Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-02-22

You hasten 10 the quarters. ana tel
Barker 10 hnnS up the company with
their matches burning. ! may be of use
here"
TIA. here is BuySe." cried Saxon. Joy
ously, rs the huge German ploughcd his
way through the crowd And Lord
Grey. too. We must save the cathedral,
my lord. They would sack and burn it,
hiS way, genctlemcn.' cried an old
! SrdN-halrcd man. running OFT towards uS
with hands outspread, and Il bunch Of
Keys clanking at his girdlc "Oh. hasten.
gentlemen. If ye indeed prevail over these
lawleSS men. They have pulled down
Saint Peter, and they will have Paul
down too unless help comes. There viii
not b" an apostle left. The east window
- broken. They have brought Il hogs
head of beer, and are broaching ii upon
he high altar. Oh. alas. alas! that such
things should be in Christian land.'
lie S0bbed aloud and stamped about in Il
very frenzy of grief.
1T is the yerger. srs," said one Of
the tOwnsfolk. He hath grown gray III
the cathedral
This way to the vestry door. my lords
and gentlemen cried the old mau. push
ing way strennously through the crowd.
| Now, lack-a-day, the sainted Paul hath
gone, toor'
As he spoke a splintering crash from in
NluC thc cathedral announced some fresh
outrage on the part of the ZealotS Our
guide FASTENED on with renewed Spced.
| until he came TO a low oaken door heavily
arched, which he unlocked with much
! raSplng of wards and creaking Of hinges
Through this We sided as best We might.
t and hurried after the old man down a
Stone-hagged corridor which led through
Il wicket INTO the cathedral. close by the
high altar.
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rioters. who were rushing hither and
thlther, destroying and breaking every
thing which they could lay their hands
/ on. y good number of these were genu-
/ lnce zealots. the followers of the preach
! or whom we had listened to outside
/ Others, however, were on the face of
/ Them mere rogueS and thieves such as
gather round every army upon the
/ march. While the former were tearing
! down images from the walls. or hurting
/ the books Of common prayer through
! the stained glass windows, the 9TH
| erS were roofing up the mass
I i've brass candlesticks, and carrying
away everything which promised TO be
OF value. One ragged fellow was in the
! pulpit. tearing off the crimson velvet and
/ hurting it down among the crowd. An
other had upset the reading desk. and
| was busily engaged in wrenching off the
! Tazen fastenings. In the center of
the side aisle a small group had a rope
around the neck of Mark the Evangelist,
and were dragging Justify upon it, until,
even as we entered, the statue. after tot
! tering for few moments. came crashing
/ down upon the marble floor. The shouts
1 which greeted every fresh outrage, with
| the Splintering of woodwork, the smash
| ing of windows, and the clatter of falling
masonry, made up a most deafening up
roar. which was increased by the dron-
| ing OF the organ. until some of the riot
| elS Sllenced il by Sitting up the bellows.
! What more Immediately concerned our
selves was the scene which was being
/ enacted just in front of us at the high
altar. A barrel of beer had been placed
upon it and a dozen rufIians gathered
i round it, one of whom, with many ribald
!, tests. had climbed up. and was engaged
! IN knocking in the top of the caSk with
a hatchet. As we entered he had Just
succeeded in broaching it, and brown
mead was foaming over, while the mob,
with r0arS of laughter, were passing up
! their clippers and pannikinS. The Ger
man soldier raped out a rough, Jagged
oath ut this spectacle. and shoulderinS
| his way through the roisterers. he sprang
upon the altar. The ringleader was
! bending over his cask. black jack in
hand. when the soldiers iron grip fell
unOn his collar. and in u moment his
/ heels were Tapping i'll the air and his
| mead three feet deep in the cask, while
the beer splashed and foamed in every
| direction. With a mighty heave Buyse
picked No the barrel. with the half
/ drowned miner inside, and hurled it clat-
tering down the broad marble steps
which led from the body of the church
At the same time. with the aid of n
! dozen of our men who had followed us
in!o the cathedral, We drove back the
fellows comrades and thrust them ont
beyond the rails which divided the choir
from the nave.
Our inroad had the effect of checking
the riot. but it simply did 50 by turning
the fury of the zealots from the walls
and windows TO ourselves. Images.
Stonework and wood carvings were all
abandoned. and the whole swarm came
rushing up, with hoarse buzz OF rage,
all discipline and order completely lost
in their religious frenzy. "Smite the
PrelatistSr' they howled. Down with
the friends OF Antichrist Cut them off.
even IT the horns of the altar Down
with them" On either side they
massed n wild. half-demcnted crowd.
some with arms ana some without. but
filled to man with the very spirit of
murder.
This is civil war within a civil
war" said Lord Grey, with quiet
smile I'VE had best draw, gentlemen,
and defend the gap in the rails, if we
may hold it good until help arrives
He flashed out his rapier as he spoke and
took his stand on the top Of the steps,
with Saxon and Sir Gcrvas upon one
side Of him Buyse. Reuben and myself
upon the other There was oplE room
fo: six to WELD their weapons with ef-
feet. so orr scanty band Of followers
scattered themselves along the line of the
rails. which We're luckily so high and
strong as to make an escalado difficult |
in the face of any opposition.
The riot had now changed into open !
mutiny among these marshmen and min
ers. Pixies. scythes and knives glm- |
mered through the dim light, while their |
wild cries re-echoed from the high |
arched roof like The bowling of a pack OF |
wolves. Go forward, my brothers'
cried the fanatic preacher, who had been |
the cause of the outbreak: go forward |
against them What though they be 10 |
high places. There is One who IS high |
er than they. Shall we shrink from His |
work because of naked sword! Shall |
we suffer the Prelatist altar 10 be nre- |
served 10y these sons Of Amalek! On, |
on! In the name of the Lord
I'm the name Of the Lord" cried the |
crowd. with a sort OF Kissing gasp, ike |
ono who &c ahoflr 10 nlUnge into an icy |