neighbour went to tell her
'the awful news,' that Thom was killed, and her own son wounded, she
would not credit the information. 'Sir William killed!' said she,
'no, no, you can't kill him; it is not the truth, it is not
possible.' The reply to her was: 'It is the truth, and it is
possible.' She again asserted that it was not possible. Again the
reply was: 'It is possible, and it is as true as that your poor boy
has got a shot in his thigh.' Then, and not till then, would she
credit that her son was hurt. But as to Sir William, she still
remained incredulous, saying: 'Mind, three days will show you and all
the world what Sir William is. When that time is elapsed, you will
see whether he is not that which he professes to be.'

"Of the general belief in the neighbourhood that he was the Saviour,
I saw a strong proof in some writing which I found on the parsonage
barn at Herne Hill. It has been there for the last ten days, and is
said to be in the handwriting of Wills. On the left side of the door
is written, in one long line, these words, with spelling and capitals
just as I have copied them:--'If you newho was on earth your harts
Wod turn'; then in another: 'But dont Wate to late'; and then, in a
third, 'They how R.' On the right side of the door is the following:
'O that great day of gudgment, is close at hand'; in another: 'it now
peps in the dor every man according to his woks'; and in a third:
'Our rites and liberties We Will have.' I mentioned some of them in
a former communication. At one of the places where he ordered
provisions for his followers, it was in these words: 'Feed my sheep.'
To convince his disciples of his divine commission, he is said to
have pointed his pistol at the stars, and told him that he would make
them fall from their spheres. He then fired at some particularly
bright star; and, his pistol having been rammed down with tow steeped
in oil, and sprinkled over with steel filings, produced, on being
fired, certain bright sparkles of light, which he immediately said
were falling stars. Again, in the early part of his progress on
Monday, he went away from his followers with a man named Wills, and
two of the other rioters, saying to them, 'Do you stay here, whilst I
go yonder,' pointing to a bean stack, 'and strike the bloody blow.'
When they arriv