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(Around him were only 'the stillness
a,nd the shadows of the night, but to
his vision men sat and drank with
arim, diced and swore and tolld, wild
tales of this or that. For a time he
(talked loudly and at random of the
vile quality of the drink, and his viler
Iluok at thedice; then he began to
tell a story. As he told it, his senses
(seemed to steady, and he spoke with
adherence and like a shadow of him -
'self,
"And you call that a great thing,
'William Host?" he demanded. "I can
tell a true tale worth two such lies,
my Matters, (Robin tapater, more
ale! And move less like a sing, or
any tankard and your ear will cry,
"Well !nett') It was between• Ypres
and Courtrai, friends, and it's nigh
fifteen years ago. There were fields
in which nothing was sowed because
they were ploughed with the hoofs of
war horses, and ditches in which
dead men were thrown, and dismal
Imarah.es, and roads that were no
roads at all, but only sloughs. And
there was a great stone house, old
'and ruinous, with tall poplars sttiv-
.ering in the ram and mist. Into this
house there threw themselves a band
.of Dutch and English, and hardon
their heels came two hundred Span-
iards, All day they beseiged that
house, — smoke and flame and thun-
der and shouting and the crash of
masonry,—and when eventide was
come we, the Dutch and• the English,
thought that Death was not an hour
behind."
(He paused, and made a gesture of
raising a tankard to his lips. His eyes
were bright, his voice was firm. The
memory of that old day and its mor-
tal strife had wrought upon him like
wine,
"There was one amongst us," he
where each twig snapped but to be
an the instant stiff -in place again,
brake it with what patience I might;
when 1 Must turn aside for this or
that obstacle I made tlie detour,
Though my heart -cried outat the
necessity. Once I saw reason to be-
lieve that two or •mtire. Indians were
upon my trait. and lost time in out-
witting them; and once I must go a
mile out of my way to avoid an ra-
dian village. •
As the day wore on, I began to go
as in a dream. Lt had came to seem
the gigantic wood of some fantastic
tale through which I was traveling.
The fallen trees ranged themselves
into an abatis hard to surmount; the
thickets withstalad one like iron; the
streamlets were like rivers, the mar-
shes leagues wide, the treetop's miles
away. Little things, twisted ro'orts,
trailin.g vines, dead and rotten wood,
made me stumble. A wind was Maw-
ing that had blown just so since time
began, and the forest was filled with
the sound of the sea.
Afternoon came, and the shadows
began to 'lengthen. They were lines of
black paint spilt in a thousand places,
and stealing swiftly and surely across
the brightnesls of the land. Torn an'd
bleeding ,and breathless, (I 'hastened
on; for it was drawing tavoard night,
and 1 Should have been at Jamestown
hours before. Hy bead pained me-,
and as 1 ran I 'saw men 'and women
stealing in and out among ,the trees
before me; Pocahantas with her
wistful eyes and braided hair and
ifinger on her lips; Nantattquas; Dale,
the knight -marshal, and Argall with
aia fierce, unscrupulous face; my cou-
sin !George Percy. and my mother
with her stately figure, her embroid-
ery in her hands. I knew that they
were but phantoms of my brain, but
their Presence confused and troubled
me.
The shadows ran together, and the
said, ''he was our captain, and it's of sunshine died out of the forest. Stu.m-
him I am going to tell the story. tiling nn. I saw through the thinning
Robin tapster, bring me no mare ale, trees a long gleam of red, and thought
but good mulled wine! It's cold and it was blood, but presentfy knew
getting dark, and I have to drink to that it 'we's the river, crimson from
a brave man besides"— the sunset. A minute more and
!With the old bold laugh in his eyes, stood upon the shore of the mighty
he raised himself', for the moment as stream, 'between the two 'brightnesses
strong as I that held him. "Drink to of flood and 'heaveits. There was a
that Englishman, all of yel" he cried, silver crescent in the sky with ode
"and not in filthy ale, but in good, white star above it, and fair 'in sight,
,gentlemanly sack! Ill pay the score, dawn the Jam.es, .with lights spring -
Here's to him, brave' hearts! Herels ing up through the twilight, was the
to any masterl" town,—the Englilsh town that we 'had
With his hansi at his mouth. and built and named for our 'Xing, and
his story untold, he fell back. I held had held in the teeth of Sp'ailn, in the
him in my arms until the brief strug- teeth of the wilderness 'a.nd its ter-
gle was over, and then laid his body rors. It was not a mile away; a little
dawn upon the earth, langea—a little longer and I could
It might have been one of the clock. rest, with my tidings told.
IFor a little while I sat beside him, 'The dusk 'had quite (fallen when
with my head bowed in my hands. reached the neck of land. The hut to
Then I straightened his . limbs( and which I had been enticed .that night
crossed his hands upon his breast, stood dark and ghastly, with its door
and, kissed him upon the brow, and swinging in the 'wind. I ran past it
left him lying dead in the forest. and across the neck, and, arriving at
itt wa s hard going through the the palisade, beat upon the ,gate with
(blackness of the night-thne woodsmy hands, and called to the warder
Once I was nigh sucked under in a to opera When I had told him my
great swamp, and once I stumbled name and he didt ab, with
into some hole ar pit in the earth, and shaking knees and stanting eyes.
dos a time thought that I had broken Cautioning him to raise no alarm in
any leg. The night was very dark, and the town, 11 hurried •by him into the
'sometimes when I could nal\ see the street, and down it toward the house
stars, 1 Fast my way, and went to the that was set aside for the Governor
right or the left, or even back upon of Virginia, I should find there now,
nay track, ,T1hough I heard the wolves,' not Yeardley, but Sir Francis NV(yatit.
they did' not come nigh me. Just The torches were lighted, 'and the
before daybreak, I crouched behind folk •were indoors, for the night was
a log, and watched a party of say- cold. One Or two figures that I met
,ages file past like shadow's of the or paned, would have ac.costed me,
night. not knowing who 'I 'was, but I brush -
Alt last the dawn came, and I. catala ecl by them, and 'hastened on. Only
press on more rapidly. Boa two days when. 1 Passecl the guest house 1
and two nights I had not slept; for a' looked up, and saw That mine host's
day and a flight I had not tasted chief rooms were yet in use.
The 'Govenner's dear was open, and
in the"'hall servingmen were moving
to 'oact iso. When I •came in upon
them they 'cried out as it had been a
ghost, and one fellow let a (silver dish
that he carried 1al1 clattering to the
floor. 'They shook and stood back, as
passed' them withaut a ward, and
went an to the ,'Governar's great room.
The cloar was' ajar, and 1 pu'alied it
mien and stood for a minate upon the
it seemed some enchanted' thicket' ihresh'°Id'r all'°'1)served by, the
ants of the room,
(toed. As the sun climbed the aeavens,
a thousand black .spots, liike summer
gnats, 'danced between his face and
my weary eyes. The forest laicl skim-
latingabtacks before me, and drove
me hack, andmade me wind in and
• out when I would have had my path
• straighter than an arrow, When ,the
arouncl allowed 1 ran; when I must
break nay way, panting, thrthigh un-
dergrowth so dense and stubborn that
•
' THE SEAFORTn NEWS
After -the claakness .aistside the'lights
dazeted ine:a the ackan; too 'seented
'crowded with then, though ,When,'1
acatiale d'aheat „there were nat,lsa many,
AlPter ail: ,Sa(Plier had been put tklort
'the table, hut they' Were "not eating,
Before the'aare, 'his. bead thoughtful-
ly bens, ;and his Lfi s tapping nabs
the saran of his chair, sat the .1Gov,
ernorj oder against •him, and as seri:-
anis af aspect was the 'Treasurer.
West stood by . the mantel, ,tuggilig
at his IOng (intis‘aalres.. artdasoatly
laweariag: Clayborne was. in', the
scan,Piersey the' tap'e , -Menchant;
and'- one Or two besides. 'And:061E6
stood there, walking up and •cleitan
with hasty steps, and a :flus'hed and
haggard' face. :His suit of buff was
torn and stained, and his greataboats
were' spattered with mud.
. Tale IG'averner Aet his fingers rest
1.410111- the arm alt his chair, and raised
'hie
"dde is dead, aasiter !Rolfe," 'lie said.
"There :aan.,''he'no other coneinsion,--
4 brave man last to you and to the
colony. 'We 'mourn with you, sir,"
Ve to have searched, jack" .put
in 'West. "We have oat .been idle,
though vvell-nigh all men believe that
the 'Indians, :who we lenow had a
'grudge against him, murderesihim
and his man that night, then, tiarew
their 'bodies into the river, and them-,
selves ntaxl.e off (out Of our 'reach. But
,we hoped against 'hope that ' When
your panty returned he would be in
your midst." •
"Als for .thls. latest. loss," continued
the Govennar, "within an hour of its
discovery this morning search parties
were out; yea, if I 'had .allowed it, the
whole town 'would have betaken itself
to the swoods. The searchers have trot
returned-, and we are gravely anxious.
Yet we are not utterly cast down. This
trail can hardly he Missed, and the an-
•dians are friendly. There were a 'nuns-
ber in town 'overnight, and, They went
with .the searcihers, volunteering to act
as their guides. We cannot but think
that of This load, our hearts will scan
'be eased."
'"God grant it!' groaned ,Rolfe.
will drink but a cup of wine, sir, and
then will be gone upon this new
quest." .
There was a movement in the room.
"You are worn .and. spent with your
fru'i'tless travel, sir," said the Gover-
nor kindly. "I give you my word that
all that can be done is doing Wait at
least for the morning and the good
rears it may bring,"
!The other shook his head. "I will go
now, 1 could not look my friend in
the face else—Cod in heaven!" '
'The 'Governor sprang to is feet;
through the Treasurer's lips came a
long, sighing breath; West's dark face
was ashen. 'I came forward to the table
and leaned my weight upon it; for all
the waves of the ,sea were roaring in
my ears, and the lights were going up
and dawn.
"Are you man or spirit?" cried
Rolfe through white lips. "Are you
Ralph iPercyaaa
"Yes, I am 11?ercy," I said. "I have
POI well underatood what quest you
,would go upon, 'Rolfe, but you cannot
go to -night, And -these parties that
your Honor talked of, that have gone
with Indians to guide them to look ,tor
some lost per,son,--JI think that you
will never see them again."
(With an effort I drew myself 'erect,
,and standing so told my tidings, gitiet-
ly and with •circumstance, so as to
leave ITO room for doubt as to their
verity, or as to the sanity ea him who
.brought them. They listened, as the
warder had listened, with .shaking
iinIbs and gasping 'breath; for this was
the fall and wiping •out of a people of
which 1 brought warniag.
When all was told, and they stood
there before me, white and shaketa
seeking in their minds the thing to say
or do first, I thought to ask a question
myself; bat before my tongue could
frame it, .the roaring af the sea 'became
so loud that II could hear naught else
and the lights all ran together into a
wheel of 'fire. Then in a 'moment all
sounds ceased, and to the lights suc-
ceeded the blackness of outer dark-
ness.
,CHAIP'TER X X XVII
(In Whica a Heaa 111'1 Tidings
When I awoke from th.e sleep on
stupor into 'whic-h 1 must have passed
from that swoon, it was to 'find myself
lying uposa. a bed in a I:0,0111 flooded
with sunshine. I was alone. For a mo-
ment I lay still, staring at the blue
sky without 'the window, and wand.er-
ing where I was and how 'I calm
there. A drum 'beat, a dog banked, and
a man's quick yoice'eaa,ve a command.
The sounds stung me -into remem-
brance, and I was at the window while
the voice was yet speaking.
(It was West in the (street below,
pointing with his sword 'now to the
io,rt, 'now to the palisade, ',and giving
directions to the armed men about
him. There were many people isi the
street, VT -amen hurried by to the fort
with - white, seared faces, their arms
filled with household gear; children
ran (beside thern, sturdily bearing their
share of- goods, but pressing close to
their elders' skirts; men 'went to and
fro, the most 'grimly silent, that a few
talking loudly. Not all of the faces in
the crowd belonged to the town: there
was Kingsmell and his wife from the
main, anti John Elltison, from Archer's
,i(131-FoOrpnear(dabnctiraot :tahtelia.cniisaisVs ,i,t'aad
hre
nearet theit,"-,.had .been
Wanted, and their ,peaple had, come far
rednaa toelle ,city( negro Paased,ibut
an that marning; ',alone of many • days,
M1,04rlien ,ab -red lii5 Paiat and'fealtheas
in th,e ,white mares .
V'ciotild• not see the palisade. denass
gide neck, hut I lchew that it was ,.there
.that the fighti—ii fightthere twere-=-
would be made. Should • the '!incliaris
takethe palisade,, there- Would. yet 'be
the ,houses the town, a.ricl last of all,
the:fart isa (which' 'to Make a stand.•I
believed itcSt- that blfey 'Would take -it;
Lpssg since iwe had found Out the1.
method of warfare. They used,,antlatts,
cade,''surprise, ,and massacre; When
;withstood ,in -twice and with cletermin-
atiari "they, withdrew to Their , strong-
.tiald the feaeat, there to; ' bide their
aline ,untia in the blociloness: (seine
might; they could again, swoop, down
.a -
elver 'from the palisade . came 'down
the street at a. run; "They're m the
weeds over againslt us, thicker :than
ants!" .he cried to West a's.he passed.
''A boat has just drifted ashar.e yond-
er, With two men in it, dea.dand scalp -
e61"
I turned to leave the roam, .and ran
,agailist 'Master 'Pory coming in an
toe, with a red .and siklemn face. •He
started when Ihe saEvr Inc
"The roll Of the drum brought. you
to your feet, thew!" he cried. '"Yo.u've
lain like the dead all night, I came :but
to see If you were 'breathing."
"'When II have eaten, (I( shall/be my-
self again," r said. "Tihere's no attack
as yet?"
"No," he .artawered. "They must
knelw that we are 'prepared. But they
have -kindled 'fires along the river bank,
and we can hear- them yelling. Wheth-
er they'll be mad' enough to come
a.g,ainat us remains to he seen."
"The nearest settlements have been
warned?"
"AY. ,The Governor offered a thou-
sand pounds orf tobacco and the per-
petual esteem of 'the Ccimpany to the
.fltan or men (Who would carry the
word. Six volunteered, ,and went off
in boats, three 'up TiVeT, three down.
HOW many they reached., or if they
still have their atalle,s, we know not.
Aad awhile ago, just before daybreak,
comes with frantic haste Richard Pace
who had rowed up from Pace's Plains
to tell the news (which you had already
brOught. Chant° the Ohristiaa had be-
trayed the plot ta him, and he manag-
ed to give warning at Pow.el'a ,and one
or two other..places as ,he came tip the
river."
1He broke off, but when I would
'have spoken interrupted me with:
"And so you were on the Pammikey
all this' while! Then the iPaspaheghs
fooled us with the simple truth, for
'they swore so stoutly that their absent
chief men were but gone on a hunt
toward the Pamunkey that we had PO
choice but to believe them gone in
quite another diTection. Ancl one and
all of every -tribe we 'questioned aware
that Opeahancanough was at Orpax.
So Master Rolfe 'pats off up river to
'find, if not you, then the ,Emperor, and
make (him give up your murderers; and
the Go4ertior sends a party along the
hay, and West another up the Chicka-
'hominy, And there yon were, all the
time, mewed up in the village ,above
the marshes! ,And Nantauquas, after
,saving our 'lives like ane of us, is turn-
ed Indian again! And your man is
kiliesil Alackadayl [there's naught but
trouble in the world. 'A's the sparks
fly uipwards' you know. IBut a brave
man draws his breath and sets his
ItefitIllit'l'uis Manner, his rapid talk, his
uneasy glances (toWarct the door, 1
found something forced and strange.
"I 'thought Rolfe was behind me," he
said, "but he must have been delayed.
There are meat and drink set out in
the great room, where the 'Governor
and those of the 'Council who are safe
here with us are advising together,
!Let's :descend; you've not eaten, and
the good sack will give you strength.
Wilt coque?"
"Aly," I answered, "but tell ine, he
aews as we go. I 'have been 'sone.ten
days,—faith, it seems ten yearsi There
have' no ships • sailed, Master Pory a
IThe George is still here?" 1 tooke,d
him full in the eye, for a sadden guess
at • a possible reason far his confusion
(had stabbed roe iiike knife.
"Ay," he said, with a readiness. that
could scarce be feigned. "She was to
have sailed this vveek, it is true, 'the
(Governor tearing to keep her longer,
nut (the Esperance, coming in yes(tera
7t,
44, r933'
day, brought new% .Whlialt•reinaVeti hes • • " •' ' • • ' ••
wait • tb•
see ootlthis ,(hand alt :the, Ord§ and • ta
-a-kc hiasn-eIIe narties:af faro:seal/Oa), ara
left alive atire:red iarleta
dos
tneliVe,ipottrideiis;, :theY''•att..d.
„ •
talk: ant,. TIlie:GOoi4,e•,11'a'4
niat Safied,.1 SIAM •.A'relit•
•a 'panther Ito went
dawn
deeP';:'
in the
,att•
Medical '
,
Woliti:cfs had siiinewhat
IGeonge would wait, tfor hnia wauld
sear:dela :dare to sail 1)00M:tit .hini, .and
'anouid ' fi nd the lady whean',ahe Was
.to carry .away Englan•d in Virginia
still, It was this 'that II 'had' built titian
'that g,rain. (of •carnfort- ,(the Passionate
'ante tame sustaining lean:Hal of. those
y.0a:o+llo.rig: days' in the village above
ithe 'Parounkey,
i 'My heart was sore becittse 'af .Dir"
Von; bult I could speak of that grief to
liar, and' she would 'grieve with 'tile.
There were awe .and dread and StIehri
kaavaledge that even, now
bn tha bright spring anlarniug. Mead.
ails:ilia 'a hundred Ironies might be flow-
, ang to rriaetathe ishining careless ibsen
Rut it was springitame, and she, was
isnalltingor inc. II .sltrode Oh ,iloWand the
••silairway, 'so fast that when I :aalced a
question !Master [Rory, .at my side, was
lob out ,01 breath to answer it. Hall-
way ..dlOwn the Stairs I asked it,. again,
arat again received no answer (save a
"Zookal you go too fast for my years
and having in flesh! Go more slowly,
)Ralph: 'Percy; there's time enough,
Ithere'.'s time enough!"
• There was a tone in Hs Voice that
I liked oat, for it savored •af pity. I
looked at him with knilted 'beams; but
we were maw in the hall, and blirough
the open 'door af the great DOOM I
caught a glimitise of a woman's skirt.
ITthere were men in the hall, servants
and messengers, who made way for
us, staring at me 'as they did so, and
wihispering. I lons6 iiirat my clothing
was tones and muddied and stained
iwith blood; as we paused at the door
there came sia me in a flash that day
in the courting meadow when I had
tried with my dagger to scrape the
dried mud from my boots. I laughed
at myself dor caring now, and for
'thinking that she would care that I,
was net dres.sed for a lady's bower.
'The next moment we were in the
great roam.
'She was not there. (The silken "skirt
that I had seen, and—there ,being but
one woman in all the world for me—
had 'taken for hers, belonged ito Lady
['Wyatt, who, pale and terrified, was
sitting with clasped h•ands, mutely fol-
lowing with her eyes her husband as
he walked to and fno. West had come
in from the street and was making
!some report. Around the table were
,gathered two or three'of the :Council;
blaster Sandys stood at a window,
!Rolfe beside Lady Wyatt's chair. The
rcrain was filled with, sunshine and
caged bird was .singing, singing. It
made the only sound there when they
saw that I stood amongst (them.
(When' I had made my 'bow to Lady
i\Vyatt and to the Governor, and had
clasped hand's with Rolfe, a began to
find in the silence, ale I had found an
(afester Po.ryls foquaciousness, some-
thing strange. They looked at the un-
easily, .aad I caught a sMift glance
from the 'Treasurer to ,Master Pory,
and an answering slhake of the latter's
head. Rolfe was very white and bis
lip -s were .Set; West was palling at ais
mustaches and 'staring at the ;floor.
"With all our hearts we welcame
you back to life and to the service or
Virginia, Captain Percy," said the
Governo-r, When the sileace had be -
some awkward.
A murinur of assentwent sound the
room.
I 'bowed. "I thank you, sir, .and these
gentlemen very heartily. You have ,bult
'to command me no -w. 1 find that I
have to -day the beat will in the world
toward fighting. I trust that Your Ha-
noi- does not deem it necessary to
sead.ine 'hack Jo gaol?" '
"Virginia 'hea no, gaol 'for 'Cap tain
(Percy," he answered -gravely. 'She (has
only grateful thanks arra fullest sym-
pathy."
fI glanced at dim 'keenly. "Then I
hold myself at :.your comMand, sir,
irshen I shall have seen and spoken
with my wife." •
He fOoked at the floor, and tliey one
and all held their peace.
(To be. Continued.)
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THE McKJLLOP
Mutual FirOlosurance Coe
HEAD OFFICE—SEAFORTH, Ont -
OFFICERS
'Geo. R. McCartney, Seaforth - Pres.
James Connelly, Go.derich - Vire-'Pres..
Merton A. Reid, Seaforth-Sec,- Treas.
. AGENTS:
W, E Hinehley, Sea forth; John
Murray, R, R. 3, (Seaforth; E. R. G.
Jarinauth, Rrodaragen; James, Watt,
Blyth; C. 17.'1 -Tear -la, Kiacardine.
DIRECTORS:
William Knox, Londeaboro; George-
Learthardt, Brodhagen; James Con-
nolly, Gaderich; Alex. 13 n:1a:divot, No.
3, 8'eahor th; Robert Ferris, Blyth;
George IVLoCartney, No. 3, Seaforth;
folio Pepper, attrucefield; James Shol-
dice, Walton; Thomas Moylan, No. 5,.
Seaforth.
Parties desirous to effect insurance
or transact other business', will be
promptly attended to by applications
to any of the above named officers ad-'
dressed to their respective post
offices,
.Most infants are inifested by WODMS,
which cause great suffering nd if they
are net ,ofifectually 'd'ealt with may
cause co.n.stitutinal weaknesses diffi-
cult to ,reinedy. MEler's Worm Pow-
ders will clear the start -path and hovaa
els of lAIOYIDA and will so act upon the
system that there, will be no recur-
rence of the trquble. An.c1 nal' only
this, but they will repair ' the injuries
to the organs that worms cause and
restore them to soundness.
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