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32 silence, keeping Blosser and Fluss In view. A large billboard, blown flat, was the first sign that they were approaching Tippewa.

"I hope there is a soda fountain," said Betty thirstily. "The wind's worse now we're out of the woods, isn't it? Do you suppose those sharpers think they can get another train from here?"

"Tippewa doesn't look like a town with many trains," opined Bob. "I confess I don't see what they expect to do, or where they can go. Here comes an automobile, though. Can't be such an out-of-date town after all."

The automobile was driven by a man in blue-striped overalls, and, to the surprise of Bob and Betty, Blosser and Fluss hailed him from the road. There was a minute's parley, the suitcases were tossed in, and the two men followed. The automobile turned sharply and went back along the route it had just come over.


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looked at Betty, and Betty stared at Bob.

"What do you know about that!" gasped the boy. "They couldn't have arranged for the car to meet them, because the tree blowing down was an accident pure and simple. Where can they be going?"

"I don't know," said Betty practically. "But here's a drug store and I must have something cold to drink. My throat feels dried with dust. Why don't you ask the drug clerk whose car that was?"

Bob acted upon this excellent suggestion, and while Betty was recovering from her disappointment in finding no ice-cream for sale and doing her best to quench her thirst with a bottle of luke-warm lemon soda. Bob interviewed the grizzled proprietor of the store.

"A small car painted a dull red you say?" this individual repeated Bob's question. "Must 'a' been Fred Griggs. He hires out whenever he can get anybody to tote round."

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34 feeling that his query was not couched in the most complimentary terms, but unable to amend it quickly.

The drug store owner was not critical.

"Oh, folks go over to Xville," he said indifferently. "That's a new town fifteen miles back. They say oil was discovered there some twenty years ago, but others claim nothing but water ever flowed. That's how it came to be called Xville. I guess if the truth was known, the wells wasn't oil—we're a little out of the belt here."

That was as far as Bob was able to follow the sharpers. He had no way of knowing certainly whether they had gone to Xville, or whether they had hired the car to take them to some other place nearer or further on. Betty finished her soda and they strolled about the single street for a half hour, buying three collapsible Indian baskets for the Littell girls, since they would easily pack into Betty's bag.

They reached the train to find the last section of the big tree being lifted from the track, and half an hour later, all passengers aboard, the train resumed its journey. Bob and Betty had eaten lunch in the town, and they spent the afternoon on the observation platform, Betty tatting and Bob trying to write a letter to Mr. Littell. They were glad to have their berths made up early that night, for both planned to be up at


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Rh six o'clock the next morning when the train, the conductor told them, crossed the line into Oklahoma. Betty cherished an idea that the State in which she was so much interested would be "different" in some way from the country through which they had been passing.

The good-natured conductor was on hand the next morning to point out to them the State line, and Betty, under his direct challenge, had to admit that she could see nothing distinguishing about the scenery.

"Wait till you see the oil wells," said the conductor cheerfully. "You'll know you're in Oklahoma then, little lady."

Bob and Betty were to change at Chassada to make connections for Flame City, where Betty's Uncle Dick was stationed, and soon after breakfast the brakeman called the name of the station and they descended from the train. As it rolled on they both were conscious of a momentary feeling of loneliness, for in the long journey from Washington they had grown accustomed to their comfortable quarters and to the kindly train crew.

They had an hour to wait in Chassada, and Bob suggested that they leave their bags at the station and walk around the town.

"I believe they have oil wells near here," he said. "Some one on the train—oh, I know who


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36 it was, that lanky chap from Texas—was telling me that from the outskirts of the place you can see oil wells. Or perhaps we can get a bus to take us out to the fields and bring us back."

"Oh, no," protested Betty. "I know Uncle Dick is counting on showing us the wells and explaining them to us. Bob. Don't let us bother about going up close to a well—we can see enough from the town limits. Look, there's one now!"

They had reached the edge of the narrow, straggling group of streets that was all of Chassada, and now Betty pointed toward the west where tall iron framework rose in the air. There were six of these structures, and, even at that distance, the boy and girl could see men working busily about at the base of the frames.

"Looks just like the postcards your uncle sent, doesn't it?" said Bob delightedly. "Gee! I'd like to see just how they drive them. Well, I suppose before we're a week older we'll know how to drive a well and what to do with the oil when it finally flows. You'll be talking oil as madly as any of them then, Betty."

"I suppose I shall," admitted Betty. "Do you know, I'm hungry. I wonder if there is any place we can eat?"

"Must be," said the optimistic Bob. "Come on, we'll go up this street. Perhaps there will be


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Rh some kind of a restaurant. Never heard of a town without a place to eat."

But Bob began to think presently that perhaps Chassada differed in more ways than one from the towns to which he was accustomed. In the first place, though every one seemed to have plenty of money—there was a neat and attractive jewelry store conspicuous between a barber shop and a grain store—no one seemed to have to work. The streets were unpaved, the sidewalks of rough boards in many places, in others no walks at all were attempted. Many of the buildings were mere shacks incongruously painted in brilliant colors, and there were more dogs than were ever before gathered into one place. Of that Bob was sure.

"Do you suppose they've all made fortunes in oil?" Betty ventured, scanning the groups of men and boys that filled every doorway and lounged at the corners. "No one is working, Bob. Who runs the wells?"

"Different shifts, I suppose," answered Bob. "I declare, Betty, I'm not so sure that you'll get anything to eat after' all. We'll go back to the station; they may have sandwiches or cake or something like that on sale there."

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38 cry from Betty, and turned to find that she had disappeared.

"The lady fell down that hole!" shouted a man, hurrying across the street. "There go the barrels! I told Zinker he ought to have braced that dirt!"

Bob, still not understanding, saw four large barrels that had stood on the sidewalk slowly topple over the side of an excavation and roll out of sight.

"She went in, too," cried the man, scrambling over the edge. "Are you hurt, lady?" he called.

"Betty!" shouted Bob. "Betty, are you hurt?" he took a flying leap to the edge of the hole, and, having miscalculated the distance, slid over after the barrels.

Over and over he rolled, bringing up breathless against something soft.

"I knew you'd come to get me," giggled Betty, "but you needn't have hurried. Are there any more barrels coming?"

Bob was immensely relieved to find that she was unhurt. The barrels had luckily been empty and had rolled over and into her harmlessly.

"Well, looks like you're all right," grinned the Chassada citizen who had followed Bob more leisurely. "Let me help you up this grade. There now, you're fine and dandy, barring a little dirt that will wash off. George Zinker excavated


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Rh last winter for a house, and then didn't build. I always told him the walk was shifty. You're strangers in town, aren't you?"

Bob explained that they^ were only waiting over between trains.

"So you're going to Flame City!" exclaimed their new friend with interest when Bob mentioned their destination. "I hear they've struck it rich in the fields. Buying up everything in sight, they say. We had a well come in last week. Hope you have a place to stay, though; Flame City isn't much more than a store and a post-office."

Betty looked up from rubbing her skirt with her clean handkerchief in an endeavor to remove some of the gravel stains.

"Isn't Flame City larger than Chassada?" she demanded.

"Larger? Why, Chassada is four or five years ahead," explained the Chassada man. "We've got a hotel and three boarding houses, and next month they're fixing to put up a movie theater. Flame City wasn't on the map six months ago. That's why I say I hope you have a place to go—you'll have to rough it, anyway, but accommodations is mighty scarce."

Bob assured him that some one was to meet them, and then asked about a restaurant.

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40 at that white door down the street," was the advice, emphasized by a graphic forefinger. "Lay off the custard pie, 'cause he generally makes it with sour milk. Apple pie is fair, and his doughnuts is good. No thanks at all—glad to accommodate a stranger."

The white door indicated opened into a little low, dark room that smelled of all the pies ever baked and several dishes besides. There were several oilcloth-topped tables scattered about, and one or two patrons were eating. As Bob and Betty entered a great gust of laughter came from a corner table where a group of men were gathered.

"Guess that was good advice about the custard pie," whispered Bob mischievously. "Think you can stand it, Betty?"

"I'm so hungry, I could stand anything," declared Betty with vigor. "I'd like a couple of sandwiches and a glass of milk. I guess you have to go up to that counter and bring your orders back with you—I don't see any waiters."

Bob went up to the counter, and Betty sat down at a vacant table and looked about her.


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clock on the wall told Betty that it was within twenty minutes of the time their train was due. However, they were within sight of the station, so, provided Bob was quickly waited upon, there was no reason to worry about missing the connection.

Bob came back, balancing the sandwiches and milk precariously, and they proceeded to make a hearty lunch, their appetites sharpened by the clear Western air, in a measure compensating for the sawdust bread and the extreme blueness of the milk.

"What are those men laughing about, I wonder," commented Betty idly, as a fresh burst of laughter came from the table in the corner of the room. "What a noise they make! Bob, do I imagine it, or does this bread taste of oil?"

Bob laughed, and glanced over his shoulder to make sure the counter-man could not hear.

"Do you know, I thought that very thing," he confessed. "I wasn't going to mention it, for fear you'd think I was obsessed with the Rh


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42 of oil. To tell you the truth, Betsey, I think this bread has been near the kerosene oil can, not an oil well."

"Well, we can drink the milk," said Betty philosophically. "It's lucky one sandwich apiece was good. Oh, won't it be fine to get to Flame City and see Uncle Dick! I want to get where we are going, Bob!"

"Sure you do," responded Bob sympathetically, frowning with annoyance as another hoarse burst of laughter came from the corner table. "But I'm afraid Flame City isn't going to be much of a place after all."

"I don't care what kind of place it is," declared Betty firmly. "All I want is to see Uncle Dick and be with him. And I want you to find your aunts. And I'd like to go to school with the Littell girls next fall. And that's all."

Bob smiled, then grew serious.

"I'd like to go to school myself," he said soberly. "Precious little schooling I've had, Betty. I've read all I could, but you can't get anywhere without a good, solid foundation. Well, there'll be time enough to worry about that when school time comes. Just now it is vacation."

"Bob!"—Betty spoke swiftly—"look what those men are doing—teasing that poor Chinaman. How can they be so mean!"


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Rh Sure enough, one of the group had slouched forward in his chair, and over his bent shoulders Bob and Betty could see an unhappy Chinaman, clutching his knife and fork tightly and looking with a hunted expression in his slant eyes from one to another of his tormentors. They were evidently harassing him as he ate, for while they watched he took a forkful of the macaroni on the plate before him, and attempted to convey it to his mouth. Instantly one of the men surrounding him struck his arm sharply, and the food flew into the air. Then the crowd laughed uproariously.

"Isn't that perfectly disgusting!" scolded Betty. "How any one can see anything funny in doing that is beyond me. Oh, now look—they've got his slippers."

The unfortunate Chinaman's loose flat slippers hurtled through the air, narrowly missing Betty's head.

"Come on, we're going to get out of this," said Bob determinedly, rising from his seat. "Those chaps once start rough-housing, no telling where they'll bring up. We want to escape the dishes, and besides we haven't any too much time to make our train."

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44 Betty was following. But she had seen something that roused her anger afresh.

The poor Celestial was essaying an ineffectual protest at the treatment of his slippers, when a man opposite him reached over and snatched his plate of food.

"China for Chinamen!" he shouted, and with that clapped the plate down on the unfortunate victim's head with so much force that it shivered into several pieces.

Betty could never bear to see a person or an animal unfairly treated, and when, as now, the odds were all against one, she became a veritable little fury. As Bob had once said in a mixture of admiration and despair she wasn't old enough to be afraid of anything or anybody.

"How dare you treat him like that!" she cried, running to the table where the Chinaman sat in a daze. "You ought to be arrested! If you must torment some one, why don't you get somebody who can fight back?"

The men stared at her open-mouthed, bewildered by her unexpected championship of their bait. Then a great, coarse, blowzy-faced man, with enormous grease spots on his clothes, winked at the others.

"My eye, we've a visitor," he drawled. "Sit down, my dear, and John Chinaman shall bring you chop suey for lunch."


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Rh Betty drew back as he put out a huge hand.

"You leave her alone!" Bob had come after Betty and stood glaring at the greasy individual. "Anybody who'll treat a foreigner as you've treated that Chinaman isn't fit to speak to a girl!"

A concerted growl greeted this statement.

"If you've looking for a fight," snarled a younger man, "you're struck the right place. Come on, or eat your words."

Now Bob was no coward, but there were five men arrayed against him with a probable sixth in the form of the counter-man who was watching the turn of affairs with great interest from the safe vantage-point of his high counter. It was too much to expect that any men who had dealt with a defenceless and handicapped stranger as these had dealt with the Chinaman would fight fair. Besides, Bob was further hampered by the terrified Betty who clung tightly to his arm and implored him not to fight. It seemed to the lad that the better part of valor would be to take to his heels.

"You cut for the station," he muttered swiftly to Betty. "Get the bags—train's almost due. I'll run up the street and lose 'em somewhere on the way. They won't touch you."

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46 to understand what was expected of her and what Bob planned to do. She loosened her hold on his arm.

Like a shot, Bob made for the door, banged the screen open wide (Betty heard it hit the side of the building), and fled up the straggling, uneven street. Instantly the five toughs were in pursuit.

Betty heard the counter-man calling to her, but she ran from the place and sped toward the station. It was completely deserted, and a written sign proclaimed that the 1:52 train was ten minutes late. Betty judged that the ticket agent, with whom they had left their bags, would return in time to check them out, and she sat down on one of the dusty seats in the fly-specked waiting room to wait for the arrival of Bob.

That young man, as he ran, was racking his brains for a way to elude his pursuers. There were no telegraph poles to climb, and even if there had been, he wanted to get to Betty and the station, not be marooned indefinitely. He glanced back. The hoodlums, for such they were, were gaining on him. They were out of training, but their familiarity with the walks gave them a decided advantage. Bob had to watch out for holes and sidewalk obstructions.

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Rh store, evidently a large shop, for he had noticed the front door on the street where the restaurant was situated. Now he was approaching the rear entrance and a number of packing cases cluttered the walk, and excelsior was lying about. A backward glance showed him that the enemy had not yet rounded the corner. Bob dived into the store.

"Hide me!" he gasped, running plump into a white-haired man in overalls who was whistling "Ben Bolt" and opening cases of canned peaches with pleasant dexterity. "Hide me quick. There's a gang after me—five of 'em!"

"Under the counter, Sonny," said the grocery-man, hardly looking at Bob. "Just lay low, and trust Micah Davis to 'tend to the scamps."

Bob crawled under the nearest counter and in a few minutes he heard the men at the door.

"'Lo, Davis," said one conciliatingly. "Seen anything of a fresh kid—freckled, good clothes, right out of the East? He tried to pass some bad money at Jake Hill's. Seen him?"

Bob nearly denounced this lie, but common sense saved him. Small use in seeking protection and then refusing it.

"Haven't seen anybody like that," said the groceryman positively. "Quit bruising those tomatoes, Bud."

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48 sourly. "There's a girl with him, and they're figuring on taking the one-fifty-two. We're going down and picket the station. If Mr. Smarty gets on that train at all, his face won't look so pretty."

They tramped off, and Bob came out from his hiding place.

"They're a nice bunch!" he declared bitterly. "I got into a row with 'em because they were teasing a poor Chinaman and Betty Gordon landed on them for that. Then I tried to get her away from the place, and of course that started a fight. But I suppose they can dust the station with me if they're set on it—only I'll register a few protests."

"Now, now, we ain't a-going to have no battle," announced the genial Mr. Davis. "I knew Bud was lying soon as I looked at him. Why? 'Cause I never knew him to tell the truth. As for picketing the station, well, there's more ways than one to skin a cat."


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Translation:Mishnah/Seder Tohorot/Tractate Parah/Chapter 8/3

Hebrew Text
השורף פרה, ופרים, והמשלח את השעיר, מטמא בגדים. פרה ופרים ושעיר המשתלח עצמן אין מטמאין בגדים. הרי זה אומר, מטמאיך לא טמאוני ואתה טמאתני.

English Translation
 The person who burns the red cow (of Numbers 19:1–22) or the bulls (that are burned pursuant to Leviticus 4:3–21 or 16:27) and the person who leads away the scapegoat (pursuant to Leviticus 16:7-10 and 26) render clothes [that they wear while so doing] unclean.

The red cow, the bulls, and the scapegoat do not themselves render clothes [with which they come in contact] unclean.

This one [the clothing] says [to the person]: “Those that render you unclean do not render me unclean, but you render me unclean.”

Explanation
משנה פרה ח ג


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Translation:Mishnah/Seder Tohorot/Tractate Parah/Chapter 8

Mishnah 1

Mishnah 2

Mishnah 3

Mishnah 4

Mishnah 5

Mishnah 6

Mishnah 7

Mishnah 8

Mishnah 9

Mishnah 10

Mishnah 11

משנה פרה ח


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Chapter 1 – Plain translation of complete chapter
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משנה מסכת פרה


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List of Tractates
Tractate Kelim – Tractate Oholot – Tractate Negaim – Tractate Parah – Tractate Tehorot – Tractate Mikvaot – Tractate Niddah – Tractate Makhshirin – Tractate Zavim – Tractate Tevul Yom – Tractate Yadayim – Tractate Oktzin

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stood alone, in sovereignty sublime,

Uniquely great,—the Kaiser! They that feared,

Yet honored him, who to the world appeared

Lofty in courage, wise, above his time,

The Monarch of the hour!—

Using his strength destructive things to bind,

Serving the Fatherland—and, so, mankind,

Safe-guarding Peace with Power.

He stood alone? How lone today he stands,

The eyes of all fixed wondering on him!

His throne ensanguined, his bright ægis dim,

The murderous sword clutched in his lawless hands!


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What spectacle more sad

Than Might by its own folly wounded so?

Are the Gods jealous now, as long ago,

That thus they make ambitious mortals mad?

Florence Earle Coates.


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Translation:Mishnah/Seder Tohorot/Tractate Oktzin/Chapter 1

Mishnah 1

Mishnah 2

Mishnah 3

Mishnah 4

Mishnah 5

Mishnah 6

משנה עוקצין א


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משנה מסכת עוקצין


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English Translation
 Any part of a fruit that can serve as a handle but does not protect the fruit is both susceptible to impurity and can transfer impurity, but it is not included with the rest of the fruit to be considered for the minimal egg size.

If it does protect the fruit, even if it does not serve as a handle it is susceptible to impurity and can transfer impurity and it is counted as part of the minimal egg size.

If it neither protects nor serves as a handle it is not susceptible to impurity nor can it transfer impurity.

Explanation
משנה עוקצין א א


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 west of Gojam, especially the tribe called Libo. But this campaign was rendered fruitless by the death of the king's eldest son, Kennasser Christos, a young prince of great hopes, esteemed both by the king and the people. He had an excellent understanding, and the most affable manners possible, to those even whom he did not like; was very fond of the soldiers; merciful, generous, and liberal; and was thought to be the favourite of the king his father, who buried him with great pomp in the church of Debra Roma, built by king Isaac, in the lake Tzana.

the midst of this mourning, there came a very bloody order from the king. History barely tells us the fact, but does not assign any other reason than the wanton manner in which Gideon king of the Jews had endeavoured to disturb his reign and kingdom, which was thought a sufficient excuse for it. However this may be, the king gave orders to Kasmati Julius, Kasmati Welled Hawaryat, Billetana Gueta Jonael, and Fit-Auraris Hofannah, to extirpate all the Falasha that were in Foggora, Janfakara, and Bagenarwe, to the borders of Samen; also all that were in Bagla, and in all the districts under their command, wherever they could find them; and very few of them escaped, excepting some who fled with Phineas.

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Rh liberation was, that it was with very great regret the good of the commonweal obliged them to leave Tigré to the protection of Providence alone for a time, and hasten to meet the enemy that were then laying Gojam waste.

this view the king left Dobit, and came to the river Gomara in Foggora. He then passed the Nile near Dara, and came to Selalo, where he heard that the Djawi had passed the Nile from Bizamo, and entered Gojam at the opposite side to where he then was. He there left his baggage, and, by a forced march, advancing three days journey in one, he came to Bed, upon the river Sadi; but, instead of finding the enemy there, he received intelligence from Sela Christos, that he had met the Galla immediately after their passing the Nile; had fought them, and cut their army to pieces, without allowing them time to ravage the country.

this good news the king turned off on the road to Tchegal and Wainadassa, and ordered Bela Christos to assemble as great an army as he could, and fall upon the Djawi and Galla in Walaka and Shoa, as also Ras Sela Christos, to pass the Nile and join him there.

general lost no time, but marched straight to Amca Ohha, or the river Amca, where he found the Edjow, who fled upon his coming, without giving him any opportunity of bringing them to an engagement, abandoning their wives, children, and substance, to the mercy of the enemy. Sela Christos, having finished this expedition as he intended, returned to join the king, whom he found encamped upon the river Suqua, near Debra Werk, guarding those provinces in the absence of Sela Christos. From this


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 earth. The intended catastrophe, then, of this singular ambassador was remitted; but the truth of his mission was believed by the populace, and raised great scruples in every weak mind.

many misfortunes that had lately befallen the troops of the king were accounted as so much increase of power to the rebel Melca Christos, who, encouraged by the correspondence he held with the chiefs of the Alexandrian religion, began now to take upon him the state and office of a king. His first essay was to fend, as governor to the province of Tigré, a son of that great rebel Za Selasse, whose manifold treasons, we have already seen, occasioned the death of two kings, Za Denghel and Jacob.

was then governor of Tigré for Socinios, a man of merit and valour, but poor, and though related to the king himself, had very few soldiers to be depended on excepting his own servants, and two bodies of troops which the king had sent him to maintain his authority, and to keep his province in order.

new governor, sent by the rebel Melca Christos, had with him a considerable army; and, knowing the weakness of Asca Georgis, he paraded through the province in the utmost security.

Saturday which, in defiance of the king's edict, he was to solemnize as a festival equal to Sunday, he had resolved on a party of pleasure in a valley, where, much at his ease, he was preparing an entertainment for his troops and friends, and such of the province as came to offer their


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 understood, and concluded with these words, "That as the king thought himself obliged to fulfil those promises of submitting himself to the see of Rome which his predecessors had made, the time was now come in which he should do that, if such was his pleasure. These last words of the orator seem not to have satisfied the zeal of Socinios. He interrupted Melca Christos by saying, that it was not now, but a long time since, that he had submitted to the church of Rome, as true successor of St Peter; and the present occasion was only a confirmation of what he had formerly professed."

patriarch answered by a few words, prudently and sensibly, I suppose to save time, seeing that, short or long, his discourse would not be understood. But proceeding to facts, he opened a new testament, while Socinios, upon his knees, took the following oath: "We, sultan Segued, emperor of Ethiopia, do believe and confess that St Peter, prince of the apostles, was constituted, by Christ our Lord, head of the whole Christian church, wand that he gave him the principality and dominion over the whole world, by saying to - him, You are Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church; and I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And again when he said, Keep my sheep. Also we believe and confess, that the pope of Rome, lawfully elected, is the true successor of St Peter the apostle, jn government; that he holdeth the same power, dignity, and primacy, in the whole Christian church: and to the holy father Urban VIII. of that name, by the mercy of God, pope, and our lord, and to his successor in the government of the church, we do promise, offer, and swear true obedience, and subject, with humility at his feet, our person and empire; so help us God and these holy


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 Leiri*, George Kobert (1782-1871 ) , Lewia Ulj-D CoCbi. iilso BUmetinies called Lewis - '■' Lljwelj-n UlvQ Colhi (_/?. 1450- M8fi> ia, Griffith George (1784-18:19) L,ewi>, Hubert ( IS-io-lSSi) . Levu, JuiiaHenr>-(178^18Sn) . Lewu,Joliii(16TS-'l747). Leirii, John Dttawate <1(«28-1884) Lairu,Jabn Fralerick (IBUS-ISTG) Levis, Jovca nr JocuM (if. t5^7>. Lewis, Lw|«ld David (1828-1890). Le«ia, Ladv Mirii Tliei«!a (IgOS-ISGa) Lcwii. UaA Ifi. 167B) .... Lewis, Matthew tireiiory (177&-18tg}. Lewis MaTgaawg, i.e. of Glamoiganihire (A. -1540) Lewii, Owen, *1» koowa u Lewis I Lawia, Samual, tha vonoger (d. nnder Lewis, Sunoel, the elder. Lew^ SamnelSaTira (1830-1891) Uwis,Stiurt(17aar-lSl8; , Lewis, Thomas C 1069-1749 7 ) . Lewis, ItirTlHMnisFranMand (17SO-1355) Lewis, Thomu TavloT (1B01-IS58) Lewis, Tilns (177i-iatl) Lewi*,WiUiuii (1G9S-1667}. Lewi*. Wmiam (1714-1781). Lewi., William (rf. 1856?). . Lewis, William Oanelt (1S31-18S5) Lewi^ William Thomas, celled 'Gentlemen Lewis (1T48?-1811) miu LewsoD, Jane, commonlj called Ladv Lewson (1700?-1816) 202 Lewjs »p Rhys ap Owain (d, 1616?). See Dwon, Lew vs. Lexlnlon, Barona. See Sutton, Robert, &nt Baron (d. ISCS) t Sutton, Robert, aiicond Beron (d. 1723). Lttdnton, Henry de (d. 1358). See nndcr LexialOD or Lesaiagton, John de. Lexinton or Lessinglon, John de (</. 1257). 202 Lexlnlon, Oliver de (rf. 1399). See Sutton. Lexinlon or Lessington, Robert de (d. 1250). 30. (1620-1702) . LevMsler, John (j). 1689) . . Leveestei. Sir Peter (1G14-1678) . L^den. John. M.D. (1775-1811 ) . Leylsnd. Joaeph Rentier (1811-1851) Lersen, Thomas (1548-1608 ?) • "--' See also Lloyd,_Llwyd, and Loyd. Liart, Matthew (1736-178 IjiblHrtoun, Lord. See nu (d. IfiSO). Lii'hBetd. See also LitdiSeld. Lichfield. Earls of. See Stuart, Bcraard (162-JP-1645; Lee. GeorM Henrr, " ' '-rUfthe I^familr (1718-1772). Llddei,DaBcaD (1561-1613) . . . ._ Liddelj, Henry Thomas, fiist Earl of Ravens- worlh (1797-1878) Sir John (1794-1868). See See under Wi]lialn(lBOa>-135S). Liddiard, William (177S-1S41 I.iddon, Henry Parry (182»-1890} . Lifard, Gilbert of St. (d. ISOfi). See Gilbert. Llfford (1709-1789), fit.t V Hewitt, James. Light, Edward (dl 1SB2?) . Light. William (1784-1838) . LidhirDot, Hannah (jl. 1768 Gmrge III. LigbcToot, John (1602-1675). Lightfoot, John (1736-1788). Lightfoot, Joseph Rarber(I8-28 Ligoaier, Edward, Earl Ligoni aee of Iceland (d 1782). See unaer L,igo- niei, John, otherfiisB Jean Louis, Earl Ligo- Ligonier, Francis, otherwise Frani^is Angoate [d. 17461. See under Ligonier. John, other- wise Jean I.oais, Earl Uguoier. Ligonier, John, otherwise Jean Louis, Earl Ligonier (168O-I770) . . . . . 9< Lilbume, John (1614 ?-ie57). Lillmrne, Robert (I613-I6G5) . LilliDgalon, Lake (1653-1713) Lillo, George (1693-17BB) Lilly. See also Lily and Lyly. Lillv, ChristiaD (if. 1738) Lilly, Edmoud (d. 1716). LiUy. Henry (i 1638) .... LiUy, John'(1558-1606). See Lrlr, John. Lilly, William (1602-1681) . Lillywhite, Frederick William (1793-1854) . Lily, George (d. 1559) ..... Lily or Lillv, Peter (d. 1815) ., . , Lilv, William (1468 ?-1622) .... LImeriefc, Earl of (1758-1845). See Percv, Esmond Henrr. Llmpos, Richard (1834-1875) Linacre, Thomas (1460 ?-1624) Linehe orLynche, Richard (Jl. 1^96-1601) Lincoln, Earls wT. See Lacy, John de (dL 1240).firat F.Brlof the Uey familv; Laer. Heniy de (1249?-1811), third Eail of t6e Lacr fkmilv; Pole, Johu de 1e (1464?- 1487) ) Clinton, Edward Fieooes de (1513- 1586), fint Earl of the Clinton family i Clin- ton, Henry Fiennes (1720-1794), ninth Eort of ihe Clinton familv. Lincoln, Hugh of. Saint (1246 ?-125S). See Hugh. Llnd, James, M.D. (1716-1791). . >7t'| Lind, James, M.D. (1736-1812). 27X1 Lind, Johanna Mana, known as Jenny Liod, and afterwards as Madame Jenny Lind- Goldschmidt (1830-1887). ., . t Lind,John(1737-17SI) T


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446 PAGE Lindesay, Thomas (1656-1724). . .277 Lindewood,William (</. 1446). See Lyndewood. Lindlev, John (1799-1865). . . .277 Lindlev, Robert (1776-1855). . . .279 Lindoii, Patrick (rf. 1734). . . .279 Lindsay, Sir Alexander de, of Luffhess (fl. 1283^-1309). See under Lindsay, Sir James, ninth Lord of Crawford, Lanarkshire. Lindsay, Alexander, fourth Earl of Crawford (d. 1454) 279 Lindsav, Alexander, first Lord Spvnie (d. ) .280 Lindsay, Alexander (d. 1639). . . .281 Lindsay, Alexander, second Lord Spvnie (d. ) .282 Lindsay, Alexander, second Lord Balcarres and first Earl of Balcarres (1618-1659 ). 282 Lindsav, Alexander, sixth Earl of Balcarres (1752-1825) 284 Lindsay, Sir Alexander (1785-1872). . 285 Lindsay, AlexanderWilliam Crawford, twenty- fifth Earl of Crawford and eighth Earl of Balcarres (1812-1880) 285 Lindsay, Lady Anne ( 1750-1825). See Barnard. Lindsav, Colin, third Earl of Balcarres (1654 ?- ) 286 Lindsav, Sir David, first Earl of Crawford (1365 P-1407) 288 Lindsay, David, fifth Earl of Crawford and first Duke of Montrose (1440 P-1495). . 288 Lindsay or Lyndsay, Sir David (1490-1555). 289 Lindsay, David, tenth Earl of Crawford (d. 1574). See under Lindsay, David, eleventh Earl of Crawford. Lindsay, David, eleventh Earl of Crawford (1547 P-1607) 295 Lindsay, Sir David, of Edzell, Lord Edzell (1551 P-1610) 297 Lindsay, David (1531 P-1613). . .297 Lindsav, David, twelfth Earl of Crawford (</. 1621). See under Lindsay, David, eleventh Earl of Crawford. Lindsav, David (1566 P-1627). . .298 Lindsav, David (<*. 1641 ?). . . .299 Lindsay, George, third Lord Spvnie (d. 167T) 299 Lindsay, Sir James, ninth Lorn of Crawford, Lanarkshire (d. 1396) 299 Lindsay, James, seventh Lord Lindsay (ct. 1601). See under Lindsay, Patrick, sixth Lord Lindsay of the Byres. Lindsay, John (d. 1335) 801 Lindsav, John, fifth Lord Lindsay of the Byres (A 1563) 801 Lindsay, John, Lord Mcnmuir (1552-1598). 802 Lindsay, John, tenth Lord Lindsay of the Byres, first Earl of Lindsay, and afterwards known as John Crawford-Lindsay, seven- teenth Earl of Crawford (1596-1678). . 304 Lindsay, John, twentieth Earl of Crawford (1702-1749) 305 Lindsay, John (1686-1768) .... 806 Lindsay, Sir John (1737-1788). . .807 Lindsay, Ludovic, sixteenth Earl of Crawford (1600-1652?) 808 Lindsay, Patrick, sixth Lord Lindsay of the Byres (d. 1589) 809 Lindsay, Patrick (1566-1644). . . .812 Lindsay, Patrick (A 1758). . . .312 Lindsay, Robert (1500 P-1565?). . .818 Lindsay, Sir Walter (A 1605). . .814 Lindsay, William, eighteenth Earl of Craw- ford and second Earl of Lindsay (<*. 1698). 315 Lindsay, William, D.D. (1802-1866) Lindsay, William Lauder (1829-1880). Lindsav, William Schaw (1816-1877). Lindsell, Augustine (d. 1634). Lindsey, Earls of. See Bertie, Robert (1572- 1642), first Earl ; Bertie, Montague (1608 ?- 1666), second Earl. Lindsey, Tneophilus (1723-1808). Line, alias Hall, Francis (1595-1675). Lines, Samuel (1778-1863). Lines, Samuel Restell (1804-1833). See under Lines, Samuel. Linford, Thomas (1650-1724). See Lynford. Lingard, Frederick ( 1811-1847). Lingard, John, D.D. (1771-1851). Lingard or Lvngard, Richard (1598 P-1670). Lingen, Sir ftenry (1612-1662). Linley, Elizabeth Ann, afterwards Mrs. Sheri- dan (1754-1792). See Sheridan. Linley, Francis (1774-1800) .... Linley, George (1798-1865). Linlev, George, junior (d. 1869). See under Linley. George (1798-1865). Linley, Maria (d. 1784). See under Linley, Thomas, the elder. Linley, Mary, afterwards Mrs. Tickell (1756 ?- 1787). Linley, Ozias Thurston (1766-1831). See under Linley, Thomas, the elder. Linley, 'Thomas, the younger (1756-1778) Linley, Thomas, the elder ( 1732-1795). Linley, William (1771-1835) .... Linlithgow, Earls of. See Livingstone, Alex- ander (d. 1622), first Earl ; Livingstone, George (1616-1690), third Earl ; Living- stone, George (1652 P-1695), fourth Earl. Linnecar, Richard (1722-1800) Linnell, John (1792-1882). Linskill, Mary (1840-1891). Linton, William (1791-1876) .... Linton, Sir William (1801-1880). Lintot, Barnabv Bernard (1675-1736). Lintot, Henry ("1703-1758). See under Lintot, Barnaby Bernard. Linwood, Mary (1755-1845) . Linwood. William Q817-1878) . Lionel of Antwerp, Earl of Ulster and Duke of Clarence (1338-1868) Lipscomb, George, M.D. (1778-1846) . Lipscomb, William (1754-1842) . Lisgar, Lord (1807-1876). See Young, John. Lisle, Lords. See Plantagenet, Arthur (d. 1542) ; Sidnev, Philip (1619-1698). Lisle, Alice (16*14 P-1685) . Lisle, Sir George (A 1648) . Lisle, John (1610 P-1664) . Lisle, Samuel (1683-1749) . Lisle, Thomas (d. 1361) Lisle or L'Isle, William (1579?-1637) . Lister, Edward, M.D. (1556-1620) . Lister, Joseph (1627-1709) . Lister, Joseph Jackson (1786-1869) Lister, Martin (1688 P-1712) . Lister, Sir Matthew, M.D. (1571 P-1656) Lister, Thomas, alia* Butler (1559-1626 ? ) . Lister, Thomas (1597-1668) .... Lister, Thomas (1810-1888) . Lister, Thomas Henry (1800-1342) . Listen, Henry (1771-1886) . Listen, John (1776 P-1846). . . . Listen, Sir JBobert (1742-1886) Listen, Robert (1794-1847). . . . PAGE 315 316 317 319 319 320 323 324 325 329 331 331 333 333 335 338 339 340 341 342 343 345 346 346 347 350 351 351 351 352 352 353 354 356 357


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 is not the black of a negro; the features are small and straight as in Europe or Abyssinia.

matters in this state are conduced by magic; and we may see to what point the human understanding is debased in the distance of a few leagues. Let no man say that ignorance is the cause, or heat of climate, which is the unintelligible observation generally made on these occasions. For why should heat of climate addict a people to magic more than cold? or, why should ignorance enlarge a man's powers, so that, overleaping the bounds of common intelligence, it should extend his faculty of conversing with a new set of beings in another world? The Ethiopians, who nearly surround Abyssinia, are blacker than those of Gingiro, their country hotter, and are, like them, an indigenous people that have been, from the beginning, in the same part where they now inhabit. Yet the former neither adore the devil, nor pretend to have a communication with him: they have no human sacrifices, nor are there any traces of such enormities having prevailed among them. A communication with the sea has been always open, and the slave-trade prevalent from the earliest times; while the king of Gingiro, shut up in the heart of the continent, sacrifices those slaves to the devil which he has no opportunity to fell to man. For at Gingiro begins that accursed custom of making the shedding of human blood a necessary part in all solemnities. How far to the southward this reaches I do not know; but I look upon this to be the geographical bounds of the reign of the devil on the north side of the equator in the peninsula of Africa.


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 and source of all the microscopy of the age.’ Lister rendered services to scientific study that can hardly be overestimated.

Lister married, on 14 July 1818, Isabella, daughter of Anthony Harris of Maryport, Cumberland. She died on 3 Sept. 1864. By her Lister was father of four sons, including the present writer, and of three daughters.

 LISTER, MARTIN (1638?–1712), zoologist, was born of a Yorkshire family, several members of which became eminent in medicine, at Radclive, Buckinghamshire, about 1638. He was the son of Sir Martin Lister (knighted 1625) and nephew of Sir [q. v.], and was educated under the direction of the latter. He entered St. John's College, Cambridge, as a pensioner, at the age of sixteen, 12 June 1655, and graduated as B.A. in 1658–9. He was made a fellow of his college by royal mandate in 1660, and proceeded M.A. in 1662. He is said to have travelled in France to improve his knowledge of medicine previous to 1670; but from numerous letters written by him to [q. v.] between 1667 and that year, dated from Burwell, Lincolnshire, from Cambridge, and from Craven, it would seem that he can only have been a short time abroad. These letters deal at first with observations on plants and on spiders, of which animals Lister was one of the earliest students. His contributions to the ‘Philosophical Transactions,’ about forty in number, treating of these subjects, as well as of meteorology, minerals, molluscs, medicine, and antiquities, extend from No. 25 to No. 585, many of them being also published separately.

In 1670–1 Lister was elected a fellow of the Royal Society, and thereupon settled at York, where he practised medicine with considerable repute until 1683. It appears from his letters (Correspondence of John Ray, ed. Lankester, p. 80) that by 1670 he was married. His spare time was devoted to natural history and Yorkshire antiquities, and he maintained a correspondence with Lhuyd, as well as with Ray, presenting various Roman altars, coins, and other objects to the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, together with the original drawings, over a thousand in number, made by his daughters, Susannah and Mary, for the ‘Historia Conchyliorum,’ published in 1685. At the suggestion of friends Lister removed to London in 1684, being created M.D. by the university of Oxford on 5 March in that year at the recommendation of the chancellor. He became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1687, and in 1694 he was chosen censor.

In order to secure rest and change of air, Lister in 1698 accompanied the Earl of Portland on his embassy to Paris; two previous visits to France having proved beneficial to him. He remained six months, and on his return published an account of his journey, which ran through three editions within the year; its introduction of some trivial details induced Dr. William King to travesty it in the ‘Journey to London,’ but its minuteness gives it historical value: a French translation appeared at Paris in 1873. Lister also excited some ridicule by printing an annotated edition of Apicius, ‘De Opsoniis et Condimentis, sive Arte Coquinaria,’ 1705. Only 120 copies were printed, and it is now a scarce work. In his medical writings Lister was very conservative in his attachment to ancient opinions, and severe in his criticisms of Sydenham and Ruysch, though indulging in speculations himself. In 1709, however, in consequence of the illness of Dr. Hannes, he was appointed second physician in ordinary to Queen Anne. Lister died at Epsom 2 Feb. 1712, and was buried in Clapham Church. Though commemorated by Robert Brown in the genus Listera among orchids, his reputation is mainly due to his contributions to zoology. His son Alexander matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford, aged 16, in 1696.

Lister's chief work undoubtedly is his ‘Historia sive Synopsis Methodica Conchyliorum,’ fol., 1685–92, with accurate figures of all shells then known, of which a second edition from the author's notes was published by G. Huddesford in 1770, and an index by L. W. Dillwyn in 1823. The ‘Journey to Paris in the Year 1698’ was included in Pinkerton's ‘Voyages,’ and reprinted by G. Henning in 1823. Sir Charles Lyell has called attention to one of Lister's papers in the ‘Philosophical Transactions’ (‘Proposal for a new sort of Maps,’ Phil. Trans., March 1683, xiv. 739) as apparently the first suggestion of geological maps; and a tract of his, ‘De Lapidibus … ad Cochlearum … imaginem figuratis,’ appended to his ‘Historiæ Animalium Angliæ tres tractatus,’ 4to, 1678–1681, is interesting, since in it he adopts Ray's view as to the organic nature of fossils. These three tracts, ‘De Araneis,’ ‘De Cochleis tum terrestribus tum fluviatilibus,’ and ‘De Cochleis Marinis,’ were his first independent work. John Farey published a stratigraphical arrangement of the fossils described there in the ‘Philosophical Magazine’ for August 1819. Among Lister's other works were: ‘J. Godartius of Insects, done into


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 grief at the loss of his son-in-law and the consequent failure of his ambitions (, Scriptores, xvi. 740). Lionel's remains were at first buried at Pavia, whence they were, in accordance with his will, removed to the convent of the Austin Friars at Clare in Suffolk, and deposited side by side with the body of his first wife. Violante left no issue by Lionel, and soon afterwards married Otto, marquis of Montferrat. Lionel was a man of great strength and beauty of person, and exceedingly tall in stature (, Chron. p. 334).

LIPSCOMB, GEORGE, M.D. (1773–1846), historian of Buckinghamshire, born on 4 Jan. 1773 at Quainton, Buckinghamshire, was the son of James Lipscomb, surgeon R.N., by Mary, daughter of Jonathan George, yeoman, of Grendon Underwood in the same county. After attending schools at Quainton and Aylesbury, and receiving some medical instruction from his father, he betook himself to London to study surgery under Sir [q. v.] In 1792 he was appointed house-surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. In 1794 he became lieutenant of the North Hampshire militia, and in 1798 captain commandant of the Warwickshire volunteer infantry, for whom he wrote an ‘Address to the Volunteers on their Duty to their King and Country.’ In 1798 also he was chosen deputy recorder of Warwick. On 6 June 1806 he obtained from Marischal College, Aberdeen, the diploma of M.D. During 1811 he became co-editor of the ‘National Adviser,’ a newspaper projected by Henry Redhead Yorke. Numerous articles from his pen appeared in the ‘Gentleman's Magazine,’ chiefly under the signature of ‘Viator,’ and various essays on subjects connected with political economy, statistics, and general literature were contributed by him to the ‘Literary Panorama’ and other periodicals. He suggested the plan of the Society for the Encouragement of Agricultural Industry in an able essay, for which he received a premium and a silver medal from the board of agriculture of Great Britain. In 1832 Lipscomb delivered a series of lectures on cholera at the London Mechanics' Institution and the North London Literary and Scientific Institution, which he afterwards published in the form of a treatise ‘On the Nature, Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure of Cholera Morbus, with preliminary Remarks on Contagion and the Regulations of Quarantine,’ accompanied by his correspondence with Lord Melbourne on the subject.

Lipscomb died on 9 Nov. 1846, and was buried in the graveyard of St. George the Martyr, Southwark. He married in 1803 the widow of Richard Hopkins of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, and third daughter of Thomas Wells of that place, but had no children. On his wife's death in 1834 her whole fortune, Lipscomb's chief resource, passed to her own family.

Lipscomb's great work, ‘The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham,’ is chiefly based upon his own collections and those bequeathed to him by Edward Cooke (1772–1824). His prospectus produced a liberal list of subscribers. The first part appeared in 1831, after which the work had to be suspended, owing to Lipscomb's pecuniary embarrassments. Ultimately a spirited publisher came to his aid, and before he died he had the satisfaction of knowing that the last portion (pt. viii.) was in the press. The book, considering the difficulties of its publication, is very creditable, although Lipscomb was unable from want of means to make full use of his materials. It fills four quarto volumes, with title-pages dated 1847.

His other topographical works are:
 * 1) ‘A Journey into Cornwall through the Counties of Southampton, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, and Devon,’ 8vo, Warwick, 1799.
 * 2) ‘A Journey into South Wales,’ 8vo, London, 1802.
 * 3) ‘A Description of Matlock-bath, with an Attempt to explain the Causes of the Heat, and of the Petrifying Quality of the Springs, to which is added some Account of Chatsworth and Kedleston, and the Mineral Waters of Quarndon and Kedleston,’ 12mo, Birmingham, 1802.
 * 4) ‘A Journey round the Coast of Kent,’ 8vo, London, 1818, reputed to have been compiled by L. Fussell.
 * 5) ‘The Sandgate, Hythe, and Folkstone Guide,’ 8vo, Sandgate, 1823.

His medical writings are:  ‘An Essay on the Nature and Treatment of a putrid, malignant Fever which prevailed at Warwick in 1798,’ 8vo, Warwick, 1799.  ‘Observations on the History and Cause of Asthma, and a brief Review of a Practical Inquiry into disordered Respiration,’ 8vo, London, 1800.  ‘Inoculation for the Small-pox vindicated,’ 8vo, London, 1805.  ‘A Manual of Inoculation for the use of the Faculty


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 and Private Families … extracted from the Writings of Dimsdale, Sutton,' &c., 8vo, London, 1806.  'A Dissertation on the non-Infallibility of the Cow-pox, with an Examination of the principal Arguments of Drs. Jenner, Pearson, Woodville, Lettsom, Adams, and Thornton,' 8vo, London, 1806.  'Cow-pox exploded, or the Inconsistencies, Absurdities, and Falsehoods of some of its Defenders exposed,' 8vo, London, 1806.  'A Dissertation on the Failure and Mischiefs of the Cow-pox,' 8vo, London, 1806.  'Cautions and Reflections on Canine Madness, with the Method of preventing the Hydrophobia in Persons who have been bitten,' 8vo, London, 1807.  'A History of Canine Madness and Hydrophobia,' 8vo, London, 1809.  'Observations on Contagion as it relates to the Plague and other epidemical Diseases, and refers to the Regulations of Quarantine,' 8vo, London, 1819.  'A Grammar of Medicine, with Plan of the Grammar of Chemistry,' 8vo.

His miscellaneous works include:
 * 1) 'The Grey Friar, or the Black Spirit of the Wye,' 8vo, London, 1810.
 * 2) 'Modern Times, or Anecdotes of the English Family,' 8vo.
 * 3) 'The Capricious Mother,' 8vo.
 * 4) 'Observations on the High Price of Provisions and the Monopoly of Farms,' 8vo.

He edited the 'Clerical Guide' for 1821, and published two volumes of 'Sermons,' besides furnishing divines with many single discourses. He likewise composed hymns and anthems for charity schools on various occasions.

LIPSCOMB, WILLIAM (1754–1842), miscellaneous writer, baptised on 9 July 1754, was the son of Thomas Lipscomb, surgeon, of Winchester. He entered Winchester College in 1765 (, Winchester Scholars, p. 260), whence he matriculated at Oxford as a scholar of Corpus Christi College on 6 July 1770 (, Alumni Oxon. 1715–1886, iii. 855). In 1772 he won the prize for English verse, the subject being the ‘Beneficial Effects of Inoculation.’ It was printed in 1793, and in the ‘Oxford Prize Poems’ in 1807 and 1810. He graduated B.A. in 1774, and M.A. in 1784. For some years he was private tutor and subsequently chaplain to the Duke of Cleveland at Raby Castle, Durham. In 1789 he was presented to the rectory of Welbury in the North Riding of Yorkshire, which he was allowed to hand over to his son Francis in 1832. He was also master of St. John's Hospital, Barnard Castle, Durham. He died at Brompton, London, on 25 May 1842. By his marriage in 1780 with Margaret, second daughter of Francis Cooke, cashier of the navy, he had a large family. His eldest son, Christopher (1781–1843), was appointed in 1824 the first bishop of Jamaica (Gent. Mag. new ser. xx. 210–2;, p. 285).

Lipscomb wrote:
 * 1) ‘Poems. … To which are added Translations of select Italian Sonnets,’ &c., 4to, Oxford, 1784.
 * 2) ‘The Pardoner's Tale from Chaucer,’ modernised, 8vo, London, 1792.
 * 3) ‘The Case of the War considered in a Letter to Henry Duncombe, Esq.,’ 8vo, London, 1794.
 * 4) ‘A Second Letter to Henry Duncombe, Esq.’ 8vo, London, 1795.
 * 5) ‘The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer completed in a Modern Version,’ 3 vols. 8vo, London, 1795., M.D. [q. v.], was his cousin.

LISGAR, (1807–1876), colonial governor. [See .]

LISLE,. [See, d. 1542;, 1619–1698.]

LISLE, ALICE (1614?–1685), victim of a judicial murder, born about 1614, was daughter and heiress of Sir White Beckenshaw of Moyles Court, Ellingham, near Ringwood, Hampshire. The registers at Ellingham are not extant at the period of her birth, about 1614. In 1630 she became the second wife of [q. v.] William Lilly, the astrologer, states in his autobiography (p. 63) that Mrs. Lisle visited him in 1643 to consult him about the illness of her friend Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke. A note states that at the date of Charles I's execution she was reported to have exclaimed that ‘her heart leaped within her to see the tyrant fall;’ but she herself asserted many years later that she ‘shed more tears’ for Charles I ‘than any woman then living did’ (State Trials, xi. 360), and she claimed to have been at the time on intimate terms with the Countess of Monmouth, the Countess of Marlborough, and Edward Hyde, afterwards lord chancellor. She probably shared her husband's fortunes till his death at Lausanne in 1664. Subsequently she lived quietly at Moyles Court, which she inherited from her father, and she showed while there some sympathy with the dissenting ministers in their trials during Charles II's reign. Her husband had been a member of Cromwell's House of Lords, and she was therefore often spoken of as Lady or Lady Alice Lisle. At the time of Monmouth's rebellion


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The Library of Congress THE YOUNG DEAD SOLDIERS DO NOT SPEAK

Nevertheless they are heard in the still houses: who has not heard them?

They have a silence that speaks for them at night and when the clock counts.

They say, We were young. We have died. Remember us.

They say, We have done what we could but until it is finished it is not done.

They say, We have given our lives but until it is finished no one can know what our lives gave.

They say, Our deaths are not ours: they are yours: they will mean what you make them.

They say, Whether our lives and our deaths were for peace and a new hope or for nothing we cannot say: it is you who must say this.

They say, We leave you our deaths: give them their meaning: give them an end to the war and a true peace: give them a victory that ends the war and a peace afterwards: give them their meaning.

We were young, they say. We have died. Remember us. [This text will be used by the Treasury Department. It will be published anonymously. I should appreciate it if it were treated as a private document until that time. Archibald MacLeish]

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Vicar William Lang
From searches made I find the name of Lang's daughter to be "Dorothy"and other indicators present one Agnes Parre as being his wife.

NOTE the following extract Devon County Council 24 Jan 2005 ... Coverage: Devon. Bradworthy. Clergy. Lang, William. ... That one William Lang, Clerk, Vicar of the Parish of Bradworthy aforesaid having for about 18 years .... That he causeth Dorothy Lang his daughter to catechise ... www.devon.gov.uk/print/index/cultureheritage/.../lsdatabase.htm?

Additionally There was a change of the name for the church from that of St. Peter (a holy well so named is at the rear of the church)to the Church of St. John the Baptist.

Furthermore confirmation re name change can be found at...http://syd.paribus.co.uk/cia/download/4149492c181dc59901181e22bdc207c1/Bradworthy_FileFile_FILE756.pdf;jsessionid=E07F984066D491A07C399A27613774BD

A wooden panel listing the various Vicars interestingly gives the sordid details of Lang's termination of tenure... "William Lang, removed for alleged misdemeanour's. Probably died in prison.  King James 1"


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We take pleasure in answering at once and thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of : , your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds,, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.

Yes,, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.

Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.

You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah,, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.

No Santa Claus! Thank ! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now,, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.


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Author:Archibald MacLeish

Works

 * Poetry

 * The Wild Old Wicked Man and Other Poems (1968)
 * Actfive (1948)
 * Actfive and Other Poems (1948)
 * Class Poem (1915)
 * Collected Poems (1952)
 * The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak, Washington, (1940)
 * Conquistador (1932)
 * Einstein (1929)
 * Elpenor (1933)
 * Frescoes for Mr. Rockefeller's City (1933)
 * Later Poems, (1951-1962)
 * New Found Land New Found Land (1930)
 * New and Collected Poems, 1917-1976 (1976)
 * Nobodaddy (1926)
 * Poem (1926)
 * Poems, 1924-1933 (1935)
 * Songs for Eve (1954)
 * Songs for a Summer's Day (1915)
 * Streets in the Moon (1928)
 * The Collected Poems of Archibald MacLeish (1962)
 * The Hamlet of A. Macleish (1928)
 * The Happy Marriage and Other Poems (1924)
 * The Human Season, Selected Poems 1926-1972 (1972)
 * The Pot of Earth (1925)
 * Tower of Ivory (1917)

 * Prose

 * A Continuing Journey (1968)
 * A Time to Act: Selected Addresses (1943)
 * A Time to Speak (1941)
 * America Was Promises (1939)
 * American Opinion and the War: the Rede Lecture (1942)
 * Art Education and the Creative Process (1954)
 * Champion of a Cause: Essays and Addresses on Librarianship (1971)
 * Freedom Is the Right to Choose (1951)
 * Jews in America (1936)
 * Letters of Archibald MacLeish, 1907-1982 (1983)
 * Poetry and Experience (1961)
 * Poetry and Opinion: the Pisan Cantos of Ezra Pound (1974)
 * Public Speech (1936)
 * Riders on the Earth: Essays & Recollections (1978)
 * The American Cause The American Cause (1941)
 * The Dialogues of Archibald MacLeish and Mark Van Doren (1964)
 * The Eleanor Roosevelt Story (1965)
 * The Irresponsibles: A Declaration (1940)

 * Drama

 * Air Raid (1938)
 * An Evening's Journey to Conway (1967)
 * Colloquy for the States (1943)
 * Herakles (1967)
 * J.B. (1958)
 * Panic (1935)
 * Scratch (1971)
 * Six Plays (1980)
 * The American Story: Ten Broadcasts (1944)
 * The Fall of the City (1937)
 * The Great American Fourth of July Parade (1975)
 * The Land of the Free (1938)
 * The Trojan Horse (1952)
 * The Wild Old Wicked Man (1968)
 * This Music Crept By Me on the Waters (1953)
 * Three Short Plays (1961)
 * Union Pacific (ballet) (1934)

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was a Yankee, as he proudly told Bob, "born and raised in New Hampshire," and his shrewd common sense and dry humor stood him in good stead in the rather lawless environment of Chassada. He was well acquainted with the unlovely characteristics of the five who had chased Bob, and when he heard the whole story he promised to look up the Chinaman and see what he could do for him.

"If he's out of a job, I'd like to hire him," he said. "They're good, steady workers, and born cooks. He can have the room back of the store and do his own housekeeping. I'll stop in at Jake's this afternoon."

Bob was in a fever of fear that he would miss the train, and it was now a quarter of two. But Mr. Davis assured him that that special train was always late and that there was "all the time in the world to get to the station."

"I'm expecting some canned goods to come up from Wayne," he declared, "and I often go down after such stuff with my wheelbarrow. Rh


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50 Transportation's still limited with us, as you may have guessed. I calculate the best way to fool those smart Alecs is to put you in an empty packing case and tote you down. Comes last minute, you can jump out and there you are!"

Bob thought this a splendid plan, and said so.

"Then here's the very case, marked 'Flame City' on purpose-like," was the cheery rejoinder. "Help me lift it on the barrow, and then you climb in, and we'll make tracks. Comfortable? All right, we're off."

He adjusted the light lid over the top of the box, which was sufficiently roomy to allow Bob to sit down, and the curious journey began. Apparently it was a common occurrence for Mr. Davis to take a shipment of goods that way, for no one commented. As the wheelbarrow grated on the crushed stone that surrounded the station, Bob heard the voice of the man called Bud.

"One-fifty-two's late, as usual," he called. "That young scalawag hasn't turned up, either. Guess he's going to keep still till the last minute and figure on getting away with a dash. The girl's in the waiting-room."

"I'm surprised you're not in there looking in her suitcase for the young reprobate," said Mr. Davis with thinly veiled sarcasm. "What happened? Did Carl order you out?"


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Rh Carl, the listening Bob judged, must be the ticket agent.

"I'd like to see that whippersnapper order me out!" blustered Bud. "There's a whole raft of women in there, waiting for the train."

Mr. Davis carefully lowered the wheelbarrow and leaned carelessly against the box.

"Guess I'll go in and see the girl—like to know how she looks," he observed a bit more loudly than was necessary.

Bob understood that he was going to explain to Betty and he thanked him silently with all his heart.

The friendly Mr. Davis strolled into the waiting room and had no difficulty in recognizing Betty Gordon. She was the only girl in the room, in the first place, and she sat facing the door, a bag on either side of her, and a world of anxiety in her dark eyes. The groceryman crossed the floor and took the vacant seat at her right. There was no one within earshot.

"Don't you be scared. Miss," he said quietly. "I'm Micah Davis, and I just want to tell you that everything's all right with that Bob boy. I've got him out here in a box, and when the train comes he's a-going to hop on board before you can say Jack Robinson."

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52 worried to death about him, because those dreadful men have been hanging around the station, and they keep peering in here. You're so good to help Bob!"

Mr. Davis stammered confusedly that he had done nothing, and then hurried on to advise Betty to pay no attention to anything that might happen, but to let the conductor help her on the train.

"I've got to wheel the lad down toward the baggage car," he explained, "so's they won't suspect. You see, Miss, this is an oil town and folks do pretty much as they please. If a gang want to beat up a stranger they don't find much opposition. In a few years we'll have better order, but just now the toughs have it. Sorry you had to have this experience."

"I'll always remember Chassada pleasantly because of you," said Betty impulsively. "Hark! Isn't that the train? Yes, it is. Don't mind me—go back to Bob. I'm all right, honestly I am!"

They shook hands hurriedly, and Betty followed the other passengers out to the platform. She caught a glimpse of Mr. Davis placidly trundling his wheelbarrow down the platform, and then the train pulled in and the conductor helped her aboard.

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Rh wheelbarrow was halted beside the truck on which he was tumbling a pile of boxes.

"Sure, express," retorted Mr. Davis. "Live stock this time. A passenger for you, with his ticket and all. Let him go through to the coaches, George. It's all right. He'll explain."

He lifted the lid of the box and Bob stepped out. The baggage-man stared, but he knew and trusted Mr. Davis.

"Don't thank me, lad," said the groceryman kindly as Bob tried to pour out his thanks. "You're from my part of the country, and any boy in trouble claims my help. There, there, for goodness' sake, are you going to miss the train after all the trouble I've taken?"

He pushed Bob gently toward the door of the baggage car and the boy scrambled in. Then, and not until then, did the vociferous Bud see what was going on. He dared not tackle the groceryman, but he came running pellmell down the platform to bray at Bob.

"You big coward!" he yelled. "Sneaking away, aren't you? Just let me catch you in this town again, and I'll make it so hot for you you'll wish you'd never left your kindergarten back East."

He was so angry he fairly danced with rage, and Bob and the baggage man both had to laugh.

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 Pering, Peter, 3s. Benedict, of St. Mary's, Exeter, Devon, cler. , matric. 26 Nov., 1818, aged 20; bible clerk 1818-22, B.A. 1822, M.A. 1826, vicar of Great Cornard, Suffolk, 1844-58.  Perkin, Frederick William, 3s. Richard Thornton, of Pimlico, Middlesex, arm. , matric. 11 Nov., 1847, aged 19.  Perkin, John, s. George, of Petrockstow, Devon, gent. , matric. 5 April, 1742, aged 19.  Perkin, John Arthur, 3s. Robert, of Surbiton, Surrey, gent. , matric. 20 Oct., 1881, aged 19; B.A. 1886; M.A. 1888.  Perkins, Algernon, 2s. Henry, of St. George's, Southwark, arm. , matric. 20 Oct., 1826, aged 17; B.A. 1831, M.A. 1833, a student of the Inner Temple 1831.  [5] Perkins, Benjamin Robert, 1s. Robert, of St. James's, Westminster, gent. , matric. 16 Nov., 1820, aged 22, B.A. 1824; chaplain 1824-31, B.C.L. 1831, vicar of Wootton-under-Edge 1829-81, master of the Domus Scholarum Wootton 1838-82, died 7 Feb., 1886.  Perkins, Charles Mathew, 4s. Benjamin Robert, of Wootton-under-Edge, co. Gloucester, cler. , matric. 12 June, 1855, aged 18; B.A. 1859, M.A. 1862, head-master Newland Grammar School 1868-73, and of St. Alban Grammar School 1873-80, rector of Sopworth, Wilts, 1880.  Perkins, Daniel, s. James, of Alerby, Cumberland, pleb. , matric. 24 Oct., 1727, aged 19; B.A. 1731, M.A. 1735, fellow 1744, B. & D.D. 1764 (vicar of Holyrood, Southampton, 1751), rector of Church Oakley and St. Cross, Southants, died at Southampton 14 Oct., 1772. See O.H.S., ix. p. 30.

Perkins, Rev. Duncombe Steele, s. Shirley Farmer Steele, of Sutton Coldfield, co. Warwick, arm. , matric. 4 Nov., 1814, aged 19; B.A. 1820, of Orton Hall, co. Derby, died 3 Nov., 1882.

Perkins, Rev. Duncombe Steele, 1s. Duncombe Steele, of Cheltenham, co. Gloucester, cler. , matric. 2 June, 1857, aged 21; of Orton Hall, co. Leicester. See Rugby School Reg., 103.

Perkins, Edmund, s. James, of Wington, Hants, arm. , matric. 15 March, 1743-4, aged 18.
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Perkins, Frederick David, s. John David, of Heavitree, Devon, doctor. , matric. 25 May, 1810, aged 17; B.A. 1814, M.A. 1825, vicar of Stoke with Sowe, co. Warwick, 1817, rector of Swayfield, co. Lincoln, 1820, and Down Hatherley, co. Gloucester, 1827, chaplain to the King and Queen 1830, until his death 19 April, 1856. See Eton School Lists.

Perkins, Rev. George, 1s. John, of Sutton, Cheshire, gent. , matric. 18 May, 1842, aged 17; scholar 1842-5, B.A. 1846, M.A. 1849, held various scholastic appointments 1847-81, died 9 Dec., 1887. See Manchester School Reg., iii. 267.

Perkins, George Joseph, 1s. Thomas, of Westbury, Wilts, gent. , matric. 8 June, 1878, aged 33.

Perkins, Henry, 1s. Henry, of West Square, London, arm. , matric. 17 May, 1823, aged 18.

Perkins, Hewlett Charles, o.s. Charles, of Chetnole, Dorset, arm. , matric. 10 Oct., 1873, aged 19.
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Perkins, John, s. John, of St. Neots, Hunts, gent. , matric. 4 June, 1772, aged 18; B.A. 1776, vicar of Arkesden, Essex, and Rarapton Lisle, co. Cambridge, 1780.

Perkins, John, 1s. John, of Holywell, Oxford (city), gent. , matric. 20 June, 1820, aged 17, servitor 1820-4, B.A. 1824, M.A. 1827; chorister 1811-20, vicar of Lower Swell, co. Gloucester, 1833, lecturer at Carfax, Oxford, died 17 April, 1850. See Bloxam, i. 214.

Perkins, John David, s. John, of Staines, Middlesex, arm. , matric. 12 Oct., 1784, aged 20; B.A. from 1789, M.A. 1792, B. & D.D. 1808, chaplain to the King 1816, rector of Laurence, Exeter, 1802, vicar of Dawlish 1807, rector of Mamhead, Devon, 1809, perp. curate East Teignmouth 1816, until his death 30 Sep., 1845.

Perkins, Oswald Thrale, 1s. Hugh, of Walton, Lancashire, gent. , matric. 13 Oct., 1877, aged 19; scholar 1877-82, B.A. 1881, M.A. 1884.

Perkins, Robert Cyril Layton, 2s. Charles Matthew, of Badminton, co. Gloucester, cler. matric. 23 Oct., 1885, aged 18; scholar 1885.
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Perkins, Samuel, s. Thomas, of Pelsdon, Dorset, gent. , matric. 17 March, 1714-5, aged 18; B.A. 1718, M.A. 1722.

Perkins, Samuel Wootton. s. James, of Leak Wootton, co. Warwick, gent. , matric. 19 June, 1811, aged 16; B.A. 1815, M.A. 1818, rector of Stockton, co. Warwick, 1822.

Perkins, Shirley Farmer Steele, s. Samuel Steele, of Orton-on-the-Hill, co. Leicester, gent. , matric. 27 Oct., 1784, aged 16; of Orton-on-the-Hill and Morebarne Grange, co. Leicester, bar.-at-law, Lincoln's Inn, 1792, a commissioner of Bankrupts for Birmingham 1794, died 18 Jan., 1852, father of Duncombe S. 1814.

Perkins, Vincent Robert, 1s. Benjamin Robert, of Cublington, Bucks, cler. , matric. 9 June, 1848, aged 17.
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Perkins, William, s. William, of London, pleb. , matric. 4 July, 1734, aged 18; died in 1740. See Robinson, 65.

Perkins, William, s. Hutton, of Barnard's Castle, co. Durham, gent. , matric. 14 March, 1763, aged 18; B.A. 1766, fellow, M.A. 1769, chaplain to the King, 45 years curate of Twyford, Bucks, vicar of Kingsbury, Somerset, died 18 May, 1820.

Perkins, William, s. William, of Twyford, Bucks, cler. , matric. 14 April, 1812, aged 16; bible clerk 1812, B.A. 1818, M.A. 1820, curate of Goddington, Oxon, 1820-66, vicar of Twyford, Bucks, 1820, until his death 9 Feb., 1874. See Robinson, 190.

Perks, Bernard, 2s. Samuel Hollis, of Wolverhampton, arm. , matric. 23 Oct., 1885, aged 19.

Perks, Edwin Hollis, 1s. Samuel Hollis, of Newbridge, co. Stafford, arm. , matric. 16 Oct., 1882, aged 19; B.A. 1887.
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Perks, Ethelbert, s. Ethelbert, of Brockington, co. Gloucester, pleb. , matric. 19 April, 1735, aged 18; B.A. 1739, possibly brother of Walter 1749.

Perks, Francis, s. Thomas, of Ledbury, co. Hereford, pleb. , matric. 13 Dec., 1738, aged 18.

Perks, Nathaniel, s. Robert, of Minchinhampton, co. Gloucester, gent. , matric. 29 April, 1737, aged 17.

Perks, Walter, s. Ethel., of Cheltenham, co. Gloucester, pleb. , matric. 10 Oct., 1749, aged 20; possibly brother of Ethelbert 1735.

Pern, Andrew, s. John, of Napwell, Cambridge, cler. , matric. 5 May, 1766, aged 21 (? B.A. from, Cambridge, 1772, rector of Isham, Northants, 1781, and died rector of Abington, and Clay, Herts. 5 Dec., 1807).
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Perny, John (Anthony), s. Bernard, of Loughborough, Surrey, cler. , matric. 15 Oct., 1776, aged 18; B.A. 1780, M.A. 1812, B. & D.D. 1816, perp. curate Oxenden, co. Gloucester, 1811, rector of Hill Crome, co. Worcester, 1815, and of Pirton 1816, until his death 29 Sep., 1825.

Perowne, Edward Henry, fellow of, Cambridge, 1850-79, B.A. 1850, M.A. 1853 (adm. 'ad eundem' 27 June, 1857), tutor 1858-79, B.D. 1860, proctor 1871, D.D. 1873, master 1879, vice-chancellor 1879, etc., Lady Margaret professor 1877, preb. of St. Asaph 1877.
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54 wouldn't think it so funny if I had you by the collar. 'Fraid to fight, aren't you? You wait! Some day I'll get you and I'll—I'll drown you!"

Bud had made an unfortunate choice of punishment, for his words carried a suggestion to Bob. Mail and express was still being unloaded, and beside the track was a large puddle of oily, dirty water apparently from a leaky pipe, for there were no indications of a recent rain.

With a swift spring, Bob was on his feet beside the surprised Bud, and, seizing him, whirled him sharply about. Then with a strong push he sent him flat into the puddle.

Sputtering, gasping, and actually crying with rage, the bully stumbled to his feet and charged blindly for Bob. That agile youth had turned and dashed for the train, which was now slowly moving. He caught the steps of the baggage car and drew himself up. Once on the platform he turned to wave to Mr. Davis, but that good citizen was holding back the foaming Bud from dashing himself against the wheels and did not see Bob's farewell.

"Whew!" gasped Bob, making his way to Betty, after going through an apparently endless number of cars, "our Western adventures begin with a rush, don't they? I'm hoping Flame City will be peaceful, for I've had enough excitement to last me a week."


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Rh "I wish Mr. Davis lived in Flame City," said Betty warmly. "I never knew any one to be kinder. Imagine all the trouble he took for you, Bob."

Bob agreed that the groceryman was a living example of the Golden Rule, and then the sight of oil derricks in the distance changed the trend of their thoughts.

"Where do you suppose those two sharpers—what were their names?—could have gone?" said Betty. "Seems to me, there are a lot of unpleasant people out here, after all."

"You mean Blosser and Fluss," replied Bob. "I don't know where they went, but I'm certain they are not up to anything good. Still, it isn't fair to say we've come in contact with a lot of unpleasant people, Betty. All new developments have to fight against the undesirable element, Mr. Littell says. You see, the prospect of making money would naturally attract them, and that, coupled with the possibility of meeting trusting and ignorant souls who have a little and want to make more, draws the crooks. It has always been that way. Haven't you read about the things that happened in California when there was the rush of gold seekers?"

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 Parker, John Skipwith, 1s. John Thomas, of Newbold, co. Warwick, cler. , matric. 19 Oct., 1843, aged 18. See Eton School Lists.  Parker, John Thomas, s. John, of Newbold-on-Avon, co. Warwick, cler. , matric. 24 Oct., 1805, aged 18; B.A. 1809, M.A. 1812, rector of Bilton, and vicar of Newbold 1817, until his death 26 Oct., 1852. See Rugby School Reg., 74.  Parker, John Webster, 2s. George, of Ulverstone, Lancashire, gent. , matric. 25 Feb., 1843, aged 18; scholar 1843-8, B.A. 1846, M.A. 1849, vicar of St. Alban, Rochdale, 1856, until his death 13 Aug., 1874.  Parker, Joseph, 'bibliopola;' privilegiatus 27 Jan., 1798.  Parker, Joseph Timothy, s. Timothy, of Hornby, Lancashire, gent. , matric. 5 June, 1818, aged 17; B.A. 1824, M.A. 1827, rector of Wyton, Hunts, until his death 28 May, 1862.  [5] Parker, Lewis James, 5s. James, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, gent. , matric. 18 Oct., 1875, aged 26.  Parker, Marcus Aurelius, s. John, of York (city), cler. , matric. 9 May, 1799, aged 20; migrated to, Cambridge, 1802, B.A. 1804, curate of Louth 1805-14, and of Warborough, Wilts, 1814, until his death 23 May, 1830. See Manchester School Reg., ii. 206.  Parker, Montagu Edmund, s. John, of Saltram, Devon, arm. , matric. 28 Sep., 1757, aged 19; of Whiteway, Devon, died Jan., 1813, father of the next named.

Parker, Montagu Edmund, s. Montagu Edmund, of Chudleigh, Devon, arm. , matric. 22 April, 1796, aged 18; of Whiteway, Devon, died March, 1830, father of the next named.

Parker, Montagu Edmund Newcomb, 1s. Montagu Edmund, of Exeter (city), arm. , matric. 8 Dec., 1824, aged 17; B.A. 1830, M.A. 1832, of Whiteway, Devon, M.P. South Devon 1835-41, died 1 July, 1858. See Foster's Peerage & Eton School Lists.
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Parker, Pelley, s. Robert, of Hawton, Notts, cler. , matric. 22 Oct., 1807, aged 17; B.A. 1811, M.A. 1823, rector of West Hallam, co. Derby, 1828-49, of Hawton, Notts, 1849, until his death 18 Nov., 1865, father of Cadowgan 1843.

Parker, Peregrine, s. John, of York (city), cler. , matric. 18 May, 1801, aged 18.

Parker, Reginald, 1s. Henry, of Hull, Yorks, arm. , matric. 20 March, 1854, aged 18; scholar 1854-62, B.A. 1859, bar.-at-law. Lincoln's Inn, 1861. See Foster's Men at the Bar & Rugby School Reg., 299.

Parker, Richard, s. Thomas, of Womborn, co. Stafford, gent. , matric. 18 March, 1716-7, aged 17; B.A. 1720, M.A. 1723.

Parker, Richard, s. Samuel, of St. Peter's, Oxford (city), gent. , matric. 11 Oct., 1725, aged 13, scholar; a grandson of Samuel Parker, bishop of Oxford, and brother of Samuel 1730. See Bloxam, ii. 90.
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Parker, Richard, s. John, of Lechlade, co. Gloucester, gent. , matric. 9 Nov., 1756, aged 14; B.A. 1760, M.A. 1763.

Parker, Richard, 1s. John, of Oxford (city), gent. , matric. 30 June, 1854, aged 19; B.A. 1858, M.A. 1861, rector of Wykeham, Hants, 1863.

Parker, Richard, 3s. George Lloyd, of High Wycombe, Bucks, gent. , matric. 9 Nov., 1854, aged 19.

Parker, Richard Thomas, 2s. John, of Leintwardine, Hereford, cler. , matric. 16 Oct., 1866, aged 17; B.A. 1869, held various curacies 1871-80, rector of Mundford, Norfolk, 1881-4.

Parker, Richard William England, 1s. Richard, of Shidfield, Hants, cler. , matric. 13 Oct., 1882, aged 19; exhibitioner 1882-6, B.A. 1886.
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Parker, Robert, s. William, of Salford, co. Warwick, gent. , matric. 31 May, 1721, aged 17; brother of William 1721. See also Henry, 1810.

Parker, Robert Gabbett, 2s. Standish Grady, of Limerick (city), Ireland, cler. , matric. 14 Oct., 1864, aged 18; B.A. 1869, M.A. 1873, of Ballyvalley, co. Clare, J.P., brother of Anthony 1863.

Parker, Robert John Crompton, o.s. Robert John, of York, gent. , matric. 11 Oct., 1884, aged 23; B.A. 1888.

Parker, Robert Townley, s. Thomas Townley, of Leyland, Lancashire, arm. , matric. 17 Oct., 1811, aged 18; of Cuerden Hall, Lancashire, high sheriff 1817, M.P. Preston 1837-41, 1852-7, constable of Lancaster Castle 1874, died 11 Aug., 1879. See Foster's Lancashire Collection & Eton School Lists.

Parker, Samuel, s. Samuel, of Holywell, Oxford (city), gent. , matric. 14 May, 1730, aged 26; clerk 1728-67, yeoman bedel of the University 1731. See ''Coll. Reg.'', ii. 90.
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Parker, Samuel, s. William, of Atherston, co. Warwick, gent. , matric. 1 July, 1773, aged 17; B.A. 1777, M.A. 1781, B.D. 1786, rector of Winterbourne, co. Gloucester, and perp. curate Barford St. Michael's, Oxon, 1789, until his death 8 Sep., 1826.

Parker, Samuel Hay, o.s. Samuel Hay, of The Hague, Holland, arm. , matric. 2 May, 1823, aged 19; B.A. 1827, chaplain to the corporation of Stratford-on-Avon, and curate of Bishopton, died 24 Dec., 1845.

Parker, Samuel Perrott, s. Richard, of Lechlade, co. Gloucester, cler. , matric. 29 Jan., 1784, aged 16; B.A. from 1787, fellow  until 1810, M.A. 1790, proctor 1799, died vicar of Kingerby, co. Lincoln, 1810. See Robinson, 147.

Parker, Thomas, Viscount, s. (George), Earl of Macclesfield. , matric. 10 May, 1740, aged 16; created M.A. 23 June, 1743. and D.C.L. 7 July, 1773, 3rd earl, M.P. Newcastle-under-Lyne 1747-54, Oxfordshire 1754-61, Rochester 1761-4, died 9 Feb., 1795. See Foster's Peerage.

Parker, Thomas, s. John, of Gloucester (city), pleb. , matric. 21 March, 1743, aged 17; B.A. 1747, M.A. 1755, rector of Taynton, co. Gloucester, and of Welsh Bicknor, co. Monmouth, at his death in 1800, father of Thomas 1771.
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Parker, Thomas, 'bookbinder;' privilegiatus 9 July, 1745.

Parker, Thomas, 'janitor of Merton College;' privilegiatus 14 July, 1761.

Parker, Thomas, s. Thomas, of Gloucester (city), cler. , matric. 6 Nov., 1771, aged 18; B.A. 1775, M.A. 1778, vicar of Churcham with Bulling (Chapel), co. Gloucester, 1785, rector of Sunburie 1786.

Parker, Thomas, s. John, of Astle, Cheshire, cler. , matric. 5 May, 1784, aged 18; B.A. 1789, perp. curate Rainow 1796, and of Saltersford, Cheshire, 1815, until his death in 1835.

Parker, Thomas, s. Thomas, of St. Bartholomew, London, gent. , matric. 26 April, 1803, aged 18; B.A. 1807. See St. Paul's School Reg., 211.
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Parker, Thomas (5th Earl of Macclesfield), created D.C.L. 11 June, 1834, died 31 March, 1850. See Foster's Peerage.

Parker, Thomas, 1s. Thomas, of Sunderland, co. Durham, gent. , matric. 23 Oct., 1885, aged 18.
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56 Dick would have time to take them around, and she was divided between an automobile and a horse as the choicest medium of sightseeing.

"Well, I'd like to ride," declared Bob when she sought his opinion. "I've always wanted to. But I don't intend to see the sights, altogether, Betty. I want to find my aunts, and then, if possible, I'd like to get a job. There must be plenty for a boy to do out here."

"But you've been working all summer," protested Betty, "You're as thin as a rail now. I know Uncle Dick won't let you go to work. Why, Bob, I counted on your going around with me! We can have such fun together."

"Well, of course, there will be lots of odd hours," Bob comforted her. "I don't intend to borrow any more money, Betty, that's flat. And if I don't get my share in the farm, that is, if it proves my mother never had any sisters and never was entitled to a share of anything, I don't intend to let that be the end of my ambitions. I'm going to school, if it takes an arm!"

Betty gazed at him respectfully. Bob, when in earnest, was a very convincing talker. She wondered for a moment what he would be when he grew up.

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Rh "Tip your hat straight, Betsey, and take the camera. I can manage both bags."

"Oh, I hope Uncle Dick will meet us!" Betty was so excited she bumped her nose against the glass trying to see out of the window. "Look, Bob, just see those derricks! This is surely an oil town!"

The brakes went down, and the brakeman at the end of the car flung the door open.

"Flame City!" he shouted. "All out for Flame City!"


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and Betty descended the steps and found themselves on a rough platform with an unpainted shelter in the center that evidently did duty as a station. There were a few straggling loungers about, a team or two backed up to the platform, and a small automobile of the runabout type, red with rust.

"Well, bless her heart, how she's grown!" cried a cordial voice, and Mr. Richard Gordon had Betty in his arms.

"Uncle Dick! You don't know how glad I am to see you!" Betty hugged him tight, thankful that the worry and anxiety and uncertainty of the last few weeks, while she had waited in Washington to hear from him, was at last over, "How tanned you are!" she added.

"Oh, I'm a regular Indian," was the laughing response. "This must be Bob? Glad to see you, my boy. I feel that I already know you."

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Rh at the corners from much staring in the hot sun. His face and hands were very brown, and he looked like a man who lead an outdoor life and liked it.

Bob took to him at once, and the feeling seemed to be mutual, for Mr. Gordon kept a friendly hand on the boy's shoulder while he continued to scan him smilingly.

"Began to look as though we were never going to get together, didn't it?" Mr. Gordon said. "Last week there was a rumor that I might have to go to China for the firm, and I thought if that happened Betty would be in despair. However, that prospect is not immediate. Well, young folks, what do you think of Flame City, off-hand?"

Betty stared. From the station she could see half a dozen one-story shacks and, beyond, the outline of oil-well derricks. A straggling, muddy road wound away from the buildings. Trolley cars, stores and shops, brick buildings to serve as libraries and schools—there seemed to be none.

"Is this all of it?" she ventured.

"You see before you," declared Mr. Gordon gravely, "the rapidly growing town of Flame City. Two months ago there wasn't even a station. We think we've done rather well, though I suppose to Eastern eyes the signposts of a


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60 flourishing town are conspicuous by their absence."

"But where do people live?" demanded Betty, puzzled. "If they come here to work or to buy land, isn't there a hotel to live in? Where do you live, Uncle Dick?"

"Mostly in my tin boat," was the answer. "Many's the night I've slept in the car. But of course I have a bunk out at the field. Accommodations are extremely limited, Betty, I will admit. The few houses that take in travelers are over-crowded and dirty. If some one had enterprise enough to start a good hotel he'd make a fortune. But like all oil towns, the fever is to sink one's money in wells."

Betty's eyes turned to the horizon where the steel towers reared against the sky.

"Can we go to see the oil fields now?" she asked. "We're not a bit tired, are we, Bob?"

Mr. Gordon surveyed his niece banteringly.

"What is your idea of an oil field?" he teased. "A bit of pasture neatly fenced in, say two or three acres in area? Did you know that our company at present holds leases for over four thousand acres? The nearest well is ten miles from this station. No, child, I don't think we'll run out and look around before supper. I want to take you and Bob to a place I've found where I think you'll be comfortable. Have you trunk checks?