Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-14

summons WINS given Tor tnem " h~'|'
TO his assistance. but news OK tne re-
treat from Derby came so soon Una. wy
summons was countermanded. yet some
noblemen had 70 pay the penalty for
what they had meditated. one OF these
however, Pengraig was already IN arms
and his lamentation Is pathetic, indeed'
and reminded us OF the feelings OF SO
many towards our Lost cause nc
says: Far, far worse than the guar
tering-knife IL such an hour AZ th'S'
Yea, the galiows will but be a contemptu-
Gus mockery hereafter; for we TASTE
ten thousand times its agony IN thls' .he
death OF a causeI Ihe quarter
knife was a part Of the blood-cuIahhs
sentence upon State criminals. ihey,
tied head-downwards. were drawn on
sleds 10 the place OF execution. where
they were hanged by the neck. but MOI
until they were quite dead; they were
cut down alive: their bowels cut out
and burned before their faces; thsl
heads were then severed. ana 'thelr Douies
divided into four parts. wnich we're at
the Kings dlsposal. ono Of the victims
was James Dawson. whose eNpectahI
bride died from the shock OF witnessing
his death. We are not informed whetheS
she was compelled to witness IN
Ithil Meredith. Of Presgwyn' the
wounded dispatch-bearer, is nursed IN
places OF concealment by some tough
but faithful, characters, and at length
his hancee, Lady Mari. daughter or his
friend, Pengraig. gets TO him, near the
coast Of Wales, and promotes his re-
covery. They are hotly pursued by
Maddox and his vile minion, Chapel. but
are rescued by Iolyn, the warm friend OF
Meredith and then carried by friend
" Welsh skipper over TO France. BUT
before they sailed they We're by the
advice and arrangement OF Iolyn solemn
ly and lawfully married.
Chapel Is killed. and afterwards 1olyn,
before he Is himself hacked TO pieces
has the long sought satisfaction Of STAY
ing the unmitigated scoundrel, Maddox.
our author asserts that the Prince,
Charles Edward was called 1.-The White
Rose OF Arno," but does not give any
reason for IL. is there any other Arno
than the one in Italy? He was born in
Rome and died there; and I'm 1871 made
a tour OF Italy, and was received with
distinguished honor, especially In Venice.
He was a man of considerable personal
attraction. He became n Protestant. and
It was much better for England that
William, Prince Of Orange, retained her
throne.
A WOMAN'S COURIER. Being a Tale
Of the Famous Forty Conspiracy of
1896 BY William Joseph Yeoman.
New York 1896 Stone & Kimball.
Richmond, Va. The j. w. Randolph
Company. Pages, 34O Price $3.50 i,..
low Cloth
This is a good successor, not sequel
to "The White Rose Of Arno" THAT
was open war I'm behalf Of the young
pretender. This is foul JacObite con-
spiracy to assassinate the established
King of England.
The "Womans Courier" was the brave
and gallant Sir John Talbot, who was
prevailed upon by his sister to go TO
London to look after her accepted lover.
Captain Pendergrass. Sir John and his
sister, Mary, were living together at
their ancestral home, in Hampshire, and
were specially devoted TO each other
Captain Pendergrass was with them
and Mary had, against her brothers
wishes. agreed to marry him soon and
accompany him TO Paris. But some
! messengers arrived. who hurried the
| Captain. without explanation, off with
them to London. The brothers heart
could not resist the sisters entreaties,
and he went alone to London TO hunt
| for the Captain, whom he seriously
doubted; for he had actually fought for
King James.
After many thrilling adventures Sir
John becomes satisfied that Pendergrass
/ IS one Of the conspirators against King
/ William, and resolves that he shall never
marry his noble sister. but fails to
write to her. At length, he obtains an
| audience from the King and goes pre-
/ pared 10 reveal 10 him the diabolical plot
/ against his life. To his amazement, he
| finds Pendergrass with the King, warn
/ ing him against the peril which beset
him. Pendergrass had accepted in good
/ faith the situation in which the Jacobite
/ party had been placed, and shrank from
| the idea of assassi nation. Among the
| conspirators was one Porter, who had
once saved the life Of Peidergrass, and
IL was this Porter who had summoned
him away so suddenly from Hampshire.
| Pendergrass wished 10 save Porter, but
| determined 10 save the King. Sir John
! again gave him his confidence, and they
co-operated in rescuing the lady. Celia
Harcourt whom Sir John loved and
married. She had been kidnapped and
held IN his clutches by one Of the vile
creatures who figures in the story as
the Cray Friar; with whom Sir John has
4 terrific hand-to-hand fight, but kills
him.
Tho conspiracy was broken up, and
its members severely punished. Mary
Talbot never gave up her faith in her
lover They were married, with Sir
Johns full approval. and the poet Dry
den was at the wedding. Pendergrass
Joined the Kings standard. and served
him well until tho peace assured by the
Treaty of Ryswick 10th of September,
1857, when his loving wife welcomed him
home again. How Sir John obtained his
wife IS about the best part of the whole
story.
MISS ARMSTRONGPS AND OTHER
CIRCUMSTANCES. BY John Davidson.
Published by Stone & Kimball, New
York.
This book Of go pages contains series
of sketches and stories. The author has
evidently not followed the custom Of
putting his best apples on the top Of
the barrel. for the first sketch, from
which the book gets its title, is far from
being the best. it, indeed, it is not the
worst in It. But in the sketches that
follow is some excellent reading. Two
of them have apparently been prepared
as sketches from life, and have doubtless
previously appeared in London papers,
In which city the scenes of all are laid.
The two are "Some Poor Folk and
Among the Anarchists" The first Is
rather startling, as showing for how lit
tie money a great amount Of labor can
be gotten out Of the London poor who