THE old clock in the cottage struck one as James Starr and his two companions went out. A dim light penetrated through the ventilating shaft into the glade. Harry’s lamp was not necessary here, but it
THE old clock in the cottage struck one as James Starr and his two companions went out. A dim light penetrated through the ventilating shaft into the glade. Harry’s lamp was not necessary here, but it
Six months after these events, the marriage, so strangely interrupted, was finally celebrated in St. Giles’s chapel, an…
IT was agreed that the inhabitants of the cottage must keep more on their guard than ever. The threats of old Silfax we…
THIS name revealed everything to the old overman. It was that of the last “monk” of the Dochart pit. In former days, b…
ON that day, in the colliery of New Aberfoyle, work was going on in the usual regular way. In the distance could be hea…
HARRY bore Nell carefully down the steeps of Arthur’s Seat, and, accompanied by James Starr and Jack Ryan, they reached…
A MONTH after this, on the evening of the 20th of August, Simon Ford and Madge took leave, with all manner of good wish…
THE mining operations at New Aberfoyle continued to be carried on very successfully. As a matter of course, the enginee…
A COUPLE of hours later, Harry still unconscious, and the child in a very feeble state, were brought to the cottage by …
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