Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-04-20
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Byrd flushed angrily. II was not to
his pleasure to hear her name coupled
with such. Nor did II sit well upon
the tongue OF this dissipated fop. He
choked the word that rose to his lips,
however and turned away. looking
longingly after the girl that rode by.
The chariot bearing Anne wheeled
near the debtors prison, abreast of the
new capitol, whose wide wings spread
out like q great letter Il. Scarcely had
1, pulled up when the west door opened
harshly and poured forth again the
lowering burgesses.
They came out under the sparse
trees. through which cleaned the sky
steely blue as sword blades, quietly
and in orderly groups. but with brows
knit, fingers clinchei and smoldering
anger in their faces.
In the groups one might have seen
many conditions. There was sprink-
ling of homespun and buckskin, men
from the shadow Of the Blue Ridge and
from the great district of West Au-
Igusta stretching far to the Mississippi.
land with these rich planters from the
Underwater and bay counties and the big
lrivers. clad in foreign fabrics, with
ample wigs, swords and cooked hats
~ the conical head covering then COM
ling to vogue in England. But save a
few on whose faces sat smirk Of Tory
smugness all wore the same deadly
look of anger and concern.
Anne leaned forward and watched
the crowd with tiny cores Of fire In her
loyes. Broken bits OF conversation were
waited to her.
81 had looked to see better things Of
Dunmore. but tbs all Of piece. We,
burgesses of virginia! Wagged at like
so many school children, l. faith, and
lsent home with flea in the ear. 'Tis
lunbearable."
"'Better things Of Dunmore!' A
plague on him! Cry God save the
lking!' and give Satan the colony!"
Such sullen growlings betokening
lstorm and then snug ones passing
with snuff taking and derisive shrugs
OF shoulders:
Henry is mad. You heard what he
said at Colonel Samuel Overton's the
other day. independence Our Dec
laration!' Aid from Louis the Six
teenth!' He is as mad as a March
hare! Treason forsooth? IT'S mat
ter for a leech! As II we had discip-
line. ships Of war or money. tell you.
he will embroil us all with such clatter.
The governor would be perfectly justi-
fed in So they passed on.
A smile, quizzical. disappearing, but
wondrous kind, wreathed the corners
Of the watchers mouth as tall. splen-
did old man with aquiline nose and
sharp, gray eyes came down the street
LEANING on the arm Of a negro body
servant. Threescore years and ten he
had passed-one saw that by the lines
In his face-and his frame was big and
wide. He was gaunt. rawboned and
sour faced. and plainly though richly
dressed, wearing a large Jewel.
The girls eyes rested smilingly on
the cooked hat. the grizzled wig. the
antique coat, with its square cut lapels
and shoulders rounded after a fashion
of twenty years before, and then soft
ly and lovingly on the rugged, master
full face, every whit patrician.
All her life she had loved this man
the old baron Of Greenway Court. He
had carried her at her christening. As
she saw him now, coming slowly, but
erect. bowling to salutations by the way.
she thought again on what he must
have looked In his youth before the
French war, when he had strayed from
London world Of fashion. with q
heart sore by reason Of lifting. they
said. to bury himself In the shadows
lof the Blue Ridge. He had dreamed Of
building himself a great manor house
with 10000 acres. calling 1t Greenway
Court, and there living solitary. But
a rough hunting lodge on spur Of the
mountain near Winchester was all that
ever came Of 1t.
The girl watched him as he approch-
ed, stopping now and again for word.
Each pause made him look more hot
and angry, and. seeing, she shook her
head as II she child some naughty child.