The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-04-03

showed that so simple thing as per.
jury had no terrors for them. His
fight for liberty was waged in and out
of court with incredible bitterness,
and, as judge and jury were only hu.
man, the outlaw escaped with the rel.
atively light sentence of twelve years
Imprisonment; he died, however, be-
fore the expiration of his term
The judge, when he returned to
Raleigh, resumed his own name of
Turberyille, and he allowed it 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 its
stock and slaves was offered for sale
he, as the principal creditor, was able
to buy it in.
One of his first acts after taking
possession of the property was to have
Mahaffy reinterred in the grove OF
oaks below his bedroom windows, and
ne marked the spot with great square
of granite. The judge, visibly shaken
by his emotions, saw the massive
boulder go 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 it was his custom to go out un-
der the oaks and pace to and fro be-
side Mahaffy's grave until he 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
victories, the victory over himself.
my salvation has been a costly
thing; it was bought with the blood OF
my friend" he told Yancy.
1t was Hannibal's privilege to give
Cavindish out of the vast Quintard
tract such a farm as the earl had new
er dreamed OF owning even in his
most fervid moments of imagining;
and he abandoned all idea of going to
England to claim his title. At the
judges suggestion he named the place
Earl's Court. He and Polly were en-
tirely satisfied with their surroundings
and never ceased to congratulate
themselves that they had left Lincoln
county. They felt that their friends,
the Carringtons at Belle Plain, though
untitled people, were still of an equal
rank with themselves; while as for
the judge, they doubted if royalty it.
self laid it any over him.
Mr.. Yancy accepted his changed
fortunes with philosophic composure.
Technically, he filled the position Of
overseer at The Oaks, but the judges
activity was so great that this posi-
ton was largely sinecure. The most
arduous work he performed was
cpopdipu h;c uoUoc
Certain trifiing 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
plenty that belonged to an older or
der, it required tact, patience and per-
sistence to transact business with
him; and his creditors, of whom there
were always respectable number,
discovered that he 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 ble-he desired to be re-
minded Of this Yet he was held in
great respect for his wisdom and his
learning, which was no more ques-
toned that his courage.
Thus surrounded by his friends,
who were devoted to him, he began
Hannibals education and the prepa-
ration of his memories, intended pri-
marily for the Instructions of his grand
son, and which he modestly decided
to call "The History of My Own
Times" which clearly showed the
magnificence of his mind and it's out
look.
(THE END