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CHAPTER XI.
Arnold now called the attention
of bis companions to the outlines of
a low hut which was barely discerni
ble through the wood where an open
spacebroughttheangleof the roof into
relief against the water of the creek,
and as they approached near enough
to examine the little structure more
minutely, they were saluted by the
surly bark of a deep throated dog.
fiercely redoubled. At the same
time the sound of receding footsteps
was distinctly audible.
‘‘Who dwells here?” inquired
Dauntrees, striking the door with
the hilt of his swo r d.
There was no answer, and the
door gave way to the thrust and
flew wide upon. The apartment
was tenant less. A few coals of tire
gleaming from the embers, and a
low bench furnished with a blanket,
rendered it obvious that this soli
tary abode had been but recently
d‘"‘•er*♦<!.£>y its pnsrtsor. A hasty
survey of the hut, which was at
first fiercely disputed by the dog—
a cross grained and sturdy mastiff —
until a sharp blow from a staff
which the forester bestowed sent
him growling from the premises,
satisfied the explorers that so far,
at least, they had encountered no
thing supernatural; and without
further delay or comment upon this
incident they h*ok their course along
the margin of St. Jerome’s Creek.
After a short interval, the beating
of the waves upon the beach inform
ed them that they were not far from
the beach of the Chesapeake. Here
a halt and an attentive examination
of the locality made thorn aware that
they stood upon a bank which des
cended somewhat abruptly to the
level of the beach that lay some
fifty yards or morn beyond them
In the dim starlight they were able
to trace the profile of a low but capa
cious tenement which stood almost
on the tide mark.
"It is the Chapel!” said Daun
trees, in an involuntary whisper as
be touched the Ranger s arm.
“It is Paul Kelpy’s house, all the
same as I have known it these
twenty years : —a silent and wicked
house,” whispered Arnold, in reply.
And a pretty spot for the Devi! to
lurk in,' said Dauutross, resuming
his ordinary tone.
“Hold, Captain, interrupted the
Ranger, “no foul words so near the
Haunted House The good saints
be above us!” he added, crossirg
himself and muttering a short pray
er.
“Follow me down the bank,” said
Dauntrees, in a low but resolute
voice; “but first look to your car
bines that they becharged and prim
ed. I will break in the door of this
unguldly den and ransack its corners
before I leave it. Holy St. Michael,
the fiend is in the Chapel, and warns
us away!” he exclaimed, as sud
denly a flash <f cim-ion light il
luminated every window of the
building. “It is the same warning
given to Burton and myself once
before Stand vour ground, com
rades; we shall be beset by these
ministers of sin!”
As the flashes of this lurid light
were thrice repeated, Pamesack
was seen on the edge of the bank
fixed like a statue, with foot and
arm extended, looking with a stern
guze towards this appalling specta
cle. Arnold recoiled apace and
brought his band across bis eyes,
and was revealed in this posture as
he exclaimed in bis marked Dutch
accent, "The fisherman’s blood is
turned to fire; we had beet go no
funh-r, masters.” Dauntrees bad
advanced half-way down tbe bank,
and the glare disclosed him as sud
denly arrested in bis career; bis
sword gleamed above bis bead
whilst his snort cloak was drawn by
the motion of bis left arm under bis
cbir; and 1 is b r oad beaver, pistoled
belt, and wide bouts, now tinged
with tbe preterna’ui-al light, gave
to his figure that risb effect which
painters are pleaded to copy.
“1 saw Satan’s imps within the
chamber,” exclaimed tbe Captai i.
“1 f.w the very servitors of tbe
Fiend! They a*e many and mis
chievous, and shall be defied though
we battle with tbe of tbe Air.
What ho, bastards Beelzabub, I
defy th**el in the n a Wthf our patron,
tbe holy and bless-Si. Ignatius, I
defy the*!”
There was a deeper darkness as
I) pm* rees rushed almost to tbe door
of tie* house with hi*f* sword in his
hard. Again the same deep flashes
f fire illumed the, windows, and
two or three figures of men,
in muffled c'oaks, were seen, for tbe
instant, wi’thin. Dauntr?es retreat
ed a few steps nearer to bis com
panions, and drawing a pistol, held
it ready for instant use. it wasdis
charged at. the widows with the
next flash of the lk;ht, and the re
port was followed by a hoarse and
yelling laugh from the tenants of
the house.
“t'nce more 1 defy thee!” shouted
the Captain, with a loud voice; “and
in the t ame of our bdly church, and
by the order i f the Lord Proprie
tary. I demand what do you here
with these hellish rites?”
The answer was returned in a
still louder laugh, and In a shot fired
at the challenger! tbe momentary
light of the explosion revealing, as
Dauntrees imagined, acloaked figure
presenting a baiquebuss through
the window.
“Protect yours* ives, friends! * he
exclaimed, “with such shelter as
you may find,” ai’ihe same time re
treating to tbe cover of an oak which
stood upon the Lank. “These de
icons -.how weapons like our own.
I will e'en ply tfc *rade with thee,
Hi-l-fWC--,! sptritvr ,Vo ..tided, s*rhs
discharged a second pistol.
The Ranger and Pamesack had al
ready taken shelter, and their car
bines were also level’ed and fired.
Some two or three shots were re
turned from the house accompanied
with tbe same rude laugh which at
tended the first onset, and tbe scene,
for a moment, would have been
thought rather to resemble the as
sault and defence of mortal foes,
than the strife of men with intangi
ble goblins, but that there were
mixed with itother accompaniments,
altogether unlike the circumstance
of mortal battle; a heavy sound, as
of rolling thunder, echoed from the
interior of the chapel, and in the
glimpses of light, antiefigures with
in were discerned dancing with
strange and preposterous motions.
“It avails us not to contend against
these fiends,” said Dauntrees.
"They are enough to maintain tbeir
post against us. even if they fought
with human implemenfs. Uur task
is accomplished by gaining sight of
tbe Chapel and its inmates. We
may certify what we have seen to
his Lordship; so, masters, move
warily and quickly rearward. Ay,
laugh again, you juggling minions
of tbe devil!” ne said, as a hoarse
shout of exultation resounded from
the bouse, when the assailants com
menced their retreat "Come into
tbe Geld as veritable men and we
may deal with you! Forward, Ar
nold. if we tarrv, our retreat may
be vexed with dangers against
which we are uot provided.”
‘I hope tbis is tbe last time we
shall visit this devil's den,” said
Arnold, as he obeged the Captain’s
injunction, and moved, as rapidly
as his long stride would enabled
him to walk, from the scene of their
late assault.
Whilst these events were passing,
I turn back to tbe publican, who
was left a full mile in the rear to
guard the baggage and keep up tbe
fire,—a post, as he described it. of
no small danger.
It was with a mistrusting con
science, as to tbe propriety of his
separation from bis companions,
that Garret, when be had leisure for
reflection, set himself to scanning
his deportment at this juncture.
His chief scruple bad reference to
the point of view in which Daun
trees and Arnold de la Grange would
here after represent tbis incident:
would they set it down, as Weasel
hoped they might, to tbe account of
a proper and soldier-like disposition
of the forces, which required a de
tachment to defend a weak point?
DAY, MARCH 25. 1909.
or wou'd they not attribute his
banging back to a want of courage,
which his conscience whispered was
not altogether so wide of truthf
There a<-e many brave men, be re
flected. who hare a constitutional
objection to righting in the dark,
and be was rather inclined to rank
himself in that class. “In the
dark,” said be. as be sat down by
the firb. with his bands looked
across his knees, which were drawn
up before him in grasshopper angles
and looked steadily at the blazing
brushw(fc*d; In the dark a man can
not see —that stands to reason. And
it makes a great difference, let me
tell you, masters, when you can ’t
see your enemy. A brave man, by
nature, ’•squirts light. And be
sides. what sort of an rnomy do we
fight? Hobgoblins— not mortal mao
for I would stand up to any mor
tal man in Christendom; ay. and
with odds, against me. I have done
it before now. But these whirring
and whizzing ghosts and their
crimes, that fly about one's ears like
cats, and purr and mew like bas—
what am I saying? no. fly like bats
and mew like cats —one may cut and
carve at them with his blade with
no more wound than a boy's wooden
truncheon makes upon the wind.
Besides, the Captain, who is all in
all in bis command, hath set me here
to watch, which, as it were, was a
forbidding of me to go onward.
He must be obeged: a good soldier
disputes no order, although it go
against bis stomach. It was the
Captain’s wish that I should keep
strict watch and ward here on the
skirt of the wood; otherwise I
should have followed him —and with
stout heart and step, I warrant you!
But the Captain bath a soldierly
sagacity iu bis cautions; bolding
this spot, as he wisely bath done,
to be an open point of danger, an in
let, as it wore, to circumvent his
march, and therefore straigbtiy to
be looked to. Well, let the world
wag. and the upshot be what it may,
here are comforts at band, and I will
not stint to use them."
Saying Ibis the self-satisfied mar
tialist opened the basket and solac
ed his with a slice of pasty
and a draught of wine.
“I will now perform a turn of
duty,” be continued, after bis re
freshment; and accordingly drawing
bis banger, be sec forth to make a
short circuit into the open field. He
proceeded with becoming caution on
bis perilous adventure, looking slyly
at every weed or bush that lay in
his route, shuddering with a chilly
fear at the sound of his own foot
steps, and especially scanning, with
a disturbed glance, the vibrations
of bis long and lean shadow which
was sharply cast by the fire across
the level ground. He bad wander
ed some fifty paces into the field,
on this valorous outlook, when he
bethought him that he bad ventured
far enough, and might now return,
deeming it more safe to be near the
fire and the horses than out upon a
lonesome plain, which be believed
to be infested by witches and their
kindred broods. He bad scarcely
set bis face towards bis original post
when an apparition came upon bis
sight that filled him with horror,
and caused bis hair to rise like
bristles. This was the real bodily
form and proportions of such a
spectre as might he supposed to
prefer such a spot—an old woman in
a loose and ragged robe, who was
seen gliding up to the burning
fagots with a billet of pine in her
band, which she lighted at the fire
and then waved above her bead as
she advanced into the field towards
the innkeeper. Weasel's tongue
clave to the roof of bis mouth, and
bis teeth chattered audibly against
each other, bis knees smote togeth
er. and bis eyes glanced steadfastly
upon the phantom Fora moment
he lost the power of utterance or
motion, and when these began to re
turn, as the bag drew nearer, bis
impulse was Vo fly; but bis bewild
ered reflection came to bis aid and
suggested greater perils in advance:
be therifore stood stock still.
‘‘Heaven have mercy upan mel-tbe
Lord have mercy upon me, asinner!”
be ejaculated; "I am alone, and the
enemy has come upon me.”
‘‘Watcher of tbe nigbt,” said a
voice, in a shrill note, “draw nigh.
What do you seek on tbe wold?”
“Tetra grammaton. Abaseel —in
tbe name of tbe Holy Evangels, spare
me!” muttered tbe innkeeper, fruit
lessly ransacking bis memory for
some charm against witches, and
stammeringoutan incoherent jargon.
“Abracadabra -spare me, excellent
and worthy dame' I seek no hurt to
thee. lam old, mother, too old and
with too many sins of my own to
account for, to wish harm to any one,
much less to the good woman of this
wold. O Lord, O Lord! why was
I seduced upon this fool’s errand?”
“Come nigh, old man, when I
speak to you. Why do you loiter
there?" shouted the witch. as she
stood erect some twenty paces in
front of the pub'ican and beckoned
him with her blazing fagot. “What
does thou mutter?"
“I but sported with my shadow
mother,” replied Weasel, with a
tremendous attempt at a laugh, as be
approached the questioner, in an ill
assumed effort at composure and
cheerfulness. “1 was faire to divert
myself with an antic, till some friends
of mine, who left me but a moment
since, returned. How goes the night
with you, dame?”
Merrily,” replied the hag, as
she set up a shrill laugh which more
resembled ascream, “merrily: I can
not but laugh to find the henpecked
vintner of St. Mary’s at thistimeof
night within the sound of the tide at
the Black Chapel. 1 know your
errand, old chapman of cheap liquors,
and why you have brought your cro
nies \ou pretend to be a liegeman
of his Lordship, and you travel all
night to cheat him of five shillings. !
ou will lie on the morrow with os
sad a face as there is in the hundred, j
I know you,”
You know all things, worthy
dame, and I were a fool to keep a
secret from you. What new com- j
raodity, honest mistress, shall I find
with Rob? The port is alive with
a rumor of theOllve Branch; I would
be early with the Cripple. Ha, ha!” I
he added, with a fearful laugh, “thou
seest I am stirring in my trade.”
“Barret Weasel,“said the beldam,
you may take it for a favor, past
your deservings, that Rob will see
you alone at bis hut even in day
time: but it is as much as your life
is worth to bring your buffcap
brawlers to St. Jerome's at midnight.
It is not lawful ground for you. much
less for the hot-brained foo ! s who
bear you company. Who showed
them the path to my cabin, that 1
must be driven out at this hour?
"Worthy mistress, indeed I know
not. I am igooraotg/ what /.i say ?’ ’
“They will calfThotnseTves friends
to the Chapel; but we haveno friends
to the Chapel amongst living men.
The Chapel belongs to the dead and
the tormentors of the dead. So fol- !
low your cronies and command them
back. I warn you to follow, and
bring them back, as you would save
them from harm. Ha! look you, it is
come already!” she exclaim 3d. rais
ing her torch in the air, as the
flashes from the Haunted House
illumined the horizon: "the seekers
have aroused our sentries, and there
shall be angry buffets to the back of
it!” At this moment the first shot
was heard. "Friends, forsooth!"
she shouted at the top of her voice:
“friends, are ye? there is the token
that you are known to be false liars.
Wo to the fool that plants his foot be
fore the Chapel! Stand there. Garret
Woosel: I must away Follow me hut
a step—raise thy head to look after
my path, and I will strike thee blind
and turn thee into a drivelling idiot
for the rest of thy days. Remem
ber—”
In uttering this threat the figure
disappeared: Garret knew not how.
she strict!v obeyed the parting in
junction, and bis horrors were great
ly increased by the report of the
several shots which now reached
his ear from the direction of the
Black House.
He had hardly recovered himself
sufficiently to wander back to the
fire, before Dauntrees. Arnold, and
Pamesack arrived, evidently, flur
ried by tbescenethrough which they
bad passed, as well as by the rapidi
ty of their retreat.
“Some wine. Garret! some wine,
old master of the tap!" was Daun
trees salutation; and whilst we re
gale as briefly as we may. have our
horses loose from the trees we must
mount and away. To the horses.
Garret! We will help iurselves. ”
“I pray you. Master Captain,” in
quired the publican, having now re
gained bis self possession, “what
speed at the Chattel? Oh. an we
have all had a night of it' Sharu en
counters ail round, masters! I tan
tell you a tale!"
“Stop not to prate now,” inter
rupted Daun tree*, in a voicechuked
by the huge mouthful of the pasty
be was devouring, “we sba'l dis
course as we ride. That flask,
Arnold—l must have another draught
e’er we mount, and then, frier ds, to
horse as quickly as you may, we
may be followed, we may have ghost,
devil, and man of flesh, all three, at
our heels. ”
“1 have had store of them, I can
tell you—ghosts and devils without
number," said Weasel, as he brought
the horses forward.
"You shall be tried by an inquest
of both, for your life, if you tarry
another instant,” interposed the
Captain, as be sprang into bis sad
dle.
"What', are we set upon, com-
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and at city prices
rades?” cried out the vintner, man
fully. as be rose to bis horse’s back,
i and pricked forward until he got
between Pamesack and Arnold.
“Are we set upon? Let us haltand
give them an acoolado; we are enough
for them, I warrant you! Oh, but it
I bad well nigh been a bloody nlghtT’
be continued, as the whole party
trotted briskly from the ground.
‘We had work to do, masters, and
may tell of it to-morrow. Good Praia*
sack, take this basket from me. It
impedes my motion in these bushes.
Master Aruod. as we must ride here
;in single flies, let me get before: 1
would speak with the Captain Daun
trees,” continued tbs publican, after
these arrangements were mads, and
be bad thrust himself Into the mid
dle of the line of march, and all now
proceeded at a slackened pace, “but
that most notorious and abominable
hag, the woman of War ring toe. Kate,
who lives, as every body knows, on
the Cliffs She must needs come
trundling down before me, astride a
broomstick, with a black cat upon
her shoulders, and sail up to the fire
which I had left, for a space, to make
a round on my watch —for you may
be sworn a strict watch I made of it,
going even out of my way toezplore
the more bidden and perilous lurk
ing places where one might suspect
an enemy to lie. So, whilst I was
gone on this quest, she whips in and
seats herself by the fire, with a whole
score of devils at their antics around
her. Then up I come, naturally sur
prised at this sudacity.sndquestion
them, partly in soldier-wise, show
ing roy sword ready to mske good
hi v speech, and partly by adjuration,
which soon puts the whole bevy to
flight, leaving Kate of Warrington
at mercy: and there I constrained
her to divulge the secrets of the
Chapel She said there bad been
devilish work under that roof, and
would be again; when pop, and bang
and slash, and crash, I beard the
outbreak, and saw the devil’s lights
that were flashed. I could bold no
longer parley with the bag, but was
just moving off at full speed to your
relief, determined in this need to
desert my post— which, in my im
patience to lend you a hand, 1 could
not help—when I beard your footfall
coming back, and so I was fsin to
bide your coming.”
“A well conceived sally of soldier
ship.” said Dauntrees, “and spoksfi
w ith a cavalier spirit. Master Oarrel.
It has truth upon the face of it: I
believe every word. It shall serve
you a good turn with bis Lordship.
What does Kate of Warrington in
this neighborhood? She travels far
on her broomstick— unless, indeed,
what seems likely, she has taken her
qu*r-rs In the cabin we disturbed
to n ght. These crows trill be near
their carrion.”
By degrees the party, as they
pursued their homeward journey,
grew drowsy. The publican bad
lost his garrulity, and nodded upon
his horse. Arnold and Pamesack
rode in silence, until Dauntrees, as
if waking up from a reverie, said —
“Well, friends, we return from no
barren mission to-night. His Lord
> ship has have some satisfaction in
our slorv, particularly in the vint
ner’s. We shall be ready to report
to bis Lordship by nooa, and after
, that we shall hasten to quiet our
Dame Dorothy. The night is far
I spent: I should take it. Around, to
be past three o'clock, by the rising
;of the moon. At peep of day we shall
I be snug upon our pallets, with no
i loss of relish for a sleep which will
j have been well earned.”
As the Cap'ain continued to urge
his journey, which be did with the
glee that waits upon a safe deliver
ance from an exploit of hazard, be
I turned his face upwards to the bright
orb which threw a cheerful light over
, the scenery of the road side, and in
i ’he distance flung a reflection, as of
burnished silver, over the broad
surface of St. Mary's river, as seen
from the height which the travellers
were now descending. Not more
than two miles of their route remain
ed to be achieved, when the Captain
broke forth with an old song of that
day. in a voice which would not have
discredited a professor:
“The moon, the moon, the Jolly moon.
And a jolly old queen la she !
Hh*- hath atroird o nights this thousand year
With the liett of company.
.sing llir snil noc luniui nocturno.
Huzza for the jolly oM moon T'
“Why, Garret, vintner —asleep,
man? ’ inquirt d the Captain. “Why
do you not join in the burden?”
“To your band. Captain,” ex
claimed Weasel, rousing himself and
piping forth a chorus —
“Hlr and hoc eumua nocturno,
H uzza for the jolly old moon r *
which he did not fail to repeaial|tba
top of bis voice at each return.
Dauntrees proceeded;
“She trails a royal following.
And a merry mad court doth keep.
With her > hlrptng hoye that walk Fthe -tde
And wake when the baUKTa aaieep
sing, Mi<- and hor eumua nor-tar no
ilu/M for the Jolly old moon !
“Mauler Owl he la her chancellor.
And the hat la hlaaervtng-man ;
They tell no tale* of what they eee,
liut wink when we turn up the can.
sing, Mb- and hoc eumua nocturno
Huzza for the jolly old moon !
-Her chorister la Goodman Kroc
With a glow worm fr-r hla link ;
And all who would make court to her
Are fain, good faith ! to drink.
Sing, Mic and hoc eumua nocturno,
H uzza for the Jolly old moon T’
This ditty was scarcely conclud-
I ed—for It was spun out with several
noisy repetitions of the chorus — be
, fore the troop reined up at the gate
of the Fort. The drowsy sentinel
undid the bolt at the Captain’a sum
mons, ard, in a very abort space,
the wearied adventurers were
I stretched in the enjoyment of that
most satisfactory of physical com
; forts, the deep sleep of tired men.
To Be Continued,
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