The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-07-08

the soldier, skilled in cavalry encoun-
tcrs, told Over went horse and Judge
into the dust of the road, and with
hooking laugh and not deigning to
look back at his fallen kinsman, who
arose and cursed and shook his fist at
him, Colonel Stanley rode on.
The judge, discounted in the dust,
saw the dark face Of gypsy grinning
at him through a hedge near by. The
hedge was on the property of Judge
Stanley. Mounted ON his horse again
he now saw gypsy van on the other
side Of the hedge. Judge Stanley,
quiyclinS with rage, rode into the gap
Of the hedge and hoarscly ordered off
the intrudeis.
But, yo' see it is like this" expos
ttilatcd tie gypsy. Il am alone here
with my wife, sir. Our people has
gone on. Ny wife is very sick. We
can't go on, sir
what do [ care what ais your
Tretched wife.'' snarled the Judge.
Drive your horses off my land and get
out. ] am Judge in this county"
'Net}c You are president of the
United St@tcs, too" crumbled the
gypsy. DO you think you own the
roads because the gentleman that Just
rode by knocked you off your horse
on the road:'
HHt$cd to burst Of fury, the Judge
drove his horse at the gypsy and
dashed him cruelty with the heavy rid
j ing whip he always carried. A wan
! but handsome gypsy woman, clutching
at her side as though in pain, tottered
out from the van as though to protect
the gE-iIsy from the sheer brutality of
the iioT>eman. Stanley struck the gyD-
&y woman across the face, leaving q
l:yid "-caI TO his surprise she never
1inrheG, but faced him damtlessly.
The bittelcat disappointment Of your
life and a death that will be a buzz
! Zards feast for you for that blown she
said tensely, a light of prophecy in
| her courageous eyes.
The judge faltered and wheeled his
! horse, but turning to the gypsy man
+ he cursed him again and bid him be
. or his ld3ld. Then lie rode on.
Meanwhile Colonel Stanley had rid
den to tie village of Fairfax and had
Matted his horse at the gate Of a pref
t. cottage, \ sign BY the gate bore
the words, CDR. Henry Lee"
Ine doctor was an amiable man of
some sixty years, inclined to corpu-
lence, kinsman Of General Robert p.
Lee. The doctor had been a surgeon
! IL the Confederate army. Some fifteen
years otter than the colonel, he had
peen tie guardian of the other. Dur
Ing the var the colonel had saved the
CCctor'S life by carrying him when
Ncundcd back to the Confederate lines
uiidef y calling fire. \ further bond
between them, if others We're needed
was the mutual hatred they bore to
Judge Lamar Stanley, who through
some LEGAL chicanery had impoverished
the doctor III his old age, a breach OF
confidence # not of trust eyes. dee
'of' come ut once. My Wife will need
you tonight said the colonel,
as the colonel ncarcG his estates and
was within sight of the broad lawn of
his colonial mansion, Stanley bau ,
aldIiialk of the countryside, he saw
gypsy van approaching. On the driv-
1I5 seat We two figures, 4 man and
woman. The man was believing
hoafse curses at q disappearing horse.
man, whom even at the distance tbe
Colonel recognized as his hated cousin
the Judge
as ne heared the approaching gyDsy
otIit tue colonel noticed the woman
Aau tainted from pain and WEAKNESS
lie had just time to wheel his horso
close beside the van and catch her az
size was falling from the seat.
IN a re" words the gypsy man ex-
plaMed their miserable situation. Tho
klhdiy heart of the colonel was torch-
Gu. inc fainting woman had now ra-
FA'cd and was listening apatheticalIv
30 Judge Stanley has ordered Won
OH Sae earth: remarked the colonel
wen my coed man, that little consn
VI "oous right over there, not far from
Ky mouse, belongs to me. Canon tharo
rs long SIS you wish and will sec vour
tlck Wife gets every attention sbo
expects child, you say? All. the cnrso
~ ~ eve 1alis alike in hut and mansion.
we expect this same momentous event
a1 my house. You are doubIy VOL
come. [ will send DR.. Lee. our family
Physician, to attend your wife.
Ire gypsy woman now spoke for tha
hfss time. "For your kind heart T road
your fortune. A bitter disappointment
ana bitter triumph over those vo,,
H''le the most comes to you, sir"
" ell, better fortune than that n
the child You expect" said the colonel
"lth a kindly smile 'And here is 500
70 Guy christening clothes and fond
the fortune Of my expected namesake
If he is a boy.
1t VIII be boy, and you will he
aware OF him. said the gypsy woman
ana again she closed her eyes and shiv.
cred as in great pain, not noticing tho
money.
lake it, you fool woman, when tho
Kind gentleman offers it,' snorlad tbo
man.
seeing the colonel still Offering the
money, the gypsy woman muttered ber
thalhs and took the money reluctantly
ana the gypsy, loud in his protestations
OF gratitude, drove his caravan to tho
copse.
Arriving at the gateway of Stanley
nail, the grand old mansion built NV q
sIeat-sfandson OF the original forbear
OIL the family in America, the colonel
cantered his horse I'D the splnndid