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lea !" "I'm  a devil!" "Never say die!" 
"Polly, put the kettle on !" 
  Barnaby joined the Gordon rioters for 
the proud pleasure of carrying a flag and 
wearing a blue bow. He was arrested and 
lodged in Newgate, from whence he made 
his escape, with other prisoners, when the 
jail was burnt down by the rioters; but 
both he and his father and Hugh, being 
betrayed by Dennis, the hangman, were 
recaptured, brought to trial, and con- 
demned to death, but by the influence of 
Gabriel Varden, the locksmith, the poor 
half-witted lad was reprieved, and lived 
the rest of his life with his mother in a 
cottage and garden near the Maypole. 
  Here he lived, tending the poultry and the 
cattle, working in a garden of his own, and help- 
ing every one. He was known to every bird 
and beast about the place, and had a name for 
every one. Never was there a lighter-hearted 
husbandman, a creature more popular with 
young and old, a blither and more happy soul 
than Barnaby.-Ch. lxxxii. 
  AMr. Rudge, the father of Barnaby, sup- 
posed to have been murdered the same 
night as Mr. Haredale, to whom he was 
steward. The fact is that Rudge himself 
was the murderer both of Mr. Haredale 
and also of his faithful servant, to whom 
the crime was falsely attributed. After 
the murder, he was seen by many haunt- 
ing the locality, and was supposed to be a 
ghost.  He joined the Gordon     rioters 
when they attacked and burnt to the 
ground the house of Mr. Haredale, the son 
of the murdered man, and being arrested 
(ch. lvi.), was sent to Newgate, but made 
his escape with the other prisoners when 
it was burnt down by the rioters. Being 
betrayed by Dennis, he was brought to 
trial for murder, but we are not told if he 
was executed (ch. lxxiii.). His name is not 
mentioned again, and probably he suffered 
death. 
  Mrs. [Mary] Budge, mother of Barnaby, 
 
 
and very like him, "but where in his face 
there was wildness and vacancy, in hers 
there was the patient composure of long 
effort and quiet resignation." She was a 
widow. Her husband (steward at the 
Warren), who murdered his master, Mr. 
Haredale, and his servant, told her of his 
deed of blood a little before the birth of 
Barnaby, and the woman's face ever after 
inspired terror. It was thought for many 
years that Rudge had been murdered in 
defending his master, and Mrs. Rudge was 
allowed a pension by Mr. Haredale, son 
and heir of the murdered man. This pen- 
sion she subsequently refused to take. 
After the reprieve of Barnaby, Mrs. Rudge 
lived with him in a cottage near the May- 
pole, and her last days were her happiest. 
C. Dickens, Barnaby Budge (1841). 
 
  Ru'diger, a wealthy Hun, liegeman of' 
Etzel, sent to conduct Kriemhild to Hun- 
gary. When G-dnther and his suite went 
to visit Kriemhild, Rudiger entertained 
them all most hospitably, and gave his 
daughter in marriage to Giselber (Kriem- 
hild's brother). In the broil which ensued, 
Rudiger was killed fighting against Ger- 
not, but Gernot dropped down dead at the- 
same moment, "each by the other slain.' 
-Nibelungen Lied (by the minnesingers,, 
1210). 
 
  Rudiqer, a knight who came to Wald- 
hurst in a boat drawn by a swan. Marga- 
ret fell in love with him. At every tour- 
nament he bore off the prize, and in every- 
thing excelled the youths about him. 
Margaret became his wife. A child was 
born. On the christening day, Rudiger 
carried it along the banks of the Rhine, 
and nothing that Margaret said could pre- 
vail on him to go home. Presently, the 
swan and boat came in sight, and car- 
ried all three to a desolate place, where- 
 
 
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