The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-14

'Came any man save HaIpn DraKc
with her then?' asked. IA
1.-THE saints forbid he replied. "a
eecret is secret only when in the
keeping of one; with two it findeth
EGGS, but with three it unfoldeth the
swiftest wings of flight in all creation
and is everywhere with no alighting.
Had three come to me with that mad
order to bring powder and shot in the
stead of silk stockings and garters and
cambric shifts and kerchiefs / would
have ciapped full sail on the Golden
Horn, though"-he hesitated, then
spoke in whisper-'my mind Is
against tyranny, to speak you true,
though l care not a farthing whether
men pray on their knees or their feet,
Or in gowns or the fashion of Eden.
And care not if they pray at all, nor
would / for the sake of that ever have
forsaken, had I stood in my grand
fathers shoes, the feshpots Of old
England for that bowling wilderness
Of Plymouth. But for the sake of do
ing as I willed. and not as any other
man, would I have sailed or swan the
peas usiu lHtN DeeG luSttdu III
water. And so am l now with due
regard TO the wind and the trim of
. my sails and the ears of talebearers,
for a man hath but one head to lose
with you of Virginia But, the Lord.
TO mae a little maid like that run
the risk of imprisonment or worse
knew you aught of this, sir:"
shook my head
Captain Tabor laughed. and yet
she rode straight to the wharf with
you yesterday" said he. Lord. what
hidden springs move a woman. I'll
warrant. sir. had you known. you
might have battened down the matches
fast enough on her will. convict though
IyVu tie. alu, Iaitu, su, uut you iUUn
Ito me like one who is convict or mas
Der at his own choosing and not by the
will OF any other" So saying, he gave
Inc look so sharp that for Il second
II half surmised that he guessed my
Secret, but knew better at once, and
said that our business was to deal not
with what had been, but with what
might be.
We'll" said he. ''and what may that
|be, Master Wingfeld, in your opinion?
|
Golden Horn in midstream with her
cargo undiseharged until the day of
doom lest yon old beldame offer up
her fair granddaughter on the altar
Of her loyalty. with me and my hearties
for kindling, TO say naught of yourself
and a few of the best gentlemen of
Virginia. I forfeit my head if I set
sail for England; naught is left for
me that l see that shall save my neck
but to turn pirate and king it over the
high seas. Having swallowed a small
morsel OF my Puritan miSgivings. what
Is to hinder my boiling the whole. like
an exceeding bitter pill. to my complete
purging OF danger? What say you,
Master Wingfieid? Small reputation
have YOU to lose, and sure thy reckon
ing with powers that be leaves thee
large creditor. VIII you sail with me?
My first lieutenant shall you be. and
we will share the booty"
He laughed. and l stared at him that
he should stoop 10 jest, yet having Il
ready leap of comradeship toward him
for it. Then suddenly his mood changed.
Close to me he edged and began talk
ing with a serious shrewdness which
showed his mird brought fully to bear |
upon the situation You say. sir"
said he. that Mistress Mary Caven-
dish, in a spirit of youthful daring
and levity, gave her grandmother list |
OF the goods which my Lady Culpeper |
ordered from England. and which even |
now is due?' 1 nodded
Know You by what ship?'
1.-THE Earl of Fairfax" I replied. |
and recalled as l spoke a rumor that |
my Lord Culpeper designed his daugh-
ter Cate for the eldest son of the earl
and had so named his ship in honor OF |
him.
'You say that the Earl of Fairfax is |
even now DUE" said Captain Tabor
I replied that she was hourly expect |
ed by what l had learned. Then Cap |
tain Tabor. sitting loosely hunched |
with that utter abandon Of all the |
muscles which one sees in some when |
they are undergoing fierce strain of |
remained silent for a space. |
his brows knitted. Then suddenly my
shoulder tingled with the clap which 1
he gave it and the cabin rang and /
rang again with laugh so loud and /
gay that it seemed n very note OF the /
May day. You are merry" l said. I
But / laughed myself. though some I
what doubtfully. when he unfolded his /
scheme to me, which was indeed both /
bold and humorous. He knew we'll the |
captain of the Earl of Fairfax, who /