▁is ▁now ▁seen ▁in ▁all ▁its ▁open ▁mad ness . ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁black est ▁and ▁most ▁devil ish ▁thing ▁that ▁has ▁been ▁heard ▁of ▁in ▁history ". ▁He ▁ur ged ▁the ▁young ▁men ▁of ▁C umber land ▁to ▁fight ▁" for ▁home ▁and ▁Empire ". ▁Among ▁the ▁volunte ers ▁was ▁his ▁son , ▁No el , ▁who ▁surv ived ▁the ▁war . ▁Ra wn s ley ' s ▁confidence ▁was ▁sh aken ▁as ▁the ▁war ▁went ▁on ▁and ▁the ▁lists ▁of ▁cas ual ties ▁grew ▁longer ▁and ▁longer . ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁war ▁ended ▁he ▁was ▁at ▁the ▁fore front ▁of ▁organ ising ▁the ▁peace ▁celebr ations . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 5 , ▁with ▁a ▁view ▁to ▁event ual ▁ret irement , ▁Ra wn s ley ▁bought ▁All an ▁Bank , ▁Gr asm ere , ▁a ▁house ▁in ▁which ▁Word sw orth ▁had ▁lived ▁between ▁ 1 8 0 8 ▁and ▁ 1 8 1 1 . ▁While ▁he ▁was ▁stay ing ▁at ▁Carl is le ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 1 6 ▁his ▁wife ▁died ▁at ▁Cro st h wa ite ▁from ▁card iac ▁arrest ▁brought ▁on ▁by ▁influen za . ▁Ra wn s ley , ▁who ▁had ▁also ▁caught ▁influen za , ▁was ▁too ▁ill ▁to ▁attend ▁her ▁fun eral . ▁In ▁his ▁absence ▁the ▁service ▁was ▁led ▁by ▁the ▁Bishop ▁of ▁Bar row - in - F urn ess , ▁Campbell ▁West - W at son . ▁ ▁Ra wn s ley ▁felt ▁unable ▁to ▁carry