The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-12-13

stesds. all reeklnr and foam fiecked
wrre pulled up outside the high hous,
In the Rue ~. Martin DE Catinai
sprang from bis saddle and rushed up
stairs. while Amos followed Ia his owl
leisureiy fashion.
The old Huguenot aud bis beautiful
I daughter we're seated at one side OF
the great fireplace, her hand Ia his
aud they sprang NJ together, she ID
throw herself with a glad cry into
| the arms of her lover and he 10 grasT
the hand which his nephew held ouI
10 him.
At the other side OF the fireplace
with very long pipe In his mouth
and q cup of wine upon . settle beside
him, sat a strange looking man. with
grixxled hair and beard, feshy. red
projecting nose and two little gray
eyes, which twinkled out from under
huge brIndled brows. His long. thin
face was laced and scanned with wrin.
kles. cres. Ing and recrossing every
whsrc, bvt fnaninw out in hundreds
from the corners Of his eyes. II was
sot In an unchanking expression. and
as II was OF the same color all over,
as dark as the darkest walnut, II might
have been some quaint igurehead cut
out OF coarse grained wood, He was
clad In blue serge jacket, a pair Of
red breeches smeared at the knees
with tar, clean gray worsted stockings,
large steel buckles over his coarse.
square toed shoes. and beside him,
balanced upon the top OF thick oaken
cudgel was weather stained silver
laced hat His gray shot hair was
gathered up behind into short. stiff
tail, and seaman's hanger, with a
brass handle, was glrded TO his waist
by tarnisbed leather belt.
De Catinat had been too occupied to
take notice of this singular individual.
but Amos Green gave shout Of de-
light at the sight Of him, and ran for
ward to greet him.
why. Captain Ephraim." cried
Amos In English. "who ever would
have thought Of finding you here? De
Catinat. this is my old friend Ephraim
Savage. under whose charge l came
here"
Anchors apeak, lad, and the
matches down." said the stranger In
the peculiar drawing voice which the
New Englanders had retained from
the English Puritans.
"And when do you sail?"
"As soon us your foot is on her deck,
IL Providence serve us with wind and
tide. And how has all gone with thee.
Amos?"
Right well, have much to tell you
Of"
De Catinat and his relatives were far
too engrossed with their own Affairs to
give Il thought to the others. De Cati-
nat told his tale In few short, bitter
sentences, the injustice that had been
done him, his dismissal from the kings
service and the ruin which had come
upon the Huguenots of France. Adele,
as is the angel instinct OF woman,
thought only of her lover and his mis-
fortunes as she listened to his story,
but the old merchant tottered to his
feet when he heard of the revocation
Of the edlct.
"What am to dor he cried. "What
am to dor am too old to begin my
life again"
"Never fear, uncle" said De Catinat
heartily "There are other lands be-
yond France"
But not for me. No, no; am too
old. Lord. but thy hand is heavy upon
thy servants. What shall do and
whittier shall turn" He wrung his
hands In his perplexity.
"What is amiss with him, then.
Amos" asked the seaman.
"He and his must leave the country.
Ephraim."
"And whyr
Because they are Protestants and
the king will not abide their creed"
Ephraim Savage was across the
room In an instant and had lnclosed the
old merchants thin hand In his own
great kn6tted fist. There was n broth
erly sympathy In his strong grip and
rugged. weather stained face.
TEL this man that we shall see him
through, Amos. Tell him that we've got
country where he'll just fit in like a
bung In n. barrel. Tell him that reli-
gion Is free TO all there. Tell him that
II he wants to come the Golden Rod Is
waiting with her anchor apeak and her
cargo aboard"
Then we must come at once" said
De Catinnt US he listened TO the cordial
message which was conveyed to his
uncle. Tonight the orders will be out.
and tomorrow 1t may be too late"
"But my business" cried the mer-
chant
''Take what valuables you can and
leave the rest. Better that than lose
all, and liberty into the bargain"
And so at last 1t was arranged. That
very night, within five minutes OF the
closing OF the gates. there passed out
OF Paris small party Of five. three
upon horseback and two In closed
carriage which bore several weighty
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 tidirgs which
the gunrdsman had brought with him.
his little party were now ahead OF the
news At Rouen all was quiet. and |
Captain EphraIm Savage before even
ing had brought both them and such |
as they had saved aboard bis
brigantine, the Golden Rod II was but |
a little craft, some seventy tons bur.
den, but at a time when 80 many were
putting out 10 sea In open boats. pre-.
ferring the wrath Of nature 10 that Of |
the king. II was refuge indeed. The
same night the seaman drew up his 1
anchor and began 10 slowly make his 1
way down the winding river.
with the early dawn the river broad /
ened out and each bank trended away. /
leaving "a long funnel shaped estuary