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Harry tells Catherine
he will save Mary

little bitterness, for sometimes a WON
an by persistent goading may almost
raise herself to the fighting level of
a man.
But how?'' said she.
THAT 1 must study
But I charge you to keep it from
Madam Cavendish."
You need have no fear"
May God forgive me, but 1 told
Madam Cavendish that the Golden
Horn had not arrived" said she. But
what have they done with the rest
of the cargo, pray?"
/ started. I had, 1 confess, not given
that a thought. though it was but rea-
sonable that there was more beside
those powder casks, if the revenue
from the crops had been so small.
But Catherine Cavendish needed but
a moment for that problem. Twill
return" said she. Captain Tabor
hath but sailed off little distance that
he may return and make port, as il
for the first time since he left England,
and so put them of the scent of the
Sabbath unlading of those other
wares" She looked down the FURNISH
ed flow of the river as she spoke, and
cried out that she could see sail. but
/. looking also. could not see anything
save the simmer of white and green
spring boughs into which the river
distance closed.
"'Tts the Golden Horn" said Cath
crime
II can see naught of white save the
locust blooms" said 1.
.Locusts stand not against the wind
in stiff Sheets said she. 'Tis the
sail of the Golden Horn, but that mat
tiers not. Harry, Harry Wingfeld, can
you save my sister,
Il know not whether I can, madam,
but l WILL said 1.
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that it but futtered a little around her
feet in the marsh grass, but her face
looked out from a green gauze hood
with an expression that belied all this
sfeadfastness of primness and decorum.
1t was as if play actress had
changed her character and not her at
tire. which suited another part Out
came her slim arm, as IL she would
have caught me by the hand for the
sake of compelling my answer. Then
she drew 1t back and spoke with all
the sharp vehemence of passion OF
woman who oversteps the bounds of
restraint which she has set herself and
is wilder thing than if she had been
hitherto unfettered by her Will.
I command you TO tell me what
wish to know. Harry Wingfield.' said
she. and now her eyes fixed mine with
no shrinking, but broadside of scorn
and imperiousness.
And I refuse to tell you. madam"
said /.
Then indeed she caught my arm with
little nervous hand like a cramp OF
wire. You shall tell me, sir" she de-
clared- This much l know already.
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Yesterday the Golden Horn came IN
and was unIaden OF powder and shot
instead Of the goods that my sister pre-
tended TO order, and the cases are
stored at Laurel Greek. This much do
/ know but not what is afoot nor for
what Mary had conference with Sir
Humphrey Hyde and Ralph last nigh.
and you later on with Sir Humphrey.
I demand OF you that you tell me.
Harry Wingfeid.s
THAT | cannot do. madam said l.
She gave me look with those great
black eyes of hers. and how it came to
pass l never knew, but straight to the
root of the whole she went as If my
face had been an open book.
Such quickness of wit / had often
heard ascribed TO women. but never
saw l aught like that. and l trow it
seemed wtchcraft. Its something
about the young tobacco plants"
quoth she. The king would not pass
the measure TO cease the planting and
the assembly of this spring broke up
with no decision. Major Beverly, who
is clerk Of the assembly. hath turned
against the government since Bacon
died. and all the burgesses are with
him. and Governor Culpeper sails for
England soon, and what, is the lieu
tenant governor TO hold the reins?
There is a plot Matching TO cut down
the young tobacco plants" l could
but stare at her. There is a plot TO
cut down the young tobacco plants as
soon as the governor hath sailed she
said. land my sister Mary hath sent
TO England for arms, knowing that the
militia will arise and there will be
lighting
/ still stared at her, not knowing in
truth what to say. Then suddenly she
caught at my hands with hers and
cried out with that energy that 1 saw
all at once the fire of life beneath that
fair show of maiden peace and calm Of
hers: Harry, Harry Wingfield, if
my grandmother. Madam Cavendish,
knows this. my sister is undone; no
pity will she have. Straight to the
governor will she go, though she hob
BILE on clutches to Jamestown. She
would starve ere she would move
against the will Of the king and his
representative, and SO would l, but I
will not have my little sister put to
suffering and shame. God save her,
Harry Wingfield, but she might be
thrown into prison and worse-I pray
thee. save her, Harry! Whatever i'll
you have done, and however sighting.
~ 1 have held you for it, 1 pray you
do this good deed by way of amends,
and l will put the memory of your
misdeeds behind me-
Even then my bewilderment at her
mention of my misdeeds, when I verify
considered that she, as well as 1, knew
more of her own, was strong, but /
grasped her two little hands hard
then relinquished them and bowed and
said, Madam, 1 will save your sister
at whatever cost"
and count it not?" said She
mo more than l have done before,
madam" said 1. and maybe with some
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the value of them in coin of love,
which one woman can waken only in
another
For Catherine. Madam Cavendish
had no glance of admiration nor word
though she had tended her faithfully
all the day before and half the night
rubbing her with an effusion OF herbs
and oil for her rheumatic pains. Yet
for her Madam Cavendish had no love
and treated her with stately tolera-
ton and no more. Mary understood no
cause for it and often looked, as she
did then. with distressful wonder at
her grandmother when she seemed to
hold her sister so sIightingly.
Here is Catherine. grandmother"
said she. land she has had a narrow
escape from being pressed as Maid
Marion By the morris dancers" Mad
am Cavendish made a slight motion
and looked not at Catherine, but turn
ed to me with that face OF anxious
kindness which she wore for me alone.
Saw you aught OF the Golden Horn
this morning. Master WingieldT' ask
ed she: and 1 replied truthfully enough
that 1 had not
Then. to my dismay. she turned to
Mary and inquired what were the
goods which she had ordered from
England. and, to my greater dismay.
the maid, with such a light OF daring
and mischief in her blue eyes as
never saw. ratified OF. the while Cath
crime and I stared aghast at her, such
list Of women's folderols as / never
heard. and most of them quite beyond
my masculine comprehension.
Madam Cavendish nodded approx
ingly when abe had done. Its
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ES Hill. she bearing herself with
ton, and / with little TO say in
response and walking behind her,
though she moved more and more slow
~ that 1 might gain her side.
We were not yet in sight of Drake
Hill, but the morning smoke from the
slave cabins had begun to thrust it
self athwart the honeyed sweetness of
blossoms and the salt freshness of the
tidal river. as the homely ways of
life viii ever do athwart the beauty
and inspiration OF it, maybe TO the
making of its true harmony. when of
sudden we both stopped and listened.
Mistress Catherine turned palely to
me. and / dare say the thought of In
dians was in her mind. though they
had long been quiet: then her face re-
Taxed and she smiled
lis the LIST day of May" said she.
And they are going to set up the may
pole in Jarvis field"
This did they every May of late.
because some of the governors and
some of the people had kept to those
prejudices against the May revelries
which had existed before the Restora-
ton and frowned upon the maypole
set up in the jamestown green as il it
had been. as the Roundheads used to
claim. the yeritable heather md Baal
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touched the water from the side OF the
Golden Horn with n curious tapping
dip, and l was of my horse and tied
him fast 10 a tree on the bank with
loose rein that he might crop his fill
of the sweet spring heritage. and when
the boat touched bank was in her and
speedily aboard ship.
Captain Tabor was leaning over the
bulwarks. and his ruddy face was pale
and his look OF devil-may-care gayety
somewhat subdued.
When | gained the deck forward he
came and grasped me by the arm and
led me into his own cabin, having first
shouted forth 10 his mate an order 10
drop anchor and keep the ship in mid
stream.
'Now. in the name of all the fiends.
what is afoot?" he cried out though
with cautious cock Of his eyes to-
ward the deck. for English sailors are
not black slaves when II comes TO dis-
cussing matters of weight.
There is plot afoot against his
majesty King Charles, and you but yes
terday, that being also n day on which
ii is unlawful TO unload a ship. dis
charged a portion of your cargo toward
it's furtherance and abetting," said l.
When / trust womans tongue
again may / swing from my own yard
arms he cried out What brought
that fair faced devil into ii, anyway?
Be there not men enough in this col
ony?''
An you keep not civil tongue i'm
your head when you speak OF Mistress
Mary Cavendish you will find of a
surety that there be one man in this
colony. SIR said /.
He laughed in that hooking fashion
of his. which incensed me still further.
Then he spoke civilly enough and said
that he meant no disrespect to one OF
the fairest ladies whom he had ever
had the good fortune To see, but that
it was so we'll known as TO be no more
slight in mentioning than the paint
and powder wherewith woman en-
nance her beauty that a womans
tongue could not be trusted like
mans, and that it were a pity that
money. which were much better spent
by her for pretty follies, should be put
to such grim uses, and where We're
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Harry tellins his STORY
70 Captain TAber

the gallants OF Virginia that they sur
fered it. but did not rather empty their
own purses?
1 explained, being somewhat moili-
fed and also somewhat OF his way of
thinking, that men there were, but
there was little gold since the nayiga-
ton act And informed Captain Tn-
Dor how Mistress Mary Cavendish.
having an estate not so heavily charg-
ed with expenses as some, and being
her own mistress with regard to the
disposal of it's revenues, had the means
which the men lacked.
but what was the news which
brought you thither, sirT" demanded
Captain Tabor.
You know OF the plot begun, but
he broke in upon me fiercely.
MAY the f1ends take me, but what
know / of a plot?'' he cried.
"Can l not bring over gowns and
kerchiefs and silken ribbons for pref
ty maid without a plot? How knew
you that: There is the woman's
tongue again. But can I not bring
over goods even OF such sort? Might |
not with good reason suppose them to
most gracious majesty. King Charles.
against the savages or any malcon-
tents in his colonies. What plot,
sirrah!'
"The plot for the cutting down Of the
young tobacco plants, Captain Tabor,
said /.
His eyes blazed at me, while his
face was pale and grim.
How many know Of the goods /
discharged from the Golden Horn yes
terday.'' he asked.
Three men, and / know not how
many more. and two women" said 1.
Two women" he groaned out. Pes
thence on these tide waters which hold
a ship like trap. Two women
But the concern is lest a third wom-
an know" said I.
"If three women know. then heaven
save us all. for their triple tongues
will carry as far as the last trump
cried Captain Tabor. Perturbed as he
was. he never lost that air of reckless
daring which compelled me TO a sort
Of liking for him. "Out with the rest
of ii, sir" be said.
Then / told my story, TO which be
listened, scowling, yet with that ready
laugh at his mouth. lis scurvy
trick to serve a woman. both for h(r
sake and the rest of us. to let her I'D
die with such matters" he said. /and
so / told that cousin OF hers, FASTER
Drake, who came with her to I've the
order ere sailed for England
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wise choice SAID she. ana as soon as
the ship comes in have the goods
brought here and unpacked, that I
may see them" With that she rose
stiffiy. and. reckoning Catherine, who
looked as if she could scarcely stand
herself. much less serve as prop for
another, went out, tapping her stick
heavily on one side. on the other lean
ing on her granddaughter shoulder.
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CHAPTER VIII.

A' LOOKED at Mistress Mary
I'll and she at me. We had with
drawn to the deepness of a
.s9SSJ window, while the black
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Jarvis field was green tract, Clear
of trees. not far from us. and present
" we met the merry company proceed
ing thithei.v First came a great roll
licking posse of lads and 1asses linked
hand in hand. all crowned with flow
ers and bearing green and blossomy
boughs over shoulder. And these were
SO swift with the Wild spirit and jol-
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SYNOPSIS OF STORY.

Chapter Harry Wingfield, mar
h.ator of the story. is tutor TO Mary
1Cavendish, belle of the colony OF
Virginia in 1852, and accompanies heI
lon ride to church. He discovers
bier implication in conspiracy
against the king. She has imported
Earms and ammunition to aid in the
blot.
III and III-Wingfield's past life In
England. Although heir to large es-
bates and well educated, he is now
= deported convict in Virginia. Wing
field is devoted to his pupil.
Nv and V-Sir Humphrey Hyde, In
love with Mary, is with her in the
blot, which is laid for the purpose of
cutting down the young tobacco
plants and thus depriving the king
bf his revenue under the unjust navi-
cation act.
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CHAPTER VII.

0ISTRESS CATHERINE and
1M I returned together to Drake
kA HILL she bearing herself with
0<S21 a sharp and anxious conciIfa-
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-06-13
Now Work South.

The party of railroad surveyors
who having completed a survey to
Greenville, are now working south
east, and have camped about ten
miles from Palestine.
A Herald representative in CONVEX
sation with a prominent man of Dial
las was informed that undoubtedly
another line will be built into Pales.
tine from Mexia, the survey Ior the
line having been made about one year
ago.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor Browning,
in an interview at Fort Worth, stated
that the extension Of the Texas Cen.
trail from Stamford to Amarillo was
being rapidly pushed and the line
would also be extended from Waco
to Palestine. connecting the prairie
land in the Panhandle with the rich
timber lands of East Texas. This in
formation is very gratifying 10 the
people Of Palestine, ana all feel that in
the next two or three years there
will be at least two new railroads en-
tering the city.
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EXECUTION STAYED.
Albert 7. Patrick Now Has Till o.
tober at Least.

Canton, Ohio, June 12.-Application
was made to Justice Day of the
United States supreme court this af-
ternoon by Attorney Lindsay for a
writ of appeal and a stay of execution
in behalf of Lawyer Albert T. Patrick
Of New York. Justice Day, after hear
ing the reasons of Patrick's counsel,
decided the case appealable and grant
ed a writ to that effect 1t will be
heard by the supreme court in octo-
Der. The action was brought before
Justice Day because Justice Fuller and
other members of the supreme court
are widely scattered on their vacation
trips, and it was most convenient to
reach him.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-06-13
IN WHARTON COUNTY
Campbell Leads Over Bell In Race
For Governor.

Wharton. Texas, June 1.-THE peo-
pie of Wharton county have been so
deeply engrossed in local affairs that
very little attention has been paid to
state politics. but they are now begin
ming to take an active interest in the
race for governor, each of the candi.
dates having some supporters. There
is no doubt that so far as this county
is concerned the race is between
Campbell and Bell. with Campbell in
the lead.
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TWENTY-ONE THOUSAND
HARVESTERS WANTED
IN STATE OF KANSAS TO GATHER
THE PRESENT cRoP.-GooD
WAGES ARE BEING OFFERED.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
Topeka, Kas., June 13.-T. B. Sc
row, state employment agent, issued
his report today. The Kansas wheat
harvest begins Friday, and the total
number of hands needed for the work
is twenty-one thousand and fifteen.
The greatest number asked for by any
ty, where twenty-five thousand men
are needed. hartman, Kingman and
Pratt counties are close seconds in
numbers wanted. The total number
of teams wanted in the fields is TWEEN
ty-eight hundred and fifty. The wage
has been fixed at two dollars a day
for men and five dollars a day for man
and team.
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CAMPBELL CLUB.
Mount Pleasant Has Organization Of
Three Hundred Members.

Mount Pleasant. Texas. June 12.-
Hon. John NJ. Duncan of Tyler spoke
at the court house here yesterday in
the interest of the candidacy of Col.
7. NJ. Campbell for governor. There
were about 500 people present, and the
speech made a good impression. After
the speaking a Campbell Club of about
300 members was organized. The sen.
timent in this county is divided be-
tween Campbell and Brooks, with
Campbell in the lead.
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A MAD RULER IS
NEARING HIS END
DISPATCH FROM MUNICH SAYS
THAT KING OTTO OF BAVARIA
is AGAIN SERIOUSLY ILL.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
Berlin, June ia dispatch from
Munich says that serious illness has
again taken hold upon mad King Otto
of Bavaria By peculiar coincidence
today happens to be the twentieth an
niversary of King otto's ascension to
the throne. Several years before he
succeeded his lad brother. King I.nd-
VIZ lotto was ainicted with q must
dangerous form Of mental trouble. and
for twenty years he has been hope
iessly insane, the country being under
the rule of a regency. Ludwig II was
drowned in Starbergen Lake, on the
royal estate He had committed sui
eide. Ludwigs form of insanity was
an exaggerated passion for art. Now
Otto's passions is to kill. For twenty
years his guards have stood in dread
of their lives while on duty watching
over their insane ruler. He is
man of gigantic stature, with unkept
beard and wild eyes. His pastime was
shooting at peasants who CHANGED to
pass within range of his windows. It
is said that he would sit at a window
all through the day waiting for a
chance to pot" peasant.
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DISASTER ATTENDS
BIG WHARF FIRE
ON THE SAVANNAH WHARF THIS
MoRNlNG.-TWo VESSELS DE-
sTRoYED AND THREE DEATHS.

Special to the Herald.
Baltimore, Md, June 13.-The Sa-
vennah wharf, the property of the
Merchants and Miners Wharf Com
pany, was destroyed by a fire which
strated in a scow moved up to the
wharf this morning. The steamer
Essex caught fire and was towed to
midstream, where it burned to the
waters edge. Three sailors we're
burned to death, and five others were
rescued. The wharf was seven hun
dred feet long. and the loss is esti-
mated at two million dollars.
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NEGRO IN HANDS OF MILITIA
Is Followed BY Party of Farmers
Who Are Demanding His Life.

Special to the Herald.
Norfolk, Va, June 1S.-The militia
returned to this city today with VIII
liam Lee, a negro, charged with at
lacking two white women. Forty
farmers accompanied the militia into
the city. and are demanding the negro.
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Plea of Guilty Under CHARGE.

Special to the Herald.
Kansas City, Mo, June 13.-The
trial of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy railroad before the Federal
court, on a charge of giving rebates,
is expected to come to an early close.
In an argument to the Judge, while the
jury was out of the room, Judge Spen-
Ger. counsel for the railroad. said:
The newspapers say we are guilty,
most of you around here affirm that
we are guilty, and the people think
we are guilty, and for the purpose of
argument we will admit that we are
guilty under your charge, but we are
not guilty under the indictment. This
case should not go to the jury. The
jury believes us guilty and if it goes
to the jury we will be convicted
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-06-13
CHARGED WITH PEoNAeE.
Prominent Missouri Man Arrested For
OBTAINING Men at Sikeston.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
St Louis, Mo, June 13.-Under in
structions from Washington, Federal
Marshal Morse with a force of heavily
armed deputies went to Sikeston, Mo-,
today to arrest Jas. Smith, a wealthy
citizen. who is charged with peon-
age. 1t is alleged that Smith and his
relatives imported a large number of
negroes to reclaim swamp lands, and
held them at work often under Win
chester rifles, and locked them in
stockades at night The men, it is
claimed, were cruelty treated.
Further arrests are anticipated. IN
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BRYAN WILL VISIT
DONNA TOMORROW
AND MAKE A CLOSE STUDY OF
THE RUSSIAN PRoBLEMs-WILL
MEET ALL CLASSES IF HE CAN.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
st. Petersburg, June 13.-W ].
Bryan arrived here today from Berlin.
He says he intends to study Russian
problems and hopes to meet people
of all classes and opinions while
here. He will visit the douma tomor-
row. He goes from here to Scandina-
via.
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BRYAN AND ROOSEVELT
Are the Choice of the National Press
Association Members.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
Indianapolis. Ind, June 13.-Bryan
and Roosevelt are the choice of the
National Press Association as presi-
dental candidates. The Democratic
editors unanimously want Bryan for
the nominee of their party, and the
Republicans are equally as enthusiast
tic for Roosevelt.
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PALESTINE MAN
Leads In Jackson County In the Rae
For Governor.

Edna, Texas, June Estate poll
tics are quiet here, all interest being
centered in the local situation. In
the governorship race Campbell ap-
pears to be the favorite.
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he Herald ~

On. D. c.. June 13.-Secre-
rafyNAl1 is advised that the civil
service commission will probably ap-
point one hundred and fifty inspectors
under the proposed meat bill at a sal
airy q 1--WE hundred dollars a year
The cc2-a.ssion announces that the
examir--,.-l will be held June twenty
fifth
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Campbell Clubs In Leon.

Buffalo, Texas. June 12.-Campbell
Clubs are being organized all over
Leon county Buffalo club numbers
over 200 and expect a good many
more.
The Herald sells engraved station
cry
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PraYermeetinn Toniuht.

All members and friends Of the
Christian church are invited to attend
the prayermeeting service this eve
ming. Oscar Cook will lead the ser.
vice
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WILLIAMSON, NEVADA,
Suffers Great Fire Loss In Which
One Man Loses His Life.
snacial to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
Williamson, New, June 13.-Seven-
teen buildings. comprising the bust
ness section of the town, we're burned
today. The loss will reach one hun
dred thousand dollars. John Runyan,
a cerk in one of the stores burned,
lost his life.
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