Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-09-01

hanging, VINO mad seen his dearest
swinging at the end of a rope, His
face was set in GOODNESS; his hair was
streaked with gray; his forehead had
line in the middle; his manner was
rigid, almost frigid, indeed Only in
his eyes was there that which denied
all that his face and manner saba
hungry, absorbing, hopeless look, the
look of one who searches for a friend
in the denying desert.
Somehow, when he bowed low to
her and looked her in the eyes as no
one In all her life had ever done, she
had an almost agonized understanding
of what a man feels who has been
imprisoned-that he is never the same
again. He was an ex-convict and yet
she did not feel repealed by him. She
did not believe he had killed Erris
Boyne. AS for the later crime Of mu-
tiny, that did not concern her much.
She was Irish; but, more than that,
she was in sympathy with the mu-
tineers. She understood why Dyck
Calhoun, enliSting as a common sailor,
should take up their cause and run
risk to advance it. That he had adj
vanced it was known to all the world;
that he had paid>the price Of his mu-
| tiny by saving the kings navy with
a stolen ship and that he had won
wealth was but another proof of the
| mans power.
IN A nY-in
so l came here, and" She paused,
her voice trembling slightly.
There is much to do at Salem" he
added calmly, and yet with his heart
| beating as it had not beaten since the
| day he had first met her at PlaymOre.
You wouldn't take the money l
sent to Dublin for you-the gift of
believing friend, and you would not
come to America !"
Il shall have to tell you why one day."
he answered slowly, "but III pay my
respects to your mother now"
SO saying he went forward and
bowed low to Mrs. Llyn. Unlike her
daughter, Mrs. Llyn did not offer her
| MANU- CliC vas BtllCS NIoll ought, lIOu-
bled-and veXed. She, however, MUIR
INJURED his name and bowed.
you did not expect to see me here
in jamaica" he said boldly.
"Frankly, 1 did not, Mr.. Calhoun"
she said
you resent my coming here to see
you? You think it bold, at least"
She looked at him closely and firm
ly. you know why cannot welcome
you"
"Yet 1 have paid the account de-
handed by the law. And you had no
regard for him. You divorced him"
Sheila had drawn near, and Dyck
made gesture in her direction. "She
does not know" he said, land she
should not hear what we say now"
Mrs. Llyn nodded, and ina low tone
told Sheila that she wished to be alone
with Dyck for little while. In
Dyck's eyes, as he watched Sheila go,
was a thing deeper than he had ever
! known or shown before. In her white
gown and with her light step Sheila
seemed to float away-a picture grace
full stately, buOyant, "keen and small"
AS she was about to pass beyond a
clump of pimento bushes, She turned
her head toward the two, and there
was that in her eyes which few ever
see and seeing are afterward the
same. 1t was a look of inquiry, of
revelation, of emotion which went to
DyCk's heart.
mo, she does not know the truth"
Mrs. Llyn said. But it has been hard
hiding it from her. One never knew
whether some chance remark, some
allusion in the papers would tell her
you had killed her father"
did l kill her father?" asked Dyck
helpessy. Did l? | was found gull
ty of it, but on my honor, Mrs. Llyn,
| do not know and l do not think
did. l have no memory of it. We
quarreled / drew my sword on him,
then he made an explanation and
madly, stupidity drank drugged wine
! in reconciliation with him, and then
| l. ltlutlllbtl uOllllIlS hOlhlllS 1T
ALL"
"What was the cause of your quar-
rel?"
Dyck looked at her long before an
swering. II hid that from my father
even, and hid it from the world-did
not even mention it in court at the
trial. If had, perhaps l should not
have gone to Jail. If / had, perhaps
should not be here in Jamaica. If
l had" He paused, flood of re-
Election drowning his face, making his
eyes shine with black sorrow.
"Well, if you had! Why did
you not? Wasn't it your duty to save
yourself and save your friends, if you
could? Wasn't that your plain dutyY
Eyes, and that was why / did not
tell what the quarrel was. If / had
even had l killed Erris Boyne, the
jury would not have convicted me. OF
that l am sure. 1t was loyalist
jury"
"Then why did you not?"
isn't 1t strange that now, after all
these years, when l have settled the
account with judge and jury, with
state and law-that now feel must
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