Stories with a Vengeance — page 17: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page shows story prose from "The Story of Jack the Painter." The text follows Jack's departure from a village after a stay at the "Lamb and Tarbrush" inn. A landlady named Mrs. Cubbley had suspected Jack of involvement in a highway robbery by someone named Jerry Abershaw. Jack leaves the village with thirty-five sovereigns in his possession, heading toward London and Queen's Corklcggatt. The narrative describes Jack becoming lost in woodland near East Jowling, wandering through ferns and gorse before discovering what appears to be a road or track. The page contains no illustrations—only double-column printed text on a white background.