New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-08

Tor my sons. az their mothers bidding and for
their sons sons. 7 have writ these memories. not
be it understood. TO mine own exaltaton. for what
little did was done. and better. by thousand
others; but that they may know what manner Of
men we were IN those days and how iJ IS ever
possible, under Providence. 10 conquer the op-
pressor. even though he appear TO overwhe.n US.
II the heart Is LEnt. and the cause be right, and
the good God over all
That I should hold my brother Jasper 20 have
been a rogue, seeing he had baseIy cOzeued me
out Of my Inheritance. is easy to- understand; yet
do say truly had forgiven him that viIIany
But there We're other matters less easy To- put
aside. and right glad am 7 that I knew them not
ere l sailed upon that voyage. else had passed
my rapier atween his ribs and laid up store OF
regret for mine old age
Twas an evening i'm June. when the roses in our
Devon lanes Eemmed the hedserows and filed the
air with perfume
The Sound lay wondro,.s blue below me as
paused at the hilltop. the thatch Of the village
roofs struggling away downward TO the quaylike
patches Of sray brown velvet on a mantle OF sum
mer green. and the smoke Of the wood fires rising
IN straight columns above the oak boughs
From the open windows OF the Dolphin Inn
roaring chorus came uD the coombe. Roger Carew
the two Dittishams. Nou Cary. and the rest OF
them. all good men and true were holding high
carouse and no doubt toastinE the smart craft iu
when they We're part owners. and which swung
at anchor three cables out from the quay head.
Sore-y had il grieved me during the months she
had been fitting there that Z should have nor art
nor part i'm the venture. Tor we were all compau-
ions from our cradles and they had pressed me
hard TO join with them
Still. my father had lain a-dyiuE the while hts
eyes ever turned to- the sea. and had read iu
them SO much tenderness and reproach that 1 was
VeNed that Jasper should have told him auzht %
my longing at such time.
and now ne Was dead and laid 90 rest with
score OF ShlllnEtoras. UP yOuder beneath the black
slaves before these newfaHEled caIIvers and
InaJchIocks came into fashion.
You Will say. doubtless. that it was early days
vault was but a few hours closed over my fathers
from IIy mouth must bear that between then since
If my breathing labored as 1 stood there. twas
less the steepness Of the lane. the pace
in mis- black doubiet. reading my fathers testa-
mf4t' ana Jasper sitting on the ether side OF the
as have seen In men sick of alue.
Abbott, together with the farms I'm H6-t r5ris6
ana all the rentals there.rom: 90 my son Waiter
upon rovinE f. viii be- Of service 10 him me Is s7-
Then there my fathers great sprawl al
done about with Curls and dOUrishos. and below
twas well planned. for they knew my temper.
IT'S false and iOuli' 7 shouted. s. that the
lawyer grew white. and Jasper covered back into
his chair.
WIN H y69 eT [ia sgry m our S cSSb AI v
cunning fox; the win shall be eXamiued-my father
away, and by some sudden impulse I plucked out
my dagger and pinned Il TO the table
Had nailed his yellow claw with IL I had not
minded in my rage. but he was too quick for that
and tho will remained pierced By the steel blade.
Your mad action VIII hardly serve YOU. young
sir he said. glancing a.. me- brother You have
ne said truly ths weapon. driven good inch
that none had they been so minded. could have
sworn 20 my fathers screed
Jasper was looking at me. and waited for him
Had he spoken one word Of brotherIy sympathy,
have had no pert IN this then had we sin been
brothers. hut instead there was a craven look In
over the table toward me- held something that gave
what have you thsre?" said 7. turned to stone
Your fortune" ne replied in q low voice. still
douhtiug for HIS pitiful skin and pushing tEe prss
~ ne Ii5-arv above
Ana then / laughed without mirth and placed
mothers portrait. which was beside the fireplace.
out tbTough the dim ha into the sunlight without
a word and they right glad to see the back OF me,
And then. through the crowd o. dogs of every
we're his now. and out throush the great gate WlIh
And am the while the figure OF Bess Ppm before
sTGuid be vet with pride in her veins. and know
ing that she OF all the world was my friend.
the stern man her father. and. how 7. an almost
penuiless outcast should come IN ll.ls - S it
nineteen. and at nineteen We we're more or 295s
in those times than some or you are OF '''l-''"
Then at the hilltop paused and looked back g.
rho world was before me. and / gizeC, as Ir'Ii
a pinnacle upon the little hands span tlat hae
hitherto been my sphere o.. ~, -.
T5e coor-ba TN. village. the bay. with the boats
-, ~ ar5 tna nets ashore. everything as 7
had known 10 FOR all my nineteen summers anu
winters and vet now with difference 49,
a shadow fell athwart my own ana 4 Hi''" u AT
~ t-.ry
I'M iii mis- ransom should arrive. by our nelEhboI.
Tobn Pomerov who had taken him ia venture.
There vvps no man fin EU-lud -at rather nave
avoided iu my mood than the sleek olive 'ls,,--l
Don. who had been f.r 1000 t''l- 4'' -' $500
lingering about our lanes Al. -
+bfrts IN fact. later 7 was o. know. tuitL our
- Ms mutual for Mistress fym had diWnel
iipon his horizon bright CONSERVATION anu We
were rivals -- -, ,,,,7
That he was concerned in my misfortune anu
1,r- ~ heritage 7 knew not ut that uluet IL was
eror1-l for me that he tw.rift his nuStacLlos ln
ne terrace garden az FuZ1C1t1. and paved cu.s5
a.. rirhtz with worthy Master IFIu, "u'in VS.
soon to learn was not SO worthy as We deeIlei
him. -t- Of, cold for z have
,o- 6aI5 CviIltv 10 De part o. a Eeutlernlns creed,
Tho Standard bowed and muttered q su.lulLlLL
saIutatiOu into his ruff. while the point OF MS