Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-05

Knight Of the Silver How" that some
would name Sir Perceval; and proud among
them all Roy himself, that went cheek bv
JoWi with his anxieties. For who would go
all hopeful or with sure confidence un0n
that errand which sent him to the fields to
ma his quarry there? Devise 1t as he
might, what sure thing should guide him to
WAITS camp or indicate the bridge bv
"nich the rebels must come in? No haz-
ara of the bean was to be reckoned lnon
less confidently. Any chance or circum-
stance holder stroke than Roy had the
VIII 70 conceive might yet send Wyatt to
me rover to be the judge of those that
We're judges now. All, indeed must he won
or all lost that day; there was no middle
course, no man might speak of compromise :.
Tor II these rebels were not scattered as
cha-i before the wind, then should those
that would scatter them crave mercy in
vain. Aii
1t has been written that panic fell early
upon London and her citizens: and when
the day dawned which found the tidines in
every house there was no road LEADING o,,.
of the city whose exodus did NOT boar ~.
ness to the peoples fears. Heavy wagons
loaded with such goods as haste had
snatched from the deserted houses. plowed
lheir mating way to any place of harbor-
age that fortune might vouchsafe to then,
Whole families, huddied together under III
hedgeroWs or hurrying in their terror u,est
WARD TO cistant towns, spake of the rebaIs,
victory and Its menace. By here You Womb
from the place Of alarms to the villages of
security; by there the wailing voice Of wo-
men cried to you the bitterness of Tho ~
casts lot, the lament of the driven eyiIe
Or pass on yet a league and Won SHAH seo
shepherds with their f1ocks and van,ae,,
with their teams that knew not any urord
OF WAITS story, or had so much as baora
MS name. For thus oddly were the tidIna
carried; TO these as Judgment, to those
not at all; so that women's tears were shaS
before the indifferent who knew not tha;r
meaning, and flying horsemen cried az
alarm which set no church bells ringing NOV
drew one idler to the village green Noi
Roy lay the night in the fields beyond ~
James, but very early upon the next dav
the morning being sunny and the clouds
lifted he was walked by a messenger from
my LORD Pembroke and made to know that
Wyatt was at hand
He hath four thousand with him. and
the culverins gotten from, the ships. His
Fellows burn and pillage wherever thew
pass. My lord says that all is lost, and We
Will do well to strike bargain with This
fellow If delay may thereby, be gained. He
leaves 1t to your prudence to act as Won
snail think fitting. Ye would not ride out
with such poor array against WAITS host.
sir; We would not do this madnessY'
Roy sprang upon his horse and. calling
to the fifty. he answered the messenger.
return as We came and say that all is
lost, T., indeed, II SO be his lordship's ears be
be not clever at the Aparter this WAL rt
shall nail them to Charing's pump ere the
sun go down! Nay. sir, If all be lost. shall
/ not go to look for It? Will We not have
me light a candle to search for the piece
l lack? Go, say to my Lord of Pembroke
that there be cellars at Whitehall wherein
he and his men may find haven. Av,
would crave a petticoat Of him, lest this
Wyatt mistake me for what amir
And then, to his own, he said:
Heard We that comrades-will We to the
cellars with my Lord Of Pembroke? This
Wyatt comes with four thousand Like We
the tidings, or would We fondle Dame Pru-
dence of whom my lord makes mention?
Truly we shake in your shoes already-ye
itch to bend the knee to Captain MaypoieI
read 1t in your faces. Ye would not be
thought men this day lest hurt come to We
thereby
They replied to him with oaths ana
laughter, which drove the messenger
ashamed from the camp; and some running
for their horses, and some whetting their
arms and many crying "A Roy! A Royr'
they came to good order and set out for
Richmond town. No gladder tidings had
been heard that day. The hour of waiting
was gone by. No man rode out Of London
in greater content than Roy of Calverton.
Let me know that this thing is true,
and ] will give thanks to God for it." he
said to one near him. IF Wyatt pass by