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Show WAKEJIAVS WAMIEIUXIIS. llobla .tool' Land. I hl tramped fioul Newtload Ab. t,r from tin ! rt'B,"1 "' No111" Hood't "Ills ' AtnotJ, on my return ',, to Nottingham. It wiu late lit nlitit an I " "nnjnn of ,ral" IJ t e In I to Hie undent city. Tho l0Dlf lane-IIU unnufaclurliiB Immlvt rwi but two Inn. These wire !inubllc-houi.e, re"J'' ,0 drain.hor, riher linn lioatelrlr. At one 1 had ln refuted entertainment for the nl,l,tir,d warned away.Ucmiaethe old who kept " ,0 " S' ''"gllMi II, i f It) -odor or other luoiintc bank, aud would, aomrhow, depirt ton early In ' morning with mow than p. reckoning. At tho olhi r, "Tho Jjotie Tree Inn," the modttty of tho two nitlJeu ladle In iharge forbidu ththouilngof 'i untouched man. I roul J lit In the tap room parlor on tho hfoh leather-co'ered eeltle until the cloilog, at midnight. Thon I mint go Utterly fatigued from long da) ' wandering I" Hot In Hood' I-and, and dmcrale at tho iro.pect of nil all; nlnfit'a tramp Into SollltiKliam. how I btfed foi the elcoiue of tome hedg e ilJe llymj! J.preBlng (lilt In humble I rotett only further outlaw id meat Iho "Iono Tree Inu'' at Arnold. Then, aal wat lulng Invited to take the roaJ, llle a gl.y Indeed, a rortlr, kindly-faced man enrue In. Jlonedtholrget mill In A mot J; wat a more pow crful man than tho lord of the manor; mid my fato waa In ibrjame uhlle ho drank hi nightly la of tin and aoda, itnd lillnktnl nl trie, an mingled euiotlnlit of tuiplcloll, wipltJlly and hot) llallly lihijed ovir hliltood IZugllali fare. Tho tpln.ter larruald, the rough faelory-iiaiid, to I all tho tap room litngcra-ou of a mill town, awaited tho grout inau'a illctum, regarding tho Imrudrr with rrtitclful aileuoi. Ihli una that It rum, noter alioull lie ald lint HarnobyNoUliig'ni, wa ln'o.p. UMe or dlirourtfouf to a tlratigcr. '"J-.arl 'earl" came from the Inp-rwinroutlngent. Inp-rwinroutlngent. II might bo u pbij h'attor, '0 might be n niounte-b-ink, might even routott villi thorn h'oo.traiUortoclcty,lhe 'orrld gldr, tut h'agaln It tbuiild nerer bo ald that Il'arnold.by-Nottlng'aru rifuird the b'aldlng 'and. "i:arl Vail 'far!" roared Iho audience all. Ho, na rmn of tho great man' friend, aome hoiixt Nottingham huti-lien, on 1,1 be directly returning home from Oxton way, by grace and ahlfl 1 watol-agol Into one of their cart, and thrum to oil Nottingham aud an Inn. Charging the crowd thua, and the acoro to m arlf, which wai gratefully exjuingcd from lh reoorda of "Iuo Tre Inn,'1 the great man of A mold wvut Ida w ay, wlille I weut to aleep. How longl had beendozlngl know not, I-ut hen 1 nwakcncU Hwaa with a ranio of lelng ihut tlirougli tho earth'a clrcuniainbleut hluo. I'oiir huge fellowa encaaed In woolen aacka to thrlr fetl had tOMml mo Into unv of their carta llko a uarter of lref. I rtruik upuii n ilo of fnahly tlaugh-tered tlaugh-tered pork In a comfortable kUIom at the edge of the tart-bor, whllu '"Our ar'yeuow, ol cockey?11 "Nigh onto aiitoeu ktoue weight!" "The puvnor'a cold atlfT with rhwtl" and like tug-gritlre tug-gritlre (halllnga were mluglnl with tailing from the crowd at lhnllIoiio Tree inn." There wrre half a acore of rarti; a acore of butcher. Huge, aafjI.Tokrd, klnlly men they were, with woudrrful halloing and Ktig ai tlicy uihl their atout liorira at terrific nl down that broad itcnn road through the gllitenliig, ciUpy night. Cottage audutl dimly apinred and at lutnntly anUhed. Coio and hedge aecnied art In h mad co the other nay. On weawrit to old Nottingham, frightening Ulatid rotUgera with the ruihlug ilamor and wng Thrro wire aome uiwrh vouhi among IheMi rollicking Nuttlnghaiu butchera aa you will every hero llnd among tho Jowly of all Ihnmldhind and nolthtrn l:ugllah thlria. Jlut morolmpreMlru to me, with my own bead full of lloblu Hood, than my tfNIoui aeat ou the edgo of a bounding rart-box, waa tho iharai ter of theaonga llieyaung. l.uty 0110 Identllled the tulcher'a, or "lli-aher'a." Toiallou w Itli IncloenU In the life of lloblu Hood. One of Hutu aoiigt Uld how Ilobln hlmtelf won a butclur'a ireutlce, and becainu an out. law on account of a mlntrly maater feeding him aolely on llghta and liver tod wore the tlMii from hla bouoa with the unmerciful addriM with which he m forced to acro tho fat from the lonei of aulmala. Anothi r related tho ruaryeloua aw from death of a N'ot. llngham butcher lu tho joar I3."l, when King Kdward II. made hi 'jrogroM'Mutotbo "north couutrlo." J.nraged at the dearth of mint In ?ittlngha!n, the king called the chit f Iteiher of the city Wore lilm, and ordered him, 011 nlu of death, to Innl la four acoro goodly kino, dnaaed fjr the tiirnaplt to U mailo reidy laforo the dawn of tho follow, ug day. Till .waa an luiuu. ble taS. Tawing from the klng'a I reai lira tha doomed Iwlcher encoiiii-leredaUggar, encoiiii-leredaUggar, Mhoaa "a boon" oaknl only to ktow the naturo of Ida ml., fortune, and Immediately dlaapjaand. The buu her panned that day nud night I reiarlng lor eUrulty, nud, like a loyal wtjiit atl forth for the cantle at dawn to get Ida head ihopjM oir, when he round "four acore and more" Uautl. lolly driwd caruWH-e of King lid. ward'i 1 owu Mlow deer liauglngTii the market 1 laru. Kach had n arrow ""jnd Inilniatdejmid lultwaakuown that llohln Hood aud Ida mm had aaved the butcher'e life, nud by tho unie token tlovirly challenged a bout Mill the onicertof KlngJ.dward him. e f. Another, the moat rollicking of an, Went o far ai hi anert that the-Uoituoumew, the-Uoituoumew, the red face, the huge jviiiche., the general good cluer, na ell at aonie other marked charackrla. 10 of the Nottingham bulthira, uru jaredltarlly due to tho progenitor of bent all. Hlra Iho bullad ru.erta to nave iwll , orUy abtcti 1)0,w, )n ,,o J." ' '"nliiry fur tailli lety and wealth, lloblu Hood and hla men hadtaplurid IheAbtwt and hit money.bag.. In re L ut.1i.ou1ll,w,' royally entertained Ioj hat tho abbot ?, from grace. The low for tl, and ale grew tu flroug um him that he renounced 11 1 orderi, aud Urame butchtr aud Mnlner In NottlnKhaiii. The outlaw., now hit frlcudt, aupi.lled hit alalia Jlth imat from the klng'a foritt of "'.'"yood aud hit butla with wine of H ?,"". "'o nelghlorlug momulerlia H fff',,,,0,,e,,ll'le'lllll. HeiKo H i c''lral mold of form, faco and fhartcter. at the 1 utchira any In rail. afl !!? ,".'' ,ll"li'ly aa tradllluu ha. Ctingh2lLor ""' j0"7 luXeh"n "' Boon tho aplrit and chlmiicya of the aiiclant city itlieil through the Hue of aalTrony nlghbllght abote It. Then Ihettrange cavalcade thundireil along tho cobbled ttmtj, ami, after travera Ing Mviral narrow clotea, dnw up with Hcranhlu front of turloua old itriiclurciiearthiimaikilrlnio. After much ahoutlng, pounding and ringing, an old icrvltor nrt'cnrrd. Tlien the butchera lioliUd nm from tho iurt, luiiih thommana il.j had thot nm Into II. IVfjlio my protefta that I waa domicilii! nl 1111 Inn In I'cck Kane, I wnt under their charge, ro nu luu ol tlulr chooMng 1 mut goj and with letrl. blothrudaof repiiMltu the little old minlu whnni I u Kven In iharge, ahould tllghtlieput on me, or reikon-lug reikon-lug lw wrong, they diarle,l with a ru.hnnduroni: the liue Irihd.HJr wai loiknl nml lulled, at Ir agalu.t tltgr, and we climbed the tlouu talra to a pialnt old chamber, Into whce tiny, itnid gable window the flrn hetllaut light of day waa faintly tnmbllug from the caat. Wholly lutheiplrlt ol thoo.ldltrof the nlght'a Adventure, I rUtil the inlcu.lona of tho butchna1 l.allvl., and Atket the old aervAiitlf eerylKlj In N'oUltigham waa draottidet from lloblu Hood, or aome one of hla nobli vklliui. The old man'a pride waa touched. "Indei-d, no, alii" he amwrreil lu-dlgnantly. lu-dlgnantly. "Nono cornea o that atoik, anvo It'll na aarvea In public otiit" Then he atood there, caudle In hand, hi. gourd like 110M1 llamlng and piling with twakiulngai lilt, whllu he reeled ollaundry othtr lallaila of Intermlu able alanata and Iteration, allowing wlthunbuibtcdhUlo.lo n'curncy nnd oullawcil rlijmo nud rythm 1 rally marly the tame collection of liul lenbi In lloblu Hood'acareir, iiiiountlngfor tbeprnllge, rigid, and npi.lc of airvliigmeii lu Kngllthlun., at wtru rouched for lu the butchera' galaiy 1 f Ming. All nf which la related, Utauio Itruggitted to mu a now linn of In. iiilry in the Identlllrntlou of lloblu Hood with Ilobln Hood'. Laud; mid hinted a unlverMllty of traditional linking oflhuncluil peraonago ofthu famoua outlaw bi our own time, of which literature glrce but thofalnlift lualght. Ae la well'underttood, all thole-gendt, thole-gendt, talet and Ullada Lnow 11 to literature litera-ture ae of ancient origin and founded on auiltitlmiiy Authenthlo liul-dentalu liul-dentalu thelifonr Ilobln Hood, were collected An I (lUblltlied III KM, by Jo-e Jo-e h Itltton, High llJlllll of II10 Idler Idl-er Hit of Havoy, of whom It waa aaldi "He netrr aanil liuuian rxciit when he wat poring oier (iothm booka," He wai undoubtedly one of the moat critical and palniUklng an tliUtrlaua or Ida time The tntlre col-leitlon col-leitlon iiumUra acanily more than CO I lecea. Tlieee w ero reproduced from ancient tilackdetter coplm. Abwjlutely authekllcated. Vet, lu Hill one night 1 had lltleneiltoone-tiilrd at mali at the famoutltlton collection coiilnlned. I f thoe, Iho w ork of w rlti r from the Hill to the Kill cintiirlei, could bo regarded at ioaKe..lng many in hi rent evldi net a of having U en Mmed oil Actuallllea, wliy ahould not tlioee lingering among the mauct be regarded re-garded with at Itetl that atrong pre-aunti pre-aunti lion of mi original eourco In fjct, attributed to luoetol the traditionary lore handed down from father to tou through many geueralloiu? And If tail two claaaee, tho taltchera aud luu-aervers, luu-aervers, weru ao fruitful In Uilteort of lore, why could not almllar dlacovtr-lea dlacovtr-lea be made among othera of tin Ir Ilk; I iu.bcd the Imtatlgallon In N'ottlug-htm N'ottlug-htm aud thiro with titranrdlnary retulta llrlitly, the lnembtrt of every craft and TocAtlon whino origin ori-gin Antedate, or It iouteuioraiitoui with, itibln llood'a llnu, IO.M1.., uud riUln with aecret treabiulug aud pride, tery many of Itieee ballad'. I -tcli build. In a warm and lovli g way, n relallouthlp with the outlaw hlniNilfi with lilt deedt of ciiunlng, valor or chhAlry: or with the uufur-lunate uufur-lunate rubjutt of hla mad aim merry prank, I have certainly counted dliliirenllailladt of tlda ilau tuabote .1110 lu number, I Ulloo In Noltlug-hain.hlro Noltlug-hain.hlro alone fully HKW dl.tliict Ilobln Hood ballad, could beaeiured among tho loaj ly for printing. N'or do they comprlio moduli Idea and allua-tlouacladlnniicliut allua-tlouacladlnniicliut garb. In terbal Samlture, aluille, coii.lrurtlon, Indent, Ind-ent, aud lu w hat may bu termed tin Ir IndtfetruLtible w lioleui'at, they iioittta evtry evlderueof griatautlijully. Hut thl. It by no meant tho moat lnterelliig Idiutlllcatiou of ai I-ual I-ual or ligtndary Into Willi hit hauutt Afforded thoiatlcut pilgrim lu Nottingham. In the auclint booka of the old city and the auclint uooki of tho old ahiru It muili curloua Infonuu-tlou Infonuu-tlou tola, dug up regarding Kherwood Toreat, and nl umlaut folk-lore, tigiuda and aii4rttltioiit, Nlntlng aturiir-rlngly aturiir-rlngly na the Illght of nu airow from hit own la-nt low to the one-time tx-l.tenco tx-l.tenco of tho umuiiiiuruble archer tiehlnd. The forettof Hherwooil waa llnd mentioned ly wrllira during the reign 0 Henry 11., betwtin 1181 nud Hbo; nnd wot thin n place of royul rceort for hunting, In that time tho anhhl.hop of Vork alto chimed tho right of liiintlng lu Hhirwood lliree daya nt Chrl.tuin, three at Hotter, aud thru at Whlutun-tide, Whlutun-tide, Andkttluthu I'unet hit font-tira"aerlit font-tira"aerlit of hawka aud ari-igo." John, biforeatci-udlng tho Ihrono In 1109, wlillettlll Karl of Monlon, ex. II uliil n ihurter of oil the 1IU nh t and f reu cuttomi of tho fon.ttuf Notllng. hamihlroAiid l)erb)thlre, trwclllcally Including Hherwooil. Hut It was not uutll IJ.11, in thurelgu of Henry III., that thotxait llmita of Hherwooil Tonal were fixed. The "(leramhula. tlon" under royal writ then hold gave Hlurnood Foritt proper a lenglli of nearly 3d nillea, exloudlng duo north from n thort dlatunce btlow Nol-tlnghnm Nol-tlnghnm to Jutt nboie Wotkaup, with a imau breadth of nine mllea. Then bouudarh'a ncro riiif-llrmtd riiif-llrmtd In Hi;:, and nt late at fifty yearttluce yn oportiinlty fur con lliiulngA honlenf tltlul "i'oritt 0111. rem," Tliechlif of thiaewerea"lrfrd Warden," a "Itow.llearer and ittng. or," four "Vcrdiiren," a "Hteward" and l) Inn "Kte rt;" mid It It an Inler tatlug fact that Lord Hyrou, Ihu luit, held officii At one of the hud "How Heurert uud Haugera" of thlt hit torlo foritl. It Ima Ueu friqiienlly tinted Hint nil trana uf Hherwood ronathid entirely diaapiieared. Thla la not true. I found titar Newttead Abliey toveml groina of lit o'lgln-al o'lgln-al oakt. In the ul.trlit comi riling ril-ing lit former aouthern rtacli, alut llranuelv, nnd to Hits latt, m ar Huttoii and rartilou, are 11 i.uniUr of tliu guarled old Hhirwood atrlarcha. The entliedUtrlct la uow d Hi d wllh (owna and vllligea, lntirairred with farina, gentlemen' tentt and demtMiietof the nobility. 1 11 the 1 atkt, an I freipiently In thohticlt uud tlrplanlAtlout uf the demi tint, itjieclally 111 tho iiortbitn dt.lrlct tielwceu N'ewttetd Abbej and Worktop, that portion of (Sherwood In Sty "i 1' 1 1 ' aJaSSatjtj ancient timet known at High Kureil, are n very great nuiiilier, no doubt from OOOD lo 8iWd tree. Thi-earo generally gen-erally tinkiiowu, lcaiiMi thut from (Aihllo gaze by .irk nud itetuttue walK n eu Ibo friendship of nnmektiicror puncher mint la m 1 Ic. Thn ilgh Iheae, I found nem ly fjix) of Iho nnrlent n r I n Willatk 1'itrJt. Thtre art fully that numlH'r In IhimUr 1'nrk nenrork top. Honieof thrtitoAkff aretupHNiei. toliemorethtuliioiivinrtoll. I found cnrc bi lw more than twenty Iho fut Iriilnuuifiremo, nud villi- n iiuinlier tatxoid Ihlrly 11 vl feet, oiienreof gnat height; but nil are tremenjoiit In trunk and uverarrhlug Hud. Tlulr antra, knot, and gnarled growth an kientK-nl wllh the mutt mn-leiil written dcacrlt tlona of Ihe fori l. Aa wllh the Ncltlt gham lowly of nil anclt nl 1 tM; the pea. tntry of tbn 1 n. tlredl.trlitnrv aalurateil with Itoltn Hood hgindt mil uirtlllnn. Tin re l not n forittir, gjme. ktr or puncher within the An dent hutuidarli but lint hit ballad, tradition, or iitttltloua practice lacd 011 theexMeiiiemid cu.lomt of Ihuotdeii outlaw tenantry. Wn)ldu hint are named In honor nf tho outlaw, nftome if lilt follower, or lu com memoralloii of tome oue of Iho tuld orcfit r'a di-vda. lWtry almilu farmir hat cuttomt or ha1f.uptrlltloiit prac-llcea prac-llcea orhiluatliigln aomu retited Hill g Hoi In Hind did, or woull not do. Illuda, hartittira and rotlara 1 rettrve hi menu ry lu tradition, ciutom aud tong An ItberoUliotAtiouiowlfe lu thuiouutr)ilde In all tliu wett of Not-tlugham.lilre Not-tlugham.lilre w Im hat not toruu ruwarl ur piiul.hmint fordullhil or frail loin chill, lu roerb or huggaluo from thlt txhaii.tleRt tourtv. lbv book miy fill you with wlto dc.ul.lt that Mir n rial H0LI11 Hiwd plael ma I prankt InHlierwood For tt. If 011 will gitibiralo tliolhet and htnrla of tho Nottlnghanithlro lowly, jour own coiivlillou that hu nncecxMul will ttlellglhell, thnitlgh luutimirubhi evldi ncet of ftdeliat Ineluorlal lillca In tuttoin, tradlllou and charactir, until )ou riallie how loyal to tho truth w at ford lovi ng iot t lira) ton, when he lung nearly faM jtaraago lathKoiiniiarlDoi Ida I think Iheit ll not flat lie ol llobla I loo J litth bear I aal Unit Aal 14 It tad of mot tbt tile thill at'er ba Ul Kr.rUM-t, lltorit a Crete, aid Much tu Otlurk the mrrr; frltr, winch niar a terinon la 1 ral.t of ItoMa iftoj, lit. ott Itwi, tail Ih.lr titue. KltlAll ll. Wakuian. |