Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-01
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men Fought was a worthy one. what
snall we say of the man who had been
| chosen as the champion of their cause
Alas, that such men should have had
such leader. Swinging from the
heights of confidence to the DEPTHS of
despair, choosing his future council of
state one day and proposing TO fly from
| the army on the next, he appeared from
the start TO be possessed by the very
spirit of hckleness. Yet he had borne
fair name before this enterprise. In
Scotland he had won golden opinions.
not only for his success. but for the
moderation and mercy with which he
! treated the yanquished. On the, CONT
nent he had commanded an English
| brigade in a way that earned praise
fIpm old soldiers of Louis and the EN-
! pire. \ ct now, when his own head and
| his own fortunes were at stake, he was
| feeble. irresolute and cowardly. In NV.
| fathers phrase, ''all the virtue had gone
out of him" ] declare. when | have
| seen him riding among his troops. with
! his head bowed upon his breast and
| face like mute at burying. castin.
| an air of gloom and of despair all round
| him, l have felt that, even in case of
| success, such Il man could never wear
the crown of the Tudors and the plan-
| tagenetS, but that some stronger hand
Were it that of one of his own generals,
would wrest it from him.
| ! will do Monmouth the justice TO say
4 that from the time when it was mt last
decided To fght-f0r the very good rea-
| son that no other course was open-he
showed up iii a more soldierly and man
| Her spirit For the first few days in
July no means We're neglected to hearten
our troops and TO nerve them for the
coming battle. From morning to night
we were at work, teaching our foot how
to form up in dense groups TO meet the
charge of horse. and how to depend upon
/ oh - Inv IL H..
orders. At night the streets of the little
town, from the Castle Field TO the Par
ret bridge, resounded with the praying
| and the preaching. There was no need
| for the officers to quell Irregularities. for
the troops punished them among them
| selves. One man who came out on the
! streets hot with wine was well-nigh
| hanged by his companions, who finally
cast him out of the town as being un-
worthy to fight in what they looked upon
as sacred quarrel. AS to their courage
there was no occasion to quicken that.
| for they were as fearless as lions. and
the only danger was lest their fiery dar-
ing should lead them into fo0lhardineSs.
! Their desire was to hurl themselves upon
| the enemy like horde of MOslem fanat-
| les. and 1t was no easy matter to drill
such hot-headed fellows into the Steadi-
ness and caution which war demands
Provisions ran low upon the third day
OF our stay in Bridgewater. which was
due to our having exhausted that part of
| the country before, and also to the Wig
lance of the Royal Horse, who secured
the district round and cut off our sup
plies. Lord Grey determined, therefore,
| to send out two troops of horse under
cover of night. to do what they could
to refill the larder. The command of the
| small expedition was given over to Mai.
Martin Hooker. an old life guardsman
of rough speech and curt manners. who
had "a I 4
| headstrOng farmers and yeomen into
some sort of order. Sir Geryas Jerome
and ! asked leave from Lord Grey to
join the foray-a favor which was read
! lily granted since there was little stirring
in the town.
1t was about II o'clock on a moOnless
night that we sailed out of Bridgewater.
intending to explore the country in the
direction of Boroughbridge and Athel-
ney. We had word that there was no
| large body of the enemy in that quar-
ter, and it was a fertile district where
good store supplies might be hoped for.
We took with us four empty wagons. to
carry whatever we might have the luck
to find. Our commander arranged that
one troop should ride before these and
| one behind, while small advance party.
under the charge of Sir Gervas. kept
some hundreds of PAGES in front. In
this order we clattered out Of the town
swept away down the quiet shadowy
roads, bringing anxious, peering faces to
/ the easements of the wayside cottages
as we whirled past in the darkness.
mat ride comes very clearly before me
as | think of it. The dark loom of the
club-headed willows fitted by us. the
moaning of the breeze amons; the with
lies, the vague. blurred figures of tha
troopers. the dull thud of the hoofs. ana
the JmglIng of seabbard against stirrup
eye ana ear can both c0njure I'D those
old-time memories The baronet and I
rode in front, knee against knee, and his
ilght-hearted chatter Of life in town, with
| his little Snatches of verse or song from
| Cowley or Waller. were very balm of
Gllead 10 my somber and somewhat
heavy spirit.
+ Life is indeed life on such night as
! TINS Guoth he, as We breathed in the
! fresh country air with the reeks of crops
/ and Of kline. Rabbit me! but you are to
| be envicd, Clarke. for having been born
and bred in the country What pleas
ures has the town to offer compared 10
the free gifts of nature, provided alN avs
that there be perruquier's and a snuff
merchants and a scent vendors and one
| or two tOlcrable outftters within reach?
/ W it'll these, and Il good coffee house and
a play house, / think ! could make shift
to lead a simple pastoral life for some
months
III the CpuhlfN- Salu /. Laughing. we
have ever the feeling that the true life
of mankind. with the growth of knowl-
edge and wisdom, are being wrought out
in the towns"
''Nentre Saint-GrS 1t was little
knowledge or wisdom that l acquired
there he answered. Truth to tell.
have lived more and learned more during
these few weeks that we have been slid
ing about in the rain with our ragged
lads than ever | did when | was page Of
the court. with the ball Of fortune at my
feet. 1t is Il sorry thing for a mans
mind to have nothing higher to dwell
upon than the turning Of compliment or
the dancing Of carrantO. POUNDS. lad
| have your friend the carpenter TO thank
for much. As he says in his letter. I'M
less man can get the good that is in
him ont. he is of less value in the world
than one Of those fowls that we hear
cackling. for they at least fulfill their
mission. if il be only to lay eggs. Ged. !
| 1t is, new creed for me to be preach
ingw
But" said /. "when You were a
wealthy man you must have been Of sery-
ice to someone for how could one spend |