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Durham Chronicle (1867), 4 Jul 1907, p. 6

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My.“ an 1|U an”. ______ "‘ rvâ€"râ€"v_-'J. , , ,fi . , 0n. the white band which wound “What Is amiss With him. than ,among the green meadows a black dot Amos?” asked the seam could be seen, which moved :0 2 “He and his must 19"" the country. with great rapidity, vanished in Eptzfilm; 9 in clump of trees and then reappear? “ w y." . ’ again, makin for the distant‘d 0 “Because they are Protemm and 8 Captain Sava e drew out his glass and the king will not abide their creed: med at the 3.1,; , _.. “Anchor’s apeak, lad, and the hatches down,” said the stranger in the peculiar drawling voice which the New Englanders had retained from the English Puritans. “And when do you sail?” “As soon as your foot is on her deck, if Providence serve us with Wind and tide. And how has all gone with thee. Amos?” De Catinat and his relatives were far too engrossed with their own affairs to give a thought to the others. De Cati- nat told his tale in a few short, bitter sentences, the injustice that had béen done him, his dismissal from the king’s ”and..- -_:I n - whither shall I turn?” hands in his perplexity. life again.” “Never fear, uncle,” said De Ceflnat heartily. “There are other yond‘France.” lands be- service and the ruin which had come upon the Huguenots of France. Adele, as is the angel instinct of woman, thought only of her lover and his mis- fortunes as she listened to his story, but the old merchant; tqttered to his foof min-“n LA ‘ “Why, Captain Ephraim,” cried Amos in English, “who ever would have thought of finding you here? De Catinat, this is my old friend Ephraim Savage, under whose charge I came here.” De Catinat had been too occupied to take notice of this singular individual. but Amos Green gave a shout of Ge. light at the sight of him. and ran for- ward to greet him. The old Huguenot and his beautiful 'daughter were seated at one side of the great fireplace. her hand in his, and they sprang up together, she to throw herself ' with a glad cry into the arms of her lover and he to grasp the hand which his nephew held out to him. At the other side of the fireplace, with a very long pipe in his mouth and a cup of wine upon a settle beside him, sat a strange looking man, with grizzled hair and heard, a fleshy, red, projecting nose and two little gray eyes, which twinkled out from under huge brindled brows. His long, thin face‘ was laced and seamed with wrin- kles, crossing and recrossing every- where. but fanning out in hundreds from the corners of his eyes. It was set in an unchanging expression, and as it was of the same color all over, as dark as the darkest walnut, it might have been some quaint figurehead cut out of a soarse grained wood. He was clad {a a blue serge jacket, a pair of red breeches smeared at the knees with tar, clean gray worsted stockings. large steel buckles over his coarse. Square toed shoes. and beside him. balanced upon the top of a thick oaken eudgel. was a weather stained silver laced hat. His gray shot hair was gathered up behind into a short. stiff tail. and a seaman’s hanger, with a brass handle, was girded to his waist by a tarnished leather belt. It was clear to the American that some sudden calamity had befallen, so he aided his comrade and the grooms to saddle and bridle. Five minutes later they were flying upon their way, and in little more than an hour their steeds, all reeking and foam decked, were pulled up outside the high house in the Rue St. Martin. De Catinat sprang from his saddle and rushed up- stairs, while Amos followed in his own leisurely fashion “Right well. I have much to tell you I” ‘6' “To Paris! To Paris!” shouted the guardsman frantically. If I am mined I may yet be in time to save them. The horses, quick! ing his pipe and watching with critical eyes the grooming of the horses. usf,‘ . rance's religion should be that 01 France‘s king,” said he, “and'if my own guardsmcn thwart me in such a matter 1 must find others who will be more faithtul. That major’s commis- sion in the :nousquetaires must go to Iapta in (imBeImont, Louvois.” “Very .13j00d. sire.” . “And Do (‘atiuat’s commission may be transferred to Lieutenant Laba- ' doyere." “Vil‘l‘y good. sire.u “And I an) to serve you no longer?” “You are too dainty for my service.” De, (‘atiuat's arms fell listlessly to his side. and his head sank forward upon his breast. Then. as he realized the ruin of all the hOpes of his life anal the cruel injustice with which he had been treated. he broke into a cry of desgmir and rushed from the room with the hot -tears of impotent anger running' down his face. So, sobbing, gestieulating, with coat unbuttoned and hat awry, he burst into the stable where placid Amos Green was smok- sprain :2:."ne remembered how even his own pvz'smml entreaty had been un- nlfle to prevail with this young dandy 0f the «01:11. REFUGEES not for 5:19. No, no; COPYRIGHT. 1393. BY HARPER Author of "The Return of Sherlock Hglmes” By A. CONAN DOYLE, On‘ the white band which wound among the green meadows a black dot‘ could be seen, which moved 3011: with great rapidity, vanished a clump of trees and then reappearefl again, making for the distant 013... “I am glad to get them below, Amos," said he, “for I fear that we may have trouble yet.” f‘And how ?” “You see the white road which runs by the southern bank of the finer. Twice within the last half hour I have seen horsemen spurring for dear life along it. Where the spires and smoke are yonder is Honfleur. and thither it was that these men went. I know not who would ride so madly at such an hour unless they were ”16 men. sengers of the king. Ah, 'see, there to a third one!” When father wand daughter had left the deck De Catinat made his way aft again to where Amos Green and the captain were standing. “Come with us, uncle," said De Cat- inat, passing his arm under that of the old man. “It is long since you have rested. And you, Adele, I pray that you will go and sleep, my poor dar- ling, for it has been a' weary journey. Go now to please me, and when you wake both France and your troubles will lie behind you.” a drawn face and weary eyes at the red curving track behind them which marked the path to Paris. Adele had come up now with not a thought to spare upon the dangers and troubles which lay in front of her as she chafed the old man’s thin cold hands and whispered words or love and comfort into his ears. . “We are always in the hollow of God’s hand,” he whispered, “but, oh, Adele, it is a dreadful thing to feel his fingers moving under us l” The old merchant had been leaning over the bulwarks, looking back with “But What is the matter with the old man? He doesn’t seem easy in his mind,” said Captain Savage. “It’s a pity that we left so quick, or they might have been married before we started. She’s a good girl. Ephra- im, and he a fine man, for all that their ways are not the same as ours.” “Very good. The old man and his nephewâ€"him with the blue coatâ€"can have the two empty bunks. But you must speak to that man, Amos. I’ll have no philandering aboard my ship, lad; no Whispering or cuddling or any such foolishness.” “Tut! A litter of spruce boughs and a sheet of birch bark over me have been enough all these years. What would I ask better than this deck of soft white pine and my blanket?” “Where will you sleep yourself, then?” ‘-.vu‘- nu nu H All ‘- let. “11:11 the early dawn the river broad- he 1"]: ”10011" 117) at. the clouds 01108 1 ened out and each bank trended away, 1 "Thirty men," said he. "and 1111 leaving a long, funnel shaped estuary three paces to our two. You sir between. Ephraim Savage snufi'ed the 3mm blue coat off this deck or 1 air and paced the deck briskly, with a 1 lning trouble 1111011 118.1110 Lord twinkle in his keen gray eyes. The look after his ow 11 if they‘ll only wind had fallen away, but there was f1om foolishness. Get these ha still enough to drive them slowly upon “011’. '1‘ omlinson. So! V5 heres Jim : their course. gand Hiram Jefferson? Let them a “XVhere’s the gal?” he asked, ; by to clap them on again when I ‘ “She’s in my cabin.” said Amos itlc. Starboard: starboard! Keel Green. “I thought that maybe 8119.315 full 113 She.” (h'fl‘V. NO‘V, A could manage there until we got and you, Tomlinson. come here u1 across ” 4 : have a word with you.” Thanks to the early tidings which the guardsman had brought with him, his little party were now ahead of the news. At Rouen all was quiet, and Captain Ephraim Savage before even- ing had brought both them and such property as they had saved aboard his brigantine, the Golden Rod. It was but a little craft, some seventy tons bur- den, but at a time when so many were putting out to sea in open boats, pre- ferring the wrath of nature to that of the king, it was a refuge indeed. The same night the Seaman drew up his anchor and began to slowly make his way down the winding river. And so at last it wasarranged, That very night, within five minutes of the closing of the gates, there passed out of Paris a small party of five, three upon horseback and two in a closed carriage which bore several weighty boxes upon the top. They were the first leaves flying before the hurricane, the earliest of that great multitude who were within the next few months to stream along every road which led from France. ia'l‘ake what valuables you can and leave the rest. Better that than lose all, and liberty into the bargain.” “Then we must come at once,” said De Catinat as he listened to the cordial message which was conveyed to his uncle. “Tonight the orders will be out, and tomorrow it may be too late.” “But my business!” cried the mer- chant “Tell this man that we shall see him through, Amos. Tell him that we’ve got a country Where he’ll just fit in like a hung in a barrel. Tell him that reli- gion is free to all there. Tell him that if he wants to come the Golden Rod is waiting with her anchor apeak and her cargo aboard.” Ephraim Savage was across the room in an instant and had inclosed the old merchant’s thin hand in his own great. knotted fist. There was a broth- crly Sympathy in his strong grip and rugged, weather stained face. . BROTHfiRS 'THE “UREA M V” W WIVLE ' “Come {Withfi me, conform,“ 88.11 wm.m.nn an?” .. . ‘ “But think you that you dare do it alone? He has no arms, it is true, but he is a well grown young fellow. Will you not have twenty men up from the boat?” Some such thought had passed through the omcer’s head, but the cap- tain’s remark put him uDon his mettle. “in uniform, sirâ€"the‘ uniform of the king’s guard. Those are the folk I have come for. ” “And you wish to take them back?" “Most certainly.” “The old man is in his bunk asleep. the maid is in a cabin below, and the other is sleeping down the hold.” “Sleeping, you say? We had best surprise him.” “I am, sir,” said Ephraim Savage submissively. “You have three Huguenots aboard.” “Tut, tut. Huguenots, are they? I thought they were very anxious to get away. but as long as they paid their passage it was no business of mine. An old man, his young daughter and a young fellow about your age in some sort of livery.” :want?” shouted Ephraim Savage in a 1 voice that might h we been hear «1 from the bank. ‘ “We come in the king’s nameuand iwe want a part) of Huguenots from I Paris who came on board of your ves- 'sel at Rouen. ” ; “Brace back the foreyard and lay her to "’ shouted the captain. “Drop a lad- der ox er the side there and look smart. f So! Now we are ready for them.” “Come up. two of you,” he cried. “You stand here at the head of the lad- der. sergeant. Throw up a rope, and you can fix it to this stanchion. Keep awake down there and be all ready to tire. You come with me, Corporal Le- moine. Who is captain of this ship?" gas full as she’ll draw. New, Amos, and you, Tomlinson, come here until I ; have a word with you.” 5 The three stood in consultation upon [the peep. glancing back at their pur- 9suer. There co '-..d be no doubt that ithe wind was treshening. It blew b-‘riskly in their! faces as they looked back, but it was not steady yet. and g the boat was rapidly overhauling them. Already they could see the faces of the _'marines who sat in the stern and the igleam of the lighted linstock which Q the gunner held in his hand. The yard was swung round. and the vessel lay quietly rising and falling on the waves. The boat dashed alongside, her brass cannon trained upon the brig- antine, and her squad of marines with their fingers upon their triggers ready to open fire. They grinned and shrug- ged their shoulders when they saw that their sole opponents Were three unarm- ed men upon the poop. The ofiicer was on deck in an instant, with his drawn sword in his hand. “Hola!” cried an ofiicer in excellent English. “Lay her to or we fire!” “Who are you. and what do you your blue cont off this deck or you‘ll bring trouble Upon us. The Lord will look after his own if they‘ll 01er keep from foolishness. Get these hatches 011’, Tomlinson. So! Where's Jim Sturt and Hiram Jefferson? Let them stand by to clap them on again when I Whis- tle. Starboard: starboard! Keep her , While the Puritan seaman had be“: talking his eyes had kept wa 1de11ag from the clouds to the flopping s:: ils and back. Such wind as there 11 as came in little short pufis,a11:i the cm- vas either drew full or was absolu. 7.- 3 slack. The fleecy shreds of 17’.) .1 above. however. traveled swift}; inross the blue sky. It was 011 them that the captain fixed hisgaze, an: he watched them like a man win) i= -wo7i{ing out a problem in his 111i::'.‘;. "1‘1173' were ahrca st of 1101111711' now ' and about half a mile out from it. .51.}; vas quiet on the curving (111113: and on. :‘llt‘ i1:7lt‘ 1110011 fort over whi<l1 lion-1.." .“he white 1113.7 w. h the guide-1 .2011: 1 iis. ' ‘l1e port: 1113' on their quarter 110w. and they were drawing away 1:11'17 i:-:7kl3'tl1:7 l'neeze freshc1ed De ‘1 :1t211::t. glancing: back, had almost 121.1110 up his 11131111 that their fears were quite grounfiless when they were i:1':17.7.;.7'ht hack in an instant. Round the corner of the mole a great 7311172: boat dashed into View ringed - .311 with foam from her 1131117; 1:12;:11' 17.71 from the ten pairs of 0111's which swung 1717:1111 either side of her. A dainty white :711si74'11 drooped over her s'ez'n. and in her hows the sun slit'." was caught 113' :1 heaV3 brass carro- 17.1:‘.17. The car tain 111-011;.1'l1t his glass to hear upon them and 11 lusfled then he glanced up at- the clouds once more. "Thirty men.” said he. "and they 1;: three paces to our two. You. sir, take De Catinat again nodded, though truth, the seaman’ s metaphors left him witl‘: but a very general sense of his meaning. Ephraim Savage looked at his pas- senger with eyes which had lost some- thing of their sternness. "Young man,” said he, “I see that you mm understand‘ somethin’ of my talk.” De Catinat nodded. hie MW‘H‘d for havvlng behjiéDI-‘de 1m Ask him whether he would not prefr-er to land us on the north‘bank. With our money we might make our way into the. lowlands.” De Catinat. Who, though 'he could speak little English, had learned in America to understand it pretty m-H, lookefl anxiously at Amos Green. "! fair that we shall bring trouble on this; mod captain,” said he, “and um thn loss 01: h_is gargo and ship may m. ,W_'_' â€" "â€" . vuvubu. I can see the glint of the scabbard which he carries on his larboard side. I think that we shall have more wind soon. W?” a. breeze we can show our heels to anything in French watch.“ but a galley or an armed boat won‘t! overhaul us now.” - “Aye: aye.” said he as he’ snapped It up agam. “It is a-soldier, sure enough. __A LL- so “Captain Ephraim,” said he, “there’s a boat on the starboard quarter." The New England seaman whipped up his glass. “ . “Aye, it’s a boat,” said he, “but an empty one. Maybe it’s been washed He looked in the direction in which the pointed, but it was so far from him that he could make nothing or it, but sharper EYES than his had caught a glance d it. Am03 Green had seen the girl point. “Look!” she cried. “There is some- thing floating upon the sea. I saw it upon the crest‘ot a wave.” De Catinat was about to suggest that the voyage might restore the mer- chant’s health, when Adele gave a cry of surprise and pointed out over the port quarter. “If it only could be so! But I fear, I fear that he is over old for such a change. He says not a word of com- Dlaint, but I read upon his face that he is stricken t’o the heart.” “What do you mean, Adele? My uncle is hale and hearty, and he will accustom himself to this new life.” “I am frightened about my father, Amory,” said Adele as they stood to- gether by the shrouds and looked back at the dim cloud upon the horizon which marked the position of that France which they were never to see CHAPTER XVII. OR two days the Golden Rod lay hecalmed close to Cape la Hague, with the Breton coast extending along the whole of the southern horizon. On the third morning, however, came a sharp breeze, and they drew rapidly away from land until it was but a vague, dim line which blended with the cloud hanks. the bucketful of salt water soused down over the gunner and his gun. } putting out his linstock and wetting I his priming. A show er of balls from the marines piped through the air or rapped up against the planks. but the boat was tossing and jerking in the 1 short, chopm waves, and to aim was impossible. In rain the men tugged and strained at their oars while the gunner worked like a maniac to re- light his linstock and to replace his priming. The boat had lost its weigh. ; while the brigantine was flying along . now with every sail bulging and swell- ing to bursting point. ‘Crack'. went the ‘ carronade at last, and five little slits in the mainsail showed that her charge of grape had flown high. Half an hour afterward a little dark dot upon the horizon with a golden speck at one end of it was all that could be seen i ‘of the Honfleur guard boat. The smoke I of Havre lay like a little cloud upon the northern horizon, and Captain Ephraim Savage paced his deck with his face as grim as ever, but with a i C 'dancing light in his gray eyes. ; “I think that you are best down below.” The sergeant had swung round at the sound of the crash, but Amos Green, who had waited for the move- ment, threw his arms round him and hurled him overboard into the sea. At the same instant the connecting rope was severed, the foreyard creaked back into position once more and, uown the ladder Whit'i.‘ led into the hold, '1‘ . \ co"po:'ai foT? 'ezl him. and had his t jest Incl wifi. pm deck when he other had reached . :9 bottom. It may hm» been sometii. .: in Ephraim Savage’s face 01‘ it 111:); .;.:\'8 been the gloon 8'.‘()‘lll(.1 him whim startled the young front-innan. “L'p a::;1n. corporal!” 2 e shouted. “I think th : you are best it the top.” "And 1 think that you are best down below. my friend.” said the Puritan. ~tho gathered the oflicer’s meaning from his gesture. Putting the sole of his boot against the man’s chest, he gave a shove which sent both him and the ladder crashing down on to the officer beneath him. As he did so he blew his whistle, and in a moment the hatch was back in its place and clamped down on each side with iron bars. ' “Yes. down the ladder and straight in. ' He lies between those two cloth bales." Ephraim Savage looked up with a smile playing about the corners 11' his grim mouth. The wind was whistling now in the rigging. and the gtays of the masts were humming like Rvo ' harp strinvs: Amos Green :ounn‘e'j beside the French sergeant who awarded the end of the rope lad- ier. while Tomlinson. the mate. stood with :3 bucket of water in his hand exchanging remarks in very bad French with the! crew of the boat be- ieath him. The otiver made his way slowly down t1)". iafider Whirt'r led into the hflld. T . ‘ (:O'jmt'zll f4)" ‘2".1 him. and 11-1.1 his @1931” l."'.'x‘l \Vifl. .n‘ (chfi; “1er] be other had reached . ::\ bottom. 11 may lim'~ been someiix. .: in Enhmin To be continue d. I have purchased the “ House Cold Tire Setter" the best and latest true setting device on the market. .GENERAL.. ELI-1055M”?! HORSESHOEIN G A SPECIALTY All kinds of iron work promtly attended to Give us a Trhlanibo Convinced. V. J. LmNrcncc. Geo. \Vhite Son Threshing Ma- chines. Toronto “'indmills. Rudd’s Harness, Spreads and Harness Repairs. Oil’s and Groaso's. STOVES FURNACES. 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