T E allt n ln I 1 EI 1 THE K E learina a lerin 4 A TALE OF THE NORTH COUNTRY IN THE TIME OF SILAS zif i by affy IRVINS BACHELLER BACHELL III Am I 1 UN LUN HOLDEN DB CYRI AND 1 I DA of THE ithem UP WITH LIZZIE ETC ETC the ile flay cagne shortly when I 1 ha hal 0 to speak out end and I 1 took the straight fany sy of my cay duty as the needle of th compass pointed it was wa the end of a summer day and we had watched the dusk dink fill the valley and come creeping ip ap the slant striking sinking the boulders bowl bow ders ldora and thorn tops topa in its flood one by one As we sat looking out of the open door that evening I 1 told them what sally had told me of the evil report which had traveled through the two towns damn little barrer contracted 1 uncle peabody Pt in a low sad tone but with alth deep feeling cut off this highly promising opinion before it was half expressed and roie and went to the water pall and drank an aa long as were honest we dont eare care what they say gay he remarked us as he returned to his chair it if they wont believe us u we ought to show eni em the paper sayes yes said aid aunt dept dee thunder an behul I 1 go round the town bryin to prove that I 1 11 aint a thief said uncle peabody it make no inc dif fernee got to have to play with if they want to use my namo name for a bean bag lei em cm as long as ai they do it aben hen I 1 aint lookin I 1 wonder if they got sore hands by an by I 1 never heard beard him speak of it again indeed although I 1 knew the topic was often in our thoughts it was keerl f mentioned in our homo home but once after that to my knowledge we oat at for a long time thinking as an ath the night came on that week a letter came to we ins f aiom torn the senator announcing the day of 51 mrs r wrights arrival in canton and abild asking we irro to mee tend tand assist hor her in III I 1 letting etting the house to rights I 1 did so ao she swan was a pleasant faced proman and a most enterprising houku W A 14 tr I 1 remember Hc my first task was wao mending the wheelbarrow cleaner I 1 remember that my atrat task was mending the wheelbarrow A 1 I dont know kno bat silas mould do if he vere more to get home and fled find his wheelbarrow broken said she bhe it it I 1 almost an inseparable companion ot of his 1 the schoolmaster chool master and his family were fishing RUI and camping upon th river nod and so I 1 lived it fit the th senators senator house housa with sirs mrs wright and her moth or r until he arrived what a wonderful house it was N as in my view I 1 I 1 way wag awed hi its ilic and splendor its soft carpets carpet and add butny brass brasa anti and mal mahogany logany yet vt etwas if was very aDle I 1 hoed tho the garden and cleaned tta paths path and mowed the dooryard doo rard and did some borne palatine painting in the eliouse the senator returned to canton that evening ou on the watertown oln stage ne he greeted we me alth a fatherly warmth again I 1 felt that strong appeal to my eye ye in his bis broadcloth and floe fine linen and beaver hut hat and in the splendid dignity and courte courtesy v of als s mandere ina noera re had good reports of bart and im very glad to see 11 he h said 1 01 believe 5 our own nun kg have heen been excellent in abo tb last year 11 I 1 vont tn u red poorer than I 1 could wish the teacher has been very kind to met me lie laughed hed what have hare you been study I 1 lag lis T latin 1 I mentioned the latin first algebra arithmetic grammar geography ard history lie he asked about aunt and uncle ind I 1 nd I 1 told him of fth all that had bL fallen us ur saie aae the one of alch I 1 had spoken only with him and sally 1 I shall go up to iee them hoori he said ahe people of tho the tittle little ellege had learned that he to be jet et I 1 alone finhen lie he had just rc oer the a long wear wearisome loome way arom me scene of his labors so 80 we had the evening to ourselves I 1 mrs mra wright being weary after the days work went to bed early and at ills fits request I 1 sat with the senator by the fire for an hour or no BO I 1 have always thought it A lucky circumstance for he asked we me to tell of my plans and gave me advice and encourage trent which have had a marked effect upon lipon my career I 1 remember telling him that I 1 wished to be a lawyer and my reasons tor for it lie ile told me that a lawyer was either it a pi st or a servant of justice and that his chief aim should be the promotion of pence peace and good will vill in hla his community he promised to try and arrange for my accommodation in his office it la tile the autumn and meanwhile to lend me 1 nome books to read while I 1 was at I 1 home aule before we go to bed let ua no have a witt lement said the senator will ou on kindly sit alt down at the table there oud and make up a statement of all the time you have given me met I 1 made out the statement very neatly and carefully and put it in his bla hands that la Is well done said lie he 1 I 1 snail mall wish m I 1 oh iou on to stay until the day after af ter tomorrow if you will so you will please add another day dar I 1 amended the statement and he paid me the handsome sum eura of seven dollars I 1 remember that after I 1 went to my room that night I 1 stitched up the opening in my jacket pocket which contained mi Nc alth with the needle and thread which aunt deel had put in my bu tidle and with the jacket uw un dar my mattress CHAPTER XV I 1 ufa my own copage at a pork fork in the road swiftly now I 1 move si cropis the border into manhood nian hood a serious eager manhood it was the fashion of the young those days daya nir mr wright came up for a days clays fishing in july my uncle and I 1 took him up the river while we ate our luncheon he described jackson and spoke of the famous c heese cheese which he had kept on a table in the vestibule of the white house for or his hie callers ile he described his fellow senators webster clay rives calhoun and benton I 1 remember that Webster was in his view the least of them although at his big best the g gien cutest test orator we had a delightful dai and when ullen I 1 drone droe back to the nil all idge with him that night lie he told mo me that I 1 go into the office of wright Bald baldain Nin after ba batesting resting I 1 it will v III do for a start he said A little later I 1 shall try to find a better place for you my life went on with little in it worth north recording until the letter came I 1 speak of it as the letter because ot oi its effect upon my career it was from sally and it said dear dart its all over for a long time perhaps foree that will depond on you I 1 shell shall ha be true to you if you really love me even if I 1 have to wait i tilt many many years mother and father saw and rend read our letter say eny we are too young to be thinking about love and that we ve have got tor stop it now how can I 1 stop it I 1 gutaf I 1 would have to stop living but ve ue shall have to depend upon our memories now I 1 hope that yours Is 13 as aai good is fie mine father says no mole letters without his ata permission end and he stamped his foot so BO hard that I 1 think he must have made a dent in the floor talk about slavery what do you of that mother says anya that wo must wait aalt that it would make fataei a treat deal of trouble if it were known allowed Allowe fl ou on to write urite I 1 gues duesi the soul of old GrIni shaw Is in still following you well we w must mist stretch out that lovely day as for far as ie e can on the third of tune june 1844 we shall both be twenty one and I 1 suppose that we can do oa as we please then the day Is a long way off but I 1 will ulli agree to meet ou on that day at eleven eleen in the morning under the old pine on the aler where I 1 met you that day and ou told me that you loved me if either or both should dle die our souls N w III know where to find each other if you will solemnly promise write these words and only these to my mother amour amala vincit ant do not sign elan conr our name SALLY what a serious matter it seemed to t nie me then I 1 I 1 remember that it gaie gae time a rather slow alow foot I 1 wrote i rote the words nords very neatly and plainly on an a sheet of paper and mulled mailed it to mrs dunkelberg I 1 wondered it if sally would stand firm and longed to know the secrets secret of the future more than ever I 1 was resolved ved to be the principal witness in some great matter as my friend to in ashery I 1 ne had put it I 1 was eight months alth with wright 8 bhea I 1 was offered a clerk ahlo la in the tha office of cf andea WARt brnAk at 0 in harle county bounty at ta rno bundled ft a year find and mv board I 1 knew not then just jim how the offer wd had orno orne but knew that the senator must hn hnis e r me I 1 know now blint lie wanted a reliable witness of the rent troubles which abic li were growing acute in arle delaware and co lambla count lc it wa a trial to go so far frow from how as aunt deel put it bit both in aunt and uncle agreed that abal it was for the best jiow how it wrung roy my heart nhan wr sir and I 1 got into the stage at can ton to see nay my aunt and uncle standing tandl ns I 1 13 the front wheel looking up at me ina how old and lonely and forlorn thy they aunt deel had tier her purse pursa in tier hand I 1 remember how bow abo eb took a ollar bollar out of it iti I 1 suppose it was wn the tb only dollar she bhe had find and looked fit at it a moment and then handed it up to nie me you better take it she ehe said bold im fraid you u wont ont hai tune e enough ilow her hand and lips trembled I 1 I 1 hae bane always apt that dollar I 1 see ee them asae as ft ae drove iima the judge jude ref elved rap mp kindly and gove purvia a job in his garden I 1 ii as able his dictation in sound bound hand and spent most of my time in li taking don con contracts and ence and drafting them into proper form which I 1 had the knack of doing rather neatly I 1 was impressed by tho the immensity of certain towns town in the neighborhood and there nere sonic temptations in my way inay many people find especially the prominent nen in i bulged id in ardent spirits I 1 we had near us there a little section of the old orld alch chich was wa trying in a half hearted fashion to maintain itself t in the midst of a democracy it vas the manorial life of the patro orr a relic of ancient feudalism alch had its beginning in 1629 when tie the I 1 aest est indies com company pliny issued its it charter of privileges and exemptions that charter offered to any member of the lb company who should within four years bring fifty adults to tile the new netherlands and establish them along the hudson a liberal grant of land to be called a manor of which th the owner or patroon should be full proprietor and chief magistrate the settlers cottiers nere ere to be exempt from taxation for ten years but under bond to stay la in one place and develop it in the beginning the patroon built houses housea and barns and furnished cattle used seed and tools the tenants for themselves and their heirs agreed to pay him a fixed tent forever in stock and produce and further to grind at the owners mill and neither to hunt nor fish judge westbrook in whose ofelea I 1 worked was nas counsel and collector for the pat roona notably for the th manor ors of livingston and van two little kingdoms lif id th the heart of f th the great republic mr louis latour of lefferson feron Jf ionn ty whom I 1 had met in th the company ot of mr dunkelberg came during ny my last tact year there to study law in the office falc of III im audgo ii 11 jim liege tor which tie lie was wn lal indebted to the influence of senator bright I 1 uncle stood lie ite vas a gay ay HI botill lo 10 ettin of ills his luve love fil lalis nud and I 1 had little t to do with him film one ona day in may liny neur near the end of chiy ny two to leuia in cobleskill judge west biesk lano bine we to 00 writs to serve on settlers sott lers in the neighborhood of baldwin ln heights for nonpayment of rent ha told me ahat I 1 knew kue that there was bitter feyling against the in that vicinity and that I 1 might to counter opposition to the service of the writs rutx if so I 1 was inas not to pross proa the but briny bring them biuk back and he would glee ghe them to the sheriff 1 I do not on your taking title task taek upon you ho added 1 I 1 want rant at a man of tact to go and talk with these people and get their point of 0 view if aou ou dont cate cai to undertake it rii HI tend send notral 11 inna 1 I think I 1 would enjoy the taste task I 1 said to la ignorance of that berneti bor neti nest neat baal in thy the bills inake buivis with you he be said bald iia a can ann tale take care of the horses and n choie tho je back country foll folk ore are a little laiN lesi it i will III be just as 1 adl I to buie a witness Alt neis with ou on they tell nie me that I 1 ural tir Is Is a man of nere ner e and vigor vl or I 1 bad drafted my letters for the day and uns about to close my iny desk desa und start on my journey when louis latour unie ume iii fa and announced that lie had brought the irlas from the th judge and was vlas going with me 1 I nilsa nils nil sa s it for it a thousand toiler toil nr lie rani lly hy jove I 1 I 1 mink well hae bae n bull thile I 1 1 I dont object to our going but i you yon must rein renumber Ember that I 1 am lu in com coin annd fl I 1 said a little taken back for yr I 1 hinl no good god opinion either of lils his prudence oy 01 Is 13 company the jod maa roe me that tant I 1 could f e but that hat I 1 should be under bour or dem he an answered an ered 1 I im m not going to be a tool fool im trying to establish p reparation for good sense cease myself we W got our dinners and setout set out soo oon U after one on I 1 had lead fad the daede of tile tha men we me anere to visit they were brothers br othera and alved on adjoining farms with leases which covered coverd three hundred and fifty of land their great grandfather had bad agreed to pay a yearly rent forever of sixty two bushels of good merchantable winter client eight yearling cattle and four sheep cheep in good flesh an am fat fal hens all to be delivered lj ij the th city of albany on the first day of january of ach year so feeling that I 1 waa engaged in a just cause I 1 brave ly determined to serve the walta if