THE TRUE STORY OF DICK TURPINS RIDE.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIX, Issue XIX, 30 October 1897, Page 607

THE TRUE STORY OF DICK TURPINS RIDE.

\ ■. N s. is known—ha«i a masx a spiemiM lay. whose and en»iaran*-e were such that Xick* determined by nic3Wi* »»f these finalities to |»n.»ve aliM in *-ase *< •laftjferAhoat four o'clock njw.*n a certain mornhe robbed a traveller •»n the na«i neti>F ■ . .. . • ■ . Gravesend. He was t.» wait there an hoar for a boat, and lie made the use of this time by toiling hi* nukre. TLen crossing the water, he «ia.*he*i acrons* Essex full tilt to < ’hetiH*iord. where he r\->’.-rd a:-. > ?'■- some loll*. Then he and dashed oe to Braml*.rough. Ito- kiuj and WeihertieLd : fast acros** the i«« Cambridge: ’luiek by mod* and .v-r»vs* country he *li|‘g«e»i r<<L*t < c ■dmarb-hewter and Hantinitdon t»» Fenny where h*- : . - _ • • ’.-•s’. . ' isalf-hotir * sleep. Then more aion^ r lite north road until lite cathedral grew up over the h‘<iz»xi larger. larger, and whirr he darted through York gate. Ir. a moment he had led the jaded mare into an inti stable, snapped some food, ami in a fresh green velvet dress and la«e strolled ®*ut gav and «*alni to the BowHnkr Green, then full of eomjanv. Tlie Lora Mavor rhe eity ha|u*?tie*i to he there : Nicl;* sauntered up to him ami a*kc«i him the h«*ttr. • A quarter to eight.’ said the Lord Mayor. gra»doasly. Y»»ur «.de*t;enl,’ returned Xieks, with a profound bow. Later, wiien Xk-k* was apprehemie»l and trie«i for the Gadshill n>hf«ery. the re to the man. the horse, the place, ami the hour, hat X -k* l»rottgh< th** !><» Mayor of York to prove an •• ali s »i.” and the jury promptly asjuiued the resolute ami sagacious thtef.