, 1921-09-02

mer. the gentleman on my right. whose
work At stroke. I may q parentheric-
ally. 30 largely contributed TO our sue
cess OF this afternoon Mr.. Farmer
biushed al this and bowed his bead. and
everybody except the boy who want>d
Farmers place in the boat raped with
his knife handle and cried -Heari
heari- in ~ratronizinE ones
They rowed about seven miles,
Howard continued. until they were
stopped by a barrier of chains ana iron
rods across the river al c~hariecote. The
Charlotte estate. as you know. belongs
to h Lucy family, and their land runs
on both banks OF the Avon. They keep
deer there. and they claim that the cx-
cursiortsts from Warwick and STRAIT
ford. who row UP and down the river.
frighten these deer. As you may re-
member. the Lucys were always very
particular about their deer; they. or one
Of them. had Shakespeare himself up
for killing a deer. and so handed them
selves down to an inglorious immortal
fty. Well. they've put this iron barrier
UP now to keep the boats out, and
they've marked the river that runs
through their lands Private Water
When Farmer and curzon discovered It.
they rowcd Jack 20 a village and Dor
rowed some tools and broke the barrier
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water. for which the agent Of the estate
took turner's name. and told him he
would summon him TO the high courts
for trespass and destruction Of private
property. That was just n year ago
his Jun and they haven't
him yet n they never will. And
why? why. because hey are afraid.
because they know they've 10 more
right to block hat t~horoughfare han
sE.w .w- - A.unr = --.n $1,000. ~
Strand. Suppose n man owned n house
on both sides of the Strand. that
wouldn't give him the right TO run n
fence between his two properties. would
it, OF course IL wouldn't. Well. that's
what these people have done. Now we
have been corresponding with the
STAFFORD Rowing Club, and they tell
US that the barrier a been built up
again. and they want to know IL we
won't go there n break it down.
They're afraid to do IL themselves. you
see. because they live to near to Charlie
cote. and the Lucys might make It un-
pleasant for them. SO Farmer and !
are going down there tomorrow or next
day TO tear down that barrier, and any
other gentleman who wants to sacrifice
himself for the sake OF liberty can
come with Us. 1 call for volunteers"
There was much confusion and ques-
tioning and mocking laughter.
Right on our sideg" demanded How
ard. There never was n case with so
much right on one side. 1t is over
balanced with right. And we've docu-
ments and pictures n thinge, and
we're gosng TO nail the documents to a
church door. There's n precedent for
that; and l speak to address the popu-
lace. Mr.. - here pointing to the
father OF one OF the crew. SIS an attor-
ney. and though no won't let his son
so with US. hen be our legal adviser. /
and Davis will be chronicler and treas
urer. Davis. you Americans are -'ways
talking about your love of libe,sJ. and
here's n chance to exhibit 1t. Besides,
somebody must be treasurer, or we
60"
I temporlzed by saying that I should
like to hear from the legal adviser now
OF later. when his advice would
perhaps be SO valuable. The legal
adviser smiled. and asked what these
of Towards might be.
"One of them is an order in Privy
Council, issued by Charles II. declaring |
that the Avon must be kept clear and
from Coventry to the Severn: and
we've got an Did engraving OF Charlie
which proves conclusively tina
there was no barrier there as late as
SOW III VIC uicO nave inulfcCL DdcklnE /
in the fact that the Earl Of Warwick
had to get an act of Parliament passed
before he could put up a barrier Mt
Warwick Castle, which is n step the |
Lucys IA never taken"
The legal adviser. after & pause, asked
II Howard rested his cnse there. and on
the Honorable Hubert's replying that
he did. me legal adviser instantly with
drew from it 81 don't believe you real
ly want ar attorney" he said, though
you'll need n badly enough before you
get through"
But they were not at ali frightened,
and to the American there war some
thing particularly amusing in the idea
Of destroying q gentleman's private
property on the strength Of a document
issued three undred years back in the
past. 1 wanted to see what an English
householder would do under the cir
cumstances: 1 could guess how the
American householder would act. So 1t
vas agreed that L should supply the
money to bail them out in Ease Of their
being arrested. IL they would supply the
copies of the order in council and the
Weapons for the attack. 1 was also TO
act as photographer and chronicler of
the expedition. and to help enroll two
other men. Further than this I re-
fused to strike a blow for the cause of
British liberty: but as 1t turned out
we all had to strike several blows.
We went down to Stratford third
class, with three sledge-han:mers and
three crow-hars in a green-baize crick-
et-bag. at which the guards would make
a grab. and then drop 1T with a crash
upon the platform. with the hnal con-
~viction. as we drew out of the station,
that they had fallen upon q kit OF burg
lars tools There were Ave In the party
Howard and Farmer, T.. P. Rogers,
the Captain Of the Eight, and Murray,
all OF Balfol College. and myself. There
was another man coming. who had been
asked chiefly on account OF his name.
but he overslept himself. and SO missed
all the glory. Howard tried to get sew
eral other titles for the same reason. rs
he thought he would impress the police;
u their owners strangely enough OBJ
5ected. and for tho name reason, saying
that the police were abou. tho last peo-
pie they had any desire, to Impress. We
told them they had 20 sporting blood,
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