Show A in the hie A tale talc of the beginning of ne new w england by IRVING BACHELLER 1 I service copyright by irving bachiller THE STORY robert nobert heathers and william heydon to escape secular and religious tyranny leave england in 1634 for tile the now naw world they are we welcomed coded nt at boston by rov doctor cotton and make tanca with amos ames veteran soldier arid and woodsman cleydon cot nl abeth brads daughter 0 01 f it I 1 leader eader in the colony CHAPTER II 11 continued 4 robert sat opposite william be tween margaret argaret 11 winthrop and a comely but commonplace girl while the dinner was going on mrs airs winthrop observed william and elizabeth with deep and growing interest look nt fit them she said to robert are they not a pair upon my word I 1 I 1 think that they like each other they see no one hut but themselves they are BS as those apart Wil william lidin walked with the lady bess after dinner for it would seem that f they still had many maily things to say to each other when they returned mrs airs winthrop invited them to come with robert to sup at her home a week later 1 I shall try to have nil all the young people come to meet you she said you may count upon special indulgence william and robert nobert walked the bounds with the brades the walk ended at the batters lat door as night was wa falling failing mr and mrs airs brade still had the light hearts of a better time and environment they were nearing forty years of age mr air brade had bad bought and was clearing a big tract of land and proposed to be a planter with a tenantry the lady said god help us we are cheerful not yet by the heavy troubles that hat have come to many of those around us we have bor horses S ea E every vc ry day we ride through the dusky wood to the plantation far beyond the neck and look after the workers and have excellent good times at home bess keeps the house merry and us u longing for old england Cn gland said bald her husband still with my family my pipe my task and my horses I 1 make out very well 1 I hear that there are mons lions and tigers and unicorns far back in the wilderness said robert mr air brade said only god knows what Is far back in the wilderness some say it Is wider than the sen sea there are indians worse than the most cruel beast they subject their captives to lo the vilest torment but the near sa ages fire are now friendly and roundabout us there are no beasts to harm one save wolves that sometimes kill the sheep at the door mrs brade said to the young men you will fand a welcome in our home elizabeth turned to william saying with a smile mary said to the poet who had kept tier her waiting young man you know your duty if you are cureless careless you may find your head in a basket bi some day 11 1 I think that mine Is missing now was his laughing answer when the young men were gone find and the slave had admitted the brades to their home tile the lady bess began let him light the rusti rushes rustics cs I 1 must talk to you I 1 am like columbus when he be saw the green shores in tile the west what have you discovered her father asked the man I 1 the one man I 1 I 1 swear it by the board beard of pharaoh lie ile came here portly partly because of a speech of grandfathers now that Is what I 1 call destiny sherold them of all that the young man had bad sald said as if it had been as precious lis na the wisdom of solomon and of the noble look of him in III saying it she crowned her enthusiasm with a trembling seriousness ile he la Is adorable I 1 have said that the words of 11 margaret argaret winthrop to tier her husband in the letter which he read to me were not well chosen I 1 was a fool foci I 1 coull now write them myself 1 I wish that I 1 may always be pleasing to thee I 1 will say to thee as abigail said to david I 1 will be a servant to wash the feet of my lord roswell brade and ills his wife were laughing my lady bess beast I 1 said lie he this Is like you nn avalanche of u enthusiasm I 1 I 1 knew it would come that way restrain yourself we know little of the young roan man ill write to england f tor r information TI alie I 1 ouirl girl said you may write but 1 I 1 I am not afflicted with dlin dim eyes ond and the ignorance of age nore more was said but that Is enough in the room of the young men that ahn night eight was of a like nature robert said coming home you wee as aa one counting the stars I 1 spoke but you did riot not hear roe me are ou ni im 1117 william answered it if I 1 I 1 am it Is a kind hind of illness of which I 1 would to god there were no cure I 1 think it some enchantment such ns as wo we have F seen con in the pretty comedies of will shakespeare that those eyes ces and ami lips and hands and shoulders and all that la Is behind they broke the shell of some sleeping thing in me it has come me to life I 1 could even elleve bellee b everything that romeo and juliet to each other at the when we ive went cut up to london gods rov my wit witness I 1 could go out and sing to tile moon walt wait till youre joure edgag engaged ged said robert then you ou have hae a license to be even an idiot solos to tile the moon are like a logs dogs sorrow duets are better just now I 1 recommend a cold tub the young men sat ant and looked at each other er find and laughed the llie linal final scene in tills this little comedy of youth eiith old ni as n i human joy came a week inter after a supper party at mrs Whit hOps william walked home with the lady bess at nine rush lights were aglow in the drade ih ide parlor would he come in and sit down a while lie ile would tricy ano sat down together she began the dialogue by saying ing 1 I like ilke to hear you talk about the san stars rs 11 lie ile answered 1 I nev noer er saw their beinitz until I 1 crime came here are they not as beautiful in england yes es but my eyes have changed I 1 ilow how may that be f k 01 the girl said you may write but 1 1 am not afflicted with dim eyes and the ignorance of age As she spoke she turned to him with a look of interest would you care to know well my great need la Is knowledge she smiled her fingers playing with the lace on her breast 1 I think that I 1 will not tell you she sighed and looked into his eyes saying you get me burning with curiosity and then throw cold water on me the young man looked at her IRIS his passion broke its fetters of restraint sly dear what have you done to me he naked asked 1 I too nm am burning in hi the tha same fire it if I 1 am to have a bath of oil cold water I 1 may as 9 well get lenow it now as later you have lent your beauty to all nature I 1 see it everywhere I 1 love you tell me nm am I 1 to be crowned with gold or with thorns lie he took her land hand slie she withdrew it and turned away away from him covering her face and said astonishment does not become me I 1 must tilde hide a moment 1 I will not try to tilde hide the truth because I 1 cannot it Is too big to be ciden lil hi dilon then it longs to be discovered she uncovered her that assumed a look of pained surprise it vanished in a smile she took hla Is hand in III hers and whispered 1 I am sorry lie ile answered your eyes and your words are in disagreement bilow how can I 1 love you I 1 do not eved even know you it Is easy to know me I 1 show you my heart there Is noth nothing ling in it save my love of you tell me how to win you for I 1 must have jou yon for or illy my own she held hla his hand in hers as site she said this Is madness try to p put ut it out of your heart it if it Is impossible tell my father of it I 1 am r sure nee that lie could help you put it awn away Y it if not come back to me and I 1 will soon convince you that I 1 am not worth the bother let us now talk of sheep and cows no it if we change our theme let us speak of snails and turtles think of the wooing of a snail even a young and winsome snail sho she answered with a langhi 11 1 I think it would be a dull affair then wl why ay iy should I 1 imitate it have I 1 not what our will bu failed the bounding pulse of youth slie she felt her wrist saying 1 I think that mine needs more stimulation there was an invitation in tier her bejes ejes eyes ond and lie he tried to kiss tier her burslie but she resisted him As william arose to goshe added consider the humble snail lie he never hurries flurries the lucky snail has haa no clock it la Is late in boston even now I 1 must argue with the constable at the door she whispered corns come back to me after you have seen my father whatsoever he may say she stood close to him looking into lits his ile he embraced tier her and their liam met then she said bald in gl a whisper you thief now go home and forget all about this if you can it if you can lie sold to himself as a he went away what a pretty bif alf of 0 impudence I 1 CHAPTER III roberts love affair and the social earthquake in new boston william had ills his talk with sir mr brads braae the man was kind hind and favorably disposed but lim firm as a rock personal and family pride were strong in him 1 I set you a hard task betit but it Is one to test your worthiness said lie he you shrill be welcome to our home as often as you wish to enter it tills this I 1 say because we like you and further your people nut but you must promise on your word of honor as aa a gentleman that you will seek no further progress in this affair until I 1 am better informed william gave his word and kept kepi it still StIl lit it was impossible that no progress should be made in that affair william came to the house and re turned to ills his home and no word of love was spoken but youth has Us its way of speaking without wo words ads the young men bought a pair of flemish mieres anres and on tile the approval of th the court some two thousand acres of land an hour or so from the neck a part of which had been burned over it was watered by streams and a small lake settled in it a good and ad hopeful manner with such help as they could get they cut a path over hard ground to a point on their land where they began clearing and burning amos lived in a shanty on the tract and was their overseer their help lived in tents it was when william lind had taken water for plymouth to hire men and buy horses that robert went to call on the brades mr air brade wasi was not at home robert sat down to talk with the lady bess rind and her mother III 1 I came in the hope of finding mr air arnde here he began william and I 1 grew up together I 1 am quite a rogue ile he Is the most innocent crea ture I 1 hove have ever known and the most generous it la Is unnecessary to keep these young people waiting tor for the tha slow ships I 1 could not wait madam one look in a pair of eyes like those of 0 your daughter and my promise would be forgotten william Is different you could search the world and find no higher type of gentleman I 1 came to say this and having said paid it and more even than I 1 intended to say I 1 shall RO go when lie he was gone bess turned to he her fi mother nother saying A gallant fascinating cina ting beautiful mant man I 1 1 I tear fear that he Is a subtle rogue of 0 a inand her mother answered you chave have not learned wisdom you have a glowing eye for every handsome young buck that comes along while robert was like most young gentlemen of the time a bit of a rogue and deeply impressed by tile the girls beauty this verdict was too severe it would seem that many women of the tha colony entertained suspicions of young men who were handsome and unattached taci led especially if they were of the tha gentry and lately arrived wild rumors often followed them on tile tha wings of the wind there was little rending reading but that which the bible afforded news went by word of mouth therefore the tongues of the ladies were well developed lIo however wever it must be sat salil that robert had bad been moved by the host best of motives in his errand their house was finished and fur nashed a neat simple wooden structure of five rooms with a leanto for a kitchen william and robert were living in it A wellborn well born elderly lady of 0 the parish one Al margaret argaret hooper rec recommended amended by doctor cotton was their housekeeper A comely young englishwoman of 0 about thirty whose husband worked in newtown came every day to do their cooking and milking going home at night her name was waa mabel Il hartley artley TO BH BE CONTINUED |