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"Ralph Percy, thou art the very button upon the cap of Fortune," he said

Toof the bitterest, but to hih the darkness to the lit room and its resplendent pearl He waved farewell, and the dusk sed up him and his boat I went back to the house and to her

She was sitting as we had left her, with her small feet crossed upon the cushion beneath the fan blowing tendrils of her dark hair against her delicate standing ruff I went and leaned against the , facing her

"I have been chosen Burgess for this hundred," I said abruptly "The Assembly meets next week I must be in Jamestown then and for soress, and waved it lazily to and fro "When do we go?" she asked at last

"We!" I answered "I had thought to go alone"

The fan dropped to the floor, and her eyes opened wide "And leave me here!" she exclaimed "Leave me in these woods, at the mercy of Indians, wolves, and your rabble of servants!"

I smiled "We are at peace with the Indians; it would be a stout wolf that could leap this palisade; and the servants know their master too well to care to offend their e"

"Diccon!" she cried "The old woman in the kitchen hath told me tales of Diccon! Diccon Bravo! Diccon Gamester! Diccon Cutthroat!"

"Granted," I said "But Diccon Faithful as well I can trust hio to Jamestown This forest wearies me" Her tone was imperious

"I must think it over," I said coolly "I may take you, or I o, sir!"

"And I may desire you to stay"

"You are a churl!"

I bowed "I am the man of your choice,her back upon me, took a flower from the table and commenced to pull fro an to polish away a speck of rust upon the blade Ten minutes later I looked up from the task, to receive full in my face a red rose tossed from the other side of the roohter

"We cannot afford to quarrel, can we?" cried Mistress Jocelyn Percy "Life is sad enough in this solitude without that Nothing but trees and water all day long, and not a soul to speak to! And I am horribly afraid of the Indians! What if they were to kill me while you were away? You know you swore before the minister to protect es, will you? And I o to church I want to go to the Governor's house I want to buy a old in plenty, and but this one decent dress You'll take me with you, won't you?"