New York Clipper (Jun 1864)

FRAlfK editor oniiEir, I •md Proprietor, j ISTEW YOBK, SATURIDAY, JUNE ,25, 1864. ( vol,, jnrj. DRAMATISTS. Ode to Young Gentlamen of thit City. Too nudy mnat taxm—U jroi'n not varj ilow, Ttaatieiiullon If, Tulnily apatkliig, tbo "go," And lov laA la tho ilnnu trill obloflj depmil ^nftfl miWlff y^* ^<tUnw^'« hair bImuI on 1 Tbo folk* In Ilia giUoir wut wmoUtliu UirUUiig, DiatiaidiUiaaliiiroiil orUwlririUfcrlhelrdillUiig, Tbey grin tt your nUhoi ud gapo It you vlt Da t ft piMO nil of liuldont mult loon nulA a hit JDIlll■laltolD^ iryDa*ratoiloai(aiM Wbat the poloU of ftpopn]lrdnlDAdl01lldbOi— I1nt, plUtt your plot, lAaiddmmliig mlot OftboittMtlronohplnea: Ihn'rv oMfly got WUb ng*id la yoor Loto, I Uilni ttia boa plu !■ to getossu good—or u btd—« yon Qux. a mftjr blnl; hj uo wv, u my prlnio bellat nut UMia iMma ft dunud for ttio oMiow lM|r.) yoa ntUa •Img: yonanLirdlygownng If yos tDftuga to pUo ap tho igoay raoag, By piDigliig your tun In plosqr of ftmpoi ioS, otoosiw, Uldiu oura Uut he ftlinyi eacapta ' loo can fin op aoma olgUy amHUonal aoanat Wltb banditti, dataotlrai, or moonlalB railiua;— And, at Ual, whan the Inlaieat'a wonsd to a pitch, Bring ft manriage or mnrdor in—nanr mind ivhlnh. Of oaoiae yon noat Hy, In ilifi oant of the day. That yonr plaea la a Haw and Original I lat tla title be tbnign and awmid to ipea^ Bo that moat of the poblio nuy tike 11 far Oreak. Tim mnat adrarHaa sreely to tot big prlnl^ Upon pltoarda of erery oonoalTabls tmi. And—when alll anggeat hia bean oftiafiilly dia*— Vhy, 11 wont be my ftnlt If yon don't hare a ma, THE WHIXS GtPSY; 01, The Avenging Traok of the Esoaped Convlot. A BOHAROB OF OITT MID FOBBST. GHAPIBR XXm. \r I LH I MO Ei. M BIOTS. BuLT on tbe followlnt morning, wfasn tbo ihopa hod Jut openod In WllmlDgham, a glrangg noTement took pluo. From every small ooirt and alley, from oat the Daokways and tbo open oountrr, onme troopi of men, iromon and oblldron. They OTldopUj wero gujded by one idea, and understood tbe pnrpose of the amemblage, for, with ODO aooord, tbey poared into tbe maiketrplaoe. About ten o'olook In tbo morning, the wbole of tbo dia- oontented laboren, whoeo ranks wore anrolled by tbe ad- T(Dt of all the poorest of theatlll employed classes, wore ael together, various spoakers addressed the oroird, oonsplauous among tbem being a young man dressed In tbe garb of an artlzan; but whoso language provod blm to bo Rboio his oompanlons, either In rank or In eduoa- tlon. Ho spoke oagorlr, enthoalasUoally. He seemed peculiarly Incensod agaloet tbo luxurious wealthy, and B/mpathlzod with tbo atarvlng poor. "Let us go to tboso men," be aald, "and domand bread. Let us tell tbem that Heaven sent na oom that wa might oat, not that tbev might grow riob." EathuslasUo onosrs folloivod his address, and the great asaomblago swayod to and fro liko the waves ofthe troubloit eon. "YesI yes!" crioda hundred yoloes at onoe. "yes— yes I Lot ua go and Uko the broad from the bakers I" Buddonlv Mr. Hudson appeared. A hundred voices shouted his name In triumph, and not least among thorn was tho voloo of Jaok LeasehursL "Mv frionds," ho said, "bo not madly ImpatlonL ThU mooting of youra in the marketplaoos, those sboula and monacos, constitute an act of robollion against the ou- horlllos. Bo careful that you do not roiSe the anger of Ihoso who have It in their powor to lijure you." ■ A njurmur of disoontent rail through tbe aasombly. Tbo/ had oipocted stronger worda^Hudson was talking It them as If ho were a maglelrnta speaking to them ^ oonsinutednuthorlty, Bathe mayor of SSVelghbSing town would have done. But he noUced thomnoU He proceeded. "I heard among tbe orios'ybu utterod but now. a orv of 'Ut us to the bakers, and take bread.' Let mo warn jroil wuinstsuoh li^usUoe. Tho bakers aroto blame soms> times—thoT are not to blame now. It la tho mlll-ownora alone who nave Iqjnrod you, nnd tho maators who have rofbaad to advonoo your-wages. Against them let your measures be temperate: nothing Is to bo ofleotedbr in< tomperntd aoUons, or Immoderate demands. If yoii are guldod by me, you will form a dopulaUon to waiton those men, and slate your grtevanoos. But of all things re- member this I whatever eioesaea your anger may iDduce you to commit, do not aUaok tho proportr of Inaooont man. If any are to suffer, lot those suffor who are guilty." Hr. Hudson was extremely poiitlo. He committed him- self to nothing, but only said, "If so and so la to ooour beJusL" Tbo orowd understood him, and ohesred lustily. Bat It was evident that be had no intention of leading thorn as they desired. Jaok Leasohuntand a few others crowd- od round him, and bogged him to'lcad the deputation.' "WbatoaDIdol" ho said, smiling, "lam not one of f ou. They will not attend to anything I advanoe." Uewover, be was at length ponuaded, and adoputatlon, headed by Ur. Hudson, and oomposed of Loaaehnret ana aaveral of bis oompanlons, waited upon Uoaars. Blnmoos VHl Wright at their offloe. Hr. Blmmons reoeived tbem. Ho was a fkt, pompous UUlo man, of tbe real "bine-blood" Tory sohool; bad npresonlod bia native place in Parliament, and voted for ettrylhlni which tended to oppress and keep down the "ow people." " - . lie evei. Ur.Uudaon bad boon instrumental In bringing about He regstded Hr. Hudson wiUi no &vor- Uia last Tory defeat at Uthroo oleaUon,and Bimmens bad Mjar forgiven him, >^rei)him that bo had been misled, "ymon," he said, Vhavo always been well paid, and will (roated, and I-am sorry to see them ungrateful. 2°*<vor, they will suffer, not I, They eannot afford to Pjojpwork, I oan afford to do without tbom." IkJ°5," "> do anything towards nliovlHing Uolr dIairoBsl" said Mr. Hudson, with stemncas. u. 0,° "'oo 0^ return to work if they ehooso," answered "'■Blmmons; "that is all I oln promise." ■r. Hudson oyod him soverely, T«n. «lfi" n« enld, "I think It my duly to aay that t.. jy^*""*'•"T reapool, In contravention of tho or humanity, and to warn you that you may oxnoot •onousocnaequenoesl" uvfj» undcnland, air, thatyoa are throatoolDg mo t" ■Med llonry Blmmons, angrily. '?»i"lfoXu>'d hta."'** """" SlrooMns 1" he orled. "Mr. Hndson doesn't •uZ.7r''''""I<>o* I OBO <«» 70a there'll be ven, ¥■■• fllomons. You've eUrved my wifli hn S 'J" "'"' 'orrow In yotir house, too, bo- llahiTM" "'"> yo"' Oh r there ahsll be a merry taodi 1,%.?*/'°?."'-'^"' w"'" "Wo t» "O"™ PtaloM ' *" towards, hi* oom- tworj'. "^^Ihowahall," mum...rodlho men, with and oifod "fe°*^"''"''*«"fl''"y fttlo. while Mr. Hudson Wfltif " • "-^ """w not what yon are /itl A pu" "> again," ' " bimS"*"" °' '•nd'^luor lit up tho eyes of JaoK Uut- i?'''.^'ho"rieZ'"?n!;'»'; ioo'ds.»»». ■»«* ^yine h"re|i> "o"* o". my men I tbete'ine good to "'■"'^on lingered last. had no snob terrible algh withlft lis ranka, the laUetlirjl by tor tbo more heartrending. In the taeeaof laU wm e«ldent signs of tbe workings ofbtmger. .The pe'nbibtd -not returoed te. their hpmes after the terrible oirgloof' the .nluL,. Tbey bod orouched beneath hodge-rowi, or arouna flros made of bagmonls of tho barnU4' Unli, and had;awakened In tbo mfirnlbg from a steep which ■night hftve been Vie.eloop of death, and Weald have been br mora khid to some of thorn If it bad been. 80 the orowd which passed through tbe stroels of Uth- roo that day, bearing belbre thf m a hlaok. board with tho wonl8,.,',^We,are bungry," paintodupon It, were .while and ghastly, iand horrlblo to lock on. Their cheekt wwo pale ud aunkeo—Vielr eyoa bad a wistful glare Inlhtdi; and tqair <voloas, aa they cried aloud for bread, wi6t* omoked and shrill. Tbey received money flroin.acaiit loaves from oths(>) and on that torrlUe day—ihanka to tbetownneopte—not onoof that wlld,UiiooglMk*da morsel of Dread; but this oonid not laat'Iong, Tiie|eud deslrovod the limber yards—for soma time \hiin ifwit be nothing for tbem to d9; and even then, wonld th«ma» ,ten, whoso prope^y they had destroyed, offlple/r'lheB OMlnf f-i'-.7 ' ■ ■■ ■ I'lq.the inaiket place they were.net by Mr. Hadsoni bU dream had vanished. He bad hopodfor a wide-iprptl,, rising; be had seen an.eineuCe.'tn which might niovo agalnstrlgbt, and ccuiaeieC Jack t<easehurtt wi» the: foremost amid the throng, and pressed forwaiA to him... "XUa kaa.been a sad bushieBs, Mr. Hodion,''. hh (ald..|fl don't a«o that we've done any good tbU" > . - . Hmr you have not goneoqiin the right trVjil eiM ■Ur. Hudson.' "fou have been too proclpltato.'. Whaliit' the uw Of aaOh p riot aa tbat yon tavo begno I Ot'.wiitt avail con yea be—brave and delennloed'B* you allw ' against ah armed foroc, whoa yoabavono .w»a|i«a( tat year own taandaf . •■ . ■ l.-t ••. Jackal gloomy Case looked mere gloeay attU •« fallT pft> tronaiHoka. ••■.•iTi , Vhat ore wo to do thcnr> sald'1i«.i <^« }iMwf JENNIE PABEEB—l^AocDiimiB. (For Blographloal Sketch see another oolumh.)' "Mr. Blmmons," he said, "you are dctlog under bad ad- vice; believe me I" ' .'II am acting under my own advlcei" bo criedvOeroely; "apd I tell you what—ir I find that I have anything serl< ona to fear, I will oall upon the magistrate to order out tbe military. It will be a bad'tbing (br'ycu; Ur. Hudson,' to be fooaa beading a riotous mob!'' ' ' Ur. Hudson eye A hbn keenly. "I am boadlng no mob at present," he said, "so ba caro^ rul what worda yon use. I warn yon, however, that it Is dangerous to Insult men In my position ao ercasly as to Indues them to use the mob as a weapon of vengeance," . Deforo Mr. Blmmons recovered l>om his astonlshmont, be was gone. "•'What are we to dose, slrt" osk^ Jaok Leasohunt! !you see they will do nothing for us." "Help yqursolvos," said ^Mr. Hudson. "At present, however, I will say no more." Then the enlhuslasUe ItopnliicBn- walked away, his brain Iiiil of delirious dreams. Ho bud too good an opinion of tho sluggish mind of tbo English peasuntry- "A rising like twain every town," he muUored, •'and England mightbofk'oe I" Meanwhile, Jack Lcaseburst and his Meu ls ocnsultod. Tboy spoke together In hurried acconis for a few mo- ments, and then aoparated. All day there was auiotin the village and the town, although Wright, tho other partner,1ived In Uthroe. The quiet was unearthly; there wassomotblnginltqulto unnatural. livery ono seemed to be waiting for nigbu As soon as darkness onoo more covered the earth, a movement took placo. A murmur seemed to arise from all parts of the oountry side; and as the gaplni villagers hurried to tboir doore, they saw a huge body of men advancing, swaying to and iVo. and roaring nko a turbulent aea. Some carried tcrches— some spikes, mdoly Cisblonod of stakes, with long knivos f^tenod to their summits. Others wielded hngeolubs— otheie flourished poles with symbols of bread, and flags with terrible doviocs. And.In front of the proooaslon they carried npon a bier the body of a woman who had died of starvation, with her llUle baby lying by her side. The villaaen shuddered, and olcaed their' abopt. Tbey knew that something terrible was about 'to happon. On tbe steps of tbe Inn stood Ur. Hudson, and they oheorod him as they passed. "There'll bo some fearful things dona this night," said he to the landlord. "Ay, sir, there will. But who's to Memo tbem t That's what I say I These that make the laws sbooid suffor if they arc bad." .The rloteis passed along tho street shouting and sing- ing, and evidently wild with drink. As ibey could not :el food, tboy had bought bnady with their last money. Jaok Leasehurst wanted them to be eouragoous, and ho bad spent all the monoy ho had reoelvod bom Mr. Uud- gon In treating his companions. The vlllBgon, though they bad olosod tboIr doers In fear, opened their windows In euriogity. But their curi- cslly was soon quenched In one dread Iholing of dismay. It wos a torrlblo aoono. though but behold for a momonl. Coverod with soot, ana dirt, and dust, and mlro, from acme out-bulldlng tboy had'tom down to f\imish them with weapons; their garments In rags; their halr haog- log wildly I their bands and fhoos, too. Jagged and bleed- Ing with their Ooroe cagern'cesi'tlfcy hurried on like hide ous nadnon. Be the dense throng came llghtlh; on, some sing big, semo ahoaling In triumph,some qunrrelTng among tbomtolvcs, some menacing Ihospeolatcrs as they passed, aooie eensolosaly drunk, with tbo body borne on a shut- tor In thelrmldst—ascnselcss,ghastly hoapicovorod with adingyolotb. II was a vlaioD of dread. A vision of coarse fttces, with horo and there a blot of glaring, smoky light; a dream of lemon beads, and savage eyes, and iron bora, and pikes, and clubs upliried In tbe air and whirled about; a bewil- dering tumaIt,anlndeaorlbablo hetror,aeonfualng4brohg of weird pbantoiu. Opposite Ur, Simmons' house (he crowd baited, and sent np Into tbo still air a loud yell of exultation. In Its progress the nob bad boon Inoroasod by ovory bad char- aoter In the town and village, and many wero tbore In search ofpluader. There was no parley offered. Straight to the door* thev wont, and began batterMg tbem down, Mr. Blmmons had pxpooled an attack i and after seour ln| all tbe approaobos to tho mansion, be had loaded hie Brearmi, thloklbg by ono volloy to Inllmldato the mob, U« bltd reokonod without bis host. Ho openod the win- dow, demanded what they wanted, and reoalvlng no an- swer oioept In tho form of a briolcbat, flrod. He killed ono man, and tbo body foil beneath the feet of tho rioters, and wu trampled on. He might uavo fired a dcien limes wltheat alannlng ona heart In that thronf. Btonoa and other missiles entered the room where he stood,' and the door below began to yield. He Saw that It was ttnie 'to Sy, and with bis fhmlly he emerged by tho bn/ik way, W tered bis carr1ag6,and drove off down a by-lano towards the town-, whoro, upon the first'lnt)maUonj^'pla(lswate bad promised to oall out the mllilair. Toe holBe.^ofthe carriage wbepls'was lost amid the uproar. Lucky it was tor blm, or be would have been saorilloed with his thmlly to tbe fury of tho vengeful- multltode. - . . . n And now the doors were buret opeo,"apd tbo'people Eonred in, and ran' hither and thftoor over thi' great onso. Bonne broke up th6' fumlturo.'while otb'ors pitohod It out of .windows to those beloi^,'w;ho plied It In the tlm- her-yard and sot flro to it Olhers.ivent Inlo-the iCeDftrl and broke the botUes and ataved In tbo iiasks, and atlor aaturatlng tbomselvos with llqaor,neled awayuntJlthey fell yelling Into the flames; - Bomo were seen valnlydlylng to wtaidows, and proolpltatlngtiiemsolves Into -tbe 'ybrd bencathi 'Bo the Ore bhd Its ewq wayi-.Hugo fljmes burst fk'oin tbo casement abd licked toe wolfs.,'arcat beams foil In ihoaldoring masses, and the sparks, went drifUng through tbe night air like flakes offlory enow. Then the timbers In tbe yard burned merrily, anjl III. up tho sky, and.tho Tillage, and tho common, with a- lurid glare. And in and about tbiswild scene of horror .danced undreds of human beings, mad with drink or cxoite- ment, shouting, singing, shrieking as tbe sparks fell upon thelr-hcntcd olothoa and coDsumod them ns ,lf thoy nod boon tinder. Amid tbie tumnltuous scene thero was one who pro- served a calm demoanor. Ho flitted hither and thither— giving dlreoUons horo—dragging a drunken, man. ft'om the flomos thero—animatiog.cbocriog, advising, reproving In turns. At length, when the floroe dro had taken full fiosseeslon of ovorything, and there woe no hope of sav- ng anything, a loud ory wiui raised. "The Scldlors aro comiog I" ' Itaotod as an instnntnncons quiotor.' "Follow me I" otlcd their loader—tho artls.-ui who had addressed Ibem In tho mtirkot-plaoo—"follow mo with yonr torcbee, and we'll get round to Wright's before tbey are horel" .Themonformedlnallne'onoo-moro. They werenow Jubilant. They bad had revtnge'ob oneman, and were drunk with Joy and eagembss to attack tbe second: Bnt their leader bad miaoaloulated. Oh the by-re;ul las well' as tho highway tboy found the doldiois po^ted/.and wore compelled to halt. Thoy word restless and iwUd with drink and oxoltomenl. "Lot us attack the rcd-ooati 1" orled some; Vone good tush, and It will bo man to nan i" '..i.e. ./ ... But the young artlun whispered a few worda to Jack Leaschursl; and from man U man In the tnmultuous throng they passed liko maglo. "To the mills l-to tbo mills I" ' CHAFTBR ZXiV. TBI lOBMINO or TBI MILie. DisrEBsnia through the iaiot and tho meadows, th6 band of lawless and desperate men soon found themselves onoe mora thronging together at one point. The place oboaon for tbo meeting was a-Iargo, open apace, on whiob, hero and thore, were to be aeon tbe Terms of wind-mills, with their epeotral arms flung abroad like bugo phan- toms. It was a pleco of ground raised high above the surrounding country, and seemed so well adapted to tbe purpose, that'six mills had boon oreolod within a Ibw yards, as It wore, of one another.' Arrived bore, the band of deaporato dostreyors halted. Tbo torcbea were relit, and around the mills the army of raging, drunken, maddened people drew ilsoir. On their bogrlmod fiioos, on their tattered elcthos, on their strange weapons gleamod the llghtof the lorcbos., A dull, red glare It was, puking everrthlng appear unoarlhly—faoos, rorms, mills, and trees. Then the work of deetruollon began. Bomo bad aeliod, on their way, armsfUl of hay and straw; others bad seized stakes and palings from the bedge.rows and tho walls of ikrm-yarda; others bore on their shoul- den bundles of dried fltggots. All these oombnstlblcs were piled Indisorlmlnatoir bonoath tho mills, and then, with a shout, the wild muluittdo flrod the various masses. Bli volumoB of fleroo Oame rushed at once upwards to- wards the sky. It was a narful sight. The mills stood In a position where they wore of ocurse oxposad to every lay of the sun and every wind that blew. Alternately drenched with rain and scorched and dried op by the boat and the strong breetc, tho timber was reduoea to a substance somewhat similar to tinder, It had boon a eold, dry day, and the buildings were toon etavolopod In tit. Tnree of them were tenanted, but fortunately no one wag burned. The fiunUlta bad, at the first iliht of tho, fierce .imeb, prepared thamselvoi for flight, and ira the obnfjigrsUoA began bad nished out Into Uio'night Bo tbb human demons hod It all to themselves ibr a Ume. 0p .towwds tbe biMO heavens, darted tbe-red. flamee; jri^und. the. red SameS'danced meni women, and ohildron, mgddened by tbe IntoxioaUnginflaansas of tbe wlld (cbne pf .dpslrqotlon befpn thepi.' .iIb the mills (here wore do bi^di^. an4:Stooework'to.:lmpede'tha fire. They ware built of wood, and burned up right merrily, and olaarly, and nnlnteyrvptadly.j ' ..... ' In s^honr.nothlag remained bnt ai&pllas of smouldert ing ruins, and round' those pilot orowaed tho people, di^ yldliig,.betw9ei) them the .flour they bad savsdfTOm tho buildbigs'ore yet thoy wore red hot and orumbliog.- Bnt in tbjtt hour dread preparations, wero holng made. ' Tbo mllllaiy 'whb'bad mot them were'at firet ordered to n main In.tho.tpwn. Deport stated that the tloton at Law. bume Mills belonged to another band, and It was deemed unwiso to leave lbo town unproteoted, for foar.of tbo re- turn of thcHret band of maddened pdoplo. But tbe error was soon dlsoovorod.. Tbo chief maglst^ato was himself a mlll-owiier,'and fb^lng lost his own property, though some miles distant, ehould also become tho prey of tho Infuriated mob, hd at length dlrdotod the troops to bo sent out of the town and tbo hamlet, and marched aoross oonntry to LawbumoHlil. They arrived there when all was over, and when the peeple, satiated with tho mts- ohlef they had done, were silting moodily. round tho mouldering fires, warming tboouolves. Then a flitiil error was committed. Tho oflloer who commanded tho dctnehmont was a young man, and moro hctiheoded than brave. Without taking the trouble to oall upon tho peo- ple to dleponio or deliver up the ringleaders, be ordered his men-to fire Into the orowd. Men and women sprang up dismayed. There was silenoe for a moment eyed tho other in wondering, questioning terror. Then the exnrsssion of theirf^s changed anddeoly,and tliere was sllpnco no longer. A prolonged cry, a yell, a howl of hnlo and mcnoco went through the mulUtuue.aDd men and womon too preolpllatod themaoivea upon theeoldlon. The. olDoor in command bad: thought to overawe the people by tho uso of tho Oroarms,ana had given no order toflx bayonets. Had'ho'donoeo,theooosequonooawould hnvo boon far moro torrlblo than the/ wore. As It was, Ihoao who had flrod had do timo to roload, and those who had reserved their fire bad no pbanoo of using tboIr mus- kets. It '«ras' a' oonfused, hldeona'metee. In whlhh friend was Interlaofd with foe—Inwhloh men grappled ofioh other by the throat. oaid'woman. dragglDg out the sol- dlere' bayonets, stabbed them' In the back—In whIob babes', a Tow Weeks oM .were trampled wider, foot, or ornshod to death In th6 stmgglo. ' For'a'momonl the ofll- oer was'dismayed and'ilmsolnta. Bdt after a timo ho called off his mon,8houtlng to them to totreatand relbm. This was speedily effeotsd, and those whose bayonots had not been lost In the msleo, fixed thom, took the first rank, and prepared to obarge. ■ ■ An unarmed crowd never yet withstood a charge of bayonets.. In vain tbe leader of tho rioleis urged them to keep steady. In vain he went from ono point to another, exhorting thom to eland that and take signal re- venge upen tho soldiery. . He was the only man in tho oroml who dreamed of withstanding that long row of stool unon which tho rnys of tho moon glinted dismally. The soldlora advanoed at a trot A yell of oxocratlcn again ran through tlie orowd, and Uils time thoy turned and flod. .Then a word from the lender pasaod from mouth to mouth; and as If every ono wns acting under the influence of an Instinct, tboy rushed to the burning milia, and, seizing each a piece of blazing wood, hailed and turned round once moro. Into tho ranks of tbo sol- diers went tho flaming bninds. Tho people were mad. and oared not fbr burns; tboy soijod the masses of flaming wood In their bae hands, and flung them among the'advancing troops, who, burnland soared, andacarcely knowing what thoy aid, flrod at random, nnd till no ono. Then, eatisflod with this List effort at revenge, tho mob fled away, some ioaving tholr dead frionds bobmd tbem, some currying hodloa on their soldlere. Morning broke over a dismal aoene. Tbe abopkoepera were athud to open tholr shops, and bualnoas was aoeord- Ingly Buapendcd. Enola of people gathered In the streets, and Ulked fearfully of the terrors of the past nlfdit, and the antloipated terrors of tho coming evening. Boldlere Earadod the streets of the town and the village, lomo saiing evidences of tbo oonUot of the prcvlooi Dight; others looking lttiah,aa If Just trrlTOd from some nolgh' boring garrison. Duruv that day a moarndil prooesaicn paraded through tho town. Though the procestlon ofthe day before had with It tbe dead bodies of a woman and child who had faflcn viotlms te atarvaUon, and though this procession 'A'party of i.oirolg' hsdi.'bimi and as Ur.Badsoi; mdiMamy >. Hudton'tumed u^itOf!^;^^^ :Mr. Hudson smiled;:'.. : .j - y.t "That. VoQ ahould have thought of betm,** he Ml <^iHid>thls been an organiaod rlsttig-4iad youaetMtn 'OOBCort'with the workmen'of nelMiherlnx'toirn«,UU( unfbrtimato'bread riot might have been'aglbrtoutfMvo* latton." .1 . v; ., .-r -I'l;.!. .< "Ib is Dottoolktetiow-," rituriied kVeahg.miU Mo stood bv.^tbe ildoof Jabk Leaashorst"" " ' " ;., '- Mr. HodsoD toraed loMrds him. 'Bi was' a' mda of. sctse -flve-BiM-thlrta' ycaM ofgge 'wtth a bushy heaiH'Aat BonstaMbOf^brlght eyosfoad a. «rell-btilit (rautfP'Et seemed onifhrremovcd fromrthd pcslUon ofthoselMttbd hlny/altho'iigh bo had'adopted'thelrdrsaL"Hlt «Md4,Ws mainMr, his. method of pronoondng hls trMs, Wspoke 'one who had beenedaoaled. ■ ' ^ • ' ■' ' '■ "Bir,".«dld HF. Hudson, •'lIMf tUty^tiuWlD'etror;" "Bocauso now tho authorltlos.are'onthe guielM'iM wodld'oriMh any atteript at rhbillloB.- Mo, slij tbtfop- iporSitty hu lapsed." ■ ' .■ C•:. .""1 thrak not," .persisted thestranger. "There aft aitbi In Manborough Oastlsi if thcmeo'IrotUd-battaVerthMi, gslwlsh." ^. . , .. .- ''.',■■:■.■ '..^ '^J-;!^' I Mr.HUdloh shook hts'hoad/ . :»^^^^e%S,;;^iro1v^':w< ' The group dlspetsod.' eagerly watoblng them, and they stopped bun.: Ur. " constable. . , . „ ".What, te tt- yon reqaim of mo;'ralIow f - lis cim'. "I would advlac you to be oWil,and'keep,y6nr hands oS,'*'' Hr. Hudson wss well known and respected In the belah- borhaod.' Hie 'haughty'i^oodh 'somewhat'dlgmiyed'^ Mincer;. Be bowed Tcspeotfully. "• ' '■'" ■ ■ «I miisfobey ordeM,Blr,'* belsald.'"r)l»refM<jtl!)l)- reOtdd by the magist^tes to ifoteh' yt|uij;^pi|eifra^ * "Per tyhat purposer'^ .' lo ikuii A ' "It has been sold'air; that you have fnoHAd.ilif'jpAitb to riot—that you have aided them with .mt^dy and ait vico,- nifd rwas to warn yea tbat'lfVcil worb knunMrn Indirect abmmuolcatlon with the riotersyODwbnldiN takoh Into oUstody." ' "'• ~iTi.Tr ■ Aim"-—— "I w worth,' tlon. , . Do tbey suppose that' siioh nn' lll-aidvlBed,| this has bden plataned by,m»r I(l hdd ledil pnbllo'bnlldlng ahould.'M^b'been tt/mdiag 1 town, nor should thiire have boon a soldlerwtthltt a' mil* bflt.''^' '■••• " ' ' ■■" ' ■ ""■ • .. . With these irpids he wall;od,awayi loavljig ' bio gazing aftir him WMIknt wonder.' T6wa tliD crowds dispersed, the men rett^nedlt^ ond tbe sbopSwere opened.' '^ery eno hop wonld bo'restored,'fora rumor hod been f that a moating hsid (aken- placo bctwik workmen, and, that another mooting on a fi boon appointed'for'the following day. At'seven;that evening. In a neatly Airniahcd apartment In.the towiu nt B young girl by tho fireside. Bho was nct.mbrO.^ban olghlecn—0T,Bt '.any rate, but a ftw months' .past thtt age. Beautiful—won-droased—apparontljr surroanddtt by comforts-rfhoyct scorned very aod.. ''' ,.'''■•„. Why was Itl Why was jo ^inuoh Icvdinos* wl^ wlt£ that tho ono she waited for was Bomfrlde, tho While Olp- sv. IIo It was who led tbo riot—ho It was who hod'Iast spoken to Ur. Hudson-be It was who bad horangued^O poopib In tho market place. ' , . ^ ' - Attor obtaining an faonornbtc position In a large fltol In a town where he would bcqalte unlikoly to boj., oovorod, be bad now been Indoced toJolnlntboTlOt,! endanger bis llbortyand his life.. Thoy iwore.;not,'.] married. Although she had eonsontea. to'bopn wllb, Damfyldc had reaolvcd to make cno'pi9n'Jt-,„E - recover his position bqfcro making her bib own, Ju jjBtoIl hit attempts had been '10' 'vain. But he dU tot desDali^ He had already discovered the name pf ,th« plMowuro hobad been stolcn'by the gipsies.' 'It;MmBlned'iiow'«n|)r to discover.some' one who ooUU Identify '!i)liC',_)iJ|jnM WintworthOarowrose as the olock'nnic]telght;'udap- proaohod tho window. Bbo begpO to fbel aUnnedl' Wliit r. .. i..,,f Was'he *toln oigajn4*'' t0'" , -..:m glanced up and down the street All was etUI. The ilv was olo-tr and brl^t;' Hot a sign was there of distoro- nnce. "What<oan'koop'Mmt".sne mutmure^. 'JOh'l.lt la cruel—cruel td ' torturo me',thtia." The quiet In.(hb town nlnrmod 'hor ibore thon. a riot would have done. Tlic one gavOOo oanab for his obscnoo; lbs other wonld have accounted for It. Presently, along the road, oimo foctatops. As of Ono Idhasto. Tbo car of lovo Ustfoefl eagerly. ' "It Is he I" she murmured, ere she saw him. Then closing tho window she resumed hor seat at too Ore. OUAPTER XXV. OH Tm TStOI. Tni Iboe Of Bnmfyldc, as be ontorod tlo room, was ei- Iiresslvo of tho utmost oonoorn. Ho closed the door «||K1 ookod 11 anor him* . V '"ii». "Iwn afraid, dear Alloo," ho s^lii "i,°,?™?£Sr}|ai nnd kissod her as ehc roso to groot b '"-''tjOWd.iM^ I havo kept you very long; and you must have begun, to wonder what had become of mo." ,., i "Tea. dear Bamiyido," she answered, 'J began lo be alarmoi. I havo boon looking out of the.Wlndo«;sennl SniDs forvou. Wbero have you beenr' i . "l havo'boon at a meeUng,''he rcpuod, gloomily. . Thore was ellonco for a moment : ■■. ■. _ Alloo TOSS again, and bogan pouring ont lottio ooffee. Ho watched hor, as aho moved about, wl6 aiudoui eyea. Kvory moUon of hor form, mry look seemed saddeuy luvaated with molanoboly Tntonit. BvldtoUy U ta- pootod some mlsfbtlunoT^At length, AUpe front**}* barew sank down on her knees betbre him, and Uyug l^head on his kneel In a ohlldlsh way, lald^'Dear Vms fvldo, what Is iho matter!" '"'^ " Ho smiled, but It nu»iRd mUe,