THE GIRL’S OWNPAPER
Vol. XX.—No. 1003.]
[Price One Penny.
MARCH 18, 1899.
[Transcriber’s Note: This Table of Contents was not present in the original.]
“OUR HERO.”
OUR LILY GARDEN.
IN THE TWILIGHT SIDE BY SIDE.
SOME NEW GUITAR MUSIC.
A VICE-REGAL DINNER-PARTY.
ABOUT PEGGY SAVILLE.
GOOD CHEER FOR WOMEN WORKERS.
OLD ENGLISH COTTAGE HOMES;
HIS GREAT REWARD.
A DREAM OF FAIR SERVICE.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
“OUR HERO.”
By AGNES GIBERNE, Author of “Sun, Moon and Stars,” “The Girl at the Dower House,” etc.
“PUTTING UP THE PONY AND CART ATA WAYSIDE INN.”
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CHAPTER XXV.
ROY BARON A FUGITIVE.
On theedge of alittle clearingin thecentre of the woodstood a smallsquare charcoal-burner’scottage,built of stone.Near behind might be seen a good-sizedouthouse or woodhouse; and to one sidewas the pile of slowly-burning charcoal.Round and about were heaps of unsightlyrubbish and of blackened moss.
Nobody seemed to be within or athand. Jean opened the cottage doorwithout difficulty; and when they hadpassed through, he bolted it in theirrear.
Then in the darkness he found hisway to a corner, struck a light with flintand steel, made a “dip” to burn, andgroped anew. The one window wasclosely shuttered.
Roy flung himself upon a smallbench, glad to get his breath, andwatched the other’s doings curiously.
“Are we to stop here?” he asked.“But if the gendarmes come?”
“We must circumvent them,M’sieu.”
“How? What are you going todo?”
Jean was too busy to reply. He produceda blouse, such as would be wornby a French labouring lad, with shirtand trousers to match, and broughtthem to Roy. “M’sieu must changehis clothes,” he said. “Rest afterwards.”
“All right,” once more assented Roy,though the cottage was swimming andhis ears were buzzing with fatigue.