The Brighton road : the classic highway to the south . ~t OLD DOVECOT, PATCHAM. PRESTON 255 make good their own escape, saving only Daniel Scales,who, met by a riding officer, was called upon tosurrender himself and his bootv, which he refused todo. The officer, who himself had been in early daysengaged in many smuggling transactions, but was nowa brand plucked from the burning, and zealous forKing and Customs, knew that Daniel was too good aman for him, for they had tried it out before, so heshot him through the head ; and as the bullet, likethose in the nursery rhyme, was made of lead, lead,
The Brighton road : the classic highway to the south . ~t OLD DOVECOT, PATCHAM. PRESTON 255 make good their own escape, saving only Daniel Scales,who, met by a riding officer, was called upon tosurrender himself and his bootv, which he refused todo. The officer, who himself had been in early daysengaged in many smuggling transactions, but was nowa brand plucked from the burning, and zealous forKing and Customs, knew that Daniel was too good aman for him, for they had tried it out before, so heshot him through the head ; and as the bullet, likethose in the nursery rhyme, was made of lead, lead,lead, Daniel was killed. Alas ! poor Daniel. An ancient manorial pigeon-house or dovecot stillremains at Patcham, sturdily built of Sussex flints,banded with brick, and wonderfully buttressed. Preston is now almost wholly urban, but its EarlyEnglish church, although patched and altered, stillkeeps its fresco representing the murder of Thomas aBecket, and that of an angel disputing with the Devilfor the possession of a departed soul. The angel,like so
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