Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-12
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us talJ. clarke IhSfES cred Decl-
mus Saxon, riding up, with his sword
arm fecked with blood. Ride over 10
Sir Stephen Timewell and tell him to
join has men 10 ours, Apart we shah lie
brekeB-together we may stand another
charge"
Setting spurs To Covenant. l rode over
Ia ear companions and delivered the mes
sage. Sir Stephen. who had been StIg,ck
by a petronel-b bullet, and wore a crimson
kecchief bound round his snow-white
head, saw the wisdom of the adj
vice, and moved his townsmcn as direct
ed His musketeers, being better provid-
I'd with powder than ours, did coed serv-
sce by keeping down for time thu, dead
~ fire from across the fosse.
no Wanld have thought it of him -
cried Sir stephen, with flashing eyes. as
Buyse and Saxon rode out to meet him
What tblnk We now of our noble mon
arch, our champion of the Protestant
cauSe?"
HE is very great Krieger.'' said
Buyse. Yet perhaps it may be from
want of habit as much as from want of
courage"
Courage cried the old mayor. in n
voice 81 sc0rn. Look yonder and behold
your hlnS. lie pointed out over the
moor wital q finger which sheok as much
from anger as from age. There. far
away, showing up against the dark peat
c0lored soil. rode Il gaily-dreSSed cava-
Her. followed by knot of attendants,
GaiIopnS as fast as his horse would carry
him from the field of battle There was
no miStakDg the fugitive. 1t was the
recreaBt Monmouth.
Hush" cried Saxon, as We all gave Il
cry of horror and eXccratien- do not
dishearten our brave lads. Cowar,lice is
catching and will run through an army
like the putrid fever"
Der Feigherzige. cried Bnyse. grind
ing his teeth. And the brave country
folk! It's too much"
Stand 10 your pixies, men," roared
Saxon, in voice Of thunder. and we
had scarce time to form eur square and
throw ourselves inside of it, before the
whirlwiDd of horse was upon us once
more. Where the Taunton men had
joined US weak spot had been left
in our ranks, and through this iii an in
Stant the Blue guards smashed Their way.
pouring through the opening. and cutting
iercely to right and left The burghers
on the one side and our own men on the
other replied by savage stabs from their
pixies and scythes. which emptied many a
saddle; but while the struggle was at its
hottest the Kings cannon opened for the
first time with deafening roar upon
the other side of the Rhine, and Il storm
of balls plowed through our dense ranks.
leaving burrows Of dead and wounded
behind them. At the same moment a
great cry of Powder! For Christ
sake, powder" arose from the musket
GERS, whose last CHARGE had been fired.
Again the cannon r0ared and again our
men were moved down as though Death
himself with his Scythe We're among us.
At last our ranks were breaking. IN the
very center of the pikemen steel caps
were cleaning. and broadswords rising
and falling. The whole body WAS swept
back 200 PAGES or more, struggling furi-
eusly the while. and WAS there mixed
with other bodies which had been dashed
out of all semblance of military order,
and yet refused TO fly. Men of Devon,
of Dorset, of Wiltshire and of Somer-
set. trodden down by horse, slashed by
dragons, dropping by scores under the
rain of bullets, still fought on with
logged, desperate courage, for a ruined
cause and man who had deserted them.
Everywhere, rs | glanced around me.
were set faces, clinchcd teeth, wells of
rage and defiance but never sound of
fear or of submission. Some clambered
up upon the crupperS of the riders and
dragged them backward from their sad
dies. Others lay upon their faces and
hamstrung the chargers with their
scytheblade stabbing the horsemen be-
fore they could disengage themselves.
Again and again the guards crashed
through them from side TO side. and yet
The shattered ranks closed up behind
them and continued the lon@-drawn
struggle. So hopeless was it and 50 pit
l3nle tDaT | CDnIU nave 1UnHN IL III NY
heart to wish that they would break and
fly, were it not that on the broad moor
there was 40 refuge which they could
make for. And all this time, while they
struggled and fought. blackened with
powder and parched with thirst spilnng
their blood as though it were water the
man who called himself their King was
squirting over the countryside with
loose rein and n quaking heart, his
thoughts centcred unOn saving his own
/. -s.-ak Ia III
followers
Large numbers OF the foot fought to
the DEATH neither giving nor receiving
quarter, but at last. scattered, broken,
and without ammunition, the main body
IF the peasants dispersed and fled across
the moor, CLOSELY fonowed by the horse.
Saxon, Buyse. and | had done all that
we could to rally them once more. ana
had cut down some of the foremost OF
the pursuers. when my eye fell suddenly
upon Sir Geryas. standing hatless with
few of his musketeers in the midst of
swarm OF Dragons. Squirting our
horses. we cut a way to his rescue. and
laid our swords about US until we had
cleared off his assailants for the moment.
Jump up behind me-" ! cried. We
can make good our escape"
He looked mp smiling. and shook his
head. II stay with my company,
Your company Saxon cried "Why,
man, you are mad! Your company is
cut off to the last man."
That's what l mean" he answered,
Ticking some dirt from bis cravat. Don't
We mind. Look out for yourselves.
Goodby. Clarke! Present my COM
piments To- The Dragons
charged down upon us again. We were
all borne backward. fighting desperately.
and when we could look round the
haronet was gone forever. We heard
afterwards that the Kings troops found
upon the field body which they mistook
for that of Monmouth. on account OF the
effeminate grace of the features. and the
richness of the attire. No doubt il was
that Of our undaunted friend, Sir Gervas
Jerome, a name which shall ever be dear
10 my heart When. ten years after
wards. we heard much of the gallantry
of the young courtiers of the household
If the French King. and of the sprightiy
courage with which they fought against
us in the iowlands at Steinkirk and else
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