The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-09-07

TO go to her. mounted my sorrel one
August morning, with my saddlebags
well filed with eatables. and on the
third day reached the New Haven set
Element After partaking OF a dinner
and giving my horse good feed | re-
mounted and IN three hours time came
In sight Of that headland where dwelt
Pardon Mathews. There are rocks and
short beaches on this shore and an oc-
casional knoll covered with long grass
An Indian showed me Mr.. Mathews
house set on one Of these knolls
trotted on where the road ran near the
water and presently, looking ahead,
saw two persons standing on rock
that protruded out a few feet above
the surface OF the sound.
AS drew nearer / could see that one
OF these persons was a man and the
other woman. The man was In an
uncouth dress. What was my surprise
when / came near enough to distin-
guish his apparel TO see that he wore a
hat with large brim, a short coat and
trousers to bis knees, faring at the
bottom Of the legs, while n broad belt
filed with knives was buckled about
his waist
At once / was filed with alarm, feel
ing sure that there had been a descent
Of pirates on the settlers and this fell
low had carried off one Of the women
Having a pistol in my holster, | drew
it forth. saw to the printing and made
ready for an attempt to rescue this
poor woman. Dismounting. | left my
horse in thicket and stealing up on
the couple. hid behind a rock and. tax
ing sure aim at the pirate, pulled the
trigger.
The hint refused to light the prim-
ing, and luckily, for at the moment the
pirate put his arm around the WON
ans waist, and the two stood looking
at the incoming tide Were she viii.
ing captive it would only distress her
IL / killed her lover But what was
my horror when she turned her face
my way TO see my Molly.
At first / was minded to kill them
both; but, shrinking from having Mol
ly's blood on my hands, desisted and
advanced with my pistol in hand.
''Have you gone mad, Mistress Van
Dusen," / exclaimed that you will ac-
cept the caresses Of a pirate, or has he
murdered all your folk and you are
making a pretense in order to watch
your opportunity to get away from
him.?
AS / spoke / held the pirate under
cover of my weapon. and he. turning,
ran like a deer toward Mr.. Mathews
house.
See the coward rum / cried. half /
minded to shoot him III his tracks.
And then what did Molly do but /
burst into loud laughter, and. sitting
down on the rock. she kept it up till +
l grew hot with choler and said
"For shame, Molly, to turn from me
to a pirate, and coward at that
Speak before / kill him."
This brought her TO her senses. Tor
bear she said do not kill girl"
"A girl And have the women turned
With that she fell to laughing again,
and could get nothing from her for a
long while. when she controlled her
mirth and said:
Tonight uncle gives a dance to the
settlers roundabout. and all are to
come dressed in some strange costume
This pirate who has Just closed the
door Of the house Is my cousin. Pa
tience Mathews. She is dressed in her
costume for the dance. We two came
out to watch for the boat bearing
guests from New Haven"
"Heavensg I exclaimed HAD not
M flint failed I would have shot her"