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excitedly "A gert, tall think 'e be, wi' a 'orn on 'is 'ead,

and likewise a tail; soht 't was the Wanderin'

Man o' the Roads as I found 'angin' on t' stapil--some on 'em du,

but I knowed better--I knowed 't were Old Nick 'isself, all

flame, and brimstone, an' wi' a babby under 'is arm!"

"A baby?" I repeated

"A babby as ever was," nodded the Ancient

"And you say you have heard it too, Simon?" said I

"Ay," nodded the Innkeeper; "I went down into th' 'Oller one

evenin'--'bout six e, for we 'ad a host that

way Well, Jarge ups wi' 'is 'ae 'ad strung up 'is 'ammer for another

blohen, all at once, theer colanced uneasily over his shoulder,

and round the room

"A scream?" said I

"Ah!" nodded Siain, and looking closer at hi hands were shaking, and that his brow glistened

with moisture