San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-30
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Colonel HOLES, soldier and adven'
turer, returns to England, his ma.
tive land, when war with Holland
is declared. His Grace of Bucking.
ham hires HOLES to abduct the
beautiful actress, Sylvia Farqu.
harson. 1t is dark when the colonel
carries her to the house Bucking.
ham has rented.
Upon their arrival HOLES is hor.
rified to see that Sylvia is an old
sweetheart.
The servants of the Duke render
the colonel unconscious. When
buckingham attempts to embarrass
Sylvia her dress falls from her
throat, revealing a purple blotch,
token of the plague.
The Duke and his servants flee,
HOLES nurses Sylvia and saves her
life. When HOLES catches the
plague Sylvia nurses him back to
life. HOLES deems himself unworthy
Of Sylvia and leaves her. He goes
to call on his old landlord. Now 60
on with the story.
The winter pursed his lips and
sadly shook his head, regarding his
guest the while from under bent
brows.
"Why, SIR" he said, "there's no
French shipping and no ships bound
for France at Mapping, and mighty
few ships of any kind. The port of
London is as empty as Proctors yon-
der. There's not foreign shipll
put into it, nor an English one so out
Of it, for she. wouldn't be given har-
Dor anywhere for fear Of the infec-
tion.'
The Colonel's face heightened in
dismay. This, he thought, was the
last blow of his malignant Fortune.
"Ye never will. For Portsmouth
wont have We, nor any other town in
England either. coming as We do from
London. l tell you, sir, the country
all crazed with fear of the plague. "
But I've a certificate of health.
"Ye'd need to have it backed by a
minister of state or ever Portsmouth
would let you inside her gates"
HOLES looked at him blankly for a
moment, then expressed his bitter
ness in laugh.
I'm that case don't know what re-
MAINS"
"Why We say ye're a safe man.
Yell not have seen His Grace of AL
bemarle's proclamation asking for
safe mem"
asking for safe men? To what
end?"
NAY, the proclamation don't say.
Yell find that out in Whitehall. Fay
be. Things being like this with you,
now, We might think it is worth while
to ask. 1t might be something for
We. for the present at least"
HOLES rose. "Whateyer it may be,
when a man is faced with starvation
he had best renlize that pride won't
fill an empty. belly"
mo more it WILL" Banks agreed,
cycling the Colonel's uncouth gar
ments. But if ye're thinking of
paying a visit to Whitehall ye'd be
wise to put on your other suit that's
above stairs. Yell never get past the
lackeys in that livery"
So you see issuing presently from
the sign of The Harp a Colonel, HOLES
very different from the Colonel HOLES
who had entered it an hour earlier.
In n dark blue suit of camlet enIiv-
ened by a little gold lace. black Span
ish boots, and a black beaver set off
by heavy plume of royal blue. with
out sword, it is true, but swinging
Ia long cane, he presented a figure
rarely seen just then in, London
streets.
The usher at the Cockpit who went
to announce him returned almost at
once to conduct him into that pleas
ant chamber overlooking the park
where His Grace of Albermarle acted
today as deputy for the pleasure low
ing libertine prince who had for
saken his stricken capital.
The Duke heaved himself up as the
Colonel entered.
$50 you're come at last, Randall
was his astounding greeting. Cor
my life, you've taken your own time
in ANSWERING my letter"
"My letter yes. You had it? The
letter that sent you nigh upon Q
month ago to the Paul's Head?"
may" said HOLES. II had no let
ter"
"But Albermarle looked al
most as if he did not believe him
1.-The landlady there kept it for you