The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1003, March 18, 1899

Vol. XX.—No. 1003.]
MARCH 18, 1899.
By AGNES GIBERNE, Author of “Sun, Moon and Stars,” “The Girl at the Dower House,” etc.
“PUTTING UP THE PONY AND CART AT A WAYSIDE INN.”
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CHAPTER XXV.
ROY BARON A FUGITIVE.
On the edge of a little clearing in the centre of the wood stood a small square charcoal-burner’s cottage, built of stone. Near behind might be seen a good-sized outhouse or woodhouse; and to one side was the pile of slowly-burning charcoal. Round and about were heaps of unsightly rubbish and of blackened moss.
Nobody seemed to be within or at hand. Jean opened the cottage door without difficulty; and when they had passed through, he bolted it in their rear.
Then in the darkness he found his way to a corner, struck a light with flint and steel, made a “dip” to burn, and groped anew. The one window was closely shuttered.