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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1933-01-12, Page 6PAGE SIX. THE SEAFORTH NEWS, THURSDAY, J'ANU'ARY" 12, 1933. THE HAVEN Johnson. (Continued from last week.) leaned my hand u'p'on the table, and looked ,from her to ,Dioconr 1 was sent by the ,Governor to quell a disturbance amongst the nearest In- dians. The woods today have been full of danger. 'Moreover, the plan !that we Made yesterday was overheard by the Italian. When I had to go this 'morn- fng without seeing you, 1 reit you word where S had gone and why, and also my 'commands that you should not ,stir outside the garden. Were you not told this, madam?" "No!" she .cried. 11 looked at Di•ccon. "I told madam that yon were called away on busi- ness," Ise said sullenly. "I told filer that you were sorry you mould not go with her to the woods." "You told her nothing more?" "No "May I ask why?" He threw hack his 'head. "I did not believe the Paspaheghs would trouble her," he answered, with hardihood, 'and you had n't seen .fit, sir, to tell Ilse of the other danger. Madam want- ed to go, and I though it a pity that she should lose her pleasure for no- thing." I had been hunting the day ,before and my whip yet lay upon the table. "I have known you for a hardy ro- gue," I said, with my hand upon it; "now I know you for a faithless one as well. 'If II gave you •credit for all the vices of the soldier, 'I gave you credit also for his virtues. 1 was the more deceived. The disobedient servant I might pardon, but the soldier who is faithless to his trust"— II raised . the whip and brought it down again and again across his. shoulders. He stood 'without a word, his face dark red and his hands clenched at his sides, lllor a minute or more there was no sound in the room save the sound of the !blowis; then my wife suddenly cried out: "It is en- ough! You have beaten him enough! Let :him go, •sir!" I 'threw down the whip. '`Begone, sirrah!" 'I •ordered. "And keep out of my sight to -marrow -l" With his face, still dark red and with a pulse 'beating lfgfiercely in Isis cheek, he moved slowly toward the door, turned when he had reached it and saluted, then 'went out and closed it after him. "Now, he too will be your enemy," said .Mistress Percy, "and all through me, I have brought you many enemies have'I not? Perhaps you count me amongst them? ;I should not wonder if you did. Do you not wish me gone from Virginia?" "So I were with you, madam," I said bluntly, and went to call the min- ister down to supper, CHA'P'TER XVI The next day, Governor and iCoun- cillo'rs sat to receive presents from the -r'aslpaheglrs and to listen to long and affectionate messages from 'Opechan- can'ough, who, like the player queen, did protest too much. The Council met ,at Yeardley's house, and I ,was called before it to make my report of the expedition of the day before. It was late afternoon when.. the'' Governor dismissed us, and I oafund myself leaving the •house in company with Master Pory, "I .am 'bound for my lord's," said that, worthy as we neared the ,guest house. "My lord hath Xeres wine that is the very' original nectar of the gods, and he drinks it from goblets worth a king's ransom. We have heard a deal to -day \'lout 'burying hatchets: bury thine forv`t'he'n'on'ce, Ralph' Percy, and come driree with as." "Not 'I; . said. "I would sooner drink with—Sorrie' one else." He laughed.' 'here's my lord him- self shall peraude you." My lord, dres ed with his usual magnificence and .apkly handsoas a as ever, wa•s indeed' tending wllthin the guest-house door. ''ory drew u'p,:he- 'side him. I was ,pa;:'sing on 'with a slight bow, when) the Secretary caught --use by the sleeve A the "Governor's IL -leaned my elbow upon the table, add, holding up the glass .against the ight,' began to adnbireits beauty. "Phe tint is wonderful," I .said, "as luscent'agreen as the top o'f•th•e comb- er that is . ito, break and overwhelm you. And these knobs ,of gold, within and without, and the 'strange shape he tortured glass Vas been made to take. I find it Of a quite 'sinister beauty, my 'ford," bath been m'uc'h admired," said the nobleman addressed. "I am strangely suited, my lord," I went on, still dreamily enjoying the beauty of, the green ..geen within my clasp. "I ama soldier with an •irnag- natio'n. ISormetimes, to give rein to my .fiancy 'pleases me ., more than wine, iNlow,. this 'strange Chalice,— might it not breed 'dreams as strange?" 'When lI had drunken, I think," replied my 'lord. "The wine would be a potent spur to my fancy." "What sai't'h' honest 'pack Fan- staff?" broke in the maud'l'in Secreat- ary. ""Doe's he n'o'tbear testimony that ,good sherris makes the brain ap- prehensive and quick; fillet'h it with nimble, fiery and delectable shapes, which being delivered by the tongue become exlce'ilent wit Wherefore let us drinik,. 'gentlemen, , and beget fan- cies." !He 'filled for himself again, and buried .his nose in the cup. '"Tis ,such a map, methinks;" I said, "as Medea may have filled for "Thes- eus. 'Thewhite hand of 'Circemay. have closed a'rou'nd this stem when she stood 'to greet Ulysses, and knew not that he had the saving .herb in his palm. IGoneril may have sent this green and gilded' shape to Regan. 'Fair Rosamond niay have drunk from it while the Queen watched her. 'At some volu'pltubus feast, Caesar Borgia and his sister, sitting crowned - with noses, aide by side, may have pressed it ,upon a reluctant guest, who had, perhaps, -a treasure of his own. I dare sware Rene, the !Floren'tine, has fing- ered .many ,such a . go'b'let 'before it went to whom Catherine de' 'Medici delighted to 'honor. "She had the whitest 'hands," maun- dered the Secretary. 'I kissed them once before she died, in Blois, when I was young. :'Rene was one of your slow poisoners. (Smell a rose, draw on a pair of perfumed gloves, - drink from a certain cup, and you rangyour own knell, though your bier might not receive you for many and many a day,—not till the .rose was dust, the gloves lost, the cup forgotten." "'There's a 'fashion I have seen fol- lowed abroad, that II like," I said. "Host and guest fill to each other, ,then exchange tankards. You are my host to -day, my lord, and I am "yvacr guest. T will 'drink to you, niy lord, from your silver goblet" !With as frank a manner as his own of a while before, I pushed the green and gold glass over to him, and held out my hand for the silver goblet. That a man may smile and smile and be a villain is no new doctrine. My lord's laugh and gesture :of courtesy were as free and ready as if the pois- oned splendor he drew toward him had been as innocent as a pearl with- in the shell. 11 teak the silver cuo. from before hint. "I drink to the King," I said, and drained it to .the bottom. "Your lordshipdoes not drink. 'Tis a toast no man •refuses.". He raised the glass to 'his lips, but set it clown before its rim had touch- ed them. "I have a 'headache," he declared. "I will not drink to -day." 'Master 'P,ory pulled the flagon tow- ard 'him, tilted it, and ;found it empty. Tai's rueful face made me laugh. My lord laughed 'too, -somewhat 'loud9y, --hut ordered no more wine. "1 would I were at the Mermaid again," la- mented the now drunken Secretary. "There we didn't split a flagon in three part's . . .aqua vitae at a gulp, —II've seen him do it. . . I would 1 were the tBlacdhtis on this cup, with the purple grapes ada'ngle above 'me. . Wine and women -wine and wo- men . . . good 'wile needs no bush , good sherris seek"'His voice died into 'unintelligible •mutteri.ngs, and his gray unreverend ;headsank upon the table. R rose, leading him to his drunken slumbers, and, 'bowing to 'my lord, took my leave. My 'lord followed me down to the public room below. A party of upriver planters 'had been drinking, and a bit of chalk lay upon a 'settle 'behind the door upon which the lan'd'lord had mlarked their 'score. I passed 'it; then turned back and picked it up. "How long a line shall I draw, my lard?" I asked with a smile. "H'dw''does the length: of the door strike you?" he answered. R drew the chalk from top to bot- tom elf the wood. °A heavy score makes a 'heavy reckoning, my lord," I said, and, leaving the mark upon the door, I bowed "again andwent into the 'street, The sun' was sinking when a reach- ed the minister's .house, and 'going nto the great room drew a stool to. the table and sat down to think. Mis- tress Percy was in-her'own •chamber: 'n the room overhead the minister paced up and down, humming .a psalm, 'A 'fire was burning briskly np.on the .hearth, and the red li'gh't house wine had been set forth to re- vive the jaded C16uneil, and he was already ;half .seas over. "Tarry .with us, captain!" 'he 'cried. "Good wine's good wine, no matter who pours it? 'S bud! in my yqung days men called a truce and forgot they ' were ]foes .when the 'bottle went round!" "If Captain Percy ,will Stay," quoth my lord, "I will give him 'welcome and good wine. As blaster Pory says, men cannot be always 'fighting. A breathing spell 'today ,givies to -mor- row's struggle new zest." He spoke !frankly, with open face and candid eyes. 1 was molt fooled. If yesterday he would have slain me only in fair fight, it was no't so today. Un- der the lace that 'fell over Ih'is wrist was a red cirque, Ithe :mark of the thong with which 'I had bound him. As if he had told me, 3 knew that he had thrown his scruples to 'the winds and that he cared not what foul play he used to sweep me from Isis .path. My spirit and my wit wase 'to sweet the danger, Of a sudden I resolved to accept 'the invitation. "So be it," I said, with a laugh and a shrug of my shouldens. "A cup of wine is no great matter, I'll take it at your hands, my lord, .and drink to our better acquaintance." IW'e all three went up into my lord's room. Then 'King had fitted him out 'bravely for the Virginia 'voyage, and the riches that decked the state .cabin aboard the !Santa Teresa now served to transform the .bare room in the guest house at Jamestown into a corner of Whitehall. The walls were hung with arras, there was a noble carpet 'beneath as well as upon the table, and against the wall stood richly carved trunks. On .the table, be- side a bowl of late flowers were a great silver flagon and a number of goblets, some of chased silver and some of colored .glass, strangely shaped and 'fragile as an eggshell. The late ,sun now shining in an open win- dow made the glass to glow like pre- cious stones, My lord rang a little silver 'bell, and a door ,behind us was opened. "Wine, 'Giles!" cried my lord in a raised voice. "Wine for Master rPary, 'Cap- fain Percy, and myself! And Giles, my two choice goblets." IGiles, whom I had .never seen be- fore, advanced to the table, took the flagon, and went toward the door,' which he had shut behind ,him. 'I ne- gligently ;turned in my seat, and so same in far a •glimpse, as the slipped 'through the door, •of a figure in black in the next room, The wine was brau'ght, and •with it two go'ble'•ts. 'My ldro brake off in the midst of an account of the morn- ing's bear -baiting which the tedious- ness of the Indians had caused us to miss. "Who knows if we 'three shall ever drink together again?" he said, "To honor this bout S Huse by mos'L precious cups." Voice and manner. were free and unconstrained, "This gold cup"—he held it up—"belonged to the Medici, Master Pory,who is a man of taste, will note the 'beauty of the graven maenads 'upon this side, and of the Bacchus and Ariadne upon this. IIt is the work of none other than 'Benvenuto Cellini. :I pour for you, sir," He filled the gall cup with the ruby wine and set it 'before the Secretary, who eyed it with all the passion of a lover, and waited not for us, but raised it •to this lips atonce. ivly lord took up the other cup. "This glass," he .continued, "as green as an emerald, freckled inside and out with gold, 'and shaped like a lily, was once amongst a treasure. My farther brought it +from (Italy, years ago. I use it as he used it, only on gala days. I fill to you, sir.'' He 'poured the wine into the green and gold and twisted bauble and Set it 'before me,, then filled a 'silver go'b'let for himself. "Drink. gentlemen," the said. 'Faith, I- 'have drunken a'lrea'dy," quoth, the Secretary, and proceeded to fill for hims'el'f a'second time. ^]Here is toyou, gentlemen," and he emptied half the measure. f "Capfain Percy does not drink,'" re- marked my lord. rose and,;fell,—now brightening ali the room, naw leaving it to tlhe gathering dusk, Through 'the 'door, wh'ichiI had left open, came thee,odor df the pines, the fallenleaves, and the damp earth, In the churchyard an owl 'hoot- ed, and the murmur of the river was louder than usual. 11 had sat staring at the table before me for perhaps 'half an hour, when 3 chan'ced to 'raise m'y eyes to the otp-. pos'ite 'wall. Now,. on this ward, re - !fleeting, the firelight and the opens door 'be'hind' tie, 'hung` a small Vene- tian 'Mirror, which I bad b'ough't from a number of such toys brou'gh't in :by the Southampton,, and bad given. to Mistr'eas Percy. My eyes, rested upon it, idly at (first, 'then closely •en- ough as 'I saw within- it a man enter the noon. I had heard no footfall; there was no noise now behind me. !The fire was somewhat sunken, and the room was almost in darkness; I saw him in the glass: di'm'ly, a's shadb'w rather than sulb•sitancel 'But the light was not so faint,'tha•t the mirror could not s'ho'w me the raised 'hand and the dagger within its 'grasp. 1 sat without motion, watching the figure, in the glass 'grow larger. When it was nearly upon me, and the hand with the dagger drawn b'ack'for the 'MOW, : S" sprang ' up, wheeled, and 'ca:u'glht it by 'the wrist. • A monl:en't's, fierce struggle, and. I had, the dagger in my own ;hand and the man at my mercy. The fire upon the hearth sei'z'ed on a pine knot and blazed. up 'bright'ly, filling the 'room. with light,: "Diccon!" I ,cried, and dropped my arm. II had 'never th'ough't of this. The room was very quiet as, master and malt, we snood and 'lo'oked each other in the fade, He fell back to .the wall and leaned again's't it, 'breathing 'heav- ily; into the space between ' us ,the past came thronging. I opened my halal and let the dag- ger drop to the floor. "I suppose that this was ,because offast night," I said. "I shall never shrike you again.' R went to ,the table, :and sitting down leaned .my •forehead upon my hand. It was Diccon who would have done this thing! 'The fire crackled on the ;hearth as 'had crackled the old camp fires in Flanders; the wind out- side was .the wind that had whistled through the rigging of the Treasur- er, one terr'ib'le night .when we lash- ed ourselves to the same mast and never th'ough0 to see the morning Dicconl Upon the table was the :minister's inkhorn and 'pen. I drew my tablets from the 'breast of my doublet and began to write. "accent" I called, without turning,. when •.1 had finished He came slowly forward to the .table, and stood 'beside it with hang- ing head. 'I tore the leaf from the book and pushed it over to him "Take it," I ordered. "To the commander?" he asked. "I 'am to take it to the commander?" I siho'ok my head. 'Read it" He stared at it vacantly, turning it now this way, now that. "Did you forget how to read when you forgot all else?" g said sternly. He read, and the color rushed into his 'face, "It is your freedom," 'I said. "You are no longer man of mine. 'Begone sirrah l" He crumpled the paper in his hand "I was mad," he muttered, "I could almost believe it," 'I re- plied. "Begone'!" After a mdmen't he went. Sitting still in my place, I heard 'him heav- ily and slowly leave the room, de. scend the step at the door, and go out into the night. A door opened, and Mistress Jo- celyn Percy came into the great room, like a sunbeam strayed back to earth. Her skirt was of flowered sat- in, her bodice of rich t'a•ge'ta; 'b'et'ween the gossamer walls of her French ruff rose ,the whitest neck to meet the fairest face. Upon her dark hair sat, as lightly as a kiss, a little pearl - bordered cap. A color was. in 'her cheeks and a. laugh on her lips. The rosy dight of the burning pile caressed her, itlolw dwelling on the rich dress, now on the gold chain a- round the slender waist, now on rounded 'arias, now on the white forehead below the pearls. Well, she was a fair lady for a man to lay down his life for. "I held court this afternoon!" she cried, "Where were you, sir? Madam !W'es't was here, and my Lady Tem ,perance Yeardley, and M'aste'r Wynne, l PROFESSIONAL CARDS and Master Thorpe from IH'enriens,l and Masher Rolfe with his Indian Ibrether,-;who, I protest, needs but silk doublet,and hose land a month at Whitehall to make him a very fine. gentleman" '"Lf courage, steadfastness, trulth,i and courtesy rnalce a gentleman," I said, "he is one already. 'Su'ch 'an 'one needs not ,silk doublet nor court train- ing., She looked at me with her ,bright eyes. "N:o," she repeated, "'such an one needs not silk doublet, nor, court training." Going to the fine, she stood with one hand upon the mantels'helf,: looking down into the ruddy hollows. 'Presently she stooped, and gathered up something from the hearth, "You 'waste, paper sitran'gely, 'Captain Per- cy," she said. `"'Here is a Whole hand- ful df torn pieces.." She ca'm'e over to .the 'ta'bl'e, and with a laugh showered' .the white 'fra'gmen'ts down upon it, then fell t•o, idly piecing them together. "What were you writing? she a'sikecf. " `To alis w'h'oa' it may concern: I, 'R'alp'h Percy, Gentleman, of the Hundred of Weyanoke, do hereby set free from all serv'i'ce to me and mine' "— Medical II took frolm her the 'bits of 'paper, and fed the fire with them. 'Paper is but paper," I said. "It, is easily rent. Happily a man's will is more durable." CHAPTER XVII. IIn Wh'i'ch My Lord .And ii Play At Bowls. DR. H. HUGH ROSS, Physicials and Surgeon. Late of London Noe- pital, London,' England, Special attention to diseases of the eye, est, nose and throat. Office and reel - deuce behind Dominion Bank. Office Phone No.- 5; Residence Phone 104. IDR. F. 5. B'U'RRO'W'S; Seater* Office and residence, Gaderich street, emit of the United Church. Coroner for the County of Huron. Telephone No. 46. IThe Governor had brought withi hint from London, the year before,' a sot of boxwood }bowls, and had 'made, between his house and the fort, a noble green.' The ,generality must still use for the game that por- tion of the street that was not tobatc co -p'l'anted; but the 'qu'ality flocked to the Governor's green, and here, one holiday afternoon, a fortnight' or more from the day in which I had. ,drunk to the King from 'my lord's silver goblet, was gathered a . very great company. The , !Gov'ernor's. 'm'a'tch was toward,—'ten. Men to a side, a hogshead ` of sweet -scented to the 'victorious ten, and a keg of can- ary to the man whose 'bawl s'h'ould' hit the jack, The season had been one of, un- usual mildness, and the sunshine was still +warm and bright, gilding the velvet of the green, and 'malting the red and yellow leaves swept into 'the trenchto glow like a ribbon of flme. The sky was blue, the water (bluer still, the leaves bright -colored, the w'ind blowing; only the enshrouding rfores!t, wrapped in haze, seemed as dim, unreal, and • far away as a last year's dream. 1IIhe Governor's gilt armchair had been 'brought from the church, and ''put for him upon the bank of turf ,at the upper end of the green. By Isis ',side sat my Lady Temlperanrc'e, while the gayly dressed dames and the men 'who 'were to play and to wa'tc'h were !ac'co'mmodated with stools and settles or with seats on the green grass. All were dressed in holiday clothes, all ',tongues spoke, all eyes laughed; you ,might have thought there was not a ' 'heavy heart amongst them. Rolfe was there, gravely courteous, quiet and ready; and by his side, in otter - skin mantle beaded d' d moccasins, and .feathered headdress, the Indian chief, his brother-in-0'aw, the bravest, comeliest, and 'manliest savage with whom I have ever ,dealt. There, to'o, was Master Pory, red and jovial, with an eye to the sack th'e servantsi were !bringing from the .'Governor's house; and the commander, with his( wife; 'a.ird Master Jeremy Sparrow, fresh from amost moving sermon• on the. vanities of this world • 'Captains, 1 Councilors, and ,Burgesses aired their ' gold lace, and ;Their wit or their lack of it; while a swarm of younger ad - !venturers, youths Of good blood and bad living, came from home for, the weal of England 'and the woe of Vir- ginia, went ir=ginia,went here and t'her'e through the crowd like gilded summer flies, Rolfe and I were to play; he sat on the grass at the feet of Mistress Jo- celyn Percy, making her now' and, then some • .courtly .speech, and T stood beside her, my hand on the back of her chair: (Continued Next Week). 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