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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-07-27


SIR Humphrey was But d lad to me-
scarcely older than Mistress Mary. for
all his great stature He stood before
me, scraping the shell walk with the
end of his riding whip. Both men had
ridden hitler. and at that moment
heard Ralph brakes horses hard trot
IF you come counting Mistress Mary
Cavendish. tis for her guardians. her
grandmother and elder sister TO deal
With You concerning the time and place
You choose said /. "but if it be on
any other GRAND
Good God, Harry" broke in Sir
Humphrey. do you think am come
love making in such fashion and with
Ralph Drake III his cups. though
swear he fastened himself to me
against my wills"
waited a moment Sir Humphrey
had been much about the place since
he was a mere lad and had had be-
lieye. a sort of Doyish good will toward
me. Not much love had lie for books.
but I was accounted Il fair shot and
had some knowledge of sports of hunt
ing and fishing and had given him
| son,a lessons and no Nod foIlo,vsd nc
al,onf sorna favvs vaars before so,na-
what u fbe ,,,a,si,,nss ~ l,is n,otI,or
Who .,onld mi fargat fl,at I Vac con,
vict
I post aho,,t IN mr. Mind ,v,,a+ - say
baipos rasolva@, NOT = I9atrav Ararv cav ay
endish, even did this man know what /
co,,la hat,av ma rot boina received
f. have some UNDERSTANDING If what
ras FOOT
a man of honor includes not maid
ems n nlots sir I4unnl,rav,, said I
anaIlv
SIR HumDi,rev sfarnnered and looked
at me and looked away again. Then
suddenly spake Mistress Mary. from
her window overhead. set in a climbing
trumpet vine, and SO loudly and reck-
lessly that had not her grandmother
and sister been on the farther side of
the house they must have heard her.
s''Tis not Sir Humphrey included the
maid in the plot, but the maid who in
cluded Sir Humphrey, said she. Then
she laughed, and at the same moment
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-07-27

and laugh somewhat doubtfully ar
first, then in full peal when Ciceiy.
nothing daunted by such discoura ge
ment in her friends eyes, went bravely
to work again, all her slender body
shaking with mirth.
But the most curious sight Of all, and
that which occas;oned the two maids
the most merriment. though or d covert
and even tender and plying sort. was
Mary's black serving weneh. Sukey. Il
half grown girl, who had been hidden
to attend her mistress upon this morn
ing froIie She was seated at a dis
lance, square in the wet greenness. and
was plunging both hands into t.se May
dew and scrubbing her face with Il
fierce zeal as if her heart was IN that
pretty folly. as no doubt it WAS. And
ever and anon as she raJbed her
cheeks. which sllone the biacker and
glossier for it. she would turn the
palms Of her hands. which be so Curl
ously pale on a negro's hands. to see If
perchance some Of the darkness had
stirred. And when she saw not. then
would she tall 10 Scrubb1ng again.
Presently up stood Mary and Cicely,
and CiceIy flashed in the sun a little
silver mirror which she had brought
and which had lain glittering in the
grass a little removed, and looked at
herself. and saw that her brown cheeks
We're as ever, with the exception of the
flush caused by rubbing, and tossed it
with her undaunted laugh to Mary.
The more fool be Ir' she cried out.
Instead of washing mine own face in
the May dew, better had it been had
/ locked thee in the clothespress. Mary
Cavendish, and not let thee add to thy
beauty, while / but gave my cheeks
the look Of fever or the smallpox. l
trow the skin be off in spots, and all
to no purpose! Look at tayseIf, Mary
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-07-27

kfRMNAF q leHuSI Siduhess enS ihSuily
ls2ss) with which young creatures,
and particularly young girls, can throw
off their minds for the time being the
weight of cares and anxieties and bring
all of themselves to bear upon those
exercises of body or mind to no par
ticular end of serious gain, which we
call play and friyolity.
That very next morning after / had
learned from Mary Cayendish, sup
pIemented by a sulky silence of assent
from Sir Humphrey Hyde, that she
had, under pretense of ordering fem
mine finery from England, spent all
her years income from her crops on
powder and shot for the purpose of
making a stand in the contemplated
destruction of the new tobacco crops,
and thereby plunged herself and her
family in a danger which were hard
to estimate were it discovered, | heard
a shrill duet of girlish laughs and mer-
ry tongues before the house. Then,
on looking forth, whom should | see
but Mary Cavendish and Cieely Hyde,
her great gossip, and a young colored
weneh, all washing their faces in the
May dew, which lay in a great food
as of diamonds and pearls over ev-
erything.
| minded well the superstition, old
er than /, that if a maid washed her
face In the first May dew it would
make her skin wondrous fair, and
laughed to myself as | peeped around
the shutter to think that Mary Cav
endish should think that she stood in
need of such amendment of nature.
Down she knelt, dragging the hem Of
her ehintz gown, which was as gay
with maze of printed posies as any
garden bed, and she thrust her hol-
lowed hands into the dew laden green
and brought them over her face and
rubbed till sure there was never any
thing like it for sweet, glowing rosi-
ness.
And Cicely Hyde, who must have
come full early to Drake Hill for that
purpose, did likewise, and with more
need. as / thought. for she was a
brown maid, not so fair of feature as
some, though she had merry heart
which gave to her such zest Of life
and welcome OF friends as made her a
favorite. Up she scooped the dew and
bathed her face turning ever and anon
to Mary Cayendish with anxious in
quiries, ending In trills of laughter
which would not be gainsaid in May
inn ay.sJ Nat4fh HIM q NV s4Ixrlaf fsf sf,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-07-27

modest maid to hesitate TO speak Of the
place, but Mary Cavendish was as yet
but child in her understanding of GER
tain things Her blue eyes fixed me
with the brave indignation of boy as
she went on lis pretty parson.
said she again. and it would be the
tavern, just as openly. were it on a
week day
put my finger TO my lip and cast a
glance about. for it was enjoined upon
the people under penalty that they
speak not i'll of any minister Of the Cos
pei. While / cared not for myself. hav-
ing never yet held my tongue except
from my own choice. yet was always
concerned for this young thing. with
her beauty and her charm might not
protect her always against undesirable
results, and not only were the slaves
within hearing of her voice. but none
knew how many others, for those We're
brave days for tale bearers
But Mary spoke again. ard mere
sweetly and shrilly than ever. 9 a pref
ty parson. forsoothl And to keep com
pany with a pirate captain! Fiei When
he looks at me clutch my gold chain
and turn the flash of my rings from
sight, and Dick and Nick Barry are the
worst rakes in tie colony! Naught
was ever heard good of them, excepting
their following of General Bacon, but
good cause makes moi always worthy
adherents.
This last she said with toss of her
head and a proud glance. for Nathaniel
Bacon was to this maid hero of he
roes, and naught but her sex and her
tender years, she being but twelve or.
so at the time, had kept her from join
ing his ranks. But indeed in this had
full sympathy with her, though chary
of expressing it.
Mistress Mary Cayendish bad franz
ed in black in her chamber a silhouette
of this hero, and she wore in a locket
a lock of his hair, by which she had
come in some girlish fashion through
a young gossip of hers. a kinswoman
of Bacon's, from whose head | verify
believe she had pilfered it while asleep.
And, more than that, | knew of her
and Cicely Hyde strewing fresh bios
SONS on the tide of the York river, in
which Bacon had been buried, on the
anniversary of his death and coming
home with sweet eyes red with tears
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-07-27

Cavendish, and blush that thou be so
much fairer than one who loves thee.p
And verify Mary Cayendish did for
minute seem to blush as she cast
glance at herself in the mirror and saw
her marvellous rose of face, but the
next minute the mirror flashed in the
grass and her arms were about Cicely
Hyde's neck. .sTis the dearest face
in Virginia Cicely,' said she in her
sweet. vehement way, and laid her
pink check against the others plain
one. And Cicely laughed and took her
face in her two hands and held it away
that she might see it.
what matters it to poor Cicely
whether her own face be fair or not
so long as it is dear to thee and so long
as she can see thines' she cried as pas
sionately as lad might have done, and
frowned, not with jealousy, but with
a curious dislike to such affection from
one maid to another, which could new
er understand in myself. Had Cicely
Hyde had lover she would have said
that fond speech to him instead Of
Mary Cavendish, but lover she had
none.
But all at once the two maids nudged
one another and turned their faces,
all convulsed with merriment. and l
looked and saw that the poor little
black lass had crept on hands and
knees to where the mirror flashed in
the grass and was looking at her face
therein with such anxiety as might
move one at once to tears and laughter
to see if the dew had washed her
white
But Mary Cavendish ceased all in
minute her mirth and went up to the
black child and took the mirror from
her and said in the sweetest voice of
pity I ever heard, .'Tis not in one
May dew nor two, nor perchance in the
dews of many years, you can wash
your face white. but some time it will
be-
Then the black wench burst Into
tears and begged in that thick, slug
gishly sweet tongue of hers TO know if
ever the May dew would wash her
black away. and Mistress Mary an
swered as seriously as if she were in
the pulpit on the Sabbath day that it.
would some time most surely. and she
should see her face in the glass as fair
as any.
Then the two maids, Mary Cayen-
dish and Cicely Hyde, went into the
house, and left me, as / said before,
to wonder at that spirit Of youth which
can all in minute disregard care and
anxiety and risk of death for the play
Of vanity. But, after all, which be
stronger, wars and rumors of wars or
vanity And which be older, and which
fathered the other7
After the house door had shut behind
the maidens, too went out. but not
to wash my grim mans face In May
dew, but rather for a stroll IN the morn
ing air and the clearing of my wits for
reflection, for much / wondered what
course should take regarding my dis
coyery OF the night before. went
down the road toward Jamestown and
struck into the path TO the wharf the
same that we had taken the day before.
but there were no masts Of the Golden
Horn rising among the trees with a
surprise OF straightness She had
weighed anchor and sailed away over
night. and possibly before.
The more reflected the more I'M
derstood that Mistress Mary Cavern
dish, with her ready wit and supply Of
money through her Inheritance from
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plot ii fhe first oF it could not hav.|
been hers alone. Assuredly Ralph
Drake was concerned III II. and Sd
Humphrey Hyde. and no one knez
how many more Tile main part
Mistress Mary might well have
the furnishing Of the powder and
for Ralph Drake was poor. and
it was said. BY his good luck at cd
and as for Sir Humphrey Hyde.
mother held the reIns IN those 81
hands of hers, which would have bee
sorely bruised had they been with
drawn too roughly
/ sat me down on d glittering ridgd
Of rock near the river bank and watcLf
ed the blue run of the water and tw
I'd the matter this and that way
my mind, for / was sorely perplex
Never did feel as then the ham
of my position, for a man who
held in such esteem as by some
contempt by others. and while hav
voice had no authority to maintain
was neither flesh nor fowl nor SID
nor master
Madam CaveHdish treated me in
respects as the equal Of herself q
her family nay, more than that, 81
deferred to me in such fashion as
had never seen in her toward any
one-but Catherine treated me ev,
with iciness of contempt. which
that ffrnp aancpiypd TO bn hrff TN
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-07-27
Harry WinsfieId gazing
at the water

would have had me as boon companion
at Barry Upper Branch, having been
drawn to me by kindred boIdness OF
spirit and some little passages which
I had had with the Indians, which be
not worth repeating.
/ being in such a position in the col
ony, and considering the fact that
Madam Cavendish and Catherine were
stanch loyalists and would have sent
salt sea had the king SO ordained. and
regarded all disaffection from the roy
all will as deadly sin against God
and the church as well as the throne.
and knowing the danger which Mary
Cayendish ran, was in sore guam
dairy Could / have but gone TO those
men whom | conceived to be in the
plot and talked with them on an equal
footing / would have given my right
hand
But l wondered, and with reason,
what hearing they would accord me,
and wondered how to move in thf&
matter at all without doing harm
Mistress Mary, yet feared greatly thu
the nonmovement would harm bid
more. AS i sat there fell to marve
ing anew, as had marveled MANN
times before, at that yielding on the
part of the strong which makes the
power of those in authority possible.
At the yielding of the weak we marvel
not, but when one sees the bending OF
stanch true men, with muscles OF
iron and hearts of oak, to commands
which be manifestly against their own
best interests. it is verify beyond I'M
derstanding
/ reasoned it out within myself that
one cause might lie in that distrust
and suspicion of his neighbor as to his
good will and identical interest with
himself which is Unborn with every
man and in most cases strengthens
with his growth When movement
Of rebellion against authority Is on
foot, he eyes all askanee and speaks
in whispering corners of secrecy. not
knowing when he strikes his first blow
whether his own brothers hand will be
with him against the common tyrant
or against himself.
Were 1t not for this lamentable quail
ity of the human heart, which viii
prevent forever the perfect concerning
of power to one end, such giant might
be made of one people that It could
hold all the world and all the nations
thereof at its beck and call. But that
=, ,,,sl4 ~. axar, IN ENGLAND which had
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-07-27
CHATTER "

- THEREFORE, that April morn
ing, though filed in my in
most heart with love and
gratitude toward God, as /
ways been since had seen his
l1lworl1 in Mary Cavendish, which
as my especial lesson of his grace to
Reward. with sweetest rhymes Of JOY
~ all my pains and reasons for all my
ebts: and though she sat beside me,
"a near that the rich spread of her
gown was over my knee and the shin
ing Of her beauty warm on my face,
- was weary of the service and
Rr to be out.
I said before, Parson Downs was
o my mind, neither he nor his dis
BE. Still he spoke with a mighty
gy and a conviction of the truth of
1wn words which would have NOV
bis hearers to better purpose had
fha moved himself as regarded his
daily life. But beyond great effer-
Hescenee of the spirit, which produced
IA high mounting froth of piety like the
|seething top of an ale tankard, there
hid naught Of it. Still was there in
some good, or, rather, some lack
al; for he was no hypocrite, but
ched openly against his own vices,
Hi went forth to furnish new texts
Ii mis- sermon, not caring who might
e and judge him. a hearty man he
IS. who would lend his last shilling
borrow his neighbours with equal
eiRess, forcing one to a certain an
AZ liking for him because of his good
III to do that for you which you We're
10th to do for him.
Yet If there ever was a man in har-
ness to Satan as to the lusts of his flesh
md his pride of life it was rarson
- in despite of his bold curvets
aces of exhortation, which so
tied freedom that doubt not
deceived even himself; and
the while be was expanding
lont over his pulpit and way
is, on one of which shone a
stone. the strain of his
But have ever had a
II could not cry down for
was a slave except by
US, was glad when Par
- was done and letting him
Bsn with stately jolts Of ponder
FROM his pulpit, and the folk were
ling but of the church in a soft
S Is of VIGOROUSLY yelled eagt less,
j a great rustling of silks and satin
Aiingling of spurs and swords and
Ing Of plumes and shaking out of
lger odors of flowers and essences
+ n spices.
Rpd gladden. still was when astride
.Qrse in the open, with the sweet
& Side Of the spring wind in my
"a nd all the white towering trees
lshes bowling and singing with a
nd bird voices, like another con-
ion before the Lord. | had not
NOR to assist Mistress Mary to
iddle Sir Humphrey Hyde and
Drake, who was a farof cousin
Is. and my Lord Estes, who was
visit to his kinsman, Lord Culpep-
{ the governor of Virginia, ana ilstia
score Of Others pressed before me,
o was but the tutor and had no right
do her such service except for lack
another at hand.
md fair sight it was for one who
ed her as |, with no privilege Of
ous5 and yet with it astir within
arson Downs
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-07-27
CHAPTER v.

FT& Illus we rode homeward and
i presently came in sight of the
l5TT5Y| Cavendish tobacco fields over
$3.50 Tapped with the fresh green
Of young leaves like the bosses of
shield. and on the right waved rosy
garlands of the locust grove, and such
wonderful strong sweetness of honey
came from it that we seemed to breast
it like wave and caught our breaths,
and there was a mighty hum of bees
like a hundred spinning wheels. But
Mistress Mary and regarded mostly
that green stretch of tobacco, and each
of us had our thoughts. and presently
out came hers Master Wingield,
pray you, whose tobacco may that be?'
she inquired in a sudden, fierce fashion
Madam Cavendish's and yours and
your sisters said l.
''Nay,' said she, It's the kings"
Then she tossed her head again and
rode on and said not another word. nor
/, but | knew well what she meant
Since the navigation act it was indeed
small profit any one had Of his own to-
bacco, since it all went into the ex-
chequer of the king. and did not
gainsay her
When we had passed the negro huts,
swarming with black babies shining in
the sun as sleek as mahogany and all
turning toward us with a marvellous
flashing Of white eyeballs and opening
of red mouths of smiles. all at once,
like some garden bed of black flowers
at the sight of our gay advance, we
reached the great house, and Mistress
Catherine stood in the door clad in
green satin gown which caught the
light with smooth shimmers like the
green sheath Of marsh lily.
Her bare, slender arms were clasped
before her. and her long. white neck
was bent into an arch Of watchfui
grace. Her face was the gravest ever
saw on maid, and not to be reconciIed
with my first acquaintance with her.
thereby giving me always d slight
doubt as of q mask, but her every fea.
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dence IN the love of all who
And close by her stood her
Uterine, eoldly sweet in a
pread of glittering brocade,
her head, crowned with flow
9iumes. as still and stately as
were for her in all the world
Ia of passion, and my brother
Rocked at her. and knew he
(gTed her, and marveled what would
come Of it, though they danced often
together
The ball went on till the east was red
and the cocks crew and all the birds
woke In tumult, and then that hap
pened which changed my whole life
Three weeks from that day / set sail
1g the new World-a convict. | will
not now say how nor why; and on the
same ship sailed Captain Geoffry Cav
80 ~ his mother, Madam Judith Cav
sendish; his daughter, Catherine, and
the little maid Mary
And on the long voyage Captain CAV
end5shs old wound broke out anew,
and lie ed and was buried at sea, and
/, whe arrived in this kingdom of
Virgin with the dire uncertainty and
harFlsl of the convict before me, yet
with Myth and readiness to bear it,
was as tutor by Madam Judith
EaFef b for her granddaughter Mary,
being education well fitted for such
4 po nd she herself knowing her
the sons for 50 doing. And SO it
6apI that Mistress Mary Caven-
|slfsh ana rode to meeting in James
&2Wn that Sabbath in april of 1852
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a. AIRY E. WILKINS

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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-07-27
CHAPTER VI.

Isl HAVE always observed with
hWS wonder and amusement and
kSSassJ tender gladness the faculty
esssHssSS with which young creatures
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-07-27

TA Illus we rode homeward and
i presently came in sight of the
SzSzs5Sa Cavendish tobacco fields over
IsasSsS@J Tapped with the fresh green
El Nuevo mexicano., 1905-09-23
INMENSAS
PERDIDAS.
Gran sIstema FerrocarrIlero PerdI6 q
causa de las crecientes mas que
Dos MiIIones de Pesos.
Para 81 Fin del Aho 322 MiIIas de Ca
rriI DobIe Sc Habran compIetado
--Nueva Linea construida.

Chicago Sept. 23.--Crecientes en- el
oeste han causado que ell Sistema Fe-
rrocarrilero Santa Fe perdiera mas
que dos millones de pesos en- ell afio
fiscal que ACADIA de concluir, segun 10
demuestra ell informe annual muestra
ganancias de mas que $68, 10000 En-
cuanto a la nueva Inca trans-continen
tai de Ferrocarril Santa Fe SO dice que
ell trabaJo esta progresando en- tres
puntos Sc dice que toda la Inca Sc
concluira en- este aiio. Cuando ssta
Sc concluya sera mas corta que la ruta
por Trinidad. y Sc evitara de dos mon
tafias entire Trinidad y Albuquerque Y
sera menos interrumpida por de5la-
yes. Tambien Sc dice que la compa-
MIA esta figurando sobre un camino de
wickenburg Arizona, q traves del
Rio Colorado q Bengal en- la linea pria
cipal a California. Para cuando Sc
concluya ell aiio, segun Sc dice, Sc ha-
bran coucluido 1922 millas de carril do
BILE, ell estrecho mas largo de las cua-
les sera entire Holiday y Emporia. o4
millas.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1905-09-23
cELos Ia cAusA DE AsEsINATo.
AIeman, condado de Sierra, la Escena
del BaIeamiento de H. 3. Green
por A. LlttIeton el viernes de
la Semana Pasada.
Especial al Nuevo Mexicano.

Especial al Nuevo Mexicano.
Engle. N. M, Sept 23.-El viernes
de La semana pasada cerca de las de
la tarde, A. Litton, ba1e6 y matu HI.
B. Green en- Aleman, una estacion en-
Ell ferrocarril Santa Fe, diez millas al
sur de aqui. Los particulares NO Sc
pueden saber todavia por complete.
pero la suposicion es que Ltton esta-
ba embriagado y enojado con Green
porque este habia sido puesto a cargo
del rancho Linger, uno dos dias ante
riores, cuyo lugar Litton habia tent
do hasta este tempo.
Litton es considerable como hombre
de NAL caracter, esta no es su prime
ra ofensa Sali6 con exito en- salir hui
yendo a la presente, pero los oficiales
lie andan siguiendo la rista, y sin duda
sera aprehendido.
La Sra. Green, esposa del fInado, lie
go Ell sabado de Roswell, Y tomo cargo
del cuerpo de su esposo, ell cual fue
llevado q Roswell para darle sepultu-
ra.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1905-09-23
UNA MucHAcHA SERiAMENTE
LASTlMADA EN- RATION.
La Mujer que VIC eI Accidente Sufrit
un Ataquc de PARALYSIS y es FaclI
que no Reoobre.

La seiorita Manette Myers, una Sc
iiorita prominente de Ration, fue tira-
da y sacramento lastimada ell sabado
de la semana pasada en- aquella plaza
por un desboque de un tiro de caballos
que estaba atado en- ell caro- del hielo,
y la Sra. d. w. Stevens, quien pre-
senci6 el accidente, sufri6 I'm choque
de PARALYSIS total
La sehorita Myers iba pasando La ca
lie con la sombra del sol q modo de no
yer ell tiro que venia corriendo. El
pesado caro- pas0 sobre ella. Ell hue
so del collar Sc le quebr6.
La Sra. D. w. Stevens estaba senta.
da en- su portal y presenci6 el acciden.
te que le aconteci6 la sehorita MY
ers. Ell choque estuvo tan grande que
luego le acometi6 i'm ataque de para
Isis. No podra recobrar y su muerte
es solamente materia de tempo. La
Sra Stevens es Ia esposa de un hom'
bre prominente de negocios de Ration