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One of the reasons why Abingdon has such a good store of silver plate is that according to their charter the Corporation has to pay a small sum yearly to their High Stewards, and these gentlemen the Bowyers of Radley and the Earls of Abingdon have been accustomed to restore their fees to the town in the shape of a gift of plate.
My brother sent a portion of his men to rejoin the army, but feels himself justified in entering at once on his winter quarters with the remainder; in fact, since my arrival at Abingdon, the troops have all been dismissed for the winter, and the Danes have, as I said, retired to the Wight.
I watched her for some time, wondering who she was, and then, at last, I ventured to speak to her, and standing by her chair told her who the people were, and found out who she was, and called upon her in Abingdon Road, and then she went away, but her face haunted me continually, and even the remembrance of it and of her helped me to a better life than I had lead before.
The youth of Abingdon speak glibly of Shepherd Kings, Constitution of Lycurgus, Thermopylae, Consul Duilius, or the Licinian Laws; the more advanced are even as far down as Elizabeth.
Edmund Rich Archbishop of Canterbury and saint in later days came about the time we have reached to Oxford, a boy of twelve years old, from a little lane at Abingdon that still bears his name. He found his school in an inn that belonged to the abbey of Eynsham where his father had taken refuge from the world.
As soon as they caught sight of us they began waving handkerchiefs and parasols. "Hullo!" I said, "here's some people hailing you." "Oh, they all do that about here," he answered, without looking up. "Some beanfeast from Abingdon, I expect." The boats draw nearer. When about two hundred yards off an elderly gentleman raised himself up in the prow of the leading one and shouted to us.
Alfred, at the prior's desire, hurried to the chamber of Dunstan. "Father," he said, "the enemy are near. They have left the forest." "That is four miles in distance: there will be time for me to finish this letter to my brother of Abingdon." "But, father, their horses may be fleeter than ours." "We are under God's protection: I am sure we shall not be overtaken: be at peace, my son."
The toilers of Abingdon of other Abingdons, perhaps know none of these things. Winter has pushed them hard, summer been all too brief; life has been crowded with a feverish instancy of work. There is a vague memory of the Sullivan Expedition; once a year the early settlers, as a community enterprise, had brought salt from Syracuse; the forest had been rafted down the river; the rest is silence.
"If you are talking about poisons," said the physician, a rather startled look appearing upon his face, "there are several I might mention; but the idea seems preposterous to me. Why should any one want to harm Charley Abingdon? When could poison have been administered and by whom?" "When, indeed?" murmured Harley. "Yet I am not satisfied." "You're not hinting at suicide?" "Emphatically no."
Never once did the watcher lose sight of him until he saw him enter the house in Abingdon Road with his latchkey. Then, when the door had closed, the mysterious watcher passed by and scrutinized the number, after which he hastened back to Kensington High Street, where he found a belated taxi in which he drove away. On the following morning, about twelve o'clock, Emily, Mrs.
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