Show soy ell 4 CA N L E 41 40 ILO E ES E S sq aale f WN faw 4 f st cz SJ ay IRVINO I 1 RV I 1 N G DW ELL E R THE STORY Itol crt heathers and william to escape secular and re tyranny leave england in 1631 I 1 tor fir the new world they art are leom d at boston by rev doctor cotton and make tian o with A amos tos Tod hlll veteran and woo woodsman deman heydon yon f dill in love with elizabeth the young men settle down to the life of the colonists adverse co comment m me nt forces them to dispense w with th their pretty cook mabel martley hartley robert Is in smitten with peggy weld who Is en raged to james rosewell mabel hartley and a youth whom she ehe says was leydon heydon I 1 are accused accuse d of oc adultery heydon and heathers disappear heydon Is apprehended and brought into court he Is in found guilty alty heathers and are a se seen n aboard a ship suspicion turne turns t to 0 heathers CHAPTER V continued 9 smiled exclaiming blood I 1 ye look us as wise na as a ynid ilife at a barnin I 1 give ye my word he be la Is not on tills this ship or on tile the thore shore whereupon mr samp always philosophical in his cups turned his thought toward the eternal verities verifies veri ties As a nar liar ye earn a far barthin thin 1 day ye dont do it natural like its left handed alyin everybody likes to believe yo ye if yell only give him a leance now there was bill I 1 used to pass him every day in n the street he wrote out a lot 0 les es spun pun ero em so slick folks could beleve eve em eln and they did what happened why bill made a fortune by it amos ye lie like a tapster ye lont give no one a chance yell die I 1 poor man it I 1 was you id try the truth to help me now theres a start on the right road mr samp looked gravely into the lace face of well john said amos this Is I 1 lay ay to a jackass that Is full 0 oats te fe got no more knowledge 0 this world than a lame cobbler I 1 cant kelp ye if I 1 could I 1 take ver er money they turned to witness a singular kind a right perilous game now going in 0 between two fishermen it was the lame ame of jim where a deadly sort of luel the players stood blindfolded heir wrists tied together each held 11 his right hand a stocking with a pound found pine ball in the end of it one rould fould call jim where the other In here and dodged where apon his adversary struck viciously at the location of the man mail te ke desired to hit they took turns sit calling and striking A noisy crowd lur rounded them its members shouting words of encourage encouragement meni the air as filled with profanity and the odor of t perspiration in a moment one of the players was waa hit and tell fell like an ix x under the hammer dragging the ither down upon him necked by G dl was the shout hat greeted the fall the man who had bad gone down lay for or a moment stunned lie ile had been kit in the neck abich had turned slack lacic and blue and was swelling the injured man and the crowd streamed out ut to the deck where a fight had darted mr samp had yielded to ills his ipe pe clile gravity and sat down lie ile tad bad nodded as the duel went on soon ke ie was fast asleep said to the tapster lies iles got ot a brick in his hat let him sleep i 1 while hes had bad a baruday hard bard day lie ile hurried through the throng that surrounded the fighters to the starboard side aide and blew his whistle nig big rom foni Wanner toa and dixie bull were saving laving a desperate battle with their ats often these engagements led 0 to o knives or belaying pins and murder it t was wan business to dip in avith his mighty arms and pour his brawn and the oil of an able tongue on in the troubled waters tonight he 4 had bad other business in a moment he and robert heathers were moving toward the shore their packs were wera ready for amos had anticipated the sudden ludden arrival of an officer amos had bad his gun and pistol and a store of f ammunition a few light tools bread dried fish and moose meat robert had only his pistol sword and clothing under their packs they set out on a path made by mast cutters which led westward in the forest a distance of about three miles soon they heard beard many wild cries behind them its enem crazy cray devils dells leavin the ship and coiron coir ln aakre said amos yellin and who whooping whoop ln like the fiends in hell it if yell drop down with me a minute well make some calculations my aly ol oil brain Is on its tiptoes tiptoed tip toes theres a lot 0 drift comin down from upriver up river what do mean robert asked woman trouble I 1 I 1 dont waste no breath giving ye information theres crant to twi over it an I 1 reckon they need a neck for their noose dont worry will its a little matter they sat eat on a bank by the path robert said since I 1 went aboard that ship I 1 do not wonder at the severity of the law its a battle with satan 11 by the toenails toe nails nalls 0 pharoah Pharo ahl I 1 said amos ye need stout bolts on the doors or everything would break loose it was the fashion of the time to swear by the beard of pharaoh but amos did not so restrict himself in his scearl swearing n g ile he used any feature of the ancient monarch that came to his mind and made a free use now and then of his internal organs to express varying degrees of intensity in moments of excitement his head quivered nervously and when he was pleased he would lift his right foot and give it a little shake if vexed or in danger he squinted ills his loft left eye while his right opened the wider amos went on id have bave ye know theres a hot hell lu in front of us but I 1 hanker to see it if we can make a map 0 the country between here and the lake 0 the iroquois we can k 10 1 0 it was wa very D dark but amos seemed to have cats eyes r sell elt it tor for a cart ol 01 0 gold no white mans toot foot has ever ever t touched 0 it but I 1 want ye to understand full an proper its dangerous therell be times when yell have death at yer arms end yell tell have to hold him there or hell fly away with ye the danger robert asked trem I 1 the tigers 0 the wilderness I 1 the man that goes amon amongst ast lem em should take his shroud with him at war with the and have crossed the river in the north if ye have arguments with lern cm and get the worst of it gnaw the meat off yer hones bones and cat it while yere loolen on and then boll ye in a pot they aint real nice folks but I 1 reckon we can can dodge em it if we can get to the big lake well make a dugout and put for canada ada and take a ship to F france rance I 1 know the great chief 0 the algon quins ills name Is a one eyed devil met ilet him years ago at a big powwow if ye dont want to gamble with yer life now Is the time to say so we could wait till this storm ends and take water and with good luck get to port royal theres fish in the sea bea and meat in the greenwood and the sea can be nigh as savage of the Tarra tines take yer choice robert was not dismayed by tod kills description of the perils ahead lie had a longing tor for adventure and no great love of life which so far had been a disappointment lie ile felt the lure of the vast green lonely roys mys gerlous solitudes in the west as did amos 1 I have had enough of the sen sea he sa sam the thought of it makes me ill III let us take our chances in the great greenwood boy I 1 like yer courage amos answered As the toad suld said when the harrow was goin over him acre were in an unfortunate position but 1 reckon re c kon well get through we must ran travel close let me be captala captain never use a weapon or speak lo 10 loud u d without my orders it if ye put a penny dennys I 1 s value on yer life well push pugh on beyond the end 0 this path and ile he up tor for the night it was very dark but amos seemed to have leave cats eyes in tile night rolert robert followed close behind him when th they ey topped stopped again amos cut some boughs for or a bed and they lay down back to back bach under a blanket WWII well pig together right here till daylight said bald the pioneer now was in shrewdness a man of a thousand ile he had a fatherly Inte interest reft in the handsome boy who lay beside him the son of a gentleman with untold wealth in ills his background in ills devotion there was a d touch of the love of the dog for his master ile he did not know whether the boy had been lying with a woman or not jf if lie he had amos thought none the less of him after all in his lits view it was a trifling matter ue ile knew anew only that when coming to the house for instructions late in tile the ev evening ining robert kobert had told him that forthwith he must be taken away naturally lie he knew that some kind of deviltry was in tile the wind As to its kind robert had said nothing amos would not have ventured to ask even if he had not been pleased with alth his own lack of knowledge samp had given him ills his first inkling of the truth of course samp had lied fled for the purpose of trapping robert with the notion that there was no danger for him in returning to boston else why was he so eager to get robert it if william was convicted of what use was roberts testimony the story of williams conviction was made out of whole cloth lie ile won would attend to his own affairs und and do no babbling these reflections of amos are set down in ills his diary with a full report of samps sayings savings all men who could write hall had the diary habit was a methodical method lea man in the service of ills his wise friend capt john smith lie he had learned many crafts ile he had boon been above all afi an expert tree ellinger lie ile carried a pencil and blank books wherein his maps are drawn in sections and notes made regarding them also some e account som of the adventures of bac each day are set down on sundry pa pages tersely and vividly lie he has indicated his mental reactions hemore they aliey slept that ill night g lit robert e asked what did the constable say to y you ou only that lie he was after you lie ile was like a lathered hor senear the water pall came aboard thirsty and the drink crossed him the poor old I 1 ile he shot his granny got slewed I 1 left him asleep in the taproom rom did he be speak of mabel hartley Uart ley the young man asked amos divined the meaning of this query and answered she Is in prison I 1 reckon I 1 know now why yeve had bad a solemn look in yer eye keep her locked up till they get their lands on you iou it if you have been shakan her skirts keep away or hang the two 0 ye ie as hard as rocks if ye have any feelen for the wench stay away from there ashes safe till they get ye when the excitement has over wo wi can see how things look the main thing now la Is to keep alive theres I 1 some 0 the great men who are ngin this law kill it in time robert did much thinking that night and in the nights flights and days that followed every tiny day hii he tells in bia diary of a sense of wearlee n 3 and afie need of sleep at daylight they went on tra traveling by compass they carne came soon to a freshet in ft a valley where they sat down to eat with water to help their food on its way the weather lier favored them being still worm warm and clear at the top of a high ridge amos climbed a tree with ills his book and pencil to get the lay of the land and to look for indian signs ile he noted the position of mountains takes lakes ponds and rivers livers corning coming lawn down lie he said theres an indian lalage village about two miles mile north 0 here bere we got to stop step careful now and keep our eyes peeled e ebe d there are two big mountain pe peaks a k s on one e due north and one a long ion way to west we lard I 1 reckon its shadow touches the big lake A great freshwater river Is about ten mile ahead TO BM BB CONTINUED |