Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-12-11

on he bore the name Oh Brown no
longer but the name Of Pierce.
Lord Faulke came again to pay
Lady Geraldine a pleasant call, but
all his pleading awaited nothing. She
received him in a cold aud indifferent |
manner, aud soon sent him from her |
presence. She declared her heart
belonged to another and he alone
could reciprocate the love that went
ftom her heart. After such recep.
ton Lord Faulke departed from
Lady Geraldine with that keen dis
appointment which only vauquish-
ed lover Of hi rank and station can
feel
We have to drop the curtains a
few short years until Mother Time
draws it UP again and gives us
another scene of the drama In this
scene we find that fortune had
changed with Lady Geraldine. As
the Irish people loved Charles |. Of
England they enjoyed peaceful time
during lbs reign But when Charles
!. was he headed and succeeded by
Cromwell there was marked
change with these people. AS their
beloved friend had been robbed OF
his life, they decided to revolt against
his successor. Cromwell being
determined that he would rule, sent
an army to Ireland to subdue these
unrly people, even it it cost their
lives lie ordered that many Of the
mobiles be killed. others to be made
slaves, while the property should be
couGSca;ed to the use OF the needs
of the Crown When these orders
were executed the beautiful castle OF
Lord Geraldine was ravaged and
Lord Geraldine himself killed, his
daughter was taken prisoner and
sent to America as a slave, to become
the wife OF Virginia Colonist.
Now Pierce formerly Brown had
become Il prosperous planter. lie
was a comfortable liver for those
rude days and time, yet his home
was simple log cabin poorly fur.
uished within. One day while sitting
all alone in his little cabin home in
the wilderness, dreaming day dreams
and building air.castles for the future
suddnely he was interrupted by some
very pleasant callers. His comrades
having learned, that there were to
be some young women sold in few
days at Jamestown as wives for the
settlers, had come to inform him
that he might be ready to choose
for himself some one to share the
pleasures and SORROWS i'll the inture.
Yet Pierce had not forgotten his
former love, for often as he crossed
the gleetlul brook hc ;Aucicd he
could hear her voice :' - cheerful
murmur, and could So Hrr picture
in the mirrorrd surIacc 81 the limpid
stream Although IN ny miles OF
blue SEA rolled hetV cen Ihem, when
out swinging the axe in the forest or
walking between the handles of the
plow his mind aud heatt would
wander back 10 Ireland with
thoughts of his former love. Yet
With all these natural barriers be.
tween them, disappointed by the
blasted hope of former love, he de-
cided by the tossing up of his knife
whether or not he should attempt a
second wooing. His knife indicated
that he should make the attempt,
as evidently most men would DECIDE
when they are all alone in Some
little home in the heart OF the
wilderness without the love and
presence OF some noble hearted
woman.
On the day appointed for the
young women to arrive in lanes
town, Pierce went down to meet
the ship with the intention of select
ing his wife. When the tune came
to choose the wives, the planters
lined up in two lines with ~ barrow