The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-29

4 I "oS anu Af&ShA anu O11e& WnElG
not Stay him in cold blood on the sab
bath. But the hands of the clorL
were approaching the hour of mid
night and at l.. they told him. no
must die. AS the fingers on tho afol
crept slowly toward the hour or doom
the fanatics worked themselves into 4
frenzy. I take up my song agajrs+
him. shouted the craZed M4ck}a-
wrath, las the sun went back upon
the dial ten degrees for iutimating +hg
Of holy HeZeklah. so shall II
now go forward that the wicked may
be taken away from among the peorl..
and the Covenant established in its
purity He sprang upon a chair
with an attitude of frenzy in order ID
anticipate the fatal by put
ting the hands of the clock forward.
and several members of the party be
gan to prepare for the work ~
slaughter by drawing their weapons
But at that instant came the sound
of ga1loping steedS, which arrested
their attention. The enemy are
upon us!" cried the Co~venanters In
terror after a moments pause and
started to fly. But a few only OF
them escaped. Lik a whirlwind on
the cornfields Claverhouse and his
cavaliers came rushing in, killing ana
sparing not with cries OF Have at tho
bloody villains!" When the tumGle
was over Claverhouse babe his sol
diers carry ava the dead bodies and
remove the wounded, refresh their
| horses and be prepared to march with
the first light Of dawn. Il hope you
are safe, Mr.. Morton" said Claver-
house. Your servant, happily, fell
in with my patrol and informed me Of
your danger. You seem to have
| placed yourself in danger from both
sides. You are of course a prisoner Of
war at the disposal of KIM u1t
Council But I shall require only your
parole that you will not attempt TO-
escape Claverhouse treated Henry
with the greatest courtesy anG some
refreshments were placed before
them.
Morton was just about to raise .
| glass to his lips when there came the
sound of carbines outside the window
The prisoners were being shot. Nor
ton shuddered and put down his glass
untasted. you are young in these
matters, Mr.. Morton" smiled CIayer-
house; 'if you will believe me, in the
beginning of my military career I had
as great an aversion to the spilling or
blood as ever did any man-it seemed
to be wrl,ng from my own heart. Ana
now these Wing fellows will tell YOU
that 7 drink a warm cup Of ii eyeTy
morning before breakfast But, in
truth MI. N1OIJOi. NuS SIlOuiO We tdit
so much about death? Il is not the
expiring pang that is worth thinking
about in an event which must happen
some day; it is the memory that a
soldier leaves behind him like the iOHS
train of light which follows the sun
ken sun-that is all which IS worth
caring for: which distinguishes the
death of the brave from the death OF
the ignOble.. When I think of deHt1
nc q thing wcrth thinking 0f If Is WITH
the hope Of pressing, some day, some
Well-fougnt and hard-wOn field OF
battle and dying with the shout Of vic
tory in my ear. That would be worth
dying for-and, more. it would be
worth having lived for"
AS C1averhouse uttered these sent
ments a CHASTITY form upreared itself
from beneath the table. It was inc
maniac, Mucklewrath, covered with
blood and dying, who. concealed by o
cloak. had lain where he had fallen.
unnoticed Of the soldiers. he pehI
on C1averhouse his eyes. in which the
gray light of insanity still spanked
and exclaimed, "Wi't thou glory in thy
courage and thy might, and shal nor
the Lord Judge thee? Behold! u'a
princes for whom thou hast sold thy
soul to the destroyer shall be removed
from their places and their names
shall be a desolation, a Kissing ana "
curse. And thou. who hast partakTA
Of the winecup of fury. the wish oil
tl1v heart shall be granted to thy i"sS
and the hope of thy pride shall de-
stroy thee. I ummon thee, J'hr
Grahanae, to appear before the tn
buna1 of God to answer for this 1nn'~
cent blood and the seas besides when
thou hast shed"
He fell back and was q dead man al
their feet. Take that dead feIio"
away" said Claverhouse to the ora
COON who stood by crossing hirnseff III
terror. How came he here! B"'
we have had a busy day, Mr.. Morton
and you, as we'll as I, have need o. q
few hours epose AS q p~risoneH "
: war Henry Morton was taken to ~.
inburgh, where, upon being DrouSh
t before the Council, his sentence was
: through the influence OF CfaverhouS.
= chap&ad from that af daaih LMEL--