Grimm.
How gloriously the sun sets to-night.
When I was a boy, my favorite thought was, that I should
Grimm.
True, captain.
---The Robbers.
"Peace, base calumniators," exclaimed Tom King, aroused from his toothpick reverie by these aspersions of the best part of creation. "Peace, I say. None shall dare abuse that dear devoted4 sex in the hearing of their champion, without pricking5 a lance with him in their behalf. What do you, either of you, who abuse woman in that wholesale6 style, know of her? Nothing--less than nothing; and yet you venture, upon your paltry7 experience, to lift up your voices and decry8 the sex. Now I do know her; and upon my own experience avouch9, that, as a sex, woman, compared with man, is as an angel to a devil. As a sex, woman is faithful, loving, self-sacrificing. We 'tis that make her otherwise; we, selfish, exacting10, neglectful men; we teach her indifference11, and then blame her apt scholarship. We spoil our own hand, and then blame the cards. No abuse of women in my hearing. Give me a glass of grog, Dick. 'The sex!--three times three!'--and here's a song for you into the bargain." Saying which, in a mellow12, plaintive13 tone, Tom gave the following:
PLEDGE OF THE HIGHWAYMAN
Whate'er their attraction, whate'er their degree.
Whose bright eyes were dimmed at the highwayman's fall;
Here's to each lovely lass chance of war bringeth near one,
Whom, with manner impassioned, we tenderly stop;
And to whom, like the lover addressing his dear one,
While that one other kiss has brought off a repeater,
With our hearts ready rifled, each pocket we rifle,
Life's risk for our mistress's praise is a trifle;
Then toss off your glasses to all girls of spirit,
Our toast, boys, embraces each woman of merit,
[Footnote 94: Four celebrated31 highwaymen, all rejoicing in the honorable distinction of captain.]
"Well," replied Dick, replenishing King's rummer, while he laughed heartily33 at his ditty, "I shan't refuse your toast, though my heart don't respond to your sentiments. Ah, Tom! the sex you praise so much will, I fear, prove your undoing34. Do as you please, but curse me if ever I pin my life to a petticoat. I'd as soon think of neglecting the four cautions."
"The four cautions," said King; "what are they?"
THE FOUR CAUTIONS
Pay attention to these cautions four,
And through life you will need little more,
Beware of a pistol before!
Before! before!
Beware of a pistol before!
And when backward his ears are inclined,
And his tail with his ham is combined,
Caution two you will bear in your mind:
Behind! behind!
Beware of a prancer behind!
Thirdly, when in the park you may ride,
On your best bit of blood, sir, astride,
Chatting gay to your old friend's young bride:
Beware of a coach at the side!
At the side! at the side!
Beware of a coach at the side!
Lastly, whether in purple or gray,
Canter, ranter, grave, solemn, or gay,
Whate'er he may do or may say,
Beware of a priest every way!
Every way! every way!
Beware of a priest every way!
"Well," said Tom King, "all you can sing or say don't alter my good opinion of the women. Not a secret have I from the girl of my heart. She could have sold me over and over again if she had chosen, but my sweet Sue is not the wench to do that."
"It is not too late," said Dick. "Your Delilah may yet hand you over to the Philistines39."
"Then I shall die in a good cause," said King; "but
The Tyburn Tree
Has no terrors for me,
Let better men swing--I'm at liberty.
I shall never come to the scragging-post, unless you turn topsman, Dick Turpin. My nativity has been cast, and the stars have declared I am to die by the hand of my best friend--and that's you--eh? Dick?"
"It sounds like it," replied Turpin; "but I advise you not to become too intimate with Jack40 Ketch. He may prove your best friend, after all."
"Why, faith, that's true," replied King, laughing; "and if I must ride backwards41 up Holborn Hill, I'll do the thing in style, and honest Jack Ketch shall never want his dues. A man should always die game. We none of us know how soon our turn may come; but come when it will, I shall never flinch42 from it.
So the highwayman's death is the briefest and best;
He dies not as other men die, by degrees,
But at once! without flinching--and quite at his ease!
as the song you are so fond of says. When I die it will not be of consumption. And if the surgeon's knife must come near me, it will be after death. There's some comfort in that reflection, at all events."
"True," replied Turpin, "and, with a little alteration44, my song would suit you capitally:
There is not a king, should you search the world round,
Dear woman's his empire, each girl is his own,
Ha, ha!"
"Ha, ha!" laughed Tom. "And now, Dick, to change the subject. You are off, I understand, to Yorkshire to-night. 'Pon my soul, you are a wonderful fellow--an alibi47 personified!--here and everywhere at the same time--no wonder you are called the flying highwayman. To-day in town--to-morrow at York--the day after at Chester. The devil only knows where you will pitch your quarters a week hence. There are rumors48 of you in all counties at the same moment. This man swears you robbed him at Hounslow; that on Salisbury Plain; while another avers49 you monopolize50 Cheshire and Yorkshire, and that it isn't safe even to hunt without pops in your pocket. I heard some devilish good stories of you at D'Osyndar's t'other day; the fellow who told them to me little thought I was a brother blade."
"You flatter me," said Dick, smiling complacently51; "but it's no merit of mine. Black Bess alone enables me to do it, and hers be the credit. Talking of being everywhere at the same time, you shall hear what she once did for me in Cheshire. Meantime, a glass to the best mare52 in England. You won't refuse that toast, Tom. Ah! if your mistress is only as true to you as my nag53 to me, you might set at naught54 the tightest hempen55 cravat56 that was ever twisted, and defy your best friend to hurt you. Black Bess! and God bless her! And now for the song." Saying which, with much emotion, Turpin chanted the following rhymes:
BLACK BESS
Let the lover his mistress's beauty rehearse,
Be it mine in rude strains, but with truth to express,
The love that I bear to my bonny Black Bess.
From the west was her dam, from the east was her sire,
From the one came her swiftness, the other her fire;
No peer of the realm better blood can possess
Look! Look! how that eyeball grows bright as a brand!
Mark! that wide flowing mane! of which each silky tress
With its jet undisfigured by one lock of white;
Now is she not beautiful?--bonny Black Bess!
Over highway and by-way, in rough and smooth weather,
Some thousands of miles have we journeyed together;
Our couch the same straw, and our meal the same mess
No couple more constant than I and Black Bess.
By moonlight, in darkness, by night, or by day,
Her headlong career there is nothing can stay;
Can you show me a courser to match with Black Bess?
"Egad! I should think not," exclaimed King; "you are as sentimental67 on the subject of your mare, as I am when I think of my darling Susan. But pardon my interruption. Pray proceed."
"Let me first clear my throat," returned Dick; "and now to resume:"
Once it happened in Cheshire, near Dunham, I popped
On a horseman alone, whom I speedily stopped;
That I lightened his pockets you'll readily guess--
Quick work makes Dick Turpin when mounted on Bess.
Now it seems the man knew me; "Dick Turpin," said he,
"You shall swing for this job, as you live, d'ye see;"
I was sure of an alibi then with Black Bess.
The road was a hollow, a sunken ravine,[95]
Overshadowed completely by wood like a screen;
I clambered the bank, and I needs must confess,
That one touch of the spur grazed the side of Black Bess.
As the crow wings her flight we selected our road;
We arrived at Hough Green in five minutes, or less--
My neck it was saved by the speed of Black Bess.
Stepping carelessly forward, I lounge on the green,
Taking excellent care that by all I am seen;
But I say not a word of the flight of Black Bess.
I mention the hour--it was just about four--
Play a rubber at bowls--think the danger is o'er;
When athwart my next game, like a checkmate at chess,
Comes the horsemen in search of the rider of Bess.
What matter details? Off with triumph I came;
He swears to the hour, and the squires swear the same;
I was quietly bowling--all thanks to Black Bess!
Then one halloo, boys, one loud cheering halloo!
To the swiftest of coursers, the gallant, the true!
For the sportsman unborn shall the memory bless
Of the horse of the highwayman, bonny Black Bess!
[Footnote 95: The exact spot where Turpin committed this robbery, which has often been pointed74 out to us, lies in what is now a woody hollow, though once the old road from Altringham to Knutsford skirting the rich and sylvan75 domains76 of Dunham, and descending77 the hill that brings you to the bridge crossing the little river Bollin. With some difficulty we penetrated78 this ravine. It is just the place for an adventure of the kind. A small brook wells through it; and the steep banks are overhung with timber, and were, when we last visited the place, in April, 1834, a perfect nest of primroses79 and wild flowers. Hough (pronounced Hoo) Green lies about three miles across the country--the way Turpin rode. The old Bowling-green is one of the pleasantest inns in Cheshire.]
Loud acclamations rewarded Dick's performance. Awakened80 from his doze81, Zoroaster beat time to the melody, the only thing, Jerry said, he was capable of beating in his present shattered condition. After some little persuasion82, the Magus was prevailed upon to enliven the company with a strain, which he trolled forth83 after a maudlin84 manner:
THE DOUBLE CROSS
Though all of us have heard of crost fights,
And certain gains, by certain lost fights,
I rather fancies that it's news,
How in a mill, both men should lose;
It plays the dickens with the steven;[96]
Besides, against all rule they're sinning,
Vere neither has no chance of vinning.
Ri, tol, lol, &c.
Vere backed to fight for heavy stake:
But in the mean time, so it vos,
Both kids agreed to play a cross;
Bold came each buffer[97] to the scratch,
To make it look a tightish match;
They peeled[98] in style, and bets vere making,
'Tvos six to four, but few vere taking.
Ri, tol, lol, &c.
Quite cautiously the mill began,
For neither knew the other's plan;
Each cull[99] completely in the dark,
Of vot might be his neighbor's mark;
Resolved his fibbing[100] not to mind,
Nor yet to pay him back in kind;
So on each other kept they tout,[101]
Ri, tol, lol, &c.
As if to plant a heavy thwack:
Straight threatened Tommy with a topper;
'Tis all my eye! no claret flows,
No facers sound--no smashing blows--
Five minutes pass, yet not a hit,
Ri, tol, lol, &c.
To please his backers, yet play booty;[103]
Vos planted right upon his smeller;
The mill is o'er, the crosser crost,
The loser's von, the vinner's lost!
Ri, tol, lol, &c.
[Footnote 96: Money.]
[Footnote 97: Man.]
[Footnote 98: Stripped.]
[Footnote 99: Fellow.]
[Footnote 100: A particular kind of pugilistic punishment.]
[Footnote 101: Kept each an eye upon the other.]
[Footnote 102: Hands.]
[Footnote 103: Deceive them.]
The party assumed once more a lively air, and the glass was circulated so freely, that at last a final charge drained the ample bowl of its contents.
"The best of friends must part," said Dick; "and I would willingly order another whiff of punch, but I think we have all had enough to satisfy us, as you milling coves have it, Zory! Your one eye has got a drop in it already, old fellow; and, to speak the truth, I must be getting into the saddle without more delay, for I have a long ride before me. And now, friend Jerry, before I start, suppose you tip us one of your merry staves; we haven't heard your pipe to-day, and never a cross cove of us all can throw off so prime a chant as yourself. A song! a song!"
"Ay, a song!" reiterated95 King and the Magus.
"You do me too much honor, gemmen," said Jerry, modestly, taking a pinch of snuff; "I am sure I shall be most happy. My chants are all of a sort. You must make all due allowances--hem!" And, clearing his throat, he forthwith warbled
THE MODERN GREEK
(Not translated from the Romaic.)
Come, gemmen, name, and make your game,
See, round the ball is spinning.
Black, red, or blue, the colors view,
Une, deux, cinque, 'tis beginning,
Then make your game,
The color name,
While round the ball is spinning.
While covered by my bonnet,[104]
I plant my ball, and boldly call,
Come make your game upon it!
Thus rat-a-tat!
I land my flat!
'Tis black--not red--is winning.
At gay roulette was never met
A lance like mine for bleeding!
I'm ne'er at fault, at nothing halt,
All other legs preceding.
To all awake,
I never shake
A mag[105] unless I nip it.
Blind-hookey sees how well I squeeze
Ecarte, whist, I never missed,
Mogul or loo,
The same I do,
French hazard ta'en, I nick the main,
Was ne'er so prime a caster.
The bank shall change its master.
Seven quatre, trois,
The stakes are high!
Ten mains! ten mains are mine, pals!
I'll make no bones of stripping;
While they may deal each pip in.
Trente-un-apres
The game--the game's divine, pals.
I'll score and win the rub, pals;
I miss my cue, my hazard, too,
That cannon-twist,
I ne'er had missed,
Unless to suit my views, pals.
To make all right, the match look tight,
This trick, you know, is done, pals;
But now be gay, I'll show my play--
No hand so fine,
No wrist like mine,
No odds I e'er refuse, pals.
Then choose your game; whate'er you name,
To me alike all offers;
Chic-hazard, whist, whate'er you list,
Thus, rat-a-tat!
I land my flat!
To every purse I speak, pals.
The deuce a die is loaded!
Then make your game,
Your color name;
Success attend the Greek, pals.
[Footnote 104: Accomplice109.]
[Footnote 105: A farthing.]
[Footnote 106: Cards.]
"Bravo, Jerry--bravissimo!" chorused the party.
"And now, pals, farewell!--a long farewell!" said Dick, in a tone of theatrical111 valediction112. "As I said before, the best friends must separate. We may soon meet again, or we now may part forever. We cannot command our luck; but we can make the best of the span allotted113 to us. You have your game to play. I have mine. May each of us meet with the success he deserves."
"Egad! I hope not," said King. "I'm afraid, in that case, the chances would be against us."
"Well, then, the success we anticipate, if you prefer it," rejoined Dick. "I have only to observe one thing more, namely, that I must insist upon standing114 Sam upon the present occasion. Not a word. I won't hear a syllable115. Landlord, I say--what oh!" continued Dick, stepping out of the arbor116. "Here, my old Admiral of the White, what's the reckoning?--what's to pay, I say?"
"Let ye know directly, sir," replied mine host of the Falstaff.
"Order my horse--the black mare," added Dick.
"And mine," said King, "the sorrel colt. I'll ride with you a mile or two on the road, Dick; perhaps we may stumble upon something."
"Very likely."
"We meet at twelve, at D'Osyndar's, Jerry," said King, "if nothing happens."
"Agreed," responded Juniper.
"What say you to a rubber at bowls, in the mean time?" said the Magus, taking his everlasting117 pipe from his lips.
Jerry nodded acquiescence118. And while they went in search of the implements119 of the game, Turpin and King sauntered gently on the green.
It was a delicious evening. The sun was slowly declining, and glowed like a ball of fire amid the thick foliage120 of a neighboring elm. Whether, like the robber Moor, Tom King was touched by this glorious sunset, we pretend not to determine. Certain it was that a shade of inexpressible melancholy121 passed across his handsome countenance122, as he gazed in the direction of Harrow-on-the Hill, which, lying to the west of the green upon which they walked, stood out with its pointed spire123 and lofty college against the ruddy sky. He spoke124 not. But Dick noticed the passing emotion.
"Yes, I am well enough," said King; "I know not what came over me, but looking at Harrow, I thought of my school days, and what I was then, and that bright prospect125 reminded me of my boyish hopes."
"Tut--tut," said Dick, "this is idle--you are a man now."
"I know I am," replied Tom, "but I have been a boy. Had I any faith in presentiments126, I should say this is the last sunset I shall ever see."
"Here comes our host," said Dick, smiling. "I've no presentiment127 that this is the last bill I shall ever pay."
The bill was brought and settled. As Turpin paid it, the man's conduct was singular, and awakened his suspicions.
"Are our horses ready?" asked Dick, quickly.
"They are, sir," said the landlord.
"Let us be gone," whispered Dick to King; "I don't like this fellow's manner. I thought I heard a carriage draw up at the inn door just now--there may be danger. Be fly!" added he to Jerry and the Magus. "Now, sir," said he to the landlord, "lead the way. Keep on the alert, Tom."
Dick's hint was not lost upon the two bowlers128. They watched their comrades; and listened intently for any manifestation129 of alarm.
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