[“OUR HERO.”]

A TALE OF THE FRANCO-ENGLISH WAR NINETY YEARS AGO.

By AGNES GIBERNE, Author of “Sun, Moon and Stars,” “The Girl at the Dower House,” etc.

CHAPTER XVI.

FRIENDS IN NEED.

“I want to look up a Mr. and Mrs. Curtis—a young artist and his wife. He was pointed out to me at appel. They were at Brussels on their wedding tour when the arrest took place, and I'm afraid it is a serious matter with them, in more ways than one. Mr. Kinsland asked me to call.”

“Then they've come here from Brussels?”

“Yes, with Major Woodgate and his wife, in an open cart.”

“Why?”