Show A candau in the A tale of the beginning of new england J Y IRVING BACHELLE R service copyright by trying bacheller cheller Ca THE STORY robert heathers and william leave england in 1634 for or the new world they are welco welcomed m ed it at bobson Boat onby by rev doctor otton cotton C and make acquaint ance anc e with aboa amoa A aa 1 atran veteran and woodsman woodsman heydon falls alls in I 1 love 0 ve with elizabeth drad brad T the h e young men settle lettle down to the life of the colonists ad adverse v arse comment forces them to die vense with their pretty cook avabel hartley nobert la Is omit t ten n with peggy weld who Is enraged to james rosewell Roa ewell mabel hartley artley and a youth whom dah be aej Y a was waa bedon hedon Iley dDn are accused accuse of 0 adultery 21 tery cleydon and heathers disappear heydon la in apprehended d and refusing 1 ing to talk Is in found 9 allty H heathers and bead hea for now ew amsterdam and I 1 begins begin to point po int to the former borrner or belief grows crows that heydon la in shielding his friend CHAPTER V continued 11 they lay motionless with strained ears soon they could hear plainly the stroking of at least a dozen paddles paddies then deep raucous voices tha that reminded the young gentleman of the grunting of swine in a moment the fleet feet ot 01 canoes could not have been w more 0 re than a bowshot away their luck was now getting gettin gIts its severest test they could only lie still and awalt the issue robert felt a pain in the hand that held his paddle ills his muscles were tense and the pressure of his bla hand had increased with ills his peril the sounds came nearer and suddenly began to recede in the di distance siance behind bliem the fleet had passed bound for the sast east shore fortunately they had not come near enough to be visible the sounds grew fainter and were soon out of hearing amos laughed under hla his breath and then whispered the devil and his dogs I 1 was ye sheered skee robert answered chook 11 li hoort like fik a shirt in the wind were you boy f T wont lie to ye I 1 was to spit for a minute I 1 were a bit cold and I 1 sweat like a pitcher full 0 01 ice they putt put their beir strength to the paddles and in halt half an hour or so they saw caw a thickly wooded shore looming out of the tog fog they made their way through dry dead umber to a landing there they left leff the raft put on their packs and pushed through a thicket and up a long slant to the top of a high ridge above the mist where a grateful breeze came out of the west near them a landslide had gone down the steep rock slope with an acre of timber in its arms there they could look out upon a great spread of country covered with varl tinted verdure I 1 it la Is likely that no white mans eye save eave theirs had seen its wild beauty look therel there I 1 amos whispered no end to it I 1 I 1 reckon its ita like it were when god divided the light from the darkness and set the stars in heaven beave ii 11 and think of the strange wild beauty of this leehe scene and for ages untold tolano no eye to see bee it but gods amos took ills his two books from his wallet one was tilled filled with notes and maps he passed basded it to robert saveng sit down here and read my diary whiles I 1 go on with alje map in this other book so it befell that robert real read the full particulars of Tod kills meeting with john sump samp amos had been thoughtless in the matter for the young man now reading them those pages were full fall of soul fire A t thing hing had happened which he could not have foreseen ile he had never dreamed that ills going would put ills his friend in peril ile he had supposed that ills his disappearance would be accepted its as a confession the coat the unexpected testimony of the woman and williams unaccountable wandering in the woods had bad defeated his purpose ile he had felt sure that the woman would have sense enough to hold her tongue lie ile sprawled on the ground writhing in distress of mind amos saw it and tame came to 6 his side If liati the trouble boy he eked asked my friend my best friend Is in danger of the gallows ile he may be dead now robert answered dont worry to begin with the word of a tipsy constable Is not worth a cracked faithful I 1 give a pennys dennys worth ol 01 0 the day for all his talk it if william Is convicted why does he come after you but suppose that samp told the truth they will not hang bang ahlam VH lam why they dont believe he did it why the court has sent for you they say you must be the guilty nan man or ye have run away on the tavern ship youve got the reputation 0 0 abeln a devil with the gals I 1 dont know how ye got it probably from the busy tongues ay 0 the women you like a joke better than mutton william Is faced lie he can laugh but he looks and talks more like a godly man every one likes him iles as friendly as a house cat lies hes round and youre four cornered folks may like ye or not the whole to town w n Is sure cure that ho he Is not guilty and that you be why the old tub samp come up the shore to nail us you worry bout william never hang him too many friends amongst the great men theres some harm proof lies iles one of 0 em cm these words were a comfort to the young man 1 I dont know what to do hebald he said sald W we e cannot go back ba back k 1 amos exclaimed Il hells ells 9 gr riddia iddles 1 not nol id rather try to dodge the thick as flies in savage as a bear with cubs and get to some dutch town weve had bad luck in gettin hwe here wed never get back I 1 reckon well make the big lake in two days and a sleep in this moon I 1 feel the suck auck 0 the south on me well try our luck in the mohawk country theres water most 0 the way down to the big dutch island if ye take my advice yell keep away from rom the colony leastways till winter weather has cooled em cm off I 1 reckon we better take a ship tor for holland if we can sneak through well go south it if you think theres a chance athance to get through said robert 1 I wish we had tried the sea aea ye might as well sing a psalm over a dead horse amos answered W well of 1 I arn myself convinced that he I 1 guilty get out ol 01 0 this puppy snatch dont worry the old pioneer had a different sort of comrade to deal with now ona one who had suddenly changed from a confiding youth filled with a boys relish for adventure to a stern faced man i come on he be said WWII well take another shoemakers holiday CHAPTER VI A seething broth and the pot that held it robert heathers concern tor for the s safety a fety of his friend william was well founded nearly five weeks passed the constable had not returned word came that his overturned shallop had been discovered and that samp was drowned heathers had got away the riffraff was laughing at the court declaring that the law was only tor for the poor everywhere except with sir harry vane and the lady bess feeling ran high against william heydon hey don ile he felt it in his prison william wrote to roswell brade offering the lady bessher bess her freedom and even urging that she take it 1 I can never love another woman he wrote but it may be that she can love another men man she was born for happiness and it Is her duty to find it brade came to see him and asked him for the truth william did not answer the question quentio n returning from the prison mr brade called his wife and daughter into council ue he said the more I 1 study the matter the darker it becomes william will give nie me no light why if he Is innocent and Is trying to shield his friend robert clobert ileath heathers ers why can be not confide his secret to me ile he should know that I 1 would not betray it ft the tha posture of the case Is critical if he confessed now he be would go BO to the gallows lie ile may go eo to the gallows without confession these magistrates tire stern men I 1 have conferred with one of them today uc he feels that their evidence warrants the maln of death 1 I say again steadfastly that I 1 believe him innocent said bess but you are almost alone in that I 1 am myself convinced that he Is guilty we ere are humiliated by our as eo so clatton clation with this man who if he Is in not guilty does docs not trust us with the truth guilty or innocent as I 1 have said before he is disgraced there thera la in but one thing for us to do we must g get e t away from these troubles and go back to england for a time you and your mother are in such a nervous condition that living with you has become a burden we must get away from these deplorable excitements excite ments or we shall all be dead for a time the girl stood against these convictions renewed and amplified day by day for a week she called sir harry vane to her aid but to no avail adall her father would not be persuaded by his arguments roswell oswell Il crade brade was an able and a stubborn gentleman he appealed to her pride prid and her sense of gratitude ile he was slow blow to use his authority its as the head of the house and it must most be remembered that in the seventeenth century it was a power to which women were wont to yield without question they might think of independent action but if so BO they did it secretly r bess had to yield at last and so BO it came about that this letter was written my dearest I 1 love you As long as I 1 live I 1 will love you yet our ship Is wrecked its freight ot of happiness Is lost if I 1 could have my way I 1 would stay here and do what I 1 can for you but you give me no rock to st stand a nd upon and I 1 am nearly drowned in these chilling waves of opposition we get no assurance from you that the disgrace you suffer to Is undeserved mine are a proud and stern people what have I 1 to sustain roe me in opposing them save my faith in youl you your words io to me how are they to be interpreted what can I 1 do but bend to the will of my parents and return to my home in england and cherish a memory of days and of a face dearer than all others I 1 cannot blame my father for when I 1 search by own heart I 1 find in it a degree of pride it Is a thin thing g born in roe me I 1 cannot help it if it ft be wrong I 1 ask my god to forgive me I 1 ask also that ile he will give you strength and comfort according to your need sincerely your friend elizabeth brade thus gently and truthfully the lady bess broke with william heydon and surrendered when the battle was by no means lost however it must be said that she could not foresee What was coming william laid no blame upon her ile he knew too well the pride of the born bom aristocrat she had ire resisted it for a time but it was bound to have its ita way soon after the bandes took a ship for england meanwhile the clamor of the people for justice grew something had to be done again william faced the stern magistrates ile he only asked for mere mercy y and reused refused to plead ile he would neither deny nor affirm his guilt the magistrates were confronted hy by a new and a highly serious problem in england the penalty for refusing to plead had been the pressing machine designed design sign d to convince the felon of his error or falling failing in that after a severe pinching it proceeded to destroy him no enlightened person in the colony could countenance that kind hind of practice was not the presser a tool of the spirit from which they had fled indeed certain of their kin had suffered death in its embrace the magistrates retired for deliberation the evidence was in their view conclusive A sufficient majority agreed that the prisoner should die on the gallows they returned to deliver their verdict sir harry vane was in court ile he saw in their faces the doom of the prisoner ile he consulted a moment with winthrop and dudley who enter tallied a high regard for the baronet ills his handsome face and figure his magnetic personality his brilliancy and good sense sensa together with the prestige of ills his family and the eminence of hla his father had made him a power to be reckoned with in spite of ills his liberal puritanism too advanced for the taste aaste of certain churchmen even the fishermen took oft their hats in his presence while goodmen and gentlemen agreed that he should be ba the next governor TO BE CONTINUE Dl |