When I came out of my nest next morning--my bed was on the floor of a small recess2 back of the great fireplace, made, I suspect, because the original builders lacked either the skill or the inclination3, whichever it might be, to more neatly4 skirt the chimney with the logs--it was quite late. Some meat and corn-bread were laid for me on the table in Mr. Stewart's room, which was the chief chamber5 of the house. Despite the big fire roaring on the hearth6, it was so cold that the grease had hardened white about the meat in the pan, and it had to be warmed again before I could sop8 my bread.
During the solitary9 meal it occurred to me to question my aunt, the housekeeper10, as to the alarm of the night, which lay heavily once more upon my mind. But I could hear her humming to herself in the back room, which did not indicate acquaintance with any danger. Moreover, it might as well be stated here that my aunt, good soul though she was, did not command especial admiration11 for the clearness of her wits, having been cruelly stricken with the small-pox many years before, and owing her employment, be it confessed, much more to Mr. Stewart's excellence12 of heart than to her own abilities. She was probably the last person in the Valley whose judgment13 upon the question of a French invasion, or indeed any other large matter, I would have valued.
Having donned my coon-skin cap, and drawn14 on my thick pelisse over my apron15, I put another beech-knot on the fire and went outside. The stinging air bit my nostrils16 and drove my hands into my pockets. Mr. Stewart was at the work which had occupied him for some weeks previously--hewing out logs on the side hill. His axe17 strokes rang through the frosty atmosphere now with a sharp reverberation18 which made it seem much colder, and yet more cheerful. Winter had come, indeed, but I began to feel that I liked it. I almost skipped as I went along the hard, narrow path to join him.
He was up among the cedars19, under a close-woven net of boughs20, which, themselves heavily capped with snow, had kept the ground free. He nodded pleasantly to me when I wished him good-morning, then returned to his labor21. Although I placed myself in front of him, in the hope that he would speak, and thus possibly put me in the way to learn something about this French business, he said nothing, but continued whacking22 at the deeply notched23 trunk. The temptation to begin the talk myself came near mastering me, so oppressed with curiosity was I; and finally, to resist it the better, I walked away and stood on the brow of the knoll24, whence one could look up and down the Valley.
It was the only world I knew--this expanse of flats, broken by wedges of forest stretching down from the hills on the horizon to the very water's edge. Straight, glistening25 lines of thin ice ran out here and there from the banks of the stream this morning, formed on the breast of the flood through the cold night.
To the left, in the direction of the sun, lay, at the distance of a mile or so, Mount Johnson, or Fort Johnson, as one chose to call it. It could not be seen for the intervening hills, but so important was the fact of its presence to me that I never looked eastward26 without seeming to behold27 its gray stone walls with their windows and loopholes, its stockade28 of logs, its two little houses on either side, its barracks for the guard upon the ridge29 back of the gristmill, and its accustomed groups of grinning black slaves, all eyeballs and white teeth, of saturnine30 Indians in blankets, and of bold-faced fur-traders. Beyond this place I had never been, but I knew vaguely31 that Schenectady was in that direction, where the French once wrought32 such misery33, and beyond that Albany, the great town of our parts, and then the big ocean which separated us from England and Holland. Civilization lay that way, and all the luxurious34 things which, being shown or talked of by travellers, made our own rough life seem ruder still by contrast.
Turning to the right I looked on the skirts of savagery35. Some few adventurous37 villages of poor Palatine-German farmers and traders there were up along the stream, I knew, hidden in the embrace of the wilderness38, and with them were forts and soldiers But these latter did not prevent houses being sacked and their inmates39 tomahawked every now and then.
It astonished me, that, for the sake of mere40 furs and ginseng and potash, men should be moved to settle in these perilous41 wilds, and subject their wives and families to such dangers, when they might live in peace at Albany, or, for that matter, in the old countries whence they came. For my part, I thought I would much rather be oppressed by the Grand Duke's tax-collectors, or even be caned43 now and again by the Grand Duke himself, than undergo these privations and panics in a savage36 land. I was too little then to understand the grandeur44 of the motives45 which impelled46 men to expatriate themselves and suffer all things rather than submit to religious persecution47 or civil tyranny. Sometimes even now, in my old age, I feel that I do not wholly comprehend it. But that it was a grand thing, I trust there can be no doubt.
While I still stood on the brow of the hill, my young head filled with these musings, and my heart weighed down almost to crushing by the sense of vast loneliness and peril42 which the spectacle of naked marsh-lands and dark, threatening forests inspired, the sound of the chopping ceased, and there followed, a few seconds later, a great swish and crash down the hill.
As I looked to note where the tree had fallen, I saw Mr. Stewart lay down his axe, and take into his hands the gun which stood near by. He motioned to me to preserve silence, and himself stood in an attitude of deep attention. Then my slow ears caught the noise he had already heard--a mixed babel of groans48, curses, and cries of fear, on the road to the westward49 of us, and growing louder momentarily.
After a minute or two of listening he said to me, "It is nothing. The cries are German, but the oaths are all English--as they generally are."
All the same he put his gun over his arm as he walked down to the stockade, and out through the gate upon the road, to discover the cause of the commotion50.
Five red-coated soldiers on horseback, with another, cloaked to the eyes and bearing himself proudly, riding at their heels; a negro following on, also mounted, with a huge bundle in his arms before him, and a shivering, yellow-haired lad of about my own age on a pillion behind him; clustering about these, a motley score of poor people, young and old, some bearing household goods, and all frightened out of their five senses--this is what we saw on the highway.
What we heard it would be beyond my power to recount. From the chaos51 of terrified exclamations52 in German, and angry cursing in English, I gathered generally that the scared mob of Palatines were all for flying the Valley, or at the least crowding into Fort Johnson, and that the troopers were somewhat vigorously endeavoring to reassure54 and dissuade55 them.
Mr. Stewart stepped forward--I following close in his rear--and began phrasing in German to these poor souls the words of the soldiers, leaving out the blasphemies56 with which they were laden57. How much he had known before I cannot guess, but the confidence with which he told them that the French and Indian marauders had come no farther than the Palatine Village above Fort Kouarie, that they were but a small force, and that Honikol Herkimer had already started out to drive them back, seemed to his simple auditors58 born of knowledge. They at all events listened to him, which they had not done to the soldiers, and plied59 him with anxious queries60, which he in turn referred to the mounted men and then translated their sulky answers. This was done to such good purpose that before long the wiser of the Palatines were agreed to return to their homes up the Valley, and the others had become calm.
As the clamor ceased, the soldier whom I took to be an officer removed his cloak a little from his face and called out gruffly:
"Tell this fellow to fetch me some brandy, or whatever cordial is to be had in this God-forgotten country, and stir his bones about it, too!"
To speak to Mr. Thomas Stewart in this fashion! I looked at my protector in pained wrath61 and apprehension62, knowing his fiery63 temper.
With a swift movement he pushed his way between the sleepy soldiers straight to the officer. I trembled in every joint64, expecting to see him cut down where he stood, here in front of his own house!
He plucked the officer's cloak down from his face with a laugh, and then put his hands on his hips65, his gun under his arm, looked the other square in the face, and laughed again.
All this was done so quickly that the soldiers, being drowsy66 with their all-night ride, scarcely understood what was going forward. The officer himself strove to unwrap the muffled67 cloak that he might grasp his sword, puffing68 out his cheeks with amazement69 and indignation meanwhile, and staring down fiercely at Mr. Stewart. The fair-haired boy on the horse with the negro was almost as greatly excited, and cried out, "Kill him, some one! Strike him down!" in a stout70 voice. At this some of the soldiers wheeled about, prepared to take part in the trouble when they should comprehend it, while their horses plunged71 and reared into the others.
The only cool one was Mr. Stewart, who still stood at his ease, smiling at the red-faced, blustering72 officer, to whom he now said:
"When you are free of your cloak, Tony Cross, dismount and let us embrace."
The gentleman thus addressed peered at the speaker, gave an exclamation53 or two of impatience73, then looked again still more closely. All at once his face brightened, and he slapped his round, tight thigh74 with a noise like the rending75 of an ice-gorge.
"Tom Lynch!" he shouted. "Saints' breeches! 'tis he!" and off his horse came the officer, and into Mr. Stewart's arms, before I could catch my breath.
It seemed that the twain were old comrades, and had been like brothers in foreign wars, now long past. They walked affectionately, hand in hand, to the house. The negro followed, bringing the two horses into the stockade, and then coming inside with the bundle and the boy, the soldiers being despatched onward76 to the fort.
While my aunt, Dame77 Kronk, busied herself in bringing bottles and glasses, and swinging the kettle over the fire, the two gentlemen could not keep eyes off each other, and had more to say than there were words for. It was eleven years since they had met, and, although Mr. Stewart had learned (from Sir William) of the other's presence in the Valley, Major Cross had long since supposed his friend to be dead. Conceive, then, the warmth of their greeting, the fondness of their glances, the fervor78 of the reminiscences into which they straightway launched, sitting wide-kneed by the roaring hearth, steaming glass in hand.
The Major sat massively upright on the bench, letting his thick cloak fall backward from his broad shoulders to the floor, for, though the heat of the flames might well-nigh singe79 one's eyebrows80, it would be cold behind. I looked upon his great girth of chest, upon his strong hands, which yet showed delicately fair when they were ungloved, and upon his round, full-colored, amiable81 face with much satisfaction. I seemed to swell82 with pride when he unbuckled his sword, belt and all, and handed it to me, I being nearest, to put aside for him. It was a ponderous83, severe-looking weapon, and I bore it to the bed with awe84, asking myself how many people it was likely to have killed in its day. I had before this handled other swords--including Sir William's--but never such a one as this. Nor had I ever before seen a soldier who seemed to my boyish eyes so like what a warrior85 should be.
It was not our habit to expend86 much liking87 upon English officers or troopers, who were indeed quite content to go on without our friendship, and treated us Dutch and Palatines in turn with contumacy and roughness, as being no better than their inferiors. But no one could help liking Major Anthony Cross--at least when they saw him under his old friend's roof-tree, expanding with genial88 pleasure.
For the yellow-haired boy, who was the Major's son, I cared much less. I believe truly that I disliked him from the very first moment out on the frosty road, and that when I saw him shivering there with the cold, I was not a whit7 sorry. This may be imagination, but it is certain that he did not get into my favor after we came inside.
Under this Master Philip's commands the negro squatted89 on his haunches and unrolled the blankets from the bundle I had seen him carrying. Out of this bundle, to my considerable amazement, was revealed a little child, perhaps between three and four years of age.
This tiny girl blinked in the light thus suddenly surrounding her, and looked about the room piteously, with her little lips trembling and her eyes filled with tears. She was very small for her years, and had long, tumbled hair. Her dress was a homespun frock in a single piece, and her feet were wrapped for warmth in wool stockings of a grown woman's measure. She looked about the room, I say, until she saw me. No doubt my Dutch face was of the sort she was accustomed to, for she stretched out her hands to me. Thereupon I went and took her in my arms, the negro smiling upon us both.
I had thought to bear her to the fire-place, where Master Philip was already toasting himself, standing90 between Mr. Stewart's knees, and boldly spreading his hands over the heat. But when he espied91 me bringing forward the child he darted92 to us and sharply bade me leave the girl alone.
"Is she not to be warmed, then?" I asked, puzzled alike at his rude behavior and at his words.
"I will do it myself," he answered shortly, and made to take the child.
He alarmed her with his imperious gesture, and she turned from him, clinging to my neck. I was vexed93 now, and, much as I feared discourtesy to one of Mr. Stewart's guests, felt like holding my own. Keeping the little girl tight in my arms, I pushed past him toward the fire. To my great wrath he began pulling at her shawl as I went, shouting that he would have her, while to make matters worse the babe herself set up a loud wail94. Thus you may imagine I was in a fine state of confusion and temper when I stood finally at the side of the hearth and felt Mr. Stewart's eyes upon me. But I had the girl.
"What is the tumult95?" he demanded, in a vexed tone. "What are you doing, Douw, and what child is this?"
"It is my child, sir!" young Philip spoke96 up, panting from his exertions97, and red with color.
The two men broke out in loud laughter at this, so long sustained that Philip himself joined it, and grinned reluctantly. I was too angry to even feel relieved that the altercation98 was to have no serious consequences for me--much less to laugh myself. I opened the shawl, that the little one might feel the heat, and said nothing.
"Well, the lad is right, in a way," finally chuckled99 the Major. "It's as much his child as it is anybody's this side of heaven."
The phrase checked his mirth, and he went on more seriously:
"She is the child of a young couple who had come to the Palatine Village only a few weeks before. The man was a cooper or wheelwright, one or the other, and his name was Peet or Peek100, or some such Dutch name. When Bellêtre fell upon the town at night, the man was killed in the first attack. The woman with her child ran with the others to the ford101. There in the darkness and panic she was crushed under and drowned; but strange enough--who can tell how these matters are ordered?--the infant was in some way got across the river safe, and fetched to the Fort. But there, so great is the throng102, both of those who escaped and those who now, alarmed for their lives, flock in from the farms round about, that no one had time to care for a mere infant. Her parents were new-comers, and had no friends. Besides, every one up there is distracted with mourning or frantic103 with preparation for the morrow. The child stood about among the cattle, trying to get warm in the straw, when we came out last night to start. She looked so beseechingly104 at us, and so like my own little Cordelia, by God! I couldn't bear it! I cursed a trifle about their brutality105, and one of 'em offered at that to take her in; but my boy here said, 'Let's bring her with us, father,' and up she came on to Bob's saddle, and off we started. At Herkimer's I found blankets for her, and one of the girls gave us some hose, big enough for Bob, which we bundled her in."
"There! said I not truly she was mine?" broke in the boy, shaking his yellow hair proudly, and looking Mr. Stewart confidently in the eye.
"Rightly enough," replied Mr. Stewart, kindly106. "And so you are my old friend Anthony Cross's son, eh? A good, hearty107 lad, seeing the world young. Can you realize easily, Master Philip, looking at us two old people, that we were once as small as you, and played together then on the Galway hills, never knowing there could be such a place as America? And that later we slept together in the same tent, and thanked our stars for not being bundled together into the same trench108, years upon years?"
"Yes, and I know who you are, what's more!" said the pert boy, unabashed.
"Why, that's wisdom itself," said Mr. Stewart, pleasantly.
"You are Tom Lynch, and your grandfather was a king----"
"No more," interposed Mr. Stewart, frowning and lifting his finger. "That folly109 is dead and in its grave. Not even so fair a youth as you must give it resurrection."
"Here, Bob," said the Major, with sudden alacrity110. "Go outside with these children, and help them to some games."
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