Putnam patriot., 1912-06-21

ss perjury had no terrors for them. His fight for liberty wss vased in and out of court with incredible bitter ness, and. as judge and jury were only human, the outlaw escaped with the relatively light sentence of twelve years imprisonment he died. how ever, before the expiration of his term.
 The judge, when he returned to Raleigh, resumed his own name Of Turberyille. and he allowed 1t to be known that he would not be offended by the prefix of General. During his absence he had accumulated wealth of evidence of undoubted authenticity, with the result that his claim against the Fentress estate WAS sustained by the courts, and when The Oaks with It's stock and slaves was offered for sale. he, as the principal creditor, was able to buy it iu.
 One of his first acts after taking possession of the property was to have MahaRy reinterred in the grove of oaks below his bedroom windows, and he marked the spot with a great square of granite. The judge, visibly shaken by his emotions. saw tho massive boulder so into place.
 Harsh and rugged like the nature of him who lies beneath it-but en- during. too, as he was" he murmured He turned to Yancy and Hannibal. and added: You will lay me beside him when die"
 Then when the bitter struggle came and he was wrenched and tortured by longings, his strength was in remem- bering his promise to the dead man. and 1t was his custom to go out under the oaks and pace to and fro beside Mahaffy's grave until be had gained the mastery of himself. Only Yancy and Hannibal knew how fierce the conflict was he waged, yet In the end he won that best earned of all vic tories, the victory over himself
 My salvation has been costly thing; 1t was bought with the blood of my friend" he told Yancy.
 It was Hannibal's privilege to give Cayendish out of the vast Quintard tract such farm as the earl had never dreamed of owning even in his most fervid moments of imagining: and he abandoned all idea of going to Eng land to claim his title. At the judges suggestion he named the place Earl's Court. He and Polly were entirely satisfied with their surroundings. and never ceased to congratulate them selves that they had left Lincoln coun- ty. They felt that their friends, the Carringtons at Belle Plain, though un- titled people. were still of an equal rank with themselves; while as for the judge. they doubted If royalty it. self laid 1t any over him.
 Mir. Yancy accepted his changed fortunes with philosophic eomposure. Technically he filled the position of cverseer at The Oaks but the judges activity was so great that this posi- ton was largely . sineeure. The most srduous work he performed was spending his wages.
 Certain trining peculiarities sur vived with the judge even after he had entered what he had once been prone to call the Portal of Hope: for while his charity was very great and he lived with the splendid air of plen- ty that belonged to an older order. 1t required tact. patience and per sistence to transact business with him; and his creditors, of whom there were always a respectable number, discovered that be esteemed them as they were aggressive and determined. He explained to Yancy that too great certainty detracted from the charm of living, for, after all, life was game a gamble-he desired to be reminded of this. Yet he was held in great re- spect for his wisdom and learning, which was no more questioned than his courage.
 Thus surrounded by his friends, who were devoted to him, he began Hannibals education and the prepara- ton of his memoirs, intended primar- fly for the instruction of his grand son, and which he modestly decided to call "The History of My Own Times," which clearly showed the magnitcence of his mind and it's out look.
 THE END.