Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-04-08
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THE SPLENDID SPUR
THE ADVENTURES OF JACK MARVEL.
By ARTHUR t. oUILLER Couch:
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By ARTHUR t. CUTLER COUCn.:
CHAPTER VI.
Continued

There was 4 whole town burning
below. And in the streets men were
nrhtiu-. rs could De told by their
shouts and the rattle aud blaze OF
muske,ry.
Now the town was Marlboro and /
the attaching force 4 body OF royal I
troops sent from cxford 60 Dust The .
garrison of the Parliament. which I
They did this same night with great +
slaughter driving the rchcls ont % 4
the place and back on The road 90 /
Bristol Had we guessed this much 4
iniucE had been spared us. bat we +
knew noucht OF 10. nor whether friends /
or foes were getting the better. -
Oclia being hy this time recovered a
litlel we determined 90 pass the night
I'm thc woods and on the morrow 10
give thc place n wide berth.
Rctreatin@ then. to the hollow chat
law on The Tee side or the ridge away
from tho north winll. / gathered "a
pile OF great stones and spread my
cloak thereovcr for Della To sleep
was impossible. even with tho viii Tor
g. Toy the tumult and lighting went
on and only died ont about an hour
before dawn. and once or twice we
were troubled 90 hear the sound OK
people running on the ridge above
So we sat and talked i'm low voices til
dawn. aul grew moro desperately
hun-o~cd trau ever.
With tne chill of doyhrcak we start
Oh. meaning Co get quit of tho uei-h
lorhcod before any cspicd SIS. and
fetched a compass to- the south with
out arothr- lool ar Marlboro.
Eut before an hour had passed hy
we were ca7,v-ed by q troop OF rebels
and taken 90 Bristol where 1 was
searched ana my letter Co the Nins
taken from mo by Colonel Essex.
Yo- arc now 20 bc ask'd Co poss over
the ucSt four weeks I'm as many min
utcS o. would I had done az the
time, For I spent them I'm bitter
cold con BOZ .he main tower 90 Bristol
keen. wtn chair aud q pallet %
straw for an my furniture. ANA moth.
in- go stay my fast but tho bread and
water which She iaiic--a sour man. II
cve- there were one-br0ught me- twice
q day
What concerned me most was ths
cold THAT -naw'd mc continually thcs.
winter nights os / lay thin6ing %,
Del.a lvhcm 7 had not seen since on
capture or gazing on the patch o
FROSTY heaven that was all my Wow
Twas thus I heard Bristol bells ring
Ing Tor Christmas ia the town below
Colonel Esscx had been thrice q
visit me ana always o1er'd many c1
cuscs fo- my treatment. but when o.
came t0 question me. why. OF cours,
had nothing 20 tell - that cacl
visc lut served % vcx him more
Clearly was suspected to SNOW
great deal beyond what appear'd d
the lc.te-. and no doubt poor Anthon
I>iuc-cr had recciv'd some verba
message rom HIS Majesty which Do
lived DO, Ions enourh 90 transmit
uc AS twas I kept silence: ana th
Colonel JOB return would tel nae uotl
ing o- what lad bc.allen Della.
one ile. frosty morning. then. who
hal lein ln tLS distress iusr fou
weeks the door OF my cell open,
and tloc appoard a young wcma'
nos ulcoMclv. bringing in my brcr
and vato-. she was the iaiicr
dau-htcr. aul wore a heavy bunch ,
keys 81 hor S.rdie.
-On GOOD morning. said 7. for ii
now Dor father had visited me-. am
this was q welcome change.
Instead or answering chcerfullv .
7 LOOKED ror,. she gave n little nod
The E,sl. rather Ssorrowful. ana al
swe-'d.
Fathers aacd with the aGue."
"Nov. sea cannot expect me 70