Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-11-23

CHAPTER XvIII.-(Continued)

why, marry, in this wise. AS | was
the sufferer | have the best right to tell
the tale. Ye must knew that after our
reception-which was cold enough, for
we were about as welcome to the privy
council as the hearth tax man is to the
village housewife-we were asked more
as I guess frem defisien than from eour-
tesy, to the evening ievee at Buckingham
nalace. We would both fain have been
excused from going, but we feared that
our refusal might give undue offense, and
50 hinder the success of our mission
Nv homespun garments were somewhat
rough for such an occasion, yet | deter
mined to appear in them, with the add-
ton of a new black baize waistcoat faced
with silk, and good periwig, for which
| gave three pounds ten shillings in the
Haymarket."
The young Puritan opposite turned up
his eyes and murmured something about
Sacrificing to Dagon," which fortunate
" for him was inaudible to the high
spirited old man.
1t was but worldly vanity" quoth
the mayor; for, with alb Difference, Sir
tiervas Jerome, a mans own hair ar
ranged with some taste, and with per-
haps sprinkling of powder, is to my
mind the httest ornament to his head.
1t is the contents and not the case which
availeth. Having donned this frippery,
good Master Foster and | hired caIash
and drove to the palace. We We're deep
in grave, and, | trust, profitable con-
verse, speeding through the endless
streets, when of sudden ! felt a sharp
tug at my head, and my hat fiuttered
down onto my knees. | raised nay
hands, aud 10! they came upon my bare
pate. The wig had vanished. We We're
rolling down Fleet street at the moment,
and there was no one in the calash save
neghbor Foster. who sat as astoniShed
as l. We looked high and low, on the
seats and beneath them. but not a sign
OF the perlwig. was there. It was gone
utterly and without a trace
Whittier, then| we asked, with one
voice.
That was the question which we set
ourselves to solve. For a moment I dc
assure We that we bethought us that it
might be a Judgment upon us for our at
tention to such carnal follies Then it
crossed my mind that it might be the
doing of some malicious spirit. as the
Drummer of TedwOrth, or those who oc-
casIOned the disturbances no very long
time since at the old Cast house at Lit
tie Bruton here in Somersetshirc. With
this thought we hallooed TO the coach
man and told him what had occurred to
us. The fellow came down from his
perch, and having heard our story, he
burst stralghtway into much foul Ian
guage, and walked around to the back
If his calash, showed us that slit had
been made in the leather wherewith it
was fashioned. Through this the thief
had thrust his hand and had drawn
my wig through the hole, resting the
while on the cr0ssbar of the coach 1t
was no uncommon thing, he said, and
the wig-snatchers were a numerous body
who waited beside the peruke- makers
shops, and when they saw a customer
come forth with purchase which was
worth their pains, they would follow.
and, should he chance to drive. deprive
him OF it in this fashion. Be that as it
may, ! never saw my wig again, and
had TO purchase another before | could
venture into the royal presence"
"A strange adventure truly" ex-
claimed Saxon. How Jared it with you
for the remainder OF the evening?'
But scurvily, for Charles face. which
was. black enough at all times, was
blacklist of all to us; nor was his broth
eF, the Papist, more complaisant They
had but brought us there that they
might dazzle us with their glitter and
sewgaws, in order that we might bear
fine report of them back to the west
with us. There Were supplemented
courtiers, and strutting mobiles, and hus-
sizes with their shoulders bare. who
should, for all their high birth, have
been sent to Bridewell as readily as any
poor girl who ever walked at the carts
a.
the chamber, with cinnamon and plum
eolored coats and n brave show of gold
ace and silk and ostrich feather. Neigh
bor Foster and | felt as two crows
might do who have wandered among the
peacockS. Yet we bare in mind in
whose image we were fashioned. and We
carried ourselves. | trust. as independ-
ent English burghers His grace of
buckingham had his fout at us. and
hochester sneered, and the women sim
pefed; but we stood f0ur-squarc. my
trend and ], discussing. as | well re
member, the most precious doctrines of
election and reprobatiOn, without giving
much heed either to those who mocked
us or to the gamesterS upon our left
OF TO the dancers upon our right. So
We stood throughout the evening, until,
nhding that they could get little sport
from us, my Lord Clarendon. the chan
'elor. gave us the word to retire. which
we did at our leisure. after saluting the
Alng and the company"
Nay. that | should never have done"
cried the young Puritan. who had lis
m4ed lntently to his elders narrative
Would it not have been more fitting
10 nave raised mp your hands and called
UoWn vengeance upon them. as the holy
man of old did upon the wicked cit
More fitting. ouotha?" said the NAV
or impatiently ut is most fitting that
tooth should be silent until its opinion
Is asked on such matters. Gods wrath
ONES with leaden feet but it strikes
.%lth iron hands. In His own good
jlnc lie has judged when tht. cup of
iHese mems iniquities is overlooking. 1t
not for. us to instruct Him. Curses
n na as the wise man said. habit Of
m rHin5he home home to, roost. Bear that in
W., ~lna 4, Master John Derrick, and be not
' y, liberal with them
v5 me Young apprentice for such he
f G@s bowed his head sullenIy 10 the re-
n nahe, while the mayor, after short
'" ap resumed his story
ob BENG fine night" said he. 1--WE
TanSe to walk back to our lodgings: but
% %gg[ shall a | forget the wicked scenes
Wnn.teWlth we Were encountered on the
XIX. Good Master Bunyan OF Flstow
I Sat nave added some pages to his ac-
Nv s'4t ,,t 81 Vanity Fair had ha been with
srl me women, despatched. beruddled
i G~4 prazen; the men staggering. roster
AL eqfsing-the brawling the drabbling.
5 51n me drunkenness. L was tit king
i,l 70 be ruled over by such a court.
o an, iaSt we had made our way to more
d3, s. streets, and were hoping that our
sHiHfeS were at an end when IF n