The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-12
cavendish distributed her smile. as I'm

lotment to each, as beseemed maid.
/ could not. even with my outlook. OBJ
serve that she favored one more than
another. unless it might have been Sir
Humphrey Hyde. I knew well that
there was some confidence betwixt the
two, but whether it was of the nature
of love | could not tell.
Sir Humphrey kept the road with us
for some distance after we had left the
others, gazing beside the horse block,
all equally DESTROYS Of following but
knowing well that ii would not be
fair deed TO the maid to attend her
homeward on the Sabbath day with
whole troop of lovers. But Sir Humph-
f rev Hyde leaped TO his saddle and rode
abreast with no ado, being ever mind
I ed TO do what seemed good to himself
unless indeed his mother stood in the
way of his pleasure. Sir Humphreys
mother. Lady Clarissa Hyde. was one
| of those unwilling tyrants which one
sees among women, by reason of her
exceeding deIicacy and gentleness,
which made it seem but the cruelty of
a brute to Gloss her, and thus had her
own way forever and never suspected
it were not always the way Of others.
Sir Humphrey was a well set young
gentleman, and he was dressed in the
farthest fashion The broad back Of
his scarlet coat. rising to the trot of his
horse. clashed through the soft gold
green mists and radiances of the spring
landscape like the blare of trumpet,
his gold buttons glittered, the long
plume on his hat ruff1ed to the wind
over his fair periwig.
oh III e.lo
as on our way thither, moving unhalt-
ingly. yet with small energy, as do folk
urged hither and yon only by the will
of others and not by their own; but
presently through them, scattering
them to the left and right, galloped a
black lad on a great horse after Sir
Humphrey, with the word that his
mother would have him return to the
church and escort her homeward. Then
Sir Humphrey turned, after whisper
ed word or two with Mistress Mary,
and rode back to jamestown. and the
black lad, bounding in the saddle like
a ball. after him.
1 still kept my distance behind Mis-
tress Mary, though often I saw her
head turn and caught a blue fash of
an eye over her mask
Then passed us, booted and spurred,
for he had gotten his priestly robes off
in a hurry, Parson Downs on the fast
est horse in those parts and riding like
a Jockey in spite of his heavy weight
His horses head was stretched in a
line with his neck, and after him rode,
at near as great speed, Captain Noel
Jaynes who, as report had it, had won
wealth on the high seas in unlawful
fashion. He was gray old man with
the eye of a hot headed boy and sa-
Der cut across his right cheek.
The parson saluted Mistress Mary as
he passed, and SO did Captain Jaynes,
with a glance of his bright eyes at her
that stirred my blood and made me
ride up faster to her side.
But the two men left the road alb
ruptly, plunging into bride path at
the right, and the green walls of the
wood closed behind them, though one
could still hear for long the galloping
splash of their horses hoofs in the |
miry path.
Mistress Mary turned to me, and her |
voice rang sharp. "'Tis q pretty par
son. said she. HE is on his way to |
Barry Upper Branch with Captain |
know it's for no good, and on the Sab /
bath day too?''
Now Barry Upper Branch belonged |
to brothers Of exceeding i'll repute, ex
cept for their courage, which no one
doubted They had fought well against
the Indians, and also against the gov
eminent with Nathaniel Bacon some
half dozen years before. There had
been a prize on their heads, and they
had been in hiding. but now lived
openly on their plantation and were in
full feather, and therein lay in great
their i'll repute.
When my Lord Culpeper had arrived
in Virginia. succeeding Berkeley, JEFF
fries and Chichely, then returned the
brothers Richard and Nicholas Barry,
or Dick and Ned as they were termed
among the people, and as my Lord Gull
pepper was not averse to increasing his
revenues there were those who whis-
pered, though secretly and guardedly,
that the two bold brothers purchased
their safety and peaceful home dwell
ing.
Barry Upper Branch was q rich plan
tation and had come into full posses
sion of the brothers but lately, their IA
Their, Major Barry, who had been
stanch old royalist. having died. There
were acres of tobacco and whole fields
Of locust for the manufacture OF
metheglin, and apple orchards from
which cider enough to slack the thirst
If the colony was made. But the broth
srs were far from content with such
homemade liquors for their own drink
ng, but imported from England and
The Netherlands and Spain great stores
II ale and rum and wines and held
herewith high wassail with some
choice and kindred spirits, especially
IN the Sabbath.
Not woman was there at Barry Up
per Branch except for slaves. and such
stories were told as might cause a
modest maid to hesitate to speak of the
olace, but Mary Cayendish was as yet |
,ut child in her understanding Of GER
ain things. Her blue eyes fixed me
With the brave indignation of a boy as
the went on. "'Tis q pretty parson,"