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218 Roanoke of Roanoke Hall. impotent fury ; ‘‘ you shall pay dear for this. Give me a gun, some one.” But even as I took the proffered weapon, a white cloth tied to a stick appeared in the casement, and they cried to me to hold my hand, for it was a flag of truce, and must not be fired upon. «*What do you want?” said John o’ Comp- ton, appearing in the place of his signal, as if - nothing had as yet occurred. ‘*The bodies of John o’ Compton and Stephen Ashland,” answered the leader of our impatient crew. “The body of John 0’ Gomapon you shall never have. As to the body of Stephen Ash- land, he shall have it that dares to fetch it, and here is earnest of my troth.” He swung his long right arm, and witha mighty heave sent some unrecognizable object whirling and twisting through the air. It fell on the pavement at our feet with a sickening thud, and all the men who leaned forward to see what it was recoiled in horror as they beheld the recently severed head of Stephen Ashland. When we looked back, John o’ Compton comichbooks.com