The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-12-25


dians and to enable b
descendants to become Danes al
Daughters and Sons of all manner
things, it was in way that little b
tokened such future glory. 1t is So
to record such things of an ancestol
but as a matter of fact he was fairl
:smuggled in from Virginia, where
political difference with Governo
Berkeley had led to his enforced re
tirement; and so little was his pres
.ence desired in the Puritan colony
that only because of his splendid mill
tary ability was he allowed to remain,
For he, being by all accounts q spirit.
ed party, gave the blue laws no more
attention than if they did not exist,
and in face Of indignant public opinion
insisted on keeping Christmas after
the fashion of their common mother
country.
But with King Philip and the Mar
ragansetts waging war it was impos-
sible to spare one who was both 4
fearless and a skillful warrior; and be-
sides $50 say the ancient annals) his
sins brought their own punishment;
so terrible one that the most ortho-
doS stood aghast, for his eldest son
his heir and his pride-married red
headed witch, the daughter of Dutch
emigrant, who had died just as his
vessel touched port. There was no
OH 1,o hn
gay garments OF strange cut, she
sang, in an unknown tongue, songs
of an unearthly sweetness that held
paSSers-by spellbound near her tiny
cabin; she had wondrous skill in herbs
and simples; and. lastly, to clinch the
matter, there was the red head. But
the younger John, who had Travelled.
only laughed at the tales when he
took her for his wife in defiance Of
the world and of his father to boot,
who, in spite of his OWL contumacy.
desired no dealings with sorcery, and
who cut off his son with shilling.
But one thing more went with it
namely, the old mans sword; for the
son, though unlimited, came to the
funeral and took it down from its hook
on the wall, declaring that of all the
sons he alone, as eldest, had the right
to wear it. And later, when he, too,
was dead, his daughter, being frivol-
pus, as became her parentage, melted
up the gold hilt and ran it into beads.
and this deed added fame to the fam!-
ly feud, which did not die out, as do
most feuds, but burned on for two
long centuries. For in each generation
the head of the one branch of the Penn
bertons made q formal demand for the
beads as a lawful and just right, and
the representative of the witch Penn
bertons, as they are called, as the eld-
est line, scornfully refused; so that
the quarrel was constantly renewed,
and would have probably have flour.
ished indefinitely but that. through in
advertance, the eldest SOB Of either side
was entered the same year at the same
college, and both Of them being strong
and athletic. they were thrown much
together and wrestled themselves
into a mutual respect which gradu-
ally ripened into friendship.
And thus it came about that the
one introduced the other to his sister.
Damaris Pemberton. who had come
up for commencement week. Now, Da-
maris was q sight to see. BY strange
run of fate every girl in that line Is
born with red head, but in Damaris,
when the sun shone upon it, it was a
halo of glory. And her complexion
was dazzling, and her blue eyes were
great stars, and her dimpleS came ard