The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-04-04

trusty partisans, but ere spoke l saw
ne unknown raise q hand and the
hand 60 out toward the stu Ogure ON
the bed. On the instant i hurled my
self forward, my fingers closing about
the cold steel OF pistol barrel This
wrenched from the would-be ssaas-
sin. and before he could speak or cry
out. had felled him with blow. The
noise Of his heavy fall roused Smith.
awake. $50
Here Il one who would have killed
you while you slept" said a. set
my foot ON the PROSTATE villain. y
was just IN time to spare you : pistol
DO they hate me SO much g thaty'
he said.
Even Ia the uncertain light rec0g-
mixed the fellow had knocked down
as that very stout rufnxn, John Lay
don. ! reached for my seword, intend
ing to make an end u MIN, hut John
Smith would not have 1t.
.Of what use is it. Dick--let him
"A good example 10 never less than
q good example," urged.
May. Dick, I forbid It..
he made ~ II to rise from his bed,
but his hurts would not allow Of this.
and he sank back groaning aloud for
very misery.
Let him up, FArraday--I command
H. he said at length. when he could
speak. and with bad enough grace l
drew back. permitting Laydon to come
to his feet.
| Master Laydon, what harm have !
done your! Smith asked, following q
brief silence.
why. nothing truly. and yet you
nave put many q hard task on me-"
Can you say 1t was more than
nave put on myself?' demanded smith
II would not say- that" answered the
fellow sullenly. after little pause.
You may 60" said Smith, turning
from him; and Laydon passed out
into the twilight. saved for : punish
ment beyond any had purposed.
smith now bade me fetch = light
and q little later when We had eaten
our supper Percy came to cay thai
Ne would abide in James Town until
our new rules arrived.
Then must see the fleet captain
and take orders to sail with him,
said Smith.
by your leave, will do that FOL
|gou, said Percy, quitting his chair.
And after he left us John Smith
would talk very wisely to me; speak
Ing OF the, future, and now he wished
we might meet again. and then Of
those hardships we had faced togeth
er; and he let me sec that he had
as honest liking for me AZ one mar
may have for another. which made
the thought Of his going seem like the
thought Of death. think he knew
that even II he survived his hurts
he would not return to Yirginia.- fol
he said with melancholy:
Il have broken the Ice, and bea
tho path; but not one foot Of grounl
here. nor the very house / built. moi
= ground ! dug, IL mine!"
Al dawn the next day came mes
sage from the neet captain to say
that since the tide would be favor
able for getting his ships down the
river. he proposed to SAIL about
twelve Of the clock. Smiths private
belongings were few, even for 4 col
der, and had soon slowed them IN
his great sea chest. BY the time
had finished with this, his soldiers
were crowding about the bed where
he lay. to say their farewells.
Then with the guns roaring q part
Ing salute. we carried him. very weak
and pitiful to look at, aboard the Geet
captains ship, and a. Master Richard
Potts, the clerk Of the Council, after.
ward wrote:
Thus we lost him, that in all his
proceedings made justice his hrst
guide and experience, his second; ever
hating baseness, sl0th, pride, and In,
dignity, more than any dsngers; that
never allowed more for himself than
his soldiers with him: that upon nc
danger would send them where be
would not lead them himself: that
would never see us want what he
either had. or could by any means
get u; that would rather want than
borrow, and starve than not pay: that
loved action more than words, and
hated falsehood and covetousnesa
worse than death: whose adventures
were our lives, and whose loss oul
deaths"