The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-29
aud restitution

I and du1iitution.
And got Che unoRrrticd was noi
quite all AN alternative existed.
I tho a very dcspcmio anc. Thorv wHa
tho rebellion iu which Tucker had
sought fruitlessiy hitherto 70 engage
him. The thought of ], began 20 stir
/ ina his objected mlnd, aa lcaden footed
no draggnd himself toward Temple
Rar thru the almost stirling heat
which wan making Hacif fcit la Ion.
dom az tie end ~ that month ~
May, Temptation ufgsa him now,
nouriahed not only hy tho circum.
stance that in rebellion lay his last
hope ~ escaping starvation, hut alao
/ IS hot resentment against an inelem'
| cnt and unjust government that
drove abio soldiers snch as himself
into the kennels. whilst hefitending
Tho worthless minlons who randefed
20 the pronisncy ~ a Worthless
prince. Nioc, DC Told himself. was
the only passport 10 BerVipo la this
England ~ the restored stuartn.
Tucker ana Ilathbonu were riEht. AZ
least what they did was justified ana
halloNed by The coun'ra'a need Of
salvation from the moral lepray
that was fastening Itself upon Il, a
disease more devastating and deadly
than this plague unun which tho ~
publlcans counted 90 arouse tho ma.
tion To a sense of 81 position.
lie counted tho cost Of failurel but
he counted u drrlsiyriY iiis life
would be claimed That was the stake
he set upon tho board. hut. conoid'
cring that Il was the only stake re-
naming him. why hcsiiatgF What,
after an. was ihis NE ~ his worth
that no should DO tender ~ setting
Il upan "a last throw with fpfinnef
Furtnne fayors boliuese. PERHAPS IN
the past be had NOT been bold enough
peep in his musings he had reach
"a Sc. Clement Danes when he was
abruptly aroused by a voice. harsh
and warninEly commanding.
Keep your distance, sirf
Checking. be looked round 10 the
rirht. whence the order camn,
lie hcheld man with n pike, who
stood before a padlockcd door that
was smeared with a rcd cross foot
IA length. above which ALSO IN rcd
was heavily daubed the iegeudi
LORD HAVE MERCY UPON us
Taken thus By surprise the colonel
shu,lasred as AZ the contact ~ some
thing unclean and horrible Hastily
he stopped out into The middle %
the unpaved street. and. pausinE
there a moment. glanced up az The
closed shutters II the infected house
II was the FIRST that be had nocn. Tor (
al,ho 10 had come this way a wick
ago, when the plaque was already &C 4
tive ia the nriehborhood. yes ii WAS
then confined 10 Butchers Row On
the north sida ~ the church and 20
the moan streets that issued thence
To find & thns upon the main road +
between the city and whitehall was ,
10 b. rendered unrleaeantlY con /
sclnuu ~ its spread. Md. ~ he now .
pursued his way with iusfincilycly 4
uulckensd steps. he found his
thoughts thrust more closely than /
ever nnon the uses which TIM ttTplu.
,ionarisa could make ~ this afrAa .
prstllenrr Much hFoosiiuE iii hin dis
lurbed state u mind distorted bis (
mental vision. 70 that be- same pres
eully 10 adop, tho view that illis
plague was visitation from Heaven
apon a city abandoned - nnsp9ll'
nssv Heaven. u followed. must b.
IN the side ~ shoar who iaiored 20
effect a PURIFYING change,
The end ~ Il was That. 80 be fplled
up I.udgafc 1881 toward raui's hir
resolve was taken. That evening he