The evening world., 1916-08-29
Ill SPUR
BY A. T. QUlLLER COUCH
A romance Of England in 1912. with
hero whom adventure marked for . series
Of thrilling experiences in love and war.

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doubt somsthlhs has miscsftisa
lslss he- a's ,hA, yosss spsrs rs'
"An ihafs What thy question should
Ia bsea. Dich. With . pistol 70 bis
skulL."
'Iie1i keep un the morro.-
"Nsn giye settle half an hour
more. Hald the landlord. "Aspl' Ne
pushed open the hatch 90 that ! hsa
view. 'f.toh "a the punch. sif, hoe
dii'st leave the young man y the
loftY"
ASLEEP or nearly" answered Mary
Anon. anon. MASTER walt III Se'
tho Kettle on tho boil" Il
The hatch was slipped TO sSsin, !
stood w aud made a step toward the
"iIow many are they I asked.
the parlor.
- dozen all but one" 1901
where IL the foreign guests
roomr"
LEFT hand. on IN. frs, landing"
"The s~tsircase9"
aust outside the door"
"Thon sing-go ON slnslhs TOT yo"'
stole 10 tho door and peeped out
lantern hung IN tho passage hnd
showed tho staircase dlr"ctly IN 'front.'
on me. stayed for a moment To pun
or my boots, and, holding mem va
my left hnnd. crept up the stairs IN
,ho kitchen the girl was singing and
Gathering tho dishes together be-
hind tho cor at the head OF the
stairs I heard n voice talking slppeu
on my boots again and tapped on the
panel.
,Tyyns n long room. wainscoted half
~, the wnll In some dark wood. Ivy
tho fIrcplnCc, where a brisk wood was
cracking, leaned the young gentlc-
woman had met at Hungertoru,
who. ms she now turned her eyes upon
mo. ceased lingering h guitar or
mandolin that she held against hcr
waist. and raised her pretty mead
MOI without curiosity.
nut twas on the table IN the centre
Of tho chamber that my gaze settled,
and on two men beside II, or whom
must speak more particularly
The elder, who sat In n high-backed
chair. was a little, frail, deformed
gentleman OF about nifty. dressed very
richly in dark velvet and furs, ana
wore on his head n velvet X cap.
round which his white hair stuck up
like a ferrct's. The second mar was
the broad shouldered lackey ] mao seen
riding behind the coach.
turned to the girl. She q neither
.nokon nor stirred. but now came FOR
ward and calmly asked my business.
81 think" said 1. that your name
IA Kllligrew?"
81 am Della Killigrew. THIS 10
NV father. Sir
"Now on his way TO visit his es-
tates in Cornwall?'
She nodded.
"Then 1 have 10 warn you that your
lives are in danger" And, gently as
possible, l told her what ! had seen
and heard downstairs. In the nlIduIe
of my tale the servant stepped to the
door. and returned quietly. There was
no lock on the inside. After n minute
no went across and drew the red cur
,nins. The window had a grating
within, OF iron bars as thick as a
mans thumb, strongly clamped IN the
stonework and not -four inches apart
Clearly, he Vas a man or rev worus:
Tor. returning, he merely pulled out
his sword and waited for the end OK
my tale.
The girl, also. did not interrupt me-
hut listened In silence. As l ceased
she said:
as this all you known"
mo-" answered |, 1T Is not. But the
rest | promise to tell you II we escape
from this place alive. Will his con-
tent your"
she turned to the servant, who
nodded. Whereupon she held out ner
hand very cordially.
sir, listen; we are travellers bound
Tor Cornwall, as you know. and have
some small possession that VIII
poorly reward the greed OF these vio-
lent mon. Nevertheless, we shout
be hurryins on our journey ala we
not await my brother Anthony, who
was to have ridden from oxford TO
tuin MS here, but has been delayed.
doubtless on the kings business
She broke of. as l started: Tor De.
low | heard the main door open ana
Capt. Settles voice In the passage
The arch villain Mad returned.
mistress Della" ! said hurriedly,
9TH twelfth man has entered the
house. and unless we consider our
plans at once, alrs up with us
"Tush!" said the old gentleman In
the chair, ~. for my part, shall
leave II all TO Jacques. Come, sit by
me, sir. and you shall see some pretty
play. Why, JACQUES IL the greatest
rogue with a small sword in all
Frarce!"
"Sir," nut In, 'they are n round
dozen In all. ond your life NJ present
Is not worth a p%ennv's purchase"
ON the instant came the soond ~ \
door opening and the tramp OF feet on
the stairs.