The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-07-21

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The capital had been moved from
jamestown to the spot where Bacon
had taken the oath against England
then called Middle-Plantation. and
now Williamsburg. The cavalcade
wheeled into Gloucester street. and
Colonel Dale pointed out to Dave the
old capitol at one end and William
and Mary college at the other. Mr..
Henry had Numbered in the old cap
itol, the Burgesses had their council
chamber there. and in the hall there
would be a ball that night. Near the
street vas a great building which the
colonel pointed out as the governors
palace. surrounded by pleasure
grounds of full three hundred acres
and planted thick with linden trees.
My Lord Duniuore lived there.
At this season the planters anne with
their families TO the capital, and the
street was as brilliant as a fancy
dress parade would be to us now. 1t
was filled with coaches and fours.
Maidens moved d~aintily along in silk
and lace, high-heeled shoes and
clicked stockings.
The cavalcade halted before a build
ing with a leaden bust of Sir Walter
Raleigh over the main doorway, the
old Raleigh tavern, in the Apollo room
of which Mr.. Jefferson had %rapturous-
Iy danced with his Belinda, and which
was to become the Faneuil hall OF
Virginia. Both coaches were quickly
surrounded by bowling gentlemen,
young ~gailants, and frolicsome stu
dents. Dave, the young Kentuckian,
and Harry would be put up at the
tavern, and, for his own reasons,
Hugh elected TO stay with them. With
an au revoir of white hands from the
coaches, the rest went on to the house
of relatives and friends.
Inside the tavern Hugh was 500
surrounded by fellow students and
boon companions. He pressed Dave
and the boy to drink with them. but
Dave laughingly declined and took the
lad up TO their room. Below they
could hear Hugh's merriment coing
on, and when he came upstairs a
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was in great spirits, and was full of
enthusiasm over a horse race and
cock-fight that he had arranged for
the afternoon. With him came a
youth of his own age with daredevil
eyes and a suave manner, one Dane
Grey. to whom Harry gave scant
greeting. One ~patronizing look from
the stranger toward the Kentucky
boy and within the latter a fire of
antagonism was instantly kindled.
With a word after the two went out,
Harry snorted his explanation:
"Tory -
In the early afternoon coach and
moved out TO an "old field
Hugh was missing from the Dale
party, and General Willoughby
frowned when he noted his sons alb,
sence-
Then a crowd of boys gathered to
one hundred and twelve yards
for a hat worth twelve shillings, and
Dave nudged his young friend. A
moment later Harry cried to Bar
bara:
Look therel"
There was their young Indian lin
ing up with the runners, his face
calm, but an eager light in his eyes.
the word he started of almost
Ieisurely, until the whole crowd was
nearly ten yards ahead of him, and
then a yell of establishment rose from
he crowd. The boy was skimming
he ground on wings. Past one after
he flew, and laughing and
hardly out of breath he bounded over
he finish, with the first of the rest
aboring with bursting lungs ten
Yards behind. Hugh and Dane Grey
appeared arm in arm and were
through the crowd with great
and some boisterousness, and
when the boy appeared with his hat
Trey shouted:
Good for the little savage"
wheeled ~furiously but Dave
him by the arm and led him
Jack to Harry and Barbara. who
ooked so pleased that the lads Ill
lumor passed at once.
Ilu6u anu Ills liiCbo hdd Aot al
preached them, for Hugh had seen
he frown on his fathers face. but
Erskine saw Grey look long at Bar
turn to question Hugh, and
again he began TO burn within.
The wrestlers had now stepped
'orth TO battle for a pair of silver
buckles, and the boy in turn nudged
Dave, but unavailingly. The wres-
ling was good and Dave watched it
With keen interest. One huge bull
fellow was easily the winner,
tut when the silver buckles were in
his hand. he boastfully challenged
in the crowd. Dave shout
through the crowd and faced
he victor.
'.Ill try you once" he said, and a
of approval rose.
The Dale party crowded close and
ny lords coach appeared on the out
and stopped.
"Backholts or catch-as-catch-canf"
lsked the victor sneeringly.