Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-16

himself l did not know what to say to him, how to undoccive him, how to tell him that 1t was not tho failure of his treaolery which shamod me. but tho treaohery itself I could only remain si- lent
 And So he mistoo& mo, nnd after pom dcring a moment with his chin in his hand he oOntinuedi
 II bnve a plan, my LNd. The queen dios. We'll am no bigot-long live the queen and tho Protestant religionl Tho down will be mp and tho up down, and the Protcstants will be everything. It will go bard then with those who cling to the old faith
 He looked at nAo with orafty smiic. his head on oINe side.
 II do not undoTshand," said coldly.
 "Then listen. Sir Anthony will hold by his religion. He used to be n chOleric gentleman and as obstinate as mule. He will need but to he pricked up little, and ho will get into trouble With tho author | itics as sure as eggs are eggs. will an | swer for it. And them
 "Wollf' said grimly. How was to | observe oven a show of respect for him whom was quivcring with 1icrco wrath and abhorrcncc? Do you think that will benefit you?' cried. Do you think that you arc so high in favor with Cecil and the | Protcstants that they will set you in Sir Anthonys placeF You!'
 He looked at mo still moro craftily, not put out by my indignation, but rather amused by it.
 No lad, not mo, D he replied, with tol- erant good nature II am somewhat blown upon of late. But Providence has not given me back my son for nothing. I am not alono in tho world now. I must remember my family. must think lit l tle of others as well as of myself"
 What do you meanY' I said, rccoiling. | Hc scanned mo for n moment with his l eyes half shut, his head on one side Then he laughed, a cynical, jarring laugh.
 Good hoy!" he said. Excellent boy! He knows no more than ho Is told. His | hands arc clean. and he has friends upon the winning side who will not sec him loso chanor, should a chance turn up. | Be satisfied. Keep your hands clean if | you like, boy. We understand ono an other"
 Hc laughed again and turned away, and. much as I dreaded and dislikcd him, l thcro was something in tho indomitable | natur0 of the man which wrung from me | a need ui admiration. Could the best of l men have recovered mOrC quickly from 1 despair? Could tho best of men, their plans l failing, have begun to spin fresh webs | with equal patience? Could tho most | courageous and faithful of those who haTO l tried to work the worlds bettcring haVo faced tho downfall of their hopes with | stOutCr hOartS with moro genuine rCsig- | nation: Bad as he was, ho had courage and endurance beyond the common. He | came back to mc when he had gone few ! paCrS.
 | Do you know whCre my sword is?' he | asked in n matter of fact tone as one | might ask a question of an Oll ComradC. found it cast aside behind tho door. | He took 1t from mo, ErumhlinG over a nick iH the rdgr, which he had caused by somr desperate blow when Inc was seized. | He fastened it on with m oath l could | not look at tho sword without remember ing how nearly hr had taken my lifo with | 1t. The recollection did not trouble him in the slightest.
 Now farrwvll!'' he said carrlcsSly. II | am going tn turn over new leaf and be- gin rrrurning goud for evil Do you go to your friends and do your work, and will | 20 Io my friends and do mine 1 Then. with a nod, bo walked hriskly | away, and l heard him climb tho ladder and depart.
 l What was he going to do? was so deeply amazed hy the interview that did nQt understand 1 had thought him a | wicked man, hut had not conceived tho | hardness of his nature. As l stood alone | looking rnund the vault could hardly be | lirvc that l had met and spoken t0 my fla thrr and told him was his son-and this | Was all, could hardly believe that he | had gnnc away with this knowledge, un- | moved and unrrpentant, alike unwarncd | by tho Providence which had used mo to | thwart his SchcmcS and untouched by the | bcnVtiCCnCo which had thrice held him back from tho crime of killing mc-aye, proof even against the long suffering which had Pluekcd him from the abyss and given him ono nero chance of repent | ance.
 found Master Bsrtie in the stables waiting fer me with sSMs iApatlsAss, of which, upon the wbSlS, I was glad, for bad DO wish 70 be slessly questioned, and the account gave hiAa of the iassrEisw might at another ti2as have Sssned dis jointsl and ineskGrsHt Re lissspsd tO it, | however, withaut a RtsaaEk, and his pSxt words Rlads it clear that he had ether matters iR his niRd
 II do not knew what to dc about fetch ing tn" duchess over" hc said. This news t,rrns to be true, and sho ought to be lrr,'
 Certainly" I agrted.
 The country in general is well affected
 
 Yet the interests of the bishops, of the E-~"ish faction and of somo of the coun, cil will lie in giving trouble. To avc:;: this we should show our strength. Therc- furo want the duchess to come over with all speed Will you fetch herr he added sharply. turning to me.
 Twill I?' l Cricd in surprise
 Yes you. cannot we'll 20 myself al this crisis. Will you go instead?'
 Of course I will, answered.
 And tho prospect chGered me wonder
 fully. It gave ns something to do and opaned my eyos t0 the great change Oi
 which PsnruddoGke had been the herald
 a change which was even then beginning
 As we rode down Highgate hill that da!
 messeRgeIs ware speeding Rarth and soutt
 and eaSh and west to NarYiah and BrtstQ
 and Canterbury and Q0Eantry aud Yorl
 with the eidinGS that the snnaAsr rule un
 der which England had groaDsd for hY' | years and mer0 was coIRing to an end.
 in dozen towns of Englan they ropet their bells nfresh; if i4 sEosy county, as Ps1ruddsckS had prapApded. they got their tar haAEels rsady; if alL save a foW old faShisaOd feak aud fsY gloomy hIg, cts and hGstaEAeaa women, awoke as from Rn evil 9rRaR; if evan sepSiAle men saw iu she csnling Of tho young queen panacea for all their ills-a Qpenohing of Smith
 tisld fires, Calais recovered, a cure fol
 Ghe worthless coinage which hampered trAda. and riddapce of worthless foreign I ars who pluRdered 1t, with better roads
 purer justice, fuller Gxchsquer, moro ia vorable seaSons-if England read all thi. i in that news of Penruddocke's, was it nor l something to us also'
 It was indeed We were saved at tn,
 last moment from the dangerous enter prise on which we bad rasbly embarked
 We had now such prospects before us only the success of that scheme could have or ; I dinarily opened. Ease and honor instead , of the gallows and to lie warm instead O l. n. AL,