. Tales of chivalry : or, Perils by flood and field ..... ght, at a late hour, thewind rose in gusty squalls, while the rainin big drops patted against my chamberwindows, intimating the approach of astorm, as I walked to and fro, sincerelyhoping that he could never have been madenough to have run into almost certaindestruction, in putting to sea in an openboat in sucli weather. Luckily, however,the anticipated storm died away in itsinfancy, for the next morning a fishing-boat being missing, and inquiries made,it was soon known, and generally bruitedabout, that an English officer 1/ad gone offw
. Tales of chivalry : or, Perils by flood and field ..... ght, at a late hour, thewind rose in gusty squalls, while the rainin big drops patted against my chamberwindows, intimating the approach of astorm, as I walked to and fro, sincerelyhoping that he could never have been madenough to have run into almost certaindestruction, in putting to sea in an openboat in sucli weather. Luckily, however,the anticipated storm died away in itsinfancy, for the next morning a fishing-boat being missing, and inquiries made,it was soon known, and generally bruitedabout, that an English officer 1/ad gone offwithout his passport, and left his creditorsin the lurch. {To be continued.) Charles the Tenth, of France, beingonce prevented from attending divineservice at the usual hour, the priest deter-mined to wait his majestys arrival. Afterthe celebration of the mass, (he king sentfor the holy father, and thanking him forhis attention, In future, said his ma-jesty, you will not wait for me—in thehouse of God I am no longer king. PERILS BY FLOOD AND FIELD. 161. Page 1G3. THE FOUR FUGITIVES: A TALE OF 1658. The storm, which had long threatened,burst forth about midnight with astonish-ing fury, and loud peals of thunder rousedfrom their dog-like slumbers the three in-mates of a miserable hut, which then stoodon a cliff jutting over the sea, near to theinconsiderable little village of Brighthelm-stone. The walls of this hut were formed ofmud, and a partition of similar materialdivided the interior into two unequalparts: in the largest of the two, a fewflickering embers yet blazed on the rudehearth, while on a block of wood, servingfor a table, stood an expiring lamp, fromwiiicli occasionally a fitful blaze wouldspring, and light with sudden glare sur-rounding objects. By its aid miglit bediscovered little that every fishers cabinmight not boast of possessing ; no articleof furniture adorned the hut, save an oldhigh-backed chair; strings of dried fishdecorated the roof; a bench fastened t
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