Richard Pinkham of old Dover, New Hampshire and his descendants East and West . EASTER ChabI/ES N. Sinnett. As Richard Pinkham passed under the great trees on DoverNeck, a bright flash of sunshine fell upon his pathway. But whenhe looked up he did not pause in his quiet, sturdy stride. Therewas no peering to see what evergreen branch had yielded to thestrong touch of the wind, and let the dancing beams in amongthe dusky shadows. His glance went straight to the patch ofblue sky above the treetops. His face quickly lost the fainttouch of surprise which had marked it. Then the blue eyes g
Richard Pinkham of old Dover, New Hampshire and his descendants East and West . EASTER ChabI/ES N. Sinnett. As Richard Pinkham passed under the great trees on DoverNeck, a bright flash of sunshine fell upon his pathway. But whenhe looked up he did not pause in his quiet, sturdy stride. Therewas no peering to see what evergreen branch had yielded to thestrong touch of the wind, and let the dancing beams in amongthe dusky shadows. His glance went straight to the patch ofblue sky above the treetops. His face quickly lost the fainttouch of surprise which had marked it. Then the blue eyes grewdarker and little twinkles of merriment challenged the sunbeamswhich once more glinted on his way like signals which he woulddo well to heed. As he strode on, black eyes flashed messages across the ferns,which began slowly to straighten themselves where the youngmans footsteps had touched them. The Indian on the right handside of the forest trail questioned with his glances. Is that the paleface whom you saw laud from the vessel at themouth of the Piscataqua not long ago?. 4^ 5 a oh -S a 0 ^ i u 0 0 pj U (1) TJ 0 4^ PINKHAM GENEALOGY. 9 And the nod of the head on the other side of the path answered,The very same. And his query was, as his grasp tightened onhis tomahawk, Did I not tell you aright that he was a youth onwhom we need to keep close watch? At this the black eyes which were interviewed flashed in har-mony with the nodding head that slowly lifted itself from behindthe great hemlock. Then the two Indians whispered excitedly together as RichardPinkham went on to see where he would improve the farm whichwas to bear his name from that far old year. He is not so sturdy as many of the palefaces who come here. No. but he has a way of lifting up his face so that he can lookinto the sky—and then he goes straight on. He does not talk so much as the others who came from overthe seas, you said? No, when he speaks his words hit the mark! But he talksbest with the twinkles in h
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