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'Forwards, forwards! cried Sir Gervas and I, waving our swords. 'It is no use, gentlemen, cried a cornet of horse, wringing his hands; 'we are undone and betrayed. There is a broad ditch without a ford in front of us, full twenty feet across! 'Give me room for my horse, and I shall show ye the way across! cried the Baronet, backing his steed. 'Now, lads, who's for a jump?
"In the presence of Almighty God and this Congregation, Gervas Say and Anna Russell, inhabitants of the above said township, enter into marriage covenant lawfully to dwell together in the fear of God the remaining part of our lives to perform all the duties necessary betwixt husband and wife as witness our hands.
During this waiting period Jones was not entirely idle at least he found time to marry a New England girl, Mercy Hilderick by name, who was visiting at the home of her brother-in-law Samuel Peabody. The marriage ceremony was performed by Gervas Say, Esquire, a neighboring justice of the peace. The ravages of the Yankee privateers that infested the shores of the Bay of Fundy obliged Mr.
So wild was their riding that I pulled up, uncertain whether they were friend or foe, until, as they came whirling towards me, I recognised that the two officers who rode in front of them were none other than Reuben Lockarby and Sir Gervas Jerome.
If ye have the people on your side, why should ye crave for these bewigged fine gentlemen, whose white hands and delicate rapiers are of as much service as so many ladies' bodkins? 'Faith! said I, 'if all the fops are as careless for their lives as our friend Sir Gervas, I could wish no better comrades in the field. 'In good sooth, yes! cried Master Pettigrue heartily.
'If a few of us could make a lodgment upon the other side we might make it good until help came, said Sir Gervas, as the horseman galloped off upon his mission. All down the rebel line a fierce low roar of disappointment and rage showed that the whole army had met the same obstacle which hindered our attack.
Nay, never shake your head, my dear country lad, you little know the wiles of the world. 'Give him credit for the best until the worst is proved, said I, sitting up in bed smoking, with my letters littered about in front of me. 'The worst is proved, said Sir Gervas, with a darkening face.
Gervas Say was one of the signers of the church covenant as also were three of the witnesses, Richard Estey, Daniel Palmer, and Edward Coye, and it may be assumed that the marriage was regarded as perfectly proper under the circumstances and it is not improbable that, in the absence of a minister, this was the ordinary mode of marriage.
As we passed some scowled angrily at us, while others whispered together and shook their heads, in evident doubt as to our character and aims. Now and again among the people we marked the tall broad-brimmed hat and Geneva mantle which were the badges of the Puritan clergy. 'We are in Monmouth's country at last, said Saxon to me, for Reuben Lockarby and Sir Gervas Jerome had ridden on ahead.
The pillage of this Cathedral would do our cause more harm than a pitched battle lost. Do you bring up your company, Sir Gervas, and we shall do what we can to hold them in check until they come. 'Hi, Masterton! cried the Baronet, spying one of his under-officers among the crowd who were looking on, neither assisting nor opposing the rioters.
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