Ross Gazette 15th October 1914 - Page 6
Ross Gazette 15th October 1914 - Page 6
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| Date | 15/10/1914 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Ross Gazette |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 15th October 1914 |
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ESTABLISHED 1813 . WILLIAM PULLING & CO . , DISTILLERS , ROSS GAZETTE - THURSDAY , OCTOBER 15 , which proved to be the feet of Jeth . These were followed in due course by the rest of his anatomy . 200 and not in the least hurry . That anyone Wine and Spirit Merchants , Bonded Warehousemen And CIDER MAKERS , Jeth eat up when he reached level ground , and proceeded with great deliberation to get Hight . He appeared to be quite at his ease , might be watching him never entered his thoughts . He was doing what he had done hundreds of times before , and , as he had avoided suspicion during the whole of what he would call his " folcini " life , and his father before him , the idea that he might some time be discovered scarcely ever crossed able fishermen and innkeepers , who lived at various small ports along the coast ; but these people never visited him , either at his home or at the cuddy . They bought brandy and tobacco , and occasionally a bale of silk , and they visited the warehouse at such times as it East - street , 48 , Broad - street , and Bath - street , HEREFORD . his mind . He had his confederates respect AND HIGH - STREET , ROSS . Foreign Wines and Spirits imported direct , under Bond , from Country of Production to their Bonded Stores , East - street . DISTILLERS , FOR 80 YEARS , OF PULLING'S PURE HEREFORD GIN . Manufacturers of all kinds of Finest Quality British Liqueurs and Cordial Retail and Trade Lists Post Free on application . Goods Carriage Paid to any Railway Station Finest Special Reserve Whiskey , 50 / - per dozen . Sound Claret from 11 / - per dozen Bole Consignees of TIRANT and 00.'8 CHAMPAGNE , at 56 / - and 68 per dosen . All other Champagnes at Lowest Pricos . [ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED . ] afble . He would wait a few days longer , una he was able to consult Jago , and in the mean- THE MISSING BRIDEGROOM while he would do what he could off his owa BY SILAS K. HOCKING Author of " Who Shall . Judge ? " " The Shadow Between , " " A Desperate Hope , " " God's Out past , " Her Benny , " " Yours and Mine , " & CHAPTER XVIII . During the weeks of his illness and re- Bovery Dr. Tregony had lain awake through many long and silent hours , trying to think out the problem of his " accident , " as it was called . Dr. Polwhele had suggested , when he began to get better , that he should be re- moved to an upstairs room ; but Tregony had begged to be allowed to remain where he was . He liked the room ; it was large and airy , and well furnished - a very much pleasanter place in which to spend his days and nights than an ordinary bedroom . And he had a feeling that if he ever solved the mystery of his " acci- dent he would do so in the room in which the shot was fired . At the beginning he was in too much pain to think at all . Then weakness supervened , and for a week or two his brain was so muddled that he found it impossible to think consecutively on any subject ; but as his brain cleared and his strength came back , his thoughts returned constantly and almost au- tomatically to the one question , " Who fired the shot , and why ? He had no enemies , as far as he knew , and so he dismissed the idea of revenge . He was not superstitious , and the suggestion of the supernatural did not worry him a moment , and so by a process of elimination he arrived at two conclusions - first , that the object of the intruder was robbery ; and , second , that there was some way into the house unknown to the occupants . Who the robber might be was for the moment a matter of small concern ; the prin- cipal thing was to discover , possible , how he got into the house . He remembered hear- ing some of the old people speak of Burwood as Smugglers ' Keep . It had been built by an early Trefusis , who was notorious for his activities in that particular line . That was fact that might prove of considerable import ance in his investigations . As his ' mind re- volved round this pivot , he recalled a tradi- tion that old Amos Trefusis had employed only foreign workmen in the erection of his house , whom he had brought across Spain and Normandy in his own boats , and shipped them back again when their work was done . If that were true , then the most reasonable conclusion to be drawn was that he had certain secrets which he wished to keep from the natives of St. Olaves - secrets most likely connected with his trade . from What were those secrets ? It was well known that the cliffs were pretty well honey- combed with which could be caves , ap- proached by boat - not without risk - at cer- tain states of the tide , and there was a tradi- tion that some of these caves had been used in generations gone by as a storing place for contraband goods . Nobody entered those caves now , or made the attempt . Smuggling was a lost art ; or , if not actually lost , was much too difficult and hazardous to be profitable . But in the days when old Amos Trefusis built Burwood smug ling was common up and down the coast . The house was in a hollow of the cliff , and not more than five or six hundred yards away from its edge . The bank that rose steeply between Burwood and the sea had been planted with trees by old Amos himself . Originally the hillside had been perfectly bare . Why had old Trefusis selected that particular spot for his house , and why had be employed foreign workmen to erect it ? Tregony felt that in the answer to these questions lay very largely the solution of his problem . As his mind continued to revolve round this pivot he recalled the fact that the library was the most westerly room in the house , and that the bank had been cut away to make room for the building , so that the ground outside was much higher than the Hoor of the library . But none of these facts reached their full significance in his mind till & certain night to which we have already alluded . He was lying awake his mind swinging like a pendulum between May Trefusis and the problem which he had set himself to solve - when he became conscious of noises , muffled and far away , the like of which he had not heard before . He sat up in bed and strained all his atten- tion to listen . The noises continued at inter- vale , but he could make nothing of them they were too confused and distant . There was no wind , and the surge of the sea was still . He got out of bed at length , and moved to different parts of the room in the hope of locating the sounds , but this did not prove quite so easy as he had expected . First they seemed to come from one direction and then from another , but , curiously enough , never from the outside . He lay down at length with his ear to the floor , and the sounds seemed to gain in distinctness . Suddenly , as though a curtain had been re . moved or a door thrown open , he caught the sound of voices . He could not distinguish any- bat . On the night of his disappearance he was in an unusually restless mood . He , too , was sorry that his pleasant intercourse with May Trefusis was so soon to end . She had become very dear to him , and to miss her daily visita would be to miss the sweetest thing in life . The days would seem very dark and long without a sight of her face , and he knew he would pine more and more for her as the days went by . After Mrs. Hyder had taken her departure he drank the cup of cocoa and ate a couple of biscuits , then he filled his pipe again and stretched out his legs before the fire . It was bedtime , he knew , but he was too restless , his brain too active , to think of sleep yet . He might as well sit by the fire as lie tossing be- tween the sheets . dreaming , he did not know . How long he sat there idly musing and The house had grown perfectly still . His mind lazily fol- lowed one train of thought and then another : beautiful pictures in which May was the cen- tral figure shaped themselves and vanished . Hopes brightened for a few moments and went out in darkness . Then he leant forward with a sudden move- ment and listened . From somewhere behind the wainscoting to the left of the fireplace he heard a shuffling , grating noise , as though pebbles were grinding against each other . At first the noise was indistinct and far away , but it came nearer and nearer , and gave him the impression of padded feet slipping on a gravelly road . He sprang from his chair at length and crept close up to the wainscoting . For several seconds longer the sounds continued , coming nearer and nearer , then suddenly ceased . Tregony pressed his ear to the wainscoting tently . The sounds began again after awhile , with fast - beating heart , and listened in but less definite and distinct , and as the and more indistinct , till at length they ceased momente passed away they became fainter It seemed to him as if someone altogether . with muffled feet had come close up to the wainscoting , paused , and gone back again . Clearly , then , the secret lay behind the He fetched his candle and wainscoting . examined carefully the panels of heavy and solid oak . Not a crack or cranny was to be seen , not a sign of hinge or bolt . A better or more solid piece of work he had never examined . He set down his candle on a table near , and began to finger it - to press it . He used his knees , his shoulders , but it was as firm as a rock . He took up his candle again and made a fresh examination , but all to no purpose . The oak was black with age , and hard as flint . He set down his candle a second time , and began to rub his hands over the polished sur- face . There might be some inequality un- noticed by the eye which hid some secret spring , but he gave up that idea after awhile and returned to his seat . He could not rest there , however . He hated being beaten . He was morally certain there was " secret passage behind that polished wall of oak , and he did not want Jago to have the credit of discovering it . He was human enough to desire the credit himself . He got up from his chair and walked back to the same spot , and resting his left hand on a ledge , he touched lightly one of the panels , and it began to move , sliding to the right with all the smoothness of a well - oiled piston - rod , revealing large open space behind . Seiz ing his candle , he stepped through , and the panel closed behind him with a snick He In front of him was a heavy oaken door , black with damp and age , which stood slightly ajar , the bolts being on hie side . pulled it more widely open , and passed on into a narrow tunnel which slanted down at steep incline . He was so excited that he gave himself no time to think of the consequences of his action . Had he done so he might have hesitated and turned back . The question of consequences , however , did not cross his mind . The adventure was so exciting that he did not think of peril . He was out to probe the mystery to the bottom , and he was going to do it . Almost before he was aware , he turned a sharp corner and found himself in a large and dimly - lighted cave . He was not , at all sur- prised ; indeed , he had expected something of the kind . He glanced round for a moment at the kegs and bales piled one above the other , then drew back with a little cry . A tall , thick - set figure seemed to rise from the ground in front of him , and he found him self looking down the muzzle of a pistol ! He took a step or two backward , and found himself against a solid wall of rock . Be looked eagerly right and left , but the narrow tunnel down which he had come seemed to have disappeared . He was hemmed in on all sides , and in front of him stood this heavy figure holding a pistol to his head . For moment he scarcely realised danger , then it swept over him like a tidal W & TC . He was completely at this man's mercy . " Well , " he said at length , striving hard to keep his voice steady , " what do you intend to do ? " " Shoot you ! " was the sudden answer " Why shoot met Tregony questioned , the was safe to do so . At present , however , stocks were running comparatively low . Watty Grigg and his three men ( one of whom was his son ) , who combined deep - sea fishing with smuggling , were long overdue . They had landed a cargo of contraband goods on the night previous to the expected wedding ; but had not brought their fish into St. Olaves . Since when no tid- ings of them had been received . Jeth was getting decidedly anxious . Watty and his crew were in a sense the last of their race , and if by any chance they had gone to the bottom , the whole business would col- lapse , unless others could be got to take their place . For weeks past Jeth had anxiously awept the sea with his glass , hoping for Watty's return . Jeth was in a very reflective mood as he lighted his lantern . Things had not gone well of late . He had no fear respecting his own safety ; but things had happened that worried him , and one enterprise of his had proved dead failure . After he had lighted his lamp he rose to his feet , and made his way by a steep and tortuous path to the lower regions . He made little or no noise , for his shoes were carefully wrapped round with sacking . he was visible , and then crept out of her hid- The witch watched his descent as long as ing - place and prepared to follow . She had resolved in her own mind to get to the bottom of the whole business . If she could bring Jeth to heel , so much the better . She had a sprang forward , and a moment later the three of them were in a heap on the floor . " Keep him down " hissed the witch . " Bang him on the head again if he moves . " Jeth began to struggle And kick in a dazed kind of way , and Molly hit him on the head again with the heavy end of her stick . Now help me to bind him , " she said . " There's any amount of cord littered about on the floor . " And before Jeth had fully come to himself he was not only bound but trussed , and had more the appearance of an Egyptian mammy than anyone live Tregony eat on the floor almost ready to faint . He had put forth all his strength , which was not great , in his struggle with Jeth , and in so doing had torn open the wound , which had insufficiently : healed , and he was now losing blood rather rapidly . " Has he hurt you ? " the witch gasped . " It's the old hurt , " " Tregony answered faintly ; " but we can soon stop the bleeding if you will do what I tell you . ' Molly was rather skilful as a nurse , and by the time she had carried out Tregony's in- structions Jeth had recovered his senses , and was swearing and cursing like madman . " Curse away , relieve your mind , aid , the witch , " if it will " How did you get here ! " he demanded . " The same way you did . " " You've been spying on me , you infernal hag ! " " I have . Is there anything else you would like to know ! " " Ay . I'd like to know why you've tied me up like this ? " " To keep you out of further mischief . " Jeth broke out again into violent cursing , during which he writhed and twisted and grew almost black in the face . " Not very comfortable , eh ? " the witch questioned , cynically . " Sorry , but it's the beat we can do for the present . " Then she turned to Tregony : " You've had a very narrow squesk , young man , " she said , quietly . " Your being " I realise it , " he answered . here was surely a providence . " " I'd have shot im in another moment , " Jeth roared , with a foul oath . " You and I have evidently been working at the same problem , " Molly went on , without heeding the interruption , but from different ends . " place " You mean- ? " " You are long - standing grudge against him , and would not surprised at finding this " Not in the least , " he answered . be glad to get on even terms ; but what she " And you guessed there was anxious about was to solve the was most passage from Smugglers ' Keep ? " mystery of Burwood House . She drew a pair of thick worsted socks over her shoes , and then began , her descent with the tread of a cat . Passing at length under a narrow natural arch she found herself on the second ledge , the strata of which dipped steeply towards a small cove hollowed out of the cliff . Keeping close to the cliff's face she found herself at the mouth of a cave , the floor of which was still deep in water . Jeth had dis- appeared , and there was no gleam of light anywhere . Whether he had dropped into the water and waded up into the cave , or whether there was another way into it , she could not discover . She knew that the tide would ebb for another half - hour , and she thought it just possible that by waiting she would be able to enter the cave dry shod . She strained her . eyes in all directions to discover another en trance , but in the dim light she could see none , so she resolved to wait for awhile where she was . She listened with every sense alert , but no sound reached her ears save the soft lap , lap , of the see among the rocke , and the wash of of the pebbles far up the cave . She was not in the least afraid that Jeth would discover her , and even if he did she imagined she would be quite a match for him . The water slowly drew away from the floor of the cave as the tide ebbed , and at length ahe resolved to make the venture . It would mean wet feet , but she could not help that . Slowly she edged her way forward , and at length she found herself standing in a foot of water and the intense blackness of the cave in front of her . In a few minutes she was on dry , firm sand , and a little later on damp , slippery rock . She had now to grope her way on her hands and knees into the unknown . This she did with wonderful speed and agility , considering the intense darkness of the place and the slip- pery state of big rocks over which she had to creep . a secret " It came to me several nights ago . " . " But why did you come alone and un- armed ? " " Because . he's a fool ! " roared Jeth . " Good Heavens ! if I could only get at both of you ! " I was too excited to think of conse- Tregony answered . " I own I quences , " ought to have known better . " What are you going to do with me ? " Jeth thundered , with a fresh volley of oathe and more fruitless struggles . " Hand you over to the police in due course , " was the witch's quiet reply . " That means prison ! " he roared . " And the gallows , " she answered . He almost foamed at the mouth at this reply . After a while his mood changed . " You don't mean what you say , " he pleaded . alike ? There's heaps of stuff here . " " Why blab on me ? Why not share and share She turned from him with a gesture of con- tempt , and spoke to Tregony . " Do you " I think we'd better get out of this place as quickly as possible , " she said . think you could find your way back by the road you came t seems direct enough . " " Oh , yes , I think so , " he answered . " It " Jeth . " I tried for years , off and on . ' " I bet you fifty to one you can't ! " snarled snapped the witch . " Everybody is not as big a fool as thou ! " " All right , " he jeered . " I keep to my bet . " Tregony picked up his candle and led the which he had entered ; but he had not gone He thought he knew the opening by way . far before he turned back and tried another . This led into a labyrinth of cracks and erevices , which twisted and turned in all directions . He tried several of the larger openings , but the further he explored the more bewildered he got , and he feared he would not be able to find his way back to the cave again . To make matters worse , his candle was burning low and his strength fast failing him . After the best part of an hour in pushing forward and retreating - turning now in this direction , and now in that , and getting utterly befogged and bewildered , he She came at length , as she expected she would , into a large , dimly - lighted , and irre gular cave . For awhile she crouched on her hands and knees , perfectly still . The place ep - found himself back at the point from which peared to be deserted . A solitary lamp stood on the floor , and all around were kegs . and packages of various sizes . She noticed , too , after awhile , that the sides of the cave ap- peared to be honeycombed by smaller caves , some close to the ground , some three or four feet above it , some round like the port - hole of a ship , others like wide cracks or fissures , She selected one of these recesses at length in which to hide herself and wait . She could not help wondering what had become of Jeth . Where had he disappeared ! What game was he up to ! The recess she had selected was like a small cauldron , perfectly round and smooth , and deep enough to hide her completely . She whole cave . could peep over the rim and command the While she waited her brain worked rapidly . To make Jeth a prisoner in his own dungeon , and afterwards drag him forth into the light would be great sport . But could she do it course , on the chances that fate or fortune single - handed ? Everything would depend , of threw in her way . Anyhow , he was quite u suspicious , and that was all in her favour . She drew back her head at length , and listened . From somewhere in the distance came the slow padding of muffled feet . " Evidently this cave is connected other caves , " was her thought ; " or perhaps he has been making a fresh attempt . " And crooked smile spread itself over her face . " I believe my suspicion is a right one , " she said to herself a moment later . " This cave belonged to old Trefusis , and he had a private way into it of his own . Strange that the secret of it should have been lost . " with The sound of padded feet grew nearer , and she recognised Jeth's voice as he grumbled to himself . He appeared suddenly out of one of the fissures , swinging his lamp , and muttering curses as he stumbled into the light . He set his lamp on the floor , and sat down heavily on a bale of goods , and began to fill his pipe . That done , he lighted it from his lamp , and began to smoke . He was evidently in no hurry . He smoked slowly and medita- tively , and the odour of the tobacco floating scross the cave touched the witch's nostrils , thing that was said , but that they were men's perspiration oozing from his forehead in and made her long for a pipe of her own . voices he had no doubt whatever . When he got into bed again his nebulous theorisings had hardened into conviction . There was & reason why the old people spoke of the house as Smugglers ' Keep . When John Trefusis's grandfather chose the site , he had an eye to business . He had provided a way to his ware- house which did not necessitate his going through the front door . He could go and come without his movements being seen by anyone . But that was not all . It seemed clear to him that smuggling was still being carried on -not to any large extent , perhaps , but a few people were undoubtedly employed in the trade . Also it was evident that the secret way into the house had been discovered - no doubt of the cold . " I have done you no harm . " " You will do if you escape , " was the reply . " How can I ? " Tregony faltered . " I don't even know who you are . " " You have found your way here - that is enough . The only other man that ever did it is at the bottom of the sea . " " You mean Frank Carleon ? " " Never mind who . Anyhow , he ain't told no tales , and you'll tell none . " " But the way I've come others will come ? " with powder when I've finished with you . " . " No they won't - I'll blow up the tannel and you'll be no better off . " That will attract attention to the spot , The man laughed scornfully . " You'll be recently . A smuggler had crept in , intending out of it , any road , " he said . Tregony looked around him hopelessly , his more desirable than it did just How thoughtless and foolish he had to add burglary to his other profession . He , eyes full of a mute appeal . Life never seemed George Tregony , had come upon him in the sweeter or library , and to save his hide he had fired , then . and then made his escape by the way he had been to run into a trap in this way ! come . A way in was a way out . Perhaps here was an explanation of Frank Carleon's mye terious disappearance . " You'd better be gettin ' ready , " the man said bitingly , " for by the time I've counted twenty you'll be dead . " And he began in a slow , monotonous voi find the secret passage . His first idea was to to count " One - two - three - four " Anyhow , the first thing to done was to Bend for John Trefusis next morning , and to take him into his confidence , but when morn- ing came he thought better of it - or worse . CHAPTER XIX . he started , the perspiration streaming down his face , and his clothes covered with mud . " Didn't I tell yer so ! " Jethaneered at them , with a baleful light in his eyes . " And what of that snapped the witch . unless I show you the way . " " Oh , nothing , except you'll never get out " We'll take our chance of that , anyhow , " she answered . An ' starve ? " he questioned . " Those who come in can get out , " she flung at him . " Then why don't you do it ! " he roared . " We're going to , " she answered , and she went to the side of the cave and took a care- ful survey of the place and the position of the various kegs and bales That done , she began to retreat backwards , and beckoned Tregony to follow her . " This is all right , " she said at length , and she struck a light and lit her own lamp . The way descended steeply , and they had not coming tide . gone far before they were blocked by the in- " I feared as much , " she grunted . shall have to wait , that's all . " " Wait ! " he questioned . " Till the tide goes back again . " " When will that bet " " We She made a mental calculation . " In about ten hours , " she answered ; " perhaps a little less . He could hardly suppress a groan . He was sick and faint and in considerable pain . " It takes the tide six hours to come in , " she went on , and it will take six hours to go out . There's no help for it . " He sat down on a damp boulder , and was silent . " Perhaps we'd better go back and keep Jeth company , , " she ventured at length . " " No , let us stay here , " he pleaded . " We can watch the tide rising , and then we shall see it fall . " So they sat in silence and waited . - CHAPTER XX . 1914 . er ravens , the scent of roses after the fumes of a charnel house . She stole her arm round the sleeping man and pressed closer to him . The amell of his hair was like frankincense and myrrh in her nostrils . She forgot that he was full- grown man . He seemed only a child to her soft and warm against her heart . She was afraid to move lest she should awake him . She listened to his breathing as mother listens to the breathing of her first - born , and was half - afraid lest the beating of her heart should disturb his slumber , The minutes travelled slowly by and grew into hours . The tide rose to its full and be gan to retreat , she was cold and cramped with sitting in the same position , and yet she would not siir . Indeed , she hardly felt the chill of the cavern , so intent was she in trying to realise to the full this new sensation . She did not try to check it . Somewhere st the back of her mind was a vague , undefined thought that one hour of love was worth a Hfetime of scorn and hate that love alone was life , and that all the rest was a mere matter of marking time . Passion , such as the young feel , was gone beyond recall - dead as the flowers of the previous spring , but the diviner part of love had awakened with trembling lids and wondering eyes . She would never be quite the same again . For the rest of mankind ahe might still feel seorn and contempt , but for this young man , who had lain and alept upon her bosom , whose heart had beat close to hers , and the scent of whose hair was in her nostrils , she would always feel a tender regard . In a sense he belonged to her , and would always belong to her . She had saved his life . But for her timely aid he would be lying dead , buried perhaps under a heap of stones , and no one would know the manner of his death . Tregony fell asleep at , length from sheer weakness and exhaustion , with his head on He finished his pipe at length , and was on the witch's shoulder . She drew as close to the point of knocking out the ashes , when he him as possible and wrapped her cloak around him , and as she did so new and paused suddenly , and raised his head in a listening attitude . strange feeling crept into her heart The witch listened also . seemed to warm all her blood . The mother instinct that had lain dormant so long awoke within her , and shook her with a passion of sympathy she did not understand and melted her almost to tears . Very distinctly the sound of footsteps fell on the ears of both - not padded or muffled . The boots of the newcomer crunched the gravel of road . The witch held her breath , and wondered what was going to happen . Jeth sprang to his feet , and dived his right hand into his coat pocket . His face became set in cruel , determined lines . What had happened was clear enough to , him , and almost equally clear to the witch . In a few minutes Dr. Tregony emerged into the dim light carrying a candle , and was in a moment confronted by Jeth holding a pistol to his head . The witch drew herself together and pre- pared to spring . She heard the conversation that passed between them , and was quite satisfied that Jeth would not hesitate to shoot . " One - two - three - four " rang out clearly in the silence . Tregony closed his eyes and waited . He had given up hope . This was the end , and any and more inglorious he could not imagine . Five six - seven - eight bers fell more rapidly from Jeth's lips . " Nine ten - eleven The num- and She bent her head until her lips touched his brown locks and rested there . How strange She nusled her nose into his brown hair She was not his real almost unconsciously . She mother , but she was his second mother . had not begotten him , but she had saved him , and that constituted a link that could never be broken . Now and then he stirred uneasily in his sleep , as though dreams disturbed his brain , She held her breath , but he did not awake . afraid that he might lift his head from its warm resting - place . It was an experience that she knew would never come to her again ; it was the first of its kind and would be the last . Never again would a human face lie warm upon her bosom , and she wanted to make the most of this strange and sweet emotion . It would be something to remember in the dark daye and darker nights that were to come a breath of summer warmth in the winter of her loneliness , a sunbeam lying on a dungeon floor . The day began to dawn at length some- where in the east . She felt it rather than saw it . The weight of darkness pressed less heavily upon her eyes . Patience , and the heaving water would bring upon its bosom some reflection of the glow that suffused the morning sky . It came at length , so faint as scarcely to be discerned . She watched with thankful yet pathetic eyes . The long vigil was coming to an end . The outline of the cave seaward began to take shape ; the light was growing upon the retreating tide . Tregony stirred again and opened his eyes . Then he raised his head with a startled movement . " Don't be alarmed , " she said , in soft voice , the day is breaking . " He sat bolt upright and stared round him . " Where am It he began , then stopped abruptly . " , I remember now , " he went on , before she had time to reply . " Do you see the light on the water ! " she questioned . " Yes , I see . How cold it is . Have I been asleep ? " " Yes , you have slept for several hours . " " And you ? " " I have kept watch- " Like a good angel . How kind you are ! " " There is no angel in me , " she answered . " If one ever existed it was crushed to death long years ago . " " But you saved my life , and I have slept on your shoulder all the night . " " Through no merit of my own . It was by the merest chance that I was here in time , or even here at all . " " I shall always regard you as my provi dence , " he said . " That man meant to kill me . " " No doubt . He would like to kill us both . You see , we have discovered his secret . " " Frank Carleon discovered it before us , " he said , after a pause . " Ay , and he was not allowed , to live to tell the tale . ' " There must be a regular nest of them , " he said . " Not so many of them now , I'm thinking , " she answered . " Jeth spoke of young Carleon being at the bottom of the sea . He did not think that you would live to tell the tale , and he did not know that I was near enough to overhear what he said . It is easy now to put two and two together . " " Yes ? " he questioned . " Watty Grigg returned that night , and went away again . Charley Beel and Tom Juliff and Peter Hooker and others saw his boat - I got it out of them . That is what put me on the scent . Why did Watty put to sea again instead of bringing his fish into St. Olaves ? " " You think " " He had more than fish on board when he came back , and he had more than fish on board when he went away again . " " But do you suggest that Carleon was one of the gang " Not He stumbled into the trap by accident , as you did . Watty , and his mates took him out to sea to keep his mouth shut . " " But why has the boat never returned ? " " God's vengeance , perhaps . Do you re- member how the wind got up that night ? " " I have no recollection of it . " " You are a good sleeper , but I remember well . " Tregony could have told her that he scarcely alept at all that night , but that his thoughts were too troubled about other things to heed the wind . For a while neither spoke again ; then Tregony said : " Have you heard Jeth during the night ? " " Once or twice & few echoes of his cursings have floated down the cave . " " He will be wretchedly uncomfortable . " " No doubt . I will go back directly and give him something to drink . " " Let me do it . ' " You stay where you are . You have no strength to waste ; I have plenty . " She found Jeth lying exactly as they had left him . The lamp was still slight on the floor . Directly he heard her steps he began to plead to be unbound . For Heaven's sake undo these ropes , " he said , or I shall strangle 1 " You'll have to endure a bit longer yet , " she answered . " But I will give you some thing to drink . " Gimme some brandy , " he said . " There's spigot in one of the kegs , and that pool over there is spring water . " She gave him a strong mixture and crumbled biscuit into his mouth . " Do untie me , " he pleaded , when he had slaked his thirst . " You'll never be able to find your way out without me . " " We'll take our chance , " she answered , with a harsh laugh . " You're the devil ! " he thundered . it was , and yet how aweel . If this brave lad next time wa meet I'll throttle you . " The and her thoughts went trailing back again by fusillade of curses . were only her son , how happy she would be , She laughed again and retreated , followed into the dim and shadowy past . Love ! Yes , He felt hot and feverish , she had loved once , and it had been unre- and ate biscuit with difficulty . He had no Tregony swallowed a few drops of brandy quited lung back into her teeth with soorn appetite for food . -mocked and insulted , and since that day she and the old wound gave him a good deal of had closed her heart , to all the world , and Pain : the old woun The Old Folk's Best Friend DOAN'S BACKACHE KIDNEY PILLS In the Evening of our Days Old Friends are Best " Every Picture tells a Story . " Doan's Backache Kidney Pills have proved a great blessing to many old folk , because they banish backache , regulate the action of the kidneys and help the kidneys to keep the blood pure . The greatest discomforts of old age are poor | These symptoms are causeb dy weakness eyesight , lame back , stiff , achy joints and or diseases of the kidneys and bladder . urinary ills . Urinary waste is being left too long in the Most often these troubles come from system , and is setting up disease in different weakening of the kidneys . parts of the body . Doan's Backache Kidney The kidneys have a heavy task during a Pills relieve inflammation of the kidneys and long life , of filtering the blood and keeping bladder , and make the urinary . system active the body free from the irritating effects of so that it can , flush out this poisonous kidney urio neid . Kidney weakness usually gets little waste . This remedy contains no injurious attention , and it is no wonder if the kidneys ingredients whatever , and is safe for all - men break down . and women , old and young .. And when the kidneys are sluggish and Elderly ple will therefore find Doan's weak , there is little comfort . Backache is Backache Kidney Pills a valuable remedy ; they likely to become a constant trouble ; lameness keep the kidneys active , and prevent waste in the morning , pains when stooping or lifting , water and uric acid staying too long in the restlessness at night , too frequent and painful body . Many bad cases of stone , dropsy , rheu . passages of the kidney secretions , and persistent matism , lumbago , and distressing urinary languor . weaknesses have been completely cured by Rheumatic pains , stiff joints , dissy spells Doan's Pills , even in patients between 70 and and weakness of sight and hearing are often 80 years of age . due to the excess of uric acid in the blood . In 219 bones only , sin bones 1919. Never sold loose . Of So are gravel and stone , dropsical swellings of all stores and chemists , or from Foster - McClellan Co. , 8 , Welle - street , Oaford - Street , London , W. Refuse the limbs and extremities , heart weakness . substitutes . " We shall drown , " Molly gasped . " No we shan't , " he answered , cheerfully and defiantly . " Now lift me . I shall feel light as a baby in the water . " She did as he told her , he clutching the rocks and steadily drawing himself up . " He found a safe place at length , and reached down to her , and began to pull , and in a few minutes they were both high and dry above the water . " We're all right now , " she said , with a gurgle , as she stooped to wring her wet skirts ; but I feel uncomfortably damp all the same , and none too warm . " " But it's good to see the sky again , " he answered , " " and breathe the fresh air . " smile ; " but just at present I'd give both for Ay , " she answered , with B crooked good cup of hot tea . " They looked sadly forlorn and bedraggled pair as they climbed the steep cliff path hand in hand . Their wet clothes clung to them like plaster , and hindered the free movement of their limbs . Molly's skirts were a particu- larly heavy handicap ; but they struggled on bravely and silently . leading up to Jeth's cuddy . At length they reached the narrow tunnel " I'll lead , while you follow , " Molly said , her hands and knees and commenced the ascent . with chattering teeth , and she dropped on It was by no means difficult , allowing for the cramped position . Jeth , no doubt , would have done it in half the time that Molly took ; but she reached the floor of the auddy at length , and pushed open the trap - door with her head , and before she had got the dust out of her eyes she was safe within its shelter . when he had elbowed himself on to the floor Tregony followed close upon her heels , and he sat down on a wooden stool and laughed . saw , " she said , " you take the bun . " Well , of all the objects of pity I ever he answered , with a wry smile . " I'm afraid I do look a bit disreputable , " the " And a clothes brush would be no use to you she answered , still laughing . " A mop and a pail would answer the pur- pose better , you think ? " would be the correct thing . " " Decidedly ; but back - yard pump " I'll not be so rude , " he said , laughing , but what do you propose as the next item of " as to reflect on your personal appearance ; our programme ? " A cup of tea , " she laughed ; that is , if Jeth's establishment will furnish such a thing . " " Don't you think we'd better make our " way towards Burwood ! " he questioned . " I fear my absence will have caused a good deal of anxiety . much difference , " " A few minutes more or less won't make she answered , and I'm look ready to faint . " too famished to go a step further , and you " I'm not in the habit of fainting , " he said , pulling himself together with effort . an grown more and more bitter and cynical . He followed the retreating tide with an im- She had taken her revenge in trading upon patience he found hard to conceal , and even the follies and weaknesses of human nature suggested that they should make a swim for That I'm a bit done up I don't deny . " had nursed her anger in solitude , and had it . It would be low tide something after noon , dropping the trap door and pulling the mast- " Sit down in Jeth's chair , " she replied , found pleasure in frightening the weak and but he had not patience to wait till then . ting over it . Then she went to the cupboard gulling the foolish . The witch pointed out to him where the in the corner , and brought out a chunk of lower ledge ahelved down to the cave , and bread and some butter . where the zigzag commenced . Never in the history of the world before to enrb his impatience , and not spoil every . did the tide ebb so alowly . Molly begged him them . Tears filled her eyes and nearly overflowed She could not understand herself . It was She was glad no one could see her . moment , at least , she was different being , though a new soul possessed her . For the A piercing shriek cleft the silence - the had long been a stranger , and which almost swept by storm of emotions to which she of feet . Tregony opened his eyes and caw sound of a heavy blow - the shuffle and scuffle frightened her . thi for the sake of an hour . Look here , " he said at length . " I'm going for it if I drown . " His host was still in a precarious state of Molly Udy was in time to discover what she health , and nothing was to be gained by expected . She was waiting near the bend of worrying him until his health would permit the ledge , and completely hidden by tall pin- him to do something practical . To talk to nacles of rock , when she heard scraping Dr. Polwhele or May Trefusis about the noise in the small tunnel that slanted upward Jeth reeling in front of him , and the whirling should pass . It was like the warm south matter would be worse than useless . The in the direction of Jeth Main's cuddy . Peep figure of a woman just behind with arm up wind after the chill blasts of winter - the And yet she had no desire that the feeling affair would have to be kept secret , and the ing between the rocks , she saw something lifted , on the point of striking another blow . work gone about with as little noise ne pos emerge - shapeless in the darkness . but . The blow fell on Jeth's temple as Tregony trilling of song - birde after the harsh croaking waiste . to their armpite . She seized his hand and followed him . The floor of the cave slanted steeply . The water rose to their knees , to their hips , to their The fire was already laid , and was quickly roaring up the chimney . A kettle of water hung ready to be boiled . A canister of tea was found with a mug - teapot , one cup with- out a handle , and a small basin . " We can make shift with this , " the witch answered , cheerfully ; " I've known worse . " Tregony sat watching her with clouded eyes and a rapidly - beating pulse . He had no clear idea whether time passed alowly or quickly , He sat watching Molly moving about as though through a haze of Bmoке- every sharp outline was rubbed out . He drank his tea with relish , and ate a thin slice of bread id butter , and his brain cleared a little ; but he was terribly afraid he was in for another illness . " Now then , " said Molly at length , " we'll go and surprise the natives , " and she un- bolted the door and pulled it open . Tregony rose and followed her unsteadily . He very much doubted whether he had strength enough left to carry him as far no Burwood , ( To be continued ) PHOTO FRAMES . - For the largest selection of new patterns call at the " Gazette " Office . Advt . DO NOT WAIT until you are really ill before resort- ing to treatment . Immediate attention should always be given to minor ailments lest they lead to more serious trouble . A bilious headache , a tendency to constipa- tion , a feeling of discomfort after eating , impaired appetite : these are all symptoms that two of the most important organs in the body the stomach and the liver - are not working satisfactorily . The right remedy to TAKE whenever there is the slightest suspicion that all is not well with the organs of digestion is Beecham's Pills . Those who have tried this remedy , and they now number a great multitude , are . entirely satisfied that , for correct- ing ailments of the stomach and the liver , there is nothing to surpass BEECHAM'S PILLS . Sold everywhere in boxes , price 1/1 ( 56 pills ) & 2/9 ( 168 pills ) . Printed and Published for the Ross GAZETTE LIMITED , by GODFREY M. MORTON , t their Offices , High - street and Church- street , Ross , in the County of Hereford THURSDAY , OCTOBER 15 , 1914 . 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