Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-09-07
MICAH CLARKE
\ Autt0r o. "Adreatures Of II
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\ B." The Refugees" Etc. N
= y By A. Conan Doyle. - =

for a moment against the Regal guards. ="
How came you to make their ac-
quaiutanceE" | asked.
Il slept a few hours. but I have learned
in camp 10 do with little rest. Finding
you III sound slumber. and hearing the
rattle of the dice-bOx below. | came soft
ly down and found means to ioin their
party-whereby / am Il richer man by
10 guineas, and might have had more
mad that young fool not ugged out at me-
or had the talk not turned afterwards
upon such unseemly subjects as the laws
of chemistry and the like Prythee,
what have the Horse Guards Blue To do
with the laws of chemistry? Wessen-
burg OF the PandOurs would, even at
his own meSs-table, suffer much free
talk-norc, perhaps, than fits in with
the dignity Of Il leader Had his Off
GERS ventured upon such matters as this.
however. there would have been a drum
head court-martial or Il cashiering ut the
least"
Without stopping to dispute either
Master SaXon's Judgment or that of
Wessenburg of the Plndours proposed
that we should order our evening meal,
and should employ the remaining hour
or two of daylight in looking over the
city The principal sight is, of course.
the noble cathedral which is built in
such exact proportion that one would
''''A ~ uii'iFlSitliu It's great size an NOT
one actually enter it and pace round the
long. dim aisleS. SO solemn were its
sweeping arches and the long shafts Of
colored light which shone through the
Stalned-glaSS windows throwing strange
shadows among the pillars, that even my
companion. albeit not readily impressed.
was silent and subdued 1t was a great
prayer in stone
On our way back to the inn we passed
HI
front. of it. in which three great. black
muzzled bloodhounds were stalking
about, with fierce. crimsoned eyes and
RED tongues lolling out of their mouths.
They. were used. a bystander told us.
for the hunting down of criminals upon
salisbury plain, which had been refuge
for rogues and thieves until this means
mad been adopted for following them to
their hiding-places. 1t was well-nigh
dark before we returned to the hotel
ana entirely so by the time that we had
eaten our suppers, paid our reckOnings,
and got ready for the road.
Before we set off | beth0ught me of
the paper which my mother had Slipped
INTO my hand on parting, and drawing il
from my pouch. | read it by the rush
night In our chamber. 1t still bore the
SplotcheS of the tears which she had
dropped ON it, poor soul, and ran in this
wise:
instructions from Mistress Mary
Clarke to her son Micah, on the twelfth
day of June. in the wear of our Lord
sixteen hundred and cighty-fve.
On occasion of his going forth like
David of old. to do battle with the Go
hath of Papistry, which hath Overshad-
owed and thrown into disrepute that true
and reverent regard for ritual which
should exist in the real Church of Eng
land. as ordained by law
Let these points be observed by him.
namely. to-wit:
Il. Change your hOsen when the oc-
casion serves. You have two pairs in
your saddle-bag. and can buy more. for
the wool work is good in the West.
A hare's foot suspended round the
neck driveth away collie
%. Say the Lords pray night and
morning. Also read the scriptures, espe-
cially job, the Psalms, and the Gospel
according to st. Matthew.
Il. Daffy's Elixir possesses extraordi-
nary powers in purifying the blood and
working off all phlegms. humors. yapors.
or rheums. The dose is five drops. A
small phial of it will be found in the bar
rel or your left pistol with wadding
around It lest it come to harm.
-. Ten golden pieces are sewn into
the hem Of your under doublct Touch
them not. save as a last resource
''6. Fight stoutly for the Lord. and
vet. pray YOU, Micah, be not too for
ward in battle, but let others do their
turn also. Press not into the heart of
the fray, and yet finch not from the
standard Of the Protestant faith.
And, oh. Micah. my own bright boy.
come back safe to your mother, or my
heart will break
And the deponent will ever pray
The sudden guSh of tenderness in The
last few lines made the tears spring to
my eyes. and yet / could scarcely for
bear from smiling at the whole compost
ton. for my dear mother had little time
to cultivate the graces Of style. and it
was evidently her thought that. in order
I" make her instructions binding it was
nee4tul TO express them in some sort Of
legal form. I had little time to think
over her advice, however. for had
scarce finished reading it before the voice
Of Dccimus Saxon and the clink of tho
horses hoofs upon the cobhrstones Of
the ward informed me that all was ready
for our departure