Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-08-31

to mount him before was avail
dark figure lurking in shadow,
made out by the long sweep OF the
garments that II was a woman
paused, and looked intently into the
shadow, where she stood so silently
that she might have deceived me had
1t not been for dutfer of her cloak In
stray wind
"Who goes thereY' called out softly,
but knew well enough. / knew well
enough 1t was Catherine Cayendish,
and indeed I marveIed that had got
ten thus far without meeting her. she
stepped forward with no more ado
when accosted her, and spoke. but
with great caution.
what do you, Master Wingfeld n
she whispered
II 60 on my own business an it
please you. madam answered, some
thing CURLY, and / have since shamed
myself with the memory Of it, for she
was woman
1T pleases me not, nor my grand
mother, that one of her household
should go forth on any GRAND Of nys-
terry at such time as this, when whis-
pers have reached US of another insur
rection,' she replied Master Wing
field, / demand to know, in the name
Of my Grandmother Cavendish, the
purpose of your riding forth In such
fashion"
"And that, madam, refuse to tell
you,v l replied, bowling low.
sYou presume too greatly on your
privileges . she burst out. You think
because my grandmother holds you
in such strange favor that she seems to
forget, to forget
THAT | am a convict, madam.
| finished for her, with another low bow.
/ Finish it as you will, Master Wing
field she said haughtily, but you
think wrongly that she win -counte-
nance treason to the king in her own
household, and Ills treason that IS
/ brewing tonight"
Madam, l whispered, IF you love
| your grandmother and value her
safety you will remain in ignorance Of
this,
Then she caught me by the arm with
such a nervous ardor that never would
| have known her for the Catherine
Cavendish of late years
Harry, you shall not &c" she whis-
pered. II say you shall notl IL
will go to my grandmother. will have
the militia out Harry, say you shall
/ not gor'
/ But then my blood was up. Mad
am" said, Ego shall, and If you
acquaint your grandmother twill be
to her possible undoing. and yours and
your sisters, since the having one Of
the rioters in your own household will
lay you open to suspicion. Then. be
sides, your sisters bringing over Of
/ the arms may be traced to her if the
matter be agitated."
Then truly the feminine soul Of this
woman leaped to the surface with no
more ado.
/ "Oh, Harry she cried out Il care
not for my grandmother, nor my sister.
nor the king, nor Nathaniel Bacon, non
aught, nor aught-- fear, fear Oh
1 fear lest thou be killed, Harry"
LEST my dead body be brought home
to thy door and the accusation of hav-
ing furnished traitor to the king be
laid to thee, madam / said, for not
one whit believed in her love for me
But she only sobbed in a distracted
fashion.
| Fear not, madam" said IF the
militia be out and fall, 1t will go hard
that die before l have time to for
swear myself yet again for the sake
of thy family. But pray thee keeI
to myself for the sake Of all"
/ With that l was In my saddle and
rode away, for had fingered, feared
too long. and as God is my witness
had no faith that Catherine Cavendish
did more than assume such interest In
me for her own ends. for love, as
conceived 1t, was not thus.
| I FASTENED on my way to Barry Up
per Branch. where was the rendezvous
Catherine urging Harry
not to become q rebel