. Richard of Jamestown ; a story of the Virginia colony . r heartswere so sore that it seemed as if it would no longer bepossible to live when he had departed? Even amid his suffering, when one might well havebelieved that he could give no heed to anything savehis own plight, he spoke to us of what we should do forthe bettering of our own condition. He promised thatas soon as he was come to London, and able to walkaround, if so be God permitted him to live, he wouldseek out Nathaniels parents to tell them that the ladwho had run away from his home was rapidly makinga man of himself in Virginia
. Richard of Jamestown ; a story of the Virginia colony . r heartswere so sore that it seemed as if it would no longer bepossible to live when he had departed? Even amid his suffering, when one might well havebelieved that he could give no heed to anything savehis own plight, he spoke to us of what we should do forthe bettering of our own condition. He promised thatas soon as he was come to London, and able to walkaround, if so be God permitted him to live, he wouldseek out Nathaniels parents to tell them that the ladwho had run away from his home was rapidly makinga man of himself in Virginia, and would one day comeback to gladden their hearts. CAPTAIN SMITHS DEPARTURE It is not well for me to dwell upon our parting with themaster whom we had served more than two years, andwho had ever been the most friendly friend and the mostmanly man one could ask to meet. Our hearts were sore, when, after having done whatlittle we might toward carrying him on board the ship,we came back to his house, which he had said in the CAPTAIN SMITHS DEPARTURE 157. presence of witnesses should be ours, and there took upour lives with Master Hunt. But for that good mans prayers, on this first night wewould have abandoned ourselves entirely to grief; but hedevoted his time to soothing us, showing why we had noright to do other than continue in the course on whichwe had been started by the man who was gone from us,until it was, to my mind at least, as if I should be doingsome grievous wrong to my master, if I failed to carry onthe work while he was away, as it would have been donehad I known we were to see him again within the week. With Captain Smith gone, perhaps to his death;with half a dozen men who claimed the right to stand atthe head of the government until Lord De la Warrshould come; and with the savages menacing us onevery hand, sore indeed was our plight. 158 RICHARD OF JAMESTOWN With so many in the town, for there were now fourhundred and ninety persons, and while the savages, be-
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