The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-14

peaceful see where EngilSnmen ehouIu not trouble, for the year before Drake had ravaged all the Spanish Main. taken Cartagena and held 1t to ransom. As Amyas and Cary were bandying stately compliments with their Spanish prison CTS, in came Salvation Yeo reporting that a woman prisoner had been dis covered on board in chains. He led her in before them all, a withered old woman, bent and scared with the rack and the lash and half demented. It was poor Lucy Passmore. who had gone away with Rose when she eloped with Don Guzman. And such a tale as Lucy poured forth!
 Rose had been happy with her hus- band until, urged thereto by charges made by Eustace Leigh, the InQuisition had taken her from Don Guzman and brought both her and Lucy to trial oh the charges of heresy and witchcrart.
 The Inquisition had pronounced them guilty and handed them over to the secular arm with 6 charge that there be mo shedding of blood" ..
 'But,oh!" said Lucy. They took the poor child out into the market place and burned her and Master Frank, too"
 "Frankr exclaimed Amyas.
 "Yesyes," continued Lucy; he was captured alive the night the boat came to La Guayra and him they burned along with Miss Rose, the two holding each others hands to the last"
 Lucy had been continued prisoner and was being taken to Spain for sale keeping. Don Guxman. when his wife was taken from him, had resigned h1s government in a rage and gone to Spain to demand justice of the King
 Eustace. filled with remorse. had fled to the wilderness, and whether he had been killed by Indians or was expiat- ing his crime in some remote solitude was not known. The world never saw him again.
 That man was there at the burning! suddenly cried Lucy. pointing to the Bishop, And that one, indicating one of the two friars who attended him.
 A look terrible to see had gathered on the face of Amyas as Lucy Passnore told her tale.
 "Is this so?" said he sternly to the Bishop.
 q was compelled to be present--un- willingly to be present The secular arm-I cannot, interfere with that any more than I can with the Holy Office. I do not belong to either ask these gentlemen"
 But in vain impotence were the feeble excuses of the Bishop In the mighty whirlwind of grief and rage which swept over Amyas. Calling his men, he took the prelate and the friar out on the deck and hanged them with short shrift and long rope to the yard arm. Then he went back to oreaK- fast.
 cabin was assigned to poor Lucy, decent clothing found for her among the rich cargo of the captured ship ana Ayacanora assigned to wait upon her But in week or so the aged woman died.
 Then happened strange thing
 One day, as the sailors were at work old Salvation Yeo started a chanty
 e A randy, handy. dandy o,
 Whet of ale and brandy O.
 With a rumbelow and 8 Westward
 ho
 And heave my mariners all o!
 To the surprise of every one, Ava canora, who was on deck, caught up the burden of the song and sang it over aga.n with all the peculiar intonation given it by Yeo.
 For a moment Yeo stood as one dazed. Then he fell at the girls feet crying out: At last, at last! My little maid!" He had taught his little maid that song in the wilderness of Panama.
 Gradually, piece by piece. the past came back to Ayacanora sufficiently to remove all doubt that she was the child of John oxenham, so long sought for by Salvation Yeo.
 And now again the bells of Bideford were ringing. bonfires blazing and the people rejoicing; not this time on ac- count of the return of Amyas Leigh though. indeed, his ship was nearing the shore, but because Queen Elizabeth had just cut off the head of Mary Queen of Scots and it was patriotic and pious to make merry therefor. To such an England and his waiting mother Amyas came home with enough of captured Spanish treasure to make himself and all who had sailed with him and survived, rich for life.
 With saintly resignation Mrs. Leigh