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By great fortune——bY 9- heiivenly Providence, in her eYefi-h" niece was absent at the time. Andso in the cause cl holiness she lied l0 him-although of this the poor fel- low had no suspicion.
“In that case. young sir. Ylllllfeek something I cannot give Y0"-
"You mean, you do not know ." that . - . that she has left you’!
She braced herself to the righte- ous falsehood. ~
“That is what l mean."
"When did she leave you? Tell me that, at least."
"Two years ago. Alter she had been with me a year."
“And whither did she 80? must know that!"
"I do not. All that I know is that
You
That. at least, I know_is where she would wish to be, being all worldll- ness and uugodliness"
He stared at her, a. physical sick- ness oppressing him. His little Nan in London, alone and friend-
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was impossible in a filfelfi“ land- where he was a mercenary. fl 901d" ier of fortune, a man who mode 0i arms a trade soulless and uninslilf- ed. With thetmantle pnfetggngflrfi: cenary he l)" 011 i!
habits. He easily earned gold he spent riotously, prodlgally. BB W" over the mercenary? WBY- He gamed and drank and Sqllfllldeied it on worthless women.
He grew notorious; B ml"! 0i reckless courage, hOIdlHK hi! me cheap, an able leader of men, but a dissolute, hard-drinking, quarrel- some Englander whom it was n safe to trust too far.
not until five‘ years of this life had corroded his soul. It came to him one day when he realized that he was over thirty, that he had dissip-
he trod must lead him ultimately to a contemptible old age. ,Some of the good that slumbered in the depths of his soul welled up to cry a halt. l-Ie would go hack. Physi- cally and morally ha would retrace
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face wa almost boyish pleasure.
Tucker. '
sidered him. an awkward pause between these two, each of whom desired to ask a hundred questions- "i last heard ol you in Holland,"
said Tucker. "
you '2"
The reaction set in at last; but employment in which I may serve my country."
on the dark face suggested a scorn- ful doubt which almost made an she went- Belike she is in London. “uteri his youth, and that the path answer unnecessary.
have returned st all." Ile lowered his voice, lest he should be over- heard-
Then Hoiles knew him-s Sh!!!‘ o“; or his past, as he was. hlmwl! s ghost out of the past of "118 other; an old friend, a brother-in- ! ' of the days of Worcester and
bu.
"Tucker!" he cried, “Ned T110‘ ker!" And impulsively, his lace alight, he hold out his hand-
The other gripped it firmly.
,"I must have known you any- where, Randal, despite the chsllsfl that timfhas wrought." '
But you would seam osperedi", The Colonel's rejuvenated by a look '0!
self as well. to have
“Oh. I am well enough," said “And you?"
“As you see." , The other's grave dark eyes con- There fell a silence,
At last:
"I am but newly home."
"Whatever can have brought
"The war, and desire to find
“And you've found it?" Thesmile
"Not yet." "It would have moved my wonder f you had. It was a rashness to
"The climate of England
“it has wrought changes in your- ,
less, without means. What might
his steps.
He would seize this life
nut have happened to her in two years?
Inquiries in the village might have altered the whole course of his life. But, as if the unutterable gods of Mrs. Tenfilfls devotions re- moved all chances of the frustra- tion of her ends, Randal rode out o1‘ Charniouth without having spoken to another soul. .
For six months after that he sought Nancy in all places likely and unlikely. And all that while in Cliarmouth Nancy patiently and trustfully awaited his coming, yrhlch should deliver her from the dreadful thraldom of Aunt Tenfil's godliness. For she did not share Point-ridges belief that he was dead. .
And meanwhile despair was set-
that was slipping from him. and re mold it to the original intention. For that he would return to Eng- land. .
He wrote to liionk, who then was the powerlullest man in the realm But-Fortune's fool again —— he wrote just too late. The restora- tion was accomplished. It was a few weeks old, no more. For one who had been a prominent Parlia- ment man in the old days, and the son of a Parliament man still more prominent, there was no place by then in English service. Had ho but made the application some months sooner, whilst the restora- tion was still in the balance, and had he then taken sides with Monk in bringing it about, e might by
tling upon young Randal. To have lived and striven with but one in- splration and one aim, and to find in the hour of triump that the aim has been rendered unattainable, is to know 0110's self for Fortune's fool. To a loyal soul such as his the blow was crushing. It made life purposeless, robbed him of ambi- tion and warped his whole nature. His steadfastness was transmutcd into recklessness and restlessness. He required distraction from ‘his brooding; the career of arms ‘at home, iu time of peace, could offer him none of this. He quitted the service of the Parliament, and went abroad~to Holland, that happy hunting-ground of all homeless ad- vcnturi-rs. He entered Dutch ser- vice, and for a season prospered in ithlwiiui there was a difference, de- vim-able and grim. He was no ion- ‘g1 concerned to build himself n position in the State. Such a thing
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credit to cancel the old debt. Then came the
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that very act have re eemed the -
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isn't healthy at all to‘ old soldiers of the Parliament." _ “Yet you are here, Ned."
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son of bet’; who trailed a sword abroad. Dutch service could no longer hold him. This was his op- portunity. At last he would shake off the filth of a mercenary's life, and go bodily home to find worthy employment for his sword-
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Gravely Tucker heard him through, and grave his face remain- ed when the tale was done. He sighed, and considered the Colonel a moment in silence with sombre eyes.
"So George Monk's your onl)’ hope?" he said, slowly, at lust. Then he uttered a short. sharp laugh ol infinite scorn. “In your case I think I'd hang myself and have done- it's less tormenting."
"What do you mean?"
“You think that Monk will really
help you’! That he intends to help?" - - "Assurediy. He has promised it,
and he was my friend—and my father's friend."
"Friend!" said the other bitterly. "I never knew a trimmer to be any man's friend but his own. And if ever a trimmer lived, his name is George Monk-the very prince of trimmers. as his whole life shows. First a King's mamthen something betwixt and between King and Par- liament; then a Parliament man: sailing his friends of the King's side. And lastly a King's man again in ' ion to his late trusting
CHAPTER V The Mercenary
Colonel Holles took the air in Paul's Yard, drawn forth partly by the voice of a preacher on the steps of Paul's, who was attracting a crowd about ‘him, partly by his own restlessness. ‘ He was moving along the skirts of the crowd that had collected be- fore the preacher, with no inten- tion of pausing. when suddenly a phrase arrested him.
“Repeat, I say. while it is time! For behold the wrath of the Lord is upon you. The scourage of pes- tilence is raised to smite you down." _ -
I-iolles looked over the heads of the assembled citizens. and beheld a black crow of a man. cadaverous of face, with sunken eyes that glowed uncanniiy from the depths of their sockets. -
“Repent!" the voice crooked “Awaken! Behold your peril, and by prayer and reparation set your- selves to avert it whiles yet it may be time. Within the Parish of Si. Gilos this week lie thirty dead of this dread pestilence, ten in Si. Clement's. and as many in St. And- rew's Holborn. These are but warn- ings. Slowly but surely the plague is creeping upon the city. As Sod- om of old was destroyed. so shall this modern Sodom perish. unless you rouse yourselves, and-cast out the evil that is amongst you."
Hollos moved on- He had heard odd allusions to this pestilence which-was said to be making vic- tims in the outskirts and which it was alleged by some fools wag 3 weapon of welfare wielded by the Dutch-at least. that it was the {Dutch who ha‘! let it loose in Eng- and.
As he moved on, s msn of hand. some presence and soldicrly bear- ing, with the dress and sir of a gen- tlemsn, ‘considered him intently
"l!!! ores of startled-wonder. -As Helios came shrtisst of him. he sud- denly cleaned forward, detaching from the crowd, and caught the Col. WI! fifths arm. Jioilss checked.
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ful smile lighted the grave, hand- some face. He shrugged. He lean- ed toward Holles, and dropped his voice still further. not a regicide,"
scurc." '
sled. There seemed to be snulter-
ed his guest
‘if “M”: . w o ilim. "so ‘it 3iii'°»° n“ “m”
“I'l" Again that low, hnlf-scorn-
"My father was he said quietly. ‘Therefore, I am comparatively ob-
Holles looked at him, the eager
memory ol this thing and of the silly tie with which they had garn- ished it? Must it ever prove an insuperable obstacle to him in Stuart, England? , "Nay, nay never look so glum. man." Tucker laughed, and he took the C ‘ ‘ by the arm. "lief us go somewhere where we can talk. We should have a deal to tell each other." ' I-lolles swting him round.
"Come to the Paul's Head," he‘
bade him. "I am lodged there."
But the other hung back. hesitat- ing a moment. "My own lodging is near at hand in Cheapsidc," he said and they turned about again.
In silence they moved off toge- ther. At the corner ol Paul's Ysrd Tucker paused, and turned to look across at the doorway of Paul's and the fanatical, preacher who stood there shrillintz- His voice floated across to them.
"Oh. the great and dreadful God!"
Tucker's luce set into grimly sar- donic lines. “Au eloquent fellow, that," he said- “I-Ie should rouse these silly sheep from their apathy."
The Colonel stared at him pus.
ior meaning to his words. Tucker; without adding anything further, draw him away and on,
In s handsome room on the first floor of one of the most imposing houses in Chespsldo, Tucker w".
to tbs bsst chair. - friend. inst met by to his house-
But
"An old
s bottle of ssck,..,--.ot-th s. w - w». ° “
friends of the Parliament. Always choosing the side that is uppermost or that can outbid the other for his services- stands; Baron of this, Earl of that, Duke of Albermarle. Commander- ln-Chiel. Master of the Horse, Gen-
God knows what else. grown fat on trimming." pleasure which the meeting had
brought him withering in his face- \Vould men ever keep green the
his promise‘! Did he 1" age of it il he had."
friend have helped you at once u‘:
anything."
And look where he
tleman of the Bedchambcr, and Oil, he has
“You do him wrong, Ned." Holles was mildly indignant.
“That is ' , ssible."
"But you do. You forget that a man may change sides from convic- tion." - "Especially when it is to his own profit," sneered Tucker-
"Thst is ungenerous, and it is untrue, of course." The Colonel showed signs of loyal heat. "You are wrong also in your other as- sumption. He would have given me all the help l needed, but that
"But that he counted the slight risk-nay; what sin l saying i-the slight inconvenience to himsclf
asked. He could have averted in such a case all pleading ignorance to your past."
"l have told you that he will help rne: that he has promised."
“And you build upon his prom- ises? Promises! They cost noth- ing. Monk's revenues amount to thirty thousand pounds s year. He was your ‘friend, you say; he was your father's friend, and owed much to your father, as, all know. Did he offer you his purse to tide you over present stress, until op portunity permits him to fulfill
“l could not have taken advant-
"That is not what Task yon. Did he offer it? Of course he did not. Not he. Yet would not
where he could?"
"I ll? lists. you m unjust to him.
wsl under no seen
"Oh. resin w . Th h Duchess. u you’; told" l.
should any questions afterwards be 7'
awkwardness by i
You forget tbsp-after all. be " sity to promise»
which he will avoid fulfilling"
He grew conscious that (‘lilollel Holles was staring at him, amaml by his sudden v ‘ . not». checked abruptly.‘ and lauglivd.
"I grow hot for nothing ut all. Nay, not for nothing-for you, ol-i friend. and against those who put this deception upon you.You should not have come back to Etiglanii, Randal. But since you're llvft‘, at least do not woo disappciittmcnt by nourishing your hopes on 1-m- pty promises." He raised his glass to the light, and looked at tho Col- onel solemnly across the top of it. "I drink to your better fol-tithe, Randal!’ " .
Mechanically, without answvrin: a word, the Colmel drank \\l!ll him. l-lis heart was turned to li-ail.
"l! you are right," he said slowly his eyes upon the table, "f may as well take your advice, and bang myself."
"Almost the only thing lcit ior a self-respecting man in England." said Tucker.
"Or anywhere else, for that illfll- ter. But why so hitter about ling- land in particular?"
Tucker shrugged. "You know my sentiments, what they always ivure. I am no trimnler- I sail a steady course."
Helios regarded him searchiunly. lie could not misunderomml illt‘ man's words, still less his tonv.
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