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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1932-11-10, Page 6PAGE SIX. THE'SEAFORTH NEWS. 'THURSDAY, NIOVEM'BEIR 10. 140V TIE HAVE. gelea Johnson. (Continued from last week.) IThe meadow was now less throng- ed. The river, up and down, was white with sailboats, and across' the neck ,of the peninsula went a line of 'horsernen,readh with his purchase up- on a pillion lbeliind him. The Govern- or, the Councilors, and the command- ers had betaken lthemselves to the Governor's houste, where a .great din- ner was to be given. Bat Master Pier- s'ey, the Cape Menchant, remained' to see the 'Company slelmlbursed to the last leaf, and the lour ministers still found occupation,' (hough one couple trod not upon the h'eels of another, as they had done an 'hour agone. "I must first satisfy the treasurer," I said, coming to a chat 'within' fifty feet of the now deserted high :places. She drew her hand from mine, and looked me up and down. "How much is it ?" she asked ' at last. "1 will pay it" t1 stared at her. "Can't you speak?" she cried, with a stamp of her foot. "At wheat am 'I valued? Ten pounds—'fifty pounds" "At one hundred and twenty pounds of tobacco, 'madam," I' said dryly, "I will pay it myself. To what name upon the s'hip's list do you answer?" 'Patience 'Worth," she replied. "I left her standing there, and went upon my errand with a whirling brain. Her enrollment in that com- pany proclaimed her meanly born, and she bore herself as of royal blood; of her own free will she had crossed an ocean to meet this day, and she held in pass•iona'te hatred this day and all that it contained; she was conte to Virginia to better her condi- tion, and the purse which she had drawn from b,er bosom was ,filled with gold pieces. To another I would have advised caution, delay, ap'pl'ication to the Governor, inquiry; for myself I oared not to make inquiries. The treasurer gave me my receipt, and I procured, from the crowd around him, Hu'nafrey Kent, a ;good man and true, and old 'Belfield, the perfumer, tor witnesses With them at my heels I went back to her, and, giv- ing her my 'hand, was making for the neanest minister, when a voice at a tittle distance 'hailed me crying out "This way, Captain Percy!" T turned toward the voice, and <be- held' the great figure of Master gler- emy Sparrow sitting, crass.legged like the Grand 'Turk, uppoin a grassy 'lull- ock, and beckoning to me .from that elevation. "Our acquaintance hath Meer of the shortest," he siad genially, when the maid, the witnesses, and I had reach- ed the foot of the hillock, "but I have taken a liking to you and would fain do you a Service, Moreover, I lack employment. 'The maids take me for a hedge parson, 'an'd sheer ,off to my brethren, 'who truly are of a more clerical appearan'cie. Whereas if they could only look upon the +inner mane You have been long in choosing, but have doubtless chosen" — He glanced from me to the woman beside me, and b'ro'ke off with open mouth and star- ing eyes, There was •excuse, for her beauty was amazing. "A-parago'n," he. ended, :recovering himself. "Marry us quickly, friend," I said. "Glands are gathering, and we have far:, to go." He .came . dawn from his . mound, and we went and stood before him. I had around' my neck the gold chain given ole upon la certain occasion by Prince Maurice, and in lieu of other ring I no.w twisted off the smallest link and gave it to her. "Yourname?" asked Master ,Spar - pow, epeninig los book. "Ra'lp'h Percy, Gentleman," "And yours?" 'he demanded, staring at her with a somewhat too apparent delight in 'her beauty. 'She flushed richly and bit her lip. He repeated th•e'question. !She stood a'minute in silence, her eyes upon the d'arkening sky. ;Then she said in, a idly yoke, "Jocelyn !It was not the name I head ',w'at'ch- her head upon her arms.' I sat, bent forward, the tiller in my hand, and stared at my wife income consternation. This was not the tame pigeon, the rosy, humble, domestic oreatude who was to make .me a halite and rear me children. A sea bird with broad_white 'wings swo'nped down upon the water, now d'arlk and ridged, rested therle a moment, then swept away into the heart.of •t'he gathering s't'orm. She was linker such an one. :Such birds were caught at times, but ed an •never kept ed the Cape Merchant strike off his list. I turned upon her and made her meet my eyes. '"What is your n'a'fn!e?' I demanded. "Tell me the truth!" "I have told it," she answered proudly. "It is J'oce'lyn (Leigh." T faced the minister again. "Go on," I ,said, briefly.. "The Company ,co'm'm'and's 'that no constraint be put upon its poor maids. W'herefo're, deo you marry this man of your .awn free will and choice ?" "A'y," She 'Said, "of my own free will." ,Well, we wetle married, and Master Jeremy Sparrow wished us joy, and Kent would have kissed the 'bride had I not frowned 'him off. He and Bell- field strode away, and I left .her there, and went to .get he'r bundle from the house that had sheltered her overnight. RIe'tunning, . I found' - (her seated on the turf, her chin in her hand and her dark eyes watching the distant play o'f ;lightning. Master ;Spar- row had 'left ,his post, and was no- wh'ere to be seen. S _ gave her my 'hand and led' her to the shore; then loosed my boat ,and helped her aboard: lI was pushing off when a voice hailed us Tram the bank, and the next instant a great bun'ch of red roses whirled past me and fell into her lap. "Sweets to thie sweet, you know," said Master Jeremy Spar- row genially. "Good'wife Allen will never miss ,them." II was in 'two minds whether to laugh or to siwear,—for. lI had .'never given her flowers,—when she settled the question for mie by noising the crimson mass and bestowing it upon the flood, A sudden puff of :wind brought the sail around, hiding his fallen counten- ance. The wind freshenled, coming from the .bay, and the boat was off like a startled' deer. IWihen I. next saw him he had recsvered his equanimity, and, ,with a smile utpan' his rugged fen tures, was 'waving us a farewell, I looked art the beauty opposite me, and, with a sudden movement of pity' for him, mateless, .stood up an'd waved to him vigorously in turn. IOHWPTER t'V. never tame ' The lightning, which had played incessantly in dale flashes across the law clouds in •the s'outh, now' •lealped to laugher peaks and became m'one vi- vid, and ivid,and the 'muttering 'of the, thunder ch'an'ged, to long, booming peal's. ITlhirteen years before, the Virginia storms had struck us with terror. 'compared with those of the Old World we had left, they were as ,can- non to ,the Whistling Of arrows, as ;breakers on an iron coast to the dull wash of level seas. Now they were nothing to me, but as the peals changed to great crashes as ,o& fall- ing cities,•' I marveled to slue nary `wife sleeping :so quietly. The rain began to fall, slo'wl'y, in large sullen drops, :and I rose to coyer her with my cloak. Then, I saw that the sleep was. feign- ed, for she was ,gazlisg at the storm with wide eye's, though with no 'fear in their depths, Wlhen I moved' they closed, and when I reached her the lashes still ,siwept her cheeks, and she breathed evenly through, parted lips. But, against her will, she shrank from my • touch as I put the cloak about her; and when S had returned to my seat, I bent to one side and saw, as I had 'expected ,to, see, that her eyes' were wide !open - again. If she had been one whit less beauti- ful, I would halve wished her back at (Jamestown, back on the Atlantic, back at whatever outlandish far away place, where manners were unknown, that had owned her and cast her out. Pride; and temper! I set my lip's, -and Vowed that She s'honid find her match, iThe storm did .not last. Ere we had reached Piensey's the raM had ceased and the clouds were bre'alcing; above Chaplain's Choice hung a great rain- bow; we passed Tani Weyanoke in the ;gloiry of the sunset, all s'habtered gold and crimean. Not a word had been spoken. I sat a humor grim enough,'and she lay .there beforeme, wide awake, staring at the shifting lb'anks and running water, and .th'ink- ing that I thought she 'slept. IAtlast my own wharf nose 'before me through the gathering dusk, and beyond it shone out a light; for I had told Diccon .to set my house in Or- der, and to provide fire and torches, that my wife might see I wished to do her h'o'nor. I looked et that wife, and of a sudden ithe 'anger in my heart melted .away. 'It was a w'id'erness vasa and •dreactful to which she had come. The mighty stream, the towering for- ests, the 'black 'skies and deafening ,thunder, thewild cries of bird, and beast, the savages, uncouth 'and ter- rible,—for a Man -sent II saw my world es the woman et my feet must see it, strange, wield, and menacing, an evil land, the -o't'her side of the moon. A thing that .I had forgotten came to my mind: how that, after our landing at !Jamestown, years before, a boy whobn we had with us did each night fill with cries end lamentations the but where he lay with my 'cousin Percy, Giosnol'd, and myself, nor 'would cease though we tried both crying shame and a rope's end. It was not for home -sic'knes's, for he had no ano- ther or 'kinor hoime; and at length blaster 'Hunt brought him to confess that it was but pure terror., f the land itself,—not orf The Indians or of our hardships, both of which he faced bravely enough, but of the strange ed the canary ;I poured' for her. 'I trees and the high and long roofs of pressed upon her wine and viands,— vine, of the black sl'id'ing ,earth and in vain; I strove to make converse - the white mist, of the fireflies and the tio,ns_equail1y in vain. Finally, tined whippoorwills—a sick fear of prime ,Of "yes" and "no" uttered as 'though vel,N'ature and her tragic ma's'k, she were reluctantly lasting pearls This was -a woman, young, alone, 'before swine, I desisted, :and a'ppl'ied and friendless, unless d, Who had (myself to 'nay supper in a silence as sworn - to cherish and protect her, sullen as 'her own. At 'last we tote sh'ou'ld prove mys'e'lf her friend. from, table, .and I.' went to l'oo'k to the W'henfore, when, a few minutes Tater, I 'bent aver her, it was with all gen- tleness that I touched and spoke to her.' "Our journey is over," I' said. "This is home, my dear." 1S'he let me help her to her feet, and up the wet and slippery steps, to :the level of the wharf. It was now quite dark, there being no moon, and thin .cloud's obscuring the stars. The an W'hic'h I am Like to Repent at 'Leisure. When we had passed thle mouth of the C'hicka'hominy, I broke the sil- ence, n,ow prolonged beyond reason, by 'po'inting to the vid'lagle upon its bank, and telling her something of Smith's expedition u,p 'that river, end- ing by asking her if she 'feared the savages. When at length she succeeded in abstracting her attention from the clouds, it was to 'ans'wer in the nega- tive, in. a -,tone of the s'upremrs't in- difference, after which she relapsed into her con'templati'on of the weather: Further on I tried again. "This' is )ten't's yonder. Ile brought his ;wife 'from home last year. (Wheat a hedge of s'unflo'wers she has pla•n'te•dl I:f you lave flowers,you will find those of pa- radise in these wood's." No ansiever. !Below Martin-IBran'don we melt a canoe full of Pasp'ahsghe, bound upon a friendly visit to some one of the down -river tribes; for in the ,b'o'ttom of 'the 'boat reposed a fat buck, and at the feet of thle young men, flay tren- chers of maize Cakes • and of fate mul- berries. I hailed them, and when we Were alongside 'held• up the broach tram my (hat, then poin'te•d tothe pur- ple ,fruit. " The exoh'ange .was soon made; they -sped away, and I placed the mulberriles upon the ' thwart 'be - stele me had not. /Pe'rha'ps,' too,' the ed Dight of the torches, now 'flaring brightly, now sunk (before the Wind, gave their countenances a more vil- Ilaintolus cast than usual. 'They were not al'1 had. !D'iccon had the virtue oif fidelity, if none other there were a brace of ',Puritans, and a handful oif honest fools, who, if they drilled' bad- ly, yet abhorred mutiny, But ',the half dozen I had taken off A'rgadl's hands; the Dut'chme'n who might have been brothers to those two Jud'ases Ad'am and lilrancis; the thief and the high- wayman I had bought from 'the preci- ous crew ,sent out here to u's the year before; the negro' and the In'di'ans— entall wonder that She s'hran'k and. cowered. It was but for a moment. I was yet seeking.,for,words sufficient- ly reassuring 'where she was herself again. She did not 'dle•ign to notice the men's alwkw•ard salute, an'd when Die - con, a hand'so'me rogue enough, ad- va:ncin,g to light us up the ,bank, bru'slhed by her something too, closely, She drew away as 'though he had been a lazes. At my own door I 'turned and. spoke to the men, who had fol- cowed us up the ascent. "This lady," II .said,' ,taking her hand as she stood beside me, "is my true and lawful wife, your mistress, to 'bee honored and olb'eyed as such. (Who fails in reverence 'to her 1 hold as mu- tinous. u-tin'ou . to myste'lf, and` will deal with him acddrdi,ngly. She given you to Morrow for h'olid'ay, with double ra- tions, and to each a measure of rune. INlow thank her .properly." (They cheere'd lustily, of course, and Dimon, stepping forward, gave us thanks In the name of tarn all, and wished' us joy. After which, with an other •cheer, they 'backed from out our presence, then turned and made for their quarters, While S led my wife within Ith,e house and closed the door. IDiocan was an ingenious scoundrel T had told him to •banis'h the dogs, to have the house 'cleaned :and lit, and supper upon the table; but S had not ordered the floor to be strewn with rushes, the walls draped with' flower- ing vines, a 'great jar filled with sun- flowers, ,and an illumination of a doz- en torques. (Nevertheless, it looked "I am not hun'gry,'. she said coldly. "Take them away. II bit my lip, and returned to my place at the tiller. This rose Was set 'w'itli thorns, ,and already S felt their sting. Presently the leaned back in the nese 1 had made for her. "I'wis'h to ' sleep," she said haughtily, and, turning her face from. me, pi'olA'wed Power ,stid'1 before she broke the enae. When she did speak It sl'owl'y, and with a voice which levidently colnftrolled only by a sl effort of a strong will. She :said: "Wh'en' — yesterday, to -day, thousand ,yearsago`:you wept this (horrible forest doiwn ' Po nvreltched village yonder, to hurts that make your London, went to buy you a'w'ife?" "Yes, madam," I answered. "I with that inite:1111o'.n." was was tronlg teal from that thio s e 'yout PROFESSIONAL CARES Medical DR. H. HtUIGIH ROSS, Phyl;iciaat ., and Surgeon. Late of London flow pital, London; England, , Speen attention to diseases of the eye., nose and throat. Office and vs- went deuce behind Dominion Bank. Ot4ieet Phone Na. 5; 'Residence Phone Idete "You had made your callcullatiau? II'n youmind' you had piltcteiti upon such and lsuch an article, with such and such qlltfalities, as desirable ? Dlou'btlees you meant to get your m'oney's worth?" ' "Doubtless," Fslaid' dryly. "Will y,ou tell • n1•e ,what you were inclinedto.con'sider its equivalent?" "1 went to Jamestown to get nye a wife, I said. at length, "because I head' pledged ,my word that I would coo so. I. Was n'ot. over -'anxious. 1 did not run all the way. But, as you say, i intend'e'd to do ,the best I cou'ld, 'for rnysletlif One hundred and twenty 'pounds of tobacco being a consider- able sum, and nb't to be lightly t'hroly n a'w'ay. S wont to ilo'ok for a mi'sltresis for my house, a ,campalndon for my idle hours, a •rosy, humble, docile lass, ,with no. aspPatiairs, Ibeylon'd cleanli- ness and good temper, 'w'h'o was, to order my household and m'a'ke me a home. I was to 'Inc her head and .her law, 'but also tier sword and ashietld. ,That is what I went 'to look for." "And you 'found-- mel" she said, and broke into str'an'ge -laughter. 1 bowed. "In Cod's name, ;wily did you not go fultt'hler?" I suppose she saw in my face whey 1 went no further, for into• her own there came flalm'ing. "I am not what I seeml" she cried out. "I was not in that company of choice!" 'I b'o'wed again. "You have no ,need to tell , ane that, madam," I said. "I have: eyes. I desire to know why you were there at al'i, and why you mar- ried me." 'S'hle turned front me, until` 5 could well, and d highly approved the 'see nothing but the coiled wealth of capon end maize . cakes, the venison pasty.. and ale, with which the table was set. Through the open doors of the two other rooms were to be seen more rushes, more flowers, and more Sights. To the 'larger o'f these rooms II now ;fed the way, deposited her bundle upon the settle, and saw 'th'a't D'iccoo had provided fair water for her face and hain'dls; which done, I told her .that supper waited upon her conveni- ence, and went back- to the great ro'o'm. !She was long in teeming, so long that I 'grew implat'fent an'd went to ,call her. The door was ajar, and so I saw her, kneeling in the middle of the 'floor, her head thrown back, her ,hands raised' and clasped, on her face terror and anguish• of spirit written so large that I started to see it. I 'stared in amazement, and, !had I fol- Pawed my first •imp.uise, would have gone to her, as I would have gone to ,any other creature in so dine 'd'i'stress. On. second. thoughts, I went noiseless- 'and peril, and I 'had no arm to save; ly back to my station in the gre'a't no knight to fight my battle. I deo not room. She had not seen ,me, I was love deceit. Ah, do not think that I sere. Nor had I long to wait. Present- have not hatred myself for the lie I, dy she appeared, and I could have have been. Beat !these forest cneetures doubled the testimony of my eyes, so that you take,—.will they not bite ch'an'ged were the agonized face and against springe' and snare? Are they figure of a few moments before. Beau- scrupulous as to how they fnee them- iti'ful and. dis'dainful, she moved to the selves?' I too was ,in the 'boils of the table, and took the gne'at chair 'drawn 'hunter, and I' too 'was mot scrupulous. ibeifore it ,with the air of an em'pre'ss !Where was a fling of which a stood" mounting a throne. I cotiten'ted my- in danger that would have been bit - self with ,the stool, terer_to -nae, a thous'aed times, than iShe ate nothing, and scarcely,touch_ death. 1 had but one thought, to :es- cape; how, 'l did not care,—only to escape. I had a waiting woan• named Patience' Worth. One night she dame 'bo me, weeping. She' had wearied of service, and had signed to go 'to Vir- ginia asone of Sir Ed'wyn Sandys' inaidis, and at the l'as't m'o'ment her heart had failed `her, There had been pressure 'brought to bear upon me that day, --I head' been an'gened' to the very soul. I sent her away with a returning found her standing in the heavy bribe, and, in her dress 'and un- der her name iI fled from—iI went a- board that ship.No one guessed, that I Was mot the P'atien'ce Worth to whose name I answered. No one knows, now,—none but you, none but y'ou." `"A'nd why am •I so far honored, madam?" rI said',bluntly. (Continued Next Week), DR. F. J. BiURIRIOWS,Seiefsct Office and residence, Goderick seseete east of the United Church. Camiser: for the County of Huron. Teuep?awaa No. 46. 'her ;hair and the bit of white neck between it and the ruff, We stood so in .s'il'ence, she with bent head and fingers cl'a'sping and gn'olaspin'gr I leaning against the 'wall and staring at 'her, for what seemed a long time. At least I had time to gnaw impat- ient, when she faced me again, and all my irritation vanished in a gasp of admiration. Oh, she was beautiful, and of a sweetness most alluring and fatal 1 ;(clad Medea warn such a look, sure !Jason 'had quite forgot dile ,fleece, and width those eyes Circe had needed' no other charm to make men what she •would, Her voice, when s'•he, spoke, Was no longer imperious; it was low pleading music. And she held' out en- treating hands. "Have pity an me," She said. "List- en kindly, and .heave pity on me. You are a strong man and wear a sword. You can out your way through trou- ble a.nd peril, 1 am a wo'nean, weak, frien'dle'ss, he'lpies's. 'I was in distress DR. C MAOKIAV.—C, Macirasee honor graduate of Trinity Uafvesul(g6• and gold medallist of Trinity Idfeti,> I College; tnember'o'f the College of Physicians and Surgeons of eateries; DR. F. J. R. F1O'RSStT;ER- 4Eye, Etc Nose and Throat. Graduate is 'Medi- cine, e itcine,- University of Toronto zur. Late Assistant New York Ophthal- mic and Aural Ins'titute, Moore§efd'ea Eye, and Golden Square throat heat.- tals, London, England. At Ccl- ercial Hotel, Seaforth, 31d Monday is each month, from 11 a.m. to b peso fastenings .df door and windows, and DIR. W. C. SIPIRiOAT.-Gradmaate of Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London. 9deimbar of College of Physicians and, Sarr geons of Ontario. Office in rear ai Aberhart's drug store, Statrartfa. Phone 90. Hours 1.30.4 p.ra., 731) -9 p.m. Other hours by appoiatmest.. Dental centre of ,the room, her :head up and her 'hands 'clenched at her sides. I saw that we were to 'h'a've it out then and 't'hene, and 5 was' g'la'd of it. "You have something to say," I said. "I am quite ,at your command," and I went and ;leaned against the chirnneyp'isce. The low fire upari the hearth burnt to'uldh of her hand, , which I 1penfo,rce 'held s'i'nce' I must guide her over the long, narrow, and unrailed trestle, ch'illied me, and her �breathing ,, was hurried, but ,'she moved' by my' side through the ,grossdarkness unfalter- ingly enough, Arrived at the gate of the palisade, I beast 'upon it with the hilt of my sword, and shouted to my men to open to us. A moment, an'si a dozen torches 'carne flaring downs the buck, D'icloon 'shot back ' the bolts, an'd• we entered. ,They drew' nip and saluted; for I held m'y manor a camp, my servents soldiers, an'd' myself their captain. lI have seen worse favcned"" comp- anies, but doubtless the woman be A DOLLAR'S WORTH ► a Clip this coupon and mail it with $1 for a six weeks' trial subscription to ► THE CHRISTIAN' SCIENCE MONITOR Pdbllohed by THE CHRISTIAN 'SCIENCE Ppspisx!eO $OcraTY: Boston, Massachusetts. D. 8.. A. 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