The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-11-09

"Hoity, toityl' the duchess cried again,
looking from one to another of us when
Anne had disappeared. what has come
to the little fooli Has she gone crazyi"
l shook my head, too completely at sea
even to hazard n conjecture. Master Ber-
tic shook his head also keeping his eyes
glued to the door, as IL he could not be-
lieye Anne had really gone.
II said nothing to brighten her, j" my
lady protested.
Nothing at all" I answered. For how
should the announcement that my real
name was Cludde terrify Mistress Anne
Brandon nearly out of her sensosi
"Well, no." Master BERTHE agreed, his
thoughtful face more thoughtful than
usual, $50 far as l heard, you said moth
ing But l think, my dear, that you had
better follow her and learn what it is. She
must be i'll. "
The duchess sat down. II will go by
and by" she said coolly, at which l was
not much surprised, for have always re-
marked that women Owe less sympathy
with other womon's ailments, especially
of the nerves, than have men.
For the moment l want to scold this
brave, silly boy herel' she continued,
| looking so kindly at me that l blushed
again and forgot all about Mistress Anne.
ITO think of him leaving his home to be-
come a wandering squire of danes merely
because his father was a-wcll, not quite
! what he would have liked him to bel l
remember something about him." she
continued pursuing up her lips and nod
ding her head at us. Il fanciod him dead,
however, years ago. But therel if every
J one whose father were not quite to his lik-
ing left homo and went astraying, Master
Francis, all sensible folk would turn inn
keepers and make their fortunes"
1t was not only that which drove me
from home" l explained THE bishop OF
Winchester gave me clearly to under
stand
THAT Cotton was not the place for
youm exclaimed my lady scornfully. He
is sort of connection OF yours is he notp
Oh, know. And he thinks he has a kind
of rovcrsionary interest in the property!
With you and your father out of the way,
and only your girl cousin left, his interest
is much more likely to come to hand. Do
you seoY'
/ recalled what Martin Luther had said
about the cuckoo. But l have since
thought that probably they both wronged
Stephen Gardiner in this. He was not a
man of petty mind, and his estate was
| equal 10 MS Dlkn place.. lUlnh IL lnOTt
likely that his motive in removing me
from Cotton was chiefly the desire to use
my services abroad, in conjunction per
haps with some romoter and darker plan
for eventually devoting the Cludde prop
erty to the church Such an act of piety
would have been possible had Sir a nthony
died leaving his daughter unmarried and
would certainly have earned for the chan
cellor Queen Mnry's lasting favor.
think it the more likely to have been in
his mind because his inability to persuade
the gentry to such acts of restitution
King Harry had much enriched us-was
always "A sore point with the queen and
more than once exposed him to her resent
ment.
Tho strangest thing of all, " the Ouch
ess continued with alacrity, "seems tc
me to be this-that If he had not meddled
with you he would not have had his plans
in regard to us thwarted. If he had not
driven you from home, you would never
have helped me to escape from London
nor been with us to foil his agents.
"a higher power than the chancellor ar
ranged thatl' said Master BERTHE emphat
ically.
well, at any rate, l am glad that yor
are youW the duchess answered. rising
gayly. "A Cludde? Why one feels n
home again, and yet, >" she continued hel
lips trembling suddenly and her eyes fill
ing with tears as she looked at me, 'ther'
was mover house raised yet on nobler doeC
than yours
Go, go, gol" cried her husband, seeing
my embarrassment go and look to tina
foolish girll'
81 will! Yet stop!' cried my lady
| nausinp when she wns half WAY across TIN