New-York tribune., 1903-06-18


it. and this again by the plumb fall Of a heavy
body which lay still for a fun FIVE seconds
after aIightfng and then emitted groan 80
eloquent that it raised the roots Of my hair
I held my breath. More seconds passed. and
the body groaned again. stiH more dolefuliy'
We were within three yards Of one another-
and friend OF foe il he continued TO lie and
groan like this for long. flesh and blood eo"d
not stand it.
Are you hurt, str?" summoned up voice to
ask
The devi1r' 7 had feared that he vouia
scream But he sat up--I saw his shoulders III
the mouth of the cave between me and sthe star
light BY his attitude he was peerfng at me
through the darkness. Who are your
IF you please sir, I'm boy
Glad 20 hear it. I took you at first for one
Of those cursed soldiers Hiding, eh2'
Yes. sir"
$50 am L but this is mighty poor place for
it. They may be here any moment with their
lanterns; we had better cut across while every
things dark. GadP' he said. throwing his head
back, as II TO stare upward Il must have
dropped twenty feet. Wonder II I've broken
anything He stocd up. and appeared 60 oe
feeling his limbs carefully. Sound q bAllr
he announced. Come along. youngstsr5 wsu
get out of this and talk afterward"
He put out a hand. seeking for Nina but
and drew it away sharply.
Good Lord. the BOYS naksdF'
''Pve been swimming, said L
"AH right. Get out Of this first and tars
afterward; that's the order There's rug IN
nv tilbury. if We can only reach IT. Now, then
follow me close and gently over the shingle.
Like shadows we stole forth and across ths
cove. No one spied us, and, thanks perhaps
to Major DfIke's sustained oratory. no one heard
uevr
whispered. as we gained the further cliff This
looks like is-no-yes. here it Isl Close after
me sonny and UP we 60 Danne, It's Robinson
Crusoe and Man Friday, with a touch Of some
thing else thrown in-cant think what. for the
moment, unless 'tis the scaling OF Piafcsa-
Ever read 'Thucydides' p
NO. sir"
He's a niger. He hoored me at B-asenose>
but bear the old cock no malice Now. you
wouldn't think I was a university man. ehT
no sir" I had not the least notion Of his
meaning.
'I am. though and what's more I'm a Justice
Of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for the
County Of Cornwall Ever heard OF Jack Rogers.
Of BrynnT'
Once more had TO answer. NO sir"
Then, excuse me. but where in thunder
do you come from?'' He halted and confronted
me in the path This was a facer. for the words
quaking.
IF you please sir, I'd rather not tell
mo, dare say not" he replied. magisterially
TITS my fate TO get into these false POSITIONS
Now, there was Josh Truscott. Of Blowing
Eouse-Justice Of the Peace and owned two
thousand acres-what you might call a neat
little property. He never allowed it to interfere.
and yet somehow he carried it off Do make
myself plain2"
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well. for instance. one day he was expecting
company There was fountain in the middle
of the lawn at clearinghouse and a statue Of
Hercules that his old father had brought home
from Italy and planted IT in the middle Of IT.
Josh couldn't bear that statue-said the muscles
were all wrong. So If you please he takes IL
down dresses himself IN nothing at aiI-sanne as
you might be, bare as my palm-and a Justice
Of the Feace, mind you-and stands himself in
the middle of the fountain. with all the guests
arriving. Not an easy thing to pass OF, and 1t
caused a scandal. But folks didn't seem TO
mind TT was Truscott's way they said; after
ALL he comes of a clever family. and We hope his
son viii be better A man wants character 20
carry off a thing like that"
I agreed that character must have been Mr.
Truscott's secret
Now couldn't do that for the life of me
Mr.. Rogers sighed. and chuckIed over another
groom The fellow asked for rise in wages
You couldn't have said anything more hurtfuI
to my feelings Josh told him, and knocked him
down. There was hole in one of his orchards.
where they'd been roofing up an old apple tree
He put the fellow in that, titled him up to hts
neck in earth. and kept him there till he apollo
gized- Not at all easy thing for Justice OF
the Peace 10 pass OFF, but. bless you folks didn't
mind-said that he came OF a clever family and
hoped his son would be better. The fellow didn't
even bring an action" Mr.. Rogers broke OF
suddenly. and seemed TO mediate a new train
OF thought. Hang ftr' he exclaimed. II believe
'tis hundred pounds. I must look it up when
get back
What's a hundred pounds. sir7-' asked
Penalty for showing coast light without
authority Lydia laid me ten pounds hadn't
the pluck though; and thatn bring 1t down 70
ninety at the worst She'd thirty in this trip.
too. which she stood TO lose; bur. as it turns
out I've saved that for her. on, she's a treas
urer'
I had fallen in with an original and that hs
might be honored-
"Eh? to be sure I did Stocked away the man
in charge by mimiokng Pascoe's voice-he's the
freighter. ard talks like a with no roof to
his mouth I'm a pretty good mimic. though
say il Nothing easier. after that You see.
Lydia had laid me ten pounds as a Justice OF
the Peace that I hadn't wit nor pluck TO spoil
her next run-honestly. that is. She knows
wouldn't blow on her for worlds. Oh. We under
stand one another! Now. you and I'll go OF
and c.u on her and hear what she says about
it. For in a way I've won, and in way I've
not. I stopped the run but also I've saved the
cargo for her: for the devil a notion had that