Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-05-10
MICAH CLARKE
AueAcr Of "zdyentares Of \
Sherlock Folmes." me \
xaotrs Qf sherioct Holmes"
"5he Ref41ees.', Etc. !
> = By A. Conan Doyle. > =

/ hdd my way, said he. there Is
not one of We but should swing for il.
/ Ay and if l had my way, some of those
| whose stomachs are too nice for this
work, and who profess TO serve the
hlnS with their lips while they infer
! cede for his worst enemies, should
themselves have cause To remember
Taunton assizes. Oh, most ungratefui
rebeist Have We not heard how your
most Soft-hearted and compassionate
! monarch. the btst of men--put it down
| IN the record, clerk-on the intercession
of that great and charitable statesman
| Lord SunderIand-mark it down, clerk
| hath had pity on We Hath it not melted
veg Hath it not made We loathe your
selves declare, when | think of it,
here, with sudden catching of the
breath, he burst out asobbing. the tears
running down his cheekS-''when
think of it, the Christian forbearance
the lneffable mercy, it doth bring forcibly
To my mind that great Judge before
whom all of us~-eyen l-Shall one day
have to render an account. Shall | re-
peat 1t, clerk. or have you it DOWN."
Il have 1t down. your l0rdship'
Then write NSobS' in the margin. lis
wen that the King should know our
9mmon on such matters. Know, then,
you most traitorous and unnatural reh-
els. that this good father whom We have
! spuFned has stepped in between your
selves and the laws which We have Of
Tended. At his command we withhold
from We the chastIsement which We have
mented. If We can indeed pray, and if
your soul-cursing conventicles have not
driven all grace out of We drop on your
knees and offer up thanks when tell We
that he hath ordained that We shall all
have Il free pardon. Here the Judge
rose from his seat. as though about TO
descend from the tribunal. and we caza1
upon each other in the utmost astonish-
ment at this unl00ked-for end to the
trial. The soldiers and lawyers We're
equally amazed, while hum of JOY and
applause rose no from the few country
folk who had dared to venture within
the accursed precincts.
This pardon, however confined JEFF
freys, turning round with malicious
smile upon his face. lis coupled with
certain conditions and limitations. Ne
shall all he removed from here to Poole.
in chains, whore We shall find yesse!
awaiting We. With others, We shall be
lstowed away in the hold of the said YES
sell and conveyed at the Kings expense
to the plantations, there to he
sold as slaves God send We mas
tiers who viii know by the free use OF
wood and leather to soften your stub
born thoughts and incline your mind TO
better thingsf7 He was again about to
withdraw, when one of the crown law
yers whispered something across to him.
"Well thought of. coz" cried the judge.
II had forgot. Bring back the prisoners,
ushers! Perhaps We think that by the
plantations | mean his maJestys Amer
lean dominions. Unhappily. there are
too many of your breed i'll that part al
ready. Ye would fall among friends who
might strengthen We in your evil courses,
and so risk your salvation. To send We
there would be to add one brand to an
other, and yet hope to put out the ire.
q BY the plantations, therefore, | mean
Barbados and the Indies, where We shall
live with the other slaves. whose skins
may be blaeker than yours, but / dare
warrant that their souls are more white. ,
With this concluding speech the trial
ended, and we were led back through the
crowded streets to the prison from which
we had been brought. On either side OF
the streets, as we passed, we could see
the limbs of former companions dangling
in the wind, and their heads grinning at
us from the tops of poles and pixies. No
savage country in the heart of heather
Africa could have presented more
dreadful sight than did the old English
town of Taunton when Jeffrys and Eirke
had the ordering of it. There was death
in the air, and the town folk crept silent
~ about, scarcely daring to wear black
for those whom they had loved and lost.
lest it should be twisted into an act of
treason.
We were scarce back in the wool
house once more when file of guards
with a sergeant entered, escorting a long.
pale-faced man with protruding teeth,
! whose bright blue coat and white silk
breaches, gold headed sword, and glanc-
ing shoe buckles proclaimed him to be
one of those London exquisites whom in
terest or curiosity had brought down to
the scene of the rebellion. He tripped
along upon his tiptoes like a French
dancing master, waving his scented kerr
chief in front of his thin high nose, and
inhaling aromatic salts from blue phlai
which he carried in his left hand
by the Lard"' he cried but the
stencil of these filthy wretches is enough
TO slap ones breath. 1t is. by the Lard !!
Smite my vitals if | would venture
among them if | were not very rake
hell. Is there a danger of prison fever,
sergeant? Heh?'
"They are all sound as reaches. your
honor" said the under-officer, touching
his cap.
''Heh. heh.' cried the exquisite, with
shrill, treble laugh. 1T is not. often We
have a visit from a person of quality,
I'll warrant. 1t is business, sergeant,
business! 'Auri sacra fames.-you re-
member what Horatius Flaccus says, ser
geant?"
/ Never heard the gentleman speak, sir
lat least not to my knowledge, sir, said
the sergeant.
''Heh. heb! Never heard him speak,
heh? That will do for Slaughter's, SER
geant. That will set them all in litter
at Slaughter's Pink my soul! but when
venture on a story the folk complain
that they can't get served, for the draw
ers laugh until there is no work to be
got out of them. Oh. lay me bleeding,
but these are a filthy and most ungodly
crew! Let the musketeers stand close,
sergeant lest they fly at me-"
+ We shall see TO that, your honor.
Il have a grant of a dozen of them,
and Capt. Pogram hath offered me twelve
pounds head. But they must be Draw
ny rogues--strong and brawny. for the
4 voyage kills many. sergeant, and the eli
mate doth also tell upon them. Now
here is one whom l must have. Yes. in
very truth, he is young man and hath
much life in him and much strength.
Tick him off. sergeant, tick him off,
His name is Clarke" said the sol
!. der. 81 have marked him down"
4 IF this is the clerk, / would | had
parson to match him." cried the flop.
shifting at his bottle. DO you see the
i pleasantly. sergeant? Heb. heb! Does
your sluggish mind rise 10 the occasion?
Strike me purple. but | am in excellent
fetllei There is yonder man with the