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and Queen. which sails from here In

and Queen, which sails from here In
three days for Jamaica. l know this,
for send some goods; and I wish,
Mistress Bonnet, that could say
something against your sailing in her,
but cannot; for, since you will not
let me take care of you, your uncle
Is surely the best one in the world
to do it; and as to the vessel, I know
she is a safe one.''
But you could not 60 sailing away
In any vessel by YOURSELF" cried Dame
Charter, mo matter how safe she
may be-
"Oh, no." cried Kate; land the more
we talk about our plan the more fully
1t reveals itself to me in all its various
parts. I am going to ask you to &c
with me, my dear Dame Charter" and
as she spoke she seized both of the
hands of the other. II have funds OF
my own which are invested in the
town, and I can afford the expense
Surely, my good friend, you will not
let me go forth alone, and all unused
to travel? Leaving me safely with my
uncle you could return when the snip
came back to Bridgetown.''
Dame Charter turned upon the girl
look of kind compassion, but at the
same time she knit her brows
Fright glad would I be to do that fol
you,'' she said, "but I cannot go away
and leave my son, who has only me-"
Take him with you," cried Kate
| Two women travelling to unknown
shores might readily need a. protector
and if not, there are so many things
which he might do. Think of it, my
dear Dame Charter; to my uncle's
home In Jamaica is the only place to
which l can go, and if you do not go
with me how can I go there?"
Dame Charter now shed tears, but
they were the tears of one good wom-
an feeling for the misfortunes of an
other.
Il will go with you, my dear young
lady," she said, land I will not leave
you until you are in your uncle's care. u
Kate walked to the boat with Mr.
Newcombe, he having offered to un-
dertahe her business in town and al
her fathers house, and to see the own.
ers of the King and Queen in regard
to passage.
Dickory stood radiant, speaking tc
no one. Master Martin Newcombe was
the lover of Mistress Kate Bonnet, but
he, Dickory, was going with her IL
jamaica!
The following days fed rapidly
Long-visaged Martin Newcombe, whose
labors in behalf of his lady were truly
labors of love, as their object was to
help her to 60 where his eyes could
no longer feast upon her, and from
which place her voice would no longer
reach him, went, with a bitter taste
In his mouth, to visit Madam Bonnet
to endeavor to persuade her to do
liver to her stepdaughter such further
belongings as that young lady was il
need of.
be only too glad to comply with this
request, hoping earnestly that neither
the property nor its owner should ever
again be seen by her. She was in
high spirits, believing that she was
much better manager of the planta-
ton than her eccentric husband had
ever been, and she had already en-
gagged a man to take the place Of Ben
Greenway, who had been a sore trou-
BILE to her these many years. She was
buoyed up and cheered by the belief
that the changes she was making
would be permanent, and that she
would live and die the owner Of the
plantation.
So Hates baggage was put on board
the King and Queen, very humble
vessel considering her sounding name
and Dame Charters few belongings
were conveyed to the vessel in Dick.
ory's canoe, the cottage being left in
charge of a poor and well-pleased
neighbor.
The King and Queen dropped down
the stream, and Master Newcombe
stood sadly on the pier, while Kate
Bonnet waved her handkerchief to him
and to her friends. Dame Charter sal
and smiled at the town she was leav.
ing and at the long stretches of the
river before her. She knew not tc
what future she was going, but he,
heart was uplifted at the thought thai
new life WAS opening before her son
In her little cottage and in her little
fields there was no future for him
and now to what future might he not
be sailing!
CHAPTER VIII.