Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-08-10

s fSY n KNOW not how Captain Calvin
A#sgI Tabor managed his part to
SSessSy transship those goods with
80 out discovery, but he had a
shrewd head. and no doubt the captain
of the Earl of Fairfax another and by
s O'Clock that May day the Golden
Horn lay at her wharf discharging her
cargo right Justify with such openness
of zeal and shouts Of encoura cement
and groans of labor twas enough to
acauaint all the colony And straight
way to the great house they brought
my Lady Crlpeper's fallals and clamp
ed them IN tie hall where we were all
at supper. Mistress Mary sprang to
( her feet and ran to them and bent over
them What are these?' she said, all
In CULVER
.sThe goods which you ordered, mad
am spoke up one Of the sailors. with
a grin which he had copied from Cap
tain Tabor and pulled forelock and
ducked his head.
The goods. said she, speaking faint
". for hers was rather the headlong
course of enthusiasm than the secret
Windings Of diplomacy.
Art thou gone daft, sweetheart?
s ~ saaas Of which you gave the list:
this morning. which have but now
come in on the Golden Horn spake up
Catherine sharply.
Madam Cavendish was at table that
night, though moving with grimaces
fr,r,. <l,a S4iff,oce, of 1,o,. ,.I,e,.y,, . =
joints. and she ordered that the sailors
be given cider, the which they drank
with some haste and were gone. Then
Madam Cavendish asked Mistress
Mary, with her wonderful keenness of
gaze, which never saw excelled, Are.
those the goods which you ordered by
4 the Golden Horn7r But I answered
for her. knowing that Madam Cav
& endish would pardon such presumption
from me- Madam. those are the
goods. have It from Captain Calvin
Tabor himself"
Mistress Mary gave little gasp and
looked at me and looked at her sister
Catherine, and well knew it was on
the tip of her tongue to out with the
whole to her grandmother. And so
she would doubtless have done had
not her wonderment and suspicion that
maybe in some wise Catherine had
conspired to buy for her in England
the goods of which she had cheated
I herself and the terror of doing harm
to her sister and me- But never saw !
maid go so white and red and make
the strife within her SO evident
We were well nigh through supper
when the goods arrived. and Madam
Cayendish ordered some of the slaves
to open the cases, which they did
forthwith. and all my Lady Culpeper's
finery was displayed.
i Never saw / such a rich assortment,
and, calling to mind my Lady Cul-
A,eper's thin and sour visage, won
A1ered within myself whether such fine
Feathers might In her case suffice to
snake fine bird, though some of them
4Were for her daughter Cate, who was
fair enough Nothing would do but
Mistress Mary, with her lovely face
still strange to see with her consterna-
'sion Of puzzlement, should severally
display every piece to her grandmother
and hold against her complexion the
rich stuffs to see If the colors suited
her
Madam Cayendish was pleased to ex
press her satisfaction with them all.
( though with some demur at the ex-
trayaganee. lis rich enough ward
robe for my Lady Culpeper, said she.
at which innocent shrewdness / was
,driven to hard straits to keep my face
Sgrave. but Mistress Catherine was
hooking on with a countenance as calm
as the moon which was just then ris
ing.
Madam Cayendish was pleased es
IpeciaIly with one gown Of a sky color,
shot with silver threads. and ordered
that Mistress Mary should wear it
10 the ball which was to be given at
khe governors house the next night
when heard that | started, and
lcafferine shot pale glance OF con
'sternation at me. but Mistress Mary
flushed rosy red with rebellion.
Il have no desire to attend my Lord
Gulpeper's ball, madam, said she.
Lord Cuipeper II the representative
|0f hig majesty here in Virginia., said
Madam cavendish, with high head,
4and 90 granddaughter Of mine al-