The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-10-28

father during the parliamentary war.
Possibly he might have iled thithcr, as
certain rcgicidcs had done,
saw no hope u learning the truth
ns 60 whether this Mcrivalc mentioned
as being In New York wnsSAny hus.
baud without going there - see for
myself 80 took ship for that coun-
try. though my friends cndeayOrcd to
dlssuadc me | was sick az heart at
seeing those with whom would have
to voyage for SO many weeks, for they
were motley crew. Some were Grim
mails. who had been given their lives
and liberty provided they would 80 10
the new continent. Some were broken
down spendthrifts, and there were
among these sprinkling OF the young
er sons OF gentlemen.
when | sailed up the bay 10 New
York | saw that the country was beau.
tiful. But the people proved uncouth-
that is they were living IN conditions
far different from what pertained TO
England. As soon as had found an
abiding place | began n search for tho
man believed 10 be my husband. but,
although there were few people in tho
town, did not tind him.
But one day ! met person who told
me that he had knowledge OF one Mer-
ivale, who had set out northward to
engage In the trade Of skins of wild
animals. was discouraged az this
and began to think that ! had been
unwise in coming on SO long jour
ney 10 find husband who did not
think Il worth his while 10 inform me
OF his whereabouts. Moreover my in
formant could not tell me what man
ner Of man this person was and he
might not be my husband after all.
However. having come so far. | re-
solved TO 20 further. | took passage
I'm sloop bound for n trading post on
the west bank at the headwaters or
Hudsons river, and reached II after q
few days travel At this trading port,
which is now called Albany. ! made
Inquiries for the Meriyale ! had fol-
lowed SO far, only 10 learn that ne
was ont trapping wild animals for
their skins.
So | must needs wait for him to
come In While | waited | received
a letter that had been brought 10y one
who had come In ship soon after
had left England and sent on TO me
at Albany, which informed me that 1t
was believed my husband had been
put on a ship by his enemies and sent
TO America. but the writer did not
know for what port the vessel had
sailed.
! was now encouraged to believe that
the man ! was looking for was my
husband, though | could not under
stand how he could have contented
himself to engage in an occupation IN
stead of returning TO me or sending Tor
me. And yet, while making n living,
he might have written for me TO come
to him
But this man for whom ! waited did
not return, and In time ] learned that
he inhabited a trappers cabin near
town TO the northwnrd called Science
fady. where skins were brought in by
the Indians This town was not FAR
distant, and | went over there with
the next party that iourneyed thither.
As soon as | arrived ] made inquiries
md learned that a trapper named Mer-
vale had built him u cabin on the
bank across the Mohawk river, near
he council grounds of the Indians.
By this time | had learned mucn
;elf reliance and securing the loan OF
/ boat, rowed myself across the
liver and directed my steps toward the
.abiu which had been pointed out 10
ne from the opposite shore. As left
he boat man came out OF the caDih
md stood looking down at me. lie
I'D not have the appearance OF my
husband, but as he advanced toward
ne there was something in his walk
hat set my heart wildly beating, As
le came nearer | looked upon ms feh-
ures with view 10 noting IF had
;een him before. but they were coy
rod with n thick beard and ! c0uid
,ot be certain. When we came close
opether both stopped and peered ihto
.acb others faces ! was about 10
all backward IN n swoon wheh ne
prang forward and caught me in ms
rms.
He was my jamie.
Then and there he told somewhat OIL
hose things that had happened 10 hin
ince we had parted.
When he heard Of my marriage ne
esolyed to join those who were GONG
o America and bury himself where he
would never again see me, ana where
"a might make a more honorable Nv
nc than on the road From New fork
70 had drifted to Albany and thence 10
point nearer the grounds where furs
we're 10 be obtained.
| had set out from England TO seek
nv husband and had found q lover
yhom / had discarded for that hns-
and. And now | must return without
ither the husband or the lover But
annie knew what | did not know lie
nd received information which con-
erned us yitally. His cousin bad not
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