The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

and he was gone. Of course, Dolly cried
 her eyes out that night-but it was too
 late. Joe was gone. Mrs. Rudge and
 Barnaby also disappeared from their
 house. That dark, mysterious man had
 been haunting It and she and her idiot
 son had fled.
 She would give no reason to Mir Hare
 dale for her departure when she an-
 nounced to him her intention of leaving,
 but from this and some other incidents
 he had begun to suspect that time was bringing about solution of the mystery of the murder of his brother. He, with his usual coolness and grfmness, watched
 and waited, confidence growing in him that before long fate would deliver the slayer of Reuben Haredale into his hands Five years passed It was the 18th of March, 17So. The wind was wild and the night dark and wet with. sieet and
 snow. But cheerily shone out the lights of the old Maypole, and the fire roare6
 and sparkled on it's spacious hearth. John Willet MT. Parks and MT. Cobb sat be-
 fore the fire drowsing and speaking now and then, and all of the opinion that they were very jolly companions If he doesn't come in five minutes" said
 John at last, '1 shall have supper without
 him. Solomon Daisy was the person
 the latch of the door was raised and in came Daisy. a picture of terror. "Oh," he cried. why did I ever leave this house this night? Oh, Johnny Oh, Parks.
 Oh. Tommy Cobb! It is the 18th of March and have seen a ghost. It was the likeness of murdered man. You need
 not ask who. This is the 18th of March.
 I saw it there by it's own grave" It was
 the ghost of the murdered steward which
 Mir Daisy had seen.
 After consultation they decided that they ought to go in a body to The War
 ren and tell the story to MT. Haredale
 They did 50. and he received their tale
 with his customary coldness, instructing
 them to say nothing of it, as 1t was mere
 ly fancy of Daisy's. Then they hurried
 back to the Maypoie.
 But they arrived not alone inside the
 building. As they came near it some
 horsemen accosted them, inquiring for an inn, and were led by Willet to his own rooftree The party of horsemen consisted of that unfortunate and haIf-crazed young man, Lord George Bordon, who was shortly to be the leader of the famous Gordon riots in London; his evil genius, Gashford, who acted as his secretary and his faithful attendant, John Grueby. When willet found that one of his guests was a lord he stirred the foundations of the inn to do him honor. Lord George and his party rode on their way next morning and Hugh went with them. He scented trouble and riot and pllage and moreover he had been Informed by Sir John Chester-for the elegant gentleman had become A knight-that if he saw 8 certain sort of handbiIl dropped anywhere he should bring it to him. It was one of those incendiary circulars which Lord George and his followers were distributing throughout England melting to rebellion, and doing 1t under the cloak of religion. Chester knew that trouble was coming he knew the nature of Hugh and desired l that he be mixed up in the trouble as a sure way he thought, to expedite the mans way to the gallows. So Hugh. ar rived in London, presented his circular, picked up at the Maypole to Sir John and was informed ''very curious. When you go out drop it in the street, Hugh did set mixed up in trouble. The Gordon riots are matters of history. They held
 London in the grasp of furious mob for
 a week. Jails were broken open and the | criminals released. houses burned and such a scene witnessed as only Paris l among civilized modern capitals has ever beheld. Among the rioters was Hugh and
 among them Simon Tappertit. whiIom ap- l prentice to Warden the locksmith. Mir. Tappertit now calling himself Captain of
 the United Bulldogs. saw in the disturb Bnces' the great opportunity for which he l was convinced he had only waited. Cash l ford saw in them an opportunity not only to ride to power by the success of Lord 1 George or by betraying him, but also an anportunity to possess himself of Emma