The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-04-01

:. English In this new land. and may
Y hap the nrst written In any tongue
whatsoever.
Il With Captain Nelson sailed john
4 Martin, and I think we were none OF
us sorry to bid him 0od-speed on ms
u way Tor what between the poor
health he had known since his AT
rival in Virginia, and his mind con-
stanfly running on treasure, ne
proved himself = mighty unservice'
able eolonist.
Ana now with the good ships drop
ped down the river to lose them
selves betwixt the wooded shores, we
came back sharply to our own con-
Germs. We were some hundred ana
thirty men Of divers sorts and condi-
tons to be fed and housed. What
between the fire and our augmented
numbers. John Smith took ME into
his cabin to live with him. rather than
81 should have q housemate OF an m
different sort; thus by little crowd
Ing here and there, all were gwen
shelter. AS for our stores, we had
sufacient to last ak months, beyond
which time our fields and gardens
must feed us, with what there was
10 be got from the savages IN uade
or hy our huntsmen and fishermen
from the woods and river.
That summer we made two voy-
ages OF discovery with John Smith
20 command us. We explored the
Chesapeake, and discovered the Poto-
mac and Rappahannock rivers, to-
gether with many lesser streams that
sent their waters into the great bay.
lin al we iourneyed some three thou
sand miles, for the most par. In an
open boat, exposed to winds ana
storms and the constant menace OF
shipwreck.
Now one might have thought that
! our silly president who had SO barely
escaped being sent home In disgrace
Ialong with Wingheld and Archer,
would have taken the lesson to heart:
but not he-for when we reached
James Town, early in September. we
found the settlement In state OF
mutiny.
Rstcliffe had riotously consumed
1.-The stores, and as II to put q period
Ito his follies, which were well-nigh
incredible, was having built for him.
self q pleasure house in the woods
near the fort. But for our timely ar
rival / know not what revenge the
lcolonists would have wreaked upon
him for his misgovernment and ex-
hravagsnce. Now, however, they con-
hented themselves with deposing him
iron all ONCE. and by popular &C.
claim chose John Smith to rule IN
his stead.
These matters had brought US to
/ the end of summer. and with the nrst
cool DAYS of autumn came Captain
Newport again. He arrived OF James
Town most Unexpectedly, light wind
with q favoring tide and yellow
harvest moon having made 1t pos
sible for him to continue up the river
to his old anchorage even when day
failed him. We knew naught OF his
presence 10 close at hand until the
booming OF his culverins took us
quickly out into the night, doubtful
! whether II would be one Of the Lon
: don Company's ships or some wander
ing Spaniard getting the range for his
guns before he battered the fort to
pieces about our ears.
"rll hazard that it's Newport"
cried Smith. "Come, Dick, we will
board him, for the feeling is strong
with me that he brings those looked
for letters"
Very presently, with Percy, Cos
mold, and Matthew Scrivener, we put
on from the shore In one OF the
small boats, and were soon mountine
the ship's sides, with the bearded
faces of the sailors who were clus-
tered along the bulwark looking down
on 10.
on the Quarterback. standing with
ir the circle OF light cast by the shtpe
great lanthorn, which was suspended
from the rigging, We came on New.
port : gallant and handsome he looked
i'm . slashed doublet and ruiz, with 2
fine dress sword on his hip, and the
rich lace Of his cuffs falling about
his hinged fingers. In this finery he
had more the look Of q city DUCK
than . mariner.
The reason |. Of his brave display
was soon made clear TO US, for com
ing from the little quarter deck
4l-roup OF which hs was the foremost
CURE We. now caught amongst the
Isarsher spoech oe men the sound OF
Ia woman'S voice. On the instant my
read turned light. though knew full
well the voice was one ! had never
heard until that moment. Nor was !
: the only one affected for . swift Sill
ence had fallen on us all. and We
turned with one accord to see the
speaker, whereet Newport laughed. !.
: "Fore God, Mistress Forrest
sried he, s'you KavS spoilt their very
lagerness for such year-old news -
We brins!v
And With that he gaily presented az
no Mistress Forrest and her husband.
who had come out to join the colony.
s.. I daresay / was not alone in wish.
Ing she would not take too mucn
nosice Of me then, for was wonder,
fully concious Of torn and soi!eo
clethes, whilst I bethought me. with
! 'tho pang one always has In repinme
ia lost opportunity, that ] had NOT
~ ~ az ,whloh aYmptoms one may