Kingston Chronicle (Kingston, ON1819), December 27, 1828, p. 1

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f v kingston okiciie jgspsg rt nec rege nec populo sed utroque vol x saturday december 27 1828 mo xxvi poetry the sailor boy there is a solemn music in the sound heard from afar across the heaving deep ere gathering tempests oer its surface sweep and call the billows from their dark pro found there is a noble wildhess when around the plunging vessel the white surges leip and midst the fearful dissonance they keep are manly hearts that even with gladness bound but dismally it strikes upon the ear of the poor shipboy ashe climbs the mast and through the 6torm his thoughts are homeward cast towards all in careless childhood held most dear ere for the untried terrors of the main he left the friends he neer may see again hated welshman shall wed the heiress of whittington she said this with a downcast head and streeming eyes and a deep sigh hurst from her heart which was immediately echoed by some one close beside her she lifted up hereyes and saw astately knight whose armour was sore stained with the dust of a in a faint and distant whisper and the queen of beauty was rising from her throne to place the wreath of golden lau rel on lord morices brows when a bugle- note was heard so loud and sonorous that it startled even the doughty welsh lord on his firmfooted stead and drowned the ac clamations of the multitude which were recent and rapid travel but lie wore a sil- 1 rising to hail his triumph all eyes were ver shield and a red cross a ad a peacocks crest and she would have known even though he had not unbarred his visor sunk on his knee and pressed her fair hand to his lips that her owo true kuight sir fulco guariue was before her sweetest mellent he said i come to your rescue many a knight told me of he entered immediately turned towards the quarter whence this sound proceeded and a reu- cross kuight clad in white armour mount ed on a noble arabian charger and bear ing a silver shield and a peacocks crest rode into the lists attended by a page and a minstrel who stopped at the barrier as yonr distress hut i was prisoner to the soldan lie allowed me personal freedom herald said the constable of ches ter demaud of yonder knight his name literary from neeles romance of history the knight of the silver shield i went hither and thither and was question- j and style aud w before he appears armed iu by no man hut i had plighted the troth i these lists aud honour of a soldier of the cross that my name said the knight affr the i would not depart out of his custody un- herald had repeated to him the constables til i could pay for my ranson five hundred interrogatory is fulco guarine a knight marks of silver and who even did not j of the cross andservaut of the lady mel- heaveu forbid it would abuse the trust lent of whittingtou i come hither to dare and confidence of the princely and courte- to combat the lord morice of wales who ous saladiu but i told him sweet mel- j ventures to aspire to the fair hand of that lent the tale of our loves and the glitter i lady in tokeu whereof behold my gage of his proud ove was darkened by a tear uiy ransom uiuuey one of his stately steeds and ho forgave me i me p then many a knight was nickle of might before his lady gay but a stranger knight whom no one knew he won the prize that day sircauline it was a bright and balmy summers morning aud the lovely scenery in which the castle of whittington is embosomed was basking in the beams of the sun which had almost attained its meridian height a gentle and refreshing breeze softly agi tated the rich woodlands in the neighbour hood f the castle and rippled the waves of the rapid river which flowed glittering in the sunbeams at its feet while in the distance towered the lofty summits of the welsh mountains crowned with a rich tia ra of clouds whose variagated hues seem ed to rival the resplendent orb from winch they had borrowed their brightness the un the stream the bills ie whole face of nature smiled but the lady mellent the lovely heiress of whittington sat in her bower weeping it was the third day of the tournament- the tournament which agreeably to the directions of her fathers will was to be held within twelve months after his decease on the plains of salop aud to the victor in which was to he given thecasile and domains of u hittiugron and the hand of the lady mellent tne lady had delayed fixing a day for the tour nament until the very latest limit prescnb- j ed by the will in the hope that the noble and gallant knight sir fulco guarine to whom she had plighted her hand and heart would return from the holy land id time to be present at it when she doubted not that the fervour of his passion and the strength of his arm would bear away the prize from all his competitors but days and weeks and months rolled away and no tidings ar- fleaayfor aotournaiacu v as apjjbhji- cd and knights and esquires oftlic highest rank and reputation arrived from ail parts of england normandy aud wales eager to break a lance iu houour of the lady thus saying which morar- sir knight- and gave and plucked a jewel from his urban and thrust it in my hand to defray my charges to the land iu which i was born and the bower in which my own true lady sat and unhorsed til wept now heavens blessing light npon tho princely pagans head said mellent and love lend the omnipotence of his dart to to thy spear fulco to hurl the proud lord morice from his seat but alas thou art worn and weary with travel and he is re freshed with wine and slumber and his threw down his uitt jill i ill iitmi said nrotullv i ii gage ill accept heart swells by reason of his two days vie- of whittiogt thy challenge uut beware 1 pray thee for thy own salt- now tnou i in it this armiiay he dav befoie noblest aud the stoutest knights li fhrjstoudom nnd thou seem- est woru wil l0 ad travel revoke thy challenge if thou witt and i will for give thee thy iusolcnce in making it peace n welshman return ed guaride peace i have given thee my defiance h thou wilt not take it re- to me th l aud iic broad manor 11 sis 11 tones but thou knowest that i am not unskilled iu the leechs art i have a cor dial here which used to restore my gallant father when he returned panting and breath less from the battle or the chase drink gallantfuico she said applying a small leathren flask to his lips drink health and strength and heaven prosper the knight who strikes iu the cause of true love thanks gentle mellent thanks my beloved said the knight but my heart has witfaiu it a cordial more strengthjug to 41 i have already accepted thy challenge thou discoiiteoos kuight said morice aud now if is lum to dc thee to the combat to achif gallant knights said the mjeakew lo achievement sound trumpets sound the onset the trurfvpeis sounded a loud charge cheerily an the combatants having turn ed their steeds heads round they rushed towards eatft other in full career the velshmans against the sil ver shield ll the crusader sate firm as a it than even that which thy fair haud has rock n glancing off from his anta- just administered its love for thee but eou continued his course to the further hark he added as a loud but distant bu- yfj he turned round and glenote floated on the western breeze tow- j fom lm morice whom one of the aids them the heralds summon to the marshals mn bad supplied with a fresh lists the knights who would tourney for the iadce addressed to the fight again the trumpet- brayed out again the iinpa- aud this to get j icr prize with the victor of yesterday if that bugle sounds thrice unanswered then thou 5onrcourers rushed art lord morices bride but my page j time lc b were so well directed that aud my minstrel wait without for me with i hob coiv broke their lances to my steed aud i will yet win thee my j tne vc their heads bowed low sweet mellent or perish in the attempt i was well skilled in the thus saying the knight wrung the fair pract 0 chivalry not to recover speedily damsels hand and disappeared through a au de once more supplied with wca- small posteruwhich lead from thegardeus j sf tncy camc once more to the charge of the castle into the open plain i the lord morices anger at finding more in the meanwhile the lists were prepar- j than he anticipated fiom the foe ed for the days encounter the lord de i w too readily despised roused lacy thc constable of chester who pre- toa more desperate exertion he le- sidud over the tournament had taken his v his ntq with a furious and dead- aciu iu tiiu gallery uppiopttauai tut and ecs in rich liveries in the gallery oppn- iii utc auur appiou tamu uti hulir ukouy augiiuy svvurv was surrounded by his yeomcu and pa- j i mouthed arabian avoided th si s point and at the same time directed v- le his teto him attended by a train of bcauti- owns so fully fiercely at thc welsh- il vnnne damsels sat his lady who in iiai ini hi burr- him with irre- melleut- the achievements were ful young damsels sat his lady who to he i tho absence of the lady mellcntoo the plea continued three days on the first mellent shuthersetf up throughout tho whole day iu the ciiapcl of our lady in whittington cas tle bowed her fair head and bent her gen tle knee before thc image of the holy vir- of indisposition officiated as the queen of beauty and of love on this occasion and was to bestow tho triumphal wreath on thc victor of the day the speakers or managers of the days maus helmet titit lie bore him with ir re sistance ftro from hie saddle and threw the ground whore he lay senseless boliy unable to rcuew the to hie draughts upon thc gold which the sol- dan had bestowed on hira to be continued- from the forget jlfc not lost won- by miss mary russell m1tf0rd m nay but my dear lctty dont dear letty me mr- paul holton have not the eastwoodha eleven beat en the hazelby eleven for tbe first time in thememory of man and is it not entire ly your fault auswer e that sir did not you insist on taking james whites place when he got that little kuock on the leg with the ball last night though james poor fellow maintained to the last that he could play better with one lefthau you with two did not vou insist on taking poor jaracs place i and did you get a siugle notch in either inuings 1 aud did uot you miss three catches three fair catches- mr paul holton might uot you twice have caught out john brown who as all the world knows hits up and did not a ball from the edge of tom taylors bat come into your hands and did not you let her go aud did uot tom taylor after that get fortyfive runs in that same in nings and thereby win the game that i ijiiiii f tits ii i i j t itltv t ri and not he able to hold the ball wheu he has her in his hands oil if i had been there you why letty dont letty me sir dont talk to me i am going home with all my heart miss letitia dale i have thc honour madam to wish you a good evening aud each turned away at a smart pace and the ono went westward and thc other eastward ho this unloverlikc parting occurred on hazelby dowu one fine afternoon in the whitsuuweek between a couple whom all hazelby had for at least a mouth before set down as lovers letty dale the pretty daughter of the jolly old tanner and paul holton a rich young yeoman on a visit in the plae lettys angry speech will suf ficiently explain their mutual provocation although to enter fully into her feelings one must he born in a cricketing parish and sprung of a cricketiug family jnd he accustomed to rest that very uucertaiu and arbitrary standard the point of honour on beating our rivals and next oeighlursin the annual match for juxtaposition is a great sharpener of rivalry as dr johnson knew when to please the inhabitants of plymouth he abused the good fomfcs who lived at dock moreover one mustlfce also a quick zealous ardent hot-headedwarm- hearted girl like lctty a beauty nnd an heiress quite unused to disappointment aud uot a little in love and then m shall not wonder in the first place fiat she should be unreasonably angry or iu thc next that before she had walked half a mile her anger vanished and wassuccced- ed by tender relenungs and earnest wishes for a full and perfect reconciliation hell he sure to call tomorrow morning thought letty to herself he said he would be fore this uulucky cricket playing he told me that he had something to say some thing particular i wonder what it can be thought poor letty to lie sure me but still aud tfieu aunf judith anu fanuy wright and all the neighbours say however i shall know tomorrow greatly overfirm so he said to himself the girl is a pretty girl but far too much of a shrew for my tamiug 1 am no pe- truciiio to master this catharine i come to wive it happily in padua and let her father be asrim as he may ill none of her and mistaking anger for indiffer ence no uncommon delusion iu a love quarrel off he set within the hour think ing so very much of punishing the saucy beauty that he entirely forgot tho possi bility of some of the pains falling to his own share the first tidings that letty heard the next morning were that mr paul holton had departed overnight having authoriz ed his cousin to let his houses aud to de cline the largo farm for which he was iu treaty the next intelligence iu formed her that he was settled iu sussex aud then his relations left hazelby and poor letty heard no more poor letty even iu a common parting for a common journey she who stays behind is tho object of pity how much more so wheu he goes goes never to return aud carries with him thc fond aftection the treasured hopes of a young unpractised heart and gentle wishes long subdued subdued and ehcrishd loug i tjnr iwwi 1 oh i three years passed away and brought muchofchaugc to our country maiden and to her fortunes her father the jolly old tanner a kind frank thoughtless man aa the cognomen would almost imply ouc who did not think that there were such things but cricket railed at it as destroying the grace of the attitude and the balance of the game protested against being consi dered as beaten by sich jugglery and fi nally appealed to thc umpires as to the fairness of the play the umpires men of conscience and old cjicketers hummed and hawed and seesawcif quoted con tending precedents aud jostling authorities looked grave and wise whilst cveu their little sticks of office seemed vibrating in puzzled importance never were judges more sorely perplexed at last they did as the sages of the bench often do iu such eases reserved the poiut of law and de sired them to play out thc play ac cordingly the match was resumed only twentyseven notches being gained by tho eastwocdhayians iu their first innings and they entirely from the halls of the old hazelby howler james white during the quarter of an hours pauso which the laws allow the victorious man of sussex went up to john dale who had watched him with a strange mixture of feeling delighted to hear the stamps rat tle and to sco opponent after oppment throw down his bat aud walk off aud jet much annoyed at the new method by which the object was achieved wc iftimum nni hive called this cricket in my day said fie midyui uiuut ovi u tho wickets gloriously too lctty on her part had watched the game with un- minglcd interest and admiration he knew how much i liked to ice a good cricketer thoughtshe yet still when that as w ie kedness and ingratitude under identical good cricketer approached she the suu became hound to friend to a i was seized with such a fit of shynesscall it large amount the friend proved a villain and the jolly tanner was ruined he and his daughter now lived in a small cottage near their former house aud at the point of time at which i have chosen to resume ray story the old mau was endeavouring to persuade lctty who had never attend ed a cricketmatch siuce thc one she had so much cause to remember to accompa ny him thc next day whit tuesday to see the hazelby eleven again eucouuter- thcir ancient antagonist the men of east woodhay pray come letty said the fond fa ther i caut go without you i have no pleasure any where without my lctty and i want to see this match for isaac hunt cant play on accouut of the death of his mother and they tell me that thc east- woodhay men have consented to our taking iu another mate who practises the new sussex bowling i want to sec that new fanglcd mode do come letty and with a smothered sigh stthc mention of sussex letty conseuted now old john dale was not quite inge nuous with his pretty daughter lie did not tell her what lie very well knew him- j brought her to wc ielf that the howler in qucstiou was no god bless he other than their sometime friend paul holton whom the business oflcuioghis houses or some other cause not perhaps clearly defiued even to himself had brought to hazelby on the eve of the match aud i whose xiew method of bowling in spite of his former mischances the hazelby ele ven were willing tu try the more so as they suspected what indeed actually oc curred that the eastuoodhayitcs who sbsykxsssllf bauds of any one else would have no ob jection to let paul holtou whose bad play- left her seat vtomen at some and dis- modesty that she joined a group of tnce paul looked earnestly after her but re mained standing by her father inquiring with affectionate interest alter his healji and talking over the game and the bowling at length he said i hope that i have not driven away miss letitia call her letty mr holton inter rupted thc old man plaiu letty we are poor folks now and have no right to any other title than our own proper name old john dale and his daughter letty a good daughter she has been to me conti nued the fond father for when debts aud losses tuok all that wc hadfor we paid to the uttermost farthing mr- paul iiouon wc owe no man a shilling when all ray earnings and savings were gone aud the house over our head thc house i was born in thc house she was horn in i loved it the better for that taken away from us then she pave up the few hun dreds she was entitled to in light of her blessed mother to purchase an annuity for thc old man whose trust in a villain had ant icr interrupted paul hol tou it do and prayed her to end home her own solemnities attended by the heralds and true knight to rescue her hand from the trumpeters paraded the hsr nd no grasp of thestraiigcr shield and tho red cross and the peacocks crest which were the badges ol sir i uico were not seen among the blazonry ol any of the knights who entered the lists and the victer of thc day was declared to be the lord morice a distinguished rctrainer of the prince of wales this lord was tall of stature bold of heart and strong of but he was cruel aud tyrannical sau- not arm but alas thc silver sooner had the hour of noon tolled than they shouted with stentorian vehemence 41 to achievement knights and esquires to achievement astately knight clad iu a suit of black armour aud mounted on a black charger rode into the lists midst thc deafening acclamations of the multi tude the constable of chester and his retinue rose and made him a courteous obeisance as he rode by the gallery in which he was seated and the queen of suinarv and barbarous and he sought tho hand of the lady mellent to be his wed- ueauty and her fair attendants stood up ded wife for the lovcof her own fair cheek aud waved their kerchiefs to him as he ded and her soft blue eye but that he might rule in the stately castle of whittington and be lord of the fertile pastures and of kt the waving woods which surrounded it the second day of the achievements arriv ed and thc lists were again crowded with the flower of europes chivalry hut the kuichtofthe silver shield was not there and the lord morice of wales again van quished all his competitors i hen did thetearsof the lady mellent fall aster than before then were her gentle kneee tent and her fair head bowed morcdevot- cdw than ever before the image of our la dy j and then did she proffer still more fer- yant supplications to thc holy virgin to afl her home her own true knight and rescue her hand from the grasp of the stran- eer but thc third the last the fatal day jmved the hour of noon at which the achievements were to begin was fast ap proaching and yet there were no tidings ofsirfuleo guarine- therefore while thesuuthc stream the hills the whole free of external nature smiled did the la- dy mellent the lovely heiress of whitting ton sit in her bower weeping wo worth the day she said wo worth ike day but my heart will break aud 1 shall die aud sleep quietly heueatli the cloisters of our lady chupel ere ifajslhdmt passed it was the lord morice the con queror of thc two proceeding days whom it was supposed that no knight would this day be found presumptuous enough to en counter certain it was that he rode into the lists aloue and when the speakers once more raised their voices and shouted come forth knights and esquires come forth no one appeared besides the victor of yesterday to auswer to thc call heralds sound the lord morices challenge said the constable of chester once the bugles and trumpets filled the air with their minstrelsy for several minutes but at length it died away without auy answer having been returned to its chal lenge twice said thc constable him and stunned v light although not spiioly hurt the shouts of the multitude with whom lord morices successi that mere passport to the applause o tt multitude had not made him a favourite rent tho air the trumpets bespoke sir fulcos victory in a loud cla rion aud the heralds prepared their greet ings honour to valour the prize of beau- i ty the kuight of the silver shield were the sounds with which the lists resounded the marshals led sir fnlce guarine be tween them to the gallery in which the la dy de lacv sat the queen of beauty and of love he sank on his knee before her and she placing the golden chaplet on his brow said arise sir kuight the victo ry is yours and this golden wreath with which i bind your brows is but a faint and unworthy symbol of the far nobler prize which thou hast won thc white hand of the fair lady melleut of whittington thc koight made a lowly obeisance to the quecu ofbeauty which was graceful ly returned the same salutations were exchanged betweeu him and the constable of chester aud then waving his hand in answer to the acclamations of the multitude he rode out of the lists while the trumpets sounded a loud loug note of exultation and triumph it was impossible for him comformably to the customs of chivalry to quit morrow though repeated letty self and immediately repaired to her pret ty flowergarden the little gate of which opened on a path leading from the down to thc street a path that for obvious rea- now very infirm in a comfortable chair she sate dowu by his side on a little hil lock ol turf aud saw her rccreaut lover staudiug amongst a group of cricketers ve- uear and evidcutly gazing on her ay and god will bloss her returned the old mau solemuly iod wfll bless the dutiful child who despoiled herself of all to support her old father blessings ou her dear generous heart again ejaculated paid and i was away and knew nothing of this i knew nothing of it myself until the deed was completed rejoined john dale i was told mo and a cruel kindness it was to strip herself for my s hot heart when i hea sake it almost broke subject siuce com- if you sons paul was wont to prefer and began it i v u i tying up her carnations in the dusk of the just as he used to gze thee years be evening and watering her geraniums by fore the light of thc moon uutil it was so late that she was fain to return disappointed to thc house repeating to herself 1 shall certainly see hiin tomorrow far different were the feelings of the perhaps letty had never looked so pret ty in her life as at that moment she was simply drest as became her fallen fortunes her complexion was still co loured like the appleblossom with vivid thc and the martial sounds again resounded over the plain but were answered only by the echo of their own defiance thrire said the lord de lacy rising up and thrice iu louder and bolder tones than before did the instruments of the minstrels spread far and wide the souuos which told that unless some other knight would adventure within tne list mnriceoi wales would be lord o the castle ol u hi nd of the white haud of thc lady those sounds were dying away scene of ms triumph until he had hecu pre sent at tuft banquet of the lord constable he occupied the seat of houour v as greet ed with stately solemnity by the lord de lacy and most warmly bv all the other ucsts solll the fame tmgton of of die tournament had drawn together the heralds an nounced his name with all thc honour ol his receui victory and the long list spleudid achievements in which his prow ess had been distinguished as well in ceris- tendom in ieathcnucsse the llilu- strels eemuated his fame and the liberal kubhts taijress to these aud the other at- fully hot or the acolade from akingssword alas for the days of chivalry they are gone and i fear me forever for certain our present hero was not born to revive them paul holtou was a well looking and well educated young farmer just returned from the north to which ho had been seut for agricultural improvement aud now on the lookout for a farm aud a wife both of which he thought he had found at hazlehy whither he had come on thc double erraud of visiting some distant relations and let- tiui two or three small houses recently fal- leu into his possession as owner of these houses all situate in the town he had claimed a right to join the hazelby ele ven mainly induced to avail himself of thc privilege by thc hope of winning favour in the eyes of the uugrateful fair one whose animated character as well as her spark ling beauty had delighted his fancy aiid apparently woo his heart until her rude attack on his play armed all the vanity of ia neari wiien t ocrd the story put e- ven that was nothing continued the good tanner warming with his pared with her conduct could hut sec how she keeps the houscacd how she waits upon me her handiness her cheerfulness and all her pretty ways and contrivances to make me forget old times and old places- poor thing she must miss her oeal parlour and the flower- garden she was so fond of as much as i do my tanyard and tho great hall but she never seems to think of them and never has spoken a hasty word since ourmisfo tunes for all you know poor thing jabe used to be a little quicktempered and i knew nothing of this repeat ed paul holton as two or three of their best wickets beieg down thc hazelby play- i knew ex i teudacts of the banquet uu de consider a- mau agaiust her attractions love- is more intimately connected viih selflove than people arc willing to imagine nnd paul holtons had been thoroughly mortified besides if his fair mistresss character were somewhat too impetuous iiu was the girlish gaiety was gone but it was re placed by womanly sweetness sweet ness and modesty formed now the cine i expression of that lovely face lovelier far ovelier thau ever so apparently thought paul holton for he gazed and gazed with his whole soul in his eyes in complete fivion of cricket and whole world at last he recollected him self blushed and how ed advanced a fow step as if to address her hut timid aud irresolute he turned away without speak ing joined tho party who had now as sembled round the wickets the umpires called play and the game began eastwoodhay gained thc toss raid went in and till eyes were fixed on the sussex bowler the hall was placed iu his hands and instautly the wicket was dowu and the striker out no other than tom tavlor the boast of his parish and the best hatsmau ill tie county acci dent mere accident of course cried last- woodhay bnt another and another fol lowed few could staud against the fatal bow ling and none could get notches a panic seized the whole side aud then as losers will they begun to exclai the system called it a toss trick anything but ers summoned him to go in nothing of all this again all eyes were fixed on the sussex cricketer and at first he seemed likely to verify the predictions and confirm the hones of the most malicious of his adversa ries by hatting as badly as he had bowled well he had not caught sight of thc ball his hits were weak mfo defence insecure and his mates began to tremble aud his op ponents to crow every hit seemed hke- crieketer and the wto be thc last hemissed a leg ball of ned smiths was all but cauht out by sam newton and eastw oodhay tri umphed hazelby sate quaking when a sodden glimpse of letty watching i im with manifest anxiety recalled her cham pions wandering thoughts gathering himself up he stood before the wicket a- dotlier man knocked the ball hither and thither to tie turnpike the coppice the pond got three four five at a hit baf fled the slow bowler james snnlrnd the fast bowler tom taylor gotfiftyfivo notches oiv li- own bat stood out all iho rest of his side and so handled tbe ad verse party wheu they went iu that the mate was won at a single innings with six-and- thirty runs to spare whilst his mates were discussing their victory paul holton again approached tho father and daughter and this time she did uot run way letty dear letty said a throw a bowling any thing i he three years ago i lest the cricket-

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