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The Seaforth News, 1932-12-01, Page 6GE SIX. 'THE SEAFORTH NEWS. Johnson. (Continued from last week) "The women are over there," I said to the latter, 'wher:e you had best betake yourself." "I prefer to stay here," she answer- ed. "I am not afraid." Her (color was 'high, and she 'held 'her head up, "My father 'fought the Armada," she said. "Get me a sword fr.orn that man :who is giving them out." From his point of (vantage the watch now caHed out: 'She's long ship, — five :hundred tons, any;h:owl Lord! the metal that she carries! She's rase -decked!" "Then's she's (Spanish, sure en- ough!" cried the Gov:ernor. From the crowd of servants, felons, and 'foreigners rose a great clamor, and presently 'we made out Sharpless perched on a cask in their midst and wildly gesticulating. "The Tiger, the Truelove, and the Due Return have ,swung across chan- nel!" announced ;the watch. "They've trained their guns on the Spaniard!" The Englishmen cheered, but the bastard •crew about Sharioless groan- ed. Extreme fear 'had made the law- yer shameless. "What guns have those boats?" he screamed. "Two fal- cons, apiece and a handful of muskets, and they go out against a man-of- w,arl Shell trample them underfoot! She'll sink them with a shot apiece! The Tiger is forty tons, and the Truelove is sixty. You'oe all mad!" "Sometimes quality beats quantity," said West. "Didst ,ever hear of the Content?" sang out a gunner. "Or of the Merchant 'Royal?" cried another. "Or of the Revenge ?" quoth Mas- ter Jeremy Sparrow. "Go hang thy- self, coward, or, if you choose, swim out to the Spaniard, and shift from thy wet doublet and hose into a san- benito. Let the don come, shoat if he can, and laud he can! WeH singe his beard in Virginia as we did at Cates! 'The great St. Philip, the pride Of the Spaniards, Was burnt to the bottom and sunk in the ,sea. But the St. Andrew and eke the St, Matthew We took '; in. fight manfully and brought away." And ,so well do with this one, my masters! We'll sink her, or we'll take her and send her against her own galleons and galleassesl 'Deb -a -dub, club -a -club, thus strike drums, Tantara, tantau-a, the Englishman comes.1' " His great -voice and great !presence seized and, :held the attention of all. Over his doublet Of rusty black he had clapped a yet rustier back and breast; ;cin his bushy 'hair rode a headpiece many sizes too small; by his side was an; old 'broadsword, and over his shoulder a pike. 'Sudd enly, from gay 'hardihood his countenance changed to an expression more befit- ing his calling. "Our cause is just, rny masters!" he cried. "We stand here not for England 'alone; we stand for the love of law, for the love of liberty, for the fear df God, who will not desert `his servants and this cause. This plantation is the leaven which is to leaven the (whole 'lump, and sure- ly he will 'hide it in the ;hullo* of his 'hand and in the .thadow oi his 'wing. God of battles, hear .usl God of England, God Of 'America, aid, the children of 'the one, the saviors of the other!" Ide had dropped;the pike to raise his clasped hands to the blue heavens, but new' he lifted it again, threw back his s'houlders, and flung up hiS head. He laid his hand on. the flagstaff, and looked up to the banner streaming in the 'breeze. "It looks well so ,high against the blue, d'oesalt it, friends?" he cried gen.ially. "SuIppose we keep it there forever (and a clay!" A cheer arose, so loud that it sil- • You said...that 'your sward, vve.'s mine now bringyoon. Wit 'he: vice!"( ';•' ;' • There was not time -Ea 4uest:ion 'her meaning... The Man 'Whose position in the realm had' just Ibeen announced by the Secretary,' end (Of Whom we had all. 'heard 'as one not unlikelY even BIloldiughant 'himself, was ;dose ;0,:t hand. The Governor, (headpiece' in hand (stepped' forward,. the other swept „off Ihis, Spanish Itat; hoth how- , ; ; anr ipr 7;'1; lier 501"c'tvllth'ere'''1;hOle'17'°):?;nYO:a";17 *ion, Scorn,oti. should be WeilcoMe'd, my ltdrd," she hsaint to the Phisilaitcl is quite out of your course, and yott vvull find here, but your travail 'for your pains; My lard, permit die' to PreSent 'be you my dausb'antd, Cantakt. -Ple.rcy! 'think that :you know,his consi(n,, mY, ed prodoueadtly. or of Virginia?" inquired the . new- a Lordni.lh'edfarN0:11,:idt:aljbetl:Floatin:11:a "I ;speak to his Honor Ithe IGo'Verh- IThe 'red left 'the. favorite's cliteeks(, bfow had comer. His tone w osh,and; his' hat been dealt by ,50nleHin,visi,h1, hand, already back upon his' head. ; . Reeovering lamself he bowed to Inc, "I ani 'George ya,arditey, at MY and' to 'him, which 'done we looked, Land (Carnal's service," answered ',the each other:in the .eke:s longGovarnor, for enongh each to see .theithrOwn,gatintlet.,. iThe favorite raised his eyebrows, "I raise "1 doch treed to.. introduce mys'elti "'A l'ountr,anice ; Sir?"' it seenis," he ;said ;"You've' 'found continued, that I ain not the after ' ,'"ACoutrance," he assented. least not the !Spatial:1,, Apollyon, ; "And 'b;etWeen AA two alone," 1 sug- Z(ooks! a hawk albove;a poultry yard couldn't :have caused' a greater com- motion than did my poor little , Ship and my few poor birding pieces l' Does every strange ;sail yo,u through your place's?"' The • Governor's color,. Mounted. "We are not at 'heime,r he answered stiffly "I-lere we are few and weak and surrounded by :many dangers, arid 'have 'need to be vigilant, being plaid- ed, As it were in the very .grasp of that Spain who holds &mope in awe, and' Who claims this land as 'her orwA, ;That we are here .at .all is proof en- ough of our courage, my bud." • rifle other shrugged his Shoulders. "I don't doubt your Mettle," he said negligently. "I dare say it (matche's yam armor." His glance had rested for a mom- ent upon 'the battered headpiece and ancient rusty breastplate with which Master Jeremy Sparrow Was bedight. "It is something antique, truly. something out of 'fashion," remarked that worthy,—("ahnott as out of fash- ion as courtesy from guests, or re- spe'ct for ;dignities from my-lace-is- iny-fortune (minions and lords on car- pet considerations." The hush .o.f 'conslternation following this aud,aeious speech was broken by a roar of laughter from. the; favorite himself. "Zountl's!" •aried, "your courage is warn on your sleeve, good giant! rill uphold you to face Span- iards, strappado, rack, galleys, and all!" bravado with, which he spolee, the in'salen.ce of his rbold glance and .0m-1:led lip, the arrogance with which he flaunted that King's favor (which should be a brand itiore infamous than the tha;ngm'an's, his beauty, the pomp of his dress,—all :were alilee hate:full. I hated him *hen, scarce knowing why, as I hated him afterward with; _ I.IRS13At :14 E4BE,R',;',,,19, PROPESS;GNAL/: iCARDS. ohrec ikei a artbirigale'. )4eVoted dhetr at the nxtse' O;nr:.:,460,'11.b*:Cli'01.Widt'& bsLoy few tOftliS.104;144"4e,.4' Ille::.;c(OittitIlk;(iit Of $Lr Edlwyns; maids. Thy iw;ere, (Married ncw bnit ;1::they•. Wee' still. the .observed (o a1 ojbser'v- to he ,' pointed ant 'o strangers run aftier by children; gaP(ect''at by ,the vulgar, (titivied to with, broad sins by BuOgess;. 'Counted:or; „and eornIrnand - or, :and ioPenily (Conteintred bY. theist. dairies ,Wheihad( attained o aband in in somervitait inore regular :f wait - ion, Of ...the ninety" Who had 'two weeks before, the..greater artianlber had tounid iiiUWbands in the toWn.'it self . or in the •,:tieighlteiri:Sg'' hundred's, so that in the crowd that lhad gath- er'ed, to withstand the., Spaniard.; land had stayed t 'n1eonie the. Eines, fwitarrite,; there,: were farthingales not; line olf women. •The great sht loathe steadily on her White sails 'gnawing larger arid larger, 'Moment by molment, her tiers of guns more distinct and menacing her whale aspect more defiant. Her waist seemed packed with men. Btr no streamers, no 'flag. A puff of :smoke floated ,up 'from the deck of the Tiger, and a ball froan; one of her twig tiny Osidons passed through the stranger's rigging. A Cheer for the brave cackbaa arose ;front, the English. 'David and 'his pebble!" exclaimed Master Jeremy Sparrow. "Mow for Goliath's twenty - pounders!" But no flame and thunder issued from ere guns aboard the stranger. Instead, from her deck there 'came to us what sounded mightily like a roar of laughter. 'Suddenly, from, leach masthead and yard shot out stream- ers of red and blue, up from the poop rose and flaunted in the wind: the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew, and with a crash trumpet, ;drum, and fife rushed inta "Here's a jolly gond ale and, old!" "By the Lord, she's English!" shouted the 'Governor. On she came, banners flying, music playing, and inextinguishable t laugh- ter rising from her decks. The Tiger, the Truelove, a.nd the, Due Return sent no more hailston;es against her; they turned; and resolved thems(elves into her consort. Th.e watch, a grim old sea dog that had 'come in with Dale, swung himself .clown from his post, and came toward the Governor at a run. 'I know her now, sir!" he shouted. "I was at the twinning of Cafes, and she's the ,Santa Teresa, that we took and sent home to the Queen. She was Spanish once, sir, but she's English, now." The gates were flung open, and the excited people poured out iagain upon the river bank, 1 found myself beside the Governor, whos,e ;honest countenance wore an expreasion Of profound bewilderment. 'What d' ye make of her, Plenty?" he said. "The .Cdtnpany doesn't send servants, diens, 'prentices, or maids in such craft; no, nor oflfi:cers or gov- ernors, either. It's the King's ship, sure; 'enough, but •What is She doing here?—that's the question. What 'does she want, and whom does the bring?" "Well soon know," I answered, "for there goes her anchor." 'Five minutes later a 'boat 'was low- ered from the ship, and came swiftly toward us. The boat had, four row- ers, and in the stern set a tall ,Man, black -bearded, 'high -colored, and mag- nilfiCently dressed. It touched' the sand same two (hundred feet from .the spot where Governor, 'Councilors, officers, and a sprinkling of other sorbs. stood staring at it, and at the great ship beyond. The man in the Stertn, leapeld out, looked around and! then walked toward us. As he walked slowly, we (had the 'leisure tel nate the richness Of his ;doublet and cloak --the an e slashed, the other lined with scarlet taffeta,—the arrogance of 'his mien and gait, and the supeob full - blooded b,eauty of his :face. "The (handsomest :man that ;ever -a sawl" ejaculated the Governor. Master Pory, standing beside him, drew in his breath, then Miffed it on again. "Handsome enough, .yaur &TOO or," he said, "unless handsome is as handsome does. That, gentlemen; is my Lord Carnal,—that is the. 'King's latest favorite." His answering smile was, not goad to see, nor was the tone in (whieth ;he spoke 'to the 'Governor good to hear. "Et is now sorne, weelcs, sir," he said, 'since there disappeared from covin a jewel, a diamond Of 'nib's* in- estimable worth. It in some sort be- longed to the King, and his 'Majesty in the ,goodheast of his 'heart, had promised it to a certain ;one, had sworn. by his kingdom that it should be his. Well, sir, that man putt 'forth his hand to ;claim his ;OW11— when lot he jewel vanislhed I Where it 'wen't no Man could tell. Ther,e was, as you may believe, a 'mighty running up and down and looking into dark corners, all far naught,—it was ,clean gone. 'BM 'th,e .man to wham that bright gem (had been !promised was not one easily hoodwinked or baffled. He Swore to trace it, fallow it, find it, and wear it.", ' His 'bald eyes left the Governor, to rest upon the woman beside nte; had he .politted to her with his hand, Ie could not 'have more surely drawn upon ;hier ,the regard Of ;that motley tthrong. By degrees the crowd had fallen back, 'leaving ,us three --- the King's 'minion, the anaSqueratling lady, and mysellf---the centre of a ring of staring laces; but now she became the sole qarget at which all eyes wdr,e directed. 'In Virginia, at this time, the women of our own race :were held in high esteem, During the first years of our planting they were a greater rarity than the mocking -birds and ;flying squirrels, ,or than that weed the eat- ing of which made fools of men. The man vvlhose wife was loving and dar- ing enough,. or jealans endugh of In- dian maids, to 'follow 'him. into the willdern.ess counted his friends by the scone and never lacke'd 'for contpany. The first 'marriage was between a laborer and a waiting maid, and yet there was as great a deal of candy stuff as if it had been the nuptial's df a lieutenant of the ahire. :The brother of my Lord de la Warre 'stood up with the groom, Ihe brother Of my Lord, of Northumberland gave away the bride and was the first it•o ,kiss her, and the President himself held the :candle to their lips ;that night. Since that wedding there had been others. IGentleworne.n made the Vir- ginia Voyage (With 'husIband or lather; women signed as servants and catrie reason. IHe now pulled frdrri. the breast of his doublet a packet, Which prof- fered 'the 'Governor. 'From the King, sir," 'he announced, in the hall-Ifierce, half -mocking tone he had made hisown.om, own. "Yon may read it at your leis- ure. He wishes you to 'further me. in a quest upon which, I (have come." The Governor 'took the packet 'with reverence. "His 'Majesty's will is. our law," he said. "Anjithing that lies in our power, 'sir; though if you ;come for gold"— 'The favoriate laughed again. "I've come 'for a thing a deal more preci- ous. Sir 'Governor, — a thing worth more to me than 'ma the treasure Of the Indies with Manua and Eil Dor- ado thro:wat in, — to wit, the thing upon which I've set my mind. That least, had clime Sir lEdwy which I 'determine 'to do, 1 do, Sir; Things had changed since that day— make it more to my liking," and I and the thing I determine to have, alt 'the memory of which Men still held tauclhed his Genoa three -pile with the why, Semler or Tater, by !hbolic or by their sides—when IM'adam West, then point oS my rapier. crook, fair means or Soul, II have it 1 the only Woman in the town with A l'ood murmur arose from the I am not one to be crossed or defied youth and beauty, had marched down crowd, and the Governor started fOr- CHAPTER VIII', •Medaal I • „ 'end ,Surgedirt'. Lite, 'of ',London ' Lentlan;' attention to diseases 4o f nose and'throat: Office ( and 'rpi-., deuce behind . ;Dominion 'Bink,'''Offie,e,,'; hone Nb,. Residence' Phone .164: ; • ; IDR, F. J. apaRojyos, 'Statoith, Office and residence,'Godericit Street, east of the United' ChUrCh. Conan:sr for the COunly of Huron.. Telephento few. But bhers were atone like the Ivo: man whOse hand I had kissed the courting meadow, an the throng, that day, in her ,Puritan dress amid the ,endird. of ;meaner ;beauties, she had passed without overmuch 'continent, and since that day none had seenher save iRolfe and •the minister, ,my ser- vants and mly'sellf; and When "The Spaniard!" was 'cried, men thought other things than the beauty of wo- men; So that until this moment she had escaped any ,specii notice. Noiw alrh that "was changed. .The Governor, folowing the', pointing of those in- solent eyes, fixed his own upon her in a (stare, of sheer amazement; the gold -laced quality 'about him craned necks, lifted eyebrows, and whisper- ed; and the rabble •behittd followed their betters' example with an em- phasis quite their own. "Where do you suppose that jewel went, Sir 'Governor," said; the favor- ite,—"that jewel wh'ieh was overnice to shine at court, 'Which, set up its will against the King's, Which ,woulld have none of that one to Whom it had been given?" • "I am 'a plain man, my lord, re- plied the Governor bluntly. "And it please you, give me plain wards." My lord laulghed, his eyes traveling round 'the ring of greedily intent facet,. "SO be it, sir," .he assented. "May 1 ask who is this lady?' , "She 'came in the 1Bonaventure," ;an- swered the Governor. "She was one of the Itreasiner's poor maid." "With ,whoin I trod' a measure a't court not long ago," said the fanrite. "I had to wait for the 'honor until the prince bald been gratified." 'The Go v er,no r's row d eyes grew rounder. Young Hamar, a -tiptoe be- hind him, drew a long, low Whistle. In so small a .community," went on my lord, "sure yot must Ail know one another. There can be 'no masks worn, no false colors diaplayed. Ev- erything must be as open as daylight. But we all have a past as well es a present. Ndw, for instance"—' I interrupted him. "In Virginia, my lord, we live in the present, At pres- ent, my lord, I like not the color of your lordship's cloak." He stared at me, with tris black brows drawn together. "It is not of your ,chodsing nor for your wearing, sir," he rejoined haughtily. "And your sword ;knot is viilianous- over, to marry in 'three weeks' time, ly tied," I continued. "And I like not the 'husband paying good tobacco for the (wifes 'freedom.; in the cargoes ,o(f children sent for aPprentices, there were many girl's. And last,'brut not n's doves. 'DR. C. MACICIAY..—c. .maok,v, honor graclifate of Trinity University ' and .gold medallist of Trinity bledicili �liege;, member, of ,;the College ;ad Physicians ;and, :Surgeons of Ontario. J. IL1:40RSTER—EYer Sao Nose and Throat. Gracluate in Uedii- cine, University of Toronto 1897. ' Late Assistant New York Ophthal- Inic and Aural Institute, Moorefield'a Eye, and Golden Square throat hos* tais, London, England. At (Damao- ercial Hotel, Seaforth, 3rd Monday itt each month, from 11 a.m. to 3 DIR. W. C. SIFIROAT.—Graduate Faculty of Medicine, Univers$ty ell Western Ontario, London. Member of College of Physicians and Sur.- geons of Ontario. Office in rear ot Aberhant's drug store, Seaforth. Phone 90. Hours 1,30-4 p.m., 7.30 -9 p.m. Other hours by appointment. such a lire -mew, bejeweled scabbard. Mine, you see, Se out at 'heel." "I ,see," he said (dryly. ("The pinking ;of your doublet suits me not, either," 1 declared. "I could Dental DR. J. A. MLTNN, Successor to Dr. R. R. Ross, graduate of North- western University, Chicago, Ill. Li- centiate Royal College of Dental Sur- geons, Toronto. Office over Sills' hardiware, Main St., Seaforth. Phone 151. with impunity." the street to the ,pillory, mounted it, ward, ,crying out, "Captain Percy I "I do not take your meaning, my called to her the drummer, and ord- Are you mad:?" look," said the Governor, puzzled, ered him to summon to the Square by "1 lwas never saner in my life, six," but courteous, "There are none here tuck of drum every man in the place, I answered. "Frenelt fashions like (me who would care to ithwait, in any Which done, and the amazed popula- not,--thei is all,---ator Englishmen :that honorable enteriptise, a nobleman so Con at hand, gaping at the spectacle wear them To my ,thinking such are DR. F. J. BEOHE.LY, graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeons, Toronto. Office over W. R. Smith's grocery, Main St., Seaforth. Phones, office 185W, residence 1853. Auctioneer. GEORGE ELLIOTT, Licensed! Auctioneer for the County of Huron. Arrangements can be made for Sale Date at The Seaforth News. Charges moderate and satisfaction guranteed. ;In ,Which 'Enters My Lord !Carnal. I felt a touch 'upon any shoulder, and. turned to find Mistress Percy beside me. Her cheeks vrere white her eyes aflame, her Whole (frame tense. iThe 'passion that derninated her was so clearly 'anger at ,white he.at that 1 stared at her in aniaze. meat. Her hand slid from my should- er to the bend 'of my arm land' rested hig,h MI the Kling's' (favor. 11 trust that of the wife of their commander ((then Scarcely 'true -born." iny Lard Carnal will make my poor absent .from home, pilloried :before (Continued Next Week). house his own during his stay in Vir- them, she gave command, through the ginia— What's the matter, my lord?" crier, that they should Ibake their fill :It 'Tesitifilfeis 'fafr (Itself. —Dr. Tito - My lord's face WAS dark red, his of gazing, whispering, and :T.," „aging mas' Ecleetric !Oil net noht?IfiiTsoeiiiii. ing up and dow,n. His white teeth had and then should go 'about their bus4- for 'puts or ,kcontusions, for splannts 'or ViltIolv:Pltriswieti';orc?iti:couglIG'or calds. black eyes afire, •his mustaches work- then and there, f orever and a day, closed with a. 'click on the loud oath ness and give her leave to Mind 'her burns, •for' pains in the limbs ar 'body, 'George and his well, know ,+1,,f the 'medicine proves which had interrupted th,e Governor's speech. 1-1.onest Sir circle stared at this unaccountable guest in amazement not unmixed wilth dismay. As for myself, I knew 'before the snake Whalt had caused the path and the 'fierce triumph In that ItanIcl- some face. Master Jeremy Sparrow had moved a little to .ane side, thus exposing ta view that which. ,his great body had b dime 'screened from ob- servation, --- namely, Mistress Jocelyn Caie, it did 111°1t 'tile there. "Remember that I am ,your, craven few; As for Master (Edward wife, she said Ina low, Ifierloa Sharpless, Ile disappeared theyossr ind,lovissg wide 'In a moment the Ifavorite was be- fore her, hat in hard, bowing to the "My quest *lath ended where I feared it hilt begunt" Ihe fflu'Ood and .e3pultaint. "I ,have found my Manos sooner than thought for. 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