The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-08-02
A Prince of
Highwayrien
By KATHARINE lyman


or II my father had h.e hings nad
been better with ne TOR I teulpmser
hts great ,olly laeEh,er VIII had
behaved ~ or 80 nay IN n : Thought.
yet out Of mere chit dish 20 uery md
daring ather tsaa with ey.i utaR.
lie was MOI many months dead ~nen
my brother Aympr Was bora
People used to wenuer lhat we eoUid
be sprung Of one stock Il su DARK. he
10 fair. / 80 FuGe aud Wild ~ my IS,
be al gsniiene
was ever tusty. and - the years
passed grew strong az Young solt.
aud unmanageable as one YET un.
bitted
He. on the other hand tcpf his Iair
delicacy Of look, ana VS. somewhat
trail OF health, which ma another
rea>,a for my mothers oslug him,
since she blamed herself hat excessive
grief for my father had weakened the
unborn child.
was lonely till my tonstn Joan
came Her mother. Dame Winchester.
was my mothers sister. and now both
were widowed Therefore they thought
well OF housing their grief under one
roof.
Iint these are childish things. and let
me on to the time OF the great war
My mother was dead before those
evil days befeil. or else she had died
af them. perhaps, aA many loyal lady
did And even at the last, dear soul.
she left barbed wound in my heart.
for. said she 10 me. In those last pre-
cious hours while We yet kept her:
"Roger. my son. do you love your cou-
sin IoanY"
II know not. dearest" said |. and
was a cailow. rough lad. and would
have been ashamed TO think upon love.
She laid her thin hand ON mine. and
thought she would have kissed me.
for we had drawn closer during ner
illness. but what she said was:
Listen. Roger II Aymer loves her.
100. as fear he does, let Aymer wed
her You VIII forget, You viii 80 out
In the world among other men and
will see other ladies 10 love You are
strong and valiant. my SON. he Is gen
tie and delicate. Let him have his
love"
did not discreditnbly. and for my
part In ceftain exploits came TO be
known as Mad Mainwaring."
But. alacki those gloriea we're well
over. and here Was 1. a ragged cavalier.
with but my horse. my aword and my
little dog And ere joined some gay
friends OF mine. who we're making war
In another fashion. great hunger
came upon me 10 look upon the home
Of my childhood. 10 see that which
had renounced. and Walt once again
my mothers grave.
turned my face westward, there
fore. and rode night and day. TN the
watery sunset OF spring evening
showed me Kings Beeches. with It's
tnrrets and ch.mneys black against tho
sky
The window was open aud some one
was singing. d ripe voice, which | was
SLOW 10 recognize as that OF my FRO
thef Aymer
With the sohE went the thin music
OF spinet. hnisted myself by my
hands ON the window sill. yet. ere |
had locked within. knew what /
should See.
My brother. dressed soberly. ye, with
richness. leant by the spinet which my
cousin Joan was playing
Several years had gone. and wpme-
thing almost matroniy had come npon
my cousins beauty. something so noble
and - tender that must swear sor-
ever no woman's beauty were perfect
lacking that The waves OF her cheat.
nut hair were rolled away from the
purc outline Of her face. | could see
her little ears and the full. milky
throat below the golden head.
For an instant feasted ON her bon 4.
~, Then my eyes wandered 10 my
brother. lie looked leas slight than OF
old. but his Apollo grace and fairness.
which used To think anbeeomlns a
man. had not deserted him
The whole scene was so peaceful. No
full Of home. that u made hts heart
ache who had doomed himself 10 be
homeless. And then a thought came
to mo that sent the blood aurging Ia
my head. Why. |, was a home scene
locked upon. aud this pair. with their
happy qaietude. were no lovers exeep,
welded onesi
had willed II 30. or tho dead had
willed II for me. yet turned to the
night with an oath on my lips and
despair IN my heart. for never until
then. l think. had | realized my .oys
for nay cousin Aud 50. swearing
voatd not come again. leat worse DO.
fall. STROBE OF To the deli In the wood
where my sAladin paved the ground
and aeighed the way | had taken.
We. gentlemen OF the road. arop ON,
of tho world we ohcr knew, as much
as II ws were dead
Two years ala Tom selhy. nlek IA.
saasr and myself lead the Highway.
MAS lite. aud Il said Il had mol
ehings tn recommend Il / should err
There came agkh, rode alone. a,
tiss wsaiJ have h, and was scare,
thiakinx oi business. bur iesnt by !
wAssias Eaiiosa IN the shallow OF .
~aod ard masea - WAS nay wont az
the wherefore nen werw bore into n,
world. orly 70 leayr q with nos hon.
felhiisa
Then. FAR awak In the moonliEh'
TAN = great coach coming toward me