“Did they capture Captain Jack?” asked Phillip, in great impatience. “I hear the colonel shot the villain.”
“Listen,” said Death-wing, “and don’t speak Redgill. What occurred next?”
“Colonel Blood,” continued the spy, “hurried away with the soldiers, and ere long reached the public house.
“I followed them, and as we approached the place I ran forward and listened at the shutters.
“I could hear old Bates and Jack talking together in the parlor.
“There was not any one else in the house, for it was closed.
“I darted away into the darkness and watched.
“Blood did not at first wish to disclose his name, but at last he did so, and, as the publican was so obstinate, he burst in the door.
“The soldiers rushed in at one door, but Jack and Bates escaped the backway.
“I ran to intercept their flight, for I could hear the tilt of swords.