Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-08-12


| Guy Fawkes' s night. aasd Daun-
trees, but the Fendalls
THE Lord love you, Master
Wheatbread thou couldst not have
| rightly unprecedented Captain Co0da.
4 Lieutenant Godfrey Is 10 bring bis
/ tfoopers--I am one Of them hnd
counted ont | wear his Lordehip's
c0lors and take his pay, though I be
not OF his cause, mark you Lieu
tenant Godfrey Ia 70 fetch his min
uta.men on Wednesday come next
sennight, and make an onslaught on
the prison. We begin with that. I
"Ay, so / take IL, valiant Master
Corporal. Captain Coode 50 laid u
down
Faith did be-; and he looks 10
SOC II done TO the last scruple, which
! promise you, II shall be II there
be virtue In steel. =
But he did not explain bow these
friends from Virginia should reach
our shore. /"
Thou vert asleep, Master Sweet
bread: thou vert dull. Did you
not know that C0cklescrafk has quar-
relied with the Proprietary and
brings Us bis brigantine2 Truly.
does bel When knaves fall oiib,
honest men come by their own, ha,
ha BY cook and pYe-but that's
true word r.
Nov. good night, brave Corpo.
raj" said Danntrees, % soon a. he
came TO q convenient point 10 frea
himself OF the company Of the Aus
tered and leaIky hatcher Of treasons.
Good night, and nlayst thou soon
be rewarded for thy deserts. =
Good night, Master Sweetbread
land thank you heartily for your
kind wishes-I warrant you get
my deserts. But remember the
tailor added, laying bis hand upon
bis lips mute as mattock not q
breath r. Having given this part
Ing admonition, he pursued his way
with q confldent carriage and very
soon after they parted, Dauntrses
heard bis voice lifted up Into q song.
well" said the Captain, whom
he was left alone; for the snDaking
trade Of an eRves,dropper, i hava
most apt and communicable talent.
Ia this my first traffic ID 30 noble
and praiseworthy employment, have
succeeded 10 marvel. Scarce an
hour since my fertile genius struck
out this point Of war, and here hawe
/ unravelled whole web Of treason,
that shall 20 nigh 10 hanging up
these ours by the score. Ais faiE
| In war, they say; -~but, by my fAlth,
/ had rather have won my knoWl-
edge BY some little show 81 bueklers
work. exan / y we're but 3 shaw
| It W hay ID d niDfB SAID lHFIys
| Yet. 8luif Harry 4 leather gun Ia
| the Tower hus u, Non marie opus
est cul non deficit Mercurins. We
win BY art when steel may not be
struck. =
The Captain now took o road that
led back towards the common. where
he carefully reconnoitered the whole
ground. Some few persons yet lott
cred Ia the vicinity Of the booths,
and two or three small bands OF men
rnuiiied In cloaks. were seen In close
conference amongst the cedArs that
formed o thicket near the Town
House. From this point. looking
across this narrow bottom OF low and
marshy ground, which lay between
the town and the homestead Of Chia-
eldine, which was In full view wher-
ever an opening between the trees
gave o range to the eye, he could
discover that the dwelling. house
was m0rs than usually lighted, and
that visitors were, at that hour,
| thronging the apartments.
| Whilst he was busy with these
| observations, Lieutenant Godfrey
| and CocklescFaft emerged from the
| cedars, In earnest discourse, and
| slowly followed the path which led
down the bank 10 Master Weasel d
| inn. Without giving himself the
| trouble 70 listen, he could not help
hearing tho short colloquy which
passed between them hefore they
entered the hostel.
i what would you have with o
horse 90 this hour Of the night2n In
quired the Lieutenant.
II 1T IL but o freak, replied tho
skipper. BY 81. Iago. Lieutennnt,
| / will deal roundly with him. In
honor, | will admonist him before
hand. He shall haye warning. on
my conscience warning that II
shall make him pale TO read. "
Il II will not baulk your deyllnenf.
Dick Cocklescraft: So. you shall
have the steed. When will you re-
turn7"
by as early moment after mid
night as may ride the space with
all the speed your beast may afford. n
'Ha, bal soldier o. horseback
and the devil rides 81 bis crupperI
Ho, Fitch, there -ostler Filehl
Hither. man see that go hour hence,
when Master C0cklescrAft has finish
ed bis supper, you saddle my nag
and fetch him where. Master Skip
peri"
ITO the Town House steps, " said
bis companion.
ITO the Town House steps do
you hear?"
!, Dauntrees having now gathered
ell the information which bis good
fortune through his nights id.
, venture had thrown 10 his way. be.
took himself 10 the Proprietary man
sion. He be found Lord Baltimore.
Talbot, DarnaIl, and others, await
! Ing bis arrival, He narrated cir.
cumstantislly the strange aud ample
details connected with the plots la
! connection and their contrlvers. "a
80 had laarraa Hharas nxd fmfd 4 4fa.