Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-02
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HING co. ALL RIGHTS ReseRvE0
by one every horrible form OF humiliation,
the stocks, the pillory, tho cart tail-so
that even Master Pritchard, could he have
seen mo and known my mind, might have
pitied me; SO that loathe to this day the
hours spent in that foul hiding place.
Between n man S best and worse there is
little but q platter Of food.
The way this was put,nn end to well
remember An old woman came into tho
field where lay hid to drive home COW.
I had had my eyes on this COW for ut least
an hour having innde up my mind to
milk it for my own benefit as soon as the
dusk fell. In my disappointment at see:
ing it driven of and also out of u desire
to learn whether tho old dame might not
be, going to milk it in a corner of, the pas.
ture, in which case might still get an
after taste, 1 crawled so far out Of my hole
that, turning suddenly, she onughb sight
of me. IeIpectedl to SEQ her hurry off, but
she did not. She took a long look and
then came back toward me, making, how
ever, as 1t seemed to me, as if she did not
soc me. When she had come within n few
feet ofmo, she looked down abruptly, and
our eyes met. What she saw in mine /
can only, guess In hers / readsa divine
pity. Oh, poor ladH, she inurnurcd.
oh. you poor, poor ladle and there were.
tears in her voice.
WIS so weak--it was. almost "a hours
since had tasted food, and I had come "a
miles In the time--that ut that broke
down and cried liked child.
Ilearned later TINT the old woman took
mo for just the same person for whom the
bailif at st. Adams had mistaken me--3
young apprentice named Hunter who had
got into trouble about religion and was nj
this time hiding up and down tho conn
try, Bishop Bonner having clapped his far
ther into inil until tho son should come to
hand. But ber kind heart knew no dis
tinction Of crecds. She took me to her
cottage as soon as night fell and warmed
and dried and fed me. She did not dare
to keep mo under her roof for longer than
an hour or two, neither would have ataid
to endanger her. But she sent mo out q
new man, with q crust moreover, In my
pocket. A hundred times between Tot
tenham and Aldersgate I said God bless
herln and I soy SO now.
Sotwice In one day, and that the gloom
lest dry Of my life, was sucoored by q
woman. I have neyor forgotten. 1t. have
tried to keep 1t alwaysin mind, remem.
bering, too, q saying of my uncle's, that
there is nothing on enrth so merciful as
a good woman or so pitiless as o bad one. :.
Ding, ding, dingl Aid ye the poori
Pray for tho deadl Five, O'Clock and .
murky morning.
The noise OF the bell and the Org which
accompanied It reused mo from my first
sleep. in London, and that with a venge-
nnce, the boil being rung and tho words
uttered within three feet of my head.
Where did I sleep, thent Well, had
found cory resting place behind some
boards propped against the wall Of Q ba-
sker's oven In q, street nenr Moorgate. Tho
wall was warm md. slnelt of new bread,
and another besides myself had discovered
Its advantages This was the Waterman,
who had slumhered away most OF his vigil
cheek by jowl with me; but, morning APP
preaching, had reused himself, and before
he was we'll out Of his bed, certainly be-
fore he had left his bedroom, had begun,
the unGrateful wretch, to prove his watch
fulpess by disturbing every one else.
sat up and rubbed my eyes, grinding
my shoulders we'll against the wall for
warmth. had no need to turn out yet,
but I began to think, and the more !
thought the harder stared at tho plnnks
six inches before my nose. My thoughts
| turned upon very knotty point, one that
/ had never seriously considered before:
What was going to do next? How was
] going to live or to rear the new house OF
which I have made mentiont Hitherto I
had aimed simply ut reaching London.
London had paraded itself before my mind,
though my mind should have known bet
ter, not a. a. town Of cold streets and
llreary alleys and shops open from to 4,
with perhaps here and there vacant
place for an apprentice, but as o gilded city
Of adventure and romance In which q
young man Of enterprise, whether he
wanted TO 60 aboard or to rise ct home,
might be- sure Of finding his sword weigh
ed, priced and bought up on the instant
and himself valued at his; own standard.
But London reached, tho boarding in
Moofgate reached, and o'clock In tho
morning reached, somehow these visions
faded rapidly. In the cold reality left to
me / felt myself astray. II would stay
at home, who was going to employ mel
70 whom should apply What patron
had II Or III would go abroad, how was
] to set about itt How find Q vessel, Sec
ing that might expect to be arrested the
moment I showed my face in Daylight
Here all my experience failed me. ! did
not know what to do, though the time
Ind come for action, and I must do OF
starve II had been all very well when
was at Cotton to propose that ! would go
IN to London and get across the water
such had been my dim notion-to the
Courtenays and Kiliigrows, who, with
other refugees, Protestants for tho most
pnrt, were lying on the French coast wait
ing for better times. But now that was
in London, and ns. good as an outlaw my
self, saw no means of going to them.
seemed farther from my goal than had
been In Warwickshire.
Thinking very blankly over all this, !
began to MUNICH the piece of bread which
lowed to tho old dame at Tottenham and
had solemnly got through half il when
the sound of rapid footsteps footsteps
of women, / judged, from tho lightness OF
the tread-caused me to hold my hand
and listen. Whoever they were-and I
wondered, for 1t was still early, and I had
| heard no one pass since the watchmanh had
left mc-they came to stand IN front OF
my shelter, aud one of them spoke. Her
words made me start. Enthusiastically tho
voice was gcntlewoman's, such as had
not heard for almost q week. And at this
place and hour, on the raw bordorland Of