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Senator Pownal gave the proposer of this prompt surrender a glance of mutual sympathy out of the corner of his eye, but the Duke remained imperturbable. Wasgatt received the paper and went on. "'We reaffirm our belief in the principle of the prohibition of the liquor traffic, and pledge our earnest efforts to promote temperance."
It was, therefore, with a gracious expression of countenance and polite bow, that Mr. Johnson ushered the two gentlemen into the parlor. "Where is Mr. Pownal, Johnson?" inquired the young man. "He is out of town, sir, with the whole family. I believe he went to Albany, sir." "Is Mrs. Corning in the house?" "Mrs. Corning is just come back from market, sir. I heard her voice only a minute ago."
It will reck but little of the garments of an unknown man." It was more for the sake of his friend than himself that Pownal proposed the change. Perceiving the feelings of the other, he forbore to press a proposal further, which, after all, was of but little consequence. A sloop was to sail the next day the wind favoring from Hillsdale, and it was agreed between the two to take passage together.
He went with the retiring Governor Pownal, whose taste for social enjoyment was very much in accord with his own. In England, he attended the funeral of George the Second, and saw the coronation of George the Third, little thinking the while that he would some day make violent efforts to snatch from that crown its brightest jewel.
They were met on the beach by Holden, to whom the gentlemen were both known, but he was unable to inform them of the name of the wounded man. As soon as the doctor beheld him, however, he exclaimed: "It is Mr. Pownal. God forbid the hurt should be serious." The countenance of the doctor's companion, and the few words he uttered, denoted also recognition of the stranger.
Meanwhile, upon the promise of Judge Bernard to be responsible for the safety of the prisoner, Holden was allowed to depart with him, and Pownal, who had been invited to dinner with the Judge, accompanied them to his house. Here they found Faith, in a state of high excitement. "I," she said, seizing the old man's hands, while the tears streamed down her cheeks; "I am to blame for this persecution.
You know I think if I were in Africa but wanted to write something about home, I could close my eyes, think of red and green slopes and blue waters and the smell of haymaking, and have the atmosphere in an instant. Just look at that," he pointed toward the water. "We call it Pownal Bay. Do you see how it winds in and out everywhere among the spruce and the fields. Then look off in the distance.
In the hush of the little room they heard Senator Pownal declaiming: "And it is upon these firm principles, bedrock of inalienable rights guaranteed to the people, upon the broad issues of reform, inculcation of temperance, and the virtues of civic life, that the Republican party is founded."
How glad I am you escaped from those abominable men. Tell me all about it. How was it? Did they do you any harm?" At this moment, Pownal entered, and advancing, grasped the old man's hand, and congratulated him on his escape. "My God," said Holden, in his wild way, "hath sent His angel and shut the lions' mouths that they have not hurt me.
It will occasion no surprise, then, that Anne, engrossed with her own happiness, should hardly have observed the road taken by Pownal, or been conscious of how far they had driven, until some remark of his attracted her attention to the scenery.
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