head-highwayman

Updated: June 11, 2025

The girl, snatched from the jaws of death by his valor would henceforth rest under such obligations as could be recompensed only by her favor but in the melee, her money would disappear. Jase had not come and the captive whom he was to take off their hands must either be done to death or liberated with a wagging tongue. Eventually the masked head-highwayman led two of his men aside.

Charles Neville Buck - A Pagan of the Hills