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, CHARLOTTE DAILY, OBSERVER,' FEBRUARY -11; 1906. V I1' v. 4 !,:, many men as ther ax pips in "') iiie4io.i.'' v ,i ' J t Is a weU.--remarked Terlake; f or v nethinks, my fair lord, that we are not " . . ' the only ones -who ara waiting a passage to Oascony. Mine eye catches at timet a ' i flash and sparkle among yonder houses , j, , , 'Which assuredly - came frorn sblpman's t jackal or th gaberdine of " ft burga- ( "I can also KM It." sail Afleyn. shad- - ing his eyes with big hand, vAnd X can , .-.see man-at-arms In rounder boats which ply betwixt the vessel and the shore. But : (-'i,' nietbtnks that w ara very welcome here, XjfJ for already- they come forth to meet u.' - - . A tumultuous crowd of fiahennon, eltl- Ac sen ? and .. women 'had i Indeed swarmed cut from the northern gate, and, ap-. : a ,'- . proached them up the side of the moor, r waving their hands and dancing with .Joy, as though a great fear. had been , rolled back from their minds. At their - head rode a very large and solemn map w)Ui long -.chin t and drooping Up. , He wore a fur tippet round bin neck and j "a heavy gold chain over -It, with a me dallion which danaled In front 'of him. , ,.;- j Welcome, moat puissant . and i noble i i lord," he cried, doffing his bonnet to .-$. Black Simon. VI have beard of your lord J ship's valiant deeds, and In sooth they ;f. mtnjht be expected from your-, lordship's r . face and bearing, - la" there any . small .jnatter In "which I may oblige youT" "Blnce you nek me, said the man-atr arms, "I would take It kindly if . you could spare a link or two of the chain which nanga round your necK "Wht th rnrnnratlnn i-hnln!" rrUd 1 ' the other In horror. "The ancient chain of -the townahlp of I-pe! This Is but a v. sorry Jest, Sir Nigel." "--. .'"What the plague did you ask Wis for then?" said Simon, "'But If it -Is Sir .Nigel Xorlng with, whom you. would " speak, that la he upon the black horse." The Mayor of Lepe gated with tmaie- x ment on the mild face and slender frame pt the famous warrior. , , y , J'Your pardon, my graelou lord," he K erled. "You we ' in me the mayor and chief magistrate': of the ancient and . powerful town of Iiepe. I bid you very heartily welcome, and the more so - as yon are come at a moment when we " are sore out to It for means of defence." v "Ha!" cried Sir Nisei, pricking up his ? (Bars, - -i A 1 "Yes. my lord, for the town toeing very -: ancient and the walls as old as the , town, It follows that they are very an " , cient, too. But there is a certain Villain ous and . bloodthirsty Norman '- pirate bight Tete-nolre, 'Who, with a Genoan - railed Tito Caraocl, commonly, known as .. Spade-beard, hath been a mighty .: scourge upon theae . coasts. Indeed, my -.. lord, they are very cruel and. black .. - . hearted men. arraeeless and ruthless. and -1 they should come to the ancient ("'',: and powerful town ot-Iene 1 then " ' . "Itien good-bye to the ancient and . powerful, town of Iene." ; ouoth Ford. ' whose lightness of tongue could at times rise above his awe of Sir Nigel. .c . ,: ' The knight; - however, was too mtteh . intent upon the matter In hand to give neon o tne t nippancs oi r nis squire. v s "Have you then cause,' he asked, '"to think that these men are about to ven- Mure an attempt upon you?" - ' "They have come in two great gal v leys." answered the mayor, "with two : btnk of oars ton either-side, and great . store of engines of war and of nien-at- arms. ; At . Weymouth and at Portland : they have murdered and ravished. Yesterday morning they were at Cowes and we saw the smoke from the burn ing crafts.. To-day they lie at their ease ; near Freshwater and we fear much leat i they come upon us and do us a mis- chief." - "We cannot tarry." said Sir Nigel, ,. riding . (towards . the town, with the mayor upon his left -side; "the Prince - - awaits us at the Bordeaux, and Wf may ' not be behind the general muster. Yet I will promise you that on our way we Hhall find time to pass Freshwater and to prevail upon these - rovers to leave you In peace." J "We are -i much beholden to you!" ' cried the mayor. "But. I cannot see, my lord, how, without a warship, you may venture against these men. With your atcbers, however, you might well hold the town and do them great scath if " they attempt to land." ' "There is a very proper cog out yon . der? said Sir Nigel; "it would be a ' . very strange -thing It any ship were not a. warship when It had such men . as these upon her decks. Certes. we shall do as I say. and that no later than , this very day." " " "My lord," said a rough haired, dark faced man, who walked by the knight's - other , stirrup, with his head sloped toi eaten an mat ne was saying, "ay your leave, ' I have no doubt that you -are akliled in. land, fighting afld the mar . : abalbng of lances, . but, by my soul! you wh1 find it another thing upon the sea. I am the master-shlDman of this yellow cog, and my name la 'Goodwin Hawtayne. I have sailed since 1 was ; as high as this staff, and I have fought . ngalnst these Normans and against ' the uenoese, as well as the Scotch, the . Bretons and the . Moors. I tell you. sir. - that my ship is over light and over - Trail , tor sucn work, and it will but end in our having our throats cut, or being soiu as staves to tne tsarDary heathen , - "I also have experienced one or two gentle and honorable ventures upon the aea," quoth Sir igel, -and I am right - nuine 10 nave so lair a task nerore ua. I think, good master-shipman. that you , : and I ' may win great honor in this . matter, and I can see very readily that - -.'yon are a brave and stout man. ,!- like It not." said the other sturdi ": ly."In God's name, I like It not. And yet Goodwin Hawtavne Is not the man "!to"tand back when hta fellows are for - pressing torward. By my soul! be it . sink or swim. I shall turn her beak into resnwater Bav. and If rood ; . Master WItherton, of Southampton, like not my handling of his ship then he , , may nna anotner master-gDipman. ' , a hey were close by the old north gate of the little town, and Alleyne, balf ..Turning in nis saaaie, looicea DacK at v. the. motley crowd who followed. The nowman ana ment-arms had broken their ranks and were intermingled with the fishermen and cltlsens, - whose laugning laces ana nearty gestures be spoke the weight of - care from which :, ; this welconie arrival and relieved them. vHere ' and .there among ' the moving S 'throng of dark jerkins Of white sur , coats were scattered dashes of scarlet I. and blue, . the whlmples or shawls-ofJ v.:. ine - women; Ayiwara, wnn a nsning 'lass on either arm, was vowing v con :fy etancy alternately - te her on the right , and her on the left, while big John towered in the rear with a little chub- Ty maiden enthroned upon his great i shoulder her soft white arm curled 1 round his shining headpiece. So , the throng moved on, until at the Very gate .' It waa brought to a stand by a won ;. ;drounly' fat man. who- came darting ; forth from, the town with rage in every v: . icaiure oi nis ruoicuna race. , . "How now,- Sir Mayor?" he roared. In a voice ime a ouu. "wow .now. sir May or? How of the clams and the seal lOpST ,j "By Our. Lady! my sweet Bir Oliver," cried the mayor. ,"I have had1 no much to think, of. with these wicked villains so close upoji UB( that It had quite, gone "Words, words r"7siutt It her furiously. "Am 1 to be put off . with Words? I say to .you again, bow of the clnms'Jind scallops?! . . - "My ' fair sir, you flatter me," cried the mayor, "ft am a peaceful trader, and X am not wont to be. so shouted at upon so small a matter." - , '"Small!" shrieked the other.' "Small! Clnms and 1 scallops! Ask me , to - your table to partake of the, dainty of the mwiunno wnen conie a Darren ;w ? , come, and a bare board! Where is my '-gpearNsstareTtg-vt- ;:M fiv x-i r.r A ? "Nay, Sir-Oliver, Sir Oliver!" ' cried Sir Nigel,; laughing. iLet your anger be - appeased, 'since Instead of th.a . dish 1' oj come upon an eld friend and com I. yude.V i yV, tut knight, his wrath alt changed. in an if ( Inntnnt to tov. "If It la nnt m Avar . sv . a w . nsj suevi iiiiiim .auiiia' ' biiiiit rswi riiss Jiuie Tame vwmvev 01 tne uarftnne, Alt, my sweet COi t am right glad to see . you.;wnai oays .we, nave seen togeth-. erf'- j a- ,,', s i - v -"Aye, bv my .faith,! effed Sir "Nisei, e, with sparkling eyes.-, "we have wome ; valiant men, . and we v have shown our pennons In some noble . skirmishes." By , St. Paol! we have, had; great Joyt in , .France.." . - -.,- "And sorrow nlsd,1 quoth the other, i;.""! have some sad memories of the land, i Can you recall , that . which befell as at ' I.lbourne?"' -' - ,r 4 . "Nay, I cannot Call to mind that we ever k much, a , drew- sword at ' the place."; , . u r "Manv mnn, cried :rv Oliver, "ymir mind still runs on nought but blades , and bassinets.y Hunt no 'Spare In thy - frame for the- softer Joys. Ah, even now I can scarce siwak of it, unmoved.-: B noble a ple, - such tender pigeons, and sugar In- the gravy instead of salt' You i were by my side that 'day, as were Sir -.-, flaiifle : ltour and ' the JJnrd of Pom ' mers" - ' ."f remember il,'r said Sir - Nigel, taught im. "and iow you hurried " the . .. vwit.-.dn .- ttic. airet,r .-and snok fif setting , hie to, the Inn. By 16 U Paul! most worthy mayor, my old friend Is a perilous man, and i reae you mat you compose your difference with him : on aunh terms as vou tnav " "The clams- and scallops shall be readv within th hour." the mayor answered. "J had asked Sir Oliver But terstnern to 'do my humble Doara me honor . to partake at it of the lalnty upon - which we - take some little pride, but in sooth this alarm of pirates hath ... . .. . . . y casi aucn a'Bnaaow on my ma ui m lllra n dintralt Hut- 1 trust. Sir Nigel, that you will also . partake of none-meat with ne?" ' ' .- ' . "I. have overmuch to do." Sir Nigel answered, "for we .' must be ( aboard. horse and . man, vas early , a we . may. How tnanr do you muster. Sir Oliverrr '. "Three and forty. The forty- are drunk, and the' three are but indifferent sober, I have them all safe upon the ship, "They -had beat' find 'their wits again, for I shall have work for every man of them ere the sun -set. it V my intention, If it seems good to you., to try a ven ture . against these Norman and .Geno ese rovers." ' S ? -i ; , ' . "Thev mrrv caviars and .certain verv noble spices from the, Levant aboard of ships iron) uenoa," quotn oir waver. "We may come to great profit through the business. I pray you, maaterslilp snan. that when vou ao aboard you nour a helmetful of sea.', water , over any of my rouges whom you may see tnere." Reaving the lusty knight and the May or of Lepe, Sir Nigel lea the Company straight down to the water's edge, where long line of flat lighters swiftly Dare tnem to tnetr vessel. . nores atter horse waa slung by main force up from the barges, and after kicking and plung inr in 'emntv air was droDDed info the deep waist- of the yellow cog, where rows or: ataus 4 stooa reaay tor., meir safe keeping Englishmen in. those day t were smiled ana prompt in sucn . mat ters,, for It was no not long before that Edward bad embarked as many as nt tv thousand men In the Dort of Orwell. with their horses, and their baggage, ail in the space of four.and-twenty hours. So urgent was- Sir igel on the shore, and so prompt war Goodwin Hawtayne on the cog, that Sir Oliver Buttesthron had scarce', swallowed . his last scallop ere the . neal of the trumnet and clang of naktr announced that all was ready and tha anchor drawn. In the last boat which left the shore the two command ers sat together . in the sheets, a strange contrast to on another while under the feet of the rowers was a Utter of huge stones which 8ir Nigel had ordered to be .caVried i to the cog. These once aboard, the ship set her broad mainsail, purple in eoior, ana witn a goiuon di. Christopher bearing Christ upon his shoulder In the centre of it. The breeie blew, the ' sail Deiiieo. over neeiea tne portly .vessel, and- away ? she plunged through . the' smooth blue rollers, amid the clang of the minstrels on her poop and the shouting . of the black crowd who fringed the yellow beach. To the left fay the green Island of Wight, with its long, low, curving, hills peeping over each other's shoulders to the sky-line; to the right the wooded Hampshire coast as far as eye could reach; above a steeljblue heaven, with a wintry sun shlmmeVing down upon them, and enough of frost io set the breath a-emoking. "By St. Paul!" said Sir Nigel gayly, as he stood upon the poop and look ed on either side -of him, "it is a, land which is very well worth fighting for, and were pity to go te France for what may be had at home. Did you not spy a crooked man upon the beach?" "Nay, I spied nothing," grumbled Sir Oliver, "for I waa hurried down with a clam stuck in my gizsard and an un tasted goblet of Cyprus on the board behind me." "I saw him, my fair lord," said Ter lake, "an old man with one shoulder higher than the other." " 'Tls a, sign of good fortune," quoth Sir Nigel. "Our. path was also crossed by a woman and by apriest, so all should" be well with us. What say you, Edricson?" . . "I cannot tell, . my fair lord. The Ro mans of old were a very wise people, yet,1 certes, they placed their, faith In such matters. So," too, did the Greeks, and divers other ancient peoples who were famed for their learning. Yet of the moderns there are many who scoff at all omens." -; "There can be no manner of doubt about it," said Sir Oliver Butteathorn. "I can well remember that In Navarre one day.it thundered on the left out of a cloudless sKy. we anew tnat 111 wouta come of it, nor had we long to wait. Only thirteen days after, a haunch of Srlme venison waa carried from my very mt door by the wol4ss, and on the same day two flasks of old vernage turned sour and muddy." "You may bring my harness from be low," said Sir Niger to his squires, "and also, I pray you, bring up Sir Oliver's and we snau aon it nere. xe may tnen see to your own gear; for this day you will, 1 hope, make a very honorable entrance Into the field of chivalry, and prove yourselves to be very worthy and valiant squires. And now. Sir Oliver, aa to our positions: would It please you that 1 should order them or will you?" ' , . "You, mv cockerel, vou. Bv Our Lady! I am no chicken, but I cannot claim to know , as much of war as the squire of Sir Walter Manny, Settle the matter to vour own liking." "You shall fly your pennon upon the fore part, and I upon the poop. Per foreeuard I shall KtVe. you vour own forty men,' with two-score archers. Two- score -men. twitn my own men-at-arms and squires, will serve as a poop-guard. Ten archers, with thirty shlpmen. under the master, may hold the waist while ten lie aloft with stones and arbalests. How like you that?" "Good, by my faith, good! But here comes my harness, and f must to work, for I cannot slip into it as I was wont when first I set .my face to the wars." Meanwhile there ,had been bustle and preparation In alt parts of the great vessel. .The archers stood In groups about the decks, new-strtinglng their bows, and testing that they were firm at the nocks. Among them moved Ayl ward and other of the older . soldiers, with a ' few whispered words vof pre cept here and of warning there. .. ' 'Stand to . It, my hearts of , gold," said the bid bowman as he passed from knot topknot. "By my hilt f we are in luck' this Journey.. Bear in mind the old saying of the company.-' - "WHat is that Aylward7" cried sever al, leaning on their bows and laughing at him. ' ! 'Tl the master-bowyer's rede! 'Every bow well bent. Every shaft well sent. Every stave well nocked. Every string wen . locked.' There,; wnn nat jingle in his head, a bracer nn his left hand, a -shooting glove on his right, and a farth ings "wortn or .wax m nis giraie, wnat more doth a-bowman need?" , 'It 'Would not .be amiss," said Hordie John, "if under his girdle he had four farthing -worth' of -wine." ;. "Work flrsti': .wine afterwards, mon caraarade. But it is time that we took our order, ' for methinks that between Needle rocks and the Alum cliffs yon der I can catch ft glimpse of the top masts of the galleys. Hewett, Cook, Johnson, Cunningham, your men are of the poop-guard,. Thornbury, Walters, Hackett. Baddlesmere.. vou are with Sir Oilvcn ort the forerastle. Simon. Vou bide With "-your -lord's banner; ' but ten men mus go rorwarn.- , . ."Quietly and promptly the .men took their places, lying flat upon ' their faces on the deck, ' for such - was Sir Nigel's order, Near the crow was nlanted Sir Oliver's spear, with "his arms a ..boar's head gules - upon a field of gold. ' Close by. -the stern ' Stood Black Simon with the -nennon -of the ' house- of Lorinr- In the : waist gathered v the ' Southampton mariners, hairy nn4 iJiurly : raen. i with their Jerkins .thrown-., off; . their, waist braced tight,; mallets," and pole ' axes In their1 hands. Their leader Goodwin Haw (Rfiicr pniu. ufiuii . nil, Kill luilkuv with Bir -Nigel, canting his eye ud somo- iimes u tne swelling sail, ana tnen glancing beck at tha two seamen who eld -the tiller. "Pasa the word," wild Sir Nigel, "that no man1 shall stand to arme or draw his bow string until .. my trumpet '.shall sound. U would h well that we shbuld neem - to be a . merchant - hlp- from Southnmpton and appear to . fie from them." . , f .t ' , , - ."We tehall see them non,!, said i the mastor-shipman. '. "Ha,- suid I not so? There they lie,- the water, snakes, In Freshwater Bay! and trmrK the reok of smoke ' from yonder-' point, where they have been - at their -deyll's work. Sen how- their shallops pull front the land! They have even i and called . their men aboard. Now they draw upon their anchor. , See them like ants upon the. forecastle! They sfoop and heave "like handy shlpmen. But, my fair lord, these are no niefe. I doubt but "We have taken In hand more than we can do. Each, of these -thipa la a galesrse, and of the largest end swiftest make. "I would t: had your eyes,"' Id Sir Nigel, blinking t'; pirn to . gHlleys. Tliey seem" Very . gnllunt ships, and I trust that we shHlt have much pletiaaice nmn- mtr-.nieetlti with themr It -. wonld be well to jws the word that we should, neither, give nor take quarter this day. Have you perchance a priest ' or friar n.hnnril this .shin 4fftatm . Ola vtnvna?" "No. mv fair inrA " . , i' -. . ... "Well, well. It is no great matter for my Company,' for they were all housel ed and shriven ere we left Twvnham Castle;" and Father Christopher of - the truwy gave me nis wora tnat . tney were a fit to march to heaven : as to Gasceny. But my mind mlsiinnbts me as to these Winchester men who have come with. Bir Oliver, , for- they appear to be a very ungodly crew. Pass the word that the- men kneel, and that the . under officers repeat to them- the patet, - the ave ana ine - creao. ' . t '. ., , . . Wtlh a clank, of arms, the rough arch ers and , seamen took to their knees, with bent heads . and . crossed Ands. listening to the hoarse mutter from the nie lean ers. it was strange to mark the hush; so that- the lapping of water, the straining of the said, and the creaking of the timbers grew louder ef a sud den upon the ear. Many- of the bowmen had drawn amulets and relics from their bosoms, while he who possessed some. mure man usuany sanctinea treasure passed it down the line of his comrades that all might kiss and reap the vir tue, - .sv- The yellow eog had now shot out from the. narrow waters of the Solent, and was plunging and . rolling on - the long heave of the open channel.. The wind blew.. -freshly, trom h east, with a verv keen edsre to It: and tha treat sail bellied roundly out, laying the vessel over: until the water hissed beneath, her lee bulwarks. Broad . and ungainly, vshe floundered, from wave to -wave, dipping her. round bow deeply" into the blue rollers. . and sending; tha white flakes of" foam In- a spatter over her decks. On her larboard quarter lay the two dark" galleys, which had already hoist ed sail, and .were shooting out from Freshwater Bay in swift pursuit, their double line of oars giving them a van tage wmcn couia not iau to nnng tnem ud with the Vessel which trusted to alls alone. High and bluff the - English cog; long, black and swift -the pirate, galley,- like two fierce lean ' wolves which bave seen a lordly and nnuspect--ing stag walk past their forest lair. - "Shall we turn, my fair lord, or shall we carry on?" asked the master-shipman, looking behind him with anxious yea, . "Nay, we must carry on and play to part of the helpless merchant.' . -aw. your, pennonst Tney win see tnat Ve have two knights with us." vyet it wouia not Da to a knight' Hon or or good name te lower hi pepnon. Let them be, and they will think that w are a wtne-shlp for Gascony, or that we bear the wool-bales of some mercer of the staple. Ma foi, but they are very swut! They swoop upon, us Ilk two goshawks on a heron. Is -there not some .symbol or device upon their saiisr That on the right." said . Edricson, "appear to have the head of an EthJop upon It." . - . 'ttHm m mAwm. . A . IV.. Norman." cried the seaman-mariner. I have seen it before, when he harried us at Wlnchelsea. He Is a wondrous large ana strong man, wttn ne ruth lor man, woman or oeaat. Tney say tnat ne natn the strength of six; and, certes, he hath the climes of six upon . his soul. See. now, to the poor souls who swing at either end of his yardarm!" - At each end of the yard there did In deed hang the dark figure of a man. Jolting and lurching with hideous Jerk - mgs oi. its itmos at every plunge ana swoop of the galley. ay Bt. faui .'" said sir Nigel, "ana by the help of St. George and Our T .tkAv It will h, a aAnw& fhlnmr If our black-bearded friend does not him self swing- thence ere he be many hours older. But what is that upon the otLer galley?" "It Is the red cross of Genoa. This Spade-beard Is a very noted captain, and It la his boast that there are no seamen and no archer In the world who can (compare with those who serve the Doge Boccanegra." That we shall prove," said Goodwin Hawtayne; "but it would ,be well, ere they close with us. to raise ud the mant lets and pavtses as a screen against their bolts' He shouted a hoarse order, and his seamen swiftly and silently. heightening the bulwarks and strength ening' them. The three ship's anchors were at Sir Nigel's command carried' Into the waist, and tied to the mast, with twenty feet of cable between, . each under the care of four seamen. Eight others were stationed with leather wa ter bag ttT'quenoh any fire arrows which might come aboard, while others were sent up the mast, to He along the yard and drop stones or shoot arrows aa the occasion served. "Let them be supplied with all that Is heavy and weighty In the ship," said Bir Nigel. "Then we must send them up Sir Ol iver Buttestrhon," qulth Ford. ! The knight looked at him with a face1 which struck the smile from his lips. "No squire of mine," he said, "shall ever make Jest of a belted knight. And yet," he added, his eye softening, "1 know that It is but a boy's mirth, with no sting in it. Yet I should Hi do- my part towards your father if I did not teach you to curb your tongue-play.' ? "They will lay us aboard on either quarter, my lord," cried the master,. "See how they stretch out from each other! The Norman hath a mangonel or a trabuch upon the forecastle. Beer they bend to the levers! They are about to loose It." , "Aylward," cried the knight, "pick your three trustiest archers,; and see if you cannot do sometning to binder their aim. Methinks they-are within' long ar row flight." "Seventeen score paces."? said the archer, running his eye backwards and forwards. By my. ten nnger bones; it would be a strange thing if we could not notch a mark at that distance. Here, Watkin odrSowley. Arnold, Long Williams, let us show the rogue that tney nave , tmgiian : oowmen to - deal with." ..:? The three archers named stood at the further end of the poop, balancing with feet widely spread and 1 bows drawn, until the heads of the cloth-yard arrows were level -with the centre of the stave. VYou are the surer, Watkin" said Ayl ward, standing by them with shaft upon string- "Do you take the. rogue with, the red coif. You two bring' down the man with the head piece, and I-will, hold myself ready If you miss. Ma foli they are about to loose her. Shoot me gar cons, or you will be too late." , - -, . The throng of pirate had cleared away from the great wooden catapult, leaving two Of their number, to dis charge It. One in a scarlet can bent over it, steadying the Jagged rock which was balanced on the spoon-shaped end of the long, wooden lever,1 The. other held the loon of the roo -hich -would release the catch and send the un Wieldly missile hurtling; throufh th air. So for an Instant they stood, showing; hard and clear against: the white -.sail behind them. The next, redcap. had. fal len across? the ston with an arrow-be tween his ribs: and ' th - other,- struck in the lea; and In.- the' throat,, was .writh ing and spluiterlnn; tipoitt the ground. As he toppled backwards- h had loosed the spring:,, and the ; huge beam ; of wood, swinging; round with tremendous ' f oroe, cast the cornse or his comrade so close I to the Enitilsh hlp , that Us mantried and distorted limbs erased their verv stern. As to the stone,- it glanced off, obllaue'y and fell midway between iho vessela ; A roar of . cheering and -.of laughter broke rrom the -rouich archer and seamen at the sight, answered, by a yell of rage front tholr 'jmirsuen vt ' -FJM low. . mea enfant, cried Ayl- wnra, moiioning wnn , ntsiicrt nana, "They . win learn ; .- wisaom. They ; are nrmging rorwara ' snieia - ana . mantlet, W shall have soms pebbles about our ears ere Ion." ' , (TO BE CONTINUED.) A.,.;V,. ,t- in ,v - . i il.iinr I'll ";- , Strong WndL onHhe Prairies. , Kansa City Time ft t jft "Wind that blow so fast you cannot seo through it," possibly la a new thing to science,", said a Kan man who re cently moved to Oklahoma, "but rthat 1 what I saw lat rear. l"'- f t- v. 1 had seen that.a stflrm was coming, and was' hastening from the' barn to the house when 1 becam a war that the dis turbance was a cyclone. Th house was still standing in plain view or myself and my wife,- both of whom ware runnlhg for the -h11hi which, was nnder it.. whn atnl. drnly we came upon the beaemsnt of thr house, Tne nouse naa mown away riRht before nur face and eyes and yet we had not seen It go. . ' , - , "The wind bad got to blowing so fust that we could not see through it, and so the -house had sailed away .without eur bt-lng aware of-It. vOur - three- 'children were safs and sound in the basement, so we didn't - feel .the disappointment so keenly of losing th house, tail I swear. nnJ I'll not reoda from It. that Hie wind Mew '.so fast' the eve eouldrj t lHneitrolfi rlcnr-slrit-1 jtrlsh eotne scientist would' ex LINCOLN AND , THE WAIFS ins ADtflCE BEAIUNG TRXUX , ', ;-, jYc-.y, "Troth, Justice and . Humanity' the - Watchwords Handed Out to - the . - lads of - New . York's Celebrated ' Juvenile Asylum Anniversary of Jill Birth Keoalla Hl Interest In the . Poor Boyg of the Street -.Some Jjttefeetina; Contrast (i ;;t CorrespomJence of The Observer. ' ' Kew Tork,;?ieb.'. . it is not every boy In school who can look up from Ma lessons toa message on the wall sent him by v great American President and- leader Itt crlsi that tried nien's souls. .Monday, "February 12, marking the anniversary of Lincoln's birth, and being a legal holiday In New York, Is, next to Christmas, the day which the- Ne ,yrk Juvenile Asylum most rove to celebrate, for It was to the Asylum boy of 1860 and to the Asy lum boys ever 'since and to come, that Abraham Lirtcoln sent a message that is the pride of the Institution even yet "Tell the boys of . the Juvenile Instl tutknVf r he' said -"that they must fol low truth, jTistlceand humanity If they wish to become .useful and honorable men." . t - 7. N. ' These word ara enshrined In a hug frame, hanging on the wall In the as sembly 'room of tha Asylum school house at Dobbs Perry, to which alto the institution removed lust May from its former home in a single building at Washington Heights. They are tb'e peculiar pride of the Asylum boys who today take this message as personal to themselves Just a their predecessors did forty-six years ago. Small wonder, then, that Lincoln's birthday Is celebrated at Dobb s Ferry , with all the Vim that the Asylum boy can impart "to the occasion. There Is no school session, and only the most necessary, work Is done. Above all there are "th: exercise," which take I - wmmmmmmm The Ig Cabins Wlicrc l'rexfdcnt Lincoln Pasxed Ills Barly Tears and the Juvenile Asylum In Which He Was So Interested. place In the " assembly room of the I sage of Lincoln. The big sign that school. All the Asylum's youthful ora- contained It hung, too, in former times tors and essayists treat the great sub- on the wall of the assembly room Ject of the day before an appreciative where all the children could see it dur audience. Stirring patriotic songs are Ing morning exercises. Beneath tho sung In unison, and a distinguished ' frame was draped the American flag, director with a, voice that Is coveted , and as tha children's gaze wandered for many public gatherings sings for . from the flag to the motto, and from the pleasure-of it and for the young- j the motto to the flag npraln, no sters of the Asylum. i doubt the one interpreted the other. The historical reminiscences brins ' Every boy could recite the motto by but the fact that the New York Juven- heart. Even the smallest, who could lie Asylum had beqn In existence but j not read, learned It from tha older nine years When the late George H. i children. One lad who was In the Allen, then it western agent. met Abraham. Lincoln in Springfield III., , and talked to him about his proteges. ; That was just about a month before Lincoln was ' chosen President. The : country was then In excltemrnt over the coming election, though litiU- re-: allzlng the greater excitement to fol- low; and Lincoln was staying at home, quietly engaged In watching the trend of affairs. He was much Impressed with Mr. Allen's enthusiastic plans for "his boys," with his fllndlng them good homes, thus giving thetr misdirected young lives a new impetus In the days the talk within the Asylum, as youthful and energetic West. But he 'outside was alt of the great war that did not know when he might come had started. The boys strutted around again to New York, and as he could the play-ground announcing that they not give a definite promise to make an j were going to the war "to fight for address to. the Asylum boys, he told President Lincoln" and many enllst Mr. Allen to tell them from him "that ed. Many who had been Indentured In they must follow truth Justice and ' the West ran away to Join the army, humanity if they wished to become or were released by sympathising fos useful and honorable men." ter fathers. The Asylum) orator goes on to say And the Asylum boy fought well that Lincoln's sympathy, as he listen- for the man who had found an encour ed to the history of Mr, Allen's char-, aging word to send to them. Names ges, was tlplcal of the kindliness he j of the New York Juvenile Asylum always felt for children, particularly boys, whether names of the living or If they were destitute or unfortunate, the dead, have their honorable places For hi own childhood's privations had on the great muster roll of the Grand been of the bitterest. In contrast. In-1 Army of the Republic. ' American Fathers Prond of Their - s Babies. Kansas City Star. : "American fathers are the most af fectionate in the world," said a travelled Englishman the other day. " never heard any young married men talk with such affectionate pride about their babies. The usual Eng lishman is either boisterous or sim ply satisfied, v "Thft morning I saw one of the pleasantest sights Imaginable. I was riding In' a street car. Opposite to me sat a young couple with a baby. The husband was holding the baby. He was a bronsed and sturdy fellow and he held the pink and white mite Very tenderly. H w not In the lesM embarrassed, lie had one mus-cular- flnger playing about the child's moutlf, and whenever the pink gums napped at it he looked as pnoua as a prince and beamed ' all over his honest; face Now, you'd never see a ,. Yii, n m ' r-mmirv I , ""J i?. Jf."t " Shouldn't , mind atandin ' godfather every ,dav to Children. Of such fa- there.' Sstlafying ITonot In India. Calcutta Englisman, A -castom now passing''? Among ! the Mafawarls is the one which prevailed when a man, could not meet bt bills.. He would summon his creditors.- They were ushered into s, room m which th Thaltur or household god, was ensuring ed, but covered un with a cloth and with hit fae turned to tho walls In order that he might' not witness tho scene that was to follow, -," Tho -insolvent wound thn. In garb of mourning, lie on the floor presenting bis-back to his creditors, .who, en a given -signal would fall-on him . with hoe and slipper and belabor him till their wrath wai exhausted. The beat big finished, 'honor was-declared 14 bo satisfied ell around. '- . V;.' ; : ' " 11 "" 1,1 "" " ' 4 . Sent Qaartcr Through $fuii - .' Pecatur Cor." Nashvlll American,' '' The'moBt' peculiar, ptec of mall that waa ever khown to' come to an Ala bama potoffice, ao far as known, "reach ed the- Hew Decatur postofflce to-day. It was a silver quarter of a. dollar with a small piece of paper pasted on ach side. An one :de was written the address and on th other a" few words, The quarter wo tied In the center of a bundle of letters when It arrived. It had traveled many miles and w de llvcred .safely- to4he one for - whom 4t ' was InUiided, , .-,- y -- "deed, with; the struggles of bis boy hood, the lot of the .New York waifs. Sheltered in the gray wall, of the bt institution was luxurious. As compar ed with the real condition In the mid dle West In pioneer doys. the existence of the Juvenile Asylum bays a lived now on the hill above tobb' Ferry would dassie with Its luxury the home ly household of young; Abraham' Lincoln,- The Institution I housed In fif teen fine cottages, each as .different from the log cabin In which Lincoln lived as a boy aa modern carpentry 1 different from the trade that the fut ure President's father practised. The Children's Tillage, as It is called, . 1 situated in grounds as attractive as a well-kept park with 286 acres round about, and a big athetotic field for spe cial game and contesti, The cottag es, with their solid oaken woodwork, their substantial hardwood floors, their wide windows and attractive fur nishings, with their tiled lavatories and locker rooms would astonish the soul of 4,Plaln Abe." Bo that Lincoln, the orator goes on to explain, would have envied the regu lar school sessions held day after day In the handsome schoolhouse, red brick without and hardwood within; the teachers no vagrant "literati" of the backwoods, but skilled instructors regularly licensed in the metropolis of the nation, the subjects, everything to be learned as far as a boy's mind can reach; at night, a comfortable white bed to gd to among nine others In a row; and three substantial and hy gienic moils a day. In the school to-day there are only three hundred boys the Asylum au thorities, when they adopted the more expensive cottage system, preferring. correct treatment for a few rather than with their limited meann, to follow the to keep on mistakenly with the worn- out method of the cheaper congregate Hchome which was the only one under stood In the earlier days. In 1860, d99 boys received the mes- asylum for petty stealing, and who has since grown up to write a good book and become commander of a G. A. R. post In the West, says that the words started him off In the right direction. As n boy ho fell to ponder ing on them, then took them to him self for his rule in life; and one of their first practical workings was to ! send him Into the army to fight for the heart's desire of the man who sent that message. ''He's my Abraham Lincoln," used to assert another small boy, now a war veteran, when in those stirring A REVOLtTTlOXAUY HEROINE. Georgia .Amazon, Who, Slngle-IIand-ed, Captured Ten Tories, Richmond News-Leader. " Nancy Hart, the famous Georgia character of Revolutionary days, la by no means mythical, but was a very real personage. Notwithstanding her gigantic frame, red hair, freckle and crossed eyes, her memory Is kept green er among the people of her native State than that of many a mora pre possessing heroine. She was what is familiarly known si a Georgia "Cracker," a poor though Intelligent white who lived among the aand hills or In the Isolated districts of the State. Her capture of the ten Tories while they were devouring the tempting vi ands she had been compelled to pre pare for them is recognized a an bls torical fact. : During Andrew Jackson's Presidency represntatlves from Georgia, desiring to bring that State to the notice of tne President, decided to present a painting' of one of the niche In th to tunda of the United State : capital building. At length it was completed a portrait of Nancy Hart, bareheadod, barefooted, her skirts' to her , knees, crossing a shallow - stream . driving ten Tories befort her t point, of on of their own guns.' The President, who was redheaded and came of th hardy pioneer stock himself, Is a!d to have been very much pleased with the picture, and It is to be hoped that Georgia profKed by the diplomacy of her representatives, Tho idea that Nancy, Hart followed her husband to Florida and died there I erroneous. After the fierce, disturb ance of the Revolution had gone down a history she buckled up her yoke of oxen and with her children and grandchildren. , emigrated . to . South Carolina. - : At one of th stops on the route her son-in-law became encaged lit av drun Ven brawl and was taken In custody by an officer. Ever Quick to meet an emergency,; Nancy went to the rescue. Bestowing a few pugUlstlo bump upon the detainer of - her ' son-in-law .She etsed the 'latter and lifted, him bod ty into the bed of the wagon and drove out of town, ' Nancv Hart located rear Edgefield, a mall town not far from the Oor gla line. Her fame preceded her there, and she was welcomed end respected by - her neighbors. , Mv grandfather's grandfather lived In Rla-eficld and waa on ,.of . the early ?Eaptlst preacher. The"H'ot'PhItish-were - almost -universally ; Presbyterian,- but once-asJttd ther ; was soon a larffe sprinkling of Baptist and Methodists throughout the South. ' The ministers were for th4 most part Itinerant,-and revivals that rivaled Moody's .and Jones's in en thusiasm were held under huge open tabernacles, and men rods on horse back a hundred miles to be in attend ance. 4-iln-i,' I "V .ft! -'' ' ' ' Tradition says that Nancy Hart was converted at one of these meetings. It would be ' reasonable' to suppose that time and- hardship would have touch ed the red hair with gray and curbed the old dauntless spirit, but She was as strenuous in religion as in politics. There are mystical storle In my mind of a gaunt old woman embracing my dignified ancestor and disarranging his stock and . dragging sluggard sinners by their queues and coat tails to the penance seat, but these are traditions repeated from 'generation to genera tlon, and I would not vouch for their authenticity. However, I have always understood that Nancy Hart lived to a good old age, died and was burled In the old Edgefield district, now Edgefield coun ty, S. C. Fireman Grabbed Flying Eagle. Denver Republican. The fireman and engineer who took the Rocky Mountain limited out of here last Sunday morning captured an Immense American eagle as it was flying In the air. The experience Is probably unique In rail- run a mgr. 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