they had parted, as it might seem, for ever. Dyck had had news of her, however, for Darius Boland had come and gone between the two plantations, and had won Michael Clones' confidence. He

d that the governor had, more than once, visited Salem with his suite; that he had sat in judgment on a case in Kingston concerning the estate of Salem, and had given decision in its favour; and that Mrs. Llyn and Sheila visited him at Spanish Town a

tminster and at the Royal Palace by a discreet display of wealth. He was also aware that no scandal could be made through an alliance with Sheila, for she had inherited long after the revolutionary war and with her skirts free from responsibility. England certainly would welcome wealth got through an Irish girl inheriting her American uncle's estates.

said to Darius Boland, as he entered the p

reful reply. "I suppose you know wha

onour. They tell me h

shed. "He told y

never. He told me naug

an from Virginia. He

ld you,

ston and Spanish Town, and all the other places, would have been French by now, if

do they speak of t

for Darius Boland knew that Phoenix Park must be a galling memory to his honour. But Darius did not care. He guesse

s is a poor limi

he took it as part of the game. "Ah, you mean the aff

d a little. "Wasn't i

re by defeating one of

lan

got fame, which he los

work against a champion into a man's bowels, with

hat," answered th

ed he'd strike a man t

ng. "He'd been drinking-he is a heavy

ial positions. Darius pulled at the hair on his chin reflectively. "Yes, I've drunk his liquor, but not as you mean, your honour. He'd dr

t stand. I'll not dispute it, me bein

to the opinion of a faithful servant and let it weigh against great men. He had once lost a possible fortune by spurning a little terrier of the daughter of the Earl of Shallow, and the lesson had sunk deep into

ans. Boland. He was a common sailor. He drank what w

, and kept his head. "B

ilormen better drink tha

his slaves as though

ica

reedom in future, Boland

keep to his estate

face wrinkled still more. "Ah, and

l to obey, for I have no choice but to t

amaica! Does your honour

ishop's clo

where they defy religion, this is the worst, your honour. There's as much religion her

oesn't need ingenuity to find a place, for so

"Your honour, there's

aint, and he's not the

entleman does take his

ur, is that a c

n will have to take his fill on his own land from the

will that be

distasteful to the governor. "That day will be when I fin

ur?" There was an omino

against the King of England- against King

as we proved it by the victory we had. We did what we set out to do. But see, if you will

, Bo

n Jamaica, and they won't stand it. Besides, he won't stand it

that?" asked the governor w

nfidence to order, your honour," an

ar. He swung a glance sharply at Darius. "What is the secret

short time, your honour, and I don't know that I'm a good judge, but

sniffed the governor.

haracter. Say, I'm afraid I'm talking too much, your honour

h in good time, Boland, I've no doubt. Meanwhile, you've got the pleasure of

gain. Couldn't Lord M

ad no sense. It was a bit of ballyhack. He did not kill an unarmed man. It isn't his way. W

turned to Boland and looked him straight in the eyes. "That'

Why do you take joy in commanding him to stay

he said: "It's what I a

e Crown, and the Cr

be as ruthless as his master? Look, your honour, I wouldn't impose that command-not till I'd taken his advice about the Maroons anyway. There's trouble brewing, and Mr. Calhoun knows it. He has warned you through

schoolmaster, when all else f

dealt with. This is not my country, but I've got interests here, or my mistress h

them at the last plantation, and rode on alo

ager of Salem. "Fear is a good thing for forward minds, your honour," h

your mistress has been

a ready

r things, your honour, a

compliment in a land w

it has few who speak a

nd you govern, the hospi

t way,

There they eat his food, drink his wine, exhaust his fowl- yard and debilitate his cook-till all the resources of the place are played out; then with both hands round his friend's neck the man and his people will say adieu, an

pen door, Boland, and your mistress standing in it. But I come without my family, and with no fell purposes.

alhoun. There's trouble at Trelawny. I have it from good sources, and Mr. Calhoun has made preparations against the sure risings. I'd t

is Mrs. Llyn. And look you, Boland, I'll think over what you've said about the Maroons and Mr. Calhoun. He'

harm; he's doing good every day. He's got a stiff hand for the shirker and the

come he

here are reasons why he does not come, as your h

"He's got an order from England to keep Mr. Calhoun to

it's made, Boland. But the governor will be u

uld not be told that t

land. I can tempt him

un, and will not n

from the torture was by making all thought of him impossible. How could this be done? Well, Lord Mallow would offer a way. Lord Mallow was a man of ancient Irish family, was a governor, had ability, was distinguished-looking in a curious lean way; and he had a real gift with his tongue. He stood high in the opinion of the b

did not seek forgetfulness in flight; why she remained in Jamaica where was what she wished to forget. There was no valid reason, save a business one, why she should remain in Jamaica, and she was in a quandary when she put the question. There were, however, other reasons which she used when all else

ccur to her that these reasons would vanish like mist-that a wilful woman would sweep them into the basket of forgetfulness, and do what she wished in spite of reason: that all else would be sacrificed, if the spirit so possessed her. Truth was

should have suffered all those years, with little to cheer her, while her daughter should be radiant in health and with a mind free from care or sadness. Yet the bitterest thing of all was the thought that her father was a traitor, and had died sacrificing another man. When Dyck had told her first, she had shivered with anger and shame-but anger and shame had gone. Only one thing gave her any comfort-the man who knew Erris Boyne was a traitor, and could

t with her mother. She had reached the limit of her powers of suf

ink I have com

note of sympathy, even

self, and to see how Salem looks

. As for Salem, it looks as though a mastermind had been at w

though to indicate at

two,

de s

white

de s

de s

two,

ar the words

n?" asked Sheila. "I d

Numbers, colour, race, nothing matters, the plague sweeps all away. Ah, then

in unison, the foll

come

et s

ak f

be

be

ome b

e, but it's lacking in poetry," she r

away. It's all epic, or that's my view, anyhow," said the governor. "If you look out on those who are singing it, you'd see they are

mboo, and the Jack-fruit tree, with its enormous fruit like pumpkins. Parrots were chattering in the acacia and in the Otaheite plum tree, with its bright pink blossoms like tassels, and flanking the negro huts by the river were bowers of grenadilla fruit. Around the negro huts were small individual plantations kept by the slaves, for

d the governor. "I have never been in Virginia, but I

wild fruits and trees, but we have our share-and it

etter?" the governor

etter go

by that? Isn't Jam

couldn't be improved,

Lord Mallow asked urbanely, for he was

overnor," was the che

acking i

me way

specifying some

he is c

ss-as t

he has been advised to make preparations, and he makes none, and he is deceived by a show of loyalty on the part of the s

e governor. "I have sent my inspectors to Trelawney. I have had re

em prisoners? They are enraged that two of their herdsmen should be whipped by a negro-slave under the order

tell you that w

yne was. I never knew till, in his honour, he told me, coming here for that purpose. I

rt. "And you have not s

ave not spoken to him. It

ur manager, Mr.

here he will, to speak to whom he chooses. He visits Enniskillen, I suppose-it

lete. As he looked at her, he had an overmastering desire to make her his own-his wife. She was worth hundreds of thousands of pounds; she had beauty, ability and authority. She was the acme of charm and good bearing. With her he could climb high on the ladder of life. He might be a really great figure i

by saving the king's navy. But now that Sheila knew the truth there could be no danger! Dyck Calhoun would be relegated to his proper place in the scheme of things. Who was there to stand between him and his desire? What was there to stay the great event

d enslavement of free white peoples, as in St. Domingo and Grenada; the dominating attacks of people fighting for control-peoples of old empires like France and Spain, and new empires like that of Britain. These were a centre of colonial life as important as ha

s manner was impressive. He had a distinguished face, become more distinguished

ment to confine him to his estate; not to permit him to leave it; and, if he does, to arrest him. That is

or Darius Boland had told her; but she thought it well to le

n why I should be adamant to this man, Dyck Calhoun. But, Lord Mallow, I would go carefully about this, if I were you. He is a man who takes no he

will attack him

o attack him?" The gibe was covered, but it found

hat what your president does? What your great George Washin

h as to warrant it. He has no small vices, and no false

ent will be as is due. The man is condemned by my masters, and

then gave him freedom on the island which you tried to prevent; and now they turn round and confine him to his acres. Is that pardon in a real sense? D

in careful and unrhetorical language the incident of his coming

lord, if this thing is done to him it will be to your o

ost seem you had a fondness for the man who kil

r seven years ago. Yes, a fondness which only his crime makes impossible. But in all that really matters I am still his friend. He did not know he was killing my father, who had no claims upon me, none at all, except that through him I have

nition, reasserting itself. As she used the words, "ever and ever and ever," it was like a Cordelia bidding farewell to Lear, her father, for e

ake-by any covert prejudice against Mr. Calhoun. I guarded myself especially"-there he lied, but he was an incomparable liar-"lest it should be used against him. It w

allow, you would be doing as great a crime as Mr. Dyck Calhoun ever committed, or could commit, if you put this order into actual fact. You are governor here, and y

s, I am given discretion

fulfilled, break it and take the consequences. The pr

immense weight with me-more even than I have words to say. Yes, I

into her manner. "You do truly mean it?"

ng she might ever be able to do. She realized how terrible it would be for him to be shorn of the liberty he had always

ed Lord Mallow. "I mean

I am sure you will decide not to enforce the order, if you think about it. You s

nobility of mind and character how life should be lived. I have not always deserved your good opinion nor that of others. I have fought duels and killed men; I have aspired to place; I have connived at appointment; I have been vain, overbearing and insistent on my rights or privileges; I have played the dicta

he had never been touched by any one save the man that must never be hers; she was submerged for the moment in the flood of his eloquence, and h

harder. What is more, I do not, I cannot, believe you. You have loved many. Your life has been a covert menace. Oh, I know what they said of

yed, I danced attendance, I said soft nothings, but I was tied to no woman in all Ireland. I was frolicsome

or, Lord

t give return for, was w

d high position, he was her fellow countryman and an Irish peer, and she was the daughter of an evil man, who was, above all else, a traitor to his country, though Lord Mallow did not know that. The only one she knew possessed of the facts was the man she desired to save herself from in final way-Dyck Calhoun. Her heart was for the moment soft to Lord Mallow, in spite of his h

l. But I did not spoil my life by them, and I am here a trusted servant of the governm

to say. She felt she could not say yes-yet she wanted to escape from him. Her good fo

honour, asking for you. It is of most grave

ming," said the gover