St. Mary's beacon., 1857-09-10

have given YOU the axe and Weer
crown themselves. - 20 Y
! 1sr mofierzs shFukueF. n
fhac aisy cI ih1se III
| which Bind the hearts 7
ent and the future OF men to the domes-
tic hearth. sought what these might
have given me, in the mad revelry Of
! blood and wine, the hot breath of sensu-
atty and license. Alas. for poor human
pride, it is these very things whereby
my enemies have made me their foot
stool. But sleep / must. Tomorrow,
if needs be. must gather the dust of q
long and weary road. As all else fails,
here is one winch has never yet failed.
iftaken in Sufficient quantities.. Suit
ing the action to the word, Coade drew
from the skirt Of his coat an earthern
flask containing what was subsequently,
known in commerce as "Hollaad Gin"
then so rare and SO pure, which never
entered the province except under the
deck of pirate or smuggler.
The gloomy and scowling expression
of Coade's face changed into bland and
genial smile sas he drew the cork and
snuffed the aroma Of that exhiliarating
Amid which afterwards. in the re;on n
Queen Anne. obtained the very .ien;6-
cant soubriquet of dutch Courage. -
81 had thought" sand he, 'to have pre-
sented it with an unbroken seal to '6ro-
fher FendaH." to convince that worthy
gentleman that ..oH .Losn Coo1ie'' couId
carry a aask of untasted LIQUOR in his
pocket one whole day, but the fates are
ever against nv good intentions. So
here's 10 you. brother patriot, Nav YOU
and your brother privy councllmen see
the Justice ofmy claim without second
reading :, but inst az he was putting the
vessel to his mouth. the figure of a man
entered the chapel door by The same
means that he had done. The intruder
after taking a rapid survey of the interior,
uttered low whistle. He was instantly
joined by three others, each carrying in
] bis hard some :m5ssment. ihe use OF
which was xoo5s nut into reouisition -
The four y,rocee eded TO the centre of the
nave. One Of them opened a dark Ian.
tern and threw it's light before him AZ Il
search;no for some particular tile in The
foor. Having found IL. another. with a
sharp-po;nted tool. removed the mortar
which cemented that tile to those con-
lt;ouous. a third inserted an iron lever in
the seam and prized nm the slab. Then
the whole four. graphing with tbei,
hands, essayed TO turn il from its bed
The ponderous marble slab, three fee,
square and 4 inches thick. turned SLOWLY
/ and heavily on IFS uprer surface bv Sc.
cret hinge and displayed an entrance to
tie vault below like the mouth Of q
well. The fourth of the party put down
1 ladder by which the whole descended
into the vault. After shor. interval, q
faint light from the depth below strug.
gled upwards Just sufficient to guide 9th.
ers who were expected. Those other.
quickly came in detached groups of dog.
ems, gliding over the pavement like
ghosts and disappearing. lust as If a mum.
n Der of persons setting out at n siyeri time
I from various points Of the compass
should by conyergyng routes, meet at com.
mon centre and disappear in the bowel.
of the earth. 1T last one angle person
entered the nave. BY his statue, turbar
plaid, cignette of diamonds and level
hiIted sword. which sparkled in ths lieb
as he descended. Coade recognized Ca
u-eron. Alter he had descended. the
four men who acted as pioneers. sapper,
and miners, a<cended, aud turning tl,.
slab on perpendicular. shut thes.aaaaun,
down and ia-:hrn by The GRE
of i,sTt c,min. through the I'd
sbe .,ort,r had been removed' sSd 90
!, t;SIly Ii, b,ing the nave Of the chapel an,
! bv the rolling sound of vo,ces. coad,