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Show "VlKEJIAVSjVANOEHINaS. llobln Hood' Und. Too longer one wander In England, B,UnJ J Ireland, ,n moru ",-LnrMlat ",-LnrMlat tl Impressive. Iccvmrt thlrt"nrowll"f uut Cf W,"1 ln,,' UUtmed literary I tenllncrtllon. 0r there in Ireland what can bo , lateliiallwc than a silent riulil rioutimwrouioU Vouithol ami up jmy Kllcolman v.av? There ltalelitheud Spenser lived, loved aud irnug.it. Tramping- from Klllarniy Z, Cnlienlveen, one linger lovingly at C.tl.anntMgftorlMUlllliKr.t O-CoDoell wa Imiu. Who but a bigot ran cllnili ."" IU,ck of C'hl1 Ithout a tuldued and reverential fwllDg from tli eliltlorlcnnd sacred surrounding.; sur-rounding.; or who, Hit an Inatmalo ,uddtrs not at lloyne nnJ Auglirlm, uriere the We of it nation broke In It kit wild Ihrob upon river and moras? Then, at Blanc, ho ran fall of u In U,,rrtwncof prtlilatoilo monument ilvallnkT U' n rainUi them. Wis? To .land upon Tar.'. Hill, In Mealli, and In fancy ateSt. l'alrlcli, unmindful of tj,, treachery planning; his death, vtllli (ill elitit devoted follower, coming up the royal Mil, (banting hl irajer, ,.j,y tiic word of UoJ riuder mo kauenll" lo forevir dim the firm of lUulne with tlio sacred llitine of J hrlatlanltr through the contusion of Klnii UMualre, an I liioovitlhrvv of ?jrnl.ru In Ireland, l to nun with Startling tetiderurM close to an in-jSreJ in-jSreJ carter of one who lived ljit lo tint, nearly loOtl )ipi ago. aguo u I far It nn lo jou Ufore. Hut you ftel and know Ihnatory now, bo, too, how Illimitable tetrn human nc,V set how comp-ict and little, hen jou aro numUliig among the remain. re-main. of that trtrurnduus imgnu itnoghoM. Dun llnifiiB, mi tho rciuot-ntnvclplio rciuot-ntnvclplio of Arnnmoic, Hm most dmlabiof all Ireland', l.lanla. The rrat nriluvologlst, Ir. I'strlr, termed II tin, moot nutglillltinl balhnrlc monument In Uunipe." Tho l Rend I bit On" ,l!uin and tho five other art at f irla, or ttunt, of tho Aran Inland terr. built from InoOUillW loar I-for I-for tho Christian era, ly llie 11) Inn atnihttsl riruolgv No nutter about Iht legend. There they aland today, more weird, suggestive nud ne-lns ir-lug ir-lug In their drcndawnb, oflhopeolo lint were than etir coullllolii the illcm-e of tho I.J Man Hhlnx, And Hien.aayln tho north, ourWyond old llirrwhatalhrlll fUslie through ODeahin standing alone upon thu mill Of the mighty (Jrlanaii ot All-rich, All-rich, whota 1 xltenc can Indefinitely traced I J the period 1051. before Christ! (ItUrnn, the nihility Man, of vthii.li e read In the hicno,ai: Ailrirh Hrln.llM of the Ll( rilU roltof lua i 'i iM horieroftd,, tltrousfa die it if bly ritnparu. Bo they did. Vou cn trait. Hum to thin diy ai clearly ni thu lln In your own ganlio. On thu curl of tbotu rlrcllngmountaliii. burneit the algnal flrealnthe dlmdayr, n tiara of Demo tovake tho hiloU mid their lurd. Thlllier to the (lilanan IliryitreameO, thow iklti-clad lionlea. Will, In IIk.m. ytty raaiart huddleil the mTVIghled o-uruUUll.e Uorke. Mthln Iboee very wall kltigt watrjie.1 oir butlni. Tlieruutro the ftnata of lctoryi tho ualllne and lmintitlon; the weird, wild rllo; all a IhtUMiid )i-art before UrbarouiiuaulooUilbeiond tho cod of day to the (Uo lollnllo tloil. llut oudlduottnethl until Jour own (ret had inwd the tune enrth Uielr had trod, and jour ejea hail looked uionloiiuKrrlgal, like a com, of teel In Hie wi-t, and, through tlo Krlm, dark aiHfto the purIu mUts uliino Armiiili and Tyrone, In all that ran lu read of tlio"ljind o Caki " how the true feeling I laik-I07, laik-I07, until 0110 uv.1 inmmoaud nctti alli'alth the toueleu taha of word. To know tho uelrd klmlhannd l, nnf the North, lo briulho their air, drink In ttulr wild and gorgeou ralurlng, to II, I, n lo the roar of their glorlou alerfallf, to aall utcr thilr ellent kicha, lo Iremblo In thilr tnUhty atornis U to como erj cloao In thought and ayiuialhy lo thai (trawl and noble rim Hhkh all tho Itonuii ligloii coulj not wmiuer. II de,jenite, fate ful loyalty tothnllouxi of rituart ta'i netrr I fully undtnlood until jou hare tramped from tho Wwtern Uo an to tht (Jiriiinu, and wandereil on Oil-Men Oil-Men Moor. Maclvth, King Dunrau inj Malcolm Cjuuiore are mere rreatuna of HlisVe-imrn' fancy, until jrou find In the mualy no-tnlaolold no-tnlaolold lmernca that Ihej- omxi alkil lu atrret with nil of jour own pualon, how, amblllouj and until Jou broiooiou Tomnahaurhh, by the Ma able, youhaeiiMerriaIly known liugh Mllkr, atone-muon, griat-huarl and aaje. Deaplta Dr. John-ouS natchlraaapntroi ho to Ioua. tho atory (t t'olumb'a talully lle, of Hie Chrlat-n Chrlat-n enllghtemnent iruanatlng (row It lo the whole Ilrlllah III,-, and tho neater part of i:uroie, whin marly all the acenea lighted by the llrat linn f apontolioaacrlllce had purtlally re-Up-d Into auieratltlou barbarlnni, I dreamful at tho ligeuda of tho Holy llrall, until yuu have atoml among the majealloiulna of Ioua ami wandernl along Ita Htrald-na.MarUi." whim lenounlleM ihlofa, frlara, abbola and flug. Afur jou be imuwl an hour hi Ilia amlcnt ihurchjard of Urejfilara. In Wlnburgh. jou alii Ugln to rcullze who were "V Covenanter of Hiotland, and euaiiuej-endured for their coiihI-inct coiihI-inct aale, Wheu jou liaeocomo to me rulua of Lhmulu, llobert the Iruce, leitrlot king and warrior, llrtt aea iho mhlt ol h gi ud and Inuiltloii, jnUwelconieajoii a a man of lleah ind bloo.1 lo hf. old home by the aedgy e, lltlroao, Dryburgh and all Hie initnl monaatlo tlruclun of thu eun-oyiruurmuroii eun-oyiruurmuroii Til nreturl'aphau-'m nreturl'aphau-'m until you wander among their ruined clolattr mid touch with jour rii hand tho brave old atom .f their maJe.tloari.hea. Hcott, the "l.ttrlik JUeiherd," Cnilyle, even Duma ohnatlr, aro half Ideal, until am YVr,,.lT' ""' '" 'bo prlniMly AblwUfurd, ihuddired at tbo iloloroua aianhniidmiaiineniiof ljurljlo' boy. hood home at Kcilefeihan, and heard ",1't,,ur own hearing thu mtlodloui ? J".f ".'u Nl11' Bl"l "' Doou, 1..J1 ,!'l,,,,tr," of Ireland and Bool. l.ihl.,i"".9,nl,"lr n,M In'iriMlvi. aH i 1Utul lcUo, Hi" a.rui,u mr''" ll'grlm In Knglaiid, tho S?.'VUui' or 0,,r own race and iiW A ",ll'ty volume, aud a K fna ,,'"d'r "" lil. could 1J1E1 l,,f,ll apparent realltlr oni,,i'f hauV'i mi Hi-land, mid Uili-f,. Uili-f,. ' ?,'"? Ihortalnu of Wend and e. "2" H' ,ct""l ''' whom Ima. K. "' '""I'' '""" reality, and uom ucveuro centurU of jttlc -v ' 'i.i!,"'.V,','hTij'w'11 fauty.ahared alike lij u fromchlldhoul to manhood, havo (lareil futttier ami further Mi I ml the ovir-loved veiling of inriterjr and aong. No two charac-ura charac-ura In the aenil myihology of llrltaln are utter IHuitMtlona than tboae of King Arthur nndlloblu Hood. Anil-lyin Anil-lyin a they weru and nre, the ono the emlKidhni lit of the lofllit nud noblnt cuallilaln ruliu- aud mnn, the other, Jurund anarchist and 1'uikUli frei-hooter frei-hooter and "luveler" of hi lime, lath are objicta of nunl, lliougli unlike Uevulloii, not only lu the literature nf renturhik but In the bnnla ormllllona wlmiaak tliel.ugllfli loiuue. The moat curiam thing atiut llicau Iwocharactiralallialthelea.t aid to ldentiactlou are found among Hie high-minded and learned, I.lteiatura unlverralljr ilut them Ir hvlow-laud. hvlow-laud. Jlutgo wheruyou uuy among the Kugllth lowly, King Arthur I really there; Itol.tn lluuU with hl fallhful little John, Kilar Tuck and their bundled anluraluld are ever a goo-lljr coiu any, a lielprulunconacl n ulilluouiitcrlw, It ho Kimttlme eeemed lo me, whetu burden and Ini-position Ini-position of cailu nud couJIIIoii are moat grh vou nud tore to nblile. A few jtnra of wandirlng among the IlrltUh lowly, more than all rending and aludj', havu couvlurnl me that loth King Arthur and rt'Mu Hood uuce rinlly ixltleilniid llw-il much tho amo manner of llvi n Ihu Miug oii.t thu ballad makira. altliuigh iujioidI bio for their legendary chnracU r, hai u haJoanl furtn, 1 can take Jou Into thousand of ml In a In l)evomlilre, Cornwall, nud lu IliltUnj fur King Arthurlaevennioroagoilbithullilioiia limn to Iho Witt of l.ngUnd Armor-lean Armor-lean Celt whero liook nre liuknow u, whiro no nmnnir of llliraturo evir came; where hlatory ofiUunuil npi havebtiu pmarrrnl from father to in, where lui Arthiirlinligeiidi the iimiu I right nud glowing than In all tho printed tale of the lablu Hound. Theao auwlutily lnukleMi folk will lake you to Ihu very laudiug-placoof King UllnrJ ahoar jou the rial remain re-main of Hie twin catle Tlntngel nnd 'litnl'll; retail, how Uthir l'eiidragou l'-ligel thu Duko of Curnwall, alow hlni,aud Hie ramo day wo I hi w IUjW, Vgrajiie,towhointbe ihlld, Arthur, wa lurn,and reared by the i nihanter, .Merlin, undir boJ hlr I.ctor' enre, who reetoretl to hi in tho klugdom of Cornwall on t'lnlragonV death; how the noble King Atthiir In.tltulid tho O r,ler ol Knlghlof thu Hound ruble, whoae ailully act In thenrvlcuofUod and nun, until they fell Into ilu, weiu deed of goo J and glorj ; how AHhur loved only and wed (hiluetre, be-trajedby be-trajedby ljumcelol; mid. at lost, receiving re-ceiving hi tlelth-nound III battle wlib hi tubellluu hi phew' font at Cnmelford (which Ihu utt mke ('anielo(),Arlliurtudetholojalknlght, Hlr lledirir, carry him lu Diimure Tool, fling hi. aword Kxcallbur t lure-In, lure-In, win ii a boat, rownl by thriu IUitii, opieaied. Into till Arthur w a lifted und liornuaway to thu ! laud-rale or Avllllcii, Hint hi iirlev-cm iirlev-cm wound might Ini healed Thiiie folk iy, nnd believe, that Arthur I tllllluUlrj-hml; tint hi rplrlt often return lu the g ilea of n hint, tho chough, hovt ring alwut thu ol I acene Willi lathillo murmuring.; und that hu w 111 aurelj 'cumu agalu," -'ItiatlD it wlilt Boner of a LlauoUia me, ' to relgu a a king ahould and might over hla tielovid KnglanJ. Literature nevir imvlded a hundnal thoua-ind liooklei folk with till. It nmalli, bi-taiicln IthaiUiu p'etnJ, with-out with-out hooka, a fadeloM acuialltj'. lnllke niantiir ltolln Hood'alnml lai'ouiea tho wholu of Hnglan I. I'leru lug their armor of eodden reer e, j ou will find that Ihu aohtr I ugllili pent-ant pent-ant and thegravu Kugllali workman hemlnJi full iiivugh of, chlnlry and romance, ltoblu Hood la luw mortal Willi tho, becauae, u a I'lovcllir" of rank and claat, hu repri tenia an iiiidefluablu yet lerlalu wi r tobuiritlhe thurcli and thu nobility. lie la a riacuer of maid In dblntaatid men lu dure. Heembodlealheuncon-ailoua Heembodlealheuncon-ailoua yet universal leaulni; toward comniuiilem amoug Ihu l.ngliah lowly. Abovuall, he la Iho lumhloui tj 11 uf that diariat thing to every lowly Jlrltou' heart, "fair lny," wliillur lu frolic, frcelwollug or light. I'nlrly dellned, llobln Jlood'al.aud comprla- HioahlniiorNolllugham nnd Lincoln with thu aoulhiru half of Vorkahlre. Therula not a ploughman, funattr, gamekivjr, aud, I woult almoat viuturu lo any, uuy humiu belug among the lowly, out.hlu Iho factorht, In tin iwrlloi. of Kugland, who hu not a clearer couctptlou of the life, tharaiter nnd exploit of Hie merrj outlaw Unit all Ux.'u could glvo. A U well known, thu nnuuictli t and old-ri-oord reaiarihiaby thu Jtev. Joaejh Hunter, an utaUtnnt Lei per of tho pule Ho ncord of Kugland, made publio In IboS, llanil fairly wlthlu tliuUouulii of uutueutlo hl.tory thu fact concerning concern-ing the actual exMiuco audcaieerof llollu lloixl. llewiuUrnnlunt ll'DJ. Ill family were of tome atutlon, nud aiatiil at Wakilleld. Wllhmauyolhira hu bicamu an outlaw from having ce-irijiuitl ce-irijiuitl Hie cauau of Ihu uufortuiiatu l'.arl of laiucatter. He retreated with a huudreil or moiu of hi comrade to lhodith of Hlurwood l'omt, nut it teorn mllea from hla blrlhilace. lly their uuiiiualeit skill Inarihcrj; gwl-lita gwl-lita rank, with lord and blahoit; robbtrlea of Ihuhlgh loslmro with the lowly: anil thilrndoiualuwlttluall ix-Igeuclet, ix-Igeuclet, Ihej H-cured thcloj ally of Hie jautnutryroun I aliout and put to iltfl-unco iltfl-unco the i ntlrn furci a of tho t row n. At till Juncture King Kdwnrd w laely par-douid par-douid ltubln Hiod, giving him K'r-vice K'r-vice neuueofthu"vnlte, jioriiura Uu h clinmlte," lu tho royal household. Heru he rcmnlmd for moru than n jearjto whkli eilillng vuiiihert fur hi lajnitnt attitt. llut thu liuugir for tho greinwocd wa too ttroug. llegglug the king for iermla.lon lo vlallthe old chuel nt Ilarnadale, It wiugranteil 'forat'tnulght." Hating Hat-ing once n Joint d hi romrndct, hu i ou Id not again o itundi d to lenvu them; and lie loutlmml tho old outlaw's out-law's life until, reiwillng In thu rlnry ofKlrklet for surghal aid, ho tiled from Iom of I lood, ami wo hurled In tliugruuiidtof the l'rlory, now Kirk-lest Kirk-lest linll. four mllta north of Huddert-Hell, Huddert-Hell, mil tho tiat of the noble family of Annjlage. J I ill, prei Iselj' a I have found with Ihu Curnlih and Devonshire pcuaaulry Inldtntllhallouof King Arthur and hi line', It la among thu lowly of Noltlughamihlru and Vorkthlra that atedlaooveml liinumtrnblu roofs, lu tradition, ballad and numentlature, of the merry outlaw ami hi men. Literature Liter-ature has not iriated theeu fur the delectation of an Ignorant iieaaantrj'. 1 he tieuaantry Ihumselvt uavu fur-nlahid, fur-nlahid, by word of mouth, the matt rial aud but all lullnllulmul poillou ha bten titllliwl enabling writer oil and new to Iraushr thu real llobln Hood to the llobln Hood or lie-Hon lie-Hon and aong. A close defining of Itobln Hood's Land would Kite It tho aria of Hutrnood Tontt lu Nttllnghaniahlroand llarns-daln llarns-daln Torctt In Yorktblit', with a liar row ttrlp of t-oiiutrv leading northensl, lliroiiiih southern urkahlre, lo the tta, niarHcarborough, the lalltr being oo-cn.lonally oo-cn.lonally tratiraid bj' the outlaw when too closely preteed bj' Hie king's oldlery. In Iho outlaw 'sllnm butoue highway trnvtrtcd Hie region. That was Hie old llomah Iload from londi)ii tolhrwlck. rcmai half n ilnreu liAiiilebr, the one nialenl cltj of Nottingham, Not-tingham, to old thai Its hl.tory hit leeii Iracud btik DM) yt art lefore the Chrlallan era, nud Hi Ural luhnbltniils lug holt In theroik fur Immi, and a few c)mel Mil-ejsnild llorleof the rudihttxiiitiucUon, could have liecii found lu all the oiui. Totloj u Ion ft tf chlnuieji stands whim slooil Hie giant l.nglhh laka. ou tan look from no oUi ,xt with, lu II 'without your liorlriu being tlmditl with ll.ilr blails slllnurttin ognlnal aamoke-ladeu akj Atluanj liunJie.lsof tonnsaud hamletaare lu lliblu Huod'i Ijinl nuwatthernweie si nglo one lu thoarchcr outlaw's time. Itut near tho roatlug of Ihu forge, the clatttr of the looms nnd the mournful tout of inllll of i Indies, t IK- the tiny uett of tho mereJow-larka tetnp lug Hie blade of Ihu reiptr, nre llltlo lieslsof Lllkllall -nsinu' hornet, tilt uf i:ujll-h i-ojee nnd hedge, mil Intcheii f nnelenl r.ngllsh onk, which iiioilern Indii'lrj and modern I tndlnrd-Ism tndlnrd-Ism I avenU unite tllaicil; tit, J It It umong thite, sr, king the wraith and traditions cf the olden ltoblu Hood's land and the hew, that wo will go pllgtlmlug In our next. l.Kl.tll L. 'AKr.MAN. |