Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-05-13

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your pellowIngs Ont 81 de door
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The ilnporturbable and stoIid
trumpeter having thuH unfortunate
lly incurred Bis patrons ire, slunl
from the parlor. utterly al d l0ss L
comprehend wherein he lad offend
I'd. The Doctor, ii The meansime,
overw heimod with confusion and
mortified vanity, bnsIled towards
the door and there continned u hear
! IMpfecation4 upon the unconscious
D0hel. which. Us lkny we're uttered
| Ia Low Dutch. we're altogether ii.
comprehensive 20 the company. bui
% Tho same tlme we're Sufficiently
Iluoicrous 10 produce hearty laugh
| from She Lady Maria. aud even IL
exSiIe partial show Of merrifnent
IN her companiOn ForfnnainIy for
The Doctor. Ii the midst II BIS em.
barrassment. q messenger arrived
% Inform him thai bis prescnce was
required before tho council. Ia anoih
or part OF tho house. which order.
although Il deprived th0 ladies Of
the present. opportunity 81 learning
the great efficacy Of The Medicamen
tum PrometheI In the case OF the
wife Of Governor Brock hollis, gave
the Doetor chance oI recovering
bis self possession By retreat from
the apartment. So. after ia earnest
ontreaty 10 be forgiven for the mex
pert addressed his man. and prom.
ise 10 resume bis discourse on fn
ture occasion. he bet00k himself.
under the guidance 81 the nessen-
ger. 70 che chamber 10 which the
council were convened.
Here sat she Proprietary, and Phil
Ip Calvert. she Chancellor, who ware
now. with Ave Or six other gentle
msn. engaged III she transaction cY
business Of grave import
Some depredalions had been re.
comfy committed upon the English
BY Indians inhabitIng the upper 70.
gI0ns o. she Susquehanoa. especial
" by The SinneQuOes. who. d "a in-
curaIup against the pisoaitaways.
friendly tribe ID che vicinity 81 81.
Mary 5. had advanced into The low
country. whore they had pIundered
the Dwellings II The settlers and
even murdered swoor three families.
The victims Of theao 0utrn9es hap
pened 10 be Pr0taafnnta, aud Fen.
dall'a party awaited themselgea Of
she circumstance. v excite the pop
ulaF Jealousy against Lord Balts.
moro BY circulating she rep0rt that
fheso murders wUr0 committed hg
apigla q liis0DIsa
What was therefore but IA ordIna
~. though frightinI incIdo1t II Ia.
dian hostility. was thus exaggerated
into a crime Of deep maliRnity. 90.
culIArly calculated etIll more 70 en-
blttar the party exasporati0nso 81 che
day This consideration rendered
II snhject 81 eager anxiety, on she
part Of The council. 70 procure the
fullest evidence 81 the hostile De-
signs 81 she Indians, aud thus not
only enable The province 10 adopt
the proper measure for In own safe
~, bus also e0nfule the false report
which had imputed 10 the Catholics
so absurd and asrOcI0uM deslgn.
A traveller. by the name 81 Law
renee Sakel. happened, but tw0 or
three days before the present meet
ina Of the council. 10 arrive al the
port. where he put nli0at tho story
on an intended Invasion uf the prov
ince by certain Indians az New
York, belonging 10 the tribes Of She
Five Nations, aud gave as his au
thoFity for this piece of news q
Dutch Doctor. whom he had fallen
ia With on tbs Delaware, where be-
left him selling nostrnns, and who,
be affirmed. was Ina short space la
appear az st Mary's. This story
with many particulars. was c0mmu.
nicated 20 th0 Proprietary, which
induced the order 10 Summon the
doctor 70 attend she council as soon
after bis arrival as possible. In
obedience 70 this summons. our
worthy was now 10 the presence Of
the high powers Of she provinces, not
q little clated With the personal con
sequence attached 10 bis coming, ns
wolf al tho very favorable reception
he had obtained frem the ladies' of
She household. This consequences
was enhanood BY The suite Of inQuis
Tive donesGlcs. who followed at q
respectful distance, bis movements
towards the council chnmber. and
who even there. though not ventur
ing TO enter, we're gathered into q
group which from the outside Of the
door commanded a vIewof Tie party
within ia the midst OF these Willy
of The Flats was BY 40 means an
inc0nspicuOna parsonage.
Lord Baltimore received the itin.
Grant physician with that bland aud
benlanant accost which was habitu-
Ill 10 him, aud proceeded with brief
ceremony % interrogate him as to
the purp0re 81 his visit. The an
swers we're given with o solemn
selicomplacency, not unmlxed with
that Shrewdness which was an e.
sentIal attribute to The success Of
the ancient uunck-salveF. He des.
cribod himself As Doctor Claus Do.
Dor. native oI Holland, q man Of
travel. enjoying no mean ren0wn la
New York. and. iortwo years past,
a resident OF Albany. HGs chiefdo.
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