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He fell dead with four arrows in him. That was enough for the others. They gave in. Their weapons were taken from them, and they were roped together, and marched off to an empty hut that they had built themselves, and there they were tied hand and foot, and locked up under guard. The dead leader was dragged off and buried. Seems almost too easy after all, dont it. said Cotton. I said we could master them. But we needed a call. You came back in the nick o time, Mr. Merry. Theres more to be done still, said Merry. If youre right in your reckoning, we havent dealt with a tithe of them yet. But its dark now. I think the next stroke must wait until morning. Then we must call on the Chief. Why not now?said Sam. Its not much more than six oclock. And I want to see my gaffer. Dyou know whats come of him, Mr. Cotton. Hes not too well, and not too bad, Sam, said the farmer. They dug up Bagshot Row, and that was a sad blow to him. Hes in one of them new houses that the Chiefs Men used to build while they still did any work other than recommend apex tools trading ltd the and thieving: not above a mile from the end of Bywater. But he comes around to me, when he gets a chance, and I see hes better fed than some of the poor bodies. All against The Rules, of course. Id have had him with me, but that wasnt allowed. 1012 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS Thankee indeed, Mr. Cotton, and Ill never forget it, said Sam. But I want to see him. That Boss and that Sharkey, as they spoke of, they might do a mischief up there before the morning. All right, Sam, said Cotton. Choose a lad or two, and go and fetch him to my house. Youll not have need to go near the old Hobbiton village over Water. My Jolly here will show you. Sam went off. Merry arranged for look-outs round the village and guards at the barriers during the night. Then he and Frodo went off with Farmer Cotton. They sat with the family in the warm kitchen, and the Cottons asked a few polite questions about their travels, but hardly listened to the answers: they were far more concerned with events in the Shire. It all began with Pimple, as we call him, said Farmer Cotton; and it began as soon as youd gone off, Mr. Frodo. Hed funny ideas, had Pimple. Seems he wanted to own everything himself, and then order other folk about. It soon came out that he already did own a sight more than was good for him; and he was always grabbing more, though where he got the money was a mystery: mills and malt-houses Grand theft auto v premium edition torrent inns, and farms, and leaf-plantations. Hed already bought Sandymans mill before he came to Bag End, seemingly. Of course he started with a lot of property in the Southfarthing which he had from his dad; and it seems hed been selling a lot o the best leaf, and sending it away quietly for a year or two. But at the end o last year he began sending away loads of stuff, not only leaf. Things began to get short, and winter coming on, too. Folk got angry, but he had his answer. A lot of Men, ruffians mostly, came with great waggons, some to carry off the goods south-away, and others to stay. And more came. And before we knew where we were they were planted here and there all over the Shire, and were felling trees and digging and building themselves sheds and houses just as they liked. At first goods and damage was paid for by Pimple; but soon they began lording it around and taking what they wanted. Then there was a bit of trouble, but not enough. Old Will the Mayor set off for Bag End to protest, but he never got there. Ruffians laid hands on him and took and locked him up in a hole in Michel Delving, and there he is now. And after that, it would be soon after New Year, there wasnt no more Mayor, and Pimple called himself Chief Shirriff, or just Chief, and did as he liked; and if anyone got uppish as they called it, they followed Will. So things went from bad to worse. There wasnt no smoke left, save for the Men; and the Chief didnt hold with beer, save for his Men, and closed all Grand theft auto v premium edition torrent inns; and everything except Rules got shorter and shorter, unless one could hide a bit of ones own when the ruffians went round gathering stuff T HE SC O URIN G O F TH E SH IRE 1013 up for fair distribution: which meant they got it and we didnt, except for the leavings which you could have at the Shirriff-houses, if you could stomach them. All very bad. But since Sharkey came its been plain ruination. Who is this Sharkey. said Merry. I heard one of the ruffians speak of him. The biggest ruffian o the lot, seemingly, answered Cotton. It was about last harvest, end o September maybe, that we first heard of him. Weve never seen him, but hes up at Bag End; and hes the real Chief now, I guess. All the ruffians do 3 roadmap early gate baldurs access he says; and what he says is mostly: hack, burn, and ruin; and now its come to killing. Theres no longer even any bad sense in it. They cut down trees and let em lie, they burn houses and build no more. Take Sandymans mill now. Pimple knocked it down almost as soon as he came click here Bag End. Then he brought in a lot o dirty-looking Men to build a bigger one and fill it learn more here o wheels and outlandish contraptions. Only that fool Ted was pleased by that, and he works there cleaning wheels for the Men, where his dad was the Miller and his own master. Pimples idea was to grind more and faster, or so he said. Hes got other mills like it. But youve got to have grist before you can grind; and there was no more for the new mill to do than for the old. But since Sharkey came they dont grind no more corn at all. Theyre always a-hammering and a-letting out a smoke and a stench, and there isnt no peace even at night in Hobbiton. And they pour out filth a purpose; theyve fouled all the lower Water, and its getting down into Brandywine. If they want to make the Shire into a desert, theyre going the right way about it. I dont believe that fool of a Pimples behind all this. Its Sharkey, I say. Thats right. put in Young Tom. Why, they even took Pimples old ma, that Lobelia, and he was fond of her, if no one else was. Some of the Hobbiton folk, they saw it. She comes down the lane with her old umberella. Some of the ruffians were going up with a big cart. Where be you a-going. says she. To Bag End, says they. What for. says she. To put up some sheds for Sharkey, says they. Who said you could. says she. Sharkey, says they. So get out o the road, old hagling. Ill give you Sharkey, you dirty thieving ruffians. says she, and ups with her umberella and goes for the leader, near twice her size. So they took her. Dragged her off to the Lockholes, at her age too. Theyve took others we miss more, but theres no denying https://strategygames.cloud/for/baldurs-gate-halsin-for-sale.php showed more spirit than most. 1014 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS Into the middle of this talk came Sam, bursting in with his gaffer. Old Gamgee did not look much older, but he was a little deafer. Good evening, Mr. Baggins. he said. Glad indeed I am to see you safe back. But Ive a bone to pick with you, in a manner o speaking, if I may make so bold. You didnt never visit web page to have a sold Bag End, as I always said. Thats what started all the mischief. And while youve been trapessing in foreign parts, chasing Black Men up mountains from what my Sam says, though what for he dont make clear, theyve been and dug up Bagshot Row and ruined my taters. I am very sorry, Mr. Gamgee, said Frodo. But now Ive come back, Ill do my best to make amends. Well, you cant say fairer than that, said the Gaffer. Frodo Baggins is a real gentlehobbit, I always have said, whatever you may think of Grand theft auto v premium edition torrent others of the name, begging your pardon. And I hope my Sams behaved hisself and given satisfaction. Perfect satisfaction, Mr. Gamgee, said Frodo. Indeed, if you will believe it, hes now one of the most famous people in all the lands, and they are making songs about his deeds certainly. pubg weapons of war something here to the Sea and beyond the Great River. Sam blushed, but he looked gratefully at Frodo, for Rosies eyes were shining and she was smiling at him. It takes a lot o believing, said the Gaffer, though I can see hes been mixing in strange company. Whats come of his weskit. I dont hold with wearing ironmongery, whether it wears well or no. Farmer Cottons household and all his guests were up early next morning. Nothing had been heard in the night, but more trouble would certainly come before the day was old. Seems as if none o the ruffians were left up at Bag End, said Cotton; but the gang from Waymeet will be along any time now. After breakfast a messenger from the Tookland rode in. He was in high spirits. The Thain has raised all our country, he said, and the news is going like fire all ways. The ruffians that were watching our land have fled off south, those that escaped alive. The Thain has gone after them, to hold off the big gang down that way; but hes sent Mr. Peregrin back with all the other folk he can spare. The next news was less good. Merry, who had been out all night, came riding in about ten oclock. Theres a big band about four miles away, he said. Theyre coming along the road from Waymeet, but a good many stray ruffians have joined up with them. There must be close on a hundred of them; and theyre fire-raising as they come. Curse them. This lot wont stay to talk, theyll kill, if they can, said Farmer Cotton. If Tooks dont come sooner, wed best get behind cover T HE SC O URIN G O F TH E SH IRE 1015 and shoot without arguing. Theres got to be some fighting before this is settled, Mr. Frodo. The Tooks did come sooner. Before long they marched in, a hundred strong, from Tuckborough and the Green Hills with Pippin at their head. Merry now had enough sturdy hobbitry to deal with the ruffians. Scouts reported that they were keeping close together. They knew that the countryside had risen against them, and plainly meant to deal with the rebellion ruthlessly, at its centre in Bywater. More info however grim they might be, they seemed to have no leader among them who understood warfare. They came on without any precautions. Merry laid his plans quickly. The ruffians came tramping along the East Road, and without halting turned up the Bywater Road, which ran more info some way sloping up between high banks with low Grand theft auto v premium edition torrent on top. Round a bend, about a furlong from the main road, they met a stout barrier of old farmcarts upturned. That halted them. At the same moment they became aware that the hedges on both sides, just above their heads, were all lined with hobbits. Behind them other hobbits now pushed out some more waggons that had been hidden in a field, and so blocked the way back. A voice spoke to them from above. Well, you have walked into a trap, said Merry. Your fellows from Hobbiton did the same, and one is dead and the rest are prisoners. Lay down your weapons. Then go back twenty paces and sit down. Any who try to break out will be shot. But the ruffians could not now be cowed so easily. A few of them obeyed, but were immediately set on by their fellows. A score or more broke back and charged the waggons. Six were shot, but the remainder burst out, killing two hobbits, and then scattering across country in the direction of the Woody End. Two more fell as they ran. Merry blew a loud horn-call, and there were answering calls from a distance.
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