The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-11-14

me this morn, thaf fortune shsii ave 81 o.
your arm f--yisld q try.s as'ss ss's
They Hns5e severed tbr0sls u eocA ether,
and the old man, n. N indI1krsuk speetAtoR,
stood looking on. Bot the youth, By = dsx-
terous blow, shiyered the sword IN Clennsrs
hand, and left him at his. msrer..
"Now yield ye,' be exclaimed; atbe chance
ID mine now ia the morning II was thine. -
aye seen = fair Zoe" replied Clennel,
'and ioath IN to yield, but that am
weaponless." so tzss, + 81 ..ss.
"Despatch him st oncsi" growled the old
man. s'If be spilled your blood IN the morn.
ing, there csn be ne BARN IN spilIing hts the
aisht-and especially sftsr gisin' him . fair
chance" .vs AZ rsa 4 NJ
aFather," returned the youth, ssvould ye
have me to kin pan In cold blood 7"
let him suhmitto to be bound then, hands
and eyes or 1 wiil." !" dried the senior as
The younger obeyed, ard OfenAsi, finding
bimself dissrmed, sobmittsd 10 his fate and
his hands we're hound, and hisseyes tied mp,
90 that be kuew not where they led him.
After wandering many miles, and having
lain upon what appeared the cold earth for
lodging. be IVES aroused from confortiess.
and troubled sleep by . person tsariug the
bandsge from bis eyes, and ordering him to
prepare sor his trial. he started to bis feet.
He looked around, and beheld that he stood
In the midst OF > gipsy encampment BE
was mott man given to fear, bat : sickness
came over bis heart when be Thought Of his
wife and daughter, and that, knowing the
| character Of the people in whose power he
was, he should never behold them again.
The s.el-s Of the Fsa tribe bsganto ssssm-'
BILE in sort Of half circle N the area Of the
encsmpment. and in the midst of them, tow
e.ing over the heads Of I'll, be iamediatsly
discovered the tall figure oi Willie Fsa, in
whom hs also discovered the grsy-haired
Parliamentary soldier Of the previous night
But the youth With whom be had twice con-
| tended and once wounded, and BY whom be
had been made prisoner, be was unable to
single on. amongst them. .....9 ~.
He was rudely dragged before them. and
Willie Fsa cried-"Ksn ye the culprit r.
''Ciennel o. Northumberland f-our enc
my !" exclaimed twenty voices.
"Yes," continued Willie, sCienuel our
enemy-the burner o. our humble habitA-
tions-that left the auId, the sick, the in
frm, and the helpless. and the infants o. our
kindred to perish in the flaming ruins Had
We burned bis house, the punishment would
have been death and shah we do less to
him than he would DO to us 20
mo noIs they exclaimed with one voice.
"But,r added Willie, "though be would
have disgraced as WI . gaIlows, a he has
bsen . soldier, ! propose that he hae the
honor O . soldiers death, and that Harry
Faa be appointed TO shoot him."
"All all I sll Z" was the cry.
ssHe shall die with the settiog sum-" said
Willie, and again they cried sAgreed r.
Such was the form of trial which Clennei
underwent, when be was again rudsly drag
ged away, and placed in tent round which
Tour strong F4as kept guard. He bad not
been alone an hour, when his judge, the Raa
king, entered and addressed hlm-
Now, Laird Clsnnel, say 70 that haena
lived to see day about wi yer When ye
turned me frae beneath your roof, when the
drift was fierce and the wind howlsd in the
moors, was it no. tauld to ye that We seould
rue 1t but ye Knocked the admonltion aDd
the threat, and, after that, cruelty burned M
out o house and ha'. When l came hame,
| saw my auld mother, that was within three
years O. hunder, couring over the reeking
ruins, without wa to shelter her, and
crooniag curses on the door o. the black
deed There were my youngest BARNS, too,
crouching by their granny's side, starving
wi hunger as weel as wi cauld, for ye had
burned o., and haudin' their bits o. hands
before the burnin' ruins O. the house that
they were born in, to warm them That
night vowed vengeance on you; and even
on that night would have executed IL, but
! was prevented and glad sm I now that
was prevented, for my vengeance has been
cosnplete-or . but complete. WI my ain
hand l snatched your son and heir from his
k..~Ga = n 4 =
il bot revenge lent bath strength ard speed.
And when ye had anIther bairn that was like
TO live, forced lassie, that some O. our
folk had stolen when an infant, to bring It
TO rs. Ye have got your daughter back
again, but no before she has cost ye mony q
sad heart and mony . saut tear and that
was some revenge. But the substance o.
my satisfaction and enge lies In what I
hae to tell ye. Ye die this night as the sun
gaes down; and, hcarken 10 me now-the
young soldier whom ~ wounded on the
streets o. Worcester, and who last night
made you prisoner, was your son--youf heir
--yoor lost son,l 'Ha ha .--Clennel, am i
frexengsd 2" Na@T @sn 29A8
"My ssuF, screamed the prisoner-'.mon-
ster, vhat is il thatys say Z Strike me dead,
now ! am In your power-but torment me
not r.
''fisl ha ha n again laughed the grey.
haired savage-"maD, ye are sboat 70 de.
and ye know not ys are born. Ys have not
heard half have TO tell. heard that We
had Joined the standard o. King Charles. il
king in my ain right, care for neither youf
king nor parliament; bat resolved 70 wear,
for time, the cloth O. old Noll, and 10 make
your son do the ssme, that 1 may hae an ops'
poTtunity o. meeting you ~ IN enemy. and
seeing him strike yoo 70 The heart. That
Satisfaction hsd nes; bus 4 he'd iss eouisxl
lent. Yesterday, ] saw yeu shsd his blood
on the streets o Worcester, and in the even
Ing ne gave you prisoner into my hands
that desired you." asi~
q "Gssy-hsissd neastrl'' sxclaimsd Glen.
nel, shave 70 no feeling 30 hearth Speak
- . torment ne, o. Cell me truly, have I
'sPatis0ee, manrs said tie Faa. swith
smile Of ssrdsuis tsfuuph--~my story Il
bat half-huishsa IL Was the bleod o. yous
son ye shed Yesterday q Worcsstef--it was
nv power; !; and, bsss = si-Dos. hear me-
hear me less not wsra ll-it Il the hand
To- your son that hin night 1t sunset, sl.nll
se06 you to stsrpity Nov, tsll me. Clan
I nel, am no rsysngsdf d. ~ no rue ID n,
"Wreteh wrstch ~ cried ths m.serabje
parent In mercy strike ne deed. n have
raised nv sword agsinst my son, let thss
sufice " l-hut spars, oh, spars NY ch1d
from being ~ involun faxy parrioide n
shush, fooi !" sid the Pa ;s.t hsvs walt
ed Tor this eonssunstion y my rsv5nep fbr
twspty ysars, and shink ysths1 Ewil1 - Dc.
prived y q nor " = fsw vAinine words !
RsnenDss, sunsst" = sdisaI - lsItshs
1 Evening came. and ths di5k = ths sun Sc
Gan 70 disappsnr bshiud ~ ve116ru hllls..
Msn and wenens ths Old sad ~ younR
amongst the Eaaay enms euk IFom tEeif ID.
caznpmsnt to bskol6 the daash efth6ir eremg.
olenasl wss troagbs forth bseuoea t6o, III
nAnds =. ,..tsasi So = ~ sldss "a ! bsna.s