Roanoke of Roanoke Hall: A Romance — page 54: what you’re looking at

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48 Roanoke of Roanoke Hall. heels of my guide’s horse, so that it was not until he came to a halt that I became aware of a light before us looming red and sullen throngh the fog, and reflected, a broken waver of ruddy sparks, in the swift-rushing ripples of a stream. ‘“<There!” said the man of the woods, turn- ing in hissaddle. ‘‘ Have I kept troth or no, mate? There lies your Grange, but take heed and mark well what I say. Wait here until I shout, for on ahead there is not room for two cats abreast. Then ride forward in a straight line towards yon beacon, for half a knot or so, until you come to a stake in the road. Turn sharp to your right, and sail a straight course, as you value your life, un- til you can no longer see the light. Lar- board your helm—steer to the left, I would say, till you see light again. .Then forwards, and all’s well.” I waited in great trepidation as he disap- peared in the fog. Was this a trap, and hed he brought me here to perish in the awful quagmire, or had he, as he said, kept troth? I was still in doubt, when out of the dark- ness before me came a ringing halloo, i} ()Y comichbooks.com