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a. - t.1 r.f the ( l V ihti of ; j.i.'.iitily, however, as tho comedy ! ,..-J swiftly to black tragedy, " thla r -Ive spectator leaped Into quick, I , hla pony, and with another he wai ttrenuous life. With a spring ha waa over the stone wall and flylnir awirt ly across the field,, Looking up from hla victim, the great yellow horse taw thla other enemy approach, and spurning the ; prostrate, but still writhing, body with Its heel, dashed at the newcomer. ' :)' " f But thla. time there was no haaty flight, no rapturous pursuit to the wall. , The little man braced hlmaeif straight, flung up hla a metal-headid whip, and met the horae with a crash ing blow upon the , head, " repeated again ' and again with every attack. In Vain the horse reared and tried to overthrow its enemy with awooplng shoulders and pawing hoofs. Cool, swift and alert, the man sprang swiftly aaide frorn under the very shadow of death, and then again came the swlsh and thud of the uner ring blow from the heavy handle. The horse drew off, glared with wonder , and fury at thla masterful man, and then trotted round In a circle, with mane bristling, tail treamldg and ears on end. snorting tn Ita rage and patn. The man, hard ly deigning to glance at his fell neigh bor, passed on to the wounded forest er, raised him In hla arms with a strength which could not have been expected In eo alight a body, and car ried him, groaning, to the wall, where a dosen hands were outstretch ed to help him over. Then, at his leisure, the young man also climbed the wall, smiling back with cool contempt at the yellow horse, which had come raging after him once more. Aa he sprang down, a dozen monks surrounded him to thank him or to praise him; but he would have turn ed sullenly away without a word had lie not been stopped by Abbot John in person. , "Nay, 'Squire Loring." said he, "if you be a bad friend to our Abbey, yet we must need own that you have played the part of a good Christian thla day, for If there is brath left In our servant's body It Is to you next to our blessed patron Saint Bernard that we owe it." "By Saint Paul! I owe you no good will. Abbot John," said the young man. "The shadow of your Abbey has ever fallen across the house or Loring. As to any small deed that I may have done this day, I ask no thanks for It. It Is not for yoo nor for your house that I have done It, but only because it waa my pleasure so to do." The Abbot flushed at the bold words, and bit his lip with vexation. It was the sacrist, however, who answered: "It would be more fitting and more gracious," said he, "If you were to apeak to the holy Father Ab 'oot In a manner suited to his high snk and to the respect which Is due i a Prince of the Church." The youth turned hi bold blue v upon the monk, and his sunburn 1 face darkened with anger. "Were not for the gown upon your back, nd for your silvering hair. I would inswer you in another fashion," said he. "You are the lean wolf which growls ever at our door. greedy for the little which hath been left to uh. Bay and do whnt you will with me, but by Saint Paul! If I find that Dam Ermyntrude Is baited by your raven ous pack I will beat them off with this whip from the llttlo patch which atill remains of all the acres of my fathers." "Have a care, Nigel Lorlntr, have a care!" cried thi Abbot, with Anger upraised. "Have you no fears of the law of England?" "A Just law I fear and obey." "Have you no respect for Holy Church?" "I respect all that la holy In her. I do not respect those who grind the poor or steal their neighbor's land." "Rash man. many a one hns been blighted by her ban for less than you have now said! And yet It Is not for us to Judge you harshly this day. Ton are young and hot words come easily to your lips. How fares the forester?" "His hurt Is grievous, Father Ab bot, but he will live," said a brother, looking up from the prostrate form. "With a blood-letting and an elec tuary, I will warrant him sound within a month." 'Then bear him to the hospital. And now, brother, nhout this ter rible besst who mill k1'7' ami snort at us over the top of th wall iih though his thoughts of Holy "hureh were as uncouth an those of 'Sijulre Nigel himself, whut are we to do with him?" "Here Ih Franklin Aylward," null one of the brethren. "The hopie was his, and doubtless be will trike It back to his ferm." But the Flout red -fared farmer shook his head at the proponnl "Not I. In faith!" mid he. "The b.-.mt hath chasen m- twice round th. paddock; It hn nigh slnln mv l"v Samkln. He would never l happy till he had ridden It, nor ha he ever been happy since There la not u hind In my employ who will nt r hl Stall. Ill fare th. day that ever I took th beast from the Cnstle Mud at Oulldford. where they rould do nothing with It and no rider roui.l be found bold enough to mount IT When the sbitImI here took It f.r a flfty-shllllng debt he made bis own bargain and miift abide by It He comes no more to the f'rooksbury farm." "And lie fftnyo no more here," said the Abbot. "Ilroiher mcrlst, you have raised th devil, and It Is for you to lay it again " "That I will most reudlly." cried the sacrist. 'The t'ltianee-musti r can stop the fifty shillings from my very own weekly dl. and so the Abbey be none th-- poorer In the meantime h re U Wat with his ar ballst and a bolt In his girdle l,et htm drive it to the head through this curved creature, for his hide and his hoofs are of more value than bis wicked self." A hard brown old woodman, who t , had been shooting vermin In the Abbey groves, stepped forward with : : grin of pleasure. After a life- time of stoats and foxe. this v, im Indeed a noble quarry which was to : fall to him. Fitting a bolt on the X . nut of his tsut crossbow, he bad , :., raised It to his shouder and lev. It at the fierce, proud, disheveled S - bead. Which tossed in savage freedom Ji-'i t the other side of the wall. His ,47, 'linger was crooked on the spring, v when a blow from a whip struck the tf .bw upward and the boll flew harm 's , lees over the Abbey orchard, while the woodman shrank abaslmd from V-.' -.Nigel 'Loring angry eyes. yfi '.Keep your bolts for your weasels!" ., aald ha "Would you take life from . creature whose only fault la that , Ita spirit la so high that It has ma ,'. - none yet who dare control It? You " " would alay such a horse as a king might be prosd to mount, and all be ' ', f cause a country franklin, or a monk, 'r a anonk'e varlet has not he wit nor th band to master him?" ' --The sarrlst turned swiftly on the Squire. "The 'Abbey owes you an 'Offering for thla day work, however ' rude your words may be, H aald he, "If yon think so much of the horse, you may desire to own It If I am to pay for It, then with the holy At hot's pen, , :,,!) u a my ytft anl I ttcMtow- It freely upon you." Tha Abbot plucked at hi subordl nate'a sleeve. , '.'Bethink you, broth er sacrist," he -whispered, "ehall we not have thla man's blood upon our heads?" "His pride Is as stubborn as the horse'a, holy father." the sacrist an awered, hla gaunt face breaking into a malicious smile. "Man or beast, one will break the other and the world will be the better for It. If you forbid-' v .v, t "Nay, brother, you have', bought the horse, and you may have the bestowal of It," i "Then I give It hide' and hoofs, tall and temper to Nigel . Loring, and may it be M sweet and as gentle to him as he hath been to the Ab? hot of Waverleyt" ; : - The aacrlst spoke aloud, amid the Uttering 6f tlje monks, for the man concerned was out of earshot. At the first words which had shown him the turn which affaire had taken he had run swiftly to . the spot where he. had ' left hla pony. From its mouth he removed the bit and the stout bridle which held It Then leaving the creature to nibble the grass by the wayside he sped back whence he came. "I take your, gift, monk," aald he, "though I know well why It Is that you give It. Yet I thank you. for there are two things upon earth for which I have ever yearned, and which my thin purse could never buy. The one Is a noble horse, such a horse as my father's son should have be twixt his thighs, and here Is the one of all others which I would have chosen, since some small deed Is to be done In the winning of him, and some honorable .advancement to be gained. How ia the horse called?" "Its name," said the franklin, "Is Pom mors. I warn you, young sir, that none may ride him, for many have tried, and-the luckiest Is he who has only ft staved rib to show for It." "I thank you for your rede," said Nigel, "and now I see that this Is In deed a horse which I would Journey far to meet. I am your man, Pom mers, and you are my horse, and this night you shall own It or I will never need horuo again. My spirit against thine, and Ood hold thy spirit high, Pommera. so that the greater be the adventure, and tho more hopo of honor gained!" While he spoke the young Squire had climbed on to the top of the wall and stood there balanced, the very Image of grace and spirit and gal lantry, his bridle hanging from one hand and his whip grasped In the other. With a fierce snort, the horse made for him Instantly, and his white teeth flashed as he snapped; but again a heavy blow from the loaded whip caused him to swerve, and even at the Instant of the swerve, measur ing the distarice with steady eyes, and bending his supple body for the spring. Nigel bounded Into the air and fell with his legs astride the broad back of the yellow horse. For minute, with neither saddle nor stlrrupsc to help him, and the beast ramping and rearing like a mad thing beneath him, he was hard pressed to hold his own. His legs were like two bands of steel welded on to the swelling arches of the great horse'a ribs, and his left hand was burled deep in the tawny mane. Never had tho dull round of the lives of the gentle brethren of Waver ley been broken by so fiery a scene. Springing to right and swooping to left, now with Its tangled wicked head betwixt Its forefeet, and now pawing eight feet high in the air, with scarlet, furious nostrils anil maddened eyes, the yellow horse was a thing of terror and of beauty. But the lithe figure on his hack, bending like a reed In the wind to every movement, firm below, pliant above, with calm Inexorable face, and eyes which danced and gleamed with the Joy of contest, still held Its master ful place for all that the fiery heart and the Iron muscles of tho great beast could do. Once a long drone of dismay rose from the monks, as rearing higher and higher yet a last mad effort sent the creature toppling over backward upon Its rider. But, swift and cool, he had writhed from utider It ere It fell, spurned it with his foot as It rolled upon the earth, and then seiz ing Its mane as it rose swung him self lightly on to Its back once more. Ken thut grim sacrist could not but Join the cheer, as Pommers. amaed to find the rldnr still upon his back, plunged and curveted down the Held. Hut the wild horae only swelled Into a greater fury. In the sullen gloom of Its untamed heart there rose the furloiiM resolve to dan)) the life from this clinging rider, even If It in. -ant destruction to beast and man. With red, hlaxlng eyes It looked around for death On three I.. m the (Ive-vlrgate field was hounded by n high wall, broken only at one pot by ,i heavy four-foot wooden Kate lint on tho fourth ilde was a low gray building, one of the grange of the Abbey, pre senting a long flank unbroken hy door or window. The horse stretch . .1 i:-elf into a gallop, and heiided ir.ilk'ln I t that craggy thirty-foot .ill lie would break In red ruin at th, bane of II If he could but dash Ton mi Ihe life of this man. w ho I.iIiihiI mastery over that which had a. v r l iuii.I II master yet. The gnat baun lies gathered under It, the eager hoof drummed the grass, a faster and still more fust the franlle hofe bore himself anil his rid. r toward the wall. Would Nigel spring ofT ' To do o would be to ben. I hW will to that of the beast berieiuh him There was a better way than th.ii fool, nulck and de- jeld'd. the lain xwlftly passed both I whip and bii.ll.- In'o the left hand I which "till h Id the mane. Then with the right he slipped his short mantle i from his Mhoulders and lying fnrwnrd along the creature' strenuous, rip pling bark he cait the flapping cloth "Ver th horse's , ep The result was but loo successful, for It nesrly brought shout the down fall of the rider When those red ye straining for death wi re sudden ly shrouded In unexpected darkness th amazed horse propped on Ita L V - ) v $ i W Mmmt forefeet Bil l ti-nirt to ; i (1,-aJ a Mop that Nl;e woi no.t forward on to It neclt and hardly held himself by hla halr-:ntwli)eii hand. Ere he had slid back Into position . the moment of danger had pmwd, for the horse, Its purpose all blurred in its mind by this trange thing which had befallen, wheeled round once more, trembling in every fibre, and tosalng Its petulant head until at last the mantle had been slipped from Ita eyes and the chilling darkness had melted Into the homely circle of aunllt , grass once more, . ''!.' '!;''. r -,,.';." 'j :",:' . But 'what Was thla new, outrage which had been inflicted upon It? What was thla defiling bar of Iron which waa locked hard against - ita mouth? - What were ' these straps which, galled the tossing neck, thla band which, spanned its chest? v In those instants f stillness" ere the mantle had been plucked away Nigel had lain forward., had slipped the snaffle between, the champing teeth, and had deftly secured It , . ; Bund, frantic fury surged In the yellow horse's heart once more at this new degradation, this badge of serf dom and infamy. His spirit rose high and menacing atlhe touch. He loathed this place, these people, all and everything which threatened hts freedom. He would have done with them forever; he would see them no more. Let him away to the uttermost parts of the earth, to the grsat plains where freedom is. Anywhere over the far horizon where he could get away from the defiling bit and the in aufferable mastery of man. He turned with a rush, and one magnificent deer-llko bound carried him over the four-foot gate. Nigel's hat had blown off. and his yallow curls streamed behind him as he rose and fell In the leap. They were In the water-meadow now, and the rip pling stream twenty feet wide gleam ed In front of them, running down to the main current of the Wey. The yellow horse gathered his haunches under him and flew over like an ar row. He took off from behind a bowlder and cleared a furze-bush on tho farther aide. Two atonea still mark the leap from hoof-mark to hoof-mark, and they are eleven good paces apart. Under the hanging branch of the great oak-tree on the farther side (that Quercus Tllfordlen sls Is still shown as the bound of the Abby's immediate precincts) the great horse passed. He had hoped to sweep off his rider, but Nigel sank low en the heaving hack with his face burled In the flying mane. The rough bough rasped him rudely, but never shook hla spirit nor his grip. Rearing, plunging and struggling, Pommers broke through the sapling grove and was out on the broad stretch of Hankley Down. And now came such a ride aa still lingers In the gossip of the lowly country folk and forma the rude Jingle of that old Surrey ballad, now near ly forgotten, save for the refrain: That Doe that sped on Hinde Head, The Kestrll on the wlnde, And Nigel on the Yellow Horae Can leave the world behlnde. Before them lay a rolling ocean of dark heather, kneo-deep, swelling In billow on billow up to the clear-cut hill before them! Above stretched one unbroken arch of peaceful blue, with a sun which was sinking down toward the Hampshire hills. Through tho deep heather, down the gullies, over the watercoursca, up the brok en slopes, Pommers flew, his great heart bursting with rage, and every liber quivering at the indignities which he had endured. And still, do what he would, the tpan clung fast to his heaving sides and to his flying mane, silent, motion less, Inexorable, letting him do what he would, but fixed fate upon his purpose. Over Hankley Down, through Thursley Marsh, with the reeds up to his mud-splashed with-, ers. onward up the long slope of the Headland of the Hinds, down by the Nutcombe Gorge, slipping, blunder ing, bounding, but never slackening his fearful speed, on went the great yellow horse. The villagers of Shot termlll heard the. wild clatter of hoofs, but ere they could swing the ox-hide curtains of their cottage doora horse and rider were lost amid th high bracken of the Haslemere val ley. On he went, and on, tossing the mile behind his flying hoofs. No marsh -land could clog him, no hill could hold him back. Up the slop of Llnchmere and the long ascent of Fernhurst he thundered as on the level, and It was not until he had flown down the Incline of Henley Hill,. and tho gray castle tower of Mldhurst run over the coppice in front, that at last the eager outstretched neck mink a little on tho breast, and the breath came quick and fast. Look wher.i he would In woodland and on down, his straining eyes could catch no sign of those plains of freedom which he sought And yet another outrage! It waa bad that this crenture should still cling so tight upon his hack, but now h would even go to tho Intolerable length of checking him and guiding him on the way that he would have him go. There was a sharp pluck at his mouth, and his head was turned north once more. As well go that way as another, but the man waa mad Indeed If he thought that such a horse as Pommers was at the end of his spirit or his strength. He would soon show him that ho was uncon iuereil, if It strained his sinews or broke hla heart to do so. Back then he flew up the long, long ascent. Would he ever get to the end of It? Yet he would not own that he could go no farther while the man still kept his grip. He waa white with foam ami caked with mud. His eyea were gorged with blood, his mouth open and gasping, his nostrils expanded, his coat stark and reeking. On he flew down the long Sunday Hill until he reached the deep Kinglsey Marsh at the bottom. No, It was too much) Flesh and blond could go no farther. As ho struggled out from the reedy slime with the heavy black mud still cllnglag to his fetlocks, he at last eased down with sobbing breath and slowed the tumultuous gallop to a canter. Oh, crowning Infamy! Waa there " I t.i . .: ,,-ra.: ':-.? i , WiU ti l I u r l Veil to Clio.,..:) i,J (I a puce. ; ,m u he had choaeii to Kaliop so f r at hjjj own will he mun now gallop farther still at the will of an other. A spur struck home on cither flank. A atlnglng whlp-laah fell across his shoulder. He bounded his own height in tho air at the pain and the shama of It, Then, forgetting hla weary limbs, forgetting his panting, reeking sides, forgetting everything save this Intolerable insult and the burning spirit within, he plunged oft once more upon hie furious gallop. He was out on the heather , alopea again and heading for Weydown Com mon. On he flew . and . on. ,. But again his brain failed him and again his limbs trembled beneath him, and yet again he strove to ease hts paoe. only to be driven onward by tJoe cruel spur and ' the falling lash. He was blind and giddy with fatigue. .)''';' He saw no longer, where he plaoed his feet, he cared no longer whither he went, but his one mad longing was to get away from this dreadful thing, this torture which clung to him and would not let bim go. Through Thursley village he' passed, hts eyes straining In his agony, his heart bursting within him. and he had won his way to the crest of Thurs ley Down, still stung forward by stab andblow,- when his spirit weakened. ms giani sxrengtn enoea out oi nim, and with .one deep sob of agony the yellow horse sank among the heather. So sudden was the fall that N'tfel flew forward over his shoulder, and beast and man lay prostrate and gasping while the last red rim of the sun sank behind Butaer and the first stars gleamed in a violet sky. The young Squire was the first to recover, and kneeling by the panting, overwrought horse he passed his hand gently over the tangled mane and down the foam-flecked face. The red eye rolled up at him; but It was wonder not hatred, a prayer and not a . treat, which he could read in It As he stroked the reeking muzzle, the horse whinnied gently and thrust his nose Into the hollow of his hand. It was enough. It was the end of the contest, the acceptance of new conditions by a chivalrous foe from a chivalrous victor. "You are my horse, Pommers," Nigel whispered, and he laid his cheek against the craning head- "I know you, Pommers, and you know me, and with the help of Saint Paul we shall teach some other folk to know, us both. Now let us walk together as far as this moorland pond, for Indeed I wot not whether It is you or I who need the water most" And so It was that some belated monks of Waverley passing home ward from the outer farms saw a strange Sight which they carried on with them so that it reached that very night the ears both of sacrist and of Abbot. For, aa they passed through Tilford they had seen horse and man Walking side by side and head by head up the manor-house lane. And win en they had raised their lanterns on the pair It was none other than the young Squire himself, who was leading home, as a shepherd leads a lamb, the fearsome yellow horse of Crooksbury. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Rare Tennyson Edition. New York Times. The Tennyson collection acquired by Prof. Albert E. Jack, of Lake For est University, Illinois, wa sold at auction hy the Anderson Company In West Twenty-ninth street . yesterday. mciuaea in it were a numDer ot rare flrse editions of the English poet. An uncut copy of "The Falcon, in the original blank out pap;r envera, printed for copyright or for use of the Kendals, who acted It in Decem ber, 1879, fetched $200. "The Cup," Jn uncut condition, the third of Tennyson's privately printed plays, written for Henry Irving and Ellen Terry, who performed It on Christmas day, 1880, brought $180. "The Promise rt May," the rarest of Tennyson's privately printed plays, produced at he Globe Theatre, in Lon don. In 1882, sold for $180. A copy of the first published edi tion of "The Cup" and "The Falcon," London, 1884, fetched $100. "The Sailor Boy," printed for Ten nyson's use by the Em lie Falthfull Victoria Press, London, 1861,, sold for $100. "Poems, by Two Brothers," written by Alfred and fharles Tennyson, and the former's first publication, London, 1827, sold for $65. The 'Mophilio rage for Tennyson rarities 'Is not so great as it was a few years ago, these figures being much below those paid for the same works In the Morgan and Arnold sales. Sand Cure for Dyspepsia. Chicago Intef-Ocean. A number of persons In West chester. Pa., who are sufferers from stomach troubles are trying the and cure. The sand, so a dispatch tells us, comes from Mississippi In bags of two quarts each. It Is fakeajn doses of a teaspoonful, and aa often as the patJent feels trouble coming. "When any animal has an attack of stomach trouble," argues one of the believers In the cure, "it goes at once to the ground for some clay or sand, and why should not a man?" Why not. Indeed? There Is no reason under the aun for man's going elsewhere than to the ground for a cure when he has stomach trouble, unless it he that when man hns stom ach trouble he Is more unreasonable than at any other time. The ssnd cure will appeal strongly to the great majority of people whooo stomachs are all right end In tlmo these people, when thtlr stomachs go wrong, may. by -the exercl.s of win power, convince themselves that duty to themselves and to their families, to say nothing of friends and courtry, demands that hey shall go to the ground for a cure. No Way to Overhaul Charlotte). Durham Herald. No, Durham Is not M large aa Charlotte, and the country round about It It should have found out who would not help out much if we should take In two or three townships. i I.-. .... 4 i EY It. I). V.'. The Assembly and the Governor separated in December, 176$, on good terms. The session fas prorogued to meet In June, but owing to the death of some of the members and the absence of others, Tryon thought it advisable to dissolve It and call a new election. When the new As sembly met In October John Harvey was ' again ' unanimously elected Speaker.' The new members and the Governor met In harmony, and- at first the business of the session pro ceeded as smoothly as a ship on the, bosom , or ; a quiet iaice. But as be neath the surface of tho water often dangerous reefs lie hid. upon which the vessel goes to wreck, so beneath the surface of smooth words with which the v Governor : greeted the House lay the rocks 'of disasters In the preceding May tho Virginia As sembly had passed a series of strong resolutions upon : tho .disputed ques tion of tho extent of tho authority of Parliament over , America, These resolutions were, sent to the speak ers of the several Assemblies Just as the : circular letters : had been I sent Mr. Speaker Harvey laid them before the North Carolina , Assembly ; No vember 2-. This time the . members spoke out In no undecided terms. : As soon as the resolutions were read the House went Into the committee of the whole "to consider the present state of the colony." Our old friend John Campbell was In the chair. After some time spent the committee came to the following resolutions, to wit: . v "Resolved, nem con, That tho sole right of Imposing taxes on the .In habitants of this, his. Majesty's col ony in North Carolina,' Is now and. ever hath been legally and constitu tionally vested In the House of As sembly, lawfully convened according to the ancient and established prac tice with the consent of the council and his majesty, the ing of Great Britain,' or his Governor for the time being. ,- i r "Resolved, nem con, That It Is the undoubted privilege of the inhabi tants of this country to petition their sovereign for redress of grievances; and that It Is lawful and expedient to procure the concurrence of his Majesty's other colonies In dultful addresses, praying the royal Interpo sition In favor of tho violated rights of America. "Resolved, nem con. That all trials for treason, misprison of treason, or for any felony or crime whatsoever committed or done In this, His Majesty's said colony, by any per son or persons residing therein, ought of right to be had and conducted in and before His Majesty's courts held within the said colony, according ot the fixed and known course of pro ceedings: and that the seizing any person or persons in thla colony sus pected of any crime whatsoever com mitted therein and sending such per son or persons to places beyond the sea to be tried is highly derogatory to the rights of British subjects, as thereby the Inestimable privilege of being tried by a jury from tne vicin age, as well as the liberty of sum moning and producing witnesses on such trial, will be taken away from the party accused. "Resolved, nem con, That an hum ble, dutiful and loyal address be pre sented to His Majesty to assure him of our Inviolable attachment to his sacred peraon'and government, and to beseech his royal interposition as the father of all his people, however remote from the seat of his empire, to quiet the minds of his royal sub jects of this colony and to avert from them those dangers and miseries which will ensue from the seizing and carrying beyond the sea any person residing in America suspected of any crime whatsoever to be tried In any other manner than by the ancient and long-established course of proceeding." Following these resolutions In the Journal Is a copy of the address which was to be presented to Hts Majesty. It bears marks of John Harvey's workmanship. The follow ing paragraph Is worth our attention. After expressing their "Just regard for the British constitution (dearer to them than life)" the petitioners continue: "When we consider that by the es tablished laws and constitution of this colony the most ample provision is made for apprehending and punish ing all who shall dare to engage tn any treasonable practices against your Majesty or disturb the tranquil ity of government, we cannot with out horror think of the new, unuaual, and permit us withal humbly to add, unconstitutional and illegal mode recommended to your Majesty of seising and carrying beyond sea the Inhabitants of America suspected of any crime, of trying such persons In any other way than by the anclont and long-established course of pro ceeding, for how truly deplorable must be the case of a wretched Amer ican who, having Incurred the dis pleasure of any one In power, Is dragged from hla native home, and his dearest domestlo connections. thrown into a prison, not to await his trial before a court, jury or judges, from a knowledge of whom he Is encouraged to hope for speedy justice, but to exchange his Imprison ment In his own country, for fetters among strangers, conveyed to a dis tant land, where no friend, no rela tion will alleviate his distress or min ister to his necessities and where no witnesses can be found to testify his Innocence, shunned by the respect able and honest and conveyed to the society and converse of the wretched end abandoned, he can only pray that he may soon end bis misery with hts life. "Truly alarmed at the fatal tend ency of these pernicious councils, and with hearts filled with anguish by such dangerous Invasions of our dearest privileges, we presume to CO..:;.l. prostrate ourselves at the foot of your royal throne, beseeching your Majesty, aa our King and father, to avert from your ' faithful and loyal subjects tn America, - these miseries which must .necessarily be tho con sequence of such, measures."", i Thtnk'of the stupidity which could turn a deaf ear to . such a petition; which could not read between the lines of these expressions of loyalty a determination to die rather -.than to surrender; which could not under stand that this loyalty, - sincere as It was; by Injustice could be turned to bitter; enmity. : The , agent ; of. .,the colony, was ordered , to present this address to the King, and afterward to have it printed In the English par pers. The - Americans, convinced by repeated, failures that the ears of the King were deaf, to their appeals had begun their appeals to their British brethren. 1 , ' ' i These resolutions caused consider able stir In the North Carolina world. When Tryon saw tho Journal he wrote to the House in white heat that they 'have sapped the foundations of con fidence and gratitude, have torn up by the roots every sanguine hope I entertained to fender , this province further service, if In truth I have rendered it any, and made It my in dispensable duty to put an end to this session." To Lord Hillsborough : he wrote: "I must confess the proceed ings of the last Assembly i have wounded my sensibility and,, -y being dangerously 111 at the ; time, V. their conduct took advantage of tho then weak state of my mind, and for that reason perhaps has made tho deeper Impression upon it . I wish I could say with. Lord Botetourt ' that my prospect brightens. Confidence, , my Lord, , that delicate : polish In public transactions, has received - an. ugly scratch, and 1 fear wo have no artists here who can restore it to its original perfection." Lord Hillsborough, re plied that the conduct of the; Assem bly in adopting . and concurring "measures and resolves i so unbe coming and unwarrantable" . gave "great concern" to hla Majesty. .: : , But fhe friends of Araerioa were Just as much pleased at tho resolu tions as her enemies were displeased, To oJhn Harvey Henry Eustace Mc- Culloh, the agent; wrote: "A letter from Mr. Pry or acquaints me of the dissolution of the late, Assembly and of my appointment as agent ' I am pleased to think tho Assembly had virtue" o deserve the first event; and I am sensible I am greatly to thank you for the second." Later he re ferred again to the ' subject In ' the following words: "The public papers inform me of the proceedings your late Assembly. ... In my opinion the proceedings of your late Assembly have vindicated the honor of the province, and I pray God future as semblies may ever have the wisdom to see, virtue to assert, and courage to vindicate the just rights of them selves and their constituents." Ten days later he wrote: "Your Governor (In my opinion) ' would have done wiser to have ben less paaslonate; and had he been so I do not believe he would have been blamed here. Lord Hillsborough has found out at last that dissolutions do no good." A sentence in McCulloh's letter of March $0, reveals to us the command ing position which John Harvey had now won In the province. Acknowl edged leader of the people, there re mained no place In the administra tion of colonial North Carolina which he could now accept that oould have been considered a political promo tion for him. Says McCulloh: "For reasons you approve, I shall en deavor hard to get some of the va cant seats In the council filled by gen tlemen from the northward. I may be wrong, but I at present conceive It would be a lessening of your dig nity and weight to take one of them. Pray write me unreservedly on this subject." A great many of the lead ers of North Carolina had stepped up from the Assembly Into the council; for . Harvey alone It was suggested that the transfer. If it should come, would be a step down. When the new Assembly met In December, 1770, Richard Caswell was elected Speaker. It has been fre quently stated that the Assembly took this action because they were anxious to placate Tryon and that Harvey, on account of his bold stand for the privileges of the colony, was not acceptable to the Governor. Such a statement Is not only erroneous, but does a great Injustice to . all the persons concerned. It Is an Insinua tion that the Assembly could stoop to the sacrifice of their leader . to please the royal Governor; It is an Insinuation that Tryon had no bet ter sense than to bite at he bribe; It is an insinuation that Richard Caswell was not true to .the colony and was ready to lend himself as a peace offering at. the expense ot his leader; it Is an Insinuation that John Harvey was wining to show tho white feather after having so arrogantly waved the red flag. There is no need to seek such a complicated ex planation of the event: , tho simple truth is that John Harvey was at home sick when the Assembly con vened and so a substitute had to be found. What better substitute for bold John Harvey could be found than the versatile Caswell? It may as welt be said here that tho relations between John Harvey and William Tryon were of a. friendly and even a confidential nature and nothing Is more absurd than to suppose that he was sacrificed in order to placate his friend. r ... . The session convened at a critical time in the history of the province. The Regulators were disturbing the peace of tho province and were soon to reach their climax at Alamance. Whatever may bo the 'sympathies of North Carolinians to-day, one thing Is very certain, tho Regulators received cant sympathy., from tho people, of i . ; i .i i i' t i ; . i ... i t ' ' -I I" t ...i-r -, J , !, ' ' J - I i "i: "it f.lv. i )m veiy i i lee ,.r. to I.- r t: st you r eo Much belter and 1 mont he;.rt l'y wish you may toon have a perfyct recovery. I only left Newbent IumC f iiturUay. ... Kcfore I left Newborn the Assembly had dono nothing, but alnce there have been appearances very alarming. The day I left town (Newborn) Mr. Johnston presented a spirited bill to the House upon the subject of punishing the regulators. The substance' (as nearly as. I can recollect from what he told me of ' It) was this -to enforce in effect, though not. in express words,' tho riot., act as It is in , England to em . power the King attorney 'or any of his deputies to prosecute In any part oil tho province, and If any person ' so prosecuted did not eurrender in' a limited time, that 'they, (sic) should" . stand convicted and outlawed; em4r4 . powering, likewise,; the Governor up take such draughts from the militia ' as he should think necessary to en force the execution of the civil pow- ,' r,.Thl bill, I , believe, : sir, v.you, would havo thought expedient, though, severe, but -desperate diseases must ' ' have desperate; remedies v Tour absence, sir, at sooritical period Is . much to bo lamented, but yourself is (sic) equally t bo pitted for the un -happy occasion, as your country for i the unhappy effects of 'X Another i,' indication of, 7 Harvey's - attitude . is i found In a letter from his friend, Mc- 1 Culloh, to the; famous Colonel .Ed mund Fanning, so severely, abused by ' ' tho Regulators', in wwhtchb : refers ' to i Harvey and two others as "our , common 5 friends;?- tryon, ;too, ''con- ' -1 fidently relied on, and seems to .have,' i received, , Harvey's support in , h is course toward the 'Regulators. VTe him, as colonel of the Perquimans . ' militia, he wrote. Just before setting , out from Newborn on his Alamance campaign: , "Though I am apprehen sive your situation lays too remote from the seat of the disturbances In' this country fa give government In time , and aid to suppress ' the in- surgents, I, nevertheless, out of re spect, to you, - take the liberty to in form you that I propose the last week in next month to begin my march from Newbesn to .Orange county so as to be If ' possible the " first ; week " in May in the settlements of the in surgents." He then adds that If Har vey can send a company of fifty men from Perquimans '. and Pasquotank -counties he will be pleased to take- them under his command, t contlnu tng: "I take this opportunity to thank you for your kind present to me the last winter. Wishing you a '.v perfect 're-establishment ; of your health, I am." etc. Then In a post script he adds the following sen- " tence! "I wish your son could com mand ths company." ... Ths battle of Alamance followed, after which William Tryon went to New York and Jostah Martin came to North Carolina,- By this exchange New York lost and North Carolina' won, for the strongest of our colonist Governors was followed by the weak est, and over this . weakling John Harvey and his colleagues had little ' difficulty In winning a series of im portant victories for civil and politi cal liberty. Bryan Didn't "Look Good." Cleveland Plain Dealer. . U " When a stranger places his name on the hotel register, It behooves the clerk to show him every deference, -Just as much as if he were a known celebrity. No matter what (own the guest, puts down after his name, the clerk, if he is wise, will hear In mind! that the stranger may at any moment get control of some delegation and become prominent while others sleep. "IH never forget the first time I met William Jennings Bryan,".' said Cashier Field at, the Euclid yester day, pondering over- this thought "Possibly Bryan would not remember me, as I didn't have my mustache then, but I remember that he came to the Planters, In St Louis I was clerk at that hotel then at he time of the Republican oonventlon that nominated McKlnley In '96. I didn't know him from a lead of wood, and he didn't know" me any better. Tho place was chock full of people, guests sleeping seven and eight In a room. Well, this fellow who register ed 'as W. J. Bryan didn't look extra good to me, and I told htm he would have to pay in advance. Of course, they all had to the way things were then., I gave him a $1.60 room, and he occupied It along with seven Re publicans. ' , "It was only two months after that when Bryan came to the Planters again, but this time there waa a 'Wel come' over the door In electrto Ughfs In his honor." A Troublesome Comma. (London Chronicle. One more Instance of the power .of punctuation. Even a comma may play the very deuce. Not many years ago a distinguished graduate of Ox ford decided to enter the Noncon formist ministry, and to wear no saecerdotal garb. And he announced this intention In a manifesto contain ing the words, "I shall wear . no,' clothes, to distinguish me fretn 'my Nllow-ChrtaUans." That delightful comma made him the laughing slock of the university and the Joy of the picture-shops, whose windows were flooded with Illustrations of the Rev. X. Y. Z. distinguishing himself fiom his fellow-Christiana Thaw's Intellectual Range. Durham Herald. ; Thaw's record shows that he has no more sense than the average man needs, but anybody knows that he had sense enough not to do what, he did do unless he thought he could get out of it . - "vWhere Editor Douglass Erred, y' Durham Herald. Whlle- The - Industrial News "was about It Is should have found out who the combine . had elated i for. the Greensboro postefllce. ,',.' , ' , , ' v . . ' '. f:M xcr-': &: . ,) . ' jf t '. '' '. i ,' ' lift ',"'".' ,r: ' ' i-V 7'' - : V- M-'iXl , ' 77. f7 77;:,i 'MlAtl vf - . , - !. ' . ' .''.'.' ';. , ' ' -. I , ' - . , ...... .
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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