The sun., 1878-07-21


gypsy potcniate TO apprchend certain traitors to
his Egyptian highncss--Scbastian Lalow, Tow
la Bailyow, Notjaw Lawlor Mona Finco and
ohers-and give them up to him TO be punished
conform to his law" and to lend him their
prisons, stocks. fcttcrs and other things need
iul for tho execution Of his justice on the
malefactors. They were not apprehended
Tho whole thing was part OF the
gypsy plan. The King going about in disguise
as the Gudeman Of Ballcngcuch was treated
roughly by one Of the gypsy bands. and forth
with came an order in council banishing the
| Egyptians in thirty days. They did not 60
however. and the Regent. Hamilton. during
! Mary's minority, renewed the edict Queen
Mary did the same, but aitcrward pardoncd the
Earl' for killing one Of his adherents, Ninian
Small. At this time the gypsy names became
more Scotticzod. as we find not only Faw, but
Colyne Haw. and Browne among them. Then
came edicts on cdicts. laws to reduce the gyp-
sizes to slavery in the coal and salt works. and
at last a law furnishing all Egyptians AZ COM
mon. notorious. and condemned thieves" by
DEATH This was sometimes carried into effect,
and at times neglected. or course. IL finally
fell into disuse but II resulted In making the
Scotch gypscs a race apart. desperate. iRno-
rant and lshmaeiti-h. except whore indvid-
uals married into Gorgo families OF leaving
their tents and becoming house dwellcrs. Even
then tho nomadic instinct remained. and thcy
would be- apt to 20 on the tramp during summer.
In England the gypscs came later Neither
Henry Ill. nor his unprlncipled and cruel
daughters, Elizabeth and Mary were ever de-
cciycd by gyusy pretcnsions. They Illuminated
fierce cdicts against the rovcrs. who increased
in spite of them. They set the law at defiance,
or evaded II. concealed their origin as much as
possible. and betook themselves to tnkeringa and
pedding earthen ware. mingled with little
fortune telling and deal Of petty theft.
There are good many gypsies In France
now. and In Germany. and an abundance In
Spain. whore they have locality pretty much
TO themselves. as we'll rs the run Of the king
dom. But for century or more they had Il
hard time In all those countries. especially In
France. where they were scourged or hanged
at the mere caprice Of the police. Certainly. at
that time. they deserved rough treatment. But
they were as much sinncd against us SHINING
Every mans hand was against them. and, natu-
| rally enough. their hand was against every one
| 1t was perpetual war, and to this day the pop
ular notion OF gypsy is that Of n chicken
thief. tramp. and a vagabond. They are not
| all thieves however. Once out OF their isoa-
tion, they are as capable OF improvement rs their
noighbors. In Turkey, whore there are n quar-
ter OF million. and in Hungary whore
there are n large number. the greater
part arc Industrious. and some are
| wealthy and prosperous and. when they can
escape prejudice by concoalng their lineage.
| they are respected. In England Scotland. and
the United States the number Of gypsics who
occupy respectable positions in society is con-
siderable. Many people think the Rommany folk
are dying out That is an error. They are GER
tainy increasing in those countries where they
form distinct class and there. notwithstand-
ing so many emigrate. and SO many melt out
into other races by marriage and adoption.
their growth Is remarkable. The tent gypscs
| here do not multiply so fast tappareutly. because
So many Of their young enter into ordinary pur-
suits. and are not known rs gypsies 10 their as
socatcs.
There are communities in tho United States.
all Of gvIsy blood. and have met mon and
| women In tho mountains of Virginia whom
now believe to be gypsies. although then did
not know it, Since have become acquainted
with their patter. have discovered them by
that several times. They did not always reply.
as they might have done had they picked it ny
like myself. but they mostly showed that they
| knew what it meant. though they denied under
| standing II. ] noticed a coarse haired. dark
| skinned man once at country inn. where
l was at dinner. lie looked like n hHf-breed
Indian but sus pectcd him. and without point
lng at anything SAID carefully Md"fo dread.
lie handed me the piaie meehhhlcaliy' ana WITH
out word smiled anu SAID, Shd" nom
many YOU are gypsyL lie reuneheu looked
al me curlousy' anu 'heh saiu. luoh Kho"
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during the TWO ual9 s'aSeu uvr'' Learned
tn"' ne ii''u WI" ms ,'ri''' an" ,'e" '"hu
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h'", me ElpsS ooou W"s p,"'" 'nousl, ou'
th'S H"u uve" ioi"""in'" "nu o"uiu i'"' u'aM
tnem OUT, r'incnucr' 700, u u"rA -sAlhhcu oIu
woman rroh'h, she e"'lcu heIsvu -ho'en loi
her h''hihess oi "spe'' "hu pau hapNs gen,
or"'S' Wnoih c"uEh' VcsposslnR. ordoreu
h'r uu' oi 'ho pace Sne ro,or'eu lhpuuehuy
hh" TOOK her 10y inc sh"uluer 10 ieau her on
inc premises She wreh'heu her9en from my
sr'sp' unu' sn"'enihH up n'Ise s'ohe' threat
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., n,' cs' H"N1 inu In 'hsp'ru'ion' "hu rec"l'lnt
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