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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1903)
July 20, 1903. THE ILIUSTKATED BEE. lines across the country so fast as horses could gallop, stringing out the local men as they went along. We have probably blunomid through ne r Jw ft than lines, Hut were bound e fee cautit oonor or latnr, infless we made Tor the count -on elthor ide, tcu thai would taw delayed things a lift. Tor theire was little .rthanoe 4if u getting ship with .-all inrts In tils lianas. It series me Tiint. I should have Killed He Oourcy .and then galloped lor it. How ever, (the Lord stands by us, Frances; tnevor forget that." "It 4wnt look nudi like it," said the girl despondenQy. "Oh, woll, nothing looks like itself in "this accursed fg. "Why Tmilthn"t we Jiave had this mist an the road from York? BUI1, I don't think It would have made mucth dif ference, onne Cromwell's riders .got to the north iff .us. Reeooreeful man, Oliver, I like tilm." "And I .don't. Tot you Are -supposed to be against htm, and 1 am supposed to lie for hom. I fear htm; 1 foar 'htm.' "Oh, tlBTF no flamgnr, not the llght?t, for cH-her tit us. Tbu have .done your task, and ha-ve done tt well. I am the blunderer. Hut I stand -on my status as a Bent, and I will argue the m Hitter out with "him. The man II tumbled into fhe ditch was the king's chamberlain, and vat a narUamcntirrtan, and a foreigner at that. The document I am RurpiiMd to carry was not iptven In me by the king, "but ta-ken 1y inrce from -a minion of the king, and a iFronchman. I have assaulted no E mil tubman, .and 'Crom well knew I was traveling .on this pass, lie mnnot deny that lie wrote it. and lor exactly the (purpose it has served. Oh, 1 shall tinve a heatrtrrul legal RTgrmieirt with Old Noll, and will upset him with his own law. I'm in no danger; neither are you." "I trust it will appear so." "It cannot appear otherwise, lie was trying to frighten you when he said he would hung nie. Ho is a sly, capable dog, who wfll be satisfied with having beaten me, and will not court trouble with my countrymen by hanging even a Tlorderer. It cost one of our kings his throne to do the like of that." Tills conversation, with which there was no Interference on the part of their captors, was brought to a conclusion by their ar rival nt the main Toad. Here a halt was called and the bugle was sounded, again to be answered, as before, from different directions. "Dismount," said "fhe officer to Arm strong, whereupon the latter, without a word, sprang to the ground. Against the next move he protested, but his opposition was unavailing, and, Indeed, unneplied to. The offloer gave the lady and the two horses in 'C-hsrge of a -party ot six, with orders to take them to Lichfield and Install them in the onthedra.1. A guard was to be set at the door, and no communication was to be allowed with any one outside. Orders from headquarters were to the ef fect that the lady was to be treated with every deferenre, and these orders were lityvrckand upon the six men. The de tached squad disappeared down the road In the tan and Armstrong stood discon solate and angry, but helpless, surrounded by troopers. The monotony of waiting was relieved by the frequent arrivals of companies from the oust and from ,the west, who did not stay at the crossroad, however, but inarched south toward Sutton, Coldflold and Birmingham. Thus the little company standing at arms wus continually aug mented, and continually reduced to its Doleful Merrymaking (Continued from I'uge iFuur.) at the window. "Now, tlen, MiirlilU Mariah! Where are them children? Why dim't yon look after them 'stead of gapln' arouiul at other peotilc like .a stuck lis? Jimmy, what are you doiu'? Suckin' toffee again! Alnt 1 told yer not t.) do that? Mariuh, you ounhter know leLter .thin to let 'lm make a little beust of iiihself." "And so he rage.- around the jilatform, finding fault with everytliinit and e e-y-body, until the whiutle lil wariiiuT y, and he hurries aboard the train to find himself sandwiched between an old woman who drinks gin out of a t-tuike boUl ; all the way and Minieiiixly eltte's tvffce-huikiiu; infant. "It Is a miserable train journey, In Kllrty little cars which an American caaumny would hardly use ior cuttle trurks. I'rub aiOy it Lints until nearly inn.il, and, unlcks the family have brought some food wih them in a paper b.iga pruotioe usually coiihi.lerod 'low' by like 'choup trijiper' cLikb they have to starve, fur they have no Chance to buy iH-CroaikinenUi on the journey. "Whin at lat they gor to tiie seaside, hot, hungry, dirty, tirud jiiid uiu-om-fortubly, they imuiodiutely make a diiKh for the buarh 'the sands,' they call it whore 1 1 Uil- jiimtsemi-jits center. Amuae-nK-nls!" and the KngUahman snorted with sheer disgust, "it's an Insult to the word after nnc has seen Cimey Inland .or At lantic City, sr any of jour .other liig American summer resurte. "If It happens to J.e a public holUliiy and several excursions have come down, people iwn'm on the leach like cnts, until there Is no room to move without treading on oniibody. Our clerk and hia family push orlglnnl size. Tt was waiting for some one higher In command than the mild lieuten ant, and neurly two hours passed before Hits siiu.it not n -aurtborrty atrrtafd. Ar-rn-tttriuig hoard th tramjlline T linrse to the south, and -presently tiie wunl tit virtues Imvome Quite a.udfhle through the fog. There seemed to lie a dispute going Jiir ward, Whiifh was something unusual m it lie Farttumentury toroes, where, if discipline Boomed lax, instant obedience was hi vari ably required. "J tell you, colonel, I am to lake chars of the ludy and escort her to Cromwell." "I have no iirdars to that effect." '1 nave .come direct from Cromwell, and .those wore Ills orders." "1 do not take .orders from you. 1 hold written instructions relating Vith to tle mun and tiie wumun, and the 1 haU cairy .out." "Tou will he wise to hang the nan on the nearest trees aud take his pajiers to Croiuwoll." To this there was no reply, and Arm strong now knew that IieCouTcy had nut imtm e Itadly hurt as he Aiad inret ended, fur ike had taken a lung ride to the north slnoe then. The firisnnor reooemlsed the voice long txtfore his cavalier nnot ume mered Trom tiie suist. De Oourcy had not .changed 'his .anpurol and it lormed -a strange contrast to the Parliainoii.taitian uniform, as Indeed did Armstrong's .own dress. "Ah, -my young friend," .cried DeCourcy, 11 ie muimiirt he rocitfmtsod the prisoner, "you had your laugh m the anornmg .and 1 have mine in the evening.' "There is a time for everything," replied Armstrong, indifferently, "and my time for laughing is in the morning. It was brighter then." "Yes, it looks rather dark for you at tho moment .and you seoni ions OMrry tliu.n when a met you eurlior." "till, there were more funny things hap pening then, that's ail. HvW-e your horse?" "We are neither of us the worse fiir our encounter. Dun't you wish you could ay the same for yourself V "Vis, 1 do, and thank yu (ur your symp;ilhy." "Have you ent the woman to Udhfiold?" asked the omeer-in -chief of the Kiibrirdmate. "Ycm, colonel; sinne two hours Ofe-o." "Very well. 't will reJieve you of your prisoner. Take your men to Birmingham." "Is there amy truth lu the Ruyaiiut rising there, culonul?" "None in tiie least. Have you iieard any thing?" "Nothing but Ji rumor that there was an outin-euk of -some sort. I board ichat a detiUTfame.itt fi'um Lachheid was to leave fo,- ltirmiiigharra." ""We will turn it tiaok If we moot it. 'Good niglit."' , At the word the lieutenant and his mea marched fill to the south, and Armstrong was taken in cliarge by the quudron uf horse. A trouper was (ibnuounled 4Lnd iiis Bti-ed eiven to Armstrong, .of Whom no questions were tisWed, as he had ceoted. They Beemed very iure of their man. The cavalry set off to the north, and Ie Courcy rode dlose beside -his nomy, taking a delight in taunthig iiim. To this enforced companionship the Scot objected and made appeal to the oolonel. "Sir, am I your prisoner, or do 1 belong to this renegade kings man? Who is hn authority here, you, or this Frenchman?" To this the colonel made no reply, tnor did he .order He 3ourcy to the rear, prob ably nut winning to offend one who seemed their way through the crowd, xntmohlng hot bimB out uf .a iiig paper bag uiid look ing out for eoroetiiiiig new. "Sotnetiiine new! They 4iave their choice bttwoau tiie nogro minstrels tho 'comic Bingi rs.' tiie jitirrpatioic purenologist, who tells y.our bumjw,' the uni"h and Judy show, the cix'oaiuit shying alley, and a trip out to sea in what Is sardoniually .called u 'public pleasure yacht,' with 2U0 other seasick landsmen. These are the only umuHimcnt provided fur perhajie lWMM people. No wo-ider the Kagnolimaji spends a melancholy holiday." The Englishman sighed sym4jsthe.ti0a.lly over his countrymen's summer woes, then went on: "The wgro minstrels are the first at traction, but our clerk ana his wife soon find out that they tell the same old rtarles, sing the same eld songs, and do the same old ntuutB as the negro minstrels of their youth. So they wander Along the sands, make a lunch off more hot buns, bad ice cream and warm lie.i r, and then go for a sail in one of the 'pluasure yaht.' Naturally they are very seasick and return to the ben oh more melancholy and quarrelsome than ever. "The children? They paddle In the sea until a big wave comes In and knocks Johnny over and spoils his nice new suit. Toor Johnny gets his eaTS boxed as If he were responsible for the vagaries nf the Atlantic! and there is one more spasm of weeping and scolding. Then the head of the family, birred to death, sneaks rff to the nearest drinking place and stnys there uMIl it Is time for the train t start for home. Often enough, bis porr wife has -search for him there, end drag hhn along, hulf drunk, te the railway station. "The return Journey is even mare mis erable than the trip djwn, but fortunately to be a friend of CromwetrB. The angry Scot was forced to nuike the best of It In silence, wMile the l'-rcnchman, very polite mid JoeulmrH iwased ironic rvtiia upon him, uxkf d .ftur tlte a;irl, Jind said he would use his hiflunnee with Cruinwetl have a silken rope used at the coming Tecution of bo distinguiKhed a p-. It is III to tamper whh I'.ordrr -emMir, as the Frenchman soon discovered. Armstrong idtpped his knife from his llt and hi-ld it in readiness, When Ids attention was drawn to the tramjiling of an 4Uproanhlng host in front of them, and he remimibered that iiere was ooming the troop from Ueh flold, whir expected to meet a body of tiie king's tm-n, rf the rumor from lUrmingfaara were true. The rumor hud, no doul. leen srtarta ljr the riding north In hot haste if this -oirrtker now at his side, at time wmn uch fi1ime was jmt seen out wide Oicftird. Ilealdes, the country was in a content state of alarm, and the wilder! tales were current, whose constant con tradhrlion liy after events did nothing 1o allay vor-reeurrlng jianlc. Armstrong Qukvrbj- gathered up iris reins, wutniied his ttttnortunlty. and. instead of runidng his blade Sietween the rilis of re Courcy, Jalilwd the point into the Hunk of the PYracjbman's lun-B. CHA XXTL M ratearesn. HoweT'er frraoeful the rrennhmon midit be on foot, .and no one denied his elegance of hearing, he was Inrt an -amateur on horseback, and when his steed tmexneit edly plunged forward he relinquished the reins and .grasped the mnne. For one hiief moment the ntrentlon of the troop was diverted toward the unexplained an tic of the -minlrtcned horse end the im minent overthrow of its rider. It Is one of the defects of human nature that man is jrrone to laugh when he sei-s a fellow ftyiarure in owme predJenment from which his own simerlor skill leaves him free. E,T mutt In the company was a faultless rider and nothing their horses oould do would have len nny wnbarrnssment to them. To see this dandified foreigner, whom nt hesrt they Besplsed in any case, crouching like a gaudily dressed monkey on a frolicsome dog, and screaming for help, was too much for even the saddest of them, and a roar of laughter wont up, which did nothing toward quiet mg the injured and frightened quadruped. If It had been the horse of Armstrong that had begun those dancings, his guards would have been instantly on the alert' for an attempted escape, hut at the very xiie mesrt their eyes trhould have twen on the Soot their attention was withdrawn. Arm strong did not laugh, hut. thrusting hook Ibis knife, whipped out his word and struck e Courcy's horse twioe with the broad of t. Iiis own otoed leaped forward tinder the prick -of the spur, and foefore the oolo nol oould grve a word of command the two hud disappeared in the fog ahead. Even then the colonel, who was ihe only man that had Ills wits about Iiim, did not think there wos the least cbanoe of oscape, for he had heard the troop com ing toward him, and Armstrong must run directly into it. He rone in Ills Btrrrups to give the alarm te those ahead, wlien all heard ringing shout: "Charge, cavaliers! God save the King! To holl with the Bound lieads! Charge!" Out of the fog came a spattering fine, then a volley. Two horses and three men went down. While the other trocqtors nas tily tmslung their carabines .nd fired down anoflier, and Tirewmtly they drop .off to loop and for pet all the woes of the holiday. Neiot day tiie man .poes cheerfully to iis work, thankful that he won't have te go to the soaoide again for several months. Xo. iir,'" miihatioally concladed tho Englishman, "ICiujlund has nothing like Coney Island or Atlantic City, worse luck! "But this is dull. Lot's do sumo more 'stunts,' as you Americans call them. Loop ing the loop is better fun than reforming England." And a minute later the Englishman had forgotten all about the melancholy merry making of merrle Kngland in the mad, joyous whirl of old Coney. Pointed Paragraphs Towels and eggs can never be too fresh. Patriotism always stands In with the gov ernment. It is usually the Billy woman who makes a 'oul of a man. The average man wants others to see him as he sees himself. Don't oonslder everything Impossible that you are unable to perform. There Is -some hope for a man as long aa he knows bow to take a bint. If beauty were taxable the fair sex would never try to dodge the assessor. College professors and the bootblacks both strive to polish tho understanding. Some men are like raiturs; it's impossible to tell how .sharp they muy be until they are strapped. Probably the most dangerous men are those who have honest motives and dis honest practireH. "Know thyself," says the old adage. A 11 the street without waiting for the word of command. "Htop, you fools," yelled the colonel, "you are snooting your m ni." Titan to tho oneoiuers he roared a like wamlnc Vhtcfc was drowned in ainnttter volley. The lM-fa-fleld men were not to he taken In. even V they hud heard the warning. Wtth their own ves they had soen 1 wo oa valiers hurst upon lliem nut of the fog with A strident ury for the king. le Oouriy e inning first, they concentrated upon him. and he went down liefore them. Armstrong, Bwlngiug his sword, smiting right and left, bellowing like a tlend in true travaller style, a very Prince Kuert come iigttln, dashed at tho weakest Kpirt, and his impetuosity carrtaA all 4ofore hhn. ""Never mind ihn, cried the loader, mm some -would have pursued. "Fire and hmak their iiharge," and fire .they idid rlglrt wtoirtlj-, uirtJl a jnaddonod if ficor, with a .bravery that -scorned the bul lets around him. galloped ulong their front, waving his sword and commanding them 1 stop. "Tou re kilting your own -men. Themo are no royalists, hut sn Interfering foil if a Frenchman and on j-scu,ted Boot. Buck te Itiehtleld!" Neverthitless, a battle Is not quelled at word, and the brave -colonel ressod tltrough aminrtg litem nd galloiieA In pursuit of his late inisimer. Once oloar of tiie 'laoh Armstrong was not sparing of a horse thai Imlnnged to nmeone else. At Treat risk to Jils neck raced throuph the blind fog, -sword In hand, ready f or f urtlier unposltlcm Should he meet tt. He tmerged from the fug wtth a sud denness that start Vefl him. TIo sun hod set, and there, bni-ely a mile nwuy, stood out ngainst tho darkening sky the great red built of Ihe inthedral, with Its wnr-broken tow ers, nnil the little town huddled at Its feet. At the same moment he bec:uno nware that someone was thundering after him, and again he iluir the cruel spurs into the laboring horse. A ghince over his shoulder tiliowed him the colonel breaking through the bnnk of fog, and he thought of turning and fighting blm on the run, but t lie sound of firing hail ceased, and he knew the colonel would prove n stouter combntant thnn the Frenchman, so he hurried on. Aside from this, Lichfield had been roused by the roar of tiie guns, nnd he saw the long, narrow street thnt lay helween him and the cathedral becoming 11 live wita plkemen, and knew he would have his work cut nut for him. If he was to get Bafely through the town. As soon as he come within earshot le shouted to tliem: "Run-loade the street! The king Is upon us. I have just escaMd. Our men are oe the retreat. Defend the town to the south. Harrlcade! Barricade!" Thus he clattered through Lichfield, shouting. Soldiers ore so accustomed to the word of command Unit (hey obey first and think after, If at all. Seeing a' rider In the costume of a cavalier come tearing down upon them, they made husty prepa ruiion for stopping him, but his tone of authority was so well assumed that they gave way liefore him, and began the run ning out of csrts and whatever other oliHtructions they could lay their hand!) upon, to make the way difltcult for the on coming colonel, who swore ns loudly at their stupidity as If he were tho king's own. "What are you nbout, you nctirsed clnd hojipers? Don't you know o king's man when you see one? Leave Mint rubbish snfl follow me to the cathedral." (To He Continued.) man can find out quite a good deal about himself by running for office. It sometimes happens thut the world thinks a man Is wise simply because he doesn't take the trouble to explain his mis takes. Chicago News. Glimpse of the Future Now, In the course of time the multi mlllionaire fell seriously 111. He sent for his doctors. "Gentleman," he observed, "you majr have hoard that I once said I considered it a ls grace to die rich." "We have heard of it." they replied. "Well," he rejoined. "I still think so, fo a rich man ran afford the best mndioa ad vice thore is In tle world. Therefore, eon tlemen, if I die it will be terribly dlnx graeeful-to you. Furthermore, If youl don't restore we to health I will tlx matter so you will not get a cent out of my estate) In payment of your hills." Hearing this, the physicians exerted themselves and saved him. and for many; yaara thereafter lie continued to amuse himself accumulating money and giving l away. Chicago Tribune, New One for Telephone There la no limit to the use that U14 telephone can be put to. It Is said that a certain lUchmend lady, wishing to wisil a neighbor the other day, pulled the baby'4 crib tip in front f the 'plione, opened thd reoelver and calmly told "Central" that shj was going out to a neighbor's, -and if tb baby waked tip and began te cry to rtnf hor up at the neighbor's. She ought 44 get a patent on that he. by tender. Bios moud (Va.) Register. j