Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-03-09
Copyright, loOs. by Emerson Housh.,
CHAPTER XV.-CoNTINrEp.


What cried a voice. You, Lady
katharine! Why, how is this!"
II was the voice of Will Law, whom
she knew, but who certainly was not
the one who had brought her hither
The Lady Catharine accepted This last
situation as one no longer able to rea-
son She sank down in the carriage
seat, shivering.
is all well?" asked Will Law. Gag
eTly
He is safe" said Lady Catharine
KnoNys. 1T is done II is finished"
What does this mean?" exclaimed
VIII.
His carriage-there it is. 1t goes
TO the ship-to the Pool. He and
Mary Connynge are only just ahead of
Us You may hear the wheels. Do VOC
not hear them?" She spoke With lead
en- voice. and her head sark heavily.
What, My brother-.,Iary Con
nynge-in that carriage-Hhat can Won
mean: My God, Lady Catharine. tell
me, what DO YOU mean?"
Il do not know" sad Catherine
hnoiiys. All things nov seemed very
tar way from her Hell head sam,
gently forward, and she heard not the
words OF the man who frantically
Sought to awaken her TO speech.
%Tom the prison to London Pool was
n journey of some distar &c across the
streets of London. viii aw called ont
to the driver with savagerv in his
voice He shouted. ours ID. implored
promised. and betimes held one hand
unher the soft, heavy tresses OF the
mead now sunk so humbly forward
The mad ride ended at the quay OF,
Ihames side, where the shadows of the
tall buildings lay rank and thick upon
the earth, where tarry smells and evil
'odors filled the heavy air. penetrated
none the less by the SAVIOR of the keen
salt air. More than one giant form
was outlined in the broad stream. yes
sells tall and ghost-lil,e in the gloom.
shadowy. suggestive. bearing imprint
and promise Of far lands across the
sea
To the brigantine beyond" cried
VIII Law to the wherryman who came
up We want Capt. McMasters. oil
the Polly Perkins For Gods sake
quick! There's that afoot must be
caught up within the moment. do YOU
hear"
The wherryman touched his cap and
quickly made ready his boat. VIII
Law, understanding narght of this
swift coil Of events and not daring m
leave Lady Catharino behind him a.
fbe carriage, made down the stairway
half carrying the dropping figure which
now leaned weakly upon his shoulder
Pull now, man. Pull as you mover
did before!' cried he. and the wherry-
man bent hard 10 his oars.
Yet great as was the haste Of tn oss
who put forth into the foggy Thames
II was more than equaled by that OF
one who appeared upon the dock. even
as the creak Of the oars grew fainter
an the gloom. There came the rattle
OF wheels upon the quay. and The
sound Of a driver lashing his horses
carriage rolled up, and there sprang
from the box muffled figure which
resolved itself into the very embodi-
ment Of haste.
Hold the horses. man." he cried "a
me nearest bystander, and sprang
swiftly 10 the head Of the stairs. where
loiterer OF two stood idly gazing out
INTO the mist which overhung the wa
ter.
saw you aught Of a man" he de-
nanded hastily, "a man and a woman.
Tall young woman-you could not
mistake her? Twas the Polly Green
way they should have found. Tell me.
Tor Coos sake has any boat put out
from this starr"
why, sir, replied one Of the wherry-
men who stood near by. pipe in mouth
and hand In pocket. since you men
ticn it, there was a boat started but
this instant for midstream. The,
sought McMaster'E briganune. the