The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-12
Copyright. 1900. by DOUBLEDAY. PAGE q CO.

linen ano:ner voice. smoothly sldlng
rs if to make no friction with the 9th
ers opinions. asked of whom he spoke
and that smoothly sliding voice / rec
ognized as Mr.. Abbot's. the attorneys,
and Captain Cavendish replied in a
fashion which astonished me. for had
no idea TO whom he had referred
"Harry Maria Wingfield, the eldest son
and heir of as fine and gallant gentle
man as ever trod English soil, who is
treated like the son 81 scullion by
those who owe him most. and it's a
shame. and / care not who hears me-"
Then. before 1 had as yet fairly my
wits about me. Mr.. Abbot spoke again
In that voice of his which / so hated
In my boyish downrightness and scorn
Of all policy that it may have led me
to an unjust estimate of all men of his
profession. But Colonel John Chelms-
ford hath no meaning to deal otherwise
than fairly by the boy. and neither, I'M
less greatly mistake, hath his wife"
And this he said as if both Colonel
Chelmsford and my mother were at his
elbow and for that manner of sneak
F ing / have ever had contempt, prefer
ring downright scurrility and Captain
Cavendish replied with his quick agili-
fy of wrath. as precipitate toward judg-
Inent as a sailor to the masthead in a
storm:
And what if she be? The more
shame to them that they have not
enough wit to see what they do. l tell
thee this poor Harry hath a harder
time of it than any slave on my plan
tation in Virginia, T.
But then / was on my feet and, fac
fng them both with my head flung
back and my face, 1 dare say, red and
white with wrath and demanding holly
what that might be to them. and if my
treatment at the hands of my stepfa-
Their and my own mother was not be-
tween them and me and none else, and.
boy as l was, / felt as tall as Captain
Cayendish as l stood there. Captain
Cavendish stared moment and red
dened and frowned, and then his gaunt
face widened with his ever ready laugh
which made it passing sweet for
man.
flush, lad" he cried out. "And had
known how fit thou were to fight thy
own battles 1 had not taken up the
cudgels for thee, and l crave thy par
don. 1 had not perceived that thy
sword arm was grown, and henceforth
thou shalt cross with thy adyersaries
for ell me-" Then he laughed again,
and I stared at him grinly, but soften
led, and he and Mr. Abbot moved on,
but the attorney In passing laid his
great white hand ON my black name of
hair as IL he would bless me- and
shrank away from under it, and when
he said in that voice of his, "'Tis a
gallant lad, and one to do good service
for his king and country" 1 would
that he had struck me that / might
have justly hit back.
1t was both great and a sad day for
me when 1 came to go to Cambridge
great because of my desire for knowl-
edge and the sight of the world which
has ever been strong within me, and
sad because of my leaving the little
maid without a chance of seeing her
for SO long q time. She was then six
years old. and a wonder both in beauty
IA nd mind to all who beheId her. I saw |
much more of her in those days, for
my mother. whose heart had always |
been sore for little girl, was often !
with Captain Cavendishs wife, for the |
sake of the child, though the two wom-
en- were not of the best accord one with /
another.
Madam Rosamond Cavendish was, I |
suppose. beauty, though after a
strange and curious fashion, being /
seemingly dependent upon those around |
her for it, as a chameleon is dependent /
FOR his color upon his surroundings. 1 /
have seen Madam Cavendish. when
praised by one she loved or approached
Harry Winsfield facing Captain
CAvendish and Mr.. Abbot