Show y CROCKETT e Copyright 1858 under tho tM name of or Little i I Anna Mark by S R Crockett I Copyright by S R Crockett I James of or New NewMilns NewMilns In company with his grandson young roun Philip meets in an his hisson son Philip and his sons paramour Janet M They quarrel Sir James goes taking along his bis grandson That night ho he is murdered by his dissolute son and Janet Mark They take his body outside and andIa lav Ia It upon an in the effort to toi i fasten tile the crime upon other shoulders But the tho boy Phillip has witnessed the crime Ho He tells his grandfathers chief tenant Umphrey and Spur way succeeds eds In having the real murderer I brought to justice He is sentenced to be bo hanged hang his woman accomplice lice to be transported Mysteriously Philip Stans escapes the gallows seeks out his wife finds her in the company of I I and tries to murder her but does docs not quite succeed She is taken away to for cure her son s Jn young Philip la In charge of or and In the company of ot little Anna Mark from whom he learns that in some ways girls are worth quite as much as boys bOs For example In the tho time timEt of or tho cattle drovin when Master Spur way bought his winter beast in the tho thoI I Mart Anna beats Philip in helping to toI rut them out Still SUll they are excellent I I friends evan though she beats mm him at ather ather her studies In the to which they th y ygo po go together John Philips Phillps lawyer uncle brings in a new teacher Dominie a small smaIl man with i wonderful eyes Shortly after atter his com coming coming ing the countryside is la shocked and thrilled with a n number of or bloody and mysterious murders evidently for tor the sake of rob robbery robI I bery Business calls Umphrey from home In his absence a big packing case purporting to bo be full of fine Span Spanish I ish leh wool Is delivered to Will Bowman clerk He puts 1 in the t e eI I I weaving shed That night Philip playing about it sees fECS shining through tae gauze of or tho packing case a pair of eyes He calls Will Vill Bowman who counts three thon stabs st bs tho packing case with a n small sword Blood flows Hows they the open the case and find Dominic Inside apparently apparent ent dead Shortly after the house is attacked by b rob ers who had meant to lot l t in They are beaten off but afterward Philips Phillps mother refuses to let him spend the holidays hoUdas at New Re Returning Returning turning from a 0 days visit to New Philip falls rans In with Saul Mark Annas gPS father who under pretense oC or him Sir Harry Morgans treas urn makes maltes him a prisoner Anna finds out his plight and leads Umphrey Spur way on his track By the help of his sil silent ent nt partner Provost Gregory Barton Bartan BartonS S ul Mark supercargo of or the bhe ship Corra mantoo imprisons both Anna end and Spur way WS robbing robbin of ot much money and ana a n portrait of or mother Philip tho elder who is in league with Saul Mark the portrait and sends youns youn Philip away aw Leaving imprisoned imprisoned Philip the tho elder gees out in cloak to his wires house and by threats induces her to go aboard tho Anna and Philip make friends with He shows them where Sir S r Harry Morgans treasure is guarded by and his hosts has scented a 0 boat in which he plans to escape with Anna Annn Philip Mrs Irs and his 1115 mother also Will vm Bow Bowan Bowan an who Is in the pirates tes dutches The Pirates sail away with two or three ships but a new difficulty arises It is Mrs fear to trust herself In the boat At last she Is persuaded The boat starts encounters other pirates but Is towed safe sa away by a monster devil fish Ilie boat reaches Porto Rico in safety and its inmates approach a convent holp hOIl At the first break In the wall we turned to the right passed tl rough a sort o to de and found ourselves in ina j a street crowded with small wooden booths and tinkling with the ring of hammers upon anvils Our snide strode on Oi and we followed But we had net gone far when a cry ry went up nd we began to hear the tread of f harrying toward us from every direction nd to see macy ma people running and to to each other Some of these were casting off blacksmiths aprons that might run the faster Some So these w re women with dusky faces shrilly bade their men folk tolk wait for them till tIU they could come or so at least 1 interpreted their querulous cry Crying ing Pent w became the th center cener of oC a throng of ot quant dresses dree whose hs wear wearers wearers ers pushed pue and strove sove and ad elbowed about us u But Bu our or guide gide swept sept his staff to right and an left smiting them te with wih the soundest of thwacks they the fail r n hastily back bac one treading on the toes of another Presently we stopped before a sate or midway between bete two gates facing each other oth at the distance of rather more mor than tn yards Our guide gide turned to that tat on the he left lef bau and we e fol tol followed lowed him hm He lifted a a knocker shaped like a crucifix and ad knocked d loudly lOul A wicket opened In the lUe door at the side of te the larger larg gate g and a face looked through a face fae which might have he been ben that of a marble mabI knight on a tomb so so strong and ao purposeful it seemed seem d For Forthe Forthe the brow was hie in a white knap k kin as a though bound up for the grave and from the dead dea whiteness whiten of the skin large dark eyes eye looked loke forth mourn mournfully fully and and The monk said sd something in a a low tone and stood aside aide to t let the guardi guardian gart an of at the pOl l see us u Then T n the little wicket shut to again aga and we heard the buzzing murmur of the crowd and an the silent breathing of many folk tolk We stood there tere for seemed a along long space spa e the he sun throwing our shadows ahado tall tl and a black on the blaz blazing blazing ing whiteness of the te wan Avail Then The the little wIlow was wa again ain opened and this thi time another face was wa seen sen also a pale face and ad enwrapped with wih the same se mournful I But Bt the features were mere delicate i and a certain quick frailty of temper had ha thinned the nostrils and ad drawn fur furrows I rows across the brow Our guide bent courteously and began to speak spek Then Ten there ensued between them a alo long whis whispered whis cred colloquy Wn When this was a fin finished fin 1 the monk turned to us and ad said sd something som in Spanish which I 1 did not understand We Ve are to retire you and ad I and he heEb Eb rm translates briefly 1 pointing last at ot Will Wl Bowman Bowman With much regret and because we weare weare are helpless among so s many may Iet Anna go from my n side and left lef tho three nomon standing together The Te monk himself also aso stepped back with a bow low as a a reverence before an a altar atar Then Te I heard head the pallid woman behind I the he grating begin to t speak spek in a low and ad pleasant pleast voice and mother uttering replies rele in Spanish But the words wor were inaudible to me even had hd I 1 understood the language Then The the door opened and an frs the theold theold old witch woman woma entered then my lastly laty mother Anna Ano who was wa so dear dea to me med and As A the door dor shut upon the three thre I started stared forward as if to go too to but laid his hi hand han upon my arm armand and amt the monk motioned us u impatiently to follow him He Ee turned into the gate gateway way to the right uttered a word through a a barred bared wicket and fn a wor mo moment mo ment more we found ourselves within the great walled led enclosure of the mon monastery mon astery cf Ct San Juan de Brozas Broza And Ad to a nothern boy the wonder of 01 H ute the hourly houry growing gowing surprise sur e I saw scores sore upon scores score of ot brown clad monks monk moving here and there their dismal dIsa array aray laced and ad beaded with lt priests pret white acolytes and boys wearing purple under vests vet of ot sik furiously ly enough h T thought first j Q n of what Mr John Bel would sy to a ao sIght this This of J St John of Bro S zas o was built throughout of e stone like white and nd a little crumbly its it form a great get oblong At t one lne end that opposite opposite to where we had entered S the church The rest of the th ure was wa and arcaded about about Shade e trees tree sprang everywhere Foun tan spouted and plashed Little streams were crossed by bridges small aa a a childs toy The white walls wals smal were so aglow with wit the te airy air scarlet of creeper creper so crowded crowde with wih geranium geranium that it i seemed as if many cardinals cardial robes had been hung out to dry Beyond the Palmettos in the square through whose leaves we caught the glint of metal they the were building something huge and white I 1 could see That was well enough said ead of Will but I was ws not to be set behind the door No alive alve was ws going to me with his at best a poor thing to make a boast of f I r am a a a Scot and of the Scottish re rI ligion lgon I 1 said as grandly andly as I could What is Is that I never neer heard of it i The speech seeh of the grand gand inquisitor inquisitor was more silvern sivern than ever ver Almost I might say sy he purred purred I r am a a Presbyterian I replied a trifle nettled That is the religion of my m country Say Sayan an opinion call it i an opinion and I with he said and am wih you con continued to smile cn And you ou His Hia eye passed on to t Ebora Have you been n christened in inthe inthe the church of Inghilterra or are ae you iu also of o the Scots persuasion To my surprise had shed his manne of a kings son sn and now met the small shrew gray gay eyes eye of the grand gand Inquisitor with wih the broad grin gin which had attracted me first on the street of the privateers village I poor pr ignorant Yellow Jack Jak he e said sid speaking thickly I 1 know kow noth nothing nothing ing But learn yes holiness Yellow T Hk iHn to loom lonn rv thing u I The Te grand d Inquisitor nodded pleas pleasantly antly aty rib Ah A that is better much better he het t sait 1 Though DUg your o r color clor is that tat of ot Ham aam he acure such willingness doe you YO more credit than your com companions stubbornness But I you may my influence them te for good good The i reverend abbot wishes you to t have free access ace to those of your our race rac in charge I or of the c Perhaps they may I you with additional reasons for Jou wih d desiring hi r instruction in our holy hol faith and in il this his way your o r companions also may come to find the truth Give poor black blac boy your our blessing holiness admirable holness suppleness said sId kneeling with wit The grand gand inquisitor extended a acu cou couple pIe of or fingers in bi a perfunctory manner curved cured them a little as a if he were going I to scratch the head of a persistent cat ct But oyt continued to keep his hiS eyes fixed fed steadfastly upon us us I r was very er angry ag with mth for thus as a it were deserting us In the face of the enemy and ad as for Will Wi Bowman he lowered glowered at the as if he could have staIn slain him The abbot of San Juan and the In Inquisitor conferred red together the tall tU dark monk apparently persuading his little plump friend to o something against his will wil We had better beter look lok out for squalls squaBs whispered whisP red Will Wi Bowman Bowman I 1 do not trust that that monk with wih the black brows The Te little ones our our friend I 1 wonder what they tey are ar whispering together about 1 But I 1 had been making up my mind to ask ak the Inquisitor to give us u a ing in some place where we could see j and comfort my mother moter I knew kne well wel that she 6 e would be in distraction away aWa r from us and lone alone with wih Anna whom she s e had never liked Most reverend I began we haye hae escaped esc ed from a pirate island My moth I j d THE TH MONK MON CAST CAT ONE ON CONTEMPTUOUS A ONE ON ONY IN THE T DIRECTION OP OF THE CHAIN GANG a long string of men m l carrying mortar in wooden woden boxes on their shoulders The fierce sun sn sparkled upon something that connected the flies fes and nd swung in mid midair midar air ar between them them while to our ears came cae the faint tinkle of metal meta The Themen Themen men were chained together At that moment from the gable of oC the church a l prominence pr of formed the belfry beli a bell bel be began bega gan ga ring and we heard leard the low chant the words of which seemed to begin with wih Ora pro nobis Ora Or And AndI I recalled recale enough of my Latin to know that that meant Pray Pry for us Still SUl we followed our guide gI e passing I I close cose by the chain gang We now saw I that the te men were guarded by swarthy musketeers musketeer each ech with wih a gun gUl over his I shoulder and ad a sword sord girt by his side Gigantic Gigantc negroes armed ared with whips stalked along the ranks rank each with Wih a dignity digity of a Nero cut cutIn in ebony Will Vi Bowman Bowma had ha fallen falen a little be behind hind with wih so I r hastened to place myself beside the he monk who had brought us thither The hymn h n had ha put puti it i into my head that I would try him bI with wih some soie of mv scanty Latin Who Wo are these thee men was was what I tried to say He stopped in an astonishment as great geat as a if his ass as had spoken to t hint hin You are a cleric he said And Ad though he pronounced d the words dif differently yet et I understood him well weI enough Whereat I began to be glad that Umphray Umphry y had made me learn lear by heart George Buchanas Lat Latin Latin in psalms and ad each day for a whole year which he declared to be the only worthy literature that Scotland hath ever produced No I am no cleric I replied It I was as wonderful so I r thought thought how easily the speaking of Latin came to tome tome me And on the spot I began to plume plue me on my talent for languages Convent bred then the he continued glancing sideways down dowat at me meI I am a not said I 1 Row How then do you speak Latin LatinI 1 I pointed pinte silently to Will Wi who had come up with wih Ebora We had halted hp ted under a tree and ad there was now only a fountain with wih many jets jet between us usand usand and the he chain gang The swaying leaves and ad the hush of the water falling softly softy on wet marble were certainly most soothing But somehow that oas GS tinkle of swinging links over by bythe the hc new building me greatly Alst Als I was anxious about my mother The monk on whose face there therE ap app p ared never the shadow f a smile smie bowed to Will wm You are learned he said sad in the these same se curious Latin LaUn Will WU modestly modesty denied it It but I struck in boldly He is a very ver learned scholar I Isaid IsaId said Of this thi I 1 will wi inform the abbot he said and again agin turned tur d to precede pr cede us But I pointed to the gang of laboring pinte prisoners from the far f r end which had just come a sharp cry as a the knot knotted knotted J ted lash lah of the black overseers mers rs whip f across the naked shoulders of a lad 4 halting haUng under a burden burden I trembled to kill Idl the brutal striker Who are these thes I said indignantly and ana by what law are they chained chine and and beaten Are they the murderers The monk cast one contemptuous fiance lanc and ad one only in the direction of ot the chain pang ang These te are heretics hC tics he ho said sid as if the fact explained all aU allAnd And as I followed the trailing skirt skIr of his hs brown robe not daring to raise s my eyes lost I 1 should see some further horror I was by no means so sure that the devilfish had done us a good turn in delivering us u from pirates pirate and ad bring bringing of Winds t to under underlie ing us from the te lie the u tender merle of the monks of the 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