Show aw A candle dlila dl iUA in 10 ba the anh wilderness i a e te tale of the beginning of new england i jd aga b 0 hv irving al bacheller service y copyright by crying Bac bacheller bener THE STORY k robert heathers and william berlo haydon n to escape a secular and re oil tyranny arn leave hn I 1 gland in 1634 for or the th new world they are welcomed at boston by rev doctor cotton and make acquaintance with amos veteran soldier and woodsman dedon hedon meets ellabeth eilzabeth ril zabeth drade daughter of a leader in the colony and fa tails Is deeply in love TI die e young men n atle nettle down to the I 1 life ife of the colonists CHAPTER ill III continued 5 they had fish in plenty coming every week from the alie northern coast and kept them supplied with venison and dried berries they had it a cow that was pastured in the common fields and a small stable moro moie over the ships were bringing oatmeal and and tallow and cons conserves eTves of red roses and they could also buy corame al for hasty pudding through the autumn and early win tt inter william and robert kobert were at work with and his men when the snow came deep enough to clog their affairs they broke camp in the forest and waited for better weather wc allier every sabbath they went to the crowded crow ded meeting house ana sat on tile stairs with a parcel of young boys bois constables each with a black staff tipped with brass were at its three doors to prevent people from coming out and dogs from going in the dogs of boston abandoned by their masters and playmates were depressed in spirit and wont went to howl with loneliness the long lone prayer the chapter and its exposition by doctor cotton the sermon by the pastor the psalm singing the solemnity on many faces wearied the young and put them in dread of the sabbath day especially in severe w weather anther with no i heat beat in the meeting house our young men found the prisoners who came under compulsion with armed guards a diverting part of the congregation robert speaks in a letter of the stir when some game blubbering poison person made a pub lie confession and blaxton came often to while away a winter afternoon with them bess came with her maid to bring them a wild goose one of the two which her father had shot when the snow laden drag was nas living flying low As she went away Il laxton exclaimed what heavenly pulchritude Is this I 1 1 I hope that she will bo be my wife said william A lamp of virginity I 1 and what a pretty redness of cheek and lip I 1 the old gentleman exclaimed lookin looking 9 at her I 1 regret my age Cou counsel itsel to the young loung Is like giving mutton to a horse you will both do well we 11 to marry with the red blood of youth in iou and a lusty young wife in the kitchen he told how a baronet had come over with a comely paramour and been compelled to run for ills his life and find refuge among the savages neither heraldry nor wealth can prevail with the court it if one Is up for click cricketing eting will shakespeare once said to me speaking of the puritans there are those who think that because they are virtuous there should be no more cakes and ale 11 it reminded of the killing end and boiling or of a puritan by man eat era rs of the wilderness blaxton interrupted him saying 1 I make one remark A spaniard isallas is that tough they hang him three days before lie be Is boiled if you have a spaniard to bo be cooked I 1 will listen but it if he be en an englishman I 1 beg you to desist it provokes me ma like a wringing of the nose turn somersaults or sing it a bawdy song if you will but bat no more torturing of the kings men it was after this talk that the young vien men decided to displace that lusty young wife in the kitchen mabel hartley her face and form are too winning said william we do not need a venus in the kitchen to be sure she che is it a wench but we are aie human and we ve want to live a few years yet in this they were of the same mind they drew lots lota to decide which should dismiss her and the heavy task fell to william mabel hartley had sarv served ed in tile the kitchen ItU clien of the earl of war warwick ick she stablemen had bad married one of his stablemen and come to america in the westward rush of 1032 1632 her husband had turned out to be it a heavy drinking roisterer roy incapable of supporting a wife lie ile had lound found work in newtown where lie progressed in the downward way she tad bad left him there and come back to boston the young woman had agreeable manner and a face and form which many of higher birth had regarded with envy she had flaxen hair eyes of the shade of a bluet in the meadow gross grass and a fair skin lier her cheeks glowed with color robert Hen heathers said in his diary she was about five feet and six inches tall straight as an arrow and that her plump breast and slender blender waist and angles would have filled tile the eye of old phidias it Is a pity that slie she was so eo thrown awry henry VIII would have educated lic ht and brought her to burr 1 william found her at work in the kitchen mrs hartley I 1 am sorry to have to tell you that you must find other employment pl said lie he the young woman women asked have I 1 not pleased you sou clr too well lie he answered we are young and you are that pleasing to the eye it will make gossip it if we VM keep lou oil here they tell us in boston that we e tire lire nil all filled with corruption th ere are moments when I 1 can believe it it Is said I 1 hear that you ind and robert already know each other too well lie smiled but she flushed with anger 1 I won would not have you jou think that I 1 believe it lie he went on you are no grabbling brab bling limber tongue like if ke most of the women who do kitchen work you have hae a brain in your head you have a comely face and figure you know the town ton you iou lle live in as well as I 1 do yes ye I 1 know you rich people A woman worn in who works is like your our cattle you do not care what happens to h her er you lou tire are in error lie he answered 1 I do cure care I 1 shall try to fand a 1 mrs hartley I 1 1 am sorry to have to tall you that you must find other employment place for you and until that Is done we shall give you yon an allowance for food 0 o 0 1 I and lod lodging gini she left that day not in a good temper the young men engaged a new maid and mabel lived with a poor family on the shore and came once a week in the evening tor for her allowance until she was suitably placed la in the house of a reputable freeman william was often at the brades or with lady bess at the winthrops the brown bearded john winthrop was a man of wealth learning and dignity hla his wife a lady with unusual graces aces the atmosphere of affectionate te devotion was in their home here was an example of married life not without its effect on the young of the parish youth Is of perishable stuff he said to the boy and girl we should ever be looking toward the future therefore the mainstays main stays of our commonwealth mon wealth will bo be the school end and tile the church I 1 look forward to a time in this land when education will not be regarded as the privilege of the few but as a duty which the state owes to every citizen william was often thinking of this vision of his wise friend in may winthrop was elected governor the summer returned tile the young men had bad resumed their task in the wilderness day and night they were going back and forth on the well worn path of their clearings ships laden with men and women with sheep goats horses and cattle had arrived on every side one could hear bear the sound of saws and hammers the colony was growing it was at peace friendly savages came in their feathered caps capa and blankets blanhe ts and fantastic necklaces and bracelets and traded and begged at the stores and stood about silently gazing at the strange burr hurried led restless doings of the white folks and went away they feared the strong hands of these pale faced people swift to punish or to help no one feared them tho the indian menace had passed only the were in a bad temper but they were far out and beyond the valley of the great freshwater fresh water river in the west I 1 i A ship brought the long desired letters roswell drade brade not easy to satisfy was satisfied william and dess bess were preparing for their examination as candidates for baptism in the church meanwhile robert had had v deep experience the good fortune of its his friend in finding the stay and solace of an affection well placed had not been his at last he had hope of it one day at mrs winthrops he had met peggy weld a tall lighthearted light hearted red cheeked checked blonde lately arrived from engl england 1 I with her brother henry her hair was as beautiful there was much talk of that wavy silken crown of red gold among the men and women of boston she had dark blue merry eyes her face was not so finely molded as that of the lady bess but she ghe was good to look upon it was he et love of fun her ber gay manner nud and her talk that chiefly pleased the boy robert nobert although it shocked the good people of the parish soon the ladles ladies began to chatter of her light carriage and to shake their heads im plaited pinked at last the young man said to his friend william im not going to gaze gae at the moon and twitter I 1 could sing pretty but I 1 have no perch to stand on I 1 have a rival in jim rosewell osewell Il who has been bossing the fortifications lies iles a living apollo I 1 may have hae to poison him boh good luck to you said bald william am its the thing ive been hoping for sties got a brain in her head good family and nil all the type that stirs the blood in ti a man I 1 sties a pearl for the present ashes just a sweet voiced voice bird in the bush robert went wen on sties as wise as she Is beautiful she loves joy sties a ray ot of sunlight in tills gloomy parish lord I 1 its a land of long ion faces I 1 wonder why jt it makes a man solemn to get his soul saved peggy foggy could be a help in the great problem of new boston what problem william asked the dissipation of solemnity and keeping the grave out of conversation and in the cemetery where it belongs and hell bell in the hereafter for my own part I 1 simply refuse to be worried about my soul for that reason I 1 will not join the church robert was still a rebel next day he rode with peggy to tile clearings on the way lie he said to her peggy I 1 make love in a saddle 1 I one free hands and feet and proximity ile he might want to run I 1 warn you that I 1 have serious intentions im a little worried about rosewell it if im to have a race with him I 1 ask for or fair conditions the girl blushed as she answered this Is a subject on which I 1 cannot talk with you I 1 am engaged to mr Rosewell Ho sewell 1 lies iles a quick starter I 1 have had no chance to show you yon my pace 1 I can imagine what it would be she said with a laugh you see jim rosewell bosewell Eo sewell andl and I 1 were friends in england well permit me to say I 1 love you und that I 1 do not surrender I 1 shall keep on loving you because I 1 cannot help it not until I 1 must will I 1 bow my head bead to the deepest regret of 0 my life and say that I 1 wish you happiness and good luck with rosewell TO BE CONTINUED |