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It was on the 25th of May, 1660, just one week before the martyrdom of Mary Dyer, that Charles II. returned to England to occupy his father's throne. One of the first papers laid before him was a memorial in behalf of the oppressed Quakers in New England.
Dyer himself, an amiable little old man, who took water internally and eschewed strong liquors, lay on his host's bed, hidden by blankets; his head, on which was his short gray hair, alone peered out; and this, having been rubbed dry by a resolute hand, by the maid's, I believe, who assisted at the rescue, looked as if bristling with a thousand needles. January 9, 1824.
It might have been the last night of a long illness instead of the sudden, startling entrance of sorrow in human shape. "No," said the doctor, "she cannot last much longer with such a cough as that, Mrs. Dyer. She has almost reached the end of it. I only hope that she will go quickly."
"Of course, Mary Dyer isn't supposed to know antiques, but the professor has lived abroad and is well educated." "The professor wasn't at home," explained Edna. "Perhaps that was lucky for us. He is in Chicago, and we pleaded so hard that Mrs. Dyer let us go into the attic and help ourselves." "Well, that proves she has a generous heart," said the grand lady, with a peculiar, sphinx-like smile.
An' it killed thet man, as I seen afterward. Then come a bunch of thunderin' shots nine I calkilated after, fer they come so quick I couldn't count them an' I knew Lassiter hed turned the black guns loose on Dyer. "I'm tellin' you straight, Miss Withersteen, fer I want you to know. Afterward you'll git over it. I've seen some soul-rackin' scenes on this Utah border, but this was the awfulest.
"I can," asserted Josie grimly, "and it isn't the first time he has planned murder, either. Dyer was responsible for the explosion at the airplane factory." Footsteps were heard. Out of the darkness between the group of buildings appeared two men, Crissey and Addison. "Are we too late, Miss O'Gorman?" asked Crissey. "Yes," she replied. "How did you lose track of Dyer?"
Then the doctor, the colonel, and a couple of subs were busy over a game at whist, and the black nurse had beckoned Mrs Maine out, I suppose to see something about the two children; when Captain Dyer and Miss Ross walked together just outside the tent, she holding by one of the cords, and he standing close beside her.
The next morning was hotter, I think, than ever, with no prospect either of rain or change; and, after doing what little work I had to get over, it struck me that I might as well attend to what Captain Dyer advised give two eyes to Chunder and his friends; so I left Mrs Bantem busy over her cooking, and went down into the court.
"Don't know, I'm sure," answered Dyer; "but it's a fact that some of 'em be gettin' under way." As the pair emerged from the poop cabin, they were met by Drew, the boatswain, who reported: "There be four of 'em on the move now, Cap'n; and I baint at all sure but where there's one or two more of 'em makin' ready for a start, though the light be that bad "
Vol. 192, 1910. For an extensive compilation of facts from ancient literature and history concerning sacred women, see: Alexander, W. History of Women from the Earliest Antiquity to the Present Time. 2 vols. W. Strahan. London, 1779. Mason, Otis T. Woman's Share in Primitive Culture. 295 pp. Appleton. New York, 1894. Dyer, T.F.S. Plants in Witchcraft. Popular Science Monthly.
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