1ST


WHAT IS THE WAR ISSUE ? Von


S FABLES


J a ,bed- l l i i i t . at


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before . ■ Tues-


1(30), a ■ j. itheroe.


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bwnlng^, Iccflng-! [


luperln-j Ttlje hut.' nday, atl


E ilanorl- ig the; ' - .ylng i .


i.


J twenty : leservlsj;. larrying.-


kes'dis- , and at! '


Iri-road,


IrepUed.,^ , Tfroralla Biitlsfled' took the' pnediat. ' Bid: . “ I.. , 1 took It; ; 3jafter-:-'


| l i hoine- j ntention. ^;he ’bus. tppvof


irney,'hb- ‘ aibh was' tle-rtad: : Whlie he saw: ;


I Impulse, ta s a y , reslstl,”


for steal- . ' £ l - for-


le Bench:! favy, tlie-^' liLanc^-' pad been, pther^r. [ the last


p{t again!


pting rils; . at bound.


uran). 1 to- the'


Points To Watch By CARE^ LORD.


• Americans would put it, as to; which, slds Is right in the present war. I By all meahs kep them well informed on the course of| evffits. If the neutrals find we withhold information they will naturally conclude that the news we possess is bad and that we therefore dO; not wish it to be* known. But propaganda,, No. For one reason we are at a great disadvan- tage compared with Dr. Goebbels. A whole­ sale nerverter of the truth has a long in propaganda work against the; party which sticks ,to the facts whether good or bad. Goebbels disseminates lies, lies; lies] as the machine at the bottom of the sea grmds out salt salt, salt, according to the ahcient fable as why tbe sea is salty. , Let; him get . on with his job. i He is dotog the. Allies more good than harm. In any event wc cannot compete. But soon or late the trutlp comes


IV/ruCH has been and il being madp of the i ’A alleged necessity of ouri keeppgl the neutrals well “ propagandised,” ^as , the


' ■ believe the liar no longer even if orj when— : a remote do'ntingency-he propagates! the


! discover! tjiey i are being habitually deceived, if they' navd hot. already! done so, they wiU


to the top and when once Goebbels’ audiences


■ ' truth even by accident.. But a more [weighty ' reason why We should not follow Germany s


: witnessed hisifllUbusterlng policy, his whole­ sale murder flrSt of Austria, then of| Czecho­ slovakia! and finally of .Pbland, and now they know that France and Britain—and Russia for purrioses of her own-have blocked Ins path aid that the Allies will contmue to Wock' liis path , until either he retu^s to sanity or disappears altogether: AftCT all this, arl'the I neutrals silch f lrs tcto idiote as to w sh'to see the siirvival cf Hitlefipi, are the; such weak-kneed blocimeai !that they pnfer to see the Hitlerism we are figM- ing re-<stablished in Europe in alf ltsTuty


■! lead in the imatter of .the neutrals is- this; During the last isix years , they have trembled in their ! shoes-this refers of comse to the small European nations, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Scandinavia, Yugo Rumania, and all the_r^t of them name of [Adolph Hitler. They have heard his bounce, brag and bluster, and they Imve


and ponposity so that again danger if being pounced upon at the mommt


cannot possibly convert


nation! at overtakes them and . they may


to stev in their own juice. ; ■'*'


| jalp of all ,


uhday will nbrancejof' 1 'needs [of irller that,


J will be'


,wives and.' ire! should, iki of the


ll services,. Ip sum |of


■at will be ^cqllectidn,


j’iur pElit. lui ing and.


beneVo-' ' :; 1 with Its I:


Ilsh Legion I tPue that. ; the point,


bfnen and. Find pht


let! to, .and. Tt'It -


hes in the; h jo forget.'


jciiir fellow lose fellow p-jl'and do J an^ help pess which rom their


|ve that tO' • d-huarters,


Benevolent.


lave khow- ) not over- te'handing Jits greater jerstandirig lUnow how 1 ' ' '


| e.' '


[•e built tip ■ our mis-


mis under- , will make


fll look for Iwill need ? [ade away; ■ icK in the-


bafcked by not to us


pn to xafe |tlon which, slrength of .t heart ?s be passed


j f that still ■fating ;tfae pirit of the 1 and senbe ichor, both in the days irdshlp and


in, to prat- ii,long your-


, to. realise, it you have


full know- itions, and


preaching it and re-


I


n with the 'ex-Service-


ioing' now, est on our fy and up-


Ithe action ' I ■


"'rong then the' neutrals—the small least—wUl deserve whatever fate well be left


“S


tastic f otions of Herr von Ribbentrop. TTiis man 1 ved in Canada: for some years, but


TTni'have just had a'wbnderful exhibiUon * V lof t,he German mentality in the m-'


! .


blood if thidker than water [and it is now quite obvious that the experience which should have 'proved invaluable to him only led to :ils'undoing. A bigger [guy was never transpl inted I' into a seat of the During 'the whole time he was, Hitlers


Hitler i ; ready to strike and believes the time m ste4 is opportune ? AlUhe lymg pm^ aganda that Berlin so blatantly ra“(os


Peace Comes.


then 6f the neutrals will go to waj to enforcb the deciision of a conference ? Does acceptance .of ah invitation to' a| conferencj bind a Power to take up arms to| enforce its decistpn ? If so, it is difficult to believe that the neutrals whose judgment is most desired will accept th'e invitation; But Iwhat could be w6rse for the prospect of restoring 'and rebuilding Europe than a conference flouted by a Strong Power ? We are all agreed that the next Peace Conference musj be a very different boc^ from the last, that it must give great; weight to neutral opinion, [and that it must! prepare the way for a v ^ different- Europe ini rebuilding which all neutrals will take a haiid. The' more this grpat purpose is presented to the world for discussion the better. ’The more the Allies adopf. and definje such Ipurposes the better.' ThS more they prepa're for a conference that 'cai[i give effect


to them the better. | 1 | But those who run away with the idcji arid painful facts.


that H is as simple to summon an inter­ national conference and to make it effective as it is to settle ah industrial dispute are shutting their eyes to the hard


of Versailles was bad. It- was never as bad as it was made out to be bjj those , who, having lost the war, thought jthey should nevertheless gather all the plums. Germany especially had little cause, for complaint ih view of Brest-Lltovsk and Bukarest. The Trea y of Versailles was the detailed appll- crition of the general principles embodied to President Wilson’s Fourteen points. But thesd; according to many crit,ics of the treaty! were “abstract and metaphysical words.” One of them, for instance, provided for tjhe resurrection of a free Polish nation with! an access to the sea—that was not, apparently a “ concrete geographical ex­ pression that every German jiorker . _ soldib can understand.” The expressions by


E are frequently told th^t the 1919 “ peace ” was lost because the Treaty


which Hitler and Stalin are now settling tpe fate of Poland are indeed more geographical


and -certainly more concrete; evpry Gennm worker and soldier can .understand them. ■Ihejl take account of economic realitips which the poor old-fashioned Wilson, pto- occupied only with abstract justice and the freedom of nations, had so wantonly oyef- Idokrid. i They restore- to the German people at least, of the fundamental rights


fully iinfon ied of their leader’s Intentio^ ant sacrificed t! lei'r freKiom With their own hands Among th;m, decidedly, liberty is not at home. Ag! tost .these plain facts, and iii spite, of tile ejdaence of thousands of - tortuijed oi exiled ant-Nakis, whose courage is, i^ot, ir question, protests of a “betrayal” ol the German i eople by their ’leaders .will not avail] ■ Mr, Chamberlain s^id recently| that we had no hatred against the GermanJ pec except in m far as they allowed themselves to belgoveined by a Nazi Government. Witt this signi leant restriction, we all cai ed dorse; that view, but ,I'am convinced that the mass! of ti e German , people will be bphirid theiri leadets as long {as they 'are victorious Whether I am right or wrong will be ' estqd exactly by the actual length of the war and the srieed with which the German natioi will " oped its eyes” and turn its arms ■ against


the sword ind the tears, of war shall pijepare the [seeds of' the, hafvest of the future, (" MCin Ki mpf.’’) ThelGerman peoplej were


Hitler.


Only when we have tangible evidence thal the Gel man people have repudiated theii leaders and their doctrine and are reads to^ aton: for their shameful past, /o re­ pair fully the harm they have inllictec upon others—only then shall we have ne grudge igainst the German people. I


1 [ . •to. C


the to Gel


rf for their o O


l thisolicy istini an P'


will


^y that we are fighting to stop, the ';ans I rom oppressing other nationsilsnol;


it wil therefore diminish our chances [oi .■y. That may well be. But, first of all


to.ssiy thit'we. Genrian i;ation


cept 1 in so far as their conception of right to ^ t involves, as to-day, the to annex s nd oppress other nations. Secondly


,re fighting to depriife -the If their right to exlst-exf ’ thel] righ!


-


the bbjedtJon raised against the view Dated imjlies a serious drawback, foy choice is letween the risk of putting into I the German troops and their taking ths spirit out of our own. Hitler is already pi lying that card; in his Iasi; speecr he pitied tme poor “ poilu,” compelled tc flghf a thfee yeirs’ war for England. One , n.ay be assuiied, with good reason, that such display^ of compassion only make our soldiers to-day. lu t they would perhaps not with-'such-grim resolution if they be^i think tha .'they- are fighting merely Hitlei: reilaced by ,a Government , , another et iquette, and not for a just an, i last-


. the spirit ,sk[ 0;


a vb


laugl figh]


and 1 tag peace. ,


said for tifem later but not just'Vet—say ithat peace


s


many all these fundamental nghte, or else ■'one does not see how it could differ vefy much from the Treaty of VersalUes. It would have to restore to Germany another


Ambasiador iin London his ImpudOTce was Mourning.' I He talked [ regularly aboijt. the prospect 6f Germany and Brijam bossmg the world f • only Britain'iwouli play Hitlers game Then he went back to Berim e d S t c d in telling HiUer that the Briti^ would lot" fight, [that they had nothing to, fight vith in any event; that, they .were just^ an ov( r-ripe pineapple' ready; for | piercing. Britair’s day, according, to the gcispel of von Ribbemrop, was over. I Now


von


tells tl e whole world, land is the world does not believe hun. has intsnded war, with Germany all/along Jor vears i nd years, and .that durmfe the whole time Iritain has been t’Y®Pa™S


the'same man furious because , that Britain


secret. Happlly.no one in his senses takes Ribten trap seriously. Hitler: 1 ^


^


rated- it is' only the kmk in him that keeps him w lere he is—but


plete riisfit who has’no soutid ideas ,of h^ own at d cannot understand anyone wto has.


ovei- v,is


' them, 'mt there is onejpoint; ^Wch desems notice Herr 'Von Ribbentrop. declared that


We ca 1 safely leave the French those Darts 'of the Speech which concern


'stigaticns of the Britisli Government, thoug^ in fflrt the British guarantee was i not given


Poland sVeJection <£ Germany’s magnmcen and ur repeatable ofler,” was due to tne m


> ■Sirifl l a t " BU^


did nc) mention what jiS ; often speakeis ^ven in this , county.


po4r In this country.,,


had a: lact of mutual assistance with Foiana long before the National GoVemment|was m


. indere^d"nt Poland to Europe Fr^ce did not fellow Britam but Britain ip iowea France. Herr von Rlbbentrops acrount of


imtil the end and was renewed by the French and Polish Governments on .two occasions. In rec(gnising[ the importance of a free and


^


■ the ne;otiations with Poland and the que^ tion Qf Danzig did not differ from the omri^l


denltd to them by the peace [of 1919—the right to oppress millions of , Poles in Silesia and [Pomerania, of /Dsihes in ^hleswig apd Holstein, of Czechs, Slovaks, Serbs, Croats, Rumanians. - A “just” perice aftev the victory. uid presumably have to resliore to Ger­


fundamental right denied to her in, that treaiy-the right to leave unrepaired the ruinb and sufferings wilfully accumulated in other countries. .“There must be no tribute- paying, no'slavery,” these crlticjs wnte. Wps there tribute-paying, was there slav^ after Venaiiles? <


OME of these immediate cat ss—there may be son


♦ ething the jarst


“by the jo pf course ClUUcCt’III


Europe” (san “only” be brought into erdi ,r . 1 .


ciuded, In any ordering of the a


■West {Eunpe and East Asia, matter,—lut the separation of


from' [We completel; would taol


advq- tb be


system might be “ an.East European Federa­ tion, itacluStag the restored Pollih and CfeecI States,” aid that the “ tangled a(ffairs;afjEai


step towards a Eurepean 'federal Eu'robe^ajid in the main issufe conesrintog


,t action of Russia ai d Gerpianyi Russia and Germanj il; uiucii i& wi


------— ‘-jGernanyi’ must be lij- j'.'-


M Tairs {ol Easit


tem. Europe ta a “ federrition| domtaate'd by these two States .................... feder-


.00, fori th^ East Europ


alisrri but - . „ solldktion of a militarist' autarchy cent Prussia; ^ fairly imporitant.arid responsible section" o: public opinion would like] some thing mofc than the destruction of Hitlerlsri


represent an tastahri simply pother stage ta ithe!{cor


ent of


wrote a '; few .months ago that [compared to the treatment-of Czech life and propertj by the Nazis'after March 15th last the settle­ ment of 1919 was In every respect lenient Ihd huiriane. Indeed, It asked nijtribute, i but onljf reparations for damages : 132 blUipn 5 |of marks, to be paid over a perioj of soihe sixty yeafe, a sum which was declared, to be beyjopd Germany’s ccapacity to pay or^ We do not: now hear of any prolilem” created by the plunder Slovakia; the operation has not, apparently, enemntered'any “ economic difficulties.”


■ One corresponderit; m Bohemia I i


ma -ks for his Army ta the lait five or six wrongs Hitler’s regime has dime to Germany veaL To-dky Prance, after ykars of flnan- anu'to Europe, asVell as all the Czeqhs and cla' difflcultiies, has to strata, every iierve


A- lust boasted that he spknt 90 billion | Germans)who understand wha,t gr^t S for capacity- to pay, well. Hitler has


’pltnesof Hitler and from the position wtiere sntae of the] Allied troops arejnow' situated |


Some — '—I - -


pojand England, while her former victors hehevb it m/y well take them three years before they


Gowmmentl Poor Germany ! ' ^ twenty years after Versailles, She is string enough to chish Poland ta thi;ee wefeks and the combined


they can sei in German terntory rows of hraWnew houses, built by


- • ..I defy forces of Prance knd | anc


can acnieve miDuici viv/i.uio' rrC 7 X# Trov is Ithe measure of how the Treaty ot '‘Cr- ,. mieieaLa u*


cab achieve I another victory 1 [This situation;]


peiple, who! are responsible fori, the c^ e th: last six' years and for this last onm ths plea reappears again p d


, Nazi V irsion put forward by|Hi«er ahead-' been refuted many, times. To this,


■ DanP:^Storm™noops[wP spent an i excit^ suieiy


■ summir smuggling guns and the El ee City Itself, long ;o annotate fables ta detail.


, surely have brought a| smile! to the lips 01®® will stand j {ffor ever in history; as the Iktnerr js lend of Lkibniz, of KaaR of; Beethovjii of |i


0 - | n frontier mobili ;ed one man


's a fdX aniexcitmg


___ __ soldiers into [But it would take too Herr von Ribbentrop’s


A SE(3TI0N Pf opinion seems; to have


ly obsessed [their om


that Eitler m.eantTvell and all the reslo^ff when 'le. made! his resent! .peace .^speecte


breadth of w age will EGION


sprung up which: is trying to make out


Thev To riot point out what he oinltted to L ii they .ignore cineTmbortant featar® qf


'■ ■


whar’lhe"ffid*°'*say,’i'riimely, that settlen ent of Poland borioerned no ^ cent Cermariy and ftussia.] In other woras, he'^wai ite us to enter -a peace ®®u£®r®nce wAh our h!.nds tied behind ohr backs to begm with He- must be; permitted to get away


tbe final


' with tie swag befQte he A gooq many pe


Hitler PayStaaTGaariy not allow any- Obody'tk taterfere with heri airangemente,


A ffmc many persons who accept these prpP" ositlori


^ implications. ' ' 'J :


? ?orte?ence summoned;; t o - m o ^ ^ Germariy at full strength] by As taerejnat fcrtag this powerful and ambijlous man


the future of Polarid and C z e ^ S l o S Mnw ,t ipn! Is he to ibe met round ,a tame t In sou e quarters it seems te be supposed teat


could to heejl. govern! conference Europ


= l. But Hitleif does [not protess to be ed by respect for {any international


(his? Hitler’s doctrine .of violenc^ and lonressteTtas bestial raclallsta, W;glon-


- Hack on white that the w^W 1914 [had Men vished by the whole Gemrin.people) m ippn nreached ta public from the outset, in


“ :e or for. Ithe moral j.ud^^t,®! He laughs at such, authoritj. Which


lftens of books, tracts, speeches, [ffitler rase to power on the protaise pf|a War of , ’onquesf.*^ “The plough shaU give place to


wjth.poples of “Gdering, ithe man. ana the , , ‘‘I traWl not I home to-day, Master wrirk f as cormpensation for the .decisionTo | Armstrorig” cried Numps,:,


piilso! y service. It might have been cop ,es oi “MeliKampf,”


x ----- ,


kkep them lem for another siix months of; ,coto; | '


Lank girls ta East Prussia were [ presented — ------- ----------- ^ n,


the worse homeward for ha'vtag breakfast in thy; Inside.’ ;


an’ It be to the'old gentleman' “where ye himself.’


Gferman niltlon for the Nazi regime- Geitoany ni


teethe—but not an inch 1®® ® ££'?„?ib®r nd e


lend of. ^Goebbels, Htaimler, G®H l^tler. Nations] have the Government^ jhey j


,*v, —| — ®!.®


.Mastre wrote of the ®x®cut'on ®f Louk ^ that seldom were any ®rto®®


i crimes of the Nazis Is, f ute ajoni m


absollute” majority ta a He® power'; by suPPos®rily


^pported by , a *de I


s|) many accofripUces. Even; though Hi never obtained for his


pkrty [alorie an -r- h® ®


^ I |


h\T n coalition !.oi VierTlid bv I *


trie German people: A® hS^ictataii^^the | i been frieely etafP by


‘‘b® ^ ta . 7^


sserve. jI ; j ^ rnHE least that can be said


[ Clitheroe i i /\(j[vertiser & Tim^


i'will be sent to any Clitherl i I istrict Soldier-.or Sailor ea|h vee f at a cost of 2d. per co]|)y (inclusive of hostage)-


..ea'?e the v i th US’-


Sarty was by. that time^he rtronge^^ta tbe I Ad ^


Name - and Addn -we do the-rest.


f t


be ; x S d f o r & Permissibn P case


■ ' S f s a y amusing) story [that’’n o » Polish soldiers began tq_ invade Germm


however he added the amazing (one-might


htrdly ever seen advocated [and which, therefore presume, is shared. 0"]^ bY., ,


cape lor uie UUP _ ___


minority. If a German! as such, takesjpjride | jg penjiany as may be. maiady


for the rtnnftcitp vipW i which I h&Vfi I rTVe. oppos e ew, [ toiday, and rightly so, m the 11 ave


German music, of German PoeW- W bbllosophyi of [German science,, he mi^t endorse' as well the , responsibility_({f|tho|


°£ t ' : ^ marient


before peace.


life an


regard si icich ntonositions as I have indicated si Eceaticism and will ask p anyjin


i c pr p me


{between Hitler and the rest is thbt the {latteri aicompanies ,his , selfishness


Ithrerits o: violence.. Performances tob !not that a fundamental difference?


,'natibn is admittedly selfish p t does nOt [menace its neighbours, can it really be; tarred [with! the same brush as Hitler-? Moreover :to eradlc ite.selfishness ta a nation, Whethp throkgh var or peacefuFmeans, willjtakeja


ths ■•*•••• ___


Czech's sly to these propositions whej inurialiate needs are the restitution of thOT respbetivs territories from a nation; whose youth is being traipd to


I the'sole objeepf We p o ^ to v p j amoji^ conque^ | s


in brder to- oppose sufficient airi force to the mgTin tl eir countries are bemg poisoned. Will rd


v*o feel that the conditions ‘br Bc»d ------------------- '- j


country - advocating them: “ Do n?t t English realise yet what Hitler and ^hbp- trop mean by insisting that vyestemlEurape has! no maim to any share in any decision&as to the fkte of Eastern,'Europe{?” ."Do they,


lies ma^rised and destroyed the Gernian; intbntio is we can only overlook at pur riwn ten NOW for the view, which seems to| periithit Hitler and the ruth ess ambfiiU o the official motto, of this war, thatjit ls| grobp of men who surround him haje dejib-


not! realise that Hitler is, not , a benevolpt liberal fbderalist, but a conquepr now dpnk with tribmph* and concerned only to^ secure bv fair means or foul .what he! regaras as the intbresti of'his Reich"? ” , -With all our good


"'i ~r' "


niy the Nazi rulers, and not the G ^an l eratriy debauched all German youth; this is in ;he generation! a gene.ration[sucl


on]fthe milk of political banditry, that direct Germany’s destiny for,the nqxt .centu^


a iauun, u bcuc -


eiil thi iKlf


that


Thifb Hi ler youth has got to be wred ofhts any 1


COPY THE


OF


Let us remember that and; bewqre. be any hope of jier-


as -the pi sfessed British war aim; ’p a t I not ito go so far as one who, dubmng all nations s slfish, says the “ only ” dirorenje


. L volcorl OOQITlcf. flVlo VlPW SdVOl*


ivines the people that they are flghtiri^, vri-existence and that it Will jhrov- the people.into.the arms-of its leaders;


certainly be objected that to stati view will be to run contrary ti; of Prance and England, which ! is ,ish the Nazi leaders from th( ;ople: that it will help the{ leaders


NED pRibE


TALE


Nuinps hurried on'as lent hackney,' boWowed


THE FELL RIBBLESDALE.


THE OLDEN TIME.


could carry him] and hollow below thf bid hall of .Sherboiyne long before daybreak. On dlscoveilng the appointed sppt; he iplaced the brigle toihls mouth, ard blew I three notes vdth such good will, tmat the Fell rang ataln with the wild music, and echo repeated the cheerful sriunds a hundred tines over. A minute! or jwo only elapsed before five or sljf inen came hastily run­ ning towards the [place [from vvhence the sound of the brigle had proceeded, and on' beholding- N{uimps. one of; them £x- clalmed, “Who rirt tliou, that at this untimely.hour, blpweth|Ned of the Fell's private signal


f ast as an exceV for the occas pn, 'arrived at [the


Numps, “ be there one John Armstiong among’ye?” {


'


“ I am the John Armstrong thou wottest of,” said the first'speaker.


“ How the a -H l can I do that,” rej !


“N6‘matter, master, jWho I am, said ! /


i j [;


thy name, take this letter, and refljd It directly.” .


“Then John Armstr()ng; an’ suet, be i


Armstrong, “wien the morning 1| black as the ferithers;ln my h at?” “ Strike a light then^


“ That’s a jorave Tad,” said the leader ; herp,! fill


meat down the riariie'ino: a quirt'of good wine, I, Numps/ therefore, following thd example' of his compa^ons, ate and drank hbartlly i- but ,as the 'troop prepkrbd to biourit, lie whispered in the ea r ' {of! Armktrbrig; skying, “Hast thou never a dron of! that fine Frpneh cordial left !,tb fortify


thy stomach ,and[ wash the ' 1th this,” offering him, at


im ent, a brown jug that held 'Vlt


cold jmbrnlng, before we stajt ?” “Ohj oh !’I cried Armstrong. “ I have


I the stomach -with, this


theejnbw; aptaln’ back.


our wee bring forth each! nian


thou are the youth that rode ' black keldlng ] about three It’s a good notion of thine; i flask of strong [liquor for


______ bqt beware, youth: drink, only I In! moderation ,or thou wilt not long keeri okr compalny.”- j


placing the mouth gurgle


ilied as


returned the servant lad, “ for there life and death: depending upon it.” ' “ Sayest thou Iso, ybungster,’,’ rerUed


thou gbose([ap,’! Is


the outlaw. “Then follow nie, ani we, shall quickly uiderstarid its meant ig.” j Nump^! accordingly' followed his con-,


an tj »|seri with


duetbr for a sJnrill distance, until they! came to a part of the Fell that se smed, wholly bvergrDVfh' with thorns and: brambles! Ma littg a; road through these obstructions as, Well {as they {were able, the party arrived at what, to Numps, seemed the mouth of a capacious cavern, but which, was in reality, an ancient and neglected ston3 quarry (probably that from whence the stone used in the erec­ tion of Sherbpurne;^ld Hall, had] been row'[Of strong, wioden


[pniiriiR nf rmtnries or mav be [more if ever. their


props, and storiej pillars, running [along the centre of ;he excavation; supprted a roof composed bfj the long and slender trunks of fir trees {with the[ bar^ on and on the outfelde was a layer of soil and turf. On this .the outlaws had planted a profusion of [thpriis, bramblesl and bracken, as t ) make the roof of this singular habitation wholly impervious tp the foot of p a n or ' beast; : ai|d the fantastic' roots of the plants,: piercing through the interstices, of theiroofl ln[ all directions, foimed -a rude, but naturp ornament to tae'Interior of theldplllng. One half ofltt.e quajry.was appropriated to the accom nodatloh of about twenty good horses: knd {lit the othp half dwelt the outlaws, whoi.to the, nunjiber of fifteen or sixteen, were lying on beds of heather cove red' with skins, around large blazing fire, the,smoke curftag,in black volumes albngi the roof, andj which at last made Its way prough the ehtrance of this drear( abode. | Upon jh i walls of the quarry was'fixed the arms arid accoutrements of the outlaws,{ready-to be brought Into iisejat a moment’s warning; and from th: roof.hupg m p y a good flitch of bpori and piece [oi dried venison; wh ist] a capacious ca.sk or two of foreign manufacture, at the further end of the quarry, showed that the rogues wanted not the means of maklrig the outward mkn cbmfortaWe {whenever


excavated), a approkchtag the reqilired it;


I most, ludi^rc ta such a d- fire-light Is


“ I shall mjnd thy words,” said Numps, and


; ]


neck ofj the flash to ; his lejttagithe enticing fluid


down his throat. “ I km a true Englishman ,,Slt Outlaw,” cried h®. after |


recoyejlng his. br®alT;i' which the liquor had I nearly taken away, “ arid hate the


French and everything belonging to them but their good'drtak-|-whlchils[ much too good f6r such a' set of cowardly varlets.” The


horse, follow


at ai quick pace Preston-.;,. , | We must now with the reader’s permis­


outlaw smiledj and mounting his | gave [the! signal for the troop to his example: they obeyed, and eparted for {tlie town of


sion,'for a 'short tlm-: quit the! brigands, and attend I to [ the movements of the friends, De |Roos and Gosford. The^ pursued their way ia.t a pretty |


brisk pace luntil they arylyed at the j pleasant little village of Walton-le-Dale, | when stopping theta; horses at the Hoghton Arms,!It being the only public-. I house that] tlje plfic® affOTded, they] knocked furiously at roused the! landlori, head through an upp what ^as wanted, “We are I travelllhg,”


the door,: and soon who putting- his,


er window. Inquired said De Roos,


want to ask com® kown qudckly


'upon buslnesk of great urgency, and a questlc n or tyvp of thee, so .nd open the door.”


“Thkt’s-£Oon]er said than! done, sir,”


repliek the hosjt; “jfor I ‘arid] mine are at'present pis i fast as thlelies In a mill, thanks to the good folks who for the last honoured me 'jwlth^ theta I


two| nights compalny.”


-‘■What!’’ . thbii io t gqt


“No Indeed,!sir,” returned [the land-


Inqulrei out ?"'


lo rd I “we I are all as close prisoners to (purjheflrobtos as haiiimer and nails could make hs.” ' j ' {


De Robs.


■before told you o f ; 'jhey made the house. their own ktace.the hut, Qod be thanked,


“ {Arid who hath done this act?” said ihe honourable gentleman I


] [',


night before last; we- are now clear of


their fcom'pkny ?” inquired De!Roos. [“{Tliat I qanriot say, sir,” answered the


“jwks there a beautiful young lady ta , (Continued from preceding column).;;


landlord ; |‘ they ceritalnly had a woraan but so {completely was she in clothing,: that I beheld


with. jhem


mufflbd up neither fac-lno form.”


'■[Mine hdst,” said De Rpos,[“; those very | persoris are| we ta quest of, and thou must give, lis all {the information in! thy power I


fire,!Jph|u Arm- | respeijttok jhem; but gs,]tls very cold


strong Sened the letter .and ta'ntag it on[the oukde we j shall over several tlnies, !at{ length exclaimed, libOTy of purstlng openi thy, door, and as looked upon it 'vrtth an ata of the liberating Itaee fromjdurance;, so saying


" u s ’perplexity, “iTis written the j^ouilg ben set theta feet; against the “


I weak, that may,the d- can read ,a word on’t ;


it. Sir Kna^, than mine


“Nob I,"


left school part of my “ Then cr


must read. On this


{who: had


----- be the peace terms 'enerous ••■■••■■■•■■•■■•■•••■••I****'


so bad] and my eyes are so ■ —^


cramped hand, ind the 1 take me If I


bluntly;replied Numpsr I befdre I hjad arrived at that edricatlon.”


for thine eyes are {younger i


can’st!thou read i . i> t


“ awake, Sf: Cliaplataj man hath


________


ed Armstrong ta a loud voice, here’s i young


.


a slender' young mah arose, qulktedi the occupations of


for tcarinot make I t out,” | jii' timber, arrived here, having with b g hls arrival. Time yras mo^t pitecjous them! a female, who appeared dreadfuUy therefore they wasted-very Uttlejpf It.


eroilght: ai letter,- which thou


schoolmaster and'{parish clerk of' his riatlve ■village to fpllow the foriiunes of De Mowbrky, and was.-ta conseqhence'of hls form.61 clerical [ vocation, dl^lficd with the title of chaplain tp !th^ band this young'mah, I say,, arose, and taking the letter ')ut of Armstrong’s hand; said, laughing a t , {the; same tlmioJ mlghtest well not make anything out, for thou wert tr^hg.td read It upside down. “ That I was {not,-’ answered .Arpastrong, for if the truth must be spoken, I


believe'I Jwenf to [the same school with our messehgertaere, arid like him, quitted


it before die domlhle hacl taught to read; {but, my good fellotv, let what the 'note says.” The accordingly, read It aloud; hearing the --contents, claimed, “ Awake,:ye sleepersi


Preston.” arose


whilst thk chaplain again read tl}e letter. j„ieari-splrited set of. rascals, and capable directly !


the! Captain waits for us at l ------ -


‘Feed ykur horses, and prepan ifast,”‘'sam Armstrong, “wb must


[grass grew urider our feet.” S th


ertiser & Times Office broiled the "beef and bacon, 6 Market Place, CUtheroe||,


)i|g _____


•break- not ;let


O ne ne part rir bajnd, trierefore, fed, watered, and


equlppedj^e kood steeds, whilst trie other dn ham.


numerous slides of; dried ivenli The meal: being, quickly: In rdadtaess, Aimstroilg- Invited i Numps


to partake,: best of Everything, and quitted


, Upon these words pvpry man i^^ fbg„^ without paylng'-me one farth- arid


■ I ;


; me how us hear


Armstrpng ex- , suppose, 1 from giv Bg the j alann; and to ™ H w h a b worse than all. sir,!they^ate.^d


lihaplaln and on


of armed men, some te{n or twelve ^ th honest Humphrey, anxlpm ly ekpect-


ill'; {they alighted, meaning o n ly to Und 'were soon [on the roat. taPen- reraain foj a short time; taut as they vyprthair,,where,'rit the sumrilt were! going to mount again, the lady bll, they joined company w.tta


falntled, and continued so -very unwell, (iosford, whP was much surprised that [jt was wholly Inposslble for them to Roos return with such a! nui proceed oh their jeurney. [He who, ap-1 body of adherents,


pear id to {be the ch ef of the band, raved arid swore at the .hterrupjlon; taut it was of no use; they vrere perforce dhlbed td remain. On this they took complete {pdssesslor. of the {house, Ipcked all the doors, and alllowed neither Ingress


ndr pgress to anyofte. AU|thk next day the lady dontlnued too 111 to bP| removed; arid lit Is riot mpre than four hours since tjieyj. departed wljth her, {haying 'first


taxdn thk precaution of fastening all the irimates rif the house ta their bedrooms, arid {locking the dciors to prevent us, as I


“ Wherie gdttest thou this gc odlyl Pom- ikny ?’! said,' the young'mari to ourjhero.


,] O” repUed he, “my frlead Npriips


here boi rowed them from another mend of mine Who dwel|eth on LonjrldgelJell. i told thee James, we should nelt|ier Want 'or arm > nor asslstajits.”


11 “ The! 6 are then men.beloni tag to


l.of the tail; Is the [brave Putlaw ‘ ithem ? {I sri®“W' much like t ) see jetume 1 Gosford {;


'MTo itiis question: our hero replied, 'rather -iqulvocatlrigly! " He dlil notlleave {Longrh ge 'with them, but thov(,[^lt doubtleis see him at Halton Castle, thou obtained, any tidings


-


last the


I crowded near >ADptrong,, L ig iwhlclh fully shows .that they were h mar-auter?T


!oi domrilltting any villainy. Dost Ithou know what road the party


itook on[ leaving thy hajiltatlon?” in­ quired IJe Roos.


host “ l{ cannot be poslttae ;; but from konie words carelessly dropped by one of the! band, I think they ineant to avoid any lar^e town; land if my-ears deceive


I “On- that head. sir,”.[answered the


said De'' Roos, ‘‘ and , here; Is gold In [ arrlveij at a narrow ta requital of this kindness, as weU as to | led to j (Continued fcot of next column)


‘V e toank thed for this Information,” 11 “The landlord at:Waltonvas-rlght in :[' ; ;


!hls”i CO ijecture,” 'answered. W e s l r ter (the vilUans passed'tills way about five or six hoc rs ago.” "['. ] Upor this they'spurred thdlr genbrous steeds md without sjtopplng on the lrpad,


traced the Baron’s party neir to; Burs- cough, 'Where, .as.ltij^ppeareL,they left


the” grf fit iiortriem !road,' and had crossed the CO iritry In an eastward-(lire,ctlbn. : De Roos and,hls porapani|pite PritUbS


1'; theta I in thp


Runcorn ferry, [Contlriubd foot


orses to the utmost spe ed, fpripwed > route pointed out, ,untll| they wtadlrig and he


of next coluam)


door kt the same moment, and Instantly jf f i 'b u b t however mount our s,teeds>rind ’


jLi_ Lj. wiAmonf onn incrfl’nt.iv


of {Odsford the' frieitds then interrogated the ikndlo :d respecting his ;late unwel­ come! visltbrs, and {the Intelligence ob­ tained frbm him was to 'following


Vniiy; ahd sendingbPy to attend to le horses, which he had left in charge


p u rpbt: ! V ThP night before last,” said he, “ a ; j


lork says they are riot more than! fpur hours ah(;ad'of us, by the help of (jlod I trust we i hall be close upon thdr hprpes hjels befjore they enter Haltqn .Qastle.


fbriced the lock. De Roos then going g^^^ly si parate, as I-shall be pbllged to QYlrt ni5 I I _


lie crated the, landlord and his, visit Ereriton; do thou! howeVer.Ihriste


on! to Peiiwortham brow, and th ire obtain ali the i ntelligence thau can’st of pur akversari2S’ movements;' ri!t Peiiwpnt.am ijwill qiilckly rejoin' thee.”—The yopng


yliiere he .....


whilst he, at,full gallop, entere i Ptaston, and rod i directly to ' the; Bui hojstptay, vihere he found his gaUriritbanc., toigejiler


......... „ -- l


llrint banc .. .


repay the* tar the robber’i^ chargies, \yhlch we will,take'care shall be returned to{ us


with Iriteiest.” Then turning (Josford, I he- spoke -as follow! ;—''The iltaess; of ;hy dear sister we shoi|ld, unfler any othir circumstances, have great realsOn to lament, but at present b h®® {burred very opportunely, ta: itjhkth itklned - ;hd seducers, and, as the lapd-


(Continued frdmj preceding column.), 1 ' ‘ ' ' ' ' ' ■


theta joy, that thp seducers had taken the road leading to the! ferry, not more than three hours before! them. ■ Onward did our party dash,) iri spite of the Jaded state of theta steeds, and at the Close of the day reached a little hostelry called the “Ferry House,” 'situated upon the banks of the rapid River Mersey.


time to equivocate,-hpd he been so In­ clined, which, howiver, was not the case, asked how long] lt| m i since the Baron of Haltpn and hls men had passed the river ? '


De Roos, wlthopt giving the landlord i , i


man obeyedI'the'directions of pur[herpr| tataed here nearlyj an hour, owing to the Uv. aJ.' vrnllrtrt ontorp


jUUlib I ttUiC iUUrklllg UU liiu** ., _________


.iivAw , \


Not more than i two hours since,’V replied the-landloild, who was a respect­ able looking old man; lya


they,were de-


boatman being drunk on the other side,” “Was there a lady with them.?” in­


quired De Boos.! ■ I I I i ’ ' i ' “ There was, noble sir,” returned the .


landlord ; “ and ^eatly did It grieve my heart to behold -her, for she seemed truly miserable; surely Providence will not always suffer outfages like these to go unpunished; for, alas! it, is not la - solitary Instance pf my lord the-Baron’s villainy.” ■; i .; i


, ; “ Good old-man,” said De Boos, “ thy


heart seems to be taithe right place, and I would therefore speak with thee ta


private.”


Ned With Im,”


-1


room, and De Roos, Gosford, and John Armstrong only followed.


The landlord led the way to a small ; - - - ; _ .


door, " thou mUstiknow that the lady this wretched Baron has stolen away Is my; wife, and the sister of;thls young man, pointing to James Gosford; „ ‘and; I would fain know- from thee how we are to obtain an entrance ta this villains


"Now,” said DC Boos, as he bolted the fortress


‘ That noble sir,'’ replied the old man, is a difficult question to resolve ,for


11


the Castle of Halton Is.bullt.upon a high and steep rock, i wholly Impregnable,


unless attacked by artillery, or battering engines; cunning or. stratagem only


will avail you.’] ;1 " “ But what kind! of stratagem, my good


fellow.!” said Dei Boos Imptlently., “ Sir,” answered the landlord, my


heart bleeds for your situation, apd you will give meja patient hearing for a few minutes, ! tlrink I can Instructjou ta a plan wherebjr you may .easily obtain possession of tbp-castle.'


path which re fojund, to


(TP be continued.) i ' -J •!' , ;


friend,” returned DC:Eoos, "for time to us Is valuable.” j ; ;


' “.Be as' brief as: possible, my good. i


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