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you I should have been still pining ih a dungeon.” “T see, you think me a friend; and: Twill prove) myself one.” “You promise more thai you will He, ablle to per= form, ‘This world has no longer pleasures Ss a runagate like myself.” if ISO “T have wealth:? @!v! ' “Wealth cannot purchase’ happiness” “But it bestows comforty”! ““AHumph ! you talk like a boy, as you are: I con you I shall never know peace o mind LOT said) Sebastien, moodily. ‘‘T am not so confident of that. In England i Fave more power than you imagine.» I: bear actitle which my ancestors won for meat the: sword’s point amb fighting the battles of their native: country. Ifyou reject my friendship and consolation, ‘you will},at least, acknowledge my generosity which !shall 'pro- vide for your latest days.” ‘“«¥Voung man,” replied the other, with feeling»: “Tam not insensible to the noblenéss of your heart, nor ungrateful for your kind intentions towards ‘an aged man. ‘But Tomaz ‘Sebastien cannot -accept your proilier, he'is of too‘prond a stock to receive your offer, and papers bo ESOS a eee on another’ 8 bounty.” Just then a large stone fell ssyon" the tip of ste cliff. Hooatorg A loud voice ‘was’ npaliad t al | *The watchful Sebastien aescried the danger, and this was the warning! / Forthwith he rose, and beckoned. his! ‘companions te follow him. 4 ‘ Theré were pote aankerous to the unpractised eet. carey to several caves and places of concealment, +0 '%s In an instant not a living SPEMALSS was Visible in : the valley. The fugitives weré hidden; or nearly so, in the recesses of the dell) |° © The gleaming torches of the: pursuers ‘now Hifhed to and fro, as if seeking erely, corner of the wild region. Presently across it runs a wild shout of triumph A prisoner is taken.” [ 204 On the green sward! upon the summit of these precipices, they have discovered Tomaz Sebastien, * ~ A party of soldiers, of the’ Portuguesé euard, are upon him. He is questioned, but answers Hot: “Why are you’ making signals 2”! OEE “To whom?” 9 | “And for what purpose ?” One, more daring than ‘the résb, avilppeld Tomaz to the ed ge of the cliff, and ada dressed his comrades in the vale below. - ‘See, we haye caught the aider and abettor in his own net. A lighted qv ee match bound betiveen his fingers, will soon make him tell the whereabouts of the heretics flyin from justice.” - ‘* A noble prize.” “Tf the caitiff réfuse to dpen’ his nfs fing him over on the jagged points of the cliff,” Sooner said than done,” Th the néxt’ “Athen the would-be executioner lies in the valley, an'inei and blood-stained carcass, while’ his assailan! Tomaz Sebastien, had vanished like a shadow, He was mixing with’ the tall green broom an bushes, making, unseen, his way to the shore, “Satan has saved his servant |’ cried Barabbas. The pirate still wore the disghise of a monk, and appeared heading the soldiers of the inquisition, “Follow me,” he continued, addressing them. I know my way into tne bed of the valley, nd These paths alone the ledges of the Fook: edt ag ROVING JACK, ‘THE; PIRATE, HUNTER: the, steps up ito: ne tiger's 'B CAVE)» >Tigithere the)im- pious heretics have taken refuge. , The bans is Poth wej will be in at the death.” he soldiers, following Heir ipader Riivent neo, a less precipitous,parb of, .the weoded, ‘banks. They hurried into the depths of the yale... They: reached, the spot BBOH which but taal the fugitives had stooeds,..j tno. - All was silent and jsolitary., s oowoh JF sone Not a soul was to be seen. gojnigeye & & Here is a-bible, dsopped by. one, of shea eed “ Give ititomer? , : 28 tbe dt oT 5 The name-,of Violet, Tremaine was, stamped. REN the cover. , Barabbas|tead the, words,as. the book was; handed to him,’ ° J+ Deeolo 9H wv rt MG « ** Soldiers, our | {prisoners .are near US. Search strictly, and, they, must be taken !’? As) the.pirate spoke these, words,. he, dashed, the holy volume from him, and Bue it away. ee a pooh. fiaoses s YWoixrns luis The men,, OB can order given, began to. aon up the rocksy/. beor wage e951 sect saw They. were. strangers, ate knew, not. those sii protected the valley, ! sas! yiiovs to eqovesoo} Their, united. weight episth naturel S, water-gate to give ways soot oxott & =A noise came, upon. theix ears like distant, eraeaee _ The, ascensionist became irnesolute; then appalled, A slight, eutrent of ait} as 1a propelled, came sweeping forwardsionc: . od tpwhispered: along, Hae Seen aes oot the broom, It came deepening, gushing, roaring.on, and j, Shook ‘the. surrounding precipicesas if by an us quake. oidisaoqant o1sw wae wo “‘ Heaven be mereiful!., What,is this 2, \/ The words) issue» from. a. hundred months, ee mingled with screams of terror and the shrieks, of death; 8 901 e daiw | HS Now came tgréhs By sound. like that of, oe myriad chariots rolling on their iron axles. It was phe torrent burst: =p ADORE the, moer- lands, Oll .aoacoR 1 Yo It was’ the; daca, mighty and awiul in its pow taal Want beta oftenciqzs tot smit on et . + Tunabling: sbtough the broken arrier, into the * Black Valley.” x In a moment it! was filled with, one. mass of, gur- gling wayesloh « on: dd oowo Huge lagitated clouds of foam rode.0 on the enziace of the bloodtred waters)j.45 |. ; a army might | nee been swept, away by that 0a DSi 9G Jecm meron as pan his moment. 10 High up in 1 theif, be Aye the sweep: of destruction);were three. persons—Roving J aek) ak the companions agi his fseperate fi fights ) bn i ae | i. . ' (1, i 903 O41 i JS544 oy » iad smyzmidens perished, in, a ’ WItoOs -_—_—_— " CHAPTER DXXXIY. A YEAR ELAPSES— ROVING JACK, ONCE MORB: IN MERRY \: ENGLAND DICK) ,DURPIN IN A | NEW CHARACTER—SHARKS ALONG SHORE, A YEAR has elapsed. | And the scene vis our He ds” Tata once more in merry Wngland. © iN Tt is in’ the’ soaHltey, a istic ‘Spot near Chetan, in Kent. 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