The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-17

IN a holder manner than a father
| could wish. Retire, therefore,. TO your
Der. Maxim shall be thy com
nanion. Adieu till sunrise and he
kissed his daughter tenoerly on tn
brow. Dorothy, accompanied by the
discreet Maxim, retired TO her prison
and the knight returning n
the festal board, the mirth and carous-
ing began with q Vlgor which prom
Used reparation for the late inter
missions. When the knight returned
to the hall he looked searchinGly
around the apartment, but the u
minstrel had disappeared.
Dorothy threw herself into the
barred window Of her chamber and
looked out over the moonlit chase OF
Haddon. Her attendant sat watching
every motion with the eye OF an "
II was past midnight when a stealthy
foot came gliding along the passage
and a finger gay" three light scratches
at the door. Nan Maxim put her
head out and after a whispered con
ference came back to say, here's that
young lad-you know his name. who
gave me the scarlet ribbon at the
RakeWell fair. An hOnester OF q
kinder heart never kept a promise.
He has stolen into the hous while
the servants were drinking and feast
ing and wants me to meet nm In
the garden below the terrace-for he
GaIc llOL SLdN 1IC1S
for fear of Jasper Jugg finding him
Oh. my sweet young lady-could YOU
not stay a half an hour bv yourself
He has come seven long miles to see
my face, he says. Oh. neve let it
be said that Dorothy Vernon parted
true lovers. But see consent wit
ten in your face. / will return swift
ly." And the woman was gone, An.
foolish Nan. Sir = tanners had
sent that young peddler to lure thee
from thy trust!
Soon after Mans departure Dorothy
heard below her window what seem
ed the cry OF a night - md. look
ing down. saw a form she we'll knew
standing in the shadow of the tower.
She CAV a low answering call and
then an arrow flew through the bars
into the apartment. To the arrow
was attached a cord and when Dorothy
pulled up the cord she found a bundle
of clothes. such as a young MAJ would
wear, and a rope ladder attached to
the other end. The window was
barred to be sure. but Dorothy had
discovered and had communicated to
her lover (who shall say how? Some
servants are bribed and some love to
assist at q love match) that one end
Of the bars could. by touching a spring.
be made to drop down into q groove.
thereby making an aperture large
enough for the passage of her slender
form. IN an incredibly short time
the rope ladder was fastened to the
other bars and a form. apparently that
Of a young gallant, was seen descend
ing to the terrace.
It was half an hour after midnight
when Jesper Jugg. as he lay beneath
the holly bush listening with enyious
ears to the sound of reVelry which still
came from the hall. saw two forms
approaching. One was of small stature.
slight step and mufI1ed in a common
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forester. with a sword at his side and
a pistol in his belt. "Hillo,' cried out
Jasper Where go you, my masters"
The lesser form whispered to the 9TH
er, who Immediately said: Jasper
Jugg, is that you? Heaven be praised
| have found YOU so soon. Here's
that north country peddler with his
beads and his ribbon; he has come
and whistled pretty Nan ak out
to meet him.. You Will find them to-
gethef III the garden under the ter
race. l came to tell YOU"
The enraged keeper scarcely heard
the mar out, but started off with the
sWlftness Of a deer, forcing his way
through brush and brake directly to
the hail. The taller person or the pair
now blew upon q silver whistle a call
like the call Of a plover. Several
armed men now appeared with two
richly ca~paIisOned horses from among
the trees where they had been hid
ing. The moonlight shone pom the
face Of Dorothy Vernon as she and
Sir John Manners and rode
swiftly away. The riders disappeared
from the woods of the chase and the
ancestors OF the present ducaI house
OF Rutland sought shelter for a time
in foreign lands from the wrath or
the King Of the Peak. Next morning
when they examined the cage from
which the bird had flown. they found
one of Dorothy's little slippers caught
by its silver heel in the window graf
ing. You may still see it among the
relics of Haddon Hall.
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