Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-11

| "your unworthy servant may suffice. But
what is my reward 10 bel'
. your neck said /, ''if ! can save II
when you are led before the Cornish cap
tains."
That's fair enough. So listen. These
few months the lady has been shut in
Bristol keep. whittier, by the advice of
our employer. we conveyed her back safe
and sound. This same employer
a dirty rogue, whom you may as well
call by his name-Hannibal Tingcomb.'
Right, young sir; very dirty rogue
and a niggardly--I hate a mean rascal.
Well, fearing her second escape from that
prison, and being hand in glove with the
Parliament men, he gets her on board a
sloop bound for the Virginias just at the
time when he knows the Earl of STAN
ford is to march and crush the Cornish
men. For escort she has the three COM
rades of mine that / named. and the
captain of the sloOp has orders to cruise
along the coast hereabouts till he gets
news of the battle
Which you were just about to give
him." cried |. suddenly enlightened.
Right again. Twas pretty scheme;
for. dye see, if all went well with the
Earl Of Stamford, the Kings law would
be wined out in Cornwall, and Master
Tingcumb might snap his thumb thereat.
So. in that case. Mistress Della was TO he
brought ashore here and taken TO him to
serve as he sdnciel But, if the day
should 90 against ue--as it has she was
to sail to the Nirgnias with the slcop,
and there be sold as a slave"
i was scarce able to refrain from blow
| "a, fol
low the Earl's army and work the sig
nails Which are theyY" For a quick
resolve h.'d come into my head, and !
was casting about to put it into execu-
ton.
"A green light if we won; if not. rcd
light, to warn the sloop away.
| picked up the packet that had drop
ped from his hand when first | sprang at
him. 1t was burst abroad. aud brown
powder trickling from it about the ledge.
This was the red ght--to be sprin-
kled on the burning charcoal. / SUPPOSE
The fellow nodded. At the same mo-
ment Billy (who as yet had not spoken a
| word and. of course, understood moth
iugl thrust into my hand another packet
that he had found stuck il !. corner
against the rock.
Now tell me--il case the rebels won,
where was the landing to be made?'
In the cove below here-where the
road leads down"
Aye, the road where the wagon
stood"
Captain Luke Settle blink'd his eyes at
this; but nodded after Il moment.
And how many would escort herr
He caught my drift and laughed softly.
Il begin To love you. for YOU play the
game very proper and soundly. Reuben,
Jeremy and Black Dick alone are in the
plot; 50 why should more escort herr
Before l could get my sentence out,
Billy Pottery broke in with voice like
a trumpet
As folks CO. Jack. l be q humorous
man. But stttin mere. an ponderin' this
way an that. l says, in my deaf an af-
tlict~4 81, IL Why not shoot the ugly
rogue. if mirth. indeed be your object|
For To wait till an uglier comes 10 this
| untravel'd spot is supertluity,"
How to explain matters to Billy was
more than | could tell; but in a moment
he himself supplied the means For the
rocks here were of some kind Of slate.
very lard. but scaly; and finding two
pieces, large and 4 small, he handed
them to me. bawling that | was to write
Herewith. So giving him my pistol l
made shift to scribble few words. See
ing his eyes twinkle as he read, stood
up.
The charcoal 10y this time was glow
ing mass of red: and threw so clear a
light on us that | feared the crew on
board the sloop might see our forms and
suspect their disadventur'. But the Ian
tern still hung steadily: 50 signing to
Billy TO drag our prisoner behind a tam
arsk bush. 1 open'd the second packet,
and poured some of the powder into my
hand. 1t was composed OF tiny crystals,
yellow and flaky. l tore the packet wide
open and shook ont the powder on the
Goals.
Instantly there came a dense. choking
yap,- and a vivid green flare that turned
the rocks the sky and cur faces to a
CHASTITY brilliance. For two minutes, at
least. this unnatural light lasted. As
soon as it died away and the fumes clear
eJ / looked seaward.
The lantern on the sloop was moving
in answer 10 the signal. Three times it
| was lifted and lowered, and then in the
stiffness | heard voices calling and soon
after the regular splash Of oars.
There was no time to be lost. Pulling
the captain to his feet, we scrambled mp
the gully and out at the top and across
the ields fast as our legs would take
MS Molly came to my call and trotted
beside me-the captain following some
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safe watch ON his movements.
At the gata however. where we turned
| into the road ] tethered the mare, lest
| the sound of her hoOfs should betray us
and down toward tn, sea we peited, till
almost at the foot of the hill pulled up
and listened the others following my eX-
ample.
We could hear the sound Of oars plain
| above the wash Of waves on the beach.
| | looked about me, On either side the
road was now banked by tall hills, with
clusters of hracken and furze bushes ~
ing darkly on their slopes Bel ind one
of these clusters | stationed Billy with
| the captains long sword and Il pistol
that by signs forbade him TO fire unless
in extremity Then, retiring some forty
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myself on the other side.
Hardly were we thus disposed before
| heard the sound Of a boat grounding on
the beach below. and the murmur Of
| voices: and then the noise Of feet tram
ping the shingle. Upon which ordered
my prisoner to give hail, which he
| did readily.
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