Show 0 WO LVE OF HE RP 0 1 0 0 0 0 by RANDALL PARRISH 1 Col Might by A u C mcclurg Mut lure tc cu co foreword anson carlyle Carly tc aged twenty three the ninth in descent from capt geoffry carlyle of glas gow scotland was amono among tho the heroic canadian dead at almy ridge unmarried and the last of his line what few treasures lie he possessed fell ell into alien hands among these was a manuscript apparently written in tit the year 1687 and whick which through nine generations had been carefully preserved yet never made public the paper was yellowed ye loved and discolored by years occasionally a page pace was missing and the writing itself had become bacome almost In indecipherable decipher much indeed had to be traced by use of a microscope the writer was evidently a man of some education and clear thought but exceeding diffuse in accordance with the style of his time and possessing small conception of literary form it editing this manuscript for mod ern readers I 1 have therefore been compelled to practically rewrite it entirely retaining merely the essential facts with an occasional descriptive passage although I 1 have conscientiously followed the original develop merit ment of the tale in this reconstruction st much quaintness of language as well as appeal to probability may have been lost and for this my only excuse Is the necessity of thus making the story readable I 1 have no doubt as to its essential truth nor do I 1 question the which dominated this rover of the sea in his effort to record the adventures of his younger life As a picture of thase days of blood and courage as well as a story sto y of love and devotion I 1 deem li 1 worthy preservation regretting only the impossibility of now presenting it in print exactly As s written by geoff jeoffry ry carlyle R P CHAPTER 1 1 I 1 sent bent into servitude knowing this to bo ba it narrative of unusual adventure and one which may mak never even be read until long titter I 1 have departed from this world when it will lp bp 1 it to convince renders aint such allne as tire herein depleted could ever have been reality I 1 shall endeavor to each incident lit in tile tho simplest manner lunnar possible sly bly only purpose Is truth and my only witness vIt ness history yet even now lately ns as this sill nil it Is more ilko the recollections of a dream dimly ro re nt awakening and perchance cr might remain so BO but for tile alio gears upon my body and tho constant memory of a womans comans face these alone combino to bring bock in vividness those days unit that were wens days of youth auh and daring of desperate lawless war of wido ocean peril and the outstretched hands bands of love lae so that here where I 1 am ain writing wilting it 11 till nil down hero here amid quietness and pence and forgetful of tho ilia past I 1 wander again along it deserted shore arid sall sail among those isles of ft a southern sea tile the homo home for ninny it century of crime celiac and un tin crucify I 1 will recall tile the truth find and ciui call do no more it was stall blell early morning when wo were brought out under henty heavy guard and marched somberly forth through tile opened gates elites of the jail attend ahead we could perceive n forest of masts and what ant like a vast crowd of walling waiting people that wo had been sentenced to exile to prolonged servitude in some foreign land was nil that nay any of us knew the Tho guards prodded tho the crowd sa savagely abely y with tile butts of thele their mus ke thus making scant room for ug to shuffle through out upon ilia far end of the wharf where we were halted abreast of at a lumping brig apparently nearly ready for ben there were acro moro more hall forty of us its I 1 gained galmed of the hookers name romping hatsy of plymouth A moment ment later inter a allor passed along tile tho edge of the dock and instantly a whisper passed swiftly from mail inon to niazi man its ia virginia matel were bound for virginia tile the eyes of a prisoner me met mine virginia hoy hey ho he grunted efto a sal lorman aint ye 50 mute well then whar Is this yero virginia Virgin la nil right jun funtes tes I 1 returned cheerily well fall into the hands handi of englishmen out there in america chero till nil the tobacco comes from ive been there hero twice talc and to a land beyond they mil call maryland ais a n country not so BO unlike england yei better stow blow that my iny man growled someone have me and I 1 looked up nto into the stern e eyes es of the captain of the lio guard or it inny bo a tho the eat tor yo ye so yeve cac been ter abe hio virginia rtin llo hav ye then v VO must bi master X take it IL I 1 heerd tell about yo nt at the trial but supposed yo yc ter bo be tin nn older man 1 I till twenty six 11 yo dont look even thet ay ready midy for yo ye now fall in then all of yer step along yer d d rebel scum I 1 I 1 stored aft tit at the lie poop devic deck there were acro it a number of persons gathered along the low rail probably all passengers then my eyes encountered a strange group foregathered fore gathered beside the ice 1 co nill there four in tile little party ono one of them it i another was learly clearly enough a colonial proprietor a heavily built man of middle age purple aneed I 1 passed these by with it a glance my pA attention concentrating upon the other two ivo a middle aged man find and a young woman standing side ride by side tile former waa a dashing lo looking oldrig blade of not eiore than forty attired lit in blue slashed coat ornamented with gilt buttons and be decked nt at collar and cuffs with a profusion of luce lace A saffron colored waistcoat failed to conceal ills his richly be ruffied shirt and the tilt of a rapier was rather prominently displayed such dandles dandies were frequently enough seen but it vas this mans face which mado made marked contrast with his gay attire ile ho was dark and hoo hook k nosed apparently of foreign birth with blade black mu tightly clipped so its as to reveal tile the thin firmness of ills his lips and even tit nt that distance I 1 could perc elvo tho the lines of a sear scar across ilia chin altogether there wits was an ail audacity to his face a daring convincing me ino lie was no mere ladys knight but one ode to whom lighting fighting was a trade ile iio was pointing us its out to his comp companion anlon apparently joring joking over our appearance in an ail endeavor to amuse seemingly site sho gave small hood heed to his words for although her eyes followed where lie ho pointed they never once lighted a smile nor lid did I 1 see tier her enswor ills his sallies she was scarcely more than a girl bromil very simply in some clinging dark sturt stun with a n loose gray cloak draping tier her shoulders and a small neat bonnet of straw perched upon a mass of coiled called hair bair the faco face beneath was sweetly piquant with dark eyes and rounded cheeks flushed sheil with health she stood both hands clasping tile rail watching us intently I 1 somehow felt as though tier her ores eyes were upon me and within their depths oven even nt at that hint distance I 1 seemed to rend read a iness message ngo of sympathy and kIndric sj the ono one lasting impression tier her face left on rny my memory was that of innocent girlhood dignified by a womanly tenderness what were those two to each other I 1 could not guess for they seemed from two utterly different worlds not what were those two to each other brother and sister surely and not lovers tho the last was unthinkable instinctively I 1 disliked the man mail abaro of an anif instant antagonism realizing that flint lie ho was evil while ilia his companion ramo came to ilia 1110 as of till that was Ns truo true and worthy in a degree I 1 halt no nj ter r known before from the instant I 1 looked upon these two I 1 felt convinced that lint through sonie some strange vagary of fate wo we were destined to know more of each other that our life lines were ordained to touch and bacomo entangled somewhere intent mystery of ll 11 tile 0 o western world to which I 1 lint had boon been condemned then the guards came to me arid and with my limbs freed of fetters I 1 was passed town down th steep ladder into tile between decks where wo we wore were to bo be confined it proved n dismal crowded hole in which wo we were quartered like so many entile cattle if the only I 1 ventilation and light furnished by tile the oron oren hatch above tho the ticket given mo me called by number tot for a certain berth ant and I 1 found this throwing with in the small bundle I 1 bore bora almost there was a sound bound ot of train Ping fee feet on oil the derk deck above and um ilia of blocks then a sud lea den movement of tile duill told ellwo were under way CHAPTER 11 II the prison ship doyag the greater portion of that voyage e of ca days I 1 would blot entirely front from memory possible it lt I 1 cannot hope to describe it lit in any dethill tho I 1 foul sni ells ls tile discomfort the ceaseless horror of food tho the close companionship of men turned into mere anani ahls by suffering and distress the aearl follo days tile the black sleepless sleep lesi nights tile the poisonous air and the brutality of guards I 1 can never forget these things lings ti for they haqq scarred my soul tho the hatch above remained open but carefully guarded night and day while we were w cro permitted on oil leek deck for air arid and exer elso only in squads of ten two hours out of every twenty four th a alone served to break the dread monotony of the voyage from our exer else clao on deck wo we generally returned be low dren trenched clied to the skin lut but glad gladdo to even pay that price for two hours of fresh air and in an opportunity to gaze about at sea and sky we were herded well forward a rope dividing us its from ilia main deck which spare space the passengers aft used na as a promenade there were only three women aboard a fat dowager the young oung lady I 1 had noticed at embarkation and tier her colored maid I 1 gained but one glimpse of the alie young lady in the alio elret two weeks at sea and then only as wo were being ordered down to our quarters for the night just ns as I 1 was approaching pro pron aching chIng the hatch batch to descend our eyes cyca met fairly and finst antly knew saw find and recognized me tor for a single second our glances clung its aa though some mysterious influence held us to ench each other then the angry guard struck mo me with the ilia sto stock IC k of his piece what er yo ye stand ln ferl fer he demanded savagely go do on down lively now I 1 saw tier lier clasping lingers fingers convulsively grip the rail and evenal that distance marked inar ked a sudden flame of color its in her cheeks checks that was nil all her message to me yet quite enough although we had never spoken although attlio ugh our names were yet unknown I 1 was no criminal to her ter mind no unrecognized prisoner beneath contempt but tt human being ln in whom sho she already felt a personal interest and to whom site extended thought thou git and sympathy I 1 continued entirely ignorant of tho the identity identify of tho the young woman she remained jn in my memory in my thoughts name acis re Ns a dream rather than a i reality I 1 lid did learn flint tile the gny gay gallant was a spaniard supposedly of high birli by name sanchez and tit at inq almo thi le in the naval service arid and likewise ascertained the rotund planter was n certain roger fairfax of saint marys in maryland aryland lil homeward bound ter a successful sale of hta his tobacco crop in london it his visit to the grent great city that lio lie had met sanchez and ills his eralso of ali the colonies had induced the latter to essay a voyage in its ills company to america dut strange enough no one so much us ns mentioned the girl lit in connection with either cither man CHAPTER III dorothy fairfax wo we were not far from two hundred kllc s cast of tilt the capes I 1 had been closely confined to tny iny bunk for two alays with illness but now somewhat stronger lind hall been ordered to deck by lio ilia surgeon su egeon tile last batch of pris otters titter after their short hour of recreation hall biad been returned to the lie quarters below but I 1 was permitted to remain alone undisturbed I 1 was still standing thero there absorbed when a voice sort soft spoken and feminine broke tile tho silence slay I 1 speak with willi you i turned instantly so thoroughly surprised my volca olac faltered as I 1 gazed into tile tho upturned face of the questioner sho she stood directly beside me tier her hend uncovered I 1 li my cap was off and I 1 ans be homing ing courteously most certainly with a quick side glance toward tile tho guard but I 1 am a prisoner of course I 1 know that in smiling confidence confluence only sou see be I 1 am rather it privileged character on board per imps you tiny may bo be punished lied it if you talk with mlis mela that what you yet meant 11 1 I nut am more than willing to assume the risk I 1 have made few friends forward null am even bold enough to say that I 1 have longed for a word with you ever since I 1 first saw you yet aboard captain carlyle finds a friend but at the same came time he finds ft rids that he has an enemy on board the romping betty his enemy warns that ho he will get act revenge but why geoffry G joffry racks his brain in n vain forche for the answer I 1 U TU it nu I 1 CON |