New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-14

sI,our Jsouesl Why, Long Jaques,' an.
swered one Of tbs eepers every one KNOWS IO,
jacques there amt moro desperate plneKsuhSr ,,
In the county OF Kent. l never WIN peheFe puV
Il was he killed Tom Prentice r,u.h
Sure OF itl5 said the head.keeper, Flhcn;
The fellow is 50 daring and crafty there Is not
a cover he has not been in anu got a pheaSanv ouV
Of, and yet has never been caught ..,.,o.ho.
:" axed him tother day. said a man. wn f5nns
he was working on the new line new New i Inn
said he, at ninepence an hour! Iha lni HUG,
when can get ten rabbits a day, and sell tnem
at ninepence, and have the sport thrown IN.
III he'd stick 70 rabbits l w T;L min"
saId the head -gamekeeper. Fred klnch;
" What brings you here? 2" asked MIR. ParKnSon'
mo offence, but might ak the same OF you,
sir,D answered the little man. Lord, SIR can run
sharper than them that is bigger, and l can see
in the dark like ferret" . a, 49,
=" What are you doing there, Mr.. FinchY now
asked the Oxford University man I've saw G uoo
the head. gamelSceper was melting lead IN al iron
pan over the fire, -, 49,,
9 Going to run bullet or, two answered ,t the
please ea. G SS f tWo or three Of them
other rufflans about, like TO have bullet 10
fall back on. I'll tell you story OF Long Jaqnees
| can't swear 1t is true, but believe u Is Inc
rtoTv is told of him but IL never could be brought
home You know his wife died, leaving hum u
little child OF year, or perhaps month under
Sometimes, when he went out after his snares,
he took the baby with him. lie went out one
Sunday when his housellceper was not at home
and he had TO mind the CHILD; he went into the
nearest wood OF course to see attrr pheasant ant
gone 20 roost, for IL evening"
% But why did not he leave the child at home
" Because the child would not go 20 sleep
so he took it out on his arm. and his gun in
pieces in his pocket, on the chance OF getting q
shot, Sunday evening, he thought, no one would
in the cottage, and he could not keep ut homo
when there was chance of pheasant Now ytn
understand
Yes-go on
well; he saw big cock roosting IN tree.
So he put down the babe on the grass. at his
feet, screwed his gun softly together loaded it
pheasant lie picked tho bird up, and WIS just
clappng it into his pocket, when Ire heard voices.
Two keepers were coming that way. They had
heard the report Long Jaques went into the
bushes, picked up the child and whispered Poll
not sound. HUSH and be stills Then he stood
back where the leaves were thickest ard listened:
heard what they said One was sure that the
crack Of the gun had come from thcreaboutS.
The other thought he smelt the powder. Then
they saw where the grass was trampIed, ana ono
picked up some feathers Of the bird. Long Jaques
was mortal afraid the babe would squeal out and
let the keepers discover him. In his mind no
darned his housekeeper for going 10 chapel
that evening and leaving him with the CHILD.
lie put his face down and whispered,
and then drew his coat around the little creature.
Then he heard her make lirtle noise and begin
10 struggle TO get her arms out: but he drew his
coat the tighter and even tighter, rs the keepers
kept prowling near Curiously enough they did
could loosen his cont, and let the child out from
under cover-not until their voices had died away
in the distance. Then he saw the babe had gone
to sleep-but IL was to sleep past waking-he'd
suffOcated her So he took home q shot cook
pheasant and stificd hen babe-that came o.
pOachng on Sunday"
To be sure Il was crowned and sat on bu, che
true story never camc out ~ the inquest. That
got wind aftorwurd. Long Jaqucs told IL OF him
self, when he was drunk. and many curse dld
he send up after those two who had disturbed
him that Sunday, and led TO his smothcring his
child
And who were these two?7
Mullins there aud me. Now YOU know why
think IL well tonight TO have bullet by ms.
Jaqucs is not particular md like TO dcnl tcndgB
- say, keeper" interposed Mr.. Parkinson, ms
you not using all that molten lead, lei us have
some OF itn
1t is All-llallow Fen answered The young
man. In Scotland whence / came, we make a
great deal OF tonight and run lead into water and
find ont what our fortunes VIII be for III" ensuing
wear by the shapes the lead takes in wafer
That's all CANNON said Finch.
SoHs s nm Du. az , we mS'S a"
some fun out OF it, Let Diciiy Duck try his fort
une first"
was procured and set I'm the middle Of the table.
and IN iron liable or spoon heated and dipped Ia
the molten lead. Tho men, laughing, talking,
chatting each other crowded round the table ID.
who Shall try FIRST? Dicly Dnck?'
Mo- said Mullins, E" give 10 20 me-"
lie took tho lnde and poured the lead into tho
water. II fell fixing, and sent mp puff Of steam.
Tlicn there enSued shouts Of laughter and
guesses and queries. The lead was too hot 10 BE
extracted Immediately.
"What is IL? a tree? house? 4 wife , A
bag OF money? son-in.law? En- Mullins"
James Mullins put his hard In aud drew forth
the lead. IL had formed a compact, oblong mass.
at looks 20 me uncommon like coHn,7 said
he. "Thouls Heaven, I lny no store By such
things, or I'd not 20 out tonight and face Long
Ja9qes'
The lead was again melted, and little Dick got
on a chair, stood above the table, and let tho
fluid metal pour down from height into the
bowl Again burst Of queries gUesseS and
jokes.
The lead was extracted from the water; he
formations were in the water
What is this?" he asked holding up the
largest mass, which was shapeless.
1t looks 70 me like a dragon laughed tho
headkeeper, Finch.
"And the other?r That was passed from hand
TO hand, and one conjecture after another was
made concerning IL.
" 1t is-a pair Of hearts. pair O. linked hearts
shouted one Of the keepers.
ITO be sure 1t is, bat look said Parkinson,
both brokenl'
"
That night there was an aIrny with the poach-
ucI ll.ah nT nd