Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-12-03

blullb uhubI buhplblph VI tut kpNtih-
ment. My love has made mo despise all these
disadvantages, but now the time and place
has come for clear understanding. | tell
you plainly that will never call your father
mine, nor go to Leyden for a wife. Make
your choice"
He had avoided looking at her while speak
ing, but now he turned and held out his arms
with a SMILE saying in a caressing tone
Come let there be an end to this Kiss
and be friends. Let your father go his way,
and abide here with your aunt, and all shall
be we'll"
But Elizabeth Rosseter drew herself up pale
and stately as a statue.
81 thank you, Sir Arthur, for putting the
matter 30 plainly. l have made my choice
and shall abide thereby. l give you back
your ring and bid you farewell"
Sir Arthur looked with amazement Mt the
figure which fitted from him, and then
stopped to pick up the ring she had cast at
his feet.
But when Sir Arthur came again after the
lapse of a week, he was met not with the love
he fondly expected but with the news that
Mistress Elizabeth had gone away with her
father.
"But did she leave no message-no letter Z"
asked the bewildered lover.
No, there was none-only great packet of
all his letters. They were very fue letters
for Sir Arthur was poet with all his other
graces the jewels, the ribbons, the Lutte the
music-not one thing had she kept of all his
gifts. He turned them over and over-no
there was no letter. Sir Arthur went home
to vow he would forget the little Puritan.
But he could not find forgetfulness easy. He
had sworn that be would never go to Leyden
for wife. Nevertheless to Leyden he went
the very next spring, to find that he had come
on FOOLS errand.
you are under Il mistake, sir" Pastor
Robinson had said to him, not without a
glance of reproof at his finery, "Mr. Rosseter
hath not been in Leyden to my knowledge
That excellent Christian gentleman wrote me
that he meant TO join the company who are
even now preparing to settle at Massachusetts,
bay, under the leadership of worshipful Mr..
Winthrop"
"And his daughter-I mean Mistress Eliza
beth-does she go with him p asked Sir Ar
thur.
AYE. doubtless also his wife and ten lit
tie ones, s,-a treasure to carry into the wilder
ness but the women will not remain be-
hind
Sir Arthur turned home disappointed
This was the story Elizabeth Rosseter had
told Richard Palfrey that chill February even
ing in the town of Boston. And Richard Pal
frey declared that he liked her the better, and
that he should never be jealous of the fine
gentleman, though they stood face to face.
Richard was her fathers partner-a kinsman,
and in some sort an adopted son, and had
come over in the same ship. Even on the
voyage, Mr.. Rosseter remarked to his wife
that he would be well pleased to have Rich
ard and Elizabeth take a mutual liking. To
which the good lady had answered
Then, my dear heart, if you would have
IL co---aud ctranuer things have hapnanad-
keep your own counsel, and never hint your
wishes even by a look. Love, my husband,
is plant that will not be cultivated, though
it often grows of itself"
And Edward Rosseter, like a wise man,
took his wife's counsel And SO by degrees,
the image of the grave, stalwart young Pu-
rtan supplanted in EliZabeths heart that of
Sir Arthur Patmore. She had come near to
dying of grief for him, but she was too clear
sighted and right minded not to estimate him
at his true value when set free from the witch
cry of his presence, and now she never
thought of him without flush of shame that
she should have loved one so little worthy.
Richard had declared that he should not
fear being brought face to face with his gay
rival, though the trial was nearer than he
thought.
The fast day appointed by the governor
was drawing near. The wolf was at the door
Scarcely any one had meal or aught to sup
ply its place, and day after day whole families
sat down to their dinner or supper without a
mouthful of anything to represent bread.
The clam banks were the great source of sup
ply, and every day when the tide served, the
women of the colony went down to dig the
long clans, the use of which they had learn
ed from the Indians while the men worked
at their houses or fences, or hunted and
fshed, often with indifferent success
1t was drawing toward the close OF the day
before the fast when Richard Palfrey went
down to the clam bank to meet his betrothed
and help bring up her burden.
There comes Richard again" said Jack
Rosseter, boy of fourteen, and Elizabeth's
favorite among her dozen of brothers. "I'm
sure l can help you with the basket as well
as he"
"He comes to leave you at liberty to help
Catharine Stoughton ?" answered Elizabeth,
laughing. She raised herself from her stoop-
ing position as she spoke, and stood as if
transfixed, with her eyes turned seaward.
"What is it, sister What do you see 2"
asked Jack, and then following the direction
of her eyes, he burst into a jubilAnt shout:
"A sail a sail an English ship! Hur-
rah :"
IAN English ship-ay. and a great ship
The Lord be praised He hath not cast us
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