The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-04-14

look GOWN my latherS sword from its
deer horn brackets over the chimney
piece. and set myself to fine it's edge
and point with bit of Scotch whin-
stone. 1t was good blade; a true old
Andrea Ferara got in battle in the
seventeenth century by one of the Not
tinSham 1retonS.
| Whetted it well and carefully. 1t
was not that | feared my enemy's
strength of wrist or tricks of fence;
but fighting had been my trade, and he
Is but n poor craftsman who looks not
we'll to see that his tools are in order
against their time of using.
CHAPTER H.
WHICH KN1TS Up SOME BROKEN
ENDS
1t was in the autumn of the wear GA.
as was coming of age, that my ia
.her MADE ready to send me to Eng
lana. Himself conscience exile from
Episcopal Virginia, and a descendant
OF those Nottingham Iretons whose
pest known son fought stoutly against
church and king under Oliver Crom-
Well he was yet willing to humor my
bent and to use the interest of my
mothers family TO enter me in the
kings service.
Accordingly, I took ship at Norfolk
for home" as we called it in those
days; and. after Il stormy passage and
pVermuch waiting as my cousins
guest IN Lincolnshire. had my pair of
,,,,,, n' ~ '7IptH i'iuGS, la'eiS nome
&c - ~ t",S III 'iie Ne.'is'udS.
w ~ III palrachS Oh young
oti9' u W IN 'lttle VIII ana loS WISDOM
"l'u Win more SuilleaS IN ms purse
than was good for him, the less said
the better. But Of this you may like to
Know that, what with a good fathers
3,','i,i ''l" some slhall heritage OF
-. ueh'y come GOWN 70 me
t io'i, we 9ot'ilu- hearted oiu ROUND :
nieau STOCK, Won out or that devil $
gyms = i'ls -nouSe' an arm IN me liine
" peaIe' Win somewhat less 10 my
'NJ.e NAN o'httS HFin 10 thelts.
l. was In ms pafrack me mat
1. same 70 kno" Richard CoVerdale ana
10 VI SeliuS' 'ite man rianciS Low
eru''e. IoVeroale was an ensign IN my
Siiiiei., anu we were sworn
s l,,'..s a. lipaii .ne illst: ms was d cream
49, an" pl'Nt. anu |. was 70 MN 'hal
: oMeu escape from many or the srosser
ei'I,, s fns ,, On ,lal score above named
AS ioi ralcohllet' ne was even then a
runner ana pully. though he was not
" ,he army. ne was younger SON.
GU az 'i,at ''ihe there were TWO llVes
;., eeh nm aliu me oaiolietcS' out
WIN ,hothers pequeathings 10 pur-
,l'Sv lolei e anu 70 slla ms inquiries
ne Vas d iall example OF the Jeuhesse
uoree OF mat Ehsiand' lbertlne a
Sa'les'er' fakehell' brave as the Tiger
10 pl"Ne' ana 70 the 1ull as pltlleSs.
ne "as d boon companion Oh tne ON
,, 800 'i'ess, , anu LOT d tl'ile-ahu pur
po7eu % ooNeiudies illeLu' anu
nil r
oiii'e Mo,'lu lol zen my poor DICK S
soo' y ~ i.it Il, JehhlIer. l may not
81 ~ Wv III toiu "ords mere LOT you.
~ vas me ase-olo tragic comedy OF
q us - ielu treaciiery ana "o1n-
an Neahiless' uuel' ana the wrong
,,,, sis,ln. A,tu you may kilo" inns
.iiat ra,coiiilet most lilercllul role III
:. nnS nc pa! ne piaSe' one cliii NO
I leiiiuel ilioIl'lls Wileh ne put hlcnaru
,,' w s,un'e ~ 'i'e wan anu ran MN
LII ousn.
AS you nave guessed was Cover
60 60, ny iiletiu anu second III ms
a az ~, am IL put ,or the upset.ils news
" the s,on tSlalhN III oarolilla-
news "hicn reacHeu me on the very
uay VI tlie iieetiils,l snould lhere ana
.livil naNe cai'e" '''e slayer 10 hAs &C
'o IL,
lloM my ia.her VINO, presbyterian
al'a lietoil tiouSh ne was had always
peeil ol .lle nins Sloe' came TO espouse
'iiE cause Vi me regulators as 'ney
o'ii.u .iielilaell Co. hi'o" lioI. III NY
Sou,ialul memories OF MN ne 1sures as
the leuuai ioru OF ms own DOMAIN,
mort dosolute man liahy Oh me petty
hilsiliiss ca1ne aiter"ard 10 know III
NE GERMAN ,iiaicneS. put ms 700,
retnempeT' that "nlle ms RUE at APP
plepv Hundreu was stern ana deSpotlc
enough ne was ever READY 10 lena
Wllilng ear 10 any tale or oppression.
ana II what men say OF the tv9ant ~
ron TAX satherers ana law court rop-
pers De no more IMAM halt truth, there
was need Tor any honest gentleman TO
oppose them
What that opposition came TO in II
is now a tale twice told. Taken IN
arms against the governors authority.
and with an estate we'll worth receiv-
ing. my father had little justice and
less mercy accorded him. With many
others he was outlawed; his estates
were declared forfeit: and few days
later he. with Benjamin Merrill and
four more captivated at the Alamance.
was given some farce of trial and
hanged
When the news of this came TO me
you may we'll suppose that l had no
heart to continue in the service Of the
king who could sanction and reward
such villainies as these of the butcher,
William Tyron. So threw up my lieu
tenants commission in the Blues, took
ship for the continent. and, after wear
ing some half dozen different uniforms
in Germany, was lucky enough to come
at length to se.viceable blows under
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