Show 1 EEircrI 1 f it i t i L J 1 I r The Snh Mari Being an Account of the Finding of the Lost Treasure ot the Hallowell Family Justin Hallowen was 3 clerk in the EhippinS house of his Puritan uncle in Boston and Oziel Haskett was a sturdy country boy and Justins constant con-stant companion On 3 summers afternoon some two hundred years aO these two young men were returning by boat from a hunt At the beach rustIns uncle Gabriel Ga-briel lIurrin and a stranger awaited them A uarrel followed in which the stranger took the part of the boys IIurrin tuntd Justin about the ill omened Snakes mark on the boys forehead and in the confusion which followed the outbursts of anger Mur rln was struck down The stranger no revealed as Dixey Lynch a friend I of the elder Hallowell charged Justin I with the crime of murder CHAITER II FLIGHT WITH DLXEY LYKCH The young men looked on the stranger with omDlete dismay and i again on the motionless body with hor rorloolte on the still lum on the shingle Ii black shadow that was a moment before so brisk Night had rl nla1 fairly aUen now and all 1 about was i silent and dark The lights f Boston town lay not far away 31d there came faintly from the sr S the hum of vices but nearer ther as no person esih aave themseivc ar J f of the rush an crazl r ld backward I t I = = = l 1 i 1 ii4 II 1 r iirII I I t 4c t4 I r 1 i rf Ii 1I I t t i 1t i yi ii t l lt l t f ff f I h f fi i n I i jr jf j r I jt L iIl t lit v5 fr f r r I i 2W I I tT = ¼ WEBRE IS BB SHB CRIED BJ AS 1m REARDP RAS 1m FLED ALRADYP f rl l v13h ot waves brGakirn on the shore TuaUn said no further word but tood all of a tremble Oziel went up to f him and t > laced his strong arm round I the lads shoulder and Justin slid his nand in the other ripping hard 11 he rcInuked at last I did not strike him At that the stranger broke once more t t into hIs ugly laugh a cackle in his I throat which seemed less of mirth than c mali nave no shame my boy for the i 1 bloW said he Twas prettily timed 1 t Intl atuck home like t 3 masters 1 Etrokr l r I But I Ud not strike It cried JusUn nuln pwsslonately On my hoh laS r I 3 gentleman Oziel I did not I hated him and was hot at his word but I would notkill him Oziel felt the sweat break out at the word on the hand within his Fallalab sang out the tall man with great cheerfulness What matters mat-ters it whether YOU did or note None saw it but us three and Dixie Lynch had no such iJassing love for old Gabriel Ga-briel here who was but a skinflint trader as ever shaved a hide as to I start a hue and cry after his murderer mur-derer The vile name roused Oziel ever I ready to stand by his friend fair Marian Mar-ian Hallowells cousin You go too fast sir cried he in anger If Tustin says he did not strike why he did nat and theres an end to it Who says he didlies I HoIa What big woodsman have we here that sings so cavalierly cried Dixie Lynch and stEpped up to peer more closely at the huge American He looked with a most ferocious glare straight at Oziels eye his Land seekIng seek-Ing hIs belt where peeped a pIstol but Hasket eyed him squarely nor qUaiJ ed and the seaman growling In his lean throat turned quickly from him arid soke to Justin Young Master Hallmell said he and with no aarent effort but with complete naturalness he dropped the bluff coarseness of hIs manner and spoke most civilly Young Master Hal lowell if it be your pleasure to disown 3 stout lIck as neatly placed lS might he on a dark evening so let it be It will matter little to Gabriel now who struck him sa twas done POl thy big friend twere well for him to give the lie less sharply until he knows to whom he speaks I am not apt ta forgive the likenor to forget nut indeed young sir there 1s no time to tuarrel over the blow now There lies Gamel and if he be not dead he will soon be without apothecary a-pothecary whom our trohlng w1 not fetch Nothing care I for the matter save that I w1Il not stand by and see rour fathers son trappel by these BGs tan magistrates who 1le you not too well 0 I know something of how mat t 1 ters go with you and yu can burn my eyes out if I see Roger llaIlbweUs boy I come to hurt So frankly and sincerely did he speak that Justin spoke up impulsively I thank you sir he said and I would be glad to know more of my poor fathers friend Then be steered by an old hand and a true heart said Lynch bluffly First bear old Gabriel home out of sight of chance passers and let him have secret aid if he be not past it and for yourself I should counsel you to cut hawsers uVsail and bear away with the wind for if all I bean be true the good fonts around here will be gad enough to have this cord to hanS you with Whether the stranger has got his gOssip gOs-sip from old lIIurrfrl himself who was well fined with the chatter of the town or from alehouse scandalmongers neither rustin nor Oziel paused to ask for it was deadly true Justins friendS were few and the mutterers against him many and this assault upon his guardian would end for the lad oneway alone Oziel indeed could not look with favor on the man who had a moment mo-ment since tried to stare IIIm down blusteringly and threatened hIm with a pistol but his advice was wIthout doubt good Justin must fly whether he struck the blow or not far even Oziel himself could not swear who raised the stick in the scuffle in the dark Well bear him home said Oziel and then consider Justin and he took the little scrimped form of the trader and between them bore him off whIle Dixey Lynch swung along by their side softly whistling as though on not so strange an errand Half way to the IurIIn house which the rich man had lately built on the outskirts of the town the bearers paused Go on Ozlel and make ready and this gentleman will doubtless help me on said Justin for the same thought had come to both that Mistress rarla1 was alone save for two servantS whom it were well to Set out of the way The stranger stopped histIlng and ap proved but Oziel went forward with some reluctance In the first place he saw no great reason to have the com pan of raster Lynch who lie thought had more profitably showed his gOOdwill good-will to JUstin by going off and keeping silence about a blow whIch the New Englander felt assured he had for some mysterious reason dealt himself I And 1n the second place he was 10th to approach the fairest maid in Boston with such bad news of the cousin she was so fond of Why hide it since he did not from himself Fain wpul4 I Ozlel have had Mistress rallnn smile on him far his awn sake and not for the poor services he was ever YilIing to da Justin in friendships cause in deed but yet for the reward also of a grateful word from her She met him at the door and none of the servants were about yet he n amazed to see her tzenjble hh excite meat as she bade hIm follow her His first thoUght was that the trouble Was known alreadY and old Murrlnp death I rtibo iIiii Ll1 pUbllshd though by what agency he was at a loss to undeitand The gIrl appear d in sorest distress yet disturbed dis-turbed as Oziel was even then he found time to notice hw lovely she was She was about 1 17 like Justin in many features fea-tures but fairers1dnned than he ando and-o 3 sweet face that never stormed with rage like his nor Was it marked with the significant sign of her race the mark that repelled follc when the Hal lowells gloomed Marian in all things conformed to the Puritan standards of dress and demeanor accepUnS them demure de-mure and becoming them while Justin Jus-tin scoffed at their sImplicity desiring the Say colors and rich stuffs of other lands At all times even when they met as chilqren Oziel had been warily respectful respect-ful toher with a modest casnizance of I her greater worth and ever weighred with the knowledge that his presence near her was only tolerated because of the great friendship between her cousin cous-in and him Always he accepted the fact that Justin last of her race the object of her solicitude even in babyhood baby-hood must be first In her thought and In her affection while he with others stood apart but that night the girl was too carried out of herself to trifle with I little ceremonies She caught his hand when they were alone in an upper i chamber her hair flying in brown curls from its bands her cheeks pale and her eyes wet with tears Where Is he she cried Has he heard Has he fled already Is he safe from them Why are you not with him You his old friendUs now he needs you most Oh Oziel I hoped you would stay by him Mistress lrarlan Oziel broke in upon this burst of questions what mean you I nave no thought of leaving leav-ing Justin He is lose by and his uncle HIs uncle Murrin the maid cried aghast Nay he wIll nat raise a finger to save Justin He never loved him and he is carried away himself with this frenzied talk He would hand my cousin over to the magistrates and call It a religious duty Where did you leave Justin He is almost here but Here Bring him not here manTis man-Tis here theyll search far him There are sworn witnesses there are warrants war-rants out already Already cried Justin in utter bewilderment be-wilderment There has not beer time r tell you th people have gone mad Marian said In hurried earnestness earnest-ness Goody Miles is iIi prison on the wQrd of children V no swear she overlooked over-looked them Was ever the like In Salem news comes many are impeached im-peached What chance will there be for my unhappy cousin There are a hundred witnesses to SWear he has harmed them Oziel you know how they taunted hIm as a child at the school And that lamentable mark Even his uncle would testify to the charge of witchcraft Witchcraft crIed Oziel and almost laughed with relief finding the assault at the landing place was unknown But none knew better after a moments thought how much worse this outbreak I out-break of superstitious suspicion made matters He had intended to break the news gently but now he blurted out the truth and while he spoke in came tIm lJearers stealthily by a badk door and laid down the body of the trader on a couch Then Marians courage and control asserted themselves grandly Where Ozlel feared she would weep or scream after the manner of distressed maids she resolutely faced this last blow For I a second she hover about old Gabriel and then holding her tears ran to Justins side and clasped his arm She paM no heed to the presence of the stranger her thought was all of her unfortunate kinsman Very rapidly she told him of the commotion 11 the town of the outcry against witches and wizards wiz-ards of his being accused of the warrant war-rant Issued that aft rnoon of her expectation ex-pectation that any minute might witness wit-ness his arrest and every time she halted for breath she entreated him to fly But Justin greW stubborn and flew intO a passion 18 he always did at the mention of the superstitions which had made his late life 1 burden Justin Cousin Marian urged entreating en-treating him with caresses Remem her It means death They talk of hanging them at Salem For ny sake for your lost fathers sale for tile sake of our home and what your duty Is regarding it fly It wIll be but for a time till this madness vanishes Fly Justin Dbey Lyn h found his tall presence forgotten in this excited talk but the tall seaman toodifithe shadowof a corned and listened with great apparent appar-ent interest Now when Justins wrath flamed he leaned forward with parted lips and watched the lad eagerly eager-ly The youths brow was clearly seen in the light of the candles and on It Dixey Lynchs eyer were intently fixed When Justin stamped his foot as he did and defied the townspeople Lynch drew back ta his corner and an instant change came over him The bluff seaman sea-man who with cynical indifference had watched his friend fall disappeared disap-peared and in his place a delighted triumphant trickster stood His red face broadened to a grin his fingers snapped he turned to the wall as If to hide his glee and with arms akimbo danced lightly on his long legs a quaint step such as merryandrews do for the pleasure of gaping countrymen And while he danced solightly and silently to a ghostly unheard tune he whispered whis-pered as if to the wall in sweet triumphant tri-umphant satisfaction Tis there the marl Fallah fall lab Hes got the marl fallah That mood lasted but an unobserved instant and the next he turned rouna withanother complete change of look and manner The saUorman the mountebank moun-tebank both vanished and he ap proqehed Marian Hallowell with most winning courtesy hat undpr arm and bowing like a lord at court Fair Mistress Marion said he r perceive tonight 1s no time for ceremony cere-mony else wQuld I Introduce myself Captain Dixey Lynch olr the Golden Wish sloop now outside the harbor who is proud to be at your service with more suitable reverence In a manner perhaps I may hold myself responsIble for the lamentable affray in that I did not at once check my old friend GabrIel Gab-rIel who was clearly In the wrong Unless the flicker of th candlelight mocked him at that he leered mal clously on the Old mans form The othors listened to him attentively even larian who had never seen him before be-fore so much ofa part yith the sudden and strange events of the night did his uncallfidfor presence seem Many a trade have I made with GabrIel Ga-brIel Murrin he proceeded but I think I have a better Introduction that that for as I have before this told Mae tel Justin It was my prIvilege to know SIr Roger Hallowell to whom this young gentleman bears a likeness a most extraordinary likeness Here he paused and deliberately held the candle to Justins face A mOst extraordinary likeness he repeated with unction Now Mistress Manian to come briefly to the point I am aware of your dear cousins ill sfanding with the good townspeople Master Murrin has told me of his outspoken out-spoken rayalism a thing which I conceive con-ceive to be unpalatable to the worthy Puritans of New England who I have heard have even bolted too rash tongues for such opinions And as for this witchcraft Justin has belike his fathers eyes and frown which men f are < 1 Oh sir cried 1Iarian you have nOticed it and you knew his father Tis Indeed It these deluded people fear that unhappy frown Sir we are he less but you speak kindly If you cmi aid Justin and myself in this sudden peril remember he is the last of the Hallowe1ls and fr his fathers sake assist him I am a tpan of action but also a man Of sentiment said Lynch to that with a sweeping bow and a smirk hich prejudice might deem half a grin 1 weep for your distress It the watch come here as ou expect with some crazy behagged childs cllargo 1 J 1 1 against your cousIn and find he has slain your uncle No no and Marian hid her face on JustIns shoulder Then tvere farewell life for my old frIends 5OfL And that DLCey Lynch will Drevent ihe may So Mistress Marian dry your eyes Master Justin will you go with me aboard the Golden Wish Whatsayyou to acruise southwards south-wards till the all be healthier for you in Boston and perhaps something In the way of gqd fortune picked up as well Come lad as the sang says The red goldgrows oer the waves of I the sea Where all brave lads are sailinrtt Tis rovidtmce cousin Marian crIed JustIn his eyes adance to the tune and apparently forgetful of his perIl at this chance of adventure Mae ter Lynch I thank you for your offer and prudent Marian herself will say I can do no better than follow my fathers friend J In 2 twinkling he had kissed his cousin goodbY and was on Lynchs arm when that tall rover bowed himself him-self gallantly from Manians presence r I GflThIY IN TUE IIEEDT OP TH L0LY i with scarce alglance at the trader still untended perhaps past attendance on the couch Oziel and Iarian came > to their senses scattered by Dixeys willing will-Ing talk Who was fte after all Vas Justin sae with him Marian turned to the young farmer with entreating hands an deyes Go with him Ozlel she cried See no harm comes to him Maybe Oziels heart felt wou Q1ed that iDl the matter she thought nothing noth-Ing of himself or what he was givIng up of his risk of hIs farm but he hid It well and faithful to his friend true to her he went without a word this last picture o her on his mind as she stood her dainty hands t5lread anti her wet eyes smiling on him i Oziel our oldest truest friend Do not desert us now I To Be Continued I |