Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-23

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 A younger generation has often posed mo finely ry asking, ''Whu:, Sir Franclsl Did you not see one bishop burncd2 Did you not know one of the martyrss Did you never como face 10 face with Queen Nary" To all which questions l have ono answer, No, and watch small eyes grow largo with aStoniShmCnt, But the tNth is a man can only be at one place at a timc. And though, in this worry month of February. l515, prChcndary Rogcrs-a good. kindly man, as l havc heard, wLo had q wife ard nlnr Childrrn-waS blurred in Smith!:rld i'll London for religion, n"l the hi>hup If Gloucester suffered in his own city, and other in0trrn>ivc men w a burned 10 death, and thcrt was much talk of tE,So things, and in thousands of breasts a smUldrring tirC was kindlcd which hlA7rd high enough by and by why, l was at Cotton End or on tho Lon don road, at tho time, and learned such things only dimly and hy hcarsay.
 But the Till joins tho river at last and ofttimCS suddenly and at a bound, ns 1t wrrH On this very day. while I cantcretl easily southWard with my face set toward St. AlhanS. Providence was at work shap- ing a niche for mo in tho lives of certain pr,plr who wrr, at the time as uncon- sCiVus of my VxiStCnCr as I was of theirs. In great house in the Bar hican in London thClo was much sttalthy going and coming on this Feb ruary afternoon and evening. Behind locked doors, and in fear and trcmbling mails Were being packed and bags strap i pad ard fingers almost too delicate for tho task wCrV busy with nails and hammers securing this and closing that. The pack CTS knew nothing of me. nor l of thcm NVt Nut tvr me all that packing would have been If no avail and but for them my fato might have Teen very ditferrnt. still the sound ot the hammer did not reach my ears, or, doing so was covcrod by the steady tramp ut the roadster. and no vi siu,9. sn far aS ever heard. of a dusty youth riding lOudunward came between | the scrr,C workers and their task.
 had made mp my mind to sleep at St AlNArS that night, and for this reason, | and f,r others rvlatiuG to tho shCriff of BUrhiNEhaulshirr. fin which county Stony Straitvrd lirS. l rushed on hriskly. I presently found timr however, to exam inc the packet ot letters of which I had | made !uil. On tho outer wrapVCr l found | thr-,' was no aGdcvsS, only an rxhortation | to I.' sVr>Iy Of this came. thcrCforc, | without Csnm"ny, and was left in the | dirt ln>jir l found two sealed CpiStlcs, | each rvunt,r>i=;urd on the wrapprr, 'Siyrh,u Winlvn."
 
 them,
 | Over thu signature Un tho first lettCr-it srVmrd h IV written on VArChmrnt-wCrG thV wvv,!~, "lIl>;r, haste! hastr!'' This WAS the thicker and heavier of the two ard wa> aGiry~>yd to Sir Maurice Berkc- | iry. at St Mary Uvrry'S. Southwark, lrrIvn tNrrrd il over and over in my hands and rc,V,J into it, hcsitating. Twic, l I::;l;rr,d, "-\ll iS fair in love and war,' -N',! at Inst, with curiosity fully awAh| AHG A glance hhind mv to make SUIc t!,At ihC aJt Wl~ uUut'>vrNri. l broke thr sal Thr dnrumrnt proved to hr as short and lithy aS il Was startling. IL | wAs Hn Vui,r vNWuaudinE Sir Maurice | EvrA, I,v forthwith III the ,lurvu'S namt l and ty l!'u ajthurltN 0f the council, and l >N v,., and >" ,'N. tH arrest katherine Will | lvu-l' \ q, l,r. ~| ', durI.,~~ vt suffolk. and tH J. 2iN,r h,v l'.r.' tlr custody rt tho lieu t,i...tst, ;Lv T,W,r. rL, >v lr,.,, ut> Ia l,t | h,~ N lrr.,'.;, i.r iia ,!,:ruttun vi thu, said | Nu, lt = ,. ~utr, k uullI h,r Srlrv . pleas urH iN th,' matter lr kuuwn
 Nh,n Ii Was tuN late. trrmhIrd tc | thjra what had done To mrGdle with i u.Itt, r~ 1 >IAtv might hr mon dAngcrou. a E"Mdr,d times than stealing horses ol even tEAn dLCklNS the chancellor mes scnG,r Sr,4NG at this moment a party oi | trAN, !,r> AiErNlrh. l rrAnmCd the lrttrI intu ny pN, hrt and rode Ivy them with T, d fArr and tongue that stuttorCd sC | tyvlly that l could scarcely rCturn theil | cr, tt.uG> When they had Gono by, | pUli,,! "t.t the warrant again, having fl in my mind tn tear it Up without a mo nlcnt delay. tu tear 1t into tho smallcs I mrr~, !> and sn get rid of a thing mos dang, roU~ But the great nd seal, dan ElIn+ at the foot If thr parchment. caugh ny ,!r and paused yo think, II was sC rcd >o large, >N imposing. il seemed pity to dr>irry il. It must surely hc good fo SrGrillnG frldrd up the warrant agair and put II away in my safest pocket. Yes il might rr good tur something.
 l tnrk ,rt the oIhv- letter It wa bound with Arrrn rihl'on and sealed witt extreme cArv. hiug directed simply |, Ml>tn>> ClArruvr-thcrv WAS no addross Rut ever tiLrlIurrS signature on tht wrapper N, n tAr words. "ThcSo, on you frriI, very privately"
 | tUrn,d II uVvr and over and said thu Sanr th!u>, about love and war and ever rrpraIrd IN myself my old provrrh about sheep and a lamb Hut somehow coul, nyt Go it. Tie letter was a woman $ let fer; thr >rvrvt, her secret and though III, tu&,rS i;rhvd a> they huvrrvd al,uut tn s,JlS Iu! clr,k tinglcd tno. 50 at last with lHuttrr,','. "Wh hlt would Pctronilll sAN rNt II away uuupt1ICd in tn F"' A'r W!,N' iIr warrant lay. The odd W''r r:ml:~r that Mistress Clarrnr N l.,I i.,N,v .ot IJ. but al lr.I~i her sccrv Hh"nlI I'llAlu h,r-. my h"ll"r min,'
 II "AS dark when l r'dr, thuruughl ja''vd. in;o St, AlpAn>. I was splashr, with mud Up Ia the waist and wUttcd by shower and looked, l have no doubt. iron th' ";T'rt of lily J"urnv!ing un foot an, hurSChark aS disrvputablo fellow Il might br. I'm conscious ness, too, that
 Was without penny, anA the fear lest careful as had been to let no ono outstri] me, the news of tlc ri,t at Stratfor, might have arrived. did not tend to Giv ,l'o assurance. l kHd my head timitl i-tu the Ervat rom. hoping that 1 migh have i; tu myself To my disgust 1t wa full vf people. Half duzcn travellers m, aS many tOwnSfnlk Were sitting round tn tir', talking hriSkly ever their draft. Ye had nn choice. was hungry. and th thing had 10 bo done. and swaggered in something of the sneak no doubt pcepin through my hrAvadn. I remarked, as tuuk my seat by thr tirr and sct to dryin ; myself that wa, greeted by momeu tary silence, and that two or thrcc of tn company began tu eye me suSpiCiously.
 Them was one man, who sat on the sci