Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-08

wearing flat black caps and scarlet robes, with gold chains about thUir nCCks Tho third, dressed us CCclCsiastiC, wore hugo gem ring upon his thumb. Behind them stood three attendants holding sword, Il Corsi>r and a ducal cap upon cushion, and aboyo and behind all was Il lofty stained window, whose rich hucs, tho sun being low as yvt, shot athwart tho CUrbuls of the roof. A tho end of the ta- blc sat black ruhcd man with an ink horn and spvctACils, u grave, still down looking Inuii, and the crowd being behind Inc, and preserving d dead silence, and tho attendants standing like statues, l seemed indeed to llr alone with these four At the tahlu and the great stained window and the S,,ll mn hush. They talked to enc another in low tones for minute, gaiing at mo the wIIilr, and fnnciud they wrru aStuHishCQ tu find llc SD young.
 At length they h!l fell back into their chairs. "Du you speak CVrlnau?" ti.o cid est burehrr said, addressing mc gravlly. Ilr sat in the middle, with tho subdcan on his right.
 No, but l speak and understand Span ish, ' 1 answered in that language, feeling chilled already hy the stern forma!ity which like an iron hand was laying its grip upon me.
 Good! Your namo?" replied tho pres idcnt.
 II am commonly called Francis Carey, and am an Englishman." Tho subdCan Inc was pale, stout man, with gloomy cycs-hud hitherto hr,n looking at mo ill evident doubt, hut at this ho nodded as sent, and aVtrtinc lis eyes from mo gaZrd mctlitativcly at the roof of tho hall, con sidrring apparently what ho should havo for breakfast.
 Nt, Si.a I q laTtt slowly, consulting document, with having assaulted and wounded in tho highway last night ono Heinrich SChrudCr, a citizen of this town, acting at tho time as lieutenant of tho night guard. Do you admit this, prisoner ur do you require proof:'
 lilo was wounded" answered stead lily, but ny mistake and in error I sup posed him tu be one of thrro persons who had unlawfully waylaid Inc and my party on the previous night between Emmrrich and WCsCl. "
 The subdtan. still gazing at tho roof, shook his head with a faint smile. The other magistrates looked doubtfully at me, but mado no comment, and my words seemed to hc wasted on tho silence. Tho president consulted his document again and continued: You arc also charged with having, by force of arms, in time of peace, seized a gato Uf this town and main tainCd it and declined to surrVndrr it when called upon s0 to du What do you say to that:'
 ''It is true in part 1 answered firmly II sViZtd not the gate, but part of the tower, ill order tn preserve my life and to protect certain Ladies travelling with Iur from the Viulrl,rv "f a crowd, which, un der a mi,apl, hrn>iun, Was thrpatrning tu to uS :! Iiii-rhI,f.'
 The priest again shook his head and smiled funtly at the carved roof His cul- leagues were perhaps sumrwhat moved in my favor. for n few words passed between them. lluwrvrr, in tho end they slulk their heads, and the president mechanical ly asked mo if l had anything further tu say.
 "NothnR!'' I replied bitterly. The e clCaiastiC's cynical hcvdlrssnrss, his air of one whusu mind iS made mp, seemed su cruel tu Inc, whu$v life wa~ at stnkr that lust patience. "F.Acrrt what l havo said, - l continued. "that for tine wuuudin-, il was done in 'rrur and for thv gate sciz | ing, l would ,lu il again tu save the lives of thu~,' WlIh me. Only that and this | that l aIn a furrI@nrr ignorant uf your language and customs desiring only tu pass I~nc''tuiiy through Your Cuuntry.' ''That i> ali: lh" president asked i'm paesiNHy.
 All, ut.sNy, rrd, yet with n strange tighIruiu:: at m! throat, Was it all? All l could >,i! |, my lllo:
 wua Mn'!I12, :,I" and IuHry aId dr.. | ICratr. L., la..r lhV $, uI' u,., Wh"u there caIuv an iIlt, ,Iuptlun Master lInd,ttuiu. l whV>'' rr, I.rr at my ~lu' ha'i tuI .,,I ten, hrrI,r au'!drul! int" a torrent of i'm 1 paesiuurd words, and his urgent Nui,v, | ringing through Inc court, e,VIncd iil u | moment To change il, ;4SVcCt-tO iuftl>, into it son." degree of life and sympathy, ! Moro t.@ln one Suttural exclamation, | which scvnlvd tn mark approval burst from the thrung at the back of the hall. In another moment, indeed, inc Dutch mans courage might have saved me, hut 1 there waS one who marked tho daHgr r. ] The suhdCan. who had at first only glow cred at th" speaker in rude ;1stuui>hmcrt, now cut him short with harsh question.
 One mOnitnt. Master but, hman!" ht cried. Are !"u one of th' hvrrtics wh' call themselves prutvstant.E"
 Il am. But l understand that there i, I hCru hhrrty uf Iun>, ivurv, v our friynd an swcr,d n'aufuIly, n"thing d;.l!uItd in Iii. forvor ut finding the attack turned upui l himself
 That dvr,nd- upon the corrscirnc,', . Iho priest ansW, rcd, with a sruwl. w, | will have Iiu NubhaVtistS here lIur fur,.i .l ! pFat"rH to bring Us into fvud with "ul | nriShhurs. IL k vHvu&h that such men a, you are allowed io li>v. We will not |, bearded ny yuu. s~u talk" w:rning! Tax, | heed, l say. Master DUtrhnan, and h' si lrnt!' he repeated. leaning forward ant | ClappinS his hand upun the t;,h'v
 l touched Ma,t,r I.iud~trom'S el,cvc who would of hilH.Cit have pl r-istrd nnt staid him. IT io "f no us,,' ! lnuttcred "That deg in n r-u.A>i has condomnet me. lia will L1Nv hls W'y!"
 There Was n shu.; t..-.t.' between th( three judgts. while in th,'"ourt yuu miEhr have heard d linulur Na>trr Lindstron had fallen back cl.c' }sau",'. was nlon, again, aud t!.. >ih':}s,. v}udow scoIned |, be putting forth it, mystic inllucnCo t, iufold Inc, wt.vn. l, ",,in- ny, SAW tin! shadow lit acres I..r -Cit, many hue, rays which strrain,d iruui it &thWart th roof It passed acail. ""Cc twice, tEricc I pcerod upward intr3:Iy, It WAS a swal low living to and fru anlid tho carved work.
 Yes, swallow, and straightway for i got the judges, forgot the crowd. Tn
 sceno vanished, and was at Cotton Ent ] again, giving Martin Luther tho nest fu
 Petronilla, a sign, ns meant it then, tha ! l should return. 1 should never return
 now. Yet my heart was on a sudden S softened that, instead of this reflection giv
 ing mo pain, as ono would have expected
 1t only filled mo with a great anxiety t | provide for the event. She must not wal
 and watch for mo day after day, perhap | year after year l must sec to it somehow
 and 1 was thinking with such intcntnCs
 of this that it was only vaguely hear
 the sentence pronounced. It might hay
 been some other person who was to Do be headed at the east gate an hour befor
 noon. And so God save the dukel
 Miserable State of Affairs.