The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-08-25

respectfully pressed to his lips.
AND now my friend, AZ you can't rec
ommend any place in your house for
my weary head, what do you say to
your barn for my faith, L must sleep
somewhere soon, in spite of old Noll
and his rebel crew =
Would to heaven, my liege, had
better place to offer you a security!
returned the clergyman.
The barn be it then, said the other
quickly; there are many worse places,
and l am too much fatigued to be fas-
tidious.'
Accompanied by his faithful guide,
the hunted fugitive spent the remain
der of that night and all the next day
under some hay in the clergyman S
barn, the latter providing a sufiiciency
of food. The next night he advised
them to depart for some other locality,
as he had reason TO believe that anoth-
er search of his dwelling and out
buildings was about to be made Not
knowing better where to go, they re-
turned to the same road they had
quilted the night before.
The morning following the royal flu
gitive being left alone in the thickest
part of the wood, his friend and guide
having gone to procure some food and
ascertain if there was any immediate
danger, he began walking to and fro,
in a restless, impatient manner, when,
to his establishment and alarm, voice
addressed him from above Looking
up he saw the face of a man among
the thick clustering leaves of giant
oak.
Who are you?' he quickly demand
ed, fearing that all was lost.
The man gave his name as Royal
list captain; and slipping down to the
ground, persuaded the other to hide
in the tree with him.
1t was well he did so-for, a short
time after a small body of soldiers
came past the very spot, and the Off
Ger commanding said within his hear
ing:-I believe he's in this wood yet
and if we can only find him, we'll be
certain to make our fortunes, and see
the prettiest piece of beheading that's
been done in England since his father
made his last bow to the people
The fugitive remained undiscovered
throughout that day, never leaving
his place of concealment till dark
when he came down with his comradc
and repaired to the house of a noble
man in the vicinity, where he staid fol
twenty four hours, and set off in The
night for a distant asylum, which be
reached in safety, and where he wal
SO carefully secreted that a search o
the house made by soldiers while ht
was in it failed to discover his retreat
After this, his dress was changed t.
a plain grey, and he travelled for sew
eral days with a lady as her servant
across a thickly-sottled portion of tn
country, and often came in contac
with the soldiers who were huntin;
for his person. He subsequently me
with a number of hair-breadth escape
and was recognized by several individ
uals, in both high and low life, no
one of whom was base enough to be
tray him for the large reward AM
great honors they would have receive,
for the action.
At last, after six weeks of constan
, anxiety and fear sometimes travelling
hither and thither openly and boldly
sometimes lying concealed for days
and actually encountering during TIN
> time hundreds of enemies who wer
seeking him dihgently-he got o.
board collier vessel, and sailed t
France, where he was saved, to retur
, to his native land with power to pun
: ish his foes and reward his friends.
4 Such were some of the vicissitude
: and escape of Charles the Second {
t England, after the ohim) disastrou
l battle of Worcester