Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-01

bed. attired in laced eambric shirt and
periwig, though afterwards il was per-
mitted to sit mp IN your chamber, but
dressed. la negligence. in gown and
slippers. The mode is a terrible tyFant,
Clarke. though its arm may not extend
as far as HaVant The idle man OF the
town must have some rule of life. so
| he becomes slave To the law of the
fashions. No man in London was more
subject TO it than myself. | was regu-
lar in my irregularities and orderly in
my disorders At IL O'Clock to The
stroke, up came my valet with the morn
ing cup of hippocraS, an excellent thing
for the qualms. and some slight rejection.
| as the breast of an ort0lan or wing of a
widgeon. Then came the levee, twenty,
| thirty or forty of the class have spoken
| of. though now and then perhaps there
might be some honest case of want
among them. some needy man-of-letterS
IN quest of guinea, or pupilless pedant
with much ancient learning in his head
| and very little modern coinage in his
pocket. 1t was not only that | had some
| power of mine own. but | was known
to- have the ear of my Lord Halifax.
/ Sidney GodolDhin, Lawrence HYDE aud
others whose will might make or mar
man Mark you those lights upon the
| left. Would II not be well to see il
there is not something TO be had there
Hooker hath orders to proceed TO
certain farm" | answered. This we
could take upon our return should we
still have space. We shall be back here
before morning"
We must get supplies, if | have to
RIDE back to Surrey for them,' said he.
Pat me. il | dare look my musketeers
IN the face again unless | bring them
| something TO toast upon the ends of their
ramrods! They had little more savoIy
| than their own bullets to put in their
mouths when l left them. But / was
| speaking of old days in London. Our
| time was well filled. Should man of
| quality incline 10 sport there was ever
something to attract him. He might see
sWord-piaying at Hockey, or cooking ut
| Shoe Lane. or batting at Southwark, or
| shooting at Tothill Fields. Again. be
might walk in the physic gardens of st.
/ James. or 30 down the river with the
ebb tide To the cherry orchards ut Roth
erhithe. or drive TO islington to drink
the cream. or. above all. walk in the
park, which is most modish for a gentle
man who dresses in the fashion. You
500. Clarke, that we were active in dur
| idleness- and that there was no lack 5of
| employment. Then, ms evening came
on. there were the playhOuseS to draw
us, Dorset Gardens, Lincolns Inn, Drury
Lane and the Queen's-am0ng the four
there was ever some amusement TO be
found"
There. at least. your time was well
employed said |; you could not bark
en- TO the grand thoughts or lofty words
of Shakespeare or of Massinger without
feeling some image of them in your
own soul"
Sir Geryas chuckled quietly. You
are as fresh TO me, Micah. as this sweet
country. air. said he. Know, thou dear
babe. that it was not TO see the play
that we frequented the playhouse
Then why, i'll heavens nameE"
asked.
ITO see each other he answered. lit
was the mode. l assure you, for n man
of fashion TO stand with his hack turned
to the stage from the rise of the eur
tain t0 the fail of it. There We're the
orange wenches TO quiz-plaguy sharp of
| tongue the huSsieS are, too-and there
were the wizards of the pit, whose little
black masks did invite inquiry, and there
were the beauties of the town and tn,
toasts of the court. all fair mark for oul
quizzing-glasses Play, indeed S'bud,
we had something better to do than TO
| listen TO aleXandrines or weigh the mer-
its of heXametersi Ills true that If Ia
Jeune We're dancing or if Mrs. Bracegif.
die or Mrs. Oldfield came upon the
boards. we would hum and clap. but it
was the fine woman that we applauded
rather than the actress"
l. And when the play was over you went
| doubtless to supper and so 10 bed!
ITO supper, certainly. Sometimes to
the Rhenish house. sometimes to P0n.
tacll's in Abchurch lane. Everyone had
his own taste in that matter. Then
| there were dice and cards at the
Groom Porter's or under the arches
at Covent Garden, piquet, passage,
hazard, primero-what YOU choose. After
that you could find all the world at the
coffee houses, where an arT'iere supper
was often served with devilled bones and
&c
the head. bounds, Micah! if the Jews
| should relax their pressure, or If this
| war brings us any luck. you shall come
to town with me and shall see all these
things for Yourself"
Truth to tell, it doth not tempt me
| much | answered. SLOW and solemn
! | am by nature, and in such scenes rs
| You have described | should feel very
dcath's-head ut a banquet"
Sir GeryaS was about to reply when,
/ of sudden out of the silence of the
night. there rose a lOng-drawn, piercing
scream. which thrilled through every
| nerve of our bodies. | have never heard
| such a wall of despair. We pulled mp
our horses, as did the troopers behind Us
| and strained our ears for some sign as
| to whence the sound proceeded for some
were of opinion that it came from our
right and some from our left. The main
| body with the wagons had come up, and
we all listened intently for any return
of the terrible cry. Presently it broke
upon u'5 again, wild, shrill and agonized,
the scream of woman in mortal dis
treSS.
" ''ris over there. Mai Hooker" cried
Sir Gervas, standing up in his stirrups
and peering through the darkness.
There is house about two fields off.
! can see some glimmer, as from a win
dow with the blind drawn"
"Shall we not make for it Mt oncef''
asked. impatiently. for our commander
sat stolidly upon his horse as though by
no means sure what course he should
pursue.
II am here Capt. Clarke" said he. ito
convey supplies TO the army, and | am
by no means justified III turning from my
course TO pursue other adventures"
Death. man! there is a woman in dis
tress," cried Sir Gervas. why. major,
yon would not ride past and let her
call in vain for help? Hark, there she
is again." As he spoke the wild scream
rang out once more from the lonely
house.
NAY, I can abide this no longer" |
cried, my blood boiling in my veins; ''d0
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