The Cherry Ribband (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...rather see you draw it against the enemies of the King " "Which King?" he asked, softly. "My King " she answered him, looking up with a bold proud look in her eyes, which must once on a time have been her father's. "Will you, then, venture to enlist me?" he said, still very low. "I do enlist you," she answered, fire on her face. "There is but one battle worth fighting--but one prize worth winning--"Ah " said Grif Rysland, suddenly. "You will deliver the prisoners?" she asked, not thinking it wise to pursue her meditation. "I will try. I have promised in company with your--cousins " He had been on the point of saying 'brother.' But for the present, he had thought it better to conceal from all but Ivie the proximity of the prodigal son of the Mayfield family. "After the prisoners are safely out of danger, we shall see " he told himself. And indeed it was time enough. For the present he interdicted any commerce between the cove and the cottage, a prohibition which sat specially heavy on Raith, who had nothing to do all day but to set out the ammunition, to overhaul and clean the muskets, pistols and other weapons, and especially for long hours together to look over the cliff, lying prone on his breast and chin, to watch for Ivie as she walked up and down the sand with her father deep in talk. Once or twice she raised her head and glanced upward in the direction of the cove, and that was all poor Raith got for his pains. Had Raith known of the interviews under the old scrunted oak tree at the corner of the yard, he might have had yet more reason to complain. But the culprits were entirely sheltered from his gaze and so the matter passed unseen. As for Grif, he excused hims...