The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-31

A buzz of joy broke from the cast
away mariners at the prospect of being
so speedily restored tc their homes,
and they hurried away TO gather to-
gether the few possessions which they
had saved from the wreck. The Off
Ger put his list in his pocket and
stepped across 10 where De Catinat
leaned moodily against the bulwarks.
What is TO be done with u.s. asked
De Catinar.
.You are to be confined TO the ship
until she sails. which viii be in week
at the furthest-"
And them"
You are to be carried home in her
and handed over to the governor of
Rochelle. to be sent back to Paris.
Those are NJ de Denonville's orders
De Bonneville left De Catinat with
n few blunt words of sympathy, but
the friar still paced the deck. with u
furtive glance at him from time TO
time. and two soldiers who were sta
toned upon the poop passed and re-
passed within a few yards of him.
They had orders evidently TO watch
his movements As he stood gazing
swish of oars, and large boat full Of
men passed Immediately underneath
where he stood
1t held the New Engianders, who
We're being conveyed to the ship which
was TO take them home. There were
the four seamen huddled together, and
there i'm the sheets were Captain
Ephraim Savage and Amos Green con-
versing together and pointing TO the
shipping. The grizZled face of the old
Puritan and the bold features of the
woodsman were turned more than once
in his direction, but no word Of fare
well and no kindly wave Of the hand
came back to the lonely exile. He
stopped his face to his arms and burst
in an instant into passion of sobs.
Before he raised his eyes again the brig
had hoisted her anchor and was tack
ing under full canvas out of the Que
bee basin. De CatinatS bunk was next
to portfolio, and it was his custom to
keep this open, as the caboose in which
the cooking was done for the crew was
close to him and the air was hot and
heavy. That night he found it impossi-
BILE to sleep. and he lay tossing under
BILE means by which they might be able
to get away from this cursed ship. But
even if they got away where could they
go to then? All Canada was sealed to
them. The woods TO the south We're
full of ferocous Indians. The English
settlements would. it was true, grant
them freedom to use their own religion,
but what could his wife and he do
without friend, strangers among folk
Green remained true to them, then in
deed ell would have been well. But he
had deserted them.
But what was that? Above the gen.
tie tapping of the river he lad suddenly
heard a sharp, clear "Histr Perhaps
1t was some passing boatman or In
dian. Then it came again-that eager,
urgent summons. He sat up and stared
about him. 1t certainly must have
thing fell upon his chest with a little
tap and, rolling off, ratified along the
boards. He sprang up, caught Ian
tern from a hook and flashed it upon
the floor. There was the missile which
had struck him-a little golden brooch.
AS he lifted it up and looked closer at
it a thrill passed through him. 1t had
been his own, and he had given it to
Amos Green upon the second day that
he had met him.
This was a signal then, and Amos
Green had not deserted them, after all.
He dressed himself, all in a tremble