Show A candle in tile lie wilderness A tafe of the beginning of new england by IRVING BACHELLER service copyright by irving Bac Ua choller haller THE STORY stony robert heathers and william fley cleydon don to escape secular cular a e and religious tyranny leave england in 1634 for the joaw new bovid they are welcomed at boston by rev doctor cotton Cotto cottonard nand and make acquaintance with amos amon veteran sold boedler lr and 1 woodsman y man heydon ineeta mae t elizab elizabeth e th drade brad daughter of a leader in the colony CHAPTER 11 II continued clobert sat opposite william between margaret winthrop and a cornely comely but commonplace girl while the dinner was going on oil mrs mra winthrop observed william anti and elizabeth with dapp and growing interest lode tit at them sho she said to robert aro are they not a pair upon my word I 1 I 1 that they like each other they see bee no one but themselves they are na as those biose apart walked with the lady bess after dinner for it would seem that they still had many things to may eay to nali each other when they returned mrs winthrop invited them to come with stobert to sup at her ter home a week later 1 I shall try to have 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 mades the walk ended at the lattern latt cra door a as night was wai falling hr andA and lira kIrs drade brade still hall had the light hearts bearth or of a better time and environment they were nearing forty denra of age sir mr drade had bought and was clearing a big tract of land and proposed to be a planter with a tenantry the inny help us we are cheerful not yet by the heavy troubles that have corne come to ninny of those around us wo we have horses every day wo we ride through the dusky wood to tile the plantation far beyond tile tha neck and look after tile the workers and have excellent mv ellent good times at homo home bess keeps tile the house merry and us longing for old england fjald her husband still with my family my pit pipe my task and my horses I 1 maka anak out very well 1 I bear liehr flint there are llona lions and tigers and un unicorns leorns far back in the wilderness suld said robert mr made said only god knows vital Is in for back in the tha wilderness some rome any it Is 19 wider than the tha sea ben there lire are indians worse than the roost most cruel beast they subject their captives to tho the vilest torment bilut the near Ll are now friendly and roundabout us there are no beasts to harin one save wolves that sometimes kill hill the sheep 11 at the tha door mrs tirade said to the young rien men you will find a welcome in our home zabeth turned to william saying with a smiles smile queen mary said bald to tile the poet who lind had kept her waiting young man you know your duty it if you vou lite anre et cureless ireless you may find your lie head ad in a basket some lay day 1 I think that mine Is missing now avns lila ills laughing answer when tho the young men were gone anti and the slavo lind admitted the tirades braden to their home the lady iless bess began let him light the 0 rushes I 1 must talk to you I 1 am like columbus when lie saw the green shores in the west 11 what have you discovered 11 her ber fattier ainther asked tho the the alio one man danl I 1 I 1 swear it by the beard of pharaoh ile iio came liere partly because of 0 a speech of grandfathers now newt that Is what I 1 call destiny she told them of all that tant tile young man ilion had said as it it had been as precious ns the wisdom of solomon and ot of the noble look ot of blin in saying it slie cile crowned tier her enthusiasm with it trembling seriousness ile he Is adorable I 1 haap bald that the words of 11 argaret wynthrop to her husband in the letter which lie he read to nip me were not well chosen I 1 was a tool fool I 1 could tow now valta them myself 11 1 I that I 1 iny always be pleasing to thee I 1 will gay any to thee as abigail said to david I 1 will be a servant to the feet of my lord boswell drade brude and his wife were laughing my ly lady bassill said he tills this Is lite like you nn avalanche of enthusiasm I 1 I 1 knew it would come that way ile strain yourself we know little of tho the young man ill write to U england ng for or information the girl said you tou may write but 3 1 I 1 nin am not afflicted with dim eyes and the ignorance of age more blore was said but that Is enough A dialogue in the room of tile the young men imen that night was of a like nature robert nobert said coming home you were vere ns as one counting the stars 1 I spoke poke but you yoa did not hear me ari are 00 wr UIT william answered if I 1 am it la is a kind hind ot of illness of which I 1 would to god 11 there were no cure ur I 1 think in I 1 it some oni enchantment such as aa we have seen in the pretty comedies ot of will shakespeare that smile I 1 those eyes and lips and hands and shoulders and all that la Is behind them they broke tile the oil shell ell of some sleeping thing in me it has come to life I 1 could eyen even believe everything that romeo and juliet said to each other at the when we went up to london gods in my y wit witness nessi I 1 I 1 could go out find and sing t to the moon walt valt till youre engaged said rt robert obert then you have a license to bo be even nit an idiot solos soloa to the moon ar are e like a logs dogs sorrow ducts dues are bl better t ter just now I 1 recommend a caid tub the young men sat mat and looked at each other and laughed th the 0 final scene in tills little comedy ot of youth old as human biliman joy came a week later after a supper aupper party at mrs william walked home with the lady jady atess at nine hush lights were aglow in the tirade brade parlor would tie lie come in and sit bit down a while ile he would they sat down together bile began the dialogue by saying 1 I like to hear bear you talk about the stars fit ars lie ile answered 1 I never saw their beauty until I 1 came here are they not as beautiful in england yes but my eyes have changed changed I 1 how may that be MA 7 7 the girl said you may write but 1 1 am not afflicted with dim eyes eye and the ignorance of aoe age As sho she spoke she turned to him with a look of interest would you care to know well vell my great need to la know knowledge knowledg led c slie she smiled tier her fingers playing with the lace on her breast 1 I think that I 1 will not tell you sho bile sighed and looked into his eyes saying you ret get me burning with curiosity and then throw cold wafer wat er on ni me the young man looked at her ills masslon broke its fetters of restraint 11 my dear what have you done to me he asked 1 I too am burning in me fhe same tire fire it if I 1 am to have a bath of void cold water I 1 ns as well ret get it now ns as later inter you have lent your beauty to nil all ifa nature ture I 1 see it everywhere I 1 love you tell me ani am I 1 to be crowned with rold gold or with thorns lie iia took her hand ban she withdrew it lind turned away from him covering her face and said old astonishment does not become roe me I 1 must hide a moment 1 I will not try to hide the truth because I 1 cannot it Is too bis to be hidden then it longs to be discovered she uncovered her face that assumed a took look of pained surprise it vanished bed in a euille slie bile took ills his hand haild in liem hers and whispered 1 I am sorry lie he lin answered your eyes and your words are in disagreement how can call I 1 love you I 1 do not even know you it la 14 easy to know me I 1 show you my heart there Is nothing in n it save luy illy love of you tell roe nie how to win you for I 1 must have you for lily lay own she bile held his hand in tiers hora ns as she said tills Is madness try to 1 pu ut it out of your heart it it Is propos bible able tell my fattier of it I 1 am sure that lie could help you put it away it if not come back bach to me lite and I 1 will soon convince you that I 1 um am not worth the bother let us now talk of sheep aud and vows cows no it if wo change our theme theine let us speak of snails snail and turtles think of the wooing of a snail even a young and winsome snail she aw answered with a 1 laugh i 1 I think it would be a dull affair then why should I 1 amit imitate to I 1 itt called have I 1 not what our will berf called the bounding pulse of youth site she felt her wrist saying 1 I think that mine needs needa more stimulation there was an invitation in her eyes and nd ho he tried to kiss her but she resisted him As Will william fain arose to go she added consider the humble snail lie ile never hurries the lucky snail has no clock it la Is late in boston even now I 1 must argue with tile the constable at the door elie she whispered come hack back to me after you have seen my father whatsoever lie he may say she stood close to him looking into ills his eyes ile he embraced her and their lips lipp met then she ole suld in a whisper you thief now go home and forget all about tills this if you can it if you can lie said to himself as lie ile went awny away what a pretty bit of impudence I 1 CHAPTER III roberts robert love affair and tho the social earthquake in new boston william had ills his talk with mr ir drade brade the man was kind and favorably disposed but firm as a rock personal and family pride were strong in him 1 I set you a hard task but it Is in one nna to test your worthiness said he you shall be welcome to our horne home as often na as you wish to enter it this I 1 say because we like you and further your people hut you must your word of honor as a gentleman that you will seek no further progress in tills this affair until I 1 am better informed william gave ills hla word find and kept it still it wai was impossible that no progress should be made in that affair william came to the house and returned to his home and no word 0 of f love was spoken but youth has its way of speaking without words the young men bought a pair of flemish mares and on the approval of 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 a good and 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 live 1 I in tents it was when alien william had taken water tor for plymouth to hire men and buy horses that robert went fo call on the braden sir mr brade was wag not nt at home robert sat down to talk with the lady ness bess and her mother q 1 I camo came in the hope of finding mr arado here lie he began william and I 1 grew up together I 1 am quite a rogue lie ile la Is the most innocent crea ture I 1 have ever known and tile the most generous it Is unnecessary to keep these young people waiting for the tha slow ships I 1 could not walt wait madam one look in n pair of eyes eyel like those ot of your daughter and roy my promise would be forgotten Wil william linin la Is different you could search tho the world and fand no higher type of gentleman I 1 ca came in 0 to say tills this and having said it anti and more even than I 1 intended to say I 1 shall RO go when lie ho was gone bess turned to her mother saying paying A gallant fascinating cina eina ting beautiful danl 1 I tear fear that lie he Is a subtle rogue of 0 a man I 1 her mother answered you 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 ana deeply impressed by the girls beauty tills this verdict was too severe it would seem that many women of the tha colony entertained suspicions of young men who were handsome hand soma and unattached especially if they were of the tha gentry arid and lately arrived wild rumors often followed them on the tha wings of tile vind there was little reading but that which the bible nt at fordfd corded news went by word of mouth therefore the tongues of tile the ladles ladies were well developed however it must be that robert had been moved by tile the best of motives in ills errand their house was finished and furnished a simple wooden structure of f live 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 margaret hooper recommended by doctor cotton was their housekeeper A comely young of about thirty whose husband worked in newtown came every day to do their cooking and milking going goldik homo home nt night her name won wag mabel hartley TO nn L CONTINUED |