Show I 1 I ISLE LE 0 fib evv lU WJ Tn c 4 I I t B y iS R CROCKETT c l Copyright 1803 under the tho name of or o Little Anna Mark by S R Crockett Copyright ht by S R R Crockett Crockett I Synopsis Sir James of or o New NewIt I Jae It I Zin Uns In tn company with his grandson young Philip meets mets In an fn n his hison c on 0 Philip and his sons paramour Janet Mark MarIe They hey quarrel Sir James goes coes I II home taking tang along alom Ins Ids grandson randson That Tat night he is 15 murdered by his II Mark MarkI i dissolute son on and Janet I They take tako his body outside and ad II lay Jay it ft upon an a in the effort to tofate fasten the tho crImo crime upon other shoulders 1 fate But flut the bey boy Phillip has ha witnessed the tho ha crime te Ho lie thUs tells his grandfathers chief ls tenant tont Umphrey Umphry and aud Spur way succeeds in having the real murderer murd cr brought to Justice He is sentenced to be bed d his hia woman accomplice to oe be i transported Mysteriously Philip Phlp SUns Stans transporte I Held the th ws seeks seek out nis IUS wife finds her in the gH company of 0 Spur ny and tries to murder to her but does not quite taken to m mor succeed U cod She is away for or cure leaving her son young Philip in charge of or and in the company of or little HUla Anna Mark from whom he lie learns worth qu quite e ea that in some somo ways gli S are as 55 a much as a boys bOs For gl example In the tune time of ot tho th cattle when Master taster Spur ot tho the thod winter beast in way bought his Mart 3 Philip bat in helping to Anna beats d Anna beats Phlp out them out Still they are arc excellent out StU I friends even though she beats bet him at hgr studies in Iq tough the school to which they gO CO together John Johp Philips Philip s sr I r lawyer uncle brings in a new teacher tec 81 4 Dominie DominIc laWer bring a a small smal man roan with wih I 1 wonderful eyes oyes Shortly Shorty after his com corn coming comina lag ing the countryside is shocked and thrilled ina mysterious with a a number of ot bloody and i 1 murders n evidently for tor the sake of rob robbery bery bory Business calls Umphrey bor Bunes from home In his absence a a big biF packing I case purporting to be full ful of or fine Span Sn Spanish ish wool is delivered to Will Bowman clerk He puts It i In tho the thoI thes I s weaving shed she cerk That night put Philip playing about ft It sees shining through the gauze I of ot the packing s case a a pair pir of at eyes eye HO He calls caUs Will Bowman Bowan who counts three threet t then stab 1 b the packing case ce with wih a small smal word Blood lows flows they open the te case ce and am find Dominie inside inide apparently apparentlY apparently dead dd Shortly ter the house is by robbers who had hadi meant at e to let in They are beaten beten off of but but i afterward t Philips mother refuses to let him spend the holidays at New MUns Re Returning Returning turning from a days dais visit to New MUns Milna I Philip faIs in with dys wih Saul Mark Mak Annas Anns father who wh under pretense prete e of ot showing him Sir Harry Ha Morgans treas treasure tr ure nrc makes maltes him a a prisoner Anna Anna finds j I out ure We lile plight and ad leads Umphrey y Spur ot les b I way on his 19 track By the tho help of or his sil silent 51 Provost Gregory Bartan ent et et partner Barl ill 1 1 S Mark Mrk supercargo of O r the ship Corra cora t SI imprisons both Anna Ann and pur way robbing of ot much money ione t robbin i and nad t a a portrait of or Philips mother Philip Phlp I b the te elder eder who is i in league lee Saul Sul Sauli 1 i Mark Ik takes te the portrait and sends send young yung 4 Philip away aY Leaving imprisoned i ond Philip the th elder gd out 3 In oI cloak doak to his house hous and ond nd by threats ck induces Indu her to go aboard I c the Anna An and Philip make moke mae friends with He shows them 1 I where freds Sir Harry Har Era Morgans Morns treasure is guarded by and his hosts ade orra hae hm scented a boat bat in which he ho i ra h fJ Jh plane p to t escape with Anna Philip Mrs fr t t f ep and Ms his h mother mote also als Will Wi Bow Bowan fl I an ap who is an in the te pirates cluche The q at Wo sail sn away away with two or three thre ships shiP 1 but a new nW difficulty arises it is Mrs Mr i fear tear to trust trus herself herse in tho the I j I boat bat At last she Is persuaded The boat bot starts encounters se other pirates pirate but is isI I towed Url safe away by a monster devil devi fish fishI I tow The bout boat bt reaches Porto RIo RII In safety 1 end I nd iU its inmates te approach approach a n convent ask k ki i 1 ing Th The Te convent takes te In the tho wo women women ii men Tb Th T men me go into a chain chan gang gag It ItIs Itc f c Is making mk a road for the pleasure of or the theS ro governors S wife She chances to pass 1 along alon and Will Wl Bowman cance and Philip dis disI 1 tI I I COt mother ove her he to to be Janet J e Mark Mak An attic Annas As CHAPTER CT X X The he Taming Tang of tho t Tiger i L I Standing thus stricken I flashed fahed a alook alok aI I look lok at t thO who wh stood sto about me meAnna met t Anna Ao and an Will WJ I BCe their faces fac I It I t and an it was wa wa with wit the utmost relief that that I Ii I i I was wag aR the only one on of ot the i company com who knew the tle womans secret sert I I i Vh Indeed more impossible than that t the e chiW chika ch li I had hId seen wang her J little lt e hand had as her hr mother mr went down the road r among tho the glittering bayonets In the e gray grey ry of oC the morning should rec recognize rc recI I aa as a the same om nan this ts richly attired atre lady Ia Spanish late in the Ady y upon a 2 Sp ise te Cb I i s s set a And d as a for Will Wi he was wa no wiser wise i I I Fr Per or though he was w old enough aou h at the I time he had ha not seen sen much of ot Janet Jat Mark Mark And besides boid as a I have have had oc occa C caeton ca ca ton to t point out more mor than tha once I Will Bowman Bowma never neer toad bad b my trick of I picture memory meo which all al my fe I was It won to t cultivate ate by means mans of or paling i 1 sLobs and other otier oer trifles t Meanwhile Eb r continued to speak spek l 1 rapidly to the Donna Juanita I saw sw the te color flash fah up into her hr face fae a a warm I IrOY rosy rOY hue upon up the whiteness of ot her herskin herskin I II skin For Fr that wes her great gret beauty in ina n nt I t 1 a a land ld of dusky women W When en I had tent aW seen o her in her own country cun and i 1 much muc younger she ahe had bad been be well wel nigh i e red re a 0 rustic rute But I here hare subdued by years ars and climate the te I reds red and ad the white showed showe together on 1 1 her re bc face fae like lk York and ad Lancaster graft graf gAt graftS t tol 1 S ol od on a single rose rOBe stem Sem Her He ten ton tendency 1 1 0 dency to t plumpness had ha Increased I greatly with wIt ease e and the custom of ot the te country but that among aJ the Spaniards I ami anil especially the te military caste cat of d them hem is i thought the greater beauty Still StU in any a country Jan Janet Jant t or Juanita Ju nita I t aa as a she he called cUed herself helO would have been beena and but for the thet t j 1 a woman woma ad t 9 demon domon that that upon occasion looked out of oft t L tier her h eyes e a one 00 to boot boott bootI t I 1 What at ye je are are English folk that tt have haYe been be among anong tie the ie pirates she se he said sd in ini ing i g good English bringing her b mule about 1 that us ne tat U nei g she might have hare a better look leok at atus atU i i I My friend frien Is English I said gad hastily hasty i I lest it e Will Wi should shoud from froma 1 a ct a town called cl d lIe he comes and I Io IL L ani o a poor Scottish Sc h lad trepanned from i ii own p country and an folk folk Have pity on us s great groat get lady lad We Te suffer for our ouri i religion I ken k nothing about that thai tt she an answered ant ani t i sere with a 8 sudden chili di but from p par of Scotland do ye e come comeI ce I 1 noticed aa as she spoke that tot though Bho he So managed mange the not ill i she said g yc Ye yf and and ken and a Just as they te did in New Mime Un And An it was wa a mighty curious thing to t hear hear the te fe f t accents cenis as of my native parish on the lips lp of this woman woman the tb wife of f a Spanish in this far irle of o t soa soaI So I come from a seafaring town called beIr I said sd giving Will wm a look lok that he be was not ot to come coe any ay nearer to the truth But Will Wi though wholly without diplomacy had an admirable gift I of f silence and an simply looked at atthe atthe the th white mule as aa if mentally summing I up his hi points pOnt Ah Ab from Abercorn Abern Se answered aneed with a a quick Took ook ok at ut me m did ever ye hear ber of a man mn by the name imme nm of Philip Phlp I Taa YO ye said said I startled at the sound of my own name but Instantly taking taing her ber meaning that have bove L Hear of 4 Philip who that has ha ved vedin I in Scotland has hs not heard herd of him Did DidI I he not nt slay the father fathe that begat him himI I I Was W h he not a murderer murd er a robber an 11 outlaw n at Is 19 as a may be she said sId there r S were others other deeper In and blacker bl ker of ot hue bue than poor Philip Phlp But what of him When was he executed ee I He never nver was wa executed I 1 said sad sai He escaped on the te very ver day though many manyin ma in Scotland say that that foe he e died die on the te I widdy by the hans cord H Ho W ken ye je that t he escaped she C eald breathlessly sd I 1 did not reveal what excellent e celent rea re 8 0 Yi sons son I had ha to ken that tat thing I merely told old her the fact of the fruitless pursuit of the attacks on many mansion manion houses houss and ho It i had been boo more moe recently ascertained beyond a 0 doubt that Philip had ha de departed departed departed parted forth of the te realm of Scotland Aa A S I spoke soke the ruddy em color gradually left lel the face of or the woman The reins woma dropped from hor her fingers upon the he neck nek of the white mule mue and she clasped her hands hande hand as a if praying In church Save me save me she muttered If I Philip p find me here I am a dead woman Then after a little Ute she commanded herself and nd asked another question queston There was wa one Saul Mark Malt in thea parts pa a seafaring man He used often to land at your town though that was not his country countr I have heard herd him of it it Ken ye e him What I cried loud enough for Anna to catch every ever word she had withdrawn wIthdraw a little from the paling but hut still till stood listening a little removed from the he womans sight what not a swarthy man what with wih silver rings in his ears car The same Gods truth the same sae she cried yet not gladly What Wat of him h Tell TeU me quickly He is dead tell tel me he is surely dead He has ha oft ben been reported so I an answered a but ever turns up again aan like a a bad penny which even a beggar beg a will Wi not nt take as a alms Where saw or heard head you of him last lat It was a difficult question but I adroitly turned the te enough corner corer of it it as I thought thought It I comes to me that ere I 1 left Aber Abercorn Abercorn corn cor I was w told that he had hod turned I Alas Ala alas she muttered this is Js worse wore and ad worse wore Every Ever pirate and privateer in the world vold makes for the Spanish main And Ad this youth s he turned about abu to where Anna had been standing sanding but seeing nothing noting of hr her r she continued what does dos he in the nunnery He looked somewhat over comely to be foot page among so many women womenfolk womenfolk womenfolk folk She laughed at her own conceit and ad I at the expression she sh had at atthe atthe atthe the close So from this his point we were the better agreed And I escaped for that tat time from answering any more questions I fear that I should have been forced fored to lie le ere long And that never was wa my desire though God for forgive forgive give me I have have been driven to it time timo and again agn But that I count cault not lying bing and neither I believe beleve does doe the Almighty who knows that sometimes a abit abit abit bit of which is a a work of necessity and mercy merc to poor human ity iy So the te lady Juanita Juania Sveda rode away upon upon her white mule mule her dainty feet encased In a pair of silver stirrups siver pr large as m a salt boxes while rings like barrel hoops ho jingled jingle at the bridle bit bit And Ad faith she took the eye ee as a great lady and comely But I alone of geat all aU allon allon on that island knew her for aone the con convict vict ie murderess Janet Mark transported I beyond seas for her ses crimes and ad now in some strange fashion escaped from I her punishment and ad established in all aU I honor on this Spanish Spish plantation Well Wel I even for Annas sake I would be no talebearer Yet I was wa glad for the knowledge might prove useful Then came caine ce Ebor to t us hastily and took us away to the rood road without ro ing lug me time to speak seak a word of warn sarn i ing to Anna But I trusted Ana trust that my loud manner maner of speech and ad meaning gestures would have put her on her hei hel Yet I could not nt think of the simplicity of my i mother without a of fear fea coming i over me Nevertheless I reflected that in the te habit of at a nun and with wih the I changes made mae by th inevitable years it I was not likely that Janet Mark would know kow my mother now Still Sti if any in inquired inquired my mother would be sure to say point pInt blank I am the wife vUe of Philip of North Milan In in i Scotland For thus did my mother always always having no way about her but the straightforward one onea onea a way ay I have found fo nd enough to this thia present I world and which I look forward to as i likely to prove anything but conven In the next Err hastened us on or our way wa to the gang gag knowing kowIng that that if the Lady Juanita were wee at St St Juan de Brozas It was wa not likely that tat Don Nicholas NICola would be far in the rear And so indeed it proved For no sooner had we turned the corner corer of the nunnery orchard than I at a the further end of the gang we beheld a man ma upon a great geat plunging horse hore riding this way and that among the gang gg swearing striking at the prisoners and the prisoner ad negro overseers From the distance only nb the gust of is hs s oaths came came to us but I presently we could hear the tapping of his stick sUck on bare bar backs back and ad iron beis Our turn tur next said Ebor take I care cro not to t answer a word At At that tat moment the man on horse I back bak caught sight of ot us approaching Instantly he hp set s t spurs sur to io his beast beat and came shouting down the whole length of the gang to where we were w re begin beginning beginning ning fling to work work He called cled out something to and and made as a if he would have smitten us Now Spanish is an easy esy language to catch the drift of to anyone with some smatter of Latin Added to which that every eer Spaniard instead of ot clipping cUpping his hia words word like the English or broadening them out of recognition like the Seats Scots thinks U It i worth while to speak aa as a beautifully as h hp he can which I is naIled called cled among them having the true Castillian Catlan So though though I could yet speak sek but little I understood a good I deal del and guessed more more Dogs Dog and a heretics he cried Let mo me come at the dogs I am a true Catholic I am a Christian Christan May God strike me dead ded if it I am not May fay I be here followed a sUb silly blatter of oaths if I let one of the cursed crew escape And what with the trampling of his |