecution; and
one evening ut the end Of q couple Of
months, Mary Dell sat ON one Of the
rocks outside the cottage door, gazing
out to sea, and watching the ships sail
westward, as she wondered whether
those on board would ever see the broth
er who seemed to be all that was left to
her In this world.
That particular night the thought which
had been Matching In her brain ever
since Abel had been sent away flow forth
fully hedged and ready, and she rose
from where she had been sitting In the
evening sunshine, and walked into the
cottage.
She went into her brother Abel's bed
room. where she stayed for some minutes,
and then, with a quick, resolute step.
she re-entered the cottage kitchen, thrust
the few embers together that burned up-