Adventure Magazine Cover, April 1916 — page 5: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Registered inthe U. S. Patent Office GEORGE corawance BROWN DAYS oy MORGAN A COMPLETE NOVE Author of ‘‘Brethren of the Coast.” CHAPTER I “MONSIEUR LURONNE’”’ Come! Chillingworth, I warrant you the maid hath more wit than you give her credit for. You will unnerve her for her task before she makes a fair start, with your doubts and questioning.” ‘“‘Ay, but she is my daughter, not yours, Sidney,” replied Colonel Chillingworth in a low tone, and turning a look of affection upon a slender, blue-eyed stripling who stood on the rug before the fire in front of them. ‘My daughter! And the journey be- fore her is a long one, bad enough in times of peace; one fraught with many dangers in times such as these. I am almost of a mind to abandon the plan, and go myself.” ““*Twere madness, Chillingworth. Your neck would pay the forfeit, and Mistress Nancy would lose her only parent, and the cause an arm and brain we can not spare. We have threshed it all out—there is no other way.”’ Colonel Chillingworth threw himself into a low settle by the fire, and buried his head in his hands. There was a moment of si- lence in the room, and then a girl’s voice, laughing silverly. “She hath more spunk than thou didst show at Marston Moor, I do believe,” chuckled his companion. ‘Really, Chilling- worth, upon my honor, I feel quite certain that Mistress Nancy will be in no more danger upon her journey than if she re- mained here in France, with a cloud of gal- lants trapesing at her petticoats.”’ “Much I care for them,” interrupted Mistress Nancy, tossing her head, while her father’s face darkened. ‘“‘Moreover,”’ went on Sidney, “‘since the message is a verbal one, and she will carry Copyright 1916 by The Ridgway Company in United States and Great Britain. All rights reserved : 3 CoMmichoookSs.G©