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

ing those worthy people together again.
Her sacred and august majesty had. In
short, authorized the pressing" OF
seamen and the ''crimping" of soldiers.
and the country was flied not only with
official press gangs, but with unomcial
ones. which took upon themselves, un-
der the color OF official action to kid
nap people and hold them for ransom.
gang of the latter sort. headed by
our old friend. the worthy corporal
surprised Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes upon
their wedding night in the viIA Inn
where they harbored, and under threat
of forcing Hayes to enlist, made him
send of TO his fond parents for suf-
ficient sum of money to purchase his
freedom.
Cat and the corporal recognised each
other-at once. but thought 1T unneces-
sary to bother Mr.. Hayes with the de-
tails of their former acquaintance
Brock volunteered to guard the prison.
ers. and while the perturbed and ex.
hausted carpenter slept, the corporal
and Mrs. Hayes recounted to each 9th"
err what had befallen them since
their separation on the memorable
night of the Count Won Galbenstein's
sleeping draught. With the captains
money Brock had gone up TO London
where he had purchased marvellous
wig and gorgeous clothes, placed
black patch over one eye, and. as Cap
| est society.
He might have been general and
died respectable old gentleman for
he had induced Mr.. Secretary Walpols
to take a hundred guineas as compli-
ment and had convinced Lord Peter
borough that he was an old comrade
in arms of his. He cracked many q
bottle with Mr.. Addison and lent many
a pound to Dick Steel. "a sadly de-
bauched fellow, my dear" But 1t was
not to be. for that rapscallion or
Galgenstein turned up and exposed him
YEA such was the unforgiving spirit
of the Count that he not only denounc-
ed Captain Wood as deserter but took
the constables to Woods lodgings.
where he seized upon all his splendid
clothes and what money was left OF
the store the worthy corporal had
eloped with from Birmingham Brock
fed, taking along as companion ones
Ensign Macshane. unattached. and the
pair were now engaged in the bust-
ness which had caused him the pleas
ure of again beholding the charms Of
Mistress Cat.
the running away of Cat ana Brock
from Birmingham had, 1t seemsS caused
| the rich heiress TO throw over Galgen-
stein. and the corporal feared the
Counts heart was filled with malice
| toward the pair who now sat so cozily
drinking gin together. while the
| worthy Mr. Hayes snored on the bed.
Hayes ransom arrived in due time,
and the corporal and his crew depart
ed, while Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes went
home to their honeymoon. Brock and
Macshane were soon after transported
as bonjservants to the American plan
| tations. not for any of their larger
crimes, but for stealing a couple of
pewter pots off some area ratings in
Manchester. But 1t is doubted II their
hard lot in America. where they were
worked and flogged numerically. was
much more wretched than the life Mr..
and Mrs. Hayes lived together.
So seven years dragged themselves
| along. The Count was in the Low
Countries, where he had married a
rich wife; the estimable Brock was
finishing his term of servitude in the
plantations; Cat and Hayes were quar-
lreling ana fighting In Warwickshire.