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In an old history of Galway which Mr. Strickland picked up from a stall at Ballinasloe, I found prints of some of the old buildings and names of the old families; and the landlord having presented me with a list as long as an alderman's bill of fare of the names of the gentlemen and ladies of Galway, I pitched upon the name of a physician, a Dr.
Do you know, he asked me to eat custard with my apple-pie, just to point me out for an alderman's son; and when I only differed from him about Captain Shouldham's puppy's ears, Lord Rawson said, to be sure, I must know about dog's ears, just to put me in mind that I was a school-boy; but I'll never go to Marryborough any more, unless he begs my pardon.
He died in December, 1555, according to Stow, "of the late hote burning feuers, whereof died many olde persons, so that in London died seven Aldermen in the space of tenne monthes." They gave that departed worthy a very noble funeral! Stow adds that the dead alderman's widow, Barbara, caused to be set up in St.
Meantime if the alderman's peace on one side was disturbed by his visitor, on the other, suitors for Dennet's hand gave him little rest.
"I have not seen you for twelve days," she said at last. "No, madam." "Have you been neglecting me, sir?" Just a touch of vigour was in her voice, but she still gazed at the fire. "You are a soldier's daughter, not an alderman's," I said quietly, and the retort brought her head round with a jerk. "And how does that excuse your neglect?"
At last he says: "Sis, go get the fine-toothed comb and comb your pa's head won't you, sis?" says he. "Can't your barber do that for you?" ast she. "He does; but no barber can really comb a alderman's head soothing," says he, "not like his own kid can.
The cellarer's court was abolished; the franchise of the town was extended to the rural possessions of the abbey; the farmers "came to the toll-house, and were written in the alderman's roll, and paid the town-penny." A moral revolution like this is notable at any time, but a change wrought avowedly "that all might enjoy equal liberty" is especially notable in the twelfth century.
But Stone-face caught hold of the Alderman's right arm and dragged down the sword, and the big carle, Red-coat of Waterless, came up behind him and cast his arms about his middle and drew him back; and presently he looked around him, and slowly sheathed his sword, and went back to his place and sat him down; and in a little while the noise abated and swords were sheathed, and men waxed quiet again, and the Alderman arose and said in a loud voice, but in the wonted way of the head man of the Thing: 'Here hath been trouble in the Holy Thing; a violent man hath troubled it, and drawn sword on a neighbour; will the neighbours give the dooming hereof into the hands of the Alderman?
The Sun-beam followed her brother and Face-of-god amidst the Warriors of the Wolf, and with her were Bow-may clad in the Alderman's gift, and Wood-father and his children. Bow-may had caused her to doff her hauberk for that day, whereon they looked to fall in with no foeman.
'Have ye the spear that ye found in Rusty? quoth Gold-mane. 'Yea verily, said the carle. 'Hither with it, neighbours; give it to the Alderman's son. So the spear came into his hand, and he looked at it and said: 'This is no spear of the smiths' work of the Dale, as my father will tell you.
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