The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-16
b Vaughan Kester :


bad business. wAsa We reach vir-
ginia. promiSs you I will use my
best sndeayors to have you sent back
by the returning ships
But there wss little comfort to me
In this. Months must elapse. and
what Of Mary. what Of my mother and
father! doubt not but my agony OF
mind had much to do with retarding
my recovery, for the days came and
went. and still lay In my bunk too
weak 10 rise: while our ship. driven
to and fro BY contrary winds, rode tho
grey seas OF the Downs.
BY this time most of our company
was stricken down with sea-sickness.
and Il was q sorry New Years we
spent there In the great cabin of the
Susan Constant: and suppose 1t was
equally one OF gloom aboard our two
consorts. the Discovery and Good
speed. The contrary winds continued
to the very last of January, by which
time I was able to creep about the
cabin. though l had not yet ventured
on deck, being wretchsdly weak.
recall It Was late one afternoon.
and was sitting ON John Smiths sea-
chest. when John Smith himself came
from the deck with drops of frosen
vapor sparkling on his beard and his
eyes fairly dancing with excitement
Think you are strong enough to
venture forth with me. Farraday? A
westerly blowing gale IL whipping US
along, and Newport says that In an
hours time at most We shall pass out
Of sight Of laud!"
BY Smiths help made my way to
the deck The day was almost spent,
and on IN that unknown west against
which our faces were set the winter
sun was dipping below the horison.
No other sails were In sight than those
Of the London Company's little flees.
Abeam Of ~ and to the windward the
Discovery. under shortened sail, rode
the long billows, and q mile astern
the Goodspeed could be made out. And
looking past her. saw the shores OF
England. now bold and of q proper
height a. the Sreas seas lifted 10 on
their crests, ans then but q mere misty
line 90 the gale sent 10 down the long
slanttng mountain-side Of troubled wa
tiers. II was lonely and solemn be.
yond all words - We drove onward
toward the red splendor Of the setting
sun. with our rigging whistling and
shriektng rs the wind played through
II, and our bellying sails great cav
erns OF sound. Momentarily the line
Of the shore narrowed, the middle dis
tanoe thickened and darkened by i'm.
perceptible gradations. and under the
arch OF that winter sky the long night
grew up In our wake ~ We sped for.
ward with decks dripping and aslant.
CHAPTER TEN.
One by one our company got their
soa-legs and crept forth to the deck
when the weather would allow, and
began to hear deal OF talk OF gold
and pearls and precious stones. /
could easily see that 1t was the hope
OF gain that had brought this motley
crowd Of adventurers together, and
indeed we were we'll equipped for the
handling Of all the gold We were likely
to gather. since the London Company
had thoushtfully provided up with
both jewelers. and gold-rsnners. whose
services no one seemed to doubt would
presently be in high demand. II aught
was needed to fan this fame Of greed,
there were grixxled sailors amongst
Captain .NewpUrts crew who had been
at the taking of many a fair prise
from the Spaniards. whose talk pleas
ed our gentlemen nightly; for John
Smith said:
They have but one hope in life-to
possess themselves Of riches quickly.
so that they may return to London
and there face the Bailifs men with
out flinching." And he shook his
handsome head in very sorrow over
them. Il tell you. Farraday. there
be some amongst US whose souls are
40 near hell as their pronigate habits
can sink Them"
And, In truth, we had q number OF
men Of broken fortune and loose lives,
some OF whom even. John Smith de-
clared, were no better than atheists,
which troubled him not q little. for
soldier that he was. he was singular
~ flee from dicing. debts. drunken