Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-03-21

res'ed. Ana you, Adele, | pray that
you will go and sleep, my Door dar-
ing FOR 1t has been a weary journey.
90 now to please me. and when Won
wake both France and your troubles
Will lie behind you"
When father and daughter had left
the deck De Catinat made his way aft
again 70 where Amos Green and the
captain were standing.
Il am glad to get them below,
Amos" said he, 'for l fear that we
may have trouble yet"
"And how?'
You see the white road which runs
by the southern bank of the river
Twice within the last half hour
have seen horsemen squirting for dear
life along it. Where the spires and
smoke are yonder Is Hon1eur. and
thlther 1t was that these men went.
know not who would ride so madly Mt
such an hour unless they were the mes.
fengers of the king. All. see, there is
q third ONE
On the white band which wound
among the green meadows a black dot
could be seen. which moved along
with great rapidity, vanished behind
a clump of trees and then reappeared
again, making for the distant city.
captain Savage drew out his glass and
gazed at the rider.
AYE, aye" said he as he snapped it
up again. 1T Is a soldier. sure enough.
can see the CLINT of the scabbard
which he carries on his larboard side.
| think that we shall have more wind
soon. With a breeze we can show our
heels to anything in French waters.
but a galley or an armed boat would
overhaul Us now"
De Catinat, who, though he could
speak little English, had learned in
America to understand it pretty well,
looked anxiously at Amos Green. Il
fear that we shall bring trouble on
this good captain" said he, land that
the loss of his cargo and ship may be
his reward for having befriended us.
Ask him whether he would not prefer
to land us on the north bank. wa
our money we might make our wa!
into the lowlands."
Ephraim Savage looked at his pas
senger with eyes which had lost some
thing Of their sternness. young
man." said he, Il see that you ear
understand somethin' of my talk"
De Catinat nodded.
Il tell you, then, that | am a bad
man to beat. Any nan that was ever
shipmate with me would tell you a:
much. | Just jam my helm and keel
my course as long as God will let me
Dye seef"
De Catinat again nodded, though, il
truth, the seaman's metaphors left hin
with but a very general sense of his
meaning.
While the Puritan seaman had beer
talking his eyes had kept wandering
from the clouds to the Topping sails
and back. Such wind as there was
came in little short puifs, and the can,
vas either drew full or was absolutely
slack. The fieecy shreds of cloud
above, however, Travelled swiftly
across the blue sky. 1t was on these
that the captain fixed his gaze, ano
he watched them like a man who is
working out a problem in his mind
They were abreast of Honfieur now
and about half a mile out from it. AL
was quiet on the curving quay and Oh
the half moon fort, over which fioated
the white flag with the golden fieur de
lis. The port lay on their quarter now
and they were drawing away more
ouickly as the breeze freshened. De
Catinat, glancing back, had almost
made I'D his mind that their fears
were quite groundless when they Were
brought back I'm an instant.
Round the corner of the mole a great
dark boat dashed into view hinged
round with foam from her flying prov
and from the ten pairs Of oars which
swung from either side of her. A
dainty white ensign dropped over her
stern. and in her bows the suns light
was caught by a heavy brass CARO-
made. The captain brought his glass
to zeal upon them and whistled; then
he glanced up at the clouds once more.
Thirty men, said he, ''and they go
three pace to our two. You, sir, take
your blue coat off this deck or you'll
bring trouble upon us. The Lord will
look after his wi IL they'll only keep
from ~foolishness. Get these matches
off. Tomlinson. So! Where's Jim Sturt
and Hiram Jefferson? Let them stand
by to clap them ON again when wnis'
tie. Starboard; starboard! Keep her
as full as she'll draw. Now. Amos
and you, Tomllnson. come here until
have a word with you"
The three stood in consultation upon
the poop, glancing back at their pur,
suer. There could be no doubt that
the wind was freshening. II blew
briskly in their faces as they looked
hack. but 1t was not steady yet, and
the boat was rapidly overhauling them
Already they could see the faces OF the
marines who sat In the stern ana the
CLEAN of the lighted linstock when
the gunner held in his hand.
"Hola." cried an officer In exceiieh'
English. LAY her to or we hre!
"Who are you, and what do you
Vant?" shouted Ephraim Savage In 9
voice that might have been heard IRON
the bank.
"we come in the kings name, ano
we want a party Of Huguenots IRON
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