The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-28
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CHAPTER NNNflt
IesilnK Fortune

Testing Fortune
Jcsiing Perfume had not yet acne
with Colonel HOLES.
A month later. toward tho middle
a. September without having seen
Nancy asain--slnoa that. 90 course,
would have bern denied him. as Il
would have nalufied his sequestra.
ton rom infected perEons ana sur
rccneings found himself AZ lih
erty TO return 20 the ordinary haunis
e. man. supplied with certificate Of
health.
50 within an hour Of his d.SchArsV
~ found himself tramnlng aiong the
empty ssrscts Of tho city, bound Tor
distant wspPlng, lie must 30 afoot.
not only heosuse he lacked the means
70 SO otherwise. bat because there
vero no longer any boats plying fvr
hire az any Of the steps sicng the
river. nor any haekney'eoaehes re-
naming In the streets. Mere than
ever was London become city Of the
dead.
on thru that desolate emptiness he
tramped IN The noontlde heat. which
still continued a. Intense as thru the
months tina, were past 81 that ca
crpglonal summer. until be came 10
tho Fleet Ditch. Here I, was that he
lethought him Of The Harp IN Weed
~. where ha had lodged and Of It's
landlord. the friendly Banks, Who 81
some rlsk 20 himself had warned
him that the messengers % tho law
were on bis heels So In the direction
cf Wood II. ne now turned his steps.
lie found Il much as other streets.
Not more than one shop in four WAS
standing open. and trade IN these was
Idle and stagnant Proctor's famous
ordinary AZ TIE sign OF The Aitre-
the most reputed eating house IN
london-waa closed and shattered,
lie regarded this as an evil omen.
M, he passed on. and came presently
70 stand before the more modest
Harp. He could scarcely believe his
eyes when he saw It's windows clean
and open. It's door fiuag vide.
He crossed the threshold. and
turned into the common room on his
Ian. The room was olean-avept. It's
long deal tables were well secured.
hnt trade was slack. for the place
con,ained a single occupant. man
IN an apron who started up from a
wooden armchair IN. which 10 had
been Gozing. with an ejaculation Of
AS Gods my life. a customer
HOLES stared at him and the man
stared hack AZ Holes. II was Banks,
the vintner himself
Colonel HoilesF' ne cried ''or Is
II your ghost. slrs There's more
ghosts than living men in this strick.
ca city"
we are both ghosts. I think.
Banks" the colonel answered him
Maybe. but our outlets amt ghost.
-. praise the Lord And there's still
some sack left q, The Harp. Shat
we have a bottle OF medicine
Coionel7"
I'D say yes. with all my heart
Eut--laekadays-l've not the means
20 pay for the sack."
"Pay?" The vlntner made q lip.
''Sit 80 down. Colonel"
Ranks fetched the wine. and pour.
cd il.
"A plague en- the plague. IL the
toast" said he. and they drank II.
slIfe Colonel. but | am glad 20 sec
you alive. feared tho worst for you.
Yet you've contrived to keep your.
self safe. avoiding not only thu
plague. but them pes,iiential fellows
that was after you" Without wait.
ing for a reply. hs dropped his voice
TO add: yen have heard how Dan.
vers was took. and how he broke
away and won free--good luck "a
HIM But all that Is dream by now,
that conspiracy business. and no one
hothers much about II. But OF your
SELF now. Colonei7-'
NY tales soon told. I've not Jared
quite as well as you suppose. I've
had the plague"
THE devil yol have. And ye'ye
won thru Banks regarded him
with new respect.
HOLES told him OF his notion Of
sailing as hand abroad q vessel
bound for France.
The vintner pursed his lips and
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