Penistone, Stocksbridge and Hoyland Express, etc. — 1909-06-05 (Penistone, South Yorkshire, England)

CHAPTER XIV. (continued. under cover of the ladge, he I climb the bank at the farther side. Then, "I)if . 1 You ever feel inclined to cry because !still keeping ram quickly towardethe wood. He was mount..ci ceuld not help it, Mr. Hardy?" asked the • m . g the wall at the very moment when the schoolmistrese constables stopped by the dyke. "Yea, many a time. I have 60Mg11:11P8 even Although I had been able to watch the yielded to such an inclination, Ad felt all murderer from where I was standing, it the happier for it " seemed probable that he had managed to "Isn't that something of a paradoir ohi keep out oisght of his Pns uuers. but of this which at first I failed to understand, the owned Milly I could not be certain. For coin,. reason, "Perhaps so; at. any rate, it is a fact," I officer hesitabd a long time by the dyke-side. said. Pc•rhaps the bloodhounds had lost scent of "No doubt." remarked Miss Hope; "I have the fugitive. Not being frequently used foi felt just the same. Do you remember the hunting men, these' brute', were evidently net afternoon when I first came to Northorper very keen at the business; so that they ap. "Yes; I should think so," said I. peered to be of little service to the con" Well, I could have cried like a baby as stables. L stood ou the platform with my luggage, After some delay the purenere at last longerße r washe w nota,, tyoetreatuichapth _How much captive. : after the train had gone forward. And yet. crossed the .1)1E.-, but even then they seemed uncertain which way to take; manifestly' I don't see what there was to cry over. "Indeed, but I should imagine you had a seemed uncertain. is liberty now great deal to be sorry for. You had left your home, your friends, the old familiar faces. Meanwhile, finding that it was about noon. and scenes; all the tenderest ties and sym- , and knowing we should soon be informed of pathies of a young life., Is this not a great his capture—should such a circumstance octhing to do? Had you not some cause for cur—l went home to my dinner mistres, was already at table n-hen I enMy reother and sisters. with the school"Butgrief?" I asked. entered the house. Before I could sit down you don't look at the other side, Mr. both Hilly and Annie began to que,aion me. Hardy?" You don't count the great pleasure with which one looks forward to the change, ; saying that thcar were sure by my looks that I new scenes, new friends, now experiences,' there was something amiss. They could not ' said the schoolmistress. do but set mother going Ito; and Miss Hope "Ah! I'm afraid your experiences in Nor likewie, put down her knife and fork. thorpe have not been very pleasant so far. I bade them go on with the meal, promising Mho Hope," I observed. Nothing would do, however, but they must they should bear the news afterwasds. "Do I seem hear it there and then; wherefore in as few very, very miserable, Mr. Hardy?" she asked, rising to leave the table. words a,., possible I tom ilia,. what I had "Far from it; 1---= s peen. Then mother pushed her plate away. aullggiassstedflop4 id her not ue ht was n ear the reply , being so excited that he could not touch 9 another mouthful, while the appetites of the eight o'clock, and the hungry scholars had 'other three were so disturbed that they made dq''s wait nt. o I yet to be served with their breakfast. She but a poor dinner of it. tripped hastily upstairs to complete her toi- "It's just what I expected!" exclaimed let, followed by Stilly, and a few minutes mother, loudly.: ".They'll hang him yet! I  ...hal