Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-01-18
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,. .sss said Frances eeo46enes5.
10y ,',otber is, or was Up - ~ 0esar
Nv l,sntenant Wentworth q 10 per.
~ . n forces In Durham. 1ae
Daa .a;nc General Cromwell wreee ct
=. a"s sammissicn az captain. and that ]
..,sht away with me from Bsoughton
D =, cont II direct to Durham b NJ
w. mont mt, But you may detain me x
- wish. or send an escort With ne
~. 10 the general. It win b more
ANN. ..so matter II you detain Mr.. Arm
' '..a who is Scotsman and whom
he general has been at some pains 70
further ..
..o- Of YOU. have had disquieting
..r. from Birmingham. There 70 .
Using Of some sort forward. Rifmins-
ham has already been smitten sore BY
.he Kings troops. 90 there 70 little fear
NJ, the citizens have risen 10 his e.
~, hut / surmise that there has been
anne sort Of royalist outbreak else
rbere in the north. Something 10
,toot for messengers have been gal.
Inning through Alcaster to the east d
:. for Birmingham. You heard moth
me- Of that farther south?"
no" said Armstrong. who never
,beless had shrewd suspicion where
ne trouble lay. III there 10 any roy
list rising in Birmingham I would
IKE TO avoid the place. have no Wish
70 get among the royalists. Are there
,ods by which we can win east Of
BIrmingham:"
The officer retired to the guardhouse
md brought out rude map Of The
district, which he gave to Armstrong
after explaining it. He sent soldier
f 10 set them on the right way when they
had left the village. When the soldier
had departed and the two were once
more alone Armstrong turned in his
saddle and looked back ut the frown-
Ing towers of Warwick castle. looming
up through the trees, very suggestive
Of prison.
They lunched OH bread and cheese
At a wayside hut, and once, when they
reached the top Of a hill. they saw
What they took to be Birmingham
away to the west. The byroads they
we're traversing proved to be desert
Cd and they resolved to keep to them
rather than seek the main highway. for
they considered that their compare
tive slowness would be more than COM
pensated for by greater safety. This
course soon proved Of doubtful wis
DOM Without guide the intricate
lanes were puzzling and often came
to an end without any apparent rea-
son. When they took to the nelas the
coil was heavy in many cases and Ia
tgued their horses. besides entangling
them sometimes in low lying lands that
we're almost marshes. To add to their
dimculties the sun became obscured
In haze, and the temperature drop
ped sharply, condensing the moisture
IN the air about them, involving them
10 mist that was worse than the
darkest night
After riding few miles ut q slow
pace they came to the end Of q road
With horizontal lane at its head, ex-
lending east and west. Az they turn.
q to the right some object loomed In
the fog ahead. and there came q sharp
1y
Who goes there3"
To the left" whispered Armstrong.
turning his horse. Frances obeyed
instantly. but the man in front nred
lis musket into the air and raised .
.nout whereupon four others sprang
ron the dripping bushes. and two OF
them seized the reins OF the startled
horses.
:. Resistance is useless" said the sol.
o'er, hanging to the rein Of the plung.
ms Bruce. There are hundred men
Along this lane"
! have no need to resist" crisd
armstrong 1 with affected Indignation.
. !. none realized % well 90 be
.uat the game was up. I'VE are peace
lul travellers under safe conduct from
General Cromwell himself"
me lieutenant viii be here direct.
~ said the man. and O. be smoke I
party OF horsemen came Gallopin9
oown the lane.
VINO fired that shotf' cried the Of.
acel IN charge. Before an aneve9
.Oula be given he came upon The two
.spe'ses. Who are your be demand
a. travellers to Carlisle, who have Iost
:. uelt way in the mist and are seeking
sae highroad."
:. =, you have pass. let mo ses IL"
Here it isl
~. rSur name is Armstrong perhapsr'
- Inc pass does not say so.''
70 you deny it,"
eugler?" " '.'s
Here, sir"
Sound the recall"
-. a1e man placed the bugle 70 his NM.
oA Na .ne merry notes rang out into ths
n.mo u',.y After q roll call, every
,sso being answered. the llsuteaant
~. 'ae word to march, and horse and
ons.s =. out for the west the two pris.
rha NJ tne center Of the phalanx.
nd. Auau OF Frances dropped. and wiz
ers, .'ose ~ her side % cheerful %
sa, trying to comfort her.
,h, lever man. this Cromwell" h
,ona speseo. with admiration In his
IA lou see what DO has donal
to t.s aas run thin lines across IT, coun.
. =, as fast as horses could eailoo.
'"'nging out the ,oc.l ~. ~: