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COPYRIGHT. 1893. UNDER THE NAME OF "LITTLE ANNA MAIIK. " 11Y 11. S. CROCKETT.
S.innpilx < if I'ri-t limn ltiNlilltiirnN | ,
Sir J.itni-f Stnnyflclil of Now Mlltis , In
cotnp.itiy vvlili his grandson , young Philip ,
Wet * In an liui-limini * hist snn 1'hlllp iind
his BOM'S iiiiruiniiiir. Janet Murk. They
qunrrt-l Sir .lumen ' ' henno. taking ailing
Ills gianilynn. Thtit night hiIH murdered
l > y r If ilKsoluti' snn and .land Murk.
0'hP > tnke | IH | hnily outside and lay It upon
mi I I'-llne , In the offorl to fasten the crime
upon other shoulders. Htit thu hey , IMilllp ,
linn wltnoHsi-H tlu crime lie tells Ills grand-
lath" TH rhlff ti niiiu , I'mphray Spurway.
nnd Kpurway sin-cords In having the real
murderer brought to Justice. He la
tontriu'fd to he hanged , his woman ac
complice to he trnnMporled. Mysteriously
1'hli'n ' Btannilold escapes the Hallows , seeks
oni hl wlfo , llnds her In the company ot
Hpurway , and tries to murder her , but doe ?
Mot nilti ) > surrcid. She N taken away to
Aniri.ilrn for ( lire , leaving her ran , yinilig
I'hlllii. In charge ( , f Kpnrway unil In the
company of little Anna Mark. In mi whom
Jie 'i HUM lh.it In Home ways girls are worth
Dili ' us much an hoys. For example. In
the tune of Hi , , cuttle ilrovltiK. when blaster
Hpurway hnupht Ms winter boasts' ' In the
"Mnrt. ' Annii heats I'hillp In helping to
cul lliein out. Still they lire excellent
fricmiH , even thmiKh she heats him nt her
Hid'1 ! " ! ! in lh > Kcnonl lo w..lch they no
tup ther. John Slanslleld. Philip's lawyer
uncle. hrlnp : < In a new teacher , Dominie
llingrnw , a small man with wonderful eyos\
Bhc.rtly nfier his coming the countrysldo
la shocked jind thrilled with a number of
blomlv and nixsterlniis inutdorn , evidently
for Die sake of robbery , liuslnuss calls
Vinphriiy Pmirwny from home. In the
Absence IL his pac king case , purporting to
be full of line Spanish wool , Is delivered teA
A\ ill Howman , IImphra > 's clerk. He puts
It in the weaving shed. That night I'hillp ,
playing about It , sees shining through ihe
paii7e of Hie packing c-iisv a pair of eyes ,
ale calls Will Uowmun , who counts three ,
then stalm the packltiK wise with a small
sword. lilncKl Hews , they open the i-aso
an ) find Dominie Hlngrose Inside , a ; > -
j > urently dead. Shortly after the house la
uliucked by robbers , whom Hlngroso had
inoant to lei In. They are beaten off. but
rifterwat-d Philip's mot'lier ' refuses to let
lilm spend thu holidays at New Mllns.
XVIII Con ( In oed.
Anna Murk Scnil * a
cCopyrlKht , 1SK ) , by S. II. Crockett.
So home to my mother I went to the little
housu In the Vennel , whoso gable looks on
the port and out on the sea washing the
very sand before our doors , a mighty change
lor a laddlo bred on the hills , llefore me
an I drew on my brooks were hundreds of
masts of the harbor of Abercalrn. the tall sea
going ships riding without at their anchor-
holds , the coastwise schooners dimpling
"DID YOU KVKR HEAR OF Sill HENRY
MORGAN ? " HE SAID.
on the swell midway , and a score of smacks
Vackod along the quay like herrings In a
foarrel.
Then such rolling , tarry Bailers as
slouched and Htnokcd along the sea front ,
such curious oiled curls , pierced oars strange
oaths , Jolly slilvo.r-my-tlmbers comrades.
All the milieu , melancholy , sour humors of
the Covenanting lillln seemed In an hour
blown away by the sunburned mirth and
3iiany-tongued joviality of the seaport of
Aborcalrn.
My mother , however , had a new grievance.
Blio had otten pressed It upon Umphray Spur-
vvuy that ho was not the person to bring
tip a well grown girl verging upon 14 or
35 , who would soon spring up Into a woman.
And so my mother offered to take Anna
Jlurk as her daughter and 'bring her up with
niu In our llttlo IIOIIM at Aborcalrn.
"Sho needs other governance.than yours , "
eald my mother to Master Spurway. "What
fikllla It that she can shoot and fish and
jilay buckmvord as well as any man in ten
parlshm ? She ! H not a man and the doing
of these things will only shame her the
snoro. "
Hero I protested vehemently and was
promptly put to sllenco with an asperity
qulto foreign to my mother's nature. "You
know nothing about the matter , Philip. Hun
your ways out and play. "
So for thu time 1 went , 111 enough pleased ,
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to writ * without delay ,
and left my mother to preps her jirojcct.
upon Umphray Spurway In her own manner ,
which doubtless she did with all suca'ss.
For there was nothing then or ever that
Umphray would not do to please my mother.
Hut when I came in again I Mild lo her :
"Mother , what alls you and Mttlo Anna
Mark ? Why do you not like her ? "
U was a surely ulmplo question enough ,
yet. must my mother fall a-trcmbllng and
looking at mo with a palo and perturbed
countenance.
"Listen , 1'hlllp , " she said. "I have had
enough of thlw Llttlo Anna Mark. Hvct
slnco you went to the Mlln house It has
been 'I.lttlc Anna Mark' this , and Little
Anna Mark' that , us often ns you coma
back. And when Umphray Master Spurway
I mean comes In to drink his dish of tea , It
la Lltllo Anna all over again. And a wild
cat madam at the best , I warrant , she Is ,
growing up among men there In that mill-
house. "
"Why , mother , they nil love her , " said
I , to try her. "Umphray himself "
Hut at this she stamped her foot. "I will
hear nothing moro concerning the minx ,
neither now nor again ! " she said ; and so
went up to her own chamber , nlnmmlng the
dcor after her.
Then , some time after , when she had for
gotten her strange angers , I asked her
again. "Hut , mother , It you nro so set
against our Llttlo Anna , why Is It that you
deslro her to come hither and bo with mo In
ono house ? "
"I deslro the thing Itself not greatly , " said
my mother. "But , Indeed , ono cannot see
the girl brought up llko a heathen among n
lot. of men , and for n guardian and companion
having only that great , soft heart of an
Umphray Spurway. "
This was knocking down ray two Idols atone
ono blow ; so I made answer ; "Why , mother ,
what has Umphray done that you have grown
to dislike him ? I am sure he Is over fond
enough of you ! "
Whereat my mother dashed her hand to
her brow , pretending that her hair was
falling over her eyes ( which It was not nor
ever could. )
"I mlsllko none , " said she , "but I cannot
boar to see silliness. And In this Umphray
has boon foolish from the beginning ! "
I knuw that It was tiimo to stop , so I said
no moro at that time. But , as may bo
supposed , I thought much about the matter
and the moro I thought the less could It
see light. Finally I judged that It must bo
on account of her mother , who had been
beiit away across the seas to the Carollnas ,
that my mother hated Llttlo Anna. It could
not be that she was jealous of a girl llko
her , living In ono house with Umphray
Spurway , who was old enough to be her
father. No , Indeed , that was clean Impos
sible.
But when next I saw Anna I got a still
greater surprise. The manner of It was as
follows : I was going ono morning to the
grammar school of Nicholas Kldston , In
A1)orcalrn , with my books In a strap under
my arm , whoa I met William Bon-man rldlnp
Into the town. At this I was most mightily
rejoiced , and , throwing my books hastily
under a bench In a cobbler's shop -where 1
was acquainted , I ran after him.
"Let mo up before you on your beast ! " I
cried.
"I will do hotter than that for you , Philip , "
ho replied ; "I will give you the beast It
self for the day , If you Jlke to risk It that
Is , If you are not afraid of the master's
birch for truancy tomorrow morning ! "
"Umph Nicholas Kldston , Indeed ! I dare
him to meddle me , " I made answer. "I
care so llttlo for him that I will rldo past
th school door. "
And , Indeed , I had feared my schoolmaster
once for-nil the day -when first I went to
school , by drawing a dirk on him when ho
bade mo untruss. That and the fear of my
famous father did the business. I was no
mora in terror of my Instructor. But this
I did not tell to my mother.
So , without further thought of my schoolIng -
Ing , I accompanied Will to hie stable at the
King's Arms In the High street of Abor
calrn. As ho went ho told mo his business.
"I am going on board a skew to examine
bills of lading with the captain. Ho Is from
Hull with a cargo of looms and foreign yarns.
The customs themselves will take a full
day. Then there arci his charges and allow
ances to bo gone over. Now I was bid to tell
you that Llttlo Anna Marks would fence
you for n silver dollar at the back of the
Mllit house , and that Umphray Spurway
would bo all day wool buying nt Morebatn
fair. You can put the two and two together ,
I hope. "
Will Howman kept his countenance as
ho b-poke. Indeed , it soumlcd very like a
trystlng of lad and lasa. But neither Anna
nor I thought nt all of that. Wo wore
comrades that was all. But nevertheless
I longed to see her , and I did not believe
that fiho could fence mo. Indeed , I chuckled
to myself , for I had been taking lessons In
tbo art from one , Sergeant Hobert Arthur ,
somctlnio of Huchan's foot , but who , as ho
put It , had been promoted for drunkenness ,
and was now living in taverns and passing
as a veteran of the wars.
It was ( as I have elsewhere said ) a good
twelve < nllcs by the ordinary well-trodden
loads to Now Mllus , but there was a pass or
Blip through the hills behind Abercalrn by
which the distance was no moro than csnven ,
a good hour's rtdo only to ono that knew the
paths. So , when Will luul baited his horse
and reeled It half an hour , I got across the
vaddlo and rode out of the town by devious
nays so that my mother would not hear of
my ovaslon.
It was not my habit to go homo to dinner ,
for which , Indeed , there was no time , my
mother's house lying nt the far end of the
town from the grammar school of Nicholas
Klduton. So the day was mine own till bed
time.
In llttlo moro than an hour I found
myti'lf nt New Mllns. For as soon as
thu boast got Its head homeward there
was no need of whip or spur. Comrade ,
pasture and manger or perhaps simply
the deslro for home pulled the rein o
that presently the great square a'
Umphray Spurway's mill lay beneath me , ana
thenby the mill wheel ( as Will had Bald ) ,
was Little Anna Mark. At sight of her I
could hardly get my Bleed quick enough Into
the stables and call on Itoblu Green to take
care of 'the ' beast off my hands. I wanted
so greatly to run to my comrade , to tread
my old pastures , and forget all In the clean
downward thrash of the water from the mill
wheel , tbo singing of thu weir and Little
Anna's voice scolding me for minding her
foolish metaage and coming at all.
Now If any one thinks this la going to turn
out a love Ulo she Is gruvlouuly mistaken.
For , Indeed , Anna and 1 were far nbovo that
kind of thing.
On the contrary , we did nothing but spar
and taunt one another , nnd for n long time
there was scarce a civil word spoken bis-
twcon UM. Hut these I ni'ed not write
dawn , though 1 can remember them well
enough.
Hut the serious part I will write. And
In the aftcrcomo that proved grave enough
for me.
It was not our custom to shako 'hands
when wo met , much less but of that we
had not ns much as thought nt that time.
Not I at least.
So Little Anna and I sat down on tne broad
wooden c-dgo of the- pool bcinw ttto mill
wheel , the satno Into which the man had
fallen the night of the attack , lien1 wo
swung our legs and watched the mlnnous
circling calmly In the ccol back wash , till
at a certain point they dived heels over
head under the Impetuous down null of the
mill stream , were tumbled deep In the brown
turmoil of the pool , and after a time emerged
beaten and breathless In the shallows once
more. It seemed so good to be u fish nnd
IT WAS A SURELY SIMPLE QUESTION ENOUGH , YET MUST MY MOTHER FALL
A-TREMBL1NG.
wear no clothes on such a day. For It had
grown hot as I rode over the hills and down
In the sheltered valley there was jiot a
breath of air stirring.
"How will you llko It , " I said , "when you
como to A'bercalrn ' to live with my mother ?
There are no welra to.sing or pools to dabble
your feet In there , esccptlng salt water ouea
out among the dulse nad the sand jumpers. "
"I might llko It well enough , " she replied ,
very composedly , "only I am not coming
to Abercalru to live with you or your mother
either ! "
I could not conceal my astonishment.
"But , " I remonstrated , "I know It has
been settled so. For I heard my mother persuade -
suado Vmphray Spurway to It. "
" 0 , " eSio made answer , without looking
at me , "so your mother persuaded Umphray
to It against his will , did she ? "
"purtalnly , Little Anna , " I made answer ,
"I heard It with my own cars. "
"Through the keyhole , I suppose , " she
eald scornfully. But as that was her man
ner , I paid no heed. ( It was true all the
same. )
"Well , " she wont on , "it will surprise you
to hear that I am not coming to Aborcalrn.
I do not propose to exchange a house where
I am welcome for ono where I am not. Be
sides , my father has como back to thla
country. And I am not going to Aborcalrn
to bo snapped off In some foreign ship to
help Saul Mark nt his dlco tables or to mind
hla monkey in the sleeping booth. "
Both these things came llko a thunder
clap on me.
Anna Mark would not como to us. Her
father was back In Scotland.
And now , so curious lo the heart of a
boy I had cared llttlo or nothing hitherto
about Anna coming to our bourse In the
Vonnel , nave to consider how she would
agree with my mother , nnd how late the
pair of us would be allowed to play on thu
quay. But now , so soon ns I knew that she
would not come , I was In a mighty taking
to make her promise nay , oven to take
her back with me there and then upon the
'beast ' I had left in the stable.
"You would go to school In Abercalrn , " I
urged , "and lenrn also those things which
which lasses ought to learn. For you know ,
after all , you are a lassie. You .cannot
change that ! "
"Yes , " sbo answered with great corn ,
turning tip her nose. "I am a lassie. And
because I do not wear Itnce 'breeches ' I must
forsooth sit all day stitching at a tvunpler
so line 'Great A , plain Great B , plain
llttlo B , nourished B Anna Mark Her
Sampler. Bo a good girl and you will suc
ceed In life and bo a nuisance to all your
loving friends. ' No , thank you , Philip
Stansflcld , I would rather a thousand times
go help father with hta carteo .and his
immkoy ! "
Of course her father possessed no monkey.
It was only a. manner of speaking the girl
had.
had.So
So wo talked and talked , nor did wo make
any hotter of It. Anna would not come to
be pressed In a mold llko a jelly. She could
not bo fitted tp Mlstrcsa 1'riscllla Allan's
set of ladylike manners. The day might
como when my mother would put her out at
the mlllhouse , but that day had not como.
At this lust Insinuation I fired up and
asked her what she meant by speaking so ot
my mother , that my mother was a good
woman , as aha ought lo know.
Which was true enough , but I had not
learned then that best ot women are not al
ways fair to ono another especially when
the same- number of years -which will bring
ono ot them to 19 will land the other at10. .
So Anna and I swunir our less and talked ,
while the sun mounted higher till wo wwo
almost out of the shade of the great beech
whiclj grow over the lade.
"Now come to single stick In the -wool
seed , " shecrlod , suddenly starting up , "and
I will make you ull over blue murks to
carry back to Abercalrn , U will save Domi
nic Nicholas the trouble of birching you to
morrow. "
I was about to consent when a pair of
rhadows foil across the pool.Ve looked
up nnd lo ! there on the opposite bank stood
her father , Saul Mark , and my own uncle ,
John.
Cll.V ! TI31l Xl.V ,
Sir llnrrj.Mnrunn'M Trrnnurr ,
At night of thcso two I started to my
feet anil made as If I would escape. .But
the two mm stood looking at us with stith
kindly and smiling countenances that my
Misplclonscro nllnyed. the moro so that
lllllo Anna sat still where she "was , pulling
the tart herb called "soorocks" from the
moist orovlccs nnd crunching the stalka be
tween her small , white teeth.
"Thlp , then , In hlo grandfather's heir a
flno lad , " said Saul Mark , after a while.
"And this your daughter ? " Inquired my
uncle , turning to his companion like ono
who seeks confirmation , rather than like
ono who asks a aucatlon.
"llow is It , Philip , " he went on , "that wo
KCO you so suldom nt the Great House , which
In a manner belongs to you ? That Is not
will done to your grandmother. "
"I am nt school , uncle , " 1 said , not know
ing well what else to say.
"So I sco , " said he. smiling at little Anna
Mark. "It Is a pleasant sort of tutelage.
I myself have learned much nt such an
academy. "
That was the way my Undo John talked
ever , not speaking plain , but 'In long law
yer's words , and mostly with some other
meaning than that which appeared on the
surface.
"You wcro about to play singlestick , " said
Saul Mark. "I used to play myself. Will
you have n bout with me , Anna ? "
"Agreed , " said hla daughter , rising quickly
and leading the way about the mill house
to the wool room. As ho entered I saw
Saul Mark glance around , as If to verify a
description.
"Mas-tor Umphray Is perchance not at
homo today ? " ho said.
"No , " said Anna In answer , "but there
nro half a hundred weavers all busy with
their looms. "
And she opened a door Into the weaving
room where were a crowd of men nnd the
creaking clatter of many looms and shuttles.
Then Anna went and found the singlesticks
[ and she and her father foil to. Saul Mark
had boon the finest player on Glasgow Green
on the eve of S.t. John ( which Is their head
night for these plays In the west ) . But
now ho had grown a little stiff , and it was
not long , whether by accident or Intent , be
fore Anna got within his guard and cracked
his crown eo that a thin thread of scarlet
trickled down his brow. Ho flung down
the stick smiling and mopping his hoad.
"First blood ! " he said. "I did not think
that the day would coma when a girl could
crack the pate of Saul Mark ! Master
John , do you try hor. "
But my undo declined , paying that ho was
'
a man of peace , nnd th'at combats of wit
were all that -were allowed to gentlemen
ot the long robe. So Snul Mark hade me
take the stick , which , -when I had done ,
Anna nnd I played a very fast bout , as was
our wont , the sallow man with the rings In
bis ears applauding every good and clever
stroke. Wo did not spnro each other , she
and I , and when a halt was called wowere
both out of breath , but Anna manifestly the
victor.
"Good schooling ! " said Saul Mark , nodding
his head.
"Scottish courtship ! " echoed Mr. John
Stansfiold , smiling , for which I did not thank
him And Anna cast the sticks on a shelf
and turned haughtily away.
The two men did not stay long at the Mlln
hotiHo after this , bolng ns I think apprehen
sive ) lest Umphray Spurway would return.
AnO so Anna and I were left to ourselves. We
watched thorn going slowly and In deep converse -
verso across the fields towards the great
house of Now Mllns.
Anna looked long at them under her hand.
"Wo are quaintly fitted In the matter of
fathers , you nnd I , Philip , " she said , with a
strange look on her face. I thought she wns
going to add , "and mothers ! " But she did
not. Indeed , I know not whether who re
membered her own mother , or whether any
had over gpokcn to her of Janet Mark , the
Carolina slave.
"Now , you will have a bite of dinner , and
bo going on your way , " she said. "With so
many loving friends In the neighborhood you
cannot ho too soon within the Vennel port of
Aberca'rn ' , I did wrong to bring you here ! "
' But with ono thing and another It was
after flvo-of-tho-clock when I took my beast
from Robin Green nnd cried a last goodbye
lo my comrade. She stood by the whlto
fhorn tree at the gable end and the westerly
sun wao rosy en her face. There was a
light In her eyes which emlled upon me ,
Chough her mouth was graveI I did not of
fer oven to take her hand , which was a re
gret to mo afterwards.
So In this fashion I rode away from the
door of tue Mlln house , which I loved so
well , and from Anna Mark , my dear com
panion and playmate of many years.
I had mastered the Bleeps of the hill and
was making ray way quickly through the
perilous bypaths of the hills when night fell.
I will not admit that I was frightened , but
| drew a long breath when at last , like a gray
sheet hung midway the sky , unspotted and
1 unwrlnklcd , the ea broke upon my vision
; through a uup In the hlll .
After this the night fell sharply , and the
dusk Roomed almost to speed eastward like
a swift-footed runner , ns a purple cloud ,
edged with u rim of living gold , rose , tow
ered and crenellated , shutting out the sunset
glow.
I waa passing a little darksomo loaning
which loads to a lonely grange hoube calltd
iho Hermitage , -when I heard the sound of
horses' feet behind me. I turned apprehen-
shcly In my saddle , or rather In Will Bow
man's saddle. I could eeo a dusky shapn
turn into the main road behind me. The
shape scorned familiar , and a spasm of fear
took hold ot mo. I had put my linger into
my waistcoat pocket , where ( a foolish boy's
trick ) I carried a pinch or two of powder
loose , as another might carry snuff. Then
I took out the pistol Annn Mark had prrwed
upon mo. ono that had been left behind on
the night of iho attack , silver-mounted nnd
a gentlemanly wenpon , though without orrt
or drvlce. With the pinch of powder 1
prlme-d and cocked It ami was Just setting
It In the holster again , when a voice eald
nt my left hand : "So you are a soldier al-
teady. You travel armed , I sef > n very
oxeollc-Tit habit In these uncertain times ! "
The speaker wan Saul Mark , habited In
n long cloak of black , and wearing a hnt
with a feather. - Ho wns mounted on Iho
very gray horse my father used to ride In
the old days before my grandfathor's death.
I told Saul Mark how I had como by the
winpon , nnd ho wns Intcrestcil greatly to
hear of the attack nnd all that concerned It.
I told him also of littleAnna's bravery , nnd
how she had dellvcrr-d mo from thcs. dead
man come nllvo again. "
"Ah , lad , " ho said , "you havt > In you the
true stuff for adventure. I can sec that.
'TIs pity that you will bo n rich man and
never know the sweets of travel , save In n
coach and four , or wo stranger places than
the- cities between hero and London. "
I told him that , on the contrary , 1 hnd
a natural Inclination for the sc-a ( which.
Indeed , most boys have ) , nnd that 1 hnix'd
to enter his majesty's navy nnd help to fight
the French.
"That Is good enough , " ho said gravely ,
"but there Is bettor ! "
Then there at once was I all ngog to
know what roiild be better or more adven
turous than fighting the French In the royal
navy.
Ho loaned toward me a llttlo as I gaped
open-mouthed at him from the back of my
jogging beast.
"Did you over hear of Sir Harry Morgan ? "
ho said. '
"No , " I answered , much taken down by
my 'Ignorance ' , "who might ho be ? "
"Ho wns a great buccaneer , " ho answered
In a hushed tone. "Harry Morgan took
Panama nnd many flno cities , and was n
terror to the Spaniards all his days. "
"But there are no buccaneers now , " I said ,
"nnd If there were , how nm I to find them ! "
"It la called privateering now , " ho said ,
"but It brings In the moldorcs nnd pieces of
eight all the same. "
I was eager to hear mnre , but he seemed
nil at once to wax mightily reticent. So wo
rode ellent to the gate of the city. Then
he seemed to take n resolution.
"I will toll him , " he murmured nloud
enough for me to hear. "I care not what
the captnln says ! "
He turned to ime.
"Master Philip , " ho said , "If you are man
to como with me tonight for half an hour.
I will show you such a sight as no lad of
your ago In broad Scotland has seen. I
have hero In thli town of Vbercalrn the
treasure of Sir Henry "Morgan , the buc
caneer , the spoil of a score of plundered
cities. It Is waiting safe transport across
the north water to Amsterdam , where the
diamonds and precious stones are to be cut
and reset. There are gold pieces of every
trlbo nnd denomination , arms and armor of
all sorts , swords and daggers by the hun
dred , Indian dresses , bows and arrows , chain
mall and leather fringed dressco made for
great Peruvian Incas. Many of these are of
llttlo value , " ho added softly. "I know not
but that the captain might permit me to
give you one or two of them to take homo
to your mother. "
"Who Is the captain ? " I said , "I cannot
go unless I know where I am going. "
"O , " said my companion lightly , "take
your horse to stable first. Ho will not be
needed tonrght , and then come with me. You
will surely not be afraid to go to the house
of the chief magistrate of this city. He it Is
who Is our receiver and supercargo. Be
sides you can bring your pistol. "
It seemed to me impossible that there
could t > o the least danger In accompanying
Saul Mark to the house of Provost Gregory
Parian , shipowner and merchant of the town
of Abercalrn. And the thought of the suitfl
or armor , the damascened ewords , and nbovo
all the Indian hews and arrows tempted mo
beyond the power of words to express. I
thought that If I could only show myself
to Llttlo Anna Mark In the costume of an
Indian brave -with feather plnme , bow and
arrow , and tomahawk , there would bo noth
ing more left to live for.
So I stabled my horse at thft King's Arms
without waiting to Inquire whether Will
Bowman had returner or not. Saul Mark
awaited mo at the door.
"Follow me , " he eald , "and remember , bo
silent. This is n secret we till to but few.
And there is a company of horse quartered
In the town. "
We went down the High street to the
house of that deuce man , Mr. Gregory Par-
tan , shipmaster and merchant. My guide
passed quickly to a side door under a low
brewed arch , which opened at the gable end
of the provost's house. He knocked twice.
After n moment the door was opened on
Inch and 'I ' heard the rattle of a chain.
"Who's there ? " said a voice.
"A friend to see the treasure ! " said Saul
Mark.
"His name ? "
' 'Master Philip Stansfleld the younger ,
whoso mother lives in the Vennel ! "
"A decent woman , " tald a voice ; "let him
como in and see the treasure. "
-recognized the provost's voice. I had
hoard It often enough en the quay upraised
In chaffering and badinage with the sailors
and masters , mariners , of whom ho had
ever a numlxr ? about him. So I felt safe ,
nnd my Ideas of Saul Mark were much
altered by the defcrenco which I heard BO
Important n man pay to him :
"Now , quiet , " ho said , "give mo your
band. The first part of the way Is
dark ! "
I followed him down a long passage , still
further down a flight of steps , and finally
wo stood on n hard floor of crumbly stone
which Tang hollow under foot.
"Watt a moment here , till I got n light , "
said my guldo. Ho let go my hand and
left mo standing there in the midst. Thn
next moment a heavy door clanged behind
him and 'I ' hoard the sound of shooting
bolts.
"Saul Saul ( Mark , " I cried , "where are
you ? Let mo out ! Let mo out ! "
For now It came to me that I had been
tricked. I called on the provost till I was
hoarse. 1 shouted entreaties , reproaches ,
threatenings. I felt all round the walls , j
bruising my hands ns I did BO. They -wore
of stone and bolld , yet with a curious ,
crumbly , dryish feeling everywhere. My
prison hotisn appeared to come to a point
over my head. The iron door at the side
by which 'I ' had entered waa now blocked
up by stones llko the rest and qulto In
distinguishable.
The Egyptian dark of the place could bo
felt lying llko a weight on the eyelids.
Exhausted and desperate , I sat mo down on
tbo cold stonu floor and wept.
CHAI'TUIl XX.
On 4h Trull of thn lluiilrr.
Now 1 must go back to where I left little
Anna Mark. And full time , too , for such a
numbskull as I had proved myself bath oc
cupied the tale long enough. I will relate
what happened to her , for I have rrason to
know It as well as If It had happened to my
self or , In fact , fully better.
I left Anna , as all may remember , by the
westerly gable of Umphray Spurway's house
At New Mllns when , in the evening sunshine ,
I rode away over the hills well enough con
ceited with myself , which is no unusual i
I-ablt of mind In 1C when It hath spt < nt an
hour or two In the company of an honest
young lass.
Well , as I nay , I left Anna standing under
the flowering thorn which Umphray had
fetched all the way from Yorkshire why ,
no ono oiactly know. It may be that one
like U grow In hie mother's garden on the
otlgo of the weld , or , perhaps , onrp on a time
ho. too. had loft a young maiden nlnmllm
under the whlto May and smiling even ai
Anna had tio\v smiled upon mo.
Anna Mark stood a while looking nftor me
under her hand , and I , for very pride of mj
horsemanship nnd the * MrnlRiitiiPsn of in )
back , did neil turn lound In thn middle
Then , elnro Wltllnrn llow < imn was In Abe > r-
cairn nnd Umphray hlinne'lf not yet home-
HIO wont off let the ordcTlhK of dnmostli
matters In thet Mlln hoimo , and to FOCI thai
that foremen weavers iihiit nnd barred ( ill
the doors prope-rly , for In this mntte-r Urnph-
ray Hpurway truste-d her wholly , ns , Indeed
veil ho might.
And whllp shi > \\n within donrg the sun
began to sink , and thn coolnoMi nf ovonlnp
to eomo up out of iho grouii'l. ' By nnd by
Anna wont out to the hllliddo pastures nl the
bark In find Joey Forgnn , the herd boy of the.
Mllti , who ought to have had Hit- cows home
by that tlmo. She was promising to horsel !
what tdio would certainly do to Joey when
slu > caught him. Walking with the swing 1
know so well , and whistling Ilkei a llntlo ,
she spr-d swift nnd light ever the bent. But
nil suddenly she saw that whlrh made hot
ntop stock Htlll ono nimncni nnd the next
drop out of sight Into a oopso of tall broom.
The heather grows low down on the hills
nl.ovo t.'mphray's , those Hatno purple hills
I had ridden Into halt an hour before. The
gorse and whin-bloom reach up the burn
Hides to meet it anil all about thorp Is scat
tered n bewilderment nt rooky knolls ami
gtoat gray stones as big us cot house * . Annn
Mark was turning the corner of ono ot these
hugo bowlders when a couple of score of
ynrdM beneath her she saw two men speak
ing together llko folk who have secrets to
hide. Ono. thn smaller nnd more thickly
set , was Saul Mark , her own father. The
other wns a much taller , moro commanding
man. In n laced coat , which , though they
stood In the shadow , glittered In the bright
reflection from the western sky. It wns of
palo blue cloth nnd the braiding was of no
pattern which be poke of a soldier of the
king. Saul Mark was standing with hla hat
off before tbo man In the blue coat and
listening with an air of much respect. The
latter appeared to be giving certain orders ,
for as ho finished speaking ; Anna saw her
father salute nnd presently mount the horse
whoso bridle-rein had been passed through
his arm. Ho rode off as hard as ho could
go In the direction of the Tinkler's Slap , the
nearest pass through the hills to the town
ot Abercalrn.
The tall , swarthy man stood awhile lookIng -
Ing after him and then turning abruptly on
his heel , ho strode past the broom bush In
which Anna was hidden so closely that she
could feel the ground shako with his heavy
tread as ho went.
Then it came into her head that Saul
Mark , her father , had been ordered to ride
after mo for some purpose of Immediate
treachery. She remembered the look on her
father's face as ho had watched us across
the llttlo linn of Klrkconnol that very after
noon , and do what she would she could not
get the sense of Impending danger out of
her mind.
Anna looked about for Joey and the Now
Mllns kyc. She could sec the last of them
passing In through tbo great gate and a
couple of weavers standing on cither side
to ninko all fast so soon as they were safe.
Then there came to the girl one of those
quick impulses which , far moro than ordered
and reasonable resolves , rule nnd order
women's conduct.
Anna resolved to follow her father through
the hill-gap to find out for what purpose ho
hnd ridden off so hotly upon my trail , nnd
who the tall man imlght bo whose orders ho
had taken llko a servitor standing In the
presence of his master. All which Indeed
she achieved before the night was out ,
though not In the fashion she anticipated.
Now , with Anna to think was simulta
neously to act , which circumstance made her
so dangerous nt fencing and the singlestick
play. So it chanced that ns Saul Mark rode
northward by the Tinkler's Slap to intercept
mo , ho had a long , limber slip ot a girl
tracking llko a sleuth hound hard upon his
trail. For the first part of her pursuit it
wns not hard to keep her father in sight.
Ho did not ride well , but rather with the
seaman's roll nnd lack of both comfort nnd
elegance In tbo saddle. Besides , the pass
was difficult enough oven for a good horse
man and In the daytime. What It was to
Saul Mark In the gray deeps of the gloaming
only Saul himself know , and so far ho has
kept his counsel. But to Anna all this was
child's play. She had wandered on the hills
with Mucklo Saundcrs Macmlllan till she
could run as llghtfoot over the heather and
morass as one of his scouring collies. The
moorland night was to her as day , being , ns
I often cast up to her , eyed llko a cat.
And sowhile Saul Mark was every mo
ment gripping and slackening his beast's
rein , and cursing under his breath each time
it stumbled , Anna was watching every
movement with eyes which could distinguish
the twinkle of the wldo silver earrings In
his cars every time his beast plunged ever
n mossy bowlder or wandered asldo from
the fairway of that perilous and breakneck
path.
path.When
When nt last Saul debouched upon mo
at the'meeting of the hill roads on the
brae face overlooking the twinkling lights
of Abercalrn , Anna wns not 100 yards in
our rear. Yet such was the resolution of
her heart that she did not betray herself
either then or afterwards. Such a lass as
llttlo Anna Mark there wns not In broad
Scotland no , nor over will be. That heart
of hers beat as steady and true between the
Instant jaws of danger as when uho sat In
Moroham kirk listening to the minister's
sermon. And always , como stress or eaoo-
mcnt , the merry eyes of laughter or the
grinning sockets of death himself , her brain
abode under her broad -white brow as cool
and unruffled ns beneath r.omo overhanging
rock In the forest you may find in summer
heats the caller water of some crystal well.
So It chanced that whllo Saul the father
played me. for one silly gull , gorging me
with the halt of lies , which I swallowed
greedy-tooth , hook nnd all , his daughter
Anna played him for nnolher , and from a
safe distance kept ua both under observa
tion ,
And had she been left to herself there
Is little doubt but that she would have
prevented all 'tho evils which followed. But
us III chaticowould have It , not a score of
vurda from the entrance of the town , who
should como across her but Will Bowman.
Ho had been walking with his arm about a
uliTs walct , moro for something to do than
for any pleasure there might bo In courting
Lho not < oo Impervious damsels of the town
iit Abercalrn. But at the sight of Llttlo
Anna with kilted coats linking It through
111 busy streets , Will dropped his eum-
lianlon's arm incontinent and took after
lur as hard as ho could go. He thought It
IUIK likely that Anna had como over the
lillls with mo 'to look for Umphray Spur- ,
way , and ho knew that It would not make .
Tor peace that she ehould seek him whore |
lie was to bo found at that moment lhat
Is , to bo plain , In the llttlo house by the
Vennel corner , where ho sat Hipping his
; lass and' devouring my mother with his
jyes.
So on the blunted shoulder V the girl as
iho went up the lighted street of Abercalrn
it a harvester's trot , full the hand of Will
liowman.
"Anna , " ho eald , brcathieesly , "what In
: ho world of sin are you doing so far from
lomo ? You that should bo in your warm
ied bchlud barred doors. In the house of
Vow IMllns ? "
She tried to escape from his restraint , but
iVIIl's hand was ovcrstroni ; . She never could
.urn him about her lltllo finger an gho did
ne aye , and forthe mutter of that
Jmphray Spurwny also.
"Let mo go Irt mo go. Will Bowman I"
iho gasped. "Do not binder me. I * la a
matter of llfei and dstb. 1 tn following
1'hlllp and my falhor "
"Your father ? " rope-ni will after her.
speaking llko a man In mnr .
"Ye * ; lot mo RO ! Or. IH-UPT mill , coma
with me They p x od tip till * niret a mo
ment ago. nnd we will ICMO theffl If we sie
not quirk ! "
lint it wm tint in Will HowniHU's ( totter
on this occasion to bo q-.ilck. Ilcauty
Kc-nrnpd WHH upon him. The lady whoso
arm hn had MO uncFromonlounly dropped
wan n crrtnln Tib Rnrrlson , who earned her
dully breuil In the fish twite nt Aberralrn.
Now , why flnh dealing should produce In
a certain rough rendlncps of wit nnd
of tongue IH not perfectly clour.
But the fact could not bo doubted while Tib
wan explaining to Will nnd Llttlo Anna-what
NK ) > thought of thiMii.
"Yo motiBolc'ss Inndwnrd-brcd houndl" ho
crletd. shaking her rod list , Rollil ns n quarter
of hoof , n bare Inch under Will's nose , "ken
ye * ci llttlo o' Isobol Itorrl.ton that yo wad
dare to miAtryst her , to ink' up wl * a silly
partan o' a bairn llko tills. And you. Mistress
Habyclouin. that thinks wl' tlmo wlnkln * ocn
o' yours to ink' Tib Horrion' lad frao her
on the high street n' Abercalrn for n bodlo
1 wad te-ar thu bonny fare o' yo till It Is a'
rlg-an' furr llko a new-plowed Hold. Ayr.
an' Tib wad do | l , ton wore It not that
skelpln * wad III yo bettor , yo pennyworth
o' whlti-y-hroon thread tied In n wisp.
"N'a , an' I'll no stand not o' your road
Will Crack-tryst ! And I'll no baud my Im-
plilcnt tongue. What care 1 If a' the loon
kens ? What business had yn to speor mo
oot to walk to Lucky Hodden's booth wl'
yo , nnd partake o' spiced gingerbread mid
fardln' saveloys , forbyo the best o' tlppennr
ale ? Aye , lassw , that did he , thn decelvln'
thief , an' ho shallna leave thao plaln-stnnos
ho IH standln' on till ho has treated no only
me , Tib Rorrl.son , but every Ither honest
lad nnd lasa within hearln' o' the soond o'
my voice ! "
"That'a rlcht , Tib ! Gio him his kail
through the reek ! " chorused the crowd ;
"gar him scunner. Tear the o'on oot o' that
\\c besom that garrcd him llchtlyvyoiil"
"Faith wad 1 , gin It were mo , the randy
that she Is ! "
"Ayei , an1 me ! "
"A herd laps , nocht better ! "
"If Tib has only spunk In her nv.V , sho'll
never stand Iho llko o' that. "
Such wore the Interruptions , all obviously
provocative , which reached the oar of the
already militant lady , Mistress Isobol Ror-
rlson , as she squared her nrms and strodu
up so close to Anna Mark that oven In the
dusky flare of the torches from the booths
Anna could sou the red of her wctithcr-
iHiatcn comploxlon , netted nnd marly llko
the reticulations on a bladder. A flrn was
beginning to burn In Anna's eye , and her
hand stole down toward the dirk oho carried
In her salchol pocket. But Will noted thn
U
slpna of coming trouble , and , putting his r
hand Into his pocket , he draw out half a
do7.on silver coins and hold them out to
Tib.
"There , " ho said , "I will stand treat.
This Is my master's daughter , and she Is
peeking him ewer late to bo left on thu
slrorH ot Abercalrn by hersel' . Tak' the
siller , Tib , and bear no malice. And the
next tlmo I como to Aberealrn 1 swear yo
shall hao Lucky Hodden's candy stall , stool
and a' , gin yo like. "
Tib , though considerably mollified , would
not nt once give In , being In the proienco
of so many witnesses.
"Glo your dirty siller to wha ye llko , Will
Bowman , " she cried , changing her ground ;
"when Tib Rorrlson sets tryst -wl1 a lad , It's
neither for the sake o' siller nor yet tlppenny
ale , 1 wad hao ye ken ! "
Will , anxious to bo out of the crowd ,
looked around for some one ho knew. Ho
espied the hostler from the King's Anns.
"Hey , Jock Pettlgrow , yo are no eae proud
as Tib. Hero's five silver shillings , sterling
money. Gang doon to Lucky's and treat
every lad and lass that will follow yo , goln'
Tib first choice o' the saveloys. Guld nlcht ,
Tib ! Eat your fill and dlnna bear malice ! "
And so , under cover of the cheering and
buckclapplng. Will and Anna escaped down
the High street of Abercalrn.
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