Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-13

Lindstrom solemnly, his faoo very grim,
land therefore a liar and tho father OF
lies! You may die, lad, today-perhaps
you must-but forgotten You shall not DO
while VIC live, or one Of us lives, or one OF
tho children who shall come after u.s. He
is liar!''
got my hands, with a struggle, from
the old man, and turning my back upon
him went and looked out of the window.
The sun was rising. The tower Of the
great minister, seen now for the first time,
rose in stately brightness above the red
roofs and quaint gables and the rows Of
dormcr windows. Down in the streets the
grayncss and chill yet fingered, but above
was n very glory of light and warmth and
color-thc rising Of the May sun. When
turned round, Twas myself again. Tho
calm beauty of that sight had stolen into
my soul lis it timc:" said cheerfully.
For the crowd was gathering below, and
there were voices and feet ON the stairs.
II think is is Master Lindstrom an
swered. I'VE have obtained leave to go
with you. You need fear no violence In
the streets, for the man who was hurt Is
still alive and may recover. / have been
with the magistrates this morning." he
continued, land found them better dis
posed to you, but the subdcan has joint
jurisdiction with them, rs the deputy OF
the bishop of Arras, who is dean of the
minister, and he is, for some reason, very
bitter against you"
The bishop of Arras? Granville, do you
meant" asked. knew the namo of tho
cnperor's shrewd and powerful minister.
by whose advice the Netherlands were ut
this time ruled
THE same He, of course, is not here,
but his deputy is. Were it not for him
But, there. it is no good talking of that!''
the Dutchman said, breaking off and rub
bling his head in his chagrin.
One of the guards who had spent tho
night with inc brought me at this mo-
ment a bowl of broth with apiece Of bread
In 1t. l could not cat the bread but
drank the broth and felt the better for it,
Having in my pocket little money, with
which the duchess had furnished me,
put silver piece in the bowl and handed
1t back to him. The man seemed aston
ishcd and muttcrcd something in German
rs he turned away.
What did he say?" asked the Dutch
man.
oh, nothing, nothing" he answered.
But what was il! II was something"
persisted, seeing him confused.
Howell, hc said lie would have a
mass said for you!" LindStron answered
in despair. 1t will do no harm" re
no; why should it," replied mcchan-
ically.
We were in tie street by this time, Mas
.er Lindstrom and Van Tree walking be
side me in tho middle Of a score of SOL
dicrs, who seemed to my eyes Enthusiastically
dressed. l remarked, as we passed out, q
tall man clothed in rcd and black, who
was standing by the door as if waiting to
fall in behind me-. Ho carried on his
shoulder long broad blaGcd sword, and
guessed who he was, seeing how Master
Lindstrom strovo to intercept my view of
h!T> But was not afraid of that. had
hea. long ago-perhaps six months in
time, but it seemed long agO-how brave
ly Queen Jane had died And If girl lad
not tremblcd surely a man should not. So
looked stcadfastly at him and took great
courage, and after that was able to gaze
calmly on tho people, who pressed to stare
ut me, pceping over the soldiers shoulders
and clustering in every. doorway and win
dow to sec mo go past. They were all 81
lent, and it even seemed to me that some
but this may have been my fancy
pitied me.
1 saw nothing Of the duchess and might
have wondered had not Master Lindstrom
explained that he had contrived to keep
her in ignorance of the hour fixed for the
proceedings. Her husband was better, he
said, and conscious; but, for fear of excit-
ing him, they were keeping the news from
him also. l remember felt for moment
very sore at this, and then I tried to per-
suade myself that it was right.
Tho distance through tho streets was
short, and almost before was aware Of it l
| was in tho courthouse, the guard had fallen
back, and l was standing before three per-
sons who were seated behind q long table.
| Two Of them were grave, portly men
| wearing Nat black caps and scarlet robes,
| with gold chains about their nccks The
| third, dressed as an ecclesiastic, wore a
huge gem ring upon his thumb. Behind
them stood three attendants holding a
| sword, cOrsier and q ducal cap upon q
cushion, and above and behind all was a
lofty stained window, whose rich hueS,
the sun being low rs yet, shot athwart the
| cOrbcls of the roof At the end of the ia
bic sat a black robod man with an ink
| horn and spectccles, q grave, still, down
looking man, and tho crowd being behind
| me. and preserving q dead silence, and
the attendants standing like statues,
| W Dc ulOuc Will tHcSc lOuK
40 the table and the great stained window
and the solemn hush. They talked to one
another in low tones for a minute, gazing
at mo the while, and l fnncied they were
| astonished to find me SD young.
At length they all fell back into their
chairs. do you speak German." the cid
est burghcr said, addressing me gravely.
He sat in the middle, with the subdean
ON his right.
| NO, but speak and understand Span
ish, answered in that language, feeling
chilled already by the stern formality
which like an iron hand was laying its
grip upon me.
Good! Your namc:" replied the pres
ident
Il am commonly called Francis Carey
and l am an Englishman.' The subdear
Tho was a pale stout man, with gloomy
eyes-had hitherto been looking Mt mo in
evident doubt, but mt this he nodded as
sent, and averting his eyes from me gazet
mcditativcly ut the roof of tho hall, con
sidering apparently what he should have
for breakfast