The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-06-27
MAVERICK sail came slipping
Nl down the creek in the hour be

MAVERICKS sail came slipping
wi down the creek in the hour be-
fore dawn. There was an arc OF
growing light in the east with Jupi-
ter shining white above.
He had been to the county town to
try to raise money on his last bit of
land, of which the waves were maxi
ing an island before hlotting it out
altogether.
When estates were to be had for
the asking, the first Maverick could
90 20 miles on his own domain. He
built the church of st. Deny's. b d
NJ, that is still standing, and gave
the glebe lands; he abhorred
Puritan, upheld the authority of the
king and the lord proprietary, signed
| his name with a cross, and left to his
articled servant, Haines, such unman-
| ly employment as reading and writ
| ing. Master and man lived in 1910,
before the men from Nansemond
made trouble in camp and state.
After 177G, Maverick of the fourth
generation was a loyalist impover-
ished by a patriotic Haines, who
| through cleverness at statecraft
had come to a responsible position,
and who had married the daughter of
a colonial dignitary. In marriage a
| Haines had ever a taste for alliance
with his betters; several spinster
| brides had aided their rising fortunes
with the influence of a name.
The matrimonial ventures of a
| Maverick were brought about by the
attraction of the moment. A milk
maid. or a girl from a wayside inn
made a charming bride, providing she
had the beauty and brilliance of
youth.
Haines' craftsmanship of the pres
emf day had narrowed to county poll
! tics and a controlling hand over lucra-
tive Offices: while Maverick earned a
| 4cant living from the water and from
| The few acres he had left. Something
more by Inheritance still remained to
nina contempt for books, two tank
! ards with well-worn thumb pieces, a
superstitious reverence for the hos
pitality of his poor house, and an I'M
impaired hatred of a Haines.
He kept a careless hand on the till
err, and went over the news he had
heard in town: Haines, who was
county treasurer, had defaulted. His
political opponents were in power,
even the Judges on the bench We're
against him: he was a fugitive, with
the certainty of a vigorous justice be-
fore him. He might have got out of
the country if he had not rislled his
freedom for the sake of sick child
a son whom he dearly loved.
Maverick recalled the tax gather
er's petty prosecutions over his own
insignificant 1.-THE. He summed up an
account of generations, and laughed
at the result.
As his keel dragged the sand, Is
wife ran down through the half light
to the edge of the water she was
small and very young, and she ran
on tiptoe, beating the air with her
hands as if buoying her movements
Eagerness shone in her eyes and in
the trembling of her compressed lips
He had married after the custom OF
his people, and in her he worshipet
youth ard beauty in the concrete.
She pushed him away and turned
from his kiss to ask:
Did the man let you have the
money!"
"No"
She skipped from ore foot to tho
j other:
"Tve got it. can do better'n you
by staying home"
"What?"
eve got the money. Hurry up"
Maverick made the boat fast, ant
rumaged in the locker for his pur
chases.
What difference does it make
about the old boat? Hurry, hurry"
He awkwardly united a package
and held a red ribbon and some mint
sticks above her head.
"What'n you give for them?"
Here" she said, impatiently. anc
lifted her face to kiss him. Don't yor
see the sun'll be up in less than al
hour? Come up to the house. There
| the money loT lhe hOr ISdSe On th'
room floor"
He followed her up the path. Sh'
signed to him to walk softly and HI
initiated her light motions. The innel
door was ajar, and as he peered int
the dusky place he saw, first, familiar
things that had been associated will
him for 80 years, picture, an oaker
settee and the two old tankards, whic4
the girl beside him had kept bright,
polished TO while away her time. Aft