The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-02-07
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A Gypsy Gangs Plot.

per's shop at Lutterworth, in Lincolnshire,
England. It stood on the outskirts of the
town, and was part Of an old-fashioned
dwelling which had formerly belonged to a
female member of the Curzon family, but
had fallen into decay and been sold. Hay
mans father bought it when it was little
better than ruin, repaired several of the
rooms, and converted it into comfortable
dwelling. Here in large room on the
lower floor he started in the drapery and
haberdashery line, and was also engaged in
little crooked business with the Lincoln
shire smugglers. He made money, and
when he died left good estate to his son
Thomas. To the left of the dwelling a
ruined wing of the old mansion had been
converted into stable, the original wall
being still used for the purpose. Between
the inhabited part of the building and the
stable was space of so yards occupied by
trees and side roadway.
Thomas Hayman was sent when very
young to the Friends school near Ponte-
fret, and when he grew up became Quaker.
He was unmarried and reputed wealthy.
He had latterly gone into the banking
business, and many well-to-do people in the
neighborhood deposited with him.
In the year named there called upon the
draper and banker a man about 80. He
was very dark, clean shaved and well
dressed.
''Your father" he said to Mr.. Hayman,
chad a brother Charles, who went to the
West Indies 80 years ago. Is that not so?'
eyes, it is, was the reply. II can re-
member him well, for was s'about 10 years
old at the time.
"Is he still alive ?" asked the stranger.
II believe that he is dead" the Quaker
answered; @my father died % years ago,
and for Is years before his death we heard
nothing of my uncle
"Do you recognize this writing?" the
stranger asked, as he exhibited faded
sheet of paper with writing upon it almost
illegible.
eyes, that's my fathers" " was the reply;
"where did you get it y
'All in good time, answered the stran-
ger. ssYour uncle went to Barbados, did
he Dot?'
s'He did"
"And was in the mahogany business
there 2"
"That is correct.
"And subsequently quilted Barbados
and went to Jamaica ?"
"That was ignorant of.
"WelI, such was the case. Then he
married and had children, and I am the
only survivor of them" the stranger said.
"You are my cousin"
"You astonish me, exclaimed the dra-
per. ave had no knowledge of his re-
moval to Jamaica or of his marriage, but
supposed that he had been unsuccessful in
business and died. The very last time he
wrote he complained of sickness and poy-
erty, and my father sent him money"
Probably he used it to pay his passage
to Jamaica, was the response; land when
he got there he married quadroon who
had some property. That accounts for my
being SO dark"
The Quaker was satisfied that the stran-
ger was his cousin, and gave him cordial
reception. He found the newly y-discovered
relative bright and active, and particularly
skilled in the knowledge of horsefesh; of
general business, however, he knew moth
ing. He was willing, however, and seemed
anxious to learn; and the Quaker proposed
that he should stay with him and gain all
the information he could, so that he might
become useful to him. The cousin was
most diligent. He went early to rest, and
was always up and around by daylight.
He was handy at cooking, and knew great
many things of which the Quaker was en-
tirely ignorant. He was familiar with the
names of trees and wild flowers and herbs,
and, when Mr.. Hayman asked him whether
the vegetation of the West Indies was
similar to that of England, he replied that
it was, although many things grew there
that did not grow in England.
Before long, Cousin John, as he was
called, became of great service to Mr.. Hay
man, and the latter congratulated himself
in having found in his old age a relative so
sedate and industrious, and SO willing to
assist him in every way in his power.
When the Quaker spoke of remuneration,
Cousin John said;
"Not at present. cousin; you give me
food and shelter and clothes, and with these
for the present I am satisfied. When I
have acquired fair knowledge of your |