The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29

| room in an instant and had inclosed til
/ old merchants thin hand in his ow
1 great knotted fist. There was a brotI
erly sympathy in his strong grip an
| rugged, weather stained face.
| TELL this man that we shall see nir
| through. Amos. Tell him that we've &c
a country where he'll just fit in like
bung in q barrel. Tell him that rel
gion is free to all there Tell him TIA
If he wants to come the Golden Rod /
waiting with her anchor apeak and he
cargo aboard"
Then we must come at once" sal.
De Catinat as he listened to the cordia
message which was conveyed to hi
uncle. Tonight the orders will be out
and tomorrow it may be too late
But my business cried the mer
chant.
Take what valuables you can ane
leave the rest. Better that than los,
all, and liberty into the bargain
And so at last it was arranged. ThaI
very night, within five minutes Of ths
closing of the gates. there passed ou
of Paris "a small party of five, three
upon horseback and two in a CLOSED
carriage which bore several weighfy
boxes upon the top. They were the
first leaves flying before the hurricane
the earliest Of that great multitude
who were within the next few months
to stream along every road which led
from France.
Thanks to the early tidings which
the guardsman had brought with him
his little party were now ahead of the
news. At Ro1len all was quiet, and
Captain Ephraim Savage before even
ing had brought both them and such
property as they had saved aboard his
brigantine, the Golden Rod. 1t was but
little craft, some seventy tons bur
den. but at a time when so many We're
putting out to sea Il open boats, pre-
ferring the wrath of nature to that of
the king, it was a refuge indeed. The
same night the seaman drew up his
anchor and began to slowly make his
way down the winding river.
With the early dawn the river broad
ened out and each bank trended away,
leaving long. funnel shaped estuary
between. Ephraim Savage snuffed the
air and paced the deck briskly, with a
twinkle in his keen gray eyes. The
wind had fallen away, but there was
still enough to drive them slowly upon
their course.
"Where's the gal?' he asked.
"She's in my cabin said Amos
Green. II thought that maybe she
could manage there until we got
across
Where will you sleep yourself,
then?'
"Tut, A litter of spruce boughs and
a sheet of birch bark over me have
been enough all these years. What
would I ask better than this deck of
soft white pine and my blanket?"
every good The old man and his
with the blue coat-can
have the two empty hunks. But you
must speak to that man, Amos. I'll
have no philandering aboard my ship,
lad; no whispering or cuddling or any
such foolishness."
"It's pity that we ieft so quick. or
they might have been married before
we started. She's good girl. Ephra-
i'm, and he fine man, for all that their
ways are not the same as ours"
"But what is the matter with the
Did man? He doesn't seem easy in his
mind" said Captain Savage.
The old merchant had been leaning
over the bulwarks, looking back with
4 drawn face and weary eyes at the
red curving track behind them which
marked the path to Paris. Adele had
come up now with not a thought to
spare upon the dangers and troubles
which lay in front of her as she chafed
he old mans thin cold hands and
words of love and comfort
nto his ears.
I'VE are always in the hollow of
Gods hand" he whispered, but. oh,
Adele, it is a dreadful thing to feel his
myers moving under usv'
''Come with us, uncle" said De Cat
nat, passing his arm under that of the
I'D man. lit is long since you have
'ested. And you, Adele, 1 pray that
Tou will go and sleep, my poor dar-
ing, for it has been a weary journey. /
70 now to please me, and when you
will lie behind you.'
WDeU IAt0oT ana QdugQIer ndQ lett
he deck De Catinat made his way aft I
gain to where Amos Green and the I
aptain were standing.
II am glad to get them below.
AMOS" said he, ''for I fear that we
nay have trouble yet"
And howT'
you see the white road which runs I
" the southern bank of the river
'wice within the last half hour
ave seen horsemen squirting for dear
fe along it. Where the spires and
moke are yonder is Honheur. and
hither it was that these men went I
now not who would ride so madly at
uch an hour unless they were the mes
engers of the king. All, see, there Is
third oner'
On the white band which wound
mong the green meadows black dot
ould be seen. which moved along
nth great rapidity, vanished behind
clump of trees and then reappeared
gain, making for the distant city.
aptain Savage drew out his glass and
azed at the rider.
Aye, aye" said he as he snapped ii
p again. 1T is a soldier. sure enough
can see the CLINT of the scabbard
think that we shall have more wind
bon. With q breeze we can show our
cells to anything in French waters.