The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-07-29
aEernlng Star and Catholic Messenger.
MHw ORLEANS, SUNDAY. JULY 80 1877.

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former and iive-pouDd steed could not carry
ahem far across that stiff country at She best OF
4imes. But on the present occason the rumors
of She Plot had rendered % them 100 oOuSiy as al'i t.
safs 70 face Justice TownshsDd at snob time
as this.
They sprspg hare which ran their h1nnds Of,
eastward by Dovedale Common toward west,
wood Park, ine domain. in the midst whsrsoI go
stood the lodge and bauqueting hall OF Sir
John Pakington, of Hampton Lnvet. @ inns
Z akately struoiure of the days of Henry Viii
uas then massive parsllelogram of brick and
atCne. In n semi i-Tudor style, exh xhibiting symp'
sou,s of the renaissance, with mullioped WIN
dows muoh larger than had been usual IN 40
mestio bpildipgs in the fifteenth century. one
Of its most salient features was the stene para.
pet surrounding its Hat loaded roof, composed
Of the wheatsheaves and mullets from the
Pakington arms. A few years later hiEn'
\ rpofed WinRs were added to the corners OF this
e0aare construction, which entirely changed
ia character and faeretban donhled its inter.
nal accommodation. Originally erected as a
pavilion for festivities and diversions, it had
nevertheless frequently served the purpose OF
II supplementary habitation. 1t crowned m
eminence covered with oak wood, through
which twelve formal ridiugs had teen pierced
Aiverging like rays from the central edihce.
lake OF considerable extent added to the en-
beliishment of the landscape.
Dorothy kept ahead Of her father. who jog
9sd on at o leisurely pace, avoiding any Tor
snldable fences on the plea that his hackney
was too old for n serious leap. The maiden
was delighted at having her cousin for com
psnion, and was only too glad when her
brother had attached himself to some of his
eporting aud jovial comrades, apparently sat
isfied at being able TO leave her to be escorted
by 90 unexoeptional a protector Notwith-
staudiug Harry's criticisms on her beast, the
animal carried her we'll across the fences and
abe enjoy ed to the utmost the soft fragrance
of the autumral breeze, and the lov!Iness OF the
familiar landscape. In hoiiow TO tne @ west
of the park were some pools which had sup
plied the old nuunery with fish, aud above them
on q gentle slope, IA few ruins of the sacred pre-
cincts fast falling TO decay, The hare took TO
ahe water and concealed itself amongst the
ruins, aud for n time the barriers seemed bal
fed in their chase.
1t wns perhaps to the advantage ot the m
fortunate hare that u diversion was nnexp pect.
edly Effected in its pursuit by the huntsmen
encounteriug another oavalcade, consistirg OF
Sir John PakiDRton, with bis daughter, son-ln'
Law, and guests, including several gsily dress
cd ladies, who were earnestly bent on watch
ing O hawk in pursuit of o heron. They were
accompanied by falcOners and train Of
rnenais all eager in the sport.
Halloo, Mistress Dorothy" cried Sir John,
catching sight of Miss Townshend, ',you are
nlWays welcome, but you would forsooth have
been doubly with any other companions
Shan that pack of hsrriors and huntsmen who
are like to scare the lanneret and cause her to
rake from her quarry. If they sound their
buales we are safe to lose sport. Is your
father out to-day ~
"Yes Sir John, he follows close upon our
heels, or did q short time back" returned the
daupsel, slightly coloring at perceivng the
look which the baronet cast upon her COM
panion. "Sufer me to present to you my
cousin, Gervsse Saoheverill, from Derbyshire" "
"Ha Sacheverillt knew your father ell
+ Ia days gone by, when both of Us were strip.
1ings enlisted in the same good cause.
could almost have guessed yoo his son, even
had not been told, you are SO like him. But
for heavens sake, save US from these fellows
with their buRles, or our days falo"nry Is at
an end. Where is Harry Towpshend I"
"He isyonder with the hounds"
''Go and beg him stop their horns, while
I Mistress Dorothy shall join our party until
yonr return"
There was some disgust expressed in sundry
+ oAtbs when the huntsmen came to hear of Sir
Johns interference with their sport; but bein 6
within his park, they SO far yielded to his be-
hests as to refrain from blowing the bugles.
The less ardent among them, who had already
caught sight of the hawking party, dropped
of and joined tho faiconers. By the time
she good Justice had trotted up his nag, toe
hare hunt seemed TO all appearance to have
been transformed into display of that gay
science which had fallen into considerable
disuse since the Commonwealth, but which
Sir John kept in the good old style of the days
of Queen Bess and King James.
SIR John PakiDGton was remarkably hue
and hale. looking mar, then in his ffty-ninth
year. His soldierlike bearing and manly
oountenance bore out the reputation which he
had earned for Incorporating zeal and 10y
atty in the cause which he had esponsed. AL
though in his early days he had been q stauuch
stipkier for the rights of the subject yet when
it came to q question of fidelity to the crown,
no Was prepared to undergo severe fines aud
Imprisonment rather than wayer in his allie
glance to his sovereign. He had suffered
severely for his loyalty to King Charles l., on
whose behalf when only in his twenty-third
year, he had arrayed his tenantry in Wcrcest-
ershire, and on account thereof had been com
mitted ~ the Tower, heavily iped, and dc
priveA ~ eis Bucklpg ghamshire estates. HIS
seal was heTcrtheless not quenched by this ill
treatment, and notwithstanding the penalties
which he haG eGstained from the Parliamenta
riRns, he had tIs courage to Join King Charles
II. with troop Ds Eorse at the battle of Wor
csster, where he was taken prisoner and tried
for his life. Such, however, was his popular
ity, that not one witEssU conld ba procured to
swear against him. Although forced to ao
quit him OF this cha.ge, the Rnnndhead
wrnng from him n fine of - go, AZ
enormous sum for those days. ana forced hin
to convey portions Of his Ayleshury estates
to trustees for the use of that town.
His commanding aspect vas snch as a
once to elicit the respect of all who came il
contact with him. Ho wore the full. .bottomeG
perwig then in fashion at the Court, aud wa
dressed in q costpme which contrasted witt
the more rural attire of Squire Townshend'