Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-03-06


not think me over bold, for dame Harlowe and
De IN great grief, as your-worsnfp may believe
1 My ssk ,y your worship question before all
esr9IDs tns object Of this inquiry r answered.
y III = the 11 bounty shilling be found ON Dick
i HaIiowe then he must 60 to serve the hng7'
"He certainly must DO so, my girl, In that
case, and you and his mother must try to make
replied. s'For then the chain Of proof that he
really did enlist viii be complete, and his own
admitted tntoxfcation at the time makes him IT,
capable Of Sdn denying n anything that
say It, but you must see and understand SO
But again, at this juncture, Susan Ackley
gave evidence Of tendency already once as
cribed to her-the propensity to persist In see
ing both sides Of story.
zone more question, your worship II 1t be not
out waiting for permission. "If the bounty be
not found on him, what then? The soldier do
say that he have been all the time with him, so
that he could not ha' time to spend It, and that
he seen him put it in a certain pocket. II 1t be
not found on him, what then, your Worship"
You are determined girl, and an outspoken
one, as well as doubt not true and loving ~
the magistrate could not refrain from remark
Ing. before answering the last question, as he
did with admiring eyes full on the young girls
flushed face. "If the bounty be not found on
and that Of the Ang-then the chain OF proof
tails, and the young man must be discharged as
ntver having enlisted, unless other evidence
ttan that Of the oficer who is interested can
"Let him be searched your worship !" cried
Susan with as much vivacity as II she had been
demanding that the man she loved should be
crowned. "Dtck, lad, let some one search that
pocket, wiout another minute !"
"Search me ?" said the man thus threatened,
who seemed to be almost hopelessly dazed for
no mn To nfnrp Of Har
and blinded with sudden light. search me ?
Certainly, lass! Let any one here put hand on
me; and welcome, except that sergeant who has
There your Worship II hears u He s isn't afraid
to be searched! Who shall do it, so that it
shall be all fair and just !" cried the young girl
her whole manner that Of intense excitement
1T Is out Of the line OF my duty, but the case
is peculiar one" said Sir Thomas, indefnably
catching the new spirit Of the scene. 81 will
pocket, and all his pockets honestly and COM
pletely, If he has no objection.
81 do be thankful to your worship, for could
lowe, with his voice hoarse and his head still
the magistrate more closely. ain which pocket
did he say that did put it? Does your worship
Il remember very well, young man !" replied
Sir Thomas. 81 only wish that you had as clear
memory. In the right pocket of your velve-
Dick Harlowe obeyed, and turned out the
right pocket of his velveteens, all the spec
tators looking on with painful interest, and
the Justice stopping ST to be that
either side. Directly, as the pocket cane out
or failed to come out. Sir Thomas uttered a
low
Well the good magistrate may have done so;
for the t1hOle bottom Of the pocket lpaS torn Off
so that six-pound cannon ball, much more a
the moment it was dropped therein! W '-'o n''
The story, If it exists at all, is very nearly
told. How the recruiting sergeant, whose shil-
Ing had been thus doubly wasted swore, below
ing to put the Injurious words into shape. How
the other pockets Of Dick Harlowe were turned
out by him, Of course, with no result, may also
silly fellow, released, embraced his old mother
and begged her pardon thousand times for
the anger he had manifested the night before,
mending Of which would undoubtedly have con-
demned him to exile and dangerous service In
the Peninsula or on the fields Of Flanders. How
the good magistrate, before Diminishing him,
aie-houses, and the blessing that he was likely
to enjoy, II he did not forfeit It, in the presence
OF such sparkling, determined, handsome and
notable little wife-whom he thereupon chucked
under the chin, with the privilege Of his years
and station, and would undoubtedly have
kissed but for the presence Of too many village
ChattererS.
And how Susan, once they were alone to-
gether, alternately pulled his ears for his folly
In misunderstanding her, kissed him for her
own love, and 1nspir1ted him for the battle with
which they afterwards fought to such good
advantage, under the roof of the little vine-clad
thatchedroof cottage and elsewhere with goo
dame Harlowe long their loving companion and
the nurse Of their elder children.
All these are only parts and pendants of the
pleasant little WarW1ckshire and Worcestershire
local legend. often told verbally In the ale
houses on both sides of the Vale of EveSham,
but now for the first time given out to the
world In the shape of the Bounty Shilling,
which seems never to have reached that dignity
at also that the object itself being a fiction,
1t may easily follow that the story has never
eXisted.-AOrfOrd's Nea1 Monthly Magazine.