Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-05-05
CONTINUED from last week.


son. MIR. Delaplaine believed, who
would be invaluable to him either on
the plantation or In his counting
house, In any case, here was their
home; and here, too, was the home of
his brother-in-law, Bonnet, whenever
re chose to give up his strange fancy
for the sea. 1t was not now to be
thought Of that Kate or her father, or
either one of them, should go back to
Barbados to live with the impossible
Madam Bonnet.
II her fathers vessel were In the
harbor and he were here with them, or
even II she had had good tidings from
him, Kate Bonnet would have been q
very happy girl. for her present abode
was vastly different from any home
she had ever known. Her uncle's
house on the highlands beyond the
town lay in region Of cooler breezes
and more bracing air than that of Bar
BADGES. Books and music and the gem
eral air of refinement recalled her
carly life with her mother, and with
the exception of the anxiety about her
father, there were no clouds In the
bright blue skies Of Kate Bonnet But
this anxiety was cloud, and It was
spreading.
When the Amanda moved away from
the side Of the pirate vessel Revenge
she hoisted all sail, and got away over
the sea as fast as the prevailing wind
conld take her. When she passed the
bar below Bridgetown and came to an
Choir. Capt. Marchand Immediately
lowered a boat and was rowed up the
-:scr to the recent residence Of Maj,
.,jrGe Bonnet, and there he delivered
:? ,-;ters-one to the wife OF that
,-o,ieman, and the other for his
"1shitr. Then the captain rowed
=. i sad went into the town, where he
'"ao!ed and nearly distracted the
liens by giving them the most eau
,ous and expurgated account Of the
ron3,derate and friendly manner In
aalch the Amanda had been relieved
II her cargo by his old friend and fell
| -vestryman, Maj. Bonnet.
Capt Marchand had been greatly
Impressed by the many things which
| Ben Greenway had said about his mas
ter's present most astounding freak,
and hoping In his heart that repent
ance aad suitable repatriation might
soon give this hitherto estmable man
an opportunity to return to his former
| place In society, he said as little as lie
could against the name and fame of
this once respected fellow-citizen.
When he communicated with the Eng
lish owners OF his now departed cargo,
| he would know what to say to them,
but here, safe In harbor with his vessel
and his passengers, he preferred to
| wait for a time before entirely black
ening the character of the man who
had allowed him to come here. Like
the faithful Ben Greenway, he did not
yet believe in Stede Bonnet's piracy.
Madam Bonnet read her letter and
did not like II. In fact, she thought 1t
| shameful, Then she opened and read
tae letter to her step-daughter. This
| she did not Ike, either, and she put 1t
away in drawer; she would have
| nothing to do with the transmission of
such an epistle as this. Most abomina-
bic when contrasted with the scurrilous
screed he had written her.
Day after day passed on, and Kate
Bonnet arose each morning feeling less
happy than on the day before. But at
last letter came, brought by a
French vessel which had touched at
Barbados This letter was to Kate
from Martin Newcombe. It was love
letter, very earnest, ardent love let
| ter, but 1t did not make the young girl
happy, for it told her very little about
her father. The heart of the lover was
so tender that he would say nothing to
his lady which might give her needless
pain. He had heard what Capt. Mar
chand had told and he had not under
stood It, and could only half believe IT.
Kate must know far more about all
this painful business than he did, for
her fathers letter would tell her all
| he wished her to know Therefore,
why should he discuss that most dis
tressing and perplexing subject, which
! he knew so little about and which she
knew all about. So he merely touched
upon Maj Bonnet and his vessel, and
hoped that she might soon write to
him and tell him what she cared for
him to know, what she cared for him
to tell the people of Bridgetown, and
what she wished to repose confideh-
TALLY to his honor. But whatever she
chose to say to him or not to say to
him, he would have her remember that
his heart belonged to her. and ever
would belong no matter what might
happen or what might be said for good
or for bad, on the sea or the land, by
friends or enemies,
This was a rarely good love letter,
but 1t plunged Kate into the deepest
woe, and Dickory saw this first Of all.
He had brought the letter, and for Che
second time he saw tears In her eyes.
The absence of news of Maj. Bonnet
was soon known to the rest Of the
family, and then there were other
tears. 1t was perfectly plain, even Ia
Dame Charter, that things had been
said in Bridgetown which Mr.. New
p combe had not cared to write.
"Dickory," said the girl, my mind IL
filled with horrible doubts. / have
heard of the talk In Bridgetown before
we left, and now here is this letter
from Mr.. Newcombe from which l can
not fall to see that there must have
been other talk that he considerably
refrains from telling me-"
He should not have written such