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There was at this period, employed as a riding-officer or supervisor, in that part of the country a certain Francis Kennedy, already named in our narrative a stout, resolute, and active man, who had made seizures to a great amount, and was proportionally hated by those who had an interest in the fair trade, as they called the pursuit of these contraband adventurers.
He flung forward over the saddle-bow, face down. One fat hand was crumpled on the turf. His bob-wig had slipped awry. There was no mistaking that bald red neck with the crease across it. It was Big Jerry Ram, the riding-officer. The Gentleman toed the body. "It was this carrion. 'Got you this time, sir, said he, grinning his fat beef-steak British grin. 'Clipped your wings at last, I guess.
Maybe some of us might learn a bit from him." Taking a great bandana from his pocket, he blew his nose like the report of a pistol. "A'ter all," he said, with touching solemnity, "he died for his country, did my Robin same as Abercromby at Alexandrya." Behind them on the hill a clock struck eight. The riding-officer held up his hand. "Ark!" he cried.
You wouldn't charge him with making signals, I hope? 'But began Doctor Unonius and Mr Rattenbury together. The doctor was about to say that, the road being hidden from this downstairs window, it followed that the window could not be seen from the road. But the riding-officer had the louder voice and bore him down. 'But, he objected, 'the light was shown from an upstairs window, ma'am.
While my head swam with the sight of it, she was running across the sands, was kneeling beside the body, had risen, and was staggering under the weight of it down to the water's edge. "Stop her!" shouted Luke, the riding-officer. "We must have the man! Dead or alive, we must have'n!" She gained the nearest boat, the free-traders forming up around her, and hustling the dragoons.
Certain qualms of feeling had deterred Ellangowan from attending in person to see his tenants expelled. He left the executive part of the business to the officers of the law, under the immediate direction of Frank Kennedy, a supervisor, or riding-officer, belonging to the excise, who had of late become intimate at the Place, and of whom we shall have more to say in the next chapter. Mr.
But before either of them had moved, the faint clatter of horses' hoofs broke upon the ear, and it seemed to come from the point where the track across the down joined the hard road. 'They are just too late! cried Lizzy exultingly. 'Who? said Stockdale. 'Latimer, the riding-officer, and some assistant of his. We had better go indoors. They entered the house, and Lizzy bolted the door.
There was at this period, employed as a riding-officer or supervisor, in that part of the country a certain Francis Kennedy, already named in our narrative a stout, resolute, and active man, who had made seizures to a great amount, and was proportionally hated by those who had an interest in the fair trade, as they called the pursuit of these contraband adventurers.
Once clear of the point the small cutter could defy their rowing and reach away to the eastward with the wind just behind her beam. The riding-officer saw this, and ordered his men to fire. They assert, and we must believe, that their object was merely to disable the boat by cutting up her canvas. Their first desultory volley did no damage.
There was at this period, employed as a riding-officer or supervisor, in that part of the country a certain Francis Kennedy, already named in our narrative a stout, resolute, and active man, who had made seizures to a great amount, and was proportionally hated by those who had an interest in the fair trade, as they called the pursuit of these contraband adventurers.
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