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Sraepnln of Previous Chapters.
Sir Jomp Btanangja. of New Milne, In com
fumr "wfc gntttfeon. young: Philip, meets in
hb Innaousc Ms eon Philip nd hte son's para
kMr, Janet Mark. They quarrel. Bir James
Bow haws a. taking alone te grandson. That
night he is murdered bj his dteeolute eon and
Janot Mark. Titer take Ms bod' outside and
Mr It upon an Ice floe. In the effort to -fasten
the crime upon other shoulders. Bat the boy
PfeUte has Ttitnessed the crime. He tells his
Erandtather'e chief tenant, Humphrey Spur
way. ana Spurway succeeds In having; the real
urwrr brought to Justice. He la. sentenced
to be hanged, his woman accomplice to be
transported. Mysteriousl) Philip Stansfleld es
apee the gallows, seeks out his wife, finds her
ft the oompan of Spurwar. and tries to mur
der her, but does not quite succeed. She Is
taken away to Abercalrn ror cure, leaving her
bob, young- Philip, Is charge of Spurway ana in
the eompaar f little Anna Mark, from whom
he learns that In some wajs girls are worth
qlte as much as boys For example. In the
ttue 4C the cattle droving, -when Master Spur
ia bought hte winter beast in the mart, Ann
beat Philip In helping to cut them out. Still
thar are excellent friend. een though sn
beats Mm at her studies In the cchool to which
tber-go together. John Stansfield, Phlllp'B law
yer uncle, brings In & new teacher. Dominie
Xmgrase, a smalt man, with wonderful ejes
Shortly after his coming the countryside la
ahookea and thrilled wich a number of bloody
and myiJletlom. minder eldentl for the eako
of robbery. Business calls Humphrey Spurway
from heme In Ms absence a big parking case,
purporting to be full of nne Spanish wool, Is
delivered to "Will Bowman. Humphre 's clerk.
Be put It m the w easing shed. That night
Philip, playing about, sees shining through the
gause of the packing cane a pair of eyes. He
calls Will Bo man, who counts three, then
Mate the packing case with a small sword.
Blood flows. They open the case, and find
Doomte Rtngrsee Inside, apparentl) dead. Soon 1
after 4he bouse is attacked by robbers, 'whom
JMttgraee had. meant to let in They are beaten
off, but afterwards Philip's mother refuses to
IK him. spend' the holidays at New Milns. Re
turning from & uaj'e visit to New Milns, Philip
falls In with Saul Mark, Anna's .gypsy father,
who, under pretense of showing him Sir Harry
Morgan's treasure, makee him. a prisoner. Anna
Anns out Ms plight, and leads Humphrey Spur
way on Me track. Spurn aj, with Bowman and
Anna, and him, but are captured y by Philip
Btansfieia and the pirate crew of the Corra
atantea. CHAPTER XXIV.
He ttanwt the miniature back Into the
jioeket where he had found it. Umphray
stood silent, eyeing his enemy as calmly
as though he had been striking a bargain
'with him. in the market-place.
"Brinr the boy Ihte way," sa'd Saul
Mark. One of the sailors seized me by
the collar and gave me into the grasp
of the ffttpercargo.
"Now, Hated," he said, "If, as you pass
through ttie streets, j ou speak above a
wtfMfter my orders are to throttle you!"
And, as a warning, he tightened his fin
ger on jay throat till I gasped for breath.
The Inst I saw of the terrible limekiln be
hind Provost Gregory Partan's house w as
my father setting down the lantern on
the edge of the J awning grave, In which
he daalgn od to place the body of my
benefactor, Umphray Spurway.
PMUp Jstanaweld stood facing Umphray
Spurway in tre provost's lime-kiln, and
this chapter tells the story of what befell
between them. The hands of the English.
man were tied still behind his back, and
as the tact retreating footstep was heard
stecendfog the darksome passage which
leads out Into Gregory Partan's close.
Captain Philip Stansfleld lifted the lan
tern from the floor on which it had been
set and held it close to the face of his
lictim. There was no sign of fear or
yielding there, only the Torkshlreman's
usual calm mastery over time and cir
cumstance "Tea," said Captain Stansfleld, "you are
a brave man, Umphray Spurway. "And
only with such do I trouble to deal. I will
have a Jlttle agreeable conversation with
you before we proceed to business. Pray
sit down. You will find the edge of the
grave yeryi comfortable. You can lean
your back against the wall. So! I will
content me here by the door."
And so saying Philip Stansfiejd seated
himself "Wit his shoulders square, to the
little door which led into the passage 'ffe
hlad. and with great care disposed a cou
ple of pistols, one on either side of him.
so as to he ready to his hand In case of
any attempt at escape.
With equal philosophy the prisoner
obeyed. The stone trough, (or, as Captain
Stansfleld called It. grave) was hollowed
perhaps four feet in the rock. Umpbraj
disposed his great bulk as best he could.
He sat down with his feet hanging into
the trough, his back leaning against the
dust' wail of the kiln, and looked at his
enemy wijth as much nonchalance as if
he had been a customer come to buy wo
en cloth fa the Engl'sh market.
Captain Stansfleld opened the catch of
the lantern and measured the candle with
hie eye. Then he putted a handsome gold
watch from his fob and consulted the
dial. v
"We have here candle for a good couple
of hours, and about the same time ere day
steals upon us. I think we can settle all
quarrels and sink alt differences long ere
that Mr. Spurway. Yet there are a goodly
array of both. Yoh have long had the
top hold, .sir, and now, when it is my turn,
I wish you to be certified that with that
measure ye mete. H shall be measured to
you aamm. Aba! MaBter Englishman, I
also am gnu at holy writ. I was bred
on the oatacMums. shorter and longer.
For I was a cMtd of grace, and In my
father's house had many advantages such
as were hidden from jour popish and pre
latlc eyes Why, can you even certify me
that you know the very beginning of
knowledge? Be you know 'What is the
chief end of men'' "
Well enough d d Umphray Spurway
know the first question and answer of
that marvelous collect of .doctrine, the
Westminster Shorter CateohWu. But he
judged It useless to make any reply in
kind to the man who had already de
dared Ms Intention of being his mur
derer 6c be contented htmeelf with replying:
"Sir I have no regrets far those thing
which X have done. Nor can anything
you may say to me alter my good con
sHeuce toward God ami man!"
Captnn Stacsfteld heM up his bands in
pretMrnded horror
"Dear, near'" be cried: "well I knew
that Utile was to be expected of a ore
lottet and malhmant. yet ttv ng in & lard
of gospel privilege and atatort 'within crv
of Masters Pedes. Reawfeti. Shl?Me and
th-r fe'low. I bad "hoped for a numb er
sr'rR Know you not that 'Who vaunt
htxs f condemn htme!f T But I will
try ou aga'n. 'What, te effectual oal.
' In"'
Umprrjr 'nwwnv was -L Th Jcap
ram lend forward and took- w on or
the pl'-tnl tn Ms hand. peRt-g U "Greet
ly at the RnsttehafMns bend.
1 i' -ell vo-j- be saM. 'Ub4-"s rf-
fr - f c
Ar "T rfd b ter j as h exa-nM ' you tnat all scores are cleared bo
th irtrimlnr i twen..,us. I will do mv wife no hurt.
"Mar are railed but few choser O
Vaster Swrwaj, the hoRfJ&s of a careful
Pictures by G.A.SHtPLEY
upbringing! My father used to set me
pages of the Bible tov learn, and beat me,
if I missed so much as one word. Gad!
how I remember the stiff-backed chairtS
and the glazed presses In the study where
he kept his ratano. The verses also I re
member, though somewhat less distinctly.
"Say what- j ou have to say to me and
have done," Umphray Spurway epoke out
as though cutting short a loquacious huck
oter on market day. "Blasphemy Is no or
nament to any man's conversation!"
.Philip Stansfleld clapped h!s hands.
"Spoken this time like Peden himself,
dear Umphray; I do not yet despair of
you, when In such short space a little
faithful dealing can effectuate so much.
Cheered by this, we will now go back upon
'Man's Chief End.' There he poftned to
the grave on the edge of which Umphray
was seated Whatever learned divines
may say, that Is "Man's Chief End.' The
rest Is accidental this alone essential, In-
evltable, uncontrovertible man's chief and
only end, as Indeed Thope to prove to you
long before the dawn."
All this Captain Stansfleld uttered, speak-"
Ing as quietly and reverently as a minis
ter Uiying out the heads of his discourse
to a listening and obedient people. So far
as manner went, Mr. John Bell himself
could not have spoken with a better
grace or a sounder discretion.
"But now, sir, we must to business,"
he went on in a more natural tone of'
"voice. "I perceive you are weary of my
conversation though I would have jou
know, sir, that it has been very generally
approven by better judges than yourself.
But now let us make count nnd reckoning,
draw our bills, and give mutual discharge
like two reasonably honest men,"
"Most willingly!" said Umphray Spur
way, nodding in his turn. -
"Most willingly!" said Umphray Spur
way, nodding In his turn,
"Against me, sir," said the captain of the
Corramantee, preparing to check the. Items
upon his fingers, "you have the following;
oblige by correcting me If I am wrongi
Philip Stansfleld, Dr., to Umphray Spurway, Cr.
8 d
Imprimis, To loa of time huntlngthe
raid P. S -Pith intent to kill him.,.. 10 O 0
Item, To Damage to gates of Mlln House 0 0 6
Item, To thrpp ears' loss of eoclety of
the Paid T -nlfe 0 0 3
The total i..kons 10 0 9
"We 'nlll say. In round figures, 10 guin
eas. I am an easy man. And now for
the per contra:
Umphraj Spurwaj , Dr., to Philip Stansfleld, Cr.
e d
Imprimis. To pre. Ing the said P. S.
guilty of his father's murder 1,000
Item. To three months' Imprisonment
in the Tolbooth of Bdinburgh.....l,CO0
Item. To the ('eath of Dominie Kln
groce and XIII of his servants 1,000
Item. To alienating the natural af
fections of Wo wn ,.1,000
Item, Ditto of his wife ix.r. 0
o o
0 b
0 0
0
0 1
The total .reckons 4.000 0 1
Balance due the aforesaid Philip Stansfleld.
3SQ 0s lid.
Captain Stansfleld maintained his grae
and practical method of speech through
all this enumeration of figures, and at the
close he turned to Mr. Spurway, who was
listening like a man at a play that does
not amuse him. m
"Sir," he said, "you owe me a great
deal of money, but I will discharge your
Indebtedness at one stroke. Which do you
choose swords or pistols? The latter Is
commonly esteemed the easier quittance,
and, as I have a pair, it shall be by double
entry. Both are equal to me!" ,.
"Philip Stansfleld," said Umpbray Spur
way, "would you slay an Innocent man In
cold blood?"
"Am I not loaded. In the eyes of ail
with having dona the like to the father
that begat me?" said Philip Stansfleld,
rising to his feet, "and, besides, what
right have you or any man to say that
my blood Is cold? Devil take you. sir,
have you not, entrapped my wife's af
fections that wero so precious to -me?
Have you not made my own son hate
me? Have you not chased me with dogs
yes, with bloodhounds upon the king's
highway? Answer me these things. And
now jou prate of murder In . cold blood
when I do no more than offer you a
choice of two honorable ways of dis
charging a just debt? I thought that at
least jou were an honest tradesman,
Master Spurway,, and knew how to pay
those to whom you were indebted."
"I do not choose to bandy words with
jou, Philip Stansfleld." the 'Englishman
replied. "My life is In your hands. If
jou choose to murder me here and now
well, it is within your power."
Captafn Stansfleld looked about the dun
geon. The candle was flickering a little,
the vents of the lanthorn having been
guttered up. He took out a pocket knife
and coolly opened them with the lesser
blade. Then he shut the little door again
and put the lantern back, again on the
floor. His eye fell on Umphray's cloak
which Saul Mark had flung down as he
entered. His broad, soft-brimmed hat
was lying beside It. A thought came Into
his head, and he" clapped hlspalm upon
his knee with a loud smack. '
"I have it," he said; "this will suit
all parties ou, because It "Will enable you
to discharge your obligations, me, because
it gives me the opportunity to pay a visit
I have too long deferred.
He went over to where Umphray sat.
and the brave Englishman made up his
mind that his latest hour was come. But
Captain Stansfleld only thrust his hand
again into his breast pocket and drew
out the miniature.
"I will return, this." he said, "to the
original. There Is a right lndefeaslbly
vested In a husband to prevent other men
carrying about his wife's picture In their
bosoms like so many pieces of holy cross.
The custom offends -alike against relig
ion and morality. I will give .this into
my wife's hans, and, lest I be denied
entrance, I will equip me for the pur
posfe." He drew Umphray's cloak about him
and clapped hte tall-crowned hat upon his
head.
"Thusi equipped I need fear no -rebuff ,"
he said. "'Tls a sad confossion for the
husband, of -one wife to make, but a man
never knows to what chance he will come
in this world.'"
fUmphray Spurway cried out now with
fear, though hitherto he had been im
passive as marble.
"For God's grace, kill me and be done
with It," he said; "let your unhappy wjfe
alone. Has she not suffered enough? Kill
me and end this farce."
Philip Stansfleld watched his enemy
coolly as he agonized in his bonds.
"Nay." be snid, almost gently, "that
must not be For a man of the world,
Umphray, your methods are crude. I have
a better plan. I will be absent an hour
69 minutes and no more. I wl'l leave
vo a jHtil bv the cheek of - the door
baro. It Is llripd.arrt nrlmd. Tf an mv
J rMurn 1 observe through the cret ny
j hole thrt "-ijEi have sucpesefully used i
j on vo-" "f l recommend the roof of
1 "" r- 'h myself. It Is the met certain.
whcT an are a trifle unp eaeant). I prom-
1 But If "not, and your beauts' are still un-
scattered, I shall knew that you Tnedi
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tnte treachery. I will therefore first' shopt
you through the roof, which has been
arranged for such a contingency, and
then I will go back and kill well, you
know whom I will kllL",
"You are a devil!" cried Umphray Spur--way,
straining at his bonds till the veins
stod out purple on his brow.
UU LIFTED THE GLASS
"I am a man of my word," said Captain
Stansfleld, with his hand on the low Iron
door of the kiln. There is the pistol, and
beside it a little priming powder. Come
hither if you .please, Mr. Umphray Spur
way. Stand with your back to the door
and I will sever the cord about your
hands. Slowly go very slowly! Do not
attempt to turn round, or two things will
happen which ou would give your life
to avert. There!" ,
With aj shairp-edged dagger he severed
the rope, and the next moment the Iron
door clanged and the bolts shot without
with a rasping sound, Umphray Spur
way flung himself against the place, over
turning the lantern in his haste. But he
might -as well have flung himself against
the walls of a. cavern. The solid mason
ry and yet more solid metal did not even
quiver at the shock. The sudden dark
ness startled him. How should he have
any chance without -light? He saw a lit
tle red gleam on the floor and a whiff of
candle smoke came to his nostrils. He
bent dowji quickly and low! the candle
was between his fingers, (he wick stlil
glowing red. It had rolled out of the lan
tern when he overset it, the door 'being
loose on its hinges.
Umphray bjew cautiously yet regularly ,
upon the fading red, and after an anxious
moment had the Satisfaction of seejns
the flame start igain and the candle burn
up as bright as ever.
There before him, close by the edge of
the wall, was the pistol his enemy had
left him to blow his brains out with,
and there on a tarn scrap of newspaper
was a little pinch of black priming pow
der. Philip Stansfleld had been as good
as his word.
CHAPTER XXV. .
Husband and "Wife.
Meanwhile along the sea front of the
town of Abercalrn Philip Stansfleld,
wrapped in Umphray Spurway's cloak,
strode fearless and unafraid. A light or
two dimpled among the shipping, but
being in safe harborage most watches bad
taken the ship's lantern Deiow to-piay
cards with, or set beside them while they
slumbered.
Captain Stanifleld did not go directly to
my mother's house. Instead be made far
the exact point at which Provost Partan
had first paused among the barrels of
the quay. But this man did not walk
softly and with delicate observance, like
that worthy chief magistrate. He rather
stamped along, cursing as be stubbed his
toe against a hooped cask which had been
left sitting on its end behind several larger
"puncheons. And when at last he came to
the edge and heard the sea lapping under
him on the quay edge, he did not, whisper
nor whistle "The Bailie pt Mlckleham's
Coo." On the contrary, he called out
loudly:
"Is the-pirougue there?"
"Aye, aye, sir!" came the answer from
below.
"Is all ready aboard?'
Aye, sir; all ready to cast off and be
over the bar In 20 minutes sosoon as you
are aboard!"
"Abjde, then, and be wary," he an
swered, "I have yet one more touch to
try ere I come. But I shair be with ou
It. half an hour." '
"Aye. aye,1 captain, we will wait?'
Havin" settled this matter of discipline,
Pbllip-Stansflcld walked Briskly eastward
Before him a pale bar of uncolored .Ilsht
lay across the horizon, outlining fine nms
bjEber up thc-Elrth and fading Into tae
dark blue in which the thimy sown stars
of morning twinkled, ffhij was the yet
far-off promise of the, day. Captbln
Stansfleld had need of hrfste. Yet upon
the streets of Abercalrn ho walked vyitb
"'
more., careless assurance than Gregory
Partan himself.
He ctopned before that little house at
the comer of the Vennel. (It is a change
house now, and I had a glass of very de
cent Hollands there the last tone I was
In Abercalrn.) He seemed well enough
acquainted with the locality, for, after
'standing a while In the shade contemplat
ing the house from the other side of the
way. Philip Stansfleld stepped across and
tossed a handful of pebbles up at a win
dow" 'behind which a dim night light
burned. My poor mother had been, back
and forth all night long to look for me,
and perchance also to watch for the re
turn of Umphray Spurway. And so, now,
rising gladly from the bed upon which,
all sleepless, she had cast herself down,
shajapproached the wind6w.
H The-lattice Was ajar that she might the
better hear the clatter of our returning
footsteps. She could hear a voipe calling
her in a whisper. It made her heart beat
not as young Will Lucy had. 'done in
Great Marlow. but still it beat. .
"Mary!" ' ' f
Now, If you have been much about the
world and in perilous places, of course
It is no news to you that though voices
differ as much as faces, whlssers dre all
alike and cannot be distinguished in the
dark, differing only as lower or louder,
harsher and softer.
So when, for the second time, my poor
mother, who -knew no "harm and thought
none, heard the whisper coming from
kbelow "Mary" who can blame her for
doing what she did, that is rising nastuy
and throwinir her little flowered petticoat
AS HIGH AS HIS HEAD. WITH A GESTUHE lOT WHOIAY IHONICAI.
over her night gear. She ran to the win-
Ldow, afkl there, In the dim Altering light
oi stars, ana the lucent reflection irom
the. sea, she saw the long cloak, and
steeple-crowned, old-fashioned hat of
Umphray Spurway at the door. Me, whom
doubtless she also looked for, she could not
see, but she ran gladly enough downstairs
to open, the door; for she doubted not but
that the Englishman had gotten some
good news to cheer her heart withal.
Thus at the door of the sheepfold stood
the wolf, and the lamb within ran quick
ly and joyfully to open to him.
Captain' Stansfleld, by the whitewashed
side of the house, bent his head a, little
down, listening. He knew that foot. He
had listened to it before till he was weary,
but his ear caught a gladness, and youth
In it now that had never 'been there when
he knew it.
"Umphray!" the answering whisper
came now from just behind the panel
"Umphray, Is that you?" s
"Mary!" Still In a whisper.
The chain rattle'd down, and there In
the blade of! the doorway my mother
stood, the night wind blowing her white
gear about and the pretty girlish tangle
of her hair.
-The dark figure wrapped in Umphray
Spurway's cloak went past her, and the
door was shut' The chain was lifted Into
place.
"Wait only a little there In the sitting
chamb'er, and I will bring down the light.
You can tell me all your good news then!
I am sure you have found him that he is
on his way homel" . ""
For, at the sight of Umphray in her
house In the dark morning nours, my
mother had groyvn conscious' of her bare
feet and disarray.
But she sped her toilet, and came down
the stairs anon with a candle in her hand,
dimpling and smiling like the girl she hath
remained to the lastc When she came to
the door, and saw It yawn black before
her, she felt the heart beat within her
again yet not as one afraid, but rather
pleasurably.
Then she entered crying after her fash
Ion. "Tell me of the boy you have found
him you bring me news of him ,r
And then all sudden her speech was
cut off. as the light of the candle fell on
tho tall dark figure which stood resting
an elbow upon ' the little mantelboard
where the foreign shells were. The
i steeple-crownd hat was thrown upon, the
table, and the countenance which looked
down upon her was not the kind English
man's, but that of Philip Stansfleld, her
husband that face which most of all, things
In the world she feared.
"What what what!" she gasped. And
she clutched at a pretty neckerchief of a.
cherry hue which, with pardonable co
quetry, she had fastened about her neck
with a little gold brooch wrought in pat'
tern like a bracken leaf, and with a bezll
of green stone which Umphray had given
her, very precious.
And If Captain Philip Stansfleld had" not
reached his hand across and taken the
candle out of her nerveless fingers, she
would .have dropped. It to tho ground. But
he set it quietly on the fable beside the
pitiful small .work basket, with which, in
deed, my mother was ever playing, but
nev er completing any great works.
"Sit down, Mary," be said, "and be
plecssd to comppse yourself. If you do
not exh bit all the gratitude and joy us-
uH- erpectcd frbm a wife upon "her hus
band's return after a lorg absence never
theless, Ijfoglve rou. My own behavior
gives meno rlgnt to be overrlg.d. is
that-tho .key of -vthe schnapps cupboard.
Mary? It used to hang at your girdle, I
remember."
My poor mother had dropped Into a stiff
backed elbow chair, her lips trying to
form prayers to God, but no sound com
ing from them, and her eyes staring un
comprehending at the man who had been
ner husband and had lain at her side.
He stoopedand detached the little square
warded key from, tho chain, knowing of old
the secret of the catch. Then he went to
the cupboard In the-corner, from which
there always came a pleasant smell of
ginger spice and honeycomb as often as it
was opened.
"Ah!" he cried, "you are as of old, Mary
You keep the bottles well supplied. I hope
his taste- in Hollands is as good and sound
as mine was.' w
He took a tall glass, filled and presented
It to my mother, who eat twisting her fin
gers, so fascinated that she could not take
her eyes away from hs for a moment.
So, long afterwards, she told me.
"Drink," he bade Jier. "I have much
to say to you which you must hear and
answer. And the time is short."
' He gave the glass Into her fingers, but
they shook so that the. Hollands , wa3
spilled on the- floor. Then he filled the
glass again with a kind of patience not
wholly Ill-humored. Indeed, she owned J
that his whole demeanor was wonderfully
calm for so bad and furious a man.
"Set It on the table," he said; "do not
hurry till you can overmaster your feel
ings. I own this must have been some
thing of a surprise!"
So .sayjng he turned away and lifted
the curtain which covered the little window
frdm the prying eyes- of neighbors." He
noted how the flush of. dawn had begun to
spread upwards, and then calmly dropped
the blind again.
"Drink it now, Mary!" he said. And
with her habitual obedience my mother
took the glass and drank.
"And I also after you to your service,
madam, and that we may prove better
friends!"
He lifted the glass as high as his head
with a gesture not wholly Ironical, and
drank the Taw spirits down like so much
Spring water.
Then at last my mother's lips formed
the word that had been on them ever
since she had seen Philip Stansfleld look
ing down at her from the angle of the
mantel shelf.
"Tou are a murderer!" she whispered
hoarsely, as If to herself. And again
she repeated with yet greater .horror on
her face, ''A murderer."
Captain Stansfleld shrugged his shoul
ders with the air of one who pardons the
lnconsistepcies of women.
"I thought, Mary, we had agreed to let
bygones be bygones. But since you re
mind me, I have been called by that name
and by others. My ow'n son bore testi
mony against me as did also Jacob the
Supplanter I mean your friend, Umphray'
Spurway, the Englishman. Now, I may
have been guilty or I may have been
Innocent That I bave not time to arguev
At all events, I was a rude man In those
days, dazed with strong drink and the lust
of the flesh- What I have suffered I
blame no man for except myself. And 1
forgive all who bore testimony against me
save only Umphray Spurway, with whom
I have risked my neck to reckon". And I
have reckoned!"
Then, again, my mother's 41p3 formed
words, spoken hoarsely and with effort.
butistlll Intelligible words.
"You have not killed him?" she asked.
"You plead for him," he went on, smil
ing bitterly. "I cannot call to mind that
you ever pleaded for me when I was in
greater straits. But there, that also Is a
bygone. Let us be friends, Mary, so far
as we can. I have, not killed him, and if
you will see eye to eye wltkme, I promise
you my hand shall never kill him!"
My poor mother could say no more, but
only watched him as the mouse may eye
they ravening monster between .whose
curved claws It lies helpless.
"I have no long time to waste, Maryr"
he went on, poising himself easily against
the little table, which creaked under hs
weight; "I must hasten and get aboard.
'And J hope not alone. You must crfme
with me, Mary!"
My mother was not more terrified than
before, simply because from hs first entry
she had touched the Ultimate of human
fear and horror. He went on:
"That Is, I hope to convince you that
there are Inducements.' of weight why you
shOuld, let bygones be- bygones and return
with me. I will not speak words of 'love
1-to you. For that, I take it. Is over be
tween us, if. indeed. It ever had a begin
ning. But you are old enough to be gov
erned In your actions by considerations
more practical. I desire your company for
several reasons. First, because I am not
the man I was, and I desire to be ye,
more and better than I am at present.
You can help me to that.
"Afcain. my brother John Sleckir Jock.
rbath now the estate, which Is 'our son's
For fear of bis neck he wMl send me a full
halt of all his receipts. Hitherto there
hatlj been deduced the portion due to you
aacordlng to my Lord Advocate Stair's
reading of the law. Wltbthat In hand
as well as brother John's moiety, I shall
be able to quit my present made of life,
which I grant you Is little better than
that of a common pirate. But what would
you? I was the har to a large fertuae.
never cheeked, never corrected, given the I
utmost liberty by my father, who wat
about his business without remarking me,
secretly supplied with money by ray moth
er. What marvel If I beeame as the
beasts that perish. If L wallowed In every
foul pit and knew it net? The death of
my father was laid to my charge. I say
not with what justice. I became a con
demned parricide a felon. Jiy wife was
never truly my wife. Alone and desperate
I saw her happy In the company of aa
other. I shot at the man and I wounded
you. What wonder, that you bate me!
I da not blame you." Yet if yotf will ac
company me over sias, you shall ta e
no cause to regret it. You wfH travel la
the company of your son." ,
"What?" cried my mother, starting to
her feet; "you bave not stolen him
away?"
"He Is on board my ship out there In
the bay," said my father, quietly. "What
more fitting than that we should all seek
a new land and a new life together?"
"Oh, cruel cruel,", moaned my mother,
"to take from me my. boy my Httl lad
Philip!"
"I presume you will admit that he Is
mine also my boy, my little lad, and the
rest of it," said Captain Stansfleld, with
some heat. "Now, I put It to you plainly.
If you accompany us your son shall gO'
as an honored passenger. He will sleep
In your cabin. He will dine at my. table,
and when we arrive in the" country -to
which my thoughts are tending, both you
and. heshall be handsomely provided for.
If, not "
He paused long enough to give my moth
er time to gasp: "What will you do 'with
my boy? You would not kill him?"
"That were equally useless and unprofit
able," said my father. "I would sell htm
for a slave in the plantations. There are
many that would give 80 golden guineas
for so handsome a lad!"
"You would not you could not such
things are not possible!" cried my moth
er. "Nevertheless." said Captain StansfieW.
"'they -are done. There are a score of
younglings out in'the ship yonder who wili
bring their price when we toueh the
shores of Carolina, all honestly come by,
too, and 'to be sold for honest geld. It
is a lawful trade, winked at by the gov
ernment and protected by the magis
trates." "I cannot go Oh, I cannot! Why tor
ture me?- moaned my mother, rocking
herself -to and fro In her chair.
"I bave here something that may prove
a more powerful argument than the slav
ery of your son," he went on with more
grlmness. "What think you of this pretty
.thing?"
And he tossed Into her lap the miniature
of herself which he had taken from out of
Umphray Spurway's pocket. At sight of
it m mother gave a shrill little cry,
knowing by instinct whence It had come.
For It was a copy of one In her posses
sion which had been lost for a time and
then again recovered. Caleb Cluckaberry
had averred that he had found It on
clearing out the Yett house.
"Whose is this?" she murmured. "I
know nothing of this'"
"So he said," my father went on, calm
ly. "It was taken byJbe hands of your
husband out of the breast of Umphray
Spurway. Your heart can" tell you if you
know any reason wh he should wear
against his heart the picture of a mar
ried woman. But that skills not. Suffice
It that I have left the man shut up In a
safe and. secret place not far from here,
and unless you put a. covering upon your
head and accompany me on board my ship
straightway, I will go back and slay this
man forthe shame he has done mine honor
in the- person of my wife. I promise it
before God!"
"I will come I will come!" cried my
mother. "I will not let my son be sold
into captivity. I will go with him!"
"How touching Is the love of a mother
for her only child!" said mv father.
thrusting the miniature into his pocket
ana again luting the Diind. -
"It Is growing Jight," be said. "Here,
Mary, take this cloak. Put the hood
over your head and wrap yourself well
fn It. The air Is shrewd and bites. Have
you anything you wish to bring with you?
If so, make it Into a bundle. I will come
and help you. Take few clothes or adorn
ments. There are plenty of both where
you are going."
And so, talking all the, while and as It
were encouraging her, Captain Stansfleld
made my mother put her necessities to
gether and take her little money out of
the drawer in the secretaire where it
always lay, as he well knew. Lastly, be
went to another cupboard, and there,
along old flounces, women's gowns and
ancient gear, he found a riding1 coat of
his own (for women can never suffer to
destroy clothing). He put it on, and the
two stole out Into the broadening twi
light of the new day, my father carrying
my mother's bundle under his arm.
It was characteristic of Philip Stans1
field that In the streets of the town
where his person had once been so well
known, and which was now garrisoned
by a troop of soldiers, he walked as on
his own quarterdeck, his head erect and
his hat set With an air. The sourish blapk
look of the hunted man was quite gone,
and though the old cruelty leaped up on
occasion,, yet, from this time forth he
walked and carried himself with no com
mon nobility.
As they went down the quay my mother
said, tremblingly, her mind! doubtless on
the strong place behind her where Um
phray Spurway was concealed: "You
have nor- killed him, Philip?"
And the Christian name, spoken In such
a maniier and In such circumstances,
might have softened" a heart of stone.
(To be continued.),
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