Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-08-24
CHAPTER vTT.-(continued.)

forces when the hour came In those
+roublous times the main rodas were so
infested with highwaymen and fo0tpads
that il was usual for travellers to carry
,veapons and even armor for their pro-
+action. There was no reason, therefore,
why our appearance should excite suspi-
zion Should questions be asked, Saxon
had n long story prepared to the effect
that we were travelling TO join Henry
Somerset. Duke of Beaufort. to whose
household we belonged. This invention
he explained to me, with many points of
corroboration which l was to furnish;
hut when | said positively that l should
rather be hanged as a rebel than speak
4, falsehood, he looked at me open-eyed
and shook his head as one much shocked.
4 few weeks of campaigning, ne said
would soon cure me of my SqueamiSh-
ness For himself, no more truthful child
had ever carried a horn-bOok; but he had
learned to lie upon the Danube, and
looked upon II as necessary part of the
soldiers upbrnging. For what are all
stratagems, ambuscades, and outfalls but
living upon large ScaleE' he argued.
What is an adroit commander but one
who hath Il facility for Disgusting the
truth When. at the battle of Senlac,
William the Norman ordered his men to
feign fight in order that they might
break his enemy's array, a vile much
practiced both by the Scythians of old
and by the CrOats of our own day. pray
what is it but the acting of a lie? Or
when Hannibal having tied torches 10
the horns of great drOveS of oxen, caused
the Roman cOnsuls to imagine that his
army was in retreat, was it not a de-
cepton or infraction of the truth?-a
point well brought out by a soldier of re-
nute in the treatise An in bello dOlo uti
liceat: an apud hostes falsilOquiO uti IL
ceat And so if, after these great mod
els. | in order to gain mine ends, do an
nounce that we are bound to Beaufort,
when we are in truth making for Mon
mouth, is it not in accord with the usages
of war and the customs of great COM
manders" All which specious argument
| made no attempt to answer, beyond re-
reating that he might avail himself of
the usage. hut that he must not look to
me for cOrrOboratiOn. On the other hand
| promised to hold my speech, and to
say nothing which might hamper him,
with which pledge he was forced to be
contented.
And now at last, my patient listeners,
| shall be able to carry you out of the
humble life of the village. and to cease
my gossip of the men who were old
when | was young, and who are now
ton churchyard. YOu shall come with
me now, and you shall see England as
1t was in those days, and you shall hear
Of how we set forth to the wars. and of
all the adventures which overlook us.
And if what l tell you should ever
chance to differ from what you have
read in the book of Mr.. Coke or of Mr.
odmixon. or of anyone else who has set
these matters down in print, do We bear
IN mind that | am telling of what | saw
with these very eyes, and that | have
helped to make history, which is a higher
thing than to write it.
1t was, then. towards nghtfall upon
the 18th day Of June, 1855, that the
news reached our part of the country
that Monmouth had landed the day be-
fore at Lyme, small seaport on the
boundary between Dorsetshire and Dew
onshire. A great beacon blaze upon
Portsdown hill was the first news that
we had of it, and then came a rafting
and drumming from Portsmouth.
where the troops We're assembled under
arms. Mounted messengers clattered
through the village street with their
heads low on their horses necks, for the
great tidings must be carried to London.
that the governor of Portsmouth might
Know how to act We were standing
at our doorway in the cleaning. watch
ing the coming and the going, and the
line of beacon fires which were lengthen-
lng away to the eastward, when little
man galloped up to the door and pulled
up his painting horse.
is Joseph Clarke herc?" he asked.
am he" said my father.
Are these men true?" he whispered,
pointing with his whip at Saxon and
myself. Then the trysting place is
taunton. Pass it on to all whom We
Know. Give my horse a bait and a drink.
peg of We. for | must get on my way"
Ny young brother Hosea looked to the
Mfed creature, while we brought the
Ilder inside and drew him a stoup of
n IFN~ bn,. g,a i
WIN blrthmark upon his temple His
ace and clothes We're caked with dust.
3iIu MS limbs were so stiff from the sad
we we mat he could scarce put one foot be-
iore another
s,,0n One horse hath died under me- he
"lu' and this can scarce last another
n"ehty miles. | must be in London bv
WH4II11IhS' for we hope that Danvers and
human may be able to raise the city.
iIS'er evening | left Monmouth's camp.
!S u p,ue nag floats over Lyme"
a>ke1 nat force hath he?" my father
n ne hath but brought over leaders.
hor Jorge must come from you folk at
VWTHe. lie has with him Lord Grey If
|33rh'. with Wade. the German Buvse
rbat gghfy or a hundred more Alas.
ne T. Two VINO came are already lost to
Nh II Is an evil, evil omen''
w " nat is amiss. then?"
bare' the goldsmith of Taunton. hath
zen slain by Fletcher of Saltonn in
n oLne chiId's quarrel about a horse. The
S@Sahts cried out for the blood Of the
,Io '' ana ne was forced to fly aboard
,at ships: A sad mshap it is. for he
G Sas skillful leader and veteran SOL
&c., Aye, ave" cried Saxon. impatiently.
,HeTe will be some more skillful leaders
%I'a veteran soldiers in the west present.
y 10 take his place But. if he knew the
tSdgeS of war. how came it that he
mould fight upon a private quarrel at
ucn time" He drew fiat. brown
COX from his bosom, and ran his long
. .l .ii hnger down the table of contents.
Nubsectio nona-here is the very
Ca.c Sc; forth, An in bello publico provo
Aus aad duellum privatae -amicitiae
'duSa declinare posSt.' in which the
earned Fleming layeth it down that a
nan private honor must give way to
ne good Of the cause. Did it not happen
"a my own case that. on the exc Of the