New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-11
small and hastily collected force he marches toward

small and hastily collected force he marches toward
London:
Meantime spite Of law and orders, the, country,
people Hooked from all sides to see the gauaho 9no
OF Lord Chesters little army. captain Dunquelquo
led the van, which consisted of fifty stalwart KEEP
ers AT the head OF the main body rode the Snio,,
clad in scarlet, with glItterine helmet WIN Nh,
were the officers of his Staff also CALAMITY uitfol
and splendidly mounted. Next came, marching III
fonrs his army of three hundred sturdy countrymei
armed with rifle and bayOnet after them iharC"o
the younger men, some mere lads, carrying guns ol
all descriptions pixies, and even stlcSs,Iho, o,o
among these that did not carry cockade; Iheit
banner borne by two OF the strongest. vas Oh rt''
slk with tho words, We will be free J" An llh-
menso crowd of women looked on as they started
some of them cursed and screamed but Tue eUls
laughed. Then other men of the villages broke
away from their wives and sisters, AMI Darched
beside the soldiers trying 10 keep IN STEP snstch
ing their cOckades and shouting with thCn. l1hsJ
OF all came little band Of twenty-five mounted.
who served to keep the crowd from pressing 700
closely, and guarded u carriage and f0ur in when
were the Bishop, the Professor. and the two girls;
They sat up to their knees in scarlet cockades and
rosettes which tho girls were making mp ana tue
Professor distributing.
In this order they marched. After the first few
hours, 10 found that. besides great number
of recruits, the army had been joined by at least
hundred village girls, who walked with them ana
refused to 90 back. They followed their sweet
hearts. Let us keep them" said the Professor:
" they vii be useful to u.s."
AT the next hating places she had all these girls
drawn up before her. and made them speech Hle
work they might do their part they would he
allowed TO JOln the army on condition OF marching
apart from the men; Of not interfering WIN them
IN any way OF doing what they were tolC 10 90 an
Ofcarrying banner. To this they readily consented
being, in fact, to one woman. eDragcd with tne
EXISTING order Of things, and carlng, very Iittle
about being the mistress II they could not nave
their own lovers. And in the end they proved most
valuable and useful allies
The rebels encamped upon HAMPSTEAD Heath, and
there the government Of the Peercssas, after much
squahbliug and recrmnaton IN Parliament and
futile attempts to suppress The rising by police
women ald proclamations, prepared to oyerpower
them by the convict warders and then send the
household cavalry to ride them down But the
night before the intended battle a company Of girls
crept into the camp Of the warders in Hyde ParA
woke them out of sleep with the beating OF drums
ana cries of The rebels upon rs; run for yonr
livesw and dispersed them all IN panic. And az
for the cavalry-alas the barracks were empty!
At the first news Of the dispersion of the Aveng
crs, the wives of the Guarlsmen, acting win one
common consent, made for he barracks and dragged
away the soldiers. every woman her own husband
to her own home where she defed the clerks Of the
War Office. who rushed about trying to get tho men
together. For greater safety the women Ind away
the bOOts-th Ose splendid boots without which the
Horse Guards would be but as common men. OF
the three thousand there remained only two orphan
drummer-bOys and a sergeant, Whoever without
sisters. TO hurl this remnant against Lord Chester
was manlfestly too absurd even for the clerks OF
the War Office Besides, they refused to 90.
SO the Revolt of Man triumphed without blood
she'd and the Earl of Chester was crowned in West
Minister Abbey as Edward the Seventh, and was
married to Constance at the same time.
Then was born again that sweet feminine gift Of
coquctry girls once more pretended to be cruel,
whimsical gddy, careless and mschlevou5; the
hard and anxious look vanished from their faces.
and was replaced by sweet. soft smiles; Irritation
was revived under another name-many names. A
maiden loved to have half a GOzen-yea, Sic did no
mInd half a gliug after her or kneel-
ing at her feet men were taught that they must
WOO not be wOOed, and that wOman's love Is not
thing TO be had for the mere asking and dancing
was reyived-real honest dancing OF sweetheart and
maid. There was laughter once more IN the lana
were enacted upon tho stage would but n month
ago have taken every body5 breath away. Ana
there was general burning of silly books and had
pctures; and they began 20 open churches for the
new Worship and always more and more the image
of the Divine Man filled wonan's heart.