Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-12-05

A.. looked IFOHS me sup on Tue low II anu
on the churchyard it seemed TO her
that the latter was the more densely
populated of the two.
Anne noticed that among those on
the shore We're very few women.
There was IL discouraged look on their
faces. and one disease seemed to have
descended upon them all-nostalgia. or
Inconsistencies. But Anne thought of
the marriage that was to have been
forced upon her in England, and it
was enough to overcome any immedi-
ate desire to return there
A gun was fired on the ship. and
/ hogshead of rum was sent aboard
When all were ready for the sale of
the redemptioners the men were shay
ed and the women dressed in their
best gowns. their neatest caps. and all
were brought on deck. Since Anne
had shipped as a runaway with only
the clothes she had on at the time
there was no finery TO put on her.
Since she was but eighteen and comedy
she did not need to be adorned. When
the sale began each prisoner, at being
put up to lie purchased. told what was
his trade.
Anne was bought by a middle aged
man. whose benevolent face indicated
that he would make a good master
He took her to his home. where she
found that he had a wife and chill
dren. 1t was autumn. and most of the
young men of the plantations were
hunting for the winter supply of meat
One day when Anne was out gathering
nuts. on rising from the ground with
her apron full of the proceeds of her
hunt. there stood before her a young
man leaning on a rifle. His breeches
and doublet were of buckskin, and his
hat was decorated with the tail of
squirrel Altogether he was a fine
specimen of Il man. not at all like the
sallow. sickly looking men who were
hanging about the town giving way to
inconsistencies
Richard Furnival had been in Vir-
ginia several years and now for the
first time since his arrival looked upon
comedy young woman Indeed. to
him. separated as he had been from
1 the more delicate type of women
those who came to Virginia were not
usually we'll born or well favored
Anne seemed to him a vision of love-
liness
How now, pretty maidr' he ex-
claimed when did you come to this
benighted land? You were surely not
here when | went forth Il few weeks
ago to repenish my fathers larder
with venis0n."
Bushng under his admiring gaze,
Anne replied that she had come on a
ship which had arrived a fortnight be-
fore
IF you came for a husband, heaven
grant that you have not been taken up
as yet. have as many pounds of to-
bacco as will pay the amount ad
vanced for your passage"
Anne, who was not used to the
rapid courtships of the new world,
blushed still deeper, but could not re
frain from smiling at receiving a pro-
posal of marriage from a man who had
just seen her for the first time. She
told him that her passage had been ad-
vanced by woman in England and
that she had been purchased by a citi-
zen of jamestown.
"Then will | buy you from that
citizen if he will sell and if you will
marry me-"
II know not if he will SELL" replied
Anne, making no reference to the
other part of what the young man had
said
] And pray who bought you"
"A Mr.. Andrew Furnival."
Andrew Furnival! Heaven be
praised! He Is my father"
They walked on together. the young
man insisting on carrying the nuts, so
Anne took off her apron and. gathering
the corners handed them to him. She
had heard that the oldest son of the
family she served was hunting, but
did not know till this last remark that
this was the man. AS soon as they
had arrived at the Furnival home and
the young man had been welcomed he
told her father that he wished to mar
ry his bondservant. The father made
no objection. but Anne, who was well
treated and satisfied with her present
COuulllOu, pTeleETeu "OOluS. Al any
rate, she gave no affirmative answer.
But she enjoyed the companienship
of Richard Furnival, for when her
work was done she walked with him
in the wood, starting now and again
some animal, which scampered away
through the brush and over the dead
leaves, or they would sit on the bank
of the river watching the swirling yell
low waters, looking across at the desc
late wilderness opposite, and there was
that in the loneliness of the place to
force them together In a strange land
with little companionship courtsh;ps
cannot be long. But it was period of
anxiety for Richard, for Anne was dis
posed to appear at least to waver. and
since there We're scores of men who
would have given their heads to get