Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14
CHAPTER II.
anime, of the Amalekite.

- Would have been hard 10 end within
r.r civilized world a more miserable
aud distracted country than Scotland
n u. the date OF our history. ard the
O,si country was worst Of all. Tha
C,r,.o,rters who were never aVcrse 70
rgb,ip. had turned upon Ciaverhouse- ana
ri. Dragons when they came I" diSpeTSe
, s.Id-.n.sttrg al Drumclos. and had
sourdlv beaten the Kings Horse ih'i''
gathering themselves to mead anu meet
ing the royal forces under the Duke u.
Monmouth al Boutwell, bridge. theE IA, ndu
IN turn becn hopelcsSly crushed. w ma,
,.,,.ir.1 Of their army was scdt'tttu
ny the cavalry, and sine" mat naS W" W.,
some inteT.udes, Cl@VerhotSS ia" ,ars,r,y
gagged in the inglOr!ous worh Hl u!S a. -
prSst,,rrrian Conventiclcs gathered III r.
,,,ta ptoccs among the hills. o. searching
the rnuSs-hags fer outlawed preaci'tts
WIS a moor business .oI one VINO llNI So 50
war ON the grand sca'e uiluJl ~. ~ .rara
,,f or.urr aud had fought in hattles WitIt
,.f,bf,er thousand men were lelt on '"S
field War was not the name l"[ tMc rI.
..per,ti,Ds they were simply po!iO' " =" % =
az an irksome and degrading KIM Iele
- s,ns who said that ClaHerhouse
,,,rfad I'm f. and that the inherent cfuei.'
If his nature was grathed III cduSiiis ~,
efiuutc Covenanters. who had not 'ahen
,La o,th 10 be shot the spot. ana hdiIls
,+.rs tn urison where they were 'reateu
win extreme harbarity. others h+he> eu
hat being man of broad nina anu IN c''i'
alrpus temper, ne anSolu'eIS I'tbrd tho
Of the government Pp'itH c. - t,.,,,,ors
llltsucr work TO which he and MS troopers
We're set. ,,,l,,r;rstv-
lIuu one way OF " ne ""S a - -, 80
tVrIni. ana upon me o,. .' III, ,,aitbar
dent soldier. but the Nu'i' We ~ NV
,.i., Their, is no doubt that, nke any
o.I.r. ambitious commander. he W"uId Hiu'H
rather have been ehSaSeu III d % - -
YaiSu. and II may ne siatt'u NC" ,ha
BRAY" man he did nov hdi t tsoi,,taIv
cNe'u'tnner OF peasants p't "e r,'Isrs and
approved OF the pphtN Oh iiS L. -
lad m sCruple in carrying IL oul' II H1
the only thing that c"ulh Dc u"me, Gnu
had better De done 'h"'"us,IIS w ,.a,,a,,.
the turbulent and Irte."htlIapiT oN 49, 49,
t"rs We're crushed anu tht county
- peace the better Tor S'tdnh, 't Iio, !,
mus, Ne remembered trat though lHrH VIZ
only u fraction at the Htton. tH5 HliI!heh
Were a Very r"S"Ii:' ana htrasS.iS -
ton and kept tine WtS,'rn cuuhileS III
state Of turmoil! M week passed without
some picturesque" incident being adHeu 1"
the annals %. ;uiS'ltinc.'ta'i" rei'@i'"S VI. E
and whether il was an escape or an arrest
an attack Gr q de."ai The name OF I aver
house was always i'll tn" story lhe an
was thick with rumors oi ms d"lnSN' ana III
every cottage ,uraScd CuNSnLHtcfs SPOKE
Of his atrocities. No doubt the KING hau
other officers quite as m'rrlieSS anu a,hos'
as active. and the names OF men !ik" tIitl-
son Of Lag and RrGc" 81 EdriShal! ana ina
tiercr old NUScovite tighter. GrneraI Da'-
ziel. were engraved Tor ever lasting r'PIp-
baton upon the memory Of the Scots ieo-
ule But there was no superstition 81 MAJ
thar il was not credited u ClaVrrhnus"
aud no act So wicked that i was not be
lieyed of him. During the hours OF daE
lie ranged the country. monster ihirStlhS
FOR the blood of innocent men. ana the
hours q the evening he spent Win ms as
Sociates in orgies worthy OF hell IT'S morse
famous for its reetness anu beauty was