Show 1 14 LIE z IN TH E FN F als mitale WN U ft of a atrit S n jda vf C tek ly y I 1 IRVINO I 1 N 6 BACHELLER BAC BAIC HELLER HELLE R THE STORY robert nobert heathers and william H heydon yefin to escape secular and religious tyranny leave england in 1631 for the new world CHAPTER I 1 continued 2 they had been more than sixty days at sea when they came into a breathless less calm the captain was worried as n night abt fell lie ile said that he saw in the darkness a strange light resting for a moment on the mast ile ho was watching for it to reappear it wag a bad sign he said it if it came not again the passengers could hear distant til und e r and a strange roaring beyond the horizon in the southwest then they were driven under hatches all save will cleydon he don a favorite of the captain the young man aad had be begged aged for the privilege ege of staying in the weather to lend a hand in case of need by the ship lay tit at hull bull in a mighty wind A mast was cut flown down before daylight the waves had beat oft off the roundhouse lie ile who cund the hie ship had to he be lashed to ills his place for fear of washing away when the storm passed the handmaid was so foundered in the sea that none thought she could rise again the frantic bellowing of the cattle which lind had ben been a part of the tumult had ceased they were v ere dead the sea was going down all able bodied men were summoned to the pumps three dais aa s and nights they we were e lifting water while the carpenters were making repairs rs soon the ship began to rise then all heard how william lashed to the stern stays when a great wave swept tile deck had seized the captains waist ant and kept him from going overboard A fair wind favored them they spread what sails they could carry the wind quickened to a gale and sped them landward in two more weeks on a flood tide they swung into portsmouth harbor it was a warm bright day the land odors and the look of the shore filled the adventurers with a great joy they were all on dock deck many having lost their clothes in the storm were ragged and halt half clad caan john as lie he was familiarly called addressed them briefly as follows tile savages say 0 the whites that they are the people who talk with god I 1 reckon that you know why we do it it if you have it before youre likely to got get the habit comin over when its the toss ot of a penny between port and a sea grave nobody Is careless in choos ln between god and the devil in tact fact apt to be careful a long time after that has happ happened entil now let us all bow our heads and do a little private it seemed as it if all the tha good people of portsmouth were crowded about the landing with furs seashells sea shells fish indian arrows and other merchandise crying their wares barei next day the young men and some others took water for boston in a shallop with all their goods boston was a lusty young village of 0 more than a hundred houses in it scatter of green trees there were two hills bills nest dext to the sea ben some of the smaller houses were built of tree with tile the bark on them some of frames covered with clapboards with breakneck roofs in the rear A few were built of brick and stone and roofed with slate or planks on oil well we 1 1 ordered comely streets were a mill mi i 1 a smithy a fish market an inn and a number of stores stoics trading mainly in furs clothing linen hardware wampum and fishing gear robert and william went to the inn and after afdera a day of looking about to the house 0 of f rev john cotton whose hands ha had d touched their heads in blessing when tie he was the vlear vicar of st a 1 magnificent church of that parish parl sli by common report the alio greatest in en england they were familiar with the thrilling story of Us ills escape in disguise from the high commission of the king and ills his violent lo lent pestering bishop hnud lie was a graduate of trinity college a fellow and dean of uin em manuels raa nuels college where these boys had spent a year find and had bad hoped to spend other years from tills rich learned and sumptuous elviro environment ament cotton had come to the crude rough wood meeting house on the edge of a vast wilderness as the teacher of the people of new boston mostly unschooled but gerlous minded lie ile received tile tha young men with a warm vi arm heart and the clerical fashion of speech welcome my boesl boyal you are as those come to another planet youth and strength and courage backed with tie the good english blood are needed here I 1 have heard of your jour frightful voyage oaid ot a line fine brave thing geydon dd the young man inan was quick to answer IF am sorry borry I 1 do not want a reputation to live up to that iz Is on so poor a footing let me be known only as one who hates oppression and who has come here to be rid of 0 it and to help build up a better england the great man put ills his hand on the boys shoulder saying ending your talk Is like ike a breath from the beloved lands one knows what to expect from a well bred englishman you will hear bear much talk of another kind roundabout us are many lewd and common folk we have hae a hard time to keep those outside the church within bounds biundi find and certain of those in the fold toward and orderly ord cily satan atan Is as crafty liere as ever he be was in the garden of old often you will be shocked but you will be happy and in the good days coming prosperous I 1 should like to see you bound in wedlock to this new world and stayed among th tho founders of a great commonwealth with a smile robert hobert answered our mothers advise us not to marry here the doctor rejoined 1 I have all deep respect for the good english mothers but they speak with little knowledge of america A great tree free our mothers advise Us not to maa marry hire here god fearing people are growing up here and one can do no better thing for england than give his strength to them it should be done with no reservations you have small comfort standing with a foot in england and the other in ili america I 1 would rather see you marry and become flesh of our flesh here man may not practice or bu submit amit to far too common in the world behind us A man and a woman are now under sentence of death for adultery it Is my duty to make you to know of these new ens eng lish rigidities I 1 am acquainted with lusty youth and its perils not long will yoube jou be happy or contented in this land unless I 1 duly i married we have girls with wilh every grace of 0 mind and person come and line dine with us its tomorrow and you iou shall know that my eyes do not deceive me moreover you shall meet men who can advise in the business you have in mind and perhaps give ghe needed furtherance they were glad to accept ilias this offer of hospitality from the kindly doctor As they were leaving he directed them to an agent of the colony from whom they bought subject to the courts approval a few acres near the home of their friend forthwith they agreed upon plans for the immediate building and furnishing of a house the agent introduced them to an interesting friendly roan man lica heavily vily bearded and a little beyond middle age of the name of amos tills this Is a man of great and diverse adventures said the agent lie ile fought with capt john smith h in pun pan conla and helped him to make a map of this promontory when the wilderness touched the water lie ile Is the famous story teller of massachusetts bay bar ile he knows the savages its as no living white mian knows them was a sinewy broad shouldered ruddy man of medium height beight and keen blue eyes ilia blond hair and beard were streaked with gray ills quick movements and rapid talk ills his prodigious hands and arms be brayed the llon lion ilke vitality and energy wrapped in ills his red skin lie ile pointed out the houses on the hills bills behind and characterized llie men and women mhd lived in them as follows america Is partly rocks I 1 reckon they helped to hold the world down a retty pretty time while it were young and in P the green years they have winds here that would blow the top off 0 hell bell we need weight in the houses to hold em TO down theres there jolin john A big iron c cannon annon loaded with hard opinions opinion st I 1 ue ile Is sure that god agrees with him theres winthrop iles hes a lever among iron men lie ile can move em cm a gall gallant gallatin atit good man I 1 rich learnt I 1 lives la in that long house yonder thomas dudley the governor lives next to winthrop blue blooded I 1 agent and kin 0 the duke 0 northum berland berlau dand and sir phillp philip sidney 1 iron man I 1 gats cuts 0 brass I 1 hates light stuff beware 0 light carriage and light words when lies lookin I 1 reckon he thinks that god Is a dudley and as easy insulted but hold up yer hearts its a buxom busom land I 1 want to take ye to a wit anda and a scholar knew I 1 will shakespeare and den ben jonson lies iles the Ithe hermit 0 the promontory ile he hired a birch bark canoe find and paddled the young men cn across a cove to the little hut but of glenry blaxton a tall lank swarthy hospitable englishman who loved to smoke and recall ills his memories to men of understanding ile he was near sixty sim years of age in deer deerskin shin half boots and rough sad cloth lie be was still a gentleman one of those restless sons of the old sod who have seen much of the world and can be content with ills his own con company ills head and beard were well trimmed the cheerful friend of john smith was waa smiling there wa iva a twinkle in the gray eyes of the hermit when after welcoming his hh guests he shook the ashes out of his pipe and said you have the judgment of a malt horse borse or you would not be bringing your friends to meet a half decayed worm eaten gentleman I 1 have a great fear of woodpeckers well it if we light on you we shall do no 11 answered sit down and loose your tongues ill be a whetstone for your wit turned to the young men and said ll heres eres a whale who needs deeper water to play in than my gab affords anord 5 once one ol 01 0 king james men at the globe then the hermit spoke and now playing with many ghosts in a comedy called solitude this Is my kingdom I 1 am the king the court the church and the parliament the dog and the cat are my people we have no dis the other players enter iteal heal folk as now or ghosts out of my memory my lily friend will shakespeare comes in with a merry jest and sits down wit me as he was wont to do of old gig dig den ben jonson blusters on with one of his old tales of the town full of intrigue and youthful deviltry adding at the end if it be not so ill eat my spur leathers these boys were eager to meet you sold blaxton remarked with a bow and a smile 1 I will now hear their lines I 1 hope that they are of sober and peaceable conversation they recognized tills phrase from one of the lie laws of the general court which doctor cotton had h ad read to them are you a member of the church y young oung cleydon asked no I 1 am old and I 1 live in the s skies kles the lords brethren are tike the lords bishops but the brethren a are re better men blaxton answered 1 I liate hate their tyranny as a jew hates hogs flesh still when I 1 think of 0 these stern men I 1 set my wisdom at work the shores swarm with mere adventurers who expect to find rocks of pure gold some are careless improvident merry time alme killers their receding backs were a joy and relief to their friends in england some ore are visionaries vision aries content with nothing but war and loot and a liberty that kills hills itself r elf some are bull beef ready to go as they are driven none of these louts bouts care a straw for law and order they N would vo uld be glad to see them put away these evil lax aud and thoughtless men outnumber the church folk but remember the church makes the only law we have and maintains a respect for it weakness would open the way to chaos und and anarchy the magistrates are sturdy old eng englishmen struggling with the ancient law of dead and moldering a ages to bend it to their common sense TO BE CONTINUED |