The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-27

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tho duls,trce, and Cared read n kind
OF warrant about finding mo rcd.hand
IN tho net. whilU | stood on n wooden
tub that was used for washing, with tho
ropo about my neck, and tho other cnd
rove over q branch. | wns In much
tunult aud perturbation OF spirit when
| thought that another moment | should
find myself In Ab.ahnm's bosom. for
which, In my present state, | knew /
was desperately ill.ittcd.
Presently. standing thus with my
thoughts twirling about me, | heard n
voice | knew speaking loud nnd.angry
1T tho outside OF Tho throng. Il wa. tho
voice Of Umphray Spurway. tho English
man. And that was small comfort TO
me, for tho man had mover liked mo.
Indeed, Englishmen. for common, hnvu
small kindness for ministers. So that |
looked for no pause or mercy. Never.
tholcss, l cried to tho man that !
asked for trial with color OF law. And
| took all TINT wcrc thoro present to
witness, that 1t should Ito upon him,
that was n man Of substance aud ros.
possibility. il no should allow mine
enemy to shod my blood without trial.
Thon tho EngIishman, who had been
trained. rs thoy nil arc, to iino instinct
Of %law.abidinc, cried out among them
all:
"Let tho man DO taken to prison.
Lot him DO kopt close ill no have fair
trial. 4 man Ia surely innocont till no
be proved guilty, In every country save
in this uncouth land OF tho Scots, whore
they set u mau to the hedge and shoot
him, or string him to troc and try him
rs he bangles. Give the man to my
hand, and | will keep him safe in mine
own house. and produce him upon war.
rant. for which shall DO surety to the
whole extent OF my goods"
So in spite OF Philip Staudstiold aud
his cabal, | waa let 20 with UmphrRy
LSpurway, for he was an urgent man.
and imperious, 80 that very few dared to
say no to him in that country side. So
as soon rs | got him alono in his
own house l began to tell him
all tho tale Of tho demons. at
which relation. fret OF all. he
cried "Pshaw!" ind "Clotted nonsense"
with other expressions | cannot repeat,
being unseemly 10 be written down by q
minister.
But after no had thought n little, lie
bade me repeat it all again from the
beginning, and indeed several times
over, questioning mo OF what | had
sccu, til! now | said to him, "Ah, Mr..
S~purway, Dido q little, and you will
come TO believe in the demons"
tut! guli.hcad," he said very rudcly
to INC, tina. a,n q minister (thougii till
lately without charseJ. 81 will find
your demons for you when my good
friend the comnissary m from
Edinburgh"
Then he told me how it had been re-
solved to hush tho matter up now that
Philip and his clan had been baked in
the Immediate killing OF mo for the fact
bu. that he, Umphray SDurway, had
taken i. upon him to write TO u Mr..
George Hume. merchant in Edinburgh,
who was great with my Lord Advocate
Dalryynplc. 10 have him order a public
examination.
"Thcn it will so hard if l grip not
your devils for you, minister. as readily
rs 4 herd that grips sheep at a narrow
clap in q stone dyke"
These things l set down as he said
thom, for that was his strange and i'm
modest WAY OF speech. But l deny not
that the man treated mo well enough
all the time that | abode in his house
by tho cloth mandatory. to which no
went and came At stated hours. as rcgu-
lar as tho clock. which is tho use and
wont oil Yorkshire men.
1t was about twelve that night OF tho
| Sabbalh-the strangcst l have ever
seen, aud God and tho angels keep nc
from seeing any strangcr-that Um-
phray Spurway walked mo out OF sleep.
SO stood by my bedside. with William
Bowman, his servant. | feared no had
come to tell me that l was to 20 to
prison. lu. instead ho asked mo to
rise, and be q witness OF 4 strange trans.
action.
So soon as We came out OF tho house
and the door was shut behind us, We
saw Il great many lifting lights at tho
door OF tho place OF Now Min. As We
went nearer We Heard also tho tramp
ling OF horses and Il %concourso OF people.
by the way we met n man hurrYing
greatly. lie wonld have passed us by
without speech. but william Bowman
-tripped him up. being n Cumberland
maj aud skilled in such plays.
l heard Umphray Spurway say to
him, ''William Robinson, whittier way
40 fast? What goes forward with 80
great u concoursc ut tho house OF Sir
James Standslleld?'
Then tho man. being held fast at
other side, muttercd that Phillip had
given orders for the bringing out OF the
body. And they were burying it secret
lyin Merriam Kirk that night. For"
suid Phillip Standsticld, IF my father
was not murdered by tho rogue OF n
minister that SGT him against me aud
played talc-pvc. 10 my do~ings-why.
then, no made away with himself, and
having died like u dog, ho shall DO
buried like n dog"
"Wo will o'Gn 20 our waya down."
said Umphrcy S%purway. and / mind
that his beard was rod as fro where tho
pitchpino lights caught i. rs VIC followed
tho procession to the kirk,
1t was n grucsomo sight We saw when
We got there. Two omo went dane.
ing before with torches in their hands.
Ono Of them l knew not, but tho other
was the buxorh Bosom Janet Johnston.
whom wo had seen with Philip Stands
field in tho c~langchousc. Then am
tho corpse. whitc-s!icctcd and c~oilinle,s,
looking twice tho ordinary length of n
man, bornc upon tho shoulders Of six
mon, and with tho head not still, but
wagging from aldo to side like Il twig
with Il broken top. 1t was n memory
for n man to carry to his crave And n
thousand timea whom l sleep alone |
wish that | had mover soon it.
Then tho unsccmly procession went
inio thn k%irs,vnrl with ioat and lnvitv