The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-05-18
CHAPTER xxx

logged along toward SevcnuSfscn, with JOrlan
= striaing beside him giving him assurance that
IL In m hours time the missing rarchnents would
4 be In his hand.
"Ahl master" said he. '1ucky for Us it
wasn't thief that tool, them
"Not thief! not theft what call you
him thcul"
swell, saving your presence call him
jaCkdlw This Is piece OF ja,kdaw work,
noyer there was: take the thing you are lcas.
In want of, and hide it--'hat's jarklaw. |
should know, added Jorian o-acularlv, "for
was brought up with a jacklaw. H. AMI
s,ere born the same year, but he cut his teeth
pn,g before me and, woS tut my life was
arden for years all along Of him. II YOU had
k>but n hole IN your hose ne bigger than q Iroat,
in wen, his leak like gimlct; aud in the mat
ter ofs,ealing 10 WIS Gerard all ovar. What
he wanted loa,t, and any poor Christian in
the house wanted m'S', that went liNt.
Mother was notable woman. 50 If she
did ba, look round, away tcw her
thinbc. Father lived by cordwaning, So about
sunrise Jack went diligently away with his awl,
| his wax. and his twinc. After that, make your
| bread how You could! Oac dag head my
mother tell him TO his face he was enough to
ODrrupt half a dozen children: and he only
cooked his eve at her, and next minute away
with the nuI selings shoe oil his very foot.
Nov this Gerard is tarrcd with the same stick.
The prchmcnts are no more unto him than .
thimble or m awl to Jack. lie took 'cm out
. Of pure mischief and hid them, and you would
! never have found them hut for Inc.
al believe YOU are right, :" said Ghvshrecht,
s,aad have vexed myself more than need"
When they came to Peters gate he iclt un-
easy.
Jorian rcassurcd him.
''Thc girl ia honest and fricndly. said he
'She had nothing to do with taking them, II
/ be sworn' and he led him into the rnrdcn.
There, master il n face il 10 hc believed,
Il here they lie ana. sec the mould j. loose"
| lie ran for a spade which was stuck up in
thc ground at some distance, and soon went to
work and uncoveied a parchment. Ghv-'Tccht
saw il and thrust him aside nud went down on
bis knees and tore it out o the hole.
His hands remblcd and his face Shonc. He
threw out parchment after parchment, and Jo-
rian busted them and cleaned them and shook
them. Now, when Ghyshiccht. had thrown
out Isreat many, his face began tU darNCn and
I lengthcn, and when he came to the last he put
his hands to his temples and seemed to he all
amazed. Then a chid Haverscd his frame.
what mystery lies herci' he casped. Are
fends nocking me Dig deeper There n'usi
~. be another"
Jorian drove the spade in and threw out guam
titles Of hard mould. In vain. And even
n while he dug, his masters mood had changed.
Treason treachery!" he cried. "You
knew OF this !"
Krew what, master in Heavens name p
"Caitiff, yOu knew there was another ons
worth all these twice told"
"Tis false - cried Jorian, made Suspicion
by the others suspicion. " 'Tis n trick TO ros
me OF my hundred crowns. Oh know you
Burgomastcr." And Joran was ready tC
whimIer.
A sweet voice fell on them like oil upon tn
waves. " No good man, IL Is not false, no
yet is i quite true there was another parch
ment."
"There, there, there! Where is il 2" ....
"But," continued Margaret, camly, " 1t wa
not a town record $50 you have gained you
hundred crowns, good man): it was but pri
yate deed between the Burgomaster here AM
my grandfather Flor
"Husb, hush :"
"-is Brandt" .-... % ..-....... -.
"Where is it, girl that is all We want ;
know"
"Have patience, and shall tell you. Ger
ard read the title al IL, and he said This
Is much yours n the Burgomaster's, aud b
put il apart, TO read it with me at his lei'
ure."
"It is in the house, theu?" said the Barge
master, recovering his calmness.
mo, SIR" said Margaret, gravely, ut
not" Then, in u broken voice, You hunts d.
nv poor Gerard-so hard-and so close--ths
you gave him--nO time-to think OF aught-
but his lfe..-and his grief. The parchmeu
was in his bosom, and he hath taen it wit
him"
.Whithe-? whi'hCr;'
oak ne no more, sir. What right have yo
20 question me thus? II was for your SAX
good man, put force NJ on my heart, and bo
to speak at all to this hard old man. For whe
think Of the misery ho has brought on hi
and me, the sight Of him Is almost more than
N can bear" and she gave an involuntary shut
der, and went away crying bitterly.
Remorse ier the past, and dread Of the futur
the slow, but, as he now felt, the inevitable II
ture, ayarcc and iear all tugged in one sho
moment at this tough heart. Ghyshrecht hur
his head, an his arms fell listless by his side
A coarse chu HE made him start round, al
there stood Martin Wittenhaagen leaning
his bow, and snecrng from ear to ear. Atsig
Of the man and hrN .crinning face, Ghysbrech
worst passions awoke.
"nc. attack him. seize him. traitor al
thfl" cried he. Dog, thou shalt pay
all
Martin, W, tho At a word, calmly produced t
Duke's pa dIn. Ghvshrecht looked and h
ast a word to say. Martin followed up his a
"The Duke and are soldiers. He won't
YOU gr asy burshers trample on an old col
tsde. lie babe me carry you message, too
''The Duke send message to me 2"
Gay told him Of your masterful doings,
your imprsonng Gerard for loving girl, a
saws he, Tell him this is to be king, no
burgoma.tr tr. III have no kings in Hola
but one. Bid him lie more humble, or I'll hs
Ghysbrecht tremblcd. lie thought the D,
capable Of the deed.
t-as | hanged the Burgomsster Of Thil
mbob The Duke could not mind which
you he had hung, or in what part; such tn
don't stick in a soldiers memory, but he
ssre he had hanged one of you for grinding p
folk, and I'm the man to hang another .
the good Duke"
These repeated insults from so mean Q m
coupled with bis inyulnerability, shielded a
was by the Duke, drove the cholenc old z
into . ft Of impotsat fury ha shook bio n
u