Edith The Captive PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 edition. Excerpt: ...muttered Warringdale;--" you, whose whole life has heen an out. rage to it--you, a rohher" "Peace! peace I Yon are in danger, Lord Warringdale, and ahase the liherty of speech. Ogle, listen to me, and take my exact orders." "I will, Captain." "We are now ahout to make a march on Newgate." "All right!" "And it is proper and necessary that we should take my Lord Warringdale with ns. Yon will depute two of the men on whom yon can depend to take charge of him, with fall instructions not to go after him, should he attempt to escape from them." "Ah!" aried Warringdale. "But," added Heron, "to shoot him down at once." Warringdale shrunk hack and groaned. ' Now, on to Newgate." CHAPTER CLXXV. LORD WARRINODALB FINDS HTJCSELF A FAST PRISONER.--THE ROUTE TO NEWGATE. Ogle was quite delighted with the manner in which Lord Warringdale was given into the custody of tun hand; and he selected two of the men who would he of the least use, prohahly, in the dangerous expedition Captain Heron was on, hut who would make capital guards to Lord Warringdale. The two lightest weights among the hand rode together, now, on one horse, so that there was a steed at the service of Lord Warringdale. which Ogle made him mount. Ogle then whispered to Captain Heron. "Ion have no sort of ohjection, Captain, to my taking such measures as I like for the security of the prisoner, so as to induce him to he quite sure you don't want him killed?" "I certainly do not, Ogle; therefore do as you please in that respect." "Very good." Ogle, with this permission, set to work at once to secure my Lord Warringdale on the horse, and it must he confessed that he did...