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BY WILLIAM MINTO.
CHAPTKK IX Continued.
By 10 o'clock tlioro wits n coimidcr
nolo nitistur nt Wixoo In nil nbout 100
mon. Sir Richard Hninlmni wiih not n
popular neighbor, nml wlion it wiih
known that n blow wiih to bo struck at
tiim tlioy cmno witb a will.
Not inoro tlinn n third of them hnd
regular nrinor and wcnpoiiH. Uut in
tho light of tho Fhiold lnnterna enrried
by Tilur nnd Bnniuby their equipment
of scythes, nxcfl, and hedging bills
looked ugly and formidable enough.
TIioho who had inoro upeciat wcanoiiH
nnd regular defence of plate, or Hword
proof Icntlrcr, were marshalled by Tiler
in front. The injunction of eilence
wan well obBorvcd; tho mydery of tho
armed gathering, tho darknets, tho
flanhing of tho uncovered lanterns on
faro and weapon, tho suspense- of tho
lisuo held them muto.
When all wan ready, the slidofl of tho
lanternn were shut, and Tiler, who bad
noted tho ground carefully in bin morn
ing's excursion, led them to within 100
yardH of the outer gato, exhorting thorn
to move ax stealthily uh possible.
Then, after again repeating tho liijuiic
tlon of silence, bo went forward alonu
into thu darkuoHH.
Presently, while tho men stood hard
ly daring to draw breath, ho returned,
uml told llurnahy, in n volco jtiHt audi
ble to all in tho hushed Hilenco, that
Jill waH right. Then tho order wiih
j; i veil, and repeated in whluporH by tho
mibordlmitcH in command, that no man
wan to move till u mesHenger should re
turn with the Hlgnal. Then Tiler went
orward cautioiiHly again, taking Il.irn
n by with him, nnd Lawrence, nn'd ouo
of the npprunticoH. Tiler tbiH time
carried a scaling ladder, with iron
crookii nt ouo end. llnruaby bad a
lieavy hannner and a crowbar. To a
modern eye, accustomed to tho appa
ratus of lenH simple warfare, it would
liavu looked more liko an intended
burglary than an operation of war.
Tiler had taken nobody but Barnaby
into bin conlldeiu'o. Ho knew that sue
ceBH depended wholly upon the com
pleteness of tho Htirprlm). If tho garri
son weio on their guard an army might
beat againnt hucIi strength for days in
vain.
Tho ciiHtlo stood, as wo bavo already
iinid, in tho middle of a mere, connect
ed with tho laud by a cam-owny, protec
ted at thu landward end by n fortified
gate. Thin gate wiih first to bo panned.
Tiler had half hoped that thin out--work
might bo unguarded. It waH not
h if Kir Kichnrd lived In a hostile
country, or had any reason to appro
bond an attack. Hut in bin recommit
orlug tho cautiouH leader hail observed
n figure pacing sentry-wiso on tho bat
tlemented roof. How to get rid of thin
eontry wiih thu first iiieution. An ar
row might miss him, or ntriku againnt
his armor, or only wound him ho that
bo might Htill give thu alarm. They
could not afford to rink thin. A surer
way must bo found.
Tiler iiiHtructed tho apprentice to
creep to tho other side of tho gate, and
throw u Hiuall Htouo into the water to
attract the sentry's attention. Ho was
to throw another at an interval of u
minute, and another If nccesMiry.
At tho Unit h)Iiih1i thu weary sentry
looked listlessly over tho parapet, won
dering whether it miih ii rut. .hint uh
bo wiih turning away u M'tond came,
nnd bo looked again, this time with
quicker curioHity. Ah bo peered into
the darkuoM, tho gleam of thu water
Just visible, there waH u thiid slpnsh,
nnd bo began to suspect human agency.
"It must bo HOiuofrollcHouio wtmch,"
be thought, and looking keenly along
thu shore, and Moiling to hiim-olf, ho
called in nsoft olcoof Inquiry, "Midi?"
There wiih another light splash in
rex pou so.
The sentry wan convinced. "Moll!"
bo cried, "Ih it you?"
Thin waH too much for tho appren
tice's gravity. "Veh," ho squeaked in
u fabetto voice, "it urn I. Let mo in."
Just at that moment tho t-entry
beard n light footstep behind him, mid
turned. Hut bo was too late to defend
liiuuell, In eutcrprlfOH of tit Ih kind
bumtui life wiih held of light account.
Tiler wiih master of tho gate, but it wiih
a more sorioiiH husinota to get inside
the castle. For this also, however, ho
bad laid bis plot.
The main plan of tho castle wiih of a
familiar typo of the early feudal strong
hold. There wiih no aperture in tho
tirst story big enough to admit a man.
The main entrance was high up in one
of the sides, and was approached by an
outside stair leading up from the cause
way and terminating in a drawbridge.
Tho bridge from the stair led on to tho
ilrst lloor, if it in ti y bo so culled, of n
bit of substantial masonry built out
Mqtuiro from thu main entrance. Thu
Ilrst floor of this outbuilding thus served
us a landing for tho entrance, mid an
outpost from which the garrison might
lcfouif themselves against un enemy
that had reached uh fur its tho stair.
Tho windows wuro tolerably largo,
lurger than any other on the sumo floor,
to permit of the free play of milled on
un attacking jmrty.
It was by one of those windows that
Tiler had planned to guin entrance. It
was true that oven if lie gat in there bo
would still bo outside tho castle, for tho
square outbuilding before tho entrance
lay practically outside, separated from
the interior by a strong door, with a
portcullis that could bo let down if
necessary. Hut tho dungeon Jay under
neath, being the ground floor of the
outbuilding; und bo could got into tho
dungeon through the trup door, and
iroui tbo duuguou juuko bis way into
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tho interior. Moreover, onco into tho
landing room, ho could cut down thu
drawbridge for his followers.
It wan a daring plan, and bo bad no
hopo of success utiles bo could gain tho
window unobserved by the garrison.
Once master of tho outer gato, ho
Font Law renco back to tho main body
for a raft, which ho and tho smith bud
constructed that afternoon for pairing
tho moat. Ho told him also to bring
up tho mon, and order thorn to bo more
silent than ever.
Thoy advanced as quietly as possible
over tho cauceway, and launched tho
raft by the side of the stair. Tiler,
Harnuby and Lawrence embarked on it,
tho scaling ladder, tho hammer, the
crowbar all in readiness.
It was fortunate for tho enterprise
that tbo inmates of tho castlo were all
so absorbingly engaged. Tho first in
timation of visitors that reached them
was tho sound of tho smith's blows on
tho iron grating of the window. Bar
naby wan a strong man and skilful in
bin craft, and bo soon mado room for
hlmpolf to scramble in. Tilor followed.
It wau Lawrence's business to hold
tho ladder firm, but be was ho excited
by the adventuro that ho went beyond
IiIr instructions and mounted nftor his
loaders.
It wan his volco that called Ralph
Hardelot'H namo down tho trap door
from behind Tilor. Tho smith was
otherwise engaged. Ho wan climbing
up to break the chains of tho draw
bridge. Lawrcnco'fl impulsive zeal
proved of service for once, at least, in
the history of that maligned quality.
If ho had not spoken, Tilor wiih ho
wrapped in astonishment at tbo inex
plicable Fcene beneath him, tho knight
lying bound in bis own dungeon and u
young man und a damsel standing by,
that he would not have raised bis head;
anil ho would have fulled to sco that
one of tho garrison had opened the
main door with a torch in his hand to
learn the meaning of tliostrango knock
ing that had been heard, nnd, seeing
two strangers kneeling at tho trap door,
was making for them witli a drawn
dagger in bis band. Tiler bad not
tlmu to draw bis own dagger, but ho
solzed tho man'a wrist, and after a
brief struggle disarmed him.
Meantime, tho smith's sturdy blows
bad Hovorod tbo chains of tbo draw
bridgo, and It fell witli a loud, resound
nig crack into its place. Barnaby
leaped on to it and shouted to tho men
now gathered on tho causeway
"Now, my boys, up uh if tho devil
waH behind you, and roar liko floods!"
Up tbo steps they rushed poll-moll,
and, headed by Tiler, poured into tho
hall. Hiiiuhum'H men wuro ovorpow
ered almost buforo they know that they
were attacked.
CIIAI'TKK X.
Tho costlo wiih won, but what wan to
bo dono with Its owner, Kir Itichurd
llalnham? Thin question, forgotten
during tho hurry und fury of tbo as
sault, and tbo short, sharp struggle,
presently became urgont.
Among the rough neighbors who bad
rushed Into tbo castle when thu smith
cut down tbo drawbridge, only one
answer wiih likely to suggest itself.
Italnham was detested for miles around,
und with good reason. Thu tenants
nnd serfs on Ills hinds got little from
him of that protection in their industry
which the Christian polity of the Mid
dlo Ages prescribed uh the obligation of
tho lord of the soil. Thoy were con
stantly at loggerheads with his bailiffs
over tbo terms of their tenuie, and if
ho demanded nixpouco where bo wau
entitled to a groat, or three days' la
bor instead of two, or double the stip
ulated number of eggs or chickens or
capons, thoy might grumble, but thoy
rarely escaped thu extortion. Hturmore
Castle was one of those virtual nests of
rubbers which tho parliaments of tbo
time denounced but could not suppress.
l.very humlut had its tale to tell of in
solent pillage and outrage by Kuinhum
and his lawless gang.
The victims had now tbo upper hand,
and were uut in a mood to lose tbolr
opportunity.
Towurds the end of tbo hundred years
of disorder in which feudalism in Kng
laud expired, or was at least funda
mentally modified, ii great constitu
tional lawyer tried to dirabiuo the up
per clashes of n prevalent idea that
their only rafoty lay in keeping tlte
commons poor. If they were kept poor,
uh tbo French wore, it was urgued that
they would not rebel, and that their
rebellions would not bo dauuerouH, for
they would have neither weapons nor
armor, nor money to buy those neces
saries of successful rebellion. A fatal
error, argued Sir John Fortoseue. Pov
erty does not mnku peoplo contented.
It is poverty that breeds rebellion,
"For nothing may make a people to
arise but lack of goods or lack of jus
tice. But yet certainty when they lack
goods, they will arise, saying that they
luck justice. Nevertheless, if thoy bo
not poor, they will never arise, but if
their prliu'o to leave justice that lie
give hiimolf all to tyranny."
Tho commons in Sir ltichanl Kaln
bain'a neighborhood bad been stripped
as baro as the cupidity of himself and
hia followers dictated, But tho opera
tion bad not improved ttieir temper
They hated him cordially for it. And
when tho emissaries of the pretended
Flemish merchant went round with tho
news that a friend of John Truoman's
was in tho hands of Sir itichard Kaln
ham, uml invites.! them to help in the
rescue, they were not slow to respond
to tlte summons.
The gathering was not a mare rabble,
Thcro was some organization In it, and
tills organization was based,' oddly
enough, and yet not' inappropriately,
upon tho established machinery for the
conservation of peace. The use made
of this machinery in tho great Rebellion
of tho Peasants is ono of the most curi
ous features in it, and the least gener
ally understood. Tho machinery was
simple, and It may bo worth whilo to
dcFcrlbo it in a word or two, eeoing that
it is ono of tho main clews to tho for
midable character of tho rebollion.
In tbo Fourteenth century wo wero of
conrso still very far from tbo modern
institution of polico force If you wero
robbed in open day, or bad your houso
forcibly entered and pillaged, or wore
violently assaulted on your way to
church or market, thero was no civio
soldier in bluo on tho spot, or, as it
might bo, at soma distanco from tho
spot, to protect or pursuo. And yet
thero waH n certain guardianship of
tho peaco, an arrangement by which
all the able-bodied men of u district
woro constituted into a Bort of rosorve
polico force. Evory man, villein and
freeman, between tho ages of 16 and
00, from the poorost son of the soil to
the substantial freeholder, was bound
oy law to possess arms of somo sort.
Officers were periodically appointed to
make tours of inspection, and see that
every man was provided with arms ac
cording to his means, fiom rough dag
go r knife, or iron pointed stako, to
nword and spear, helmet, and coat of
mail. Thon in evory township thero
was a constablo, and in overy hun
dred' a chief constable, whose duty it
wan to keep the roll of this reserve
forco and call thorn out upon occasion.
Every man was bound under penalties
to respond to tho call. When a flag
rant breach of tbo peaco was commit
ted, and a huo and cry raised, tho forco
waH put in motion thiough tho con
stables, und criminals wero chased from
township to township with an ardor
proportioned to tbo unpopularity of tho
offence. Thoro waH thus n simple but
effective military organization, strength
ened by long established tradition,
uvnilablo for tbo preservation of order.
YVhon tho feudal chiefs began to
neglect their duties, nnd became, many
of thorn, tbo enemies, instead of tho
leaders and protectors of tho commons,
this organization stood ready to the
hand of tho widespread discontent. It
was tltis that mado the insurrection so
formidable.
But to return to tho nrmod gathering
that had stormed Sturmoro Castlo.
Why did not Simon d'Ypros, as this
ugltutor of many aliases called kimself
on his present journey, ratio the hue
and cry against Ilainham in tho regular
way? A high handed robbery had beon
committed in broad day on tho king's
highway. Why did ho not appeal at
onco to tho chief constablo of tho hun
dred? For tho best of reasons. Sir
Richard Italnham was himsolf chief
constable. Thu custon pads was the
sturdy lawbreaker. This was tho reas
on why tho plundered traveller ap
pealed to tho organization which for
somo timo ho and his friends had been
secretly building up within tho lines of
tho regular legal organization.
rrom the moment that tlionsFomblcd
peasants crossed th drawbridgo they
became a rabble, a rabblo Infuriated,
posuessud witli the savage instincts of
lynch law. Tho wholo affair had been
ho sudden that tlioro had been no timo
for such drill as nlono can keep in
check tho irregular, bloodthirsty im
pulses of oxcited mon with arms in
their hands, collected in tho namo of
Justice. Justice thus embodied, furious
us well as blind, is apt to strike wildly.
Neither Simon nor Tilor had any
fixed plan as regarded Haiuham hlm
polf. Their first und main purposo was
tho rescue of tho prisoners. Simon
also wished to recover certain papers,
of which he proposed to mako uto at
Stourbridge Fair, his outfit as n Flem
ish merchant being n blind to his real
mission there. Further, ho was glad
of tho chance of testing tho eflicioncy of
tho now organization. What might bo
come of Ralnham in tho conflict thoy
had not fully considered.
(To be continued.)
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others that tho toluphono could never
bo brought into practical uto. Today
it is estimated thoro aio 2,278,000 tele
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alone. No man attempts to do busi
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Business is transacted ovor tho telo
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and tho office aro brought together by
means of tho tolephono. Those Instru
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free delivery of mail tire going hand in
baud,
Khaki Color Doomed
Tho British war ollico has decidod
that after tho Boer war is over khaki
will not Iw used, but it working dress
will bo mado of u peculiar drab mix
ture, which is said to be of a mora
neutral color than khaki her go, so that
the present campaign will doubtless bo
handed down to posterity as the khaki
war. This material, it is complained,
has not enhanced tho appearance of
English soldiers, and the authorities
are by no means satisfied thatN it has
added to their safety.
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