JACK HARKAWAY
AND HIS SON'S
ESCAPE FROM THE BRIGANDS
OF GREECE.
BEING THE CONTINUATION OF
"JACK HARKAWAY AND HIS
SON'S ADVENTURES IN GREECE."
BY
BRACEBRIDGE HEMYNG
[Illustration: Bother the beggars"—said Mr Mole"—Adv in Greece, Vol II—Frontispiece]
CHAPTER I.
THE CONTESSA'S LETTER TO MR. MOLE—ON PLEASURE BENT—THE
MENDICANT FRIAR—MIDNIGHT MARAUDERS—HOUSE BREAKING.
When Mrs. Harkaway's maid returned to the villa, she got scolded for being so long upon an errand of some importance with which she had been entrusted.
Thereupon, she was prepared with twenty excuses, all of which were any thing but the truth.
The words of warning which the brigand had called after her had not been without their due effect.