The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-31
HOW HUGH MORRIS ESCAPED.

The Story Of welsh Bard Who Aroused
the Ire Of the Royalists.
There was an influential Round
head" called Hugh Morris, q Welsh
bard, who sang the praises Of Crom-
we'll and the new born common
wealth, whose chair-a stone one fix
Cd in a wallis still preserved near .
place called Y Pandy, in the Valley
Of the Ceiriog, North Wales. The
name Of the farmhouse il Errw Ger
rig. Morris bardic talent got 10 hot
sometimes that he would 60 into tho
river, close by, TO cool of. His poetry,
Of which they are two volumes ex.
tant, reused the men and women Of
Wales to q high pitch Of enthusiasm
in favor Of Oliver Cromwell. The
Royalists were anxious to discover
Hugh Morris. A company OF military
detectives were commissioned to APP
prehend him. It was no easy task to
and the farmhouse, Errw Gerrig, at
that time. On the Great Western
railway, the original branch Of the
system, from Shrewsbury to Chester,
there is station at Ruabon, from
which railway branches of through
the Valley Of LlangoAen.
From the same place to the left, or
southwest, the Ceiriog valley begins,
along which there is tramway. The
tramway starts at a point some dis
lance from the railway, and pas
sengers have to walk from Ruabon
or else Chirk station, q good
way, to get to the tram cars
The tramway ends at Glyn Ceir-
log, where there are several "a
vines leading to various hamlets. By
following the river Ceiriog, three
miles higher up, Pandy is reached,
where two deep ravines converge, and
Nanthir JONES the Ceiriog. By cross
ing the Nanthir rivulet and following
the course Of the Ceiriog a little dis
lance Errw Gerrig, the home Of Hugh
Morris, is reached, the road il on the
left bank Of the Geiriog.
Errw Gerrig is surrounded by high
mountains. The high nose Of the
Nantyr branch Of the Berwyn noun
tains, at the foot Of which Errw Ger
rig lies, is covered with farms on the
Ceiriog side; the other slope towards
the Nanthir rivulet being still will.
derness It is difficult to find the place
even now. It was hundredfold more
difficult before there were tram cars OF
railways, and especially 30 more thar
two centuries ago. And what added
to all the Typographical difficulties
was the fact that the inhabitants in
that part Of the country at the time
could not speak English, and when
the soldiers managed to make known
that they wanted Hugh Morris o.
Errw Gerrig the Welsh folk did mol
want to understand.
Ultimately, however, the military
detectives came to Errw Gerrig, AMI
they asked Hugh Morris himself (wh,
was at the time attending to the cows
where Hugh Morris was. Morri
pointed to field on the mountain side
signifying that Hugh Morris was there
Thither the detectives proceeded in al
haste, greatly elated that they ha'
caught their man at last. But he wa
not caught. While they were LOOKING
for him Hugh Morris made his escape
The ''unlucky" detectives had to re
turn to those who sent them withou
Hugh Morris.
A second company, reputed wise
than the first, with one of the forme
to guide them to the place, made
second attempt. They found the "cov
man" in a field adjoining the hous
and demanded of him where Hug
Morris was. It had not dawned on til
first company nor on the second thu
the apparently ignorant cowman we
the eloquent Hugh Morris. Ant
again, the man made signs to sho'
that Hugh Morris was on the mou1
tain top. Thither a portion of tn
company Of detectives proceeded. BIZ
their superior wisdom over the fir
lot consisted in their taking the COW
man with them to show where Hug
Morris was. He led them to the mour
! tain top and called out for Hug
Morris" at the top Of his voice. Will
the soldiers were looking round fo
him to respond to the cowman's cal
and make himself visible, the cowma
jumped into a ravine covered wit
briers and crept into a safe hldin
place. They then understood that the
, was Hugh Morris. Several shots wer
fired into thicket, but Morris was ne
,, hurt, and his pursuers were obliged
!, give up the chase.
Hugh Morris was never captured
; but from that time forward he VIZ
obliged to keep away from home an
! live in various hiding places.-Ch
cago Tribune.
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