Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-11-01

NAY, none but me and Nick and
Dick Barry, and the parsOn since yes
terday. and Major Beverly and Captain
Noel Jaynes and you and the captain
and sailors on the Golden Horn, wht
value their own necks. A. God il
my witness, none beside, Harry"
l could scarcely help laughing a
the length of the list and the limo
cence of the lad. "Her sister Gather
inc, Sir Humphrey" said I.
Hath she told aer, Harry?"
"And the captain Of the Earl Of Fair
fax"
1.-THE governors ship? Well, then, lei
us go through jamestown proclaimine
it with a horn," he gasped out, and
made more Of the two last than his
own long list.
NAY, the two last are as safe as
we," said l. Mistress Catherine holds
her sister dearer than herself, and as
for the captain Of the governors ship
lock mans tongue with the key OF
his own interest if you wish 1t moi
to wag. But these goods must be
moved from here"
THAT is what I well know, Harry
he said eagerly. "All night did l toss
and study the matter. But where"
Not in any place on Madam Caven
dish's plantation" I said, and did not
say, as l might have, for twas the
truth, that l had also tossed and
studied, but as yet to no result.
mo, nor ON mine, though l swear tc
thee, were l the only one to consider
1 would have them there in twin
king, but cannot put my mother and
sister in jeopardy even for
Barry Upper BranchT
"Nick and Dick swear they will not
run the risk; that they have but toe
lately escaped with their lives and are
too close watched, and as for the par
son, tits out of the question, and
Ralph Drake hath no hiding place
and as for the others, they one and all
refuse and say this is the safest place
in the colony, it being household OF
women, and Madam Cavendish well
known for her loyalty"
He looked ut me and l at him, and
again the old consideration, as | saw
his handsome, gallant young face, that
perchance Mary Cavendish might love
him and do worse than to wed him
came over me.
II will find a place for the goods,
said l.
"You, Harry"
"Yes, l." said.
"But where, Harry"
"Wait till the need for them come
lad" Then | added. for often In my
perplexity the wish that the whole LOT
were at the bottom Of the river had
seized me, There Is need Of them,
suppose"
But Sir Humphrey said yes, with a
great emphasis to that.
"There is sure to be fighting" he
said, land never were powder and shot
so scarce. 'Tis well the Indians are
quiet. This poor colony of Virginia
hath not enough powder to guard her
borders nor, were it not for her rich
soil, enough of food to feed her chill
dren since the navigation act. Oh
Harry. if but Nathaniel Bacon had
livedw
amen" l said, and felt rs l said 1t
that if indeed that hero were alive this
plot for the destroying of the young to,
bacco plants might be the earthquake
which threw off new empire, but as
It were, remembering the men concern,
ed, who had none Of the stuff OF Ba-
con In them, l wondered II 1t would
prove aught more than wedge In the
scheme of liberty.
"There are those who would be ready
to say that we gentlemen OF Virginia.
like Bacon. are all ready to shelter
ourselves behind women's aprons" said
Sir Humphrey Hyde, with shamed
glance at the goods, referring to that
stationing of the ladies of the Berkeley
faction, all arrayed in white aprons,
on the earthworks before the advance
of the sons and husbands and BROTH
ers in the Bacon uprising.
"And If you hear any man say that,
shoot him dead. Sir Humphrey Hyde
said, for, through liking not that
story about Bacon, l was fiercer in
defense Of 1t.
Faith, and ! will, Harry" cried Sir
Humphrey, land Bacon was Il greater
man than the king II were to swing
for it; but, Harry, you cannot by your
self move these. What will you doT
But l begged him to say no more
and started toward the window, the
door being fast locked as Mistress
Mary had left it, when suddenly the
boy stopped me and caught me by
the hand, and begged me to tell him II
thought there might be any hope for
him with Mary Cavendish, being