Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 October 1949 — Page 20
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CUTLASS EMPIRE
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
SUNDAY, OCT. 2, 1949
. +» « ByF. Van Wyck Mason
= = ® ® w ” > C ¢ 1 { ‘In which young Harry Morgan, a pirate-to-be, makes progress | “Lord” mused Anne, drawing|preparing even more savage re-for this th His Hips “For shame, Harry! You are; ANNE settled onto a rush-|Next she directed a frighten ‘in love while risking his neck in Bristpl Town. a leather jack tankard of foam-! . Fleetwood, Desborough brushed the —curve ‘of. heTmuch too forward.” Jotomt chair, sat staring at glance at the bedroom door.
THE ANGEL INN
ing Stick-Back ale,
. 3 {Harry's a rare lively young THIS MID-MAY EVENING was as fresh and fine as gentleman—a fine catch for the way any Harry Morgan could recall. Like the plumes of soi!ass who can put up with his
many warriors, clumps of soft greenery nodded jauntily|chancey temper, his roving eye y P ry = y and his bold ways with us poor
above such dull red, brown and black roofs as were visible
“for sure
her ‘cheek before their lips
dissatisfaction over the met once more. the Lord Protector and his! rs
missed When she knocked and entered nije?” ‘flaming more color went surging to! “Aye! 'Twas a torture most hurriedly straightened the wide danger.” His jaws, still dark de-| once Anne's wooden soles had
2 a females. stairs. above a line of gray ramparts protécting the heart of “Rat Bim! Hew. suth a poor} Bristol Town. {opinion of a girl's wit it'll be dim- (still
Not yet had he rid himself Squire Bliselt” Beaming, Mrs, CUlt to make him
ing steadily along toward Bristol. Dead in its frilled cap, bobbed Morgan's stubby brown fingers an awkward curtsey. “Welcome|
« ' i be: - hree ful leg in ighten the Dome to ‘The Angel’ Mr. Mor- been a-voyaging this last t Jug nly tn od SO Fie gan,” she said. “This time I hope Weeks he’d have learned that ring of sincerit
x you'll favor me with a good long near every tavern and hot-water speech. reins. What a prime idiot hed ¥ 9 ® house in Bristol was humming “Oh, Annie, my sweet little .er noticed it amid that glorious, gan cut away a sizable plece of Anne leaped up, white to her
been not to foresee that, at this Visit.”
S1RANE § Cm !with rumors that, up in London,/dove. Whaj a miserable long delicious confusion into which , crammed it info his mouth lips. “Will you be quiet, you fool? OPEN IDNIGHT bour of the afternoon, the Crom. “Aye, and Ti be glad to linger grim old Oliver Cromwell was/eternity I've suffered in waiting life had become tran Jue i MIDNIGH
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sion’ became ‘lost. When her 21 LE. THE 816 RED FRONT ™ ”
wellian garrison holding Bristol here, Mistress Pruett.” In an
very likely would be changing| ao eon i. ’ e he asked, “Have there their watch over the city's several | n messages in my name?” |
gates! y { From beneath straight, dark! The serenity of Anne's expresbrown brows, the sunburnt young rider directed a glance of pro- mother returned to her post back
of the bar .she said, “Aye, sir, found hatred at a squad of gate. e two messages, they've been
rr guards — arquebusiers and hal-! i uy berdiers of Oliver Cromwell's NeT® Near a week. One is from \
“new army.” Canting Jack Pres- ® Mr. Stevens" byters though they might be,| “Ah. Is there, indeed?” So His| yonder infantry looked and acted Majesty's own private agent had like those hard-bittén veterans esteemed H. Morgan, Esquire, called Ironsides, {important enough té correspond, nor. {with? Um. Did this indicate that, AWARE of a powerful and/advancement and further respon-, steadily growing appetite, Harry| sibility might be in store? “And turned his steed into a very nar-|the other? row and dark cobbled street that] Above the babble of voices
reeked of sewage and cooking Anne cut in. “’'Tis just a note— SHOP EARLY se SHOP LATE
listen—but| ¢f an uneasiness engendered pryett wiped plump and reddish listen he must, and guard his| by overtaking a long, dust- hands on a petticoat of plue council else he'll dance a floor-ipet” he grinned.
less hornpipe from one of the) her. clouded column of cavalry clank- Holland. cloth and, ducking her," ‘p00 LC" oct gibbets.” liness.* darling.”
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cheeks.
smooth roundness of her subtle.”
}
He made aing of a If the young Welshman hadn't faintly derisive and not-too-grace- kissed him.” her direction but the) Again he crushed Anne to him,i Employing the point of the house, or serving that Psalm-| y was in hisiso hungrily that when
“Oh, my own true love!” Her “No! 'Tis no use to press me./at a chunk of kidney. delved into his baggy brown “Welcome, thrice welcome, my arms encircled the short and You'll gain * nothing.” She re-| “Plague take it!” HAaTrTr¥ipreeches in search of that note . {muscular column of his neck trieved her wide-winged cap and, shouted suddenly. “They deem “Ye're a rare vision of love- them, aware of a curious blend- with violently quivering hands, such a fate better than rotting __ pprehension. and joy, she strove to replace it in its original their lives out pushing quills in’
her. cap horn-handled pognard he invari- shouting murderer called Oliver {of starched lawn fell off she nev-'ably wore at his belt, young Mor- Cromwell.”
sformed. ‘and sat chewing vigorously. Yonder window's wide open.”
i e all to n an crs tng butnad fen o thet “Dammit, girl” ‘Be panted, the fire and quite mechanically] ToU.d You send Piso
a ; i {with such wild talk? Below are black eyes congested and almost smoothing a blue kersey apron gorens of guests—many of them 'savage under his irritation, “is protecting her skirt of dark gray Parliament men. Pray God,
New Army were ruling Britain. | SHE FETCHED a breathless this the way to welcome a lover and the four petticoats beneath Harry, you've not been overFlushed and already 2
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Tittle sigh, felt perspiration breaking! starce returned from a dangerous! it- “I can’t understand how you heard.” Sensing another outburst, breathless, Anne carried the tray out all over her face and neck. mission?” , {up a set of narrow and very steep “Really, Harry, have you truly, “Tis welcome - enough—f or 3¢em to realize the perils.” {upon his mouth. “For Mother's your dearly doting An- now,” Annie insisted as, cheeks!
|can be so, so confident. You don't 'she hurried over, placed a hand
“Perils? The Morgans of Llan- sake—and your own—mind your ,~she backed away and 'hymny have always battened on tongue.”
|yellow collar. . spite recent shaving, worked hard jack-clacked belowstairs, he
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most touched gables, into a small square where deep violet shadows were gathering. ’ Despite Morgan's persistent sense of uneasiness, Bristol appeared entirely serene; every-| where newly leafed trees traced graceful patterns against a deepening twilight. y Yonder glimmered “The An gel's” white swingboard, all checkered by light beating through a pair of neatly leaded and diapered windows and depict- & very plump, conventionalized cherub equipped with brillant blue: wings and blowing, round-cheeked, on a golden horn. The rider threw back his head and sweetly his rich baritone swelled until t fairly reverberated : Along the narrow confines of Red- | 74 Morris Plan Invest e Bt. x TT 3 Buddenly “The Angel's” door ment Certiticate 3 flew wide open and Anne's sturdy earn 39 interest but gracefully-fashioned figure came "out. ' Blue apron per year from day A-flutter, she peered eagerly about| ER ATI=0e ~in the wrong direction, of course, to start with—but then Cort she saw him and waved frant!-| NAR RAMILITILLZE cally. . “Oh, Harry! Harry!” She ran
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