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days. Times are “amt property on tho border." And, having «hunted abutment, he dnwhimsqltback audaMtquqflontoHontxom- cy,withmoh3ect.ulconceived,ot embiflnzsloalcdebritymmgmt. “mmmymw.drr holnqnirod. ' myonbtnngdhhequm , “He’s no better than he should be,” any neighbor answered. “For all his jgrand airs, he's but little better than -a pauper. And that's where your blood {comes to In the end." The hostelry was much too large for its present uses, but for all that wore no air of neglect in the inhabited chaml hers. Myown rooms were marked by homely comfort, and I was waited upon like a prince of the blood. After a rude and wholesome country dinner I sought distraction in the taproom with my pipe and a heterogeneous company of townsfolk. The landlord was in some kind a president at this symposium, which consisted for the main part of a few of the smaller shopkeepers. There was Mr. Jones, for example, whose name I had noticed upon a shop front as I rode through the High street. Smis man fixed upon me early in the evening, and poured his confldences into my ear. He was a hay merchant, and he had no dearer ambition than to establish his business in Bristol. He found Raymond too mean for his as- piring temper, and the Mecca of his prayers was Bristol. I confess that I found him something of a bore. and was glad to exchange commenplaces .with nu other neighbor. The landlord himself kept his seat before the long table. smoking his long pipe with the peace of a man whose businees is and ed for the day, and now and then dis- ' charging a glance in my direction. He ma, I discovered, a traveled man for tho-e parts, and had the reputation of a smart fellow. Indeed, he compared well with the duller rustic: who eur- reunded him. The placid air of the tap‘ teem was in some ways little more di- verting than the solitude of my cham~ her, but that was soon to pass. Pnes- 1 ently there came a great noise rol- lewedhyahearytiempotteetap- preaching m the outer has: and in attuned a tell swag when With my; hat am one we and a satiety air oi one «he knew hi! ewe worth and were! in: warmest, a, ‘KWe iii.“ ms- the Mower W5" trleedt‘h but with a cerium a!» e: m2 ‘ twat, “Fleet or rows. Mr. Meet: new. air. a a good evades to you.“ .5 “0h. hang your ceremonies." says ' the newcomer. but with no touch or ill , humor. “and give your best attention “You’re righ ” nodded his vla-a-vll and replaced hla pipe In his month. “May I eat what castle you are speaking on” I ventured to an. ad- dressing the miller. “Ivor castle. air." said he civilly. “It laya in the Gwent. air, back of the hills.” explained the landlord. “As you talk of this burglary.” aald Montgomery. breaking ln rather rude 1:. "I’d like first to knew what they were going te and in the castle. Every onekaowa there‘s nothlngteheget them” Confioated With this aaeivil infidel» the miller came to bay. “1 don‘t know anything newt it? he Maid; “All I new is that the: mag we” are the wee woke up By a wise gem maedmaeweatteeleepmm mum her head easier the blankets and that the MWV'ahtrâ€"l eaa‘t m NM isle new told her next do: that the thierea had tried to get led “mm? med Montgomery. who has! mainly amok too men to be all «at companion. “1 do“ all that much of a title.“ “If it‘s true “‘1 two“ said the mild looking man. ~, The landlord, who was close by me, noting my interrogation with a busy “0h. hang your ceremonies.“ says the newcomer. but with no touch at in humor. “and give your best attention to my order. “remover!“ And. elap- ping his but more firmly on his head. he rapped loudly upon the table. He ~(frank therglass of whisky which the barman served and then fell into a £63m scheme had changed but little during the 300 years which had passed since its erection. seat and stared without any trucn- lence, but rather with a savage air of curiosity, at myself. He was of a ruddy color and quite young, and something in his hearing rather than in his dress marked him out from the rest of the company. But above all his great size and muscular appearance were notice- able. do: min and puturo. nnd descend. upon the black hill. of the mining dis- trict beyond. At Rnymond. which was upon the hither tide of the river, we are yet In lnglnnd proper nnd upon tho margin of n more open country. The town Itself is small and neat and wears its air of respectnble antiquity very haughtily. .n, The inn. which was itself among the most venorsblo buildings in the small town, was comfortably served by a very brisk landlord or middle age. It had kept, so to speak. a precarious continuity with antiquity and in the r vet. Elyâ€"Ti 'cnlled In the cdmfifde. rolls westward acrootthe county. bto ion by tracts of fertile fields lying un- “Who is that?" I asked as soon as Montgomery's eyes had wandered from me. the weet of England I fell upon the little town of Raymond and brought up at 1 in the evening at the Swnn hostel- ry thnt occupies e corner or the irreg- ular triangle constituting the market place. he country in that pert is full er evening hiile end valleys. eort end exhiimting o! eir and clothed with n greet venture of wood. The (rent Gwent, es the forest across the little eye, lâ€"eaned fox-war}! and supplemented this disparaging information in a whis- “One of the best families in the Gwent. 311',” he murmured, “though his date is‘no more than: yeomn’s now- '1‘ was In August of the yen 188â€" m: I turned the corner, as it were, into the strange history I an new to relate. The Welsh marches had been entlrely unknown to me until at n polnt in an lnle tour of Emil: Tm U ‘17: “Come in.” say: the innkecper. The Adventurers copy 9.16311. 18”. CHAPTER I. 5 Km your: yen 188- have 1 ner, as It of I h » history I Scotct The Welsh hi. 0] nknown to in“). MARRIOTT WATSON It was clear that he had taken enough to be quarrelsome It the opportunity should rise, and unfortunately he chose to turn his banterlng gaze upon my sour and peevish neighbor. “Crops,” said Montgomery in a haw], “crops is as they should beâ€"season- nble. Here’s to crops, gentleman, and also to hay,” and he fell into his chair laughing abominably. I 'coula not say 11' this was part of an elaborate jest, conceived by a maudlin brain, or whether he had really beet} “Who the devil asked your opinion?“ retorted the lad brusquely. The mild man shifted in his chair. but 131th courage to ask it a man might not ex- press his sentiments upon a point of general Interest. how’s hay '2” ' “How’s crops, my young gentleman?” says J one: In his surly fashion. "That's true. anyway." assented Montgomery, with a foolish ilaugh. some alarm. Montgomery stood. his red face some- what vacant and grinning broadly, while his sallow faced victim, whd‘had got upon his feet, gesticnlated and stut- tered under his nose with a show of passion that was not quite English, and at this moment, when it seemed as it some retaliation was to be ex- pected and a trans precipitated, an impulse took me, and I myself inter- vened. - “I think. sir,” said I, addressing Montgomery. “you will admit that you have used this worthy gentleman very taken with tn nnreasonabie fit of anger; but, whether of accident or of purpose, he filled up his glass forward between his fingers, and the dress flew out and sputtered the hay merchant’l face. omit-onto! with m: Mfll mm the mum- cum to buy. “I can mix- MSW «mm It? be What; “All I new his an m mu mm sum. as» m w “9N m at?! posed one or the company, seeing. u we all saw, that we should get no tur- thor interest out of the miller. Our attention broke up. “You’re right," nodded his VII-£4“ and replaced his pipe in his month. “May I not what castle you are speaking on” I ventured to our. ad- dressing the miller. "Ivor cutie, sir.” said he civilly. “It lays In the Gweut. sir, back of the hills," explained the landlord. “As you talk or this burglnry.” said Montgomery, breaking in rather rude- ly. “I’d like first to know whet they wengolngtefindlnmeeustle. Every one known there‘s nothing to in got were you, sir, with your youthlnd spirit :t my back. I.would ukhia pardon at can." 03 that hemmdatmeroraomelec- .: "Anna. 9 unornens aids. and then, plumpinx the empty dun on the table, he; broke into a mum-h laugh. “All right," ha said; “very 10:17.1 ”I“ nu”, but his W” _a.nd_ “Weli, he didn't catch them,” admit- ted the miller, “but he frightened them off. They were after the plate that the old gentleman keeps, so the man told my girl.” “He’s a queer old customer," inter- “Aye, that's it. He was servant to the castleâ€"the girl saidâ€"and he caught them." “Caught whom?" said Montgomery Impatiently. gomery. “What dover. “I don‘t exactly recall the right or it " the miller confessed, with a hasty sense of shame. Montgomery looked at me and, seeing a smile in my eye, burst out laughing. “But I know it was about a burglary,” said the miller promptly and with courage. ‘ â€" _’â€"'v “I heard something queer happened at the castle last week,” he said at last. seeing that his news must out. “What‘s that?” asked Montgomery. “A girl that was in service there told my missus,” went on the miller. “We have taken her in. She‘s left the can- tie." r "ira’ like to hear about the burglary,” said some one. “The man that keeps the Inn thereâ€" theâ€"what’s that inn ‘2” went on the mill- “I don't know so much ebout that.” put in suddenly e man on the other side of the room whom. from hle gen- erel elr. I took to be e mlller. “'I'here'e something a: I heerd or lately thet wee pretty. exciting." ‘ The epokeemen drew ell eyes upon him. The eurtece of our deep com- posure stirred and rufied. “What‘s thet. Mr. Llewellyn?" eeked the Innkeeper. Montgomery looked lncreduloue. “Pooh!" he eeld dledelntully. The mlller enjoyed the lmportance end seemed inclined to prolong It. Be lelsurely refilled hls plpe. your: home?" ‘Ee eiélaunea. “Hex-"o have I ridden in ten miles for the light of a human taco and the taste of good Scotch. nndâ€" That‘s rlzht." Ho gave his order and. observing Wondover anln. gave vent to a heavy laugh. "What do you expect to happen in the Gwent?” he asked. “It'n no dull a: ditch mter.” “Gentlemen!” cried the landlord, in ‘6' “The Woodman,” answered Mont- Mr. Jones," said he, “and did she say?” asked Wen- “It is not mine," said he, with a com- placent smile. “I go better prepared than my years would suggest.” “No bones broken I inquired. He shook his head, leaning upon my arm and breathing painfully. 7 The wordsire'called me to the thought of the runaway, to whom I attributed this scurvy trick upon an old gentle “A bruise or two, and no wind in my bellyâ€"n6 more. I was a fool to have forgotten my pistol." mm. a; it mm am- We: tell mam lane. and i had am onthohnheaataeettheetmmto mmmwwmimxam eaetaatmglelntheeleeohmheto mlothenénmthetaamlieheutm at; one am“ lea aaslataaoo. heat-m the he: without tum ado. M he we of mm mettle l :3an into the cow and m toward the notion (shouting a: i went to encourage the «estate» who was «lilac M an. The cries had ahead: ceased. but a crackling and brushin- ln the under growth still directed me. and. hunting through the turze and brler. i came out very suddenly upon the verge of the little brook and almost fell over the form or a man who lay doubled upon the earth. A: I stumbled and shifted to regain my balance I had a glimpse of a lithe, lean bodied fellow vanish- ing precipitate]: into the come. But obviously it was to the victim that I must first turn my mind rather than to any fugitive assailant. He was a man, as I guessed. of someraixp year-3401- “Some highway thief?” “Hardly that," he remarked thought- fully, and pulling forth an ancient snuflbox with deliberation. “No, I could scarcely describe him as that.” “I would not worry.” said he suave 1y. “It is of small consequence a: it happens. Now, had you come up a mo- ment later,” he continued, recording me. with a. faint smile, “I could had]: have put u limit on this business. but uit is" ls"Surely.” I broke in shortly, “you will havethehrutenmteduyouanne on!" hm again?” “Recognize him?” murmured the old more, very bald ot the head and under the middle stature. Across his.white and shining forehead was a streak of blood, which drew from me an excla- mation u I helped him to his feet. I made a motion to withdraw, recol- lectlng hastily that it was my duty to ascertain some tidings ot the roman, but the old gentieman. oburvlnx my intention, put his hand upon my shoul- Llanthony, according to my host, lay at the back of the first hill, some four miles from Raymond. but as the estate was not my particular aim, and, if it had been, I had no one to guide me, I roamed indefinitely through byways over a circuit of the upper Gwent and finally drew up in the village or Llanel- Ian about the hour of lunch. This vil- lage lay a mile or so from the more open districts of the Gwent and within the privy borders or the great forest it- self. It would have been easy to throw the reins upon the horse‘s neck and to wander, lost in the abysms or that wil- derness. for the villages were scattered at a great distance and the habitation: of the settlers were at long intervals. It was somewhere about 5 in the after- noommdaslmdedowamtoa spa- dons valley a new miles from Liane!- lan. that the monotony of this desulmry Llanthony, it nppears, was the name of Montgomery’s paternal estate in the Gwent. And, in fact, it was for this Gwent that I was bound this morning. The prospect of those rolling bills at- tracted me with some force. I had an appetite for the wilderness of that back country, unseat-red, as I learned. by the track of any railway. It was in a way virgin, at the least a property pri- vate from the world. As I struck across the Bay had directed my horse toward the long red slope of the as- cent I looked back upon the little town and discovered it wrapped in moun- tain humor-s. r"' n,_ ,, “Not a bad sort, air. at heart, but he’s running to need here. He‘s taken a main fancy to you. That I could spy at a look. But lt’u a poor prospect for him, with land dwindling away to nothing, and Llanthony ls a shabby house for a young gentleman as he should be.” But he volunteered a tow nddltional particulars atgout Mon‘tgomery. n, ..A {SSEâ€"town: way of thinking. But. there, all sort: or blood to to make a nation. and that's the trqth." “Thoy’ro not like us of the eastern counties. sir.” says he. “They're a bit Welah hembout. It‘s n contamin- CHAPTER II. AIN had fallen ln the night, and a sweet savor o! onrth com- minxled with the summer nlr when I opened my door and looked torth upon the courtyard. The landlord gently deprecated the events at the prevloue evenlng. onerlnx. as lt mlght be to n tngtldlons (nest, on apol- i’a't. sitting mm: Eleni 15': a 3653 marchés is called- It was yet early. but the taproorn had lost its human for me". and I was for bed. In my room I spent an agree- able hour. idiy considering my guide- books and determining a date for my return to town. l‘pon the map 1 made out the site of lvor castle. of which there had been talk. also or Mout- gomery's farm. which he had described to me. They both lay in the Gwent. as that great reach of forest in the lad, an introduction none too favorable. ot whichhebegan atoncetomaknuee. for he crept close to me. moving tram chair to chair. when a chance served him. and. being emboldened by the liquor he had drunk, struck up a lively conversation with me. In the end he was eXceedinxly merry, and was shak- ing me heartily by the hand. and invit- ed me to drive out to his farm in the Gwent with a good deal or unusual warmth and vehemem‘e. but I managed at last to make my escape, and that without giving him aliense. A ...»....n tor a headstrong young scape- “a m’ by an event or was the cause?" I asked. L131 L n 30' in; but will u -- Wlthout more udo we resumed our wall: and, entering an avenue of limes, came next upon an iron gateway net in a high brick wall. It was of very an- cient workmanship. but as nothing to the house ltnelt. whlch enme directly lntotunvlewunoonuwehndpaued theenu'uce. ltleynomeaooynm back. nppmnched through a patch of park grown with me: and Inter-penal wlth noble tneee. My nut hm had not been wrong. It was m In. thnn the mine! «mm 1- hurt thirty years ulncc. 1 mt e I say." he mod. clutching out. ut nimy an. “that my adventur- My :- inadmuuyodmuuomum v to! man as.” H. pun-0d o ' again, my born with appa- :. gent man». “In the tint plum I “l t. MU conlclouS. .\lr. w: I dmz' W“ I 0““: your name. .\lr."a “Omani.“ I told him. “but you.“ said he. “1 um rm. mocha. ‘2. Greater“. that I u. under I M ObUIutiou to 3031 for _\ .».. [Nit mic. this afternoon. Ham. out! 11).. ”I. If I rememlwr mug.“ Grater“. ill Hampsbhe. 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Interrognted me. but with no rude curiosity, rather as if they of- torod u remark which I might consider n question or not. as I chose. 1 an- swered funny. “I am staying at the Swun, in Ray- mond, and to say truiy"â€"I hushed- “! am not quite sure how far 1 nm from the town or in whnt direction it limli ‘ ' “In that case." he said urbanely. but with a sense of satisfaction, as I imag- ined, “my reluctance finishes. You are some seven miles from Raymond. and‘my house is here.” mum-pg and»: my arm I m H! I ma mmly m say." hp mined. clutching out. n my an. ‘6“ my gamut. mu mlduhmmcummmu or man as.” H. puma! again, my bone with uppu~ en: in“ “In the out plan I should not It” boon so mm homo; secondly. 1 than not have been with. out my m: thlndly. I ahoukl have unduyfllekhrderwhen I gothome. l m of negligence! which undo a: 1m nlmost a m’taimy but Mr M infill." he added as a punt? “I am at a loss to know." said he. is- boring over his words and speaking very deliberately, “whet devil or folly pursues men that they will hand :11 on a piece of carelessness, a wsnton whim or just mere indin‘erence at idle- ness. I cannot say”â€" He penned as we emerged upon the reed. "nu- must be your horse, then. a good. serviceable animal. tint would have warned my His air was so abstracted that I took leave to doubt his sanity: but, after all, it was no business of mine if he was foolishly disposed to mercy. and one needs but little imagination to con- ceive of a dozen d‘eep reasons for an assault save the plain motive or theft. He turned to me presently as I was upon the point of withdrawing. “Thank you. quite safe." he replied. without troubling to asvertalu. “Yes. quite sate. Certainly I must suppose it to have been robberyâ€"yes. robbery. no doubt." son. with such mildness. even with smisbiilty. I could scarce credit my senses to see him discoursing there. with his son! between his fingers. so pleasantly sud broadly. of the event. He seemed quite unnamed. though his body still panted with the etiorts of his struggle. “18"}:5‘} watch gate? I suppose it was robbery '2" I said. feeling somehow rather mean and cast down by the un- expected situation. mm 11.1; Iarw- n‘gofi 32? have vstood tho rack“. 10! thouzh I heal-tn: ocuowidp you hlvo acquired a «an chill to “tow tion. It is very good of you.“ ho aid politely. and than. “1.. I think I should know [In minâ€"If '0 alt- which is of coal. Om EMU able." he concluded. with 8 Milk in his eyes. Now. the «if poucuion of thin oid fellow, with his air of imperturbabie courage. puuiod me hugely and in a manner was very disconcerting. He had taken the outrage. which had evi- dently been committed upon his per- 1 had a glimpu 9L 0 “M W W It was in the dining room that we spent the evening. This was e long. low roofed chamber occupying the ground floor and opening with win- dows upon the cobble courtyard on the one side and the meadow ot the port on the other. It wee e greet chamber to contain but two people. but some- howthebieckoekottheweneudthe general air ot the nphoieteey prohibited the thought of discomfort. nu. "li- mnotvmnhaormhmbut mean. it one con-Ida“ dub. 1!: e eoneonree of mutt-tone uoee. end high otepplng ghosts. Upon this ”at, on It happened. I m not long Ian I- curl- odty. tot: Mt. Kuhn. m. in tho good tomgdethohhtouot (toen- 7“? ms ‘HI" ‘I “1 him s new?“ mm M Mes mmnlmflo Minot“ 1 mm politely and M some contentmlmis Mush title «we sit ’ oi mete" pm luv t‘fidl‘i‘hfih m cm» twenties! l Md the or will“ to make a “new no of the «one on it my“! two without '1‘“ m I‘M the «it oi than hills M \‘on on a sum nun. Ne “MN; my. “a stimultliiufl. and the sum not.“ he continued “nexus we ml llsht cm the woods and volleys with «um “1 mm tell you the” how no . m “on. Smoking s custom. "I M W 5‘" W ll swelled mod the edifice, surmins housekeepeusd s mold The men ion wlth eduirins eyes the details or the sow. who took mm W “I ' design. The entrance by the poncnllis 00ml. “ ““0““. He NM "1 I“, hetwoen two solid drum towers. was unfortunate one“ ‘0 lose my very «tumble to look on The hot- mm s month no end so for hue been tlsments. which won extremely plaln unnhle to fill his plsce." lheau to understsnd. He wss in some test 01 his lonely condition. Poe. slhly he dmded on stuck by his lste' mellsnt. Suddenly. toe. ran into my memory the scene in the tsproom on the previous nlght. the miller snd his long pips end his story. There was thst ssme tale thst should hove been exciting shout s bowel-y. And here i was in Ivor castle. and h: no means perfect, the mschlco- lotions heinx worn into great chums here and then. stood two stories sway from the bees o! the castle. and three it the bottom or the most be counted. Upon the one side of the irregular sqosre which the buildings mode the stonework. es I hove said. had fallen into disrepsu'. end. indeed. no rooms were hshitsble here. The detritus of centuries hsd flowed ever into the “It you ere thinking of tint woun- drel!"-â€" I began. “Surely the police"- He interrupted me with a smile. “The police, Mr. Greetorex, are seven miles from Ivor cutle. But pray do not mloundenund Inc. I shell be in- finitely obliged'by your compnny. it's long since I Ind an intelligent conver- sation. But I would not detnln you it you had any occupies Ibout staying." I unwed. "Not I!" sold I. “I will etny and gludly." And in truth I meant It. for the «Nature interested me not a llttie. Wu it burglm? 5 ,3 is g i 3 3 “WW. I mm m m m m «0!th NM mm m M W 9! mums wanna m- “m cm a um m m GMW m.“ be mmw. awash! M W“ my miscellaneous tam-00m. I replied something to the eflect or this thought. "Good!“ said he. brightening a little. "You are kind to cheer a eolitnw. i can even promise you a bottle of cham- pagne it you are young enough. It you will. allow me I will all my house The invitation in the query took me aback. tor, eccentric as my host un- doubtedly was. I had not anticipated this profler ot-hospitality. Yet there waa certainly no pressing reason for my return. and here. at least. I should have more congenial company than in I assured him that I was not. He nodded, as if this were satisfactory news. “Nor am I," he answered, "but very probably for another reason. I cannot expect you to take part in my philosophy, but I am reminded that you have seen nothing of a house which is of some historical interest, and which I should esteem myself happy to show you. Is it necessary that you should return to your Swan this evening?" hem-r.” He won and went to the ML but. muting with his bud upon the “M: Greaterex.” said be, "you are a young man. I begin to think that we should find much in common. You wail permit the question? Are you mar- rial?" Ali this wu conceived in the moat formal and eccentric temper. and doubtless had it not been for the “flu” intemt of his habit and cow duct 1 might not have contented so Ineckiy to be his guest. for it was now time for my homeward Journey. How- ever. 1 must. it appeared. sit and drink with him a sin. or sherry in his ii- A little later I excused myself, end me for departure. For a minute or two he appeared to have fallen iutc abstraction, and then, glancing at we quickly, be regarded me with a stead- fast. inquiring gaze. u Ivor cutie." brag, glmand gncleu; roan; with a very fine dfiplay of ouken shelves and paneling. “I an may "mks. Mr. Gmto rex." b0 exclaimed with a gesture of upoloa. “You have not yet the nude 0: your mtetul boat. My name h! Kenna. and um I- generally known matfliurther Ippomncm teamed to the no. or the cutie u a farm. From a Icmtmy ot this plenum INDOCC 1 WI: around by my host. who. pun-lug as he punter! open 3 huge oaken door. tunod to no manly. We puma wrench the arch of ma- sonry and Into the courtyard wlthlu. when the 0k! gentleman tummy unm- moned 1; mm and gave him charge or my horse. And here again I noticed v-- “You will no tint I on tblo to moist a siege.” told my boothwuh u whim- sical mile. on we crossed the artw- hridxo. adding. with what seemed to no u comical irony and looking down at the bridge. “i fear. though. we should and 00m. trouble with the hinges.” H‘m‘o’i Ii feafew’ni’or ti! knife vonred me bulldlnx and tool In many polnts of Interest. It was qnlté one“. but. saving for one win. In perfectmln- tegrlq. .From the huge masonry "of the drum towers down to the moat and portculllo all was as It bud been In the due muybe of Hugh Lupus. The wlug ot the quadrangle to our left was dis- mnntled and lay strewn with huge stones In precnrloue ruin. A hundred yards or no upon the other side. how- ever. glenmed the red root and heavy thatch of term buildings. and a round stock or two ln the neighborhood proved that the tertron kept its on- clent use: no longer. ’ ' l . I : _'_' -, - v ' a? ' 1175 33. He win {meet creature. nny'pnmun...uitseemedtomofflfl n- --_.._.u.n- amn- and tune and divers wild creepers. Completing my clncnlt of the castle, i Itruck upon a stream which ran in 1 full body through the park and. reach- ing the verge of the woodland. leaped quddenly into a torrent and scattered Into e waterfall down the steep taco of the hill. While I we: wandering upon the margin, watching the tide and twirlotthetinyeddlee withluyeat- inaction. I emuntered my host. who humid. “YeI.itinretty,hnt prettier intheeopeuhebw, whenIthinkyou mun M It yeatendny. Here ltruummnly; helowitieenelsy W Io'luifltfl‘zuuheu.” *Ibudnwmmilrer'lub courtyard, and the stones were heaped in a solid accumulation and overgrown with masses of huge Irish ivy. The southern face of the castle was, so to speak. but a hill of rock. It was at the junction of the southern and western walls that the keep stood, itself raised some twenty teet above the level of the battlemeuts sad the termination of (fie habitable portion of the fortress. '1‘ e moat. which was some ten feet deep. was grown upon with grass, and its sides wens covered with blackberry equate which the building: made the stonework. u I hove said. had taiien into diorepeir. and. indeed. no rooms were habitable here. The detritus of centuries hod flowed over into the “Oh. it was not I.” I nnowerod light- ly. keeping up the trlvlnmy. “but a young gentleman or the Gwrent.”y_ Mr. Keeteven ceased to smile. “In: I ask his me!” he and. "Montgomery. I believe, but I mule!~ stand we are sworn friend- now. no that no harm Is done." "Hummers!" be repeated slowly. “Yea. I have been! the luneâ€"e very youu'c and mum mm." and In "add me with n eel-hi. Medin- HO "ITCW open the window and leaned i Assgntjng graciously, he led the way 10m“ ? toward the house and, letting himself own ' gently down the sloping bank, walked, peering about him. along the bottom :0! the moat. “You will find it over- _ __‘ _- .1-..1.; n k- and “RH! rm‘r have saved an old man from his company, which is, after all, somewhat dull fellowship.” “No," said I, echoing his smile. “I have been myself preserved from the hard chain of a very crowded tap- rooxn and the quarrelsome attentions .‘ of half drunken farmers." ; “Come. come." said he xeninlly. “you must not (Ive the Swan n villainous reputation." vâ€"V'V-‘ , - Buddonly ho ton and going to a win- dow throw at open and leaned forth. 1 hoard «nowhere from the deep re- count of the old homo a clock atrium; Ibo hour ot 1. hit. Ito-town cloned tho «lament and turned to me. "I (on. Mr. Gmtorox." he sold. with I mm. “that I hlvo totched you hero and» hlu protons-o. but It loan you â€"wâ€"â€"'_ .. .__ noble. while the next I m driven to emcee by very clear elm that be dis- nothln; but e pitiful contempt mm the whole prejudice or race end funny. The men «not me ee weer. in: e meek. end that e meek or such eeverlty end primneee ee to ofler very few eecreu to kill comm. And even at hie moments of most specious frank- neee I wee never eble to determine the depth of la genuinopeee. â€"â€"'â€" 'â€" â€"._ w Be an»: me out eome wines, civ- lu me e We choice. but himself drinking but epu'incly. ‘ “No. that you; 1 here never amok- ed.” aid he in reply to my odor of a cigar. “Will you not smoke youm-lf. Mr. Outta-ex? And prey try that port. I understand it to be of I partic- uier you.” He lneielod gently upon helping me from the decanter end then dropped will: into hle_che_ir. nâ€". w r-â€" _Viv eat contusion. One modaent quite a. uonndlnc pride an; in his pompous munclauon of the title. of ao_m_e great W boot: in. autementn. striv- lnx to pick come order In, their app» wxrcnnAN-WAfib'Efii, fiAiac wéuld set me I. I no ’ ‘CAUGHT COLD met. I. understood the reason til! an mt. It. Kate's. fuming to me. nodded h a clonal: way toward the man. “Ion have bend me spent at Hood.‘E an u, with a aunt smile. “He wt! whack. A month. mm 1:. Hood?“ “2.4.1:; jut a monthâ€"tour we?“ mOmMMtB-‘NP‘MW l ht «it. et he «ANN! m a Ml “Q“? i. the Wlfl um urns “ml «mm M ’58.? N“ haw“ Mk! ot the W of the ttwwt a new \‘i on so» mu we» t wet m W to Mt to M e mam late? mm. AN Wt my wt M2!- ttt it tow wow“ the mom-Mt or: um «nutty whivh was mouth to w w mouth muwtetl with tux fortune» The t-ustle stood tum a little ewktwnw toward the hither Marts ol‘ the Inns and look“! down towtml the east upon a krill. Md valley as upon its altt‘klfil domain. This valley. which was E0199 thwe miles long and little mort- than a mile across. was inclosed by undulat- ing hills and enveloped in a dense growth of forest. Two roads ran from the castle toward the east downward. one upon either side of the ravine. One of them â€"â€" not that by which I had mounted on the previous afternoonâ€" we took upon this walk together. I searched nmid the trailing creepers and presently discovered the mouth or the conduit. It was of thick stone and mom: and from m appearance must have been or very ancient construction. But the opening was choked with earth end m nnd pmbnbly had been so for centuries. X aid a much to Mr. believ'e my predecessor In the tenancy of the cutie hld_it opened some fifty you- ng». and flooded the moat tor than Wt. I understand mat tho experiment m quite successful In untamed t put: of guests. on. 0! whom.” he added dryly. “fen int. “0 “hr II!!! “a only rescued mm can cumm. But you shall mm mm- ummmmm with our mm. W am mum. I Issm? 31m. m. mm. It in will your snwiy, um um mm of mm is by m him-m Mr.“ grown. no doubt." he said. “But your eyes are better than mine. It is ten years since I look_ed_ for i " We had gone about a mile or rather In. upon this road when we came up- on the first sign- ot life. The country was but sparsely peopled. but here. at Any rate. was some remote and faith- rm settler. The Inn-tor such it was- bore the name of the Woodman and was, as I conceived. of the sixteenth century at least. It was small. but the outbuildings attaching to it rambled away into the forest behind. The _sign m""ag};.;mg do a green patch of grass before an door. A; we 13f“ near. n man lounging in front of the inn suddenly drew his pipe from his mouth and touched his hat. “Good morning, Hood." said my com- panion quietly, pausing and learning on his stick. “Reno are very pleasant days for us all." '11"! are. air.” responded the man. E. m or niddlo height, with a great W at nctivity in his sinewy body. Indhisthin dark tacebore sha- mm: W of polite deference. It “I u it his air apologized for no! I utt'ered an exclamation of delight and vowed that I must explore farmvr. I looked at him luquiringly. H. Imued. "Let me see." he resumed, “if I can give you ocular proot. It should be here." He stopped and. dipping mg stick into the water. poked among the pebbles ot the stream. “Ah. here it is! I think I have it!" He looked toward the castle. above the battlemems or which now flamed the morning sun. They rose some fifty yards army. “There is a connection with the moat by means or a conduit,” explained .‘dr. Kesteven. “Not unusually.” he replied. “but there to well within the castle. doubt. less from the same springs. \‘ox mo brook rendered n more important an. ice in my predecessors’ times." od. Ynsvlna‘ted‘wfthrthp pmfift'ive idea on“ SI and .84" amounts. II. T. A. slocll', Um“, Toronto. since." If Mr. Mumford had stated to who Psychine when he first caught cuiu' he would have awed himuotf. Io! of lnxwlv nnd “Faring. Pa ‘chinc cums an Inn}, trouble: by Inning (amtâ€"the romx of u “of; tw‘me‘n since Ptychine Cured we 38 cons “on." The apakcr was Mull}. E. Mum ord. six trot m“. Ind looking just “‘th he is a hflky health farmer. He works his ovm mm near momma. Ont. " l cuuxht my cold working as a fin-cm“fl on the C.P.R." he continued. " I had night sun-ems. ch‘ilh and fever nnd frmwpm. ,,--A_ Al_-I Inn-n.“ I -_ mm hope for me. Two months mm. men! of Puychine put me right on n:_\- fer: god I hu‘e Ind no return of lung hunblo ‘hc di”..é‘ 500. Per Bottle (Continued next week.) ON THE CPR (W Shh-on) «mm E 15th. 1906 “I think not. I yon-r muttergd i h “H" I‘M M“! «kt um w W no Bar; say: That H “ay in me Ii the Omemee I the lughuav tween the Si casions of ‘ 0pc and the line but weal: concession o $N C‘uuhwl law mu mung rw mm Lhwvu deem Adria. 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