Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-03-29
FRIDAY. MARCH 90. 1861.


boys, when In the extreme distance he do
seri'd a sail. a ship! ship How
anIiously Was she watched how inten,ly
they had scanned every sail Tor months =
how they sat with suspended breath ill she
came nearer
At length, after many weary hours, the
ship reached the dock. On her deck stood
one boy; only one yes, !, was he !. was
William
Even in this hour Of ineIprcssiblc emo.
ton arose the cry. Where is thy brother p
William told, with many tears and
.ighs. a story OF grea, length and great in
ter~,. They had escaped to Madeira
thence had started for home. Had been Ia
ken asains, their will TO Lisbon. Had been
inho-pitably pa, ashore asiheir money was
gone. Had re,reateI into the interior
joincd party Of robbers, or been taken ur
by them and Philip, having offended the
chief. had been murdered. or n, lea., wa,
dragged in.cnsihls from his brother. sight
and William. tied ani wounded, was car.
riei in another direction by the robbcr'
troop.
Escaping at last. he reached the sea
found a ship bouni Tor tho Wc', Indies.
The captain. more hO'pi,able than the last
took him on board. and restored him 10 bis
father.
"Old Father Pedro was an attentive II,
,cner to ,hi. story. lie had never liked
William and he though, there werc -om,
Discrepancies in ,hi. story.
"' You .ay, my son, that III, robbers took
you pas, the conSen, Of Santa Mara, about
three leagues from Lisbon p said Father Pe.
dro.
"' Ye-. COOL father, -aii he.
Z" know ,ha. country we'll. and was
born no, far from that convent, said the
old man. mu'insly.
"The event. m tho history Of THIS hmi'
ly had been 30 shocking, that Wears .ins
into \ state Of incapscity Although man
in the vigor Of lrfo two years before, he wa'
now .unken and apparently aged. H.
seemed TO see his los, son. he forge, th'
maine Of the one who lscl and only now
and then rou.ci himself 20 reason aud mem
DRY.
&" nj. estate. which was large, camo very
much into the hand. of William. who. tho
young. proved himself an cicellci., man oI
business. III. slaves worked moro hour
than any gang on the island. and his sugar
and cole, broush, high prices. lie led 9
life Of unparalleled license and dissipation
and seemed 10 fear neither God nor man
Yes. there was one man who made hiu
,remblc. AMI thai wa. Father Pedro.
"a, length i, occurred that ,hi' check
should b. removed. Father Pedro had Ion!
since determined 1, 90 10 Spain, and MAKE
search !or III, unior,a ate PHILIP, bu, ma
ny things detained him. The Ci,holi,
priest. are. a. elsewhere. very dominant, met
on ,hc.c islands, and very important, par
,icularly IN the Spanish l'!@d.. TO the GOV
srnmen, so be mus, wai, unM, some sue
cesar arrived 10 take hi' place Mleng,h
all difficulties being smoo,hci away, fa,hei
Pclro departed silently, not conmunica
ting the purpose Of ,hi. journey 10 any saw
ono. and ,hi, one was old Lenia, an African
slave.
An African dare means one broush
from Africa Immediately, having .,ill ih,
original brand on the forehead given by ,h
SLAYER. or these the island. Of Cuba AM
Porto Rico are full, and a wild, fierce rae
they are. The eyvc, have not ye, en,cre,
thri- souls, and they seem TO have super
natural power abou, them, burnins ever u
their untamed eyes.
"Old Lan,a was the commanding -piri
Of the plantation. She had been very in
subordinate at first. and Father Pedro haC
in,erfered 20 save her many u erael punl-h
men,. She wa. cow old. subdued. and al,
,achei to the family, and especially Fa,heI
Pedro.
The family estate. were three in mum
Der. One lying on the sea. coa', was callec
The Bay Another. more to the inland
wa. called The Sapphire from its com
manIius view Of the blue ocean. Tt'
third. and by far the finest. was called Th'
Man in Armor, from fanci'ul decoration
90 the facade OF the house an eGgy ofa MAI
in full armor lying beneath each window
the proprietor hay'nS paid this tribute t.
his love OF merrio England in her leuda
days.
vickars grew nigh to death. and pre-
pared 70 resign all these possessions. As,h
body gave way. the mind came back. ant
summonins his lawyer, he dictated as iol
lows:
eel have three estates, and ! pray to Co
that may s,ill have three children. M'
fine estate, called the Man IN Armor.'
give to my son Philip, il he be living; an
I give i, in trust to my sOn William to keeI
for him, twenty years. II. at the esPira
ton Of that time, he is not heard from,
becomes the property Of William. Ny e-
tate Of The Day give to my son William
My estate Of The Sapphire give to N.
daughter Apnuneiata.
"And other provisions followed which d
not affect this story.
This will Was .isn,d BY Wears. In 'h
presence Of his son William, his lawyer
and one Mr.. Agayo, 9 Spanish gentleman
who owned un adjoining estate. and, unno
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