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"Mayhap, but he ain't the longest," retorted Rodney; "go on." "Humph! well, down sits Guy on the head o' the tombstone, and pats old Jeph on the shoulder. "`Here I am, Jeph; come now, what is it you are so anxious to tell me? "The old man sat up: `I'm goin' to die, says he. "`Nonsense, cried the young 'un, in a cheerie tone, by way of "don't say that." `You're as tough as an old bo'sn.
"Then I'll go and enlist under Captain Venn," cried Jeph. "Not so fast, my lad. What I gave you leave for was to fight with the devil." "You said the good Cause!" "And can you tell me which be the good Cause?" "Why, this here, of course. Did not you hear the Captain's good words, and see his long sword, and didn't they give five marks for Croppie's bull calf?"
"True," replied Bax, breaking the seals. "Dear old Jeph, it is sad to lose you in this sudden way, without a parting word or blessing. What have we here?" he continued, unrolling several pieces of brown paper. "It feels like a key." As he spoke a small letter dropt from the folds of the brown paper, with an old-fashioned key tied to it by a piece of twine. Opening the letter he read as follows:
The coast-guard-man was surprised by the warmth of his friend's manner, as well as by his words; but before he could ask him what he meant, the boat was run down the beach and out to sea. An hour later old Jeph was carefully put to bed in his own cottage, by his friend Captain Bluenose.
Possibly if Jeph had not pledged himself to his comrades to overcome his brother's resistance, and bring back the treasures, he might have desisted; but what he did was to call to Rusha to bring him a lantern, and show him the holes, promising her a tester if she would.
If anybody knows where the things is 'tis Steadfast Kenton. So the corporal says, 'Is this so, Jephthah Kenton? and Jeph, standing up in his big boots, says, 'Aye, corporal, my father was yet in the darkness of prelacy, and was what in their blindness they call a Churchwarden, but as to my brother, that's neither here nor there, he were but a boy and not like to know more than I did. But the corporal said, 'That we will see.
W'en he wants to go off to sea, he goes off, right or wrong. But you'll take a glass o' grog first." Old Jeph would not do this, so he was led down to the beach by Coleman, where they found the boat being launched. "Good-bye, old man," said Coleman, helping him over the side. "Good-bye, farewell," said Jeph earnestly. "I came here to-day a-purpose to say farewell; shake hands, God bless you."
Jeph saw his father fall, but felt the grasp upon himself relax, and heard a voice shouting, "How now, my men, what's this?" "He resisted the King's requisition, your Grace," said one of the troopers, as a handsome lad galloped up. "King's requisition! Your own robbery. What have you done to the poor man, you Schelm? See here, Rupert," he added, as another young man rode hastily up. "Rascals!
"And who is this little wench?" demanded Jeph, somewhat displeased that his brother manifested a certain inattention to his exhortation by signing to Patience to supply her wants. Stead made unusual haste to reply to prevent her from speaking. "She is biding with us till she can join her father, or knows how it is with him." "Humph! She hath not the look of one of the daughters of our people."
He had caught more phrases from these fiery preachers than he himself knew, and they broke forth in this time of excitement. "But, Jeph, what is to become of us? The girls, and the little one! You are the only one of us who can do a man's work." "I could not keep you together!" said Jeph. "Our house burnt by those accursed sons of Belial, all broken up, and only a lubber like you to help!
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