“GO FOR BATTEN. I’M RIGHT HERE, AND I’LL LOOK AFTER BILL” MARK TIDD HIS ADVENTURES AND STRATEGIES BY CLARENCE B. KELLAND ILLUSTRATED BY W. W. CLARKE HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON Books by CLARENCE BUDINGTON KELLAND Mark Tidd in Egypt Mark Tidd in Italy Mark Tidd Mark Tidd in the Backwoods Mark Tidd in Business Mark Tidd’s Citadel Mark Tidd, Editor Mark Tidd, Manufacturer Catty Atkins, Bandmaster Catty Atkins Catty Atkins, Riverman Catty Atkins, Sailorman Catty Atkins, Financier HARPER & BROTHERS Established 1817 COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY HARPER & BROTHERS PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ILLUSTRATIONS “GO FOR BATTEN. I’M RIGHT HERE, AND I’LL LOOK AFTER BILL” THERE, CROUCHING ON THE BROW, WAS THE FIGURE OF A MAN “FELLERS, THE GUARD’S GOT LOOSE, AND HE’S WAITIN’ FOR US TO COME DOWN” “JUST RUNG TWICE RIGHT UNDER MY NOSE” SAMMY GRUNTED WHEN HE GOT THE FULL WEIGHT OF IT HE LET OUT A YELL AS LOUD AS A LOCOMOTIVE WHISTLE “YOU GIT RIGHT OUT OF HERE! G-G-GIT!” MARK TIDD |