Through the Fray: A Tale of the Luddite Riots
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Henty George Alfred. Through the Fray: A Tale of the Luddite Riots
PREFACE
CHAPTER I: A FISHING EXPEDITION
CHAPTER II: THE FIGHT ON THE MOOR
CHAPTER III: A CROPPER VILLAGE
CHAPTER IV: THE WORMS TURN
CHAPTER V: THE NEW MASTER
CHAPTER VI: THE THIEF DETECTED
CHAPTER VII: A TERRIBLE SHOCK
CHAPTER VIII: NED IS SORELY TRIED
CHAPTER IX: A PAINFUL TIME
CHAPTER X: TROUBLES AT HOME
CHAPTER XI: THE NEW MACHINERY
CHAPTER XII: MURDERED!
CHAPTER XIII: COMMITTED FOR TRIAL
CHAPTER XIV: COMMITTED FOR TRIAL
CHAPTER XV: NOT GUILTY
CHAPTER XVI: LUKE MARNER’S SACRIFICE
CHAPTER XVII: A LONELY LIFE
CHAPTER XVIII: NED IS ATTACKED
CHAPTER XIX: THE ATTACK ON CARTWRIGHT’S MILL
CHAPTER XX: CLEARED AT LAST
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It has just struck one, and the boys are streaming out from the schoolroom of Mr. Hathorn’s academy in the little town of Marsden in Yorkshire. Their appearance would create some astonishment in the minds of lads of the present generation, for it was the year 1807, and their attire differed somewhat materially from that now worn. They were for the most part dressed in breeches tight at the knee, and buttoning up outside the close fitting jacket nearly under the arms, so that they seemed almost devoid of waist. At the present moment they were bareheaded; but when they went beyond the precincts of the school they wore stiff caps, flat and very large at the top, and with far projecting peaks.
They were not altogether a happy looking set of boys, and many of their cheeks were stained with tears and begrimed with dirt from the knuckles which had been used to wipe them away; for there was in the year 1807 but one known method of instilling instruction into the youthful mind, namely, the cane, and one of the chief qualifications of a schoolmaster was to be able to hit hard and sharp.
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“I don’t see that we can,” Ned replied. “Marsden lies to the east, so we have only to keep our backs to the sun; it won’t be down for another two hours yet, and before that we ought to be in.”
By this time they had taken their rods to pieces, wound up their lines, and were ready to start. A few minutes’ sharp climbing took them to the top of the slope. They were now upon the moor, which stretched away with slight undulations as far as they could see.
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