The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-11

freely expressed his disgust at the
manner In which some of the popular
writer's OF his day went to the crimi-
nal records for their heroes and in
vested hiGhwaymen and murderers
with romance. It was with the pur-
pose Of counteracting the influence Of
such literature. though INDUCED In by
men like Ainsworth and Bulwer.
created and invited false sympathy for
the vicious and criminal. that he
wrote his story of Catherine" He
aimed to depict criminals as they
really are and not to invest them
with heroic and romantic qualities.
called realistic" novel. and realis-
tic 1t certainly H. Even the late NJ.
Bola could hardly have exceeded 1t
In realism. Thackeray preached a
sermon In Catherine" which, he
fondly thought. would put an end to
the morbid interest in criminal heroes.
But people stiil read Jack Sheppard
and Eugene Aram"-and they read
Catherine" too. Such 10 the power
Of genius that to whatever It touches
even squalor and crime. II gives new
life and interest: and It would have
been better for the world II the posses-
sors OF this God-given quality had al
ways ~ keenly realized their respon-
stbtltty In the choice OF their subjects
~ did Thackeray. who never wrote q
story that was not Q lay sermon.
About the year ono thousand seven
hundred AMI ave. In the glorious
reign OF Queen Anne. Captain the
Count Won Galgenstein, detailed ON q
tour OF recruiting duty through the
midland counties. sat drinking with
his corporal. Peter Brock. of Lord
Cutts's regiment Of dragons. In the
parior OF little inn called the Bu9le
And II any one thinks that the sun
ever shone upon two more thorough
paced scoundrels than the slim young
Bavarian nohleman and his stout
corporaI-od enough to be his father
--he 10 vastly mistaken. The Count
was q younger son and enjoyed his
title In company with a dozen or SO
OF brothers. The eldest brother pinch
ed and starved for nine months In his
ruined schioss In order to have the
means to appear In splendor for three
months ct the Bavarian Court. The
other brothers shifted Cor themselves
Count Gustavus Adolphus Macmillan
sought service In the army of England
the. great wars of Marlborough just
then Offering opportunities for noble
adventurers with ready swords. As
AoE 0I0Ckt ne was AltGk6kly u ChlAa
OF war" His mother had been q camp
follower in General Monks army 10
Scotland and his genealogical re-
searches did net extend beyond that.
On the village green before the inn
door two noble war steeds were be-
Ing led up and down by o horse boy.
The charger OF the Count had saddle
and bride heavily ornamented with
silver studs and silver chains. while
A.. "a 90 hn Itu nfna -
shone equally respondent with hurn-
ashed brass. Corporal Brock, mindful
OF tho business he was on. did not me-
glect 20 keep q shrewd eye and ear
for what was going ON among the
villagers who had assembled at the
unusual sight of the gay steeds.
though his attention was considerably
taken up by little drama which was
being played between his noble cap
tain and the Blooming barmaid who
served the fiagons of mountain wine."
Miss Cat, or Catherine Hall. was q
slaktern and q mink with the temper
OF Q fiend and q heart which had
never throbbed to one generous or un-
selfish emotion. But though she was
workhouse bred, she was the prettiest
little rose that ever blossomed amid
thorns, and her aunt. the proprietress
OF the BuRJe, had taken her to the Inn
tracted custom and man who dropped
in to take one pint of beer generally
took several IL Miss Cat served them.
Miss Cat had that freshness in her
beauty which belongs OF right to a
young woman Of sixteen--and Count
Macmillan was notoriously suscepti-
BILE. Even Brooks wicked old eyes
were bent on Catherine with a look
which came as near being one of tend
L. .~rfA Al -IA m<..x $3.50. -
able of supplying. But discipline Is
discipline. and when Mr.. Brock, per-
haps excited by the wine. invited Cath
crime to give him what he called a
'buss'' the captain limited that the
corporal had better 60 outside and
attend to his duty of alluring country
pumpkins to enlist, COUGHING his gentle
intimation in the words:
Mark ye. Brock. It is only my con-
descension which allows you to share
my bottle In this way: take care that
instead do not give you a taste OF
my cane.
Left alone with his fair ensiaver the
suit of the Count made rapid progress.
la" said Mistress Cat. "your honor
do look like lord. to be sure, though
/ never sNe one" And the little mink
do%n Ss d nsss
Gaigenstetn put forth all those fascin-
atoms which had proved Irresistible in
the case Of the physicians wife. the
aanoness. begad." and many other wo-
men of whose conquest he was never
tired of boasting. All you military gen.
tlemen are so given to deceiving US
poor country girls" said the demure
Catherine. "Oh. la, your honor--lord-
ship. mean-7=there Is my aunt a-call-
ing"
The mountain wine" OF the BugIe
was execrable. and Count Max had q
fine taste in wines. but he ordered bot
tie after bottle. and drank 1t. deciding
to ride no further that night. Indeed.
by the time his lordship had finished
his last bottle further travel for him
until the morrow was out OF the Ques-
ton. Meanwhile old Brock had invited
@ party Of the village youths to drink
with him in the kitchen Of the inn. and
had been so successful IN filing their
heads full Of stories OF the great wars.
Of the wealth and glory to be obtained
in them by q young man Of spirit. and
had so assiduously piled them with ale
that when his evenings work was done
he had three recruits to his credit.
There was one among the company
OF village youths. though. upon whom
the Establishments of the corporal had
no effect. And the corporal did not
waste much time on him either though
he was q spindie-legged, understood
to-do carpenter in a neighboring town
to whose money and business he would
ultimately succeed. and his name was
John Hayes. He was a mean-spirfted
fellow, who seldom bought q drink for
himself. but never refused free one,
and who. upon this occasion, drank
more and showed It less than even the