The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-10-12

liz from where the summer wa
III u come golden sandaled over Yir
G-ssnS ginia, throbbing now with nj
the pent up intolerance of years of re
preston and smothcrcd resentment, ;
snip which had been strained and pun
meled by two months packed Will
tempest unfolded new canvas under
the crumbling splendors of q clearin:
SKY. The day drew bree2ily serene
The sea had tired itself out, and tn,
sun burned pleasantly I'm the blue.
one of the few passengers whom tn,
sottcninS weather had drawn into th,
air=-a young Frenchman, fair, slight
well knit and soberly garbed in gray
leaned upon the forward rail, with
shoulders squared to the sunshine. and
looked below him.
No mart of the old world could have
shown more strangely assorted com.
pany than did the lower deck of tho
brigantlne Two Sisters out of London
bound for Yorktown, Va. Swarminp
to the bulwarks WAS motley herd OF
redemptioncrs - n few young women
of fair color, English country girls
from the farm lands, looking forward
to new things and n rosy marriage in
this new land which beckoned to ey.
cry creed and nation; moro wore hard
er faces, toll sh0rpened-men who had
worked their trade sobcrly to yield
at last to the spur of ambition and bar
ter six years of plantation labor for a
passage to opportunity. Indeed, SO
greedy were the plantation factors of
hands that more than one colony was
made to hold open arms to the oil 4
worlds vagrants, its felons and it's
dregs.
Now the creatures who had wallowed
In sullen waiting or cried shrilly to
their saints were still or babbling of
other things. From the rigging tarred
mariner bawled his lay of "Bold Jack
In the Ways" and the few passengers,
who had weathered the storm grum.
bling or dicing below deck, were sun
ming themselves upon the poop.
The young Frcnchman shifted his
slow gaze from the redemptioners and
let II run far out over the water, watch.
Ing the little spots of foam that mar
bled the great waste. He was unde
niably good looking, of an elusive,
beardless charm. with forehead gray.
or than his mouth His hair was rich
brown, long and curling, for lie wore
no wig, and his finely cut lips were set
over chin of bold dellcacy His eyes
were full and hazel, his expression one
OF zest and cagcrness.
On this day us he leaned against the
rail- Il man was watching him in,ently
W 40 ct nrfl,n
man" name was Jarrat, and he wore
tive uniform of Il captain in his majes.
tvs horse
To relate that Captain Jarrat had
carried his handsome face and domi-
n&"ring bearing aboard the ship on the
Gay CT sailing, with letter from Lord
Stomont, British ambassador in Paris.
hidden in his breast pocket, is to go
back bit. Jarrat was close mouthed.
AS far Gs the other passengers were
concerned lie was British officer re
turning to the Nirginias. To nice eye
he would have betrayed an overinti-
mate curiosity rs to certain pas.
sengcr.
The second day out he accosted the
skipper, Master Jabcz Elves, and wish
ed him fair weather and a good day
with an insinuating accent which be-
tolcncd a bent for conversation. But
Master Elves replied only with nau-
tical grunt.
Jarsrt tried direct inquiry.
Where is the Marquis de la Trou-
cI:c?"
"Sith," rcnlicA the skipper. "In his
cGh!n,' and rolled away.
"Ai;!" snirked Jarrat. "Our French
sc it!cmnn is poor sailor"
But as the days went by it became
certain that the distinguished passen-
ger WAS I'll OF q less passing malady
than NAL dc mcr.
On an evening the captain pushed
open q narrow cabin door at the end