Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-07-13
Captain Calvin Tabor

ed in their honest red English faces,
but Captain Calvin Tabor spoke, bow
ing low, yet. as | said before. with as
sured eyes.
81 have the honor to salute you, mis-
tress." He spoke with a grace some
what beyond his calling. He was a
young man. as fair as Dutchman and
a giant in stature. He bore himself
also curiousIy for one of his calling,
bowling as steadily as a cavalier, with
no trembling of the knees when he re-
covered and carrying his right arm as
if it would grasp sword rather than
cutlass if the need arose.
God be praised! | see that you have
brought the Golden Horn safely to
port" said Mistress Mary. with a
stately sweetness that covered to me,
who knew her voice and its every note
SO well, an exultant ring.
Yes, praised be God. Mistress Caven-
dish,p answered Captain Tabor, land
with fine winds TO swell the sails and
no pirates.
And is my new scarlet cloak safe?"
cried Mistress Mary, ''and my tabby
petticoats, and my blue brocade bodice,
and my stockings. and my satin shoes
and laces?''
| wondered somewhat at the length
Of the list. as not only Mistress Mary's
wardrobe, but those of her grandmoth-
er and sister and many of the house
hold cI1prfioe hoo RI hxa ,l,1,.ol, a 81 x,yi+l,
the proceeds of the tobacco, and that
brought but scanty returns owing TO
the navigation act, and scrupled not to
say so, being secure in the new world,
where disloyalty against kings could
flourish without so much danger of the
daring tongue being silenced at Ty-
burn.
1t had been a hard task for many
planters to purchase the necessaries Of
life with the profits of their tobacco
crop, since the trade with the Neither
lands was prohibited by his most gra-
the supply, being limited to the English
market, had so exceeded the demand
that it brought but beggarly price per
pound
Therefore | wondered, knowing that
many of those articles of women's
attire mentioned by Mistress Mary
were of great value and brought great
sums in London, and knowing. too,
that the maid, though innocently fond
of such things, to which she had, more
over, the natural right of youth and
beauty such as hers, which should
have all the silks and jewels of earth,
and no questioning, for its adjoining,
was not given to selfish appropriation
for her own needs, but rather consider
ed those Of others first
However. Mistress Mary had some
property in her own right, she being
the daughter of a second wife who had
died possessed of small plantation
called Laurel Creek which was mile
distant from Drake Hill, farther in
land, having no ship dock and employ
ing this. Mistress Mary might have
sent some of her own tobacco crop to
England wherewith to purchase hnery
for herself
Still / wondered, and / wondered
stiIl more when Mistress Mary. albeit
the Lords day and the penalty for
such labor being even for them Of
high degree not light should propose
as she did that the goods be then and
there unIaden. Then yentured TO-
address her, riding close to her side,
that the captain and the sailors should
not hear and think that held her IN
slight respect and treated her like
child. sincd presumed to call her to-
account fotyaught she chose to 10.