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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1933-03-23, Page 6THE SEAFORTH NEWS. THURSDAY, IM?.R,CH 23; 1933 THE HA EN Johnson. (Continued •from last week.) ally than had the decayed matter with which certain small devils bad pelted the runaway in the 'pillory. II looked away from 'the poor rogue below me into the clear, hard brightness 'oP the ivtarch day, and was most 'heartily weary of the bars between me and: it. The wind blew keenly; the sky was (blue as blue .could be, and the river a great ribbon of azure sewn with dia- monds. All calors were vivid and all distances near. There was na haze over the forest; brown and 'b'are it struek the cloudless blue. The 'marsh was emerald, the green of the pines deep and rich, the b'ud'ding maples redder than. coral. The church, with the low green graves around it, ap- peared not a stone's threw away, and the voices .of the' -children up and down the street sounded clearly, as though they played in the brown square be- low .me. 'When the drum beat ,for the no'oning-the Toll was close in my ears. The world looked so bright and keen that it seemed new made, and the brilliant sumalane and the oo'ld wind stirred the blood' like wine. Now and then (men and women passed through the square below. Well-nigh all glanced up at the win- dow, acid their eyes were friendly, Pt was known now that IB'uckingham was paramount at home, and my Lard iCarnal's following in Virginia was much decayed. Young Hamar strode by, bravely dressed and w'h'istling cheerfully, and doffed a hat with a most noble broken feather. "We're go- ing to bait a bear below the 'fort!" he called. 'Sorry you'll ,miss the sport! There will be all the world—and my Lord Carnal." He whistled himself. away, and presently there carne along Master Edward Sharpless. He stopp- ed and stared at the rogue in the pil- lory,—with no prescience, I suppose, of a day when he was to stand there himself; then looked up at me with as much malevolence as his small soul could write upon his mean 'features,. and passed on. ale had a jaded look; moreover his clothes were swamp - stained and his cloak had [been .tore by briers, "What did you go to the forest for?" I muttered, The key grated in the door behind me, and it opened to admit the gaoler and :Diccon with my ,dinner,—which I was cat sorry to see. "Sir George. sent the venison, sir," said the gaoler grinning, "and Master Piersey the wild fowl, and Madam :West the pasty and the marchpane, and Master Pory the sack, ;Be there anything 'you lack, sir?" "Nothing that you can supply," I answered curtly. The ,fellow grinned again, straight- ened the things and started for the door. "You caw stay until !I come for the platters," he said to IDiecon, and went out, locking the door after aim with ostentation. I applied myself to the dinner, and Diccon went to the window, and stood there looking otit at the blue sky and at the man ;in the pillory, He had the 'freedom of the gaol. tI was somewhat snare straitly conlfiued, though my friends' had easy access to me. As for Jeremy Sparrow, he bad spent 'twenty 'four hours in ;gaol, at the end of which time Madam West had a fit of the spleen, declared she was dying, and insisted upon Master Sparrow's 'being .sent for to administer consols-- irn 'Master Backe, unfortunately, having gone up to Henricue on b•usi nes's `•connected with the college. From She bedside of that despotic lady 'Sparrow was called to bury a man an the other side of the river, and from the grave to marry a couple at Mui- berry Island. And the next day 'being Sunday, and no minister at hand, he pec'ached again in Master Burke s pulpit,—and preached a sertnon so powerful and leaving that its like had neverbeen heard in Virginia. They marched him .rat back from the pul- pit to •gaol. 'These were but five thin is'ters in (Virginia, and there • were a ni'any more sick to ,visit 'and dead to bury. Master Backe, still (feeble in body, tarried up river 'discussing with 'Thorpe the 'latter' darling project project of converting every imp of an Indian this side the South Sea, and Jeremy slipped into his old place. There had been same talk of a public ce'n'sure, but it died away. The pasty and sack disposed of, 1 turned its my seat and spoke to •Dic- eon: "I looked for Master Rolfe to- day. Have you heard aught of him?" "No," he answered. IA's he spoke, the door was 'opened and the gaoler put in his head, "A messenger from Master Rolfe, 'captain." He drew back, and the 'Indian INanttauq'uas en- tered the room. Rolfe and I had -seen twice since the arrival of the 'George at James- town, but the ;Indian had not been with him. 'T'he young chief now came 'forward and beached the 'hand I held 'out to him. "My brother will. be here before the sun touches the tallest vine," he 'ann'ou'nced in his grave, calm voice. "He asks that Captain Percy deny 'himself to any other that may ,come. He ,vaishes to see him alone." "I shall hardly be troubled with company," I said, "There's a bear - baiting toward." INautau!quas smiled: "My brother asked me to find a bear for .to -day. I bought one front the [Paspahnghs for a piece of 'copper, and took him to the ring below the ,fort" "Where all the town will presently be 'gone," said."I wonder wha" Rolfe did that forl" Fibhng a cup with .sack, II pushed it to the 'Indiian across the table. "You' are Pottle in the woods nowadays :N anitauquas:" His :fine dark face clouded ever so eiigh,rly. "Opecanhancanougth has dreamt that 1I am. Indian no longer. Singing 'birds have lied to him, telling him that 'I 'lave the white man and hate my 'own color, He 'Dells me no more his brave, his brother lPlawhat- an's dear son, I do not sit by his coun'c'il fire now, nor do 1 lead his war 'bands. (When I went last to his lodge and stood before him, his eyes burned me like the coals the !Mona cans once closed my hands upon. He would not speak to me," "It would not fret me if 'he never spoke again," I said, "You have been to the forest to -day?" "Yes," he replied, glaneinIg at the smear df leaf mould upon his 'bearded moccasins. "Captalin IPet'cy's eyes are quick; 'he should have been an ,Indian.. I went to the 'Paspahegh's to take ahem the piece of copper. iI .could tell Captain Percy a curious Shing"— "Well?" I ,demanded, as the 'paused, "I went to 'the lodge of the wero- wance with the 'capper, and 'found him not there. :The. old ,men ;de- clared ,that he .had gone to the 'weirs for 'fish,—he and -ten Of ,his :braves. The old men 'lied._'I had passed the weirs of the IPaspa'heghs, land no man was there. II sat and smoked 'before the lodge, and the maidens b'rough't me 'ohinquaplin tcakes and ,pdhickory; far N'antauq'uas is a prince and a 'web - came guest to all save lOpec'h'an:can- ough. The old men sni:oked, with their eyes upon 'titre ground, each see- ing 'only' the days When he was even as 'Nlanitauqu'as. They never knew when a wife of .the werowance, turn- ed child by pride, un'folded a doeskin' and s'h'owed Nan•tau'quas 'a silver cusp carved all over and set with colored stones." lItimp,h l„ "The 'cup was a heavy price to ,p'ay" continued the Indian, "I do not' kn'o'w what great thing it bought." "Humph!" 'I said again. "Did you happen to meet !Master 'Edward S'harpless in ;:the forest2" 'He shook ,his 'head, "The Sorest is wide, ti(rd there are many trails throaigh it INantauiquas rooked Inc that an t'he' werowance of the Pas:pa- h.ghs, hart found it n'ot'. He had no time to waste upon - a' white m''an." (Ile gathered his otterskin mantle about hien 'and ,prepared 10 dep'art, I rose 'rind gave inert any nand, 'for d thoroughly liked him, and in the "past One' had m'ad'e ole his debtor. • "Tell IRo'llfe he 'w'ill 'find me ,alone," T said, "and take imy thanks Inc:your pain's, INantauquas. Di ever we 'hant togeth- er again, may I 'have the chance to ,serve .yotal II 'bear the scans of the wolf's -teeth yet; `you came 'in the nick of time, 'th:at day.", The Indfan smiled. "It was a fierce old` wnalf, iI wish 'Gaptalin (Percy free :with all any, heart, ,'and then we will hunt more weaves, he and I." IWlhen bre was gone, and the gao'l:er, and 'Diccon' with hint; lI returned to the window. The runawiay in 'tate pal logy ,was released, and, went away ho'm'ewandis,' sta'ggering'-beside 'h'is. mas'ter's stirrup, " ,P'as'sers-by grew more ,and ,More .in,lrequeailt, arid: op the street 'cam'e !faint sounds Of :laughter and tburrahen,g,—'the 'bear. 'mast . ba good sport, S .coitul'd see the hall- snoop, hallfm'oop, and the gunls,' and ,the dl'ag that streamed an the 'win'd', and on ;the river 'a'sail or two, white. in ,the sun- light as the ,gulls that swooped past. Beyond rose the bare m'as'ts of the. (George. 'T]Le (Santa Teresa rode .tiro More 'forever in the James. The. Ic'ing's ship was :gone 'ho'me to 'the King without the 'freight he looked for. Three days, and• the (George would spread her white wings and go, down the wide river, and •I with bor, and' fhe King's 'ward, and the 'King's sometime 'favorite. I looked 'dolma the wind -ruffled :stream, and saw the great hay 'ionto which it emptied, and beyond rih'e .bay the±heaving ocean, dark and light, league on league, league on league; than green Eng- land, and (London, and the Tower. The vision d'istunbed' me .less than once it would Ih'a,ve done. Men that 'I knew and'bpusted were to be passen- gers on ith'at ship, as 'well as: 'one I knew arid did net 'trust. And if, at the 'journey's end, I saw the 'Tower, I saw :also .blit [Grace of Buckingham. Whore II hated he 'hated, and was now powerful .enough to strike. The wind blew 'front the west,' from. the lunkwo•wn. II turned my head, and it 'beat against my !forehead, cold and fragrant with 'the essence of the 'for- es't,— pine and 'cedar, dead leaves and black :m'ould, len and hollow ,Ella,—all the world of woods 'over which it had passed. :The ghost, of things.' long dead, 'Which 'face or voice could never contljare asp, will sometimes start a - crass our (path a't ,the beckoning of an odor. to day in the ISta'rvlin'g Time cane hack to me: how I 'had dragged myself ;from 'our broken ,palisade and cnazy huts, and bhe groans of the fam- ished and the plague -stricken, and the presence orf theunburied dead, .across the neck and into 'the woods, and had lain down there 'to die, being' 'taken with a sick 'fear and horror of the place of cannibals behind me; and how weak I wast—too weak to care any more. I had 'been a 'strong' man,. and 'it had ,conte' to that, and 'I was content to let it be, 'The smell of the woods that clay, 'the chill 'brown earth beneath one, the .blowing wind, the long stretch o¢ the 'river .gleaming between the pines, , and fair in sight the white sails of the ,Patience and the (Deliverance, I had been too nigh gone ,then to greatly care that I was saved; now I cared, and thanked God for my life. Came what might in the .future,' the past was mine, Through I .should ne- ver see my wife .again, I h'ad that hour in the state cabin of the 'George, I loved, and was loved again. There was a noise outside the dooi•, and Rollfe's voice speaking to 'the gao- ler. Impatient fon• his entrance 1 start- ed toward 'the door, :but when it op- ened he made no move to cross the threshold. "'I ant not coating in," he said with a face that he -strove to keep g`a've. "a only carne to bring someoltc else." 'With that :he stepped back, an.d. a second {figure, coming forward out o'f the dimness behind him, crossed the 'thresho'ld, I't was a woman, cloak- ed and hooded. (The !door 'w'as drawn to behind her, and we were alone to- gether. 1Beslde the cloak and• hood she wore a riding mask,"'Do you know who it is?" slhe asked, 'when she had stood, so , shrouded, for a long minute, :dur- it,g which I had found ,no words with which to ,w'elco'me her. "Yea," .1 'ans'wered: "the princess itt the fairy tale." She freed her dark hair (from its covering, and tmclasiniat•g her. cloak let it drop to the floor, O1Slhall I unmask?"' she asked with a sigh, "Faatitl I; should keep the bit of silk between,, your eyes, sir, and my blushes, Ann I, ever to be the forward one? Do, you nit th'in'k m'e too bold a lady?" As she' :spoke, ..her white 'hands were busy' about the fastening of her niask "lite Icn'ot is .too bard," she murmured, with a little tremulous laugh and a catch of her breath, I untied the ribbons, "May I••no't sit down?" she said plaintively, but with soft merriment in her eyes, "I am not quite strong yet. My heart—you do trot laaaw what pain I heave in 'My heart sometimes. tit make's j me weep '01 alights and when .none are by, indeed ilt"d'o'esl" There was a setae beneath the win- dow. I .led r1er-to it, anti she sat down. "You must ltnola' that 'I ant walking in the G'o.venno'r's platen, that bath only a Pane between it and the gaol." I -Der eyes were do'warca'slt, her cheeks pure arse. 1 "When .did you first love ane?" I de- manded. 'lady Wyatt nius't have guessed whey Master ;Rolfe alone went not to the ,bcarabait'itag, but joined us in the 'garden., She said .the air was keen, and fetched me her mask, .and th'en'h'erself went indoors to emlbnoidiee ISameon itt the arm's olf !Delilah," a Wac it 'here. at Jlam'esltown, 'or was it when we were first wre'c'ked, ,or'oot the ,island wlih the pini -k' hill When you wrote my name in the sand, or" - "The 'Geo'rge will sail in three clays, and we : are to be taken 'black to Eng- land: after all, .Ilt does not snare me "In all my life a. 'heave ki'sse'd you aniy'onee;" I said, The •rose deepened, and in her .eyes there was daughter, 'With tears behind '"Y'ou are a 'gentleman' of d'etermlfata- tion," she said. '"Df you are beat up'on having your way, I do not ,know that I—that I—can 'help .myself, I 'de not even kaaiv that I want . to 'help my- self." 'Outside the wind blew and the sun shone, and :th'e laughter from below the fort was taco far away and ehfn to. jar u:p'on us. The world .forgot us, and we ,were well con.berst. There seemed not much to say: I suppose we were too happy for words. I" knelt .!beside her, and' sate laid her Band's s'n mine, andel Slaw and then we spoke. Lt her short and lo'ne'ly life, and in my long- er s'ter'n 'and crowded one, there had been fettle tenderness, li'ttl'e h'a'plpiness. In her past, to :those about her, she had seemed ,bright and gay; I had been a comrade whom men liked be- cause I could jest as well ars fight. Now we were happy, but we were clot gay. Each fait for the other a great compassion; each knew that through we smiled to -day, the groan' and the tear mig'h't -be to -Morrow's. die; the sunshine around ens was ;pure gold, but that the clouds 'wsere mounting we knew full well 'I must soon be' gone," she said at .last. ""lit is a stolen. ineeting. I do not kn'o'w when we shall meat again. She rose from the settle, and iL rose with her, and we stood together be- side the barred window. There was sno •danger of her being seen; street and square were left to the wind and the surnshine. 1'ty arm was 'around her, and she leaned her :head agaittet my breast. "Perhaps we shalt never nteel. again," she said, e "The winter is over," I answered. "Soon the trees will be green and the flowers in' bloom„ I will not believe that our spring can have no sutiln er," She took from her bosons a little' flower that had been .pinned 'there, It. lay, a ,purple Star, .in the hallow of her .hand, "it grew in th'e -sun. It is the first :flower of spring." She put it to her lips, thren laid it upon the window ledge beside my 'h'and. "I have brought you . evil gifts,—foes and strife and. peril. 'Will you :take :this little purple Bower—and all my heart beside?" I bent and kissed' first the tiny asked: "Yea," she answered. "I have been taughti't, Tell ince that You believe' t'li'at'God 'will' be 'good to, us. Tell ire that w'e. Shalt be happy. yet; 'dor oh, I hove 'hoctio'g heart this day!" Ile` voice broke, and,s'he lay tremb- ling in any arms, her face hidden. '31 Phe summer never coiner Inc,its"—site Whispered. "'G'o'od Eby, my :lover 'anid my husband, Lf I have bir'otrg'ht you ruler and death, 'I have brought you, too, a love 'that is very great. (Forgive me and kiss nue and let me ,go." "Thou ant sty dearly laved an[d•'hon- o'red Iwlife, 'I said, "Uy beast .'fare- bodjes's'unvnner, ,and jay, absd peace and. Inane.", We.. ki'sse'd each other solemnly, ,ab those Who ,part for a 'j'ourney avid a warfare. I ,spoke aro word to 'Rolfe when the door was, apened and' " she had, :passed out with firer Icl'o'aik 'drawn' ablourt-her face, best we ,clasped hand's, and ciadh kn'e'w the other for this friend. indeed: They were ;gone, Ith'e galoller ,cloccinng and ',Docking 'the door 'behind them. As for me; I. 'wont :back to the .settle beneath ehe wieucbotw, and, fall- ing upon my knees beside it, buried my face an my amts. • , CtH1AJPITIEIR XXdX, hm Whic'h 'I Keep. Tryst The atm, chapped below -the forest, blood red,' dyeing the river its o'wn. to'lor. (Th'er'e were no cloud's in the sky,—only a great suffusion of crim- son olrmlbin'g Ito the •zenith; against' it the woods were as 'black as war ,paint, The color faded'and the night set itt, a night of .no wind and -df nuanb,erbe'ss stars. On the hearth ,burned a fire. I left the window and sat .beside it, and in the 'hollows between .the red em'b'ers made picture's as I .used to m'alce them when 'I was a boy. 11 sat there long. It grew late, and all sounds in the town were 'hushed; only :nlo,w and then the "`iAill's well'!" of the 'watch came faintly to my ears. ID.iccon .lod'ged with me; :he lay in his ,clothes upon a pallet in the far corner of the room; but whether he slept or not I did not ask, He and I 'had nev- er wasted words; since chance :le'a'd thrown us together again vee woke only when occasion required. The fire was :nigh; out, aud it must' have beet: ten of the clock When, with somewhat ,more caution and Tess" of noise than usual, the key grated' in the lock; the door opened, 'and the gaoler entered, closing it noiselessly 'behind him. 'There was no reason why he should intrude himself upon me after 'nightfall, and I 'regarded him with a frown and an impatience that presen't- ly turned to curiosity. He begin to move about the room, making pretense of seeing that there was water itt the ,pitcher'besid'enty, p!ai-let; that file straw beneath the coverlet was fresh, that the bars of the window were 'firm, and ended by ap-. pnoaclhitg the fire and heaping pine upon it. It flamed up brilliantly, and in the strong red light he (half opened a clenched 'hand and showed me two geld pieces, and bene'ath therm a fold- ed paper. iI booked at his furtive eyes and brutal, dlol'tish ,face, but he kept` then blank as a ,wall. The hand- clos- 'ecl again over the treasure within it, and 'h'e turned away as if to leave the room., I drew a noble—one of a small store of gold pieces conveyed blossom, and [then the lips that 'had, to me by Rolfe—from my ,pocket, and proffered it. "I am very rich," 'I said.1 s'taoping made it spin upon the hearth (The sun was now law, and the pines in the Square and the upright of the pillory cast .long shadows, The wind 'had fallen and the sounds .had died away, It seemed very still. N'oth- ing moved ,bat the ,creeping shadows until a flight of small white -breasted birder went past the window, "The snow is gone," I said. "The snow- birds are flying north." "The woods will soon be gree'n," she murmured w'istfu'lly. "At, if we could tide through t'h'em once more, back to .Weyan'oke"— '"To home," -,a said, "H'ome," she echoed softly; There was a lbw knocking at the door .behind us, "1t is C4as'fer Rolfe's signal," alhe said, "I must not stay Tell me that you ,love me, and let me go" I drew her closer' to me and .press- ed my lips upon ,her bowed head "Do ,you not know t'ha't,I love you?" I in the red firelight. .The gaoler look- ed at it askance, but continuedhis progress -toward the door, +I drew out its ,fellow, set it to spinning, then lean- ed back against the :table, "They hunt its couples," 'I said.: "There will be no third one' (Continued Next Week). (Worms sa,p elle strength and -trn- dermine the vitality of children. Strengthen them -by using Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator to drive out the parasites. (Industry pays debts but despair in- creaseth them. Tricks and 'treac'hery are the prat- tice of (fools that have .not wit enough bo ,be'.hones't. 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