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w o ;am more than willing to assume iB&e xlsk. 1 have made few friends for* j 'wmrfii, and am even bold enough to say . fh&t 1 have longed for a word with son ever ainee I first saw you aboard.” \“Why especially with,me?” ■•‘R a th ^ a hard question to answer a t th e very beginning,” I smiled bacB a t her. “Xet not so difficult as the ane I shall ash you. I am only one ol fifty prisoners, scarcely cleaner or more xepntablq looking than any oi m j mates. Yet surely you have not ) sought speech with these others? Then especially with me?” Even in the growing dusk I could mark a red flush mount into the clear -^e^cs at this insistent question, and for an mstant her eyes wavered. But she possessed the courage of pride, vand h er hesitancy was short. *‘Ycm imagine I cannot answer. Oh, hut I <»n; I know who you are; my made pointed you out to me. I am -travelmg home with him to Maryland. | 1 am Dorothy Fairfax. He was pres ent a t your trial before Lord Jeffries. You are Geoffry Carlyle, in command the ^ i p that brought Monmouth to ^ g tan d , I heard it all.” “A in What else, pray?” Her eyes opened widely in sudden and she clasped and unclasped iter hands nervously. \Ho you really not know? Have yon never been told what happened?” “Only that I was roughly forbidden to ^peafc, called every foul name the iearasd lodge could think of, and then sentenced to twenty years penal seiwi- tude beyond seas,” I answered sobeyly. “FoHowing that I was dragged from the dock, and flung into a cell. Was there anything else?” **Why you should have known. Lord Jeffries sentenced yon to death; the decree was signed, to be executed mamediately. Then influence was -Hr 0 *^ht to hear—some nobleman in Horthumherland made direct appeal to the king. That was what angered Jeffries so.” “An appeal! For me? Good God! Bueelough—^was it he, the duke?” “Yesj It was whispered about that the kizig was in his debt—some word hcmor, and dare not refuse. The word of mercy came just in time, or- d ^ in g Jeffries to commute your.sen- tm eel At first' he swore he’d hang you, Mug or no king, but bis nerve failed. \My uncle said he roared like a butl. This Bueelough; is he not your f3flend?” I hesitated for an instant of indeci sion, looking into her face, but the truth would not be denied. '“Scarcely that,” I said soberly. “Nor «an I solve entirely bis purpose. He is my brother, and I am the ne3^’in line. We are not even on speaking term s; yet he is childless, and may seme measure of dislike to-have the family end in a hangman’s knot. I can think of no other reason for his mterference. X knew nothing of his acthm.** •T ass glad it became my privilege 4© l®3i you. Besides, Captain Carlyle,” ^hnply, “it may also help you to un derstand my interest. H you are of ^the Cferlyle&^of Bueelough, how hap- ■#enfid i t that you went to sea?” . ’^“Largely necessity, and to some ex- mo doubt sheer love of adven- tiire. 1 was a younger son, with very -little income. There were then two ’iivc® between me and the estate, and th e €tid duk^ my father, treated me ’Ske a servant. I always loved the ssseb and at fourteen—to get out of his I think largely—^was appren ticed to the navy,, but lost my grade in ISle service by a mere boyish prank. ‘&SS- iuflaeuce then would have saved but he refused to even read my letter of explanation. I dared not re- iSaasn imme tn such disgrace, and conse- drifted into the merchant serv- I t is a story quickly told,” not so quickly lived.” “aSToi It meant many hard years, on «6ye oc^uom of the world. This Is iBi&e first message reaching me froni bid Itome.” **1 have seen that home,” she said ipifeBr. *^auii shall never forget the Inapcesshm xt made on mo. A beauti- 2 was there on a coaching Ihe Hast smmner 1 was in Eng- learfL X was m mere girl ^ then, and m f& r s & is s aeemed wonderful. I have away from Maryland now for ‘^Hiree years. Nothing else would sat- Maryland is only a colony, ':y«m know.** “Your home is a t Saint Mary*s?’* *%ower down the Potomac. Have grop ev«* been there?” “Twice ; once as mate, and the last 'time as master of a ship. My latest voyage, in these waters was made nearly two years ago.” Xs jnot so strange then, is it, that I have felt interested in you?” «*hc« adked «iddeniy, as though Justify- haerS^. “When tfncle Roger first - sAae you were, and then cx- iM p e d what .had occurred a f your trial, naturally you became to me something entirely different from the others. Were you actually with Mon mouth?” '“In sympathy, yes; hut I had no hand in the actual fighting. I was not even ashore until it was all over with. Still I shall pay my share of the bill.” “And you know what that means, do you not? What will happen when we reach Virginia?” “Perfectly; I have no illusions. I have seen just ^uch ships as this come in. We are to be advertised, hnd sold to the highest bidder. A week from now I shall probably be out in the tobacco fields, under the whip of an overseer,, who will call me Jeff. All I can hope for is a kindffiearted master, and an early opportunity to escape.” “Oh, no!” and in her eagerness her hands actually clasped mine. “It is not going to be quite so bad as that. That is what I wanted to tell you. That is what gave me boldness .to come across here to you tonight. It has all been arranged. You are not going to be sold on the block with those others. Uncle Roger has already contracted with the captain for your services. You are going north with us to Maryland.” I drew a deep breath, and in the sudden impulse oi relief which swept over me my own fingers closed tightly about her hands. “I owe this to you; I am sure I must owe this to you—tell me?” Her eyes dropped,' and in the dim light I could mark the heaving of her bosom as she caught her breath. “Only—only the suggestion,” sihe managed to say in.' a whisper. “He— he was glad of that. You see T— 1 knew he needed someone to taae charge of his sloop, and—and so I brought you to his mind. So please don’t thank me.” “I shall never cease to thank yon,” I returned warmly, conscious suddenly that I was holding her hands, and as instantly releasing them. “It will save me the degradation which I dreaded most of all—the toiling in the fields beside negro slaves, and the sting of the lash. Ay, it means even more—” I hesitated, instantly realizing that I must not utter those impetuous words leaping to my lips. “More I” she exclaimed. “What more?” “This,” I went on, my thought shift ing into a new channel. “A longer ser vitude. Up to this moment my one dream has been to escape, but I must give that up now. You have placed me under obligations to serve. Be tween us this has become a debt ol honor.” “But wait,” she said earnestly, “for I had even thought of that. I was sure you would feel that way—an^ gentleman would. Still there is a way out, You were sentenced as an in dentured servant. I saw the entry my self. It read; ‘Geoffry Carlyle, Master Mariner, indentured to the Colonies for the term of twenty years, unless sooner released; crime, high treason.’ fiiny indentured man, under our Mary land laws, can buy Jiis freedom, after serving a certain proportion of his sentence. Did you not know that?” I did know it, yet somehow had never connected the fact before di rectly with my own case. God! what a relief; I stood up straight' once more in the stature of a man, I hard ly know what wild words I might have spoken had the opportunity been mine; but at that instant the figure of a man crossed the deck toward us, emerging from the open cabin door. Against the gleam of yellow light I recognized the trim form advancing, and as instantly stepped back into shadow. My quick movement caused her to turn and face him. “What I” he exclaimed, and evi dently surprised at his diseo-^ery. “It is indeed Mistress Dorothy—out here alone? *Twas my thought you were safely In your cabin long since. But— prithee— ^1 mistake; ' you are not alone.” “I was preparing to go in,” she nn- j.wered, ignoring his latter words. “The night already looks stormy.” “But your friend?” TM tone In which he spoke was Insistent, almbst insolent in its de- vnaud, and she hesitated no longer in meeting the challenge. “Your pardon, I am sure—Lieuten ant Sanchez, this gentleman Is Cap tain Geoffry Carlyle.” He stood there stiff and straight against the background of light, one hand ih affleted carelessness caress ing the end Of a waxed mustache. His face was in sha;pow, yet I was quite aware of the'flash of his eyes. “Ah, Indeed—some'passenger I have' not chanced to observe before?’' ' “A prisoner,” she returned distinct ly. “YoS may pernaps remember my uncle pointed him out to' us when he first came abo,ard.” “And you have been but here alone, talking with the fellow?” “Certainly—why not?” t “Why the naan is a felon, convicted of crime, sentenced to deportation.” “It is not necessary that we ‘discuss this, sii*,” she interpose<l, rather proud ly, “as my personal conduct is not a matter for your criticism. I shall re tire now. Ko, thank you, you need not come.” He stopped still, staring blankly after her as she vanished; then wheeled about to vent his anger on me. “Carlyle, hey!” he exclaimed sneer- ingly. “A familiar sound that name in my ears. One of the brood out of Bueelough?” “A cadet of that line,” I managed to admit, wonderingly. “You know of thehi?” “Quite as much as T care to,” his tone ugly and insulting. Then an idea suddenly occurred to his mind. “Saint Guise, but that , would even up the score nicely. You are, a.s I understand it, sent to Virginia for sale?” “Yes.” . “For how long a term?” “The sentence was twenty years.” “Hela! and. you go to the highest bidder. I’ll do it,; fellow! To actually own a Carlyle of Bueelough will be a sweet revenge. ’Twill count for more than were I to tweak the duke’s nose.” “A very noble plan for revenge,” ! admitted. “And one which I am not likely to forget. Unfortunately you come too late. It happens, seiior, that 1 am already safely indentured to Roger Fairfax.” , I turned away, hut he called angrily after me: “Do not feel so sure of that Carlyle! I am in the game yet.” (To be continued). Firsi Time Reckoning. Perhaps the first reference to at tempts to reckon time by mechanical means is found in Isaiah xxxviil, 8, written supposedly about 713 B. C., “the sun dial of Ahaz.” Pliny says that Anaximander invented a sun dial about 550 B. O. 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