Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-10

 hnd l,y." >hr s.,id y,o!:y. at which was nut much ~u:rri~'d, (ur l have always re marked t;;.i >,ulA,n have lrss sympathy with uth2r Wu'uru'~ ailments, especially If tlr nyrN..~. than !..j>r men.
 E,r the moment 1 want to sculd this brave. silly Icy lrry.' she CrLtinucd, locking so kindly Ut lnr that l hlushcd again ard forgot &ll about Mistress Anne To think uf him leaving lis home to be- rome a Wundrriug squire Vf danes merely because Lis iajh,r was ;L-wcll, not quito what h" would have liked him to hr! l grmJmh>r sumcthinG about him." sho c..Mtinucu. Fur>ing up her lips and nod ding hvr head at Ills. I iaICi"d him dead however, years ago. But there! if every yac why~, father Were nuj quito to his lik- ing lift hcmu and went a>tr&ying, Master Francis. all s,nSiIlr folk would turn inn. krypprs and ,uAEr their fortunes"
 It wIs nut only that which drove me from home. l explained. 'Thc bishop of "jnc,Wetrr gave Eo clearly to under s.Auu"-
 ''rIlay C1;on was not tho place for year. vNclAi;nrd my lady srornfully. lilo iS 3 s.';t 'l Canu:CtiVu ui yours, is ho not? u!. l>,l,''v. And he thinks he has kind If r,fvr>! H:,ry interest ill the property! W.'I l"u and yuur father out uf the way, u!.@ ,Ely your girl cousin left, his interest is Iulrh nlur:' likely to come to hand. Do yuu e,',:'
 recalled what Martin Luther had said about ;h,' vurkuo. But I havo since ;.ru-ht that IrrhLhly they both wronSrd ~tpArn t;arJ!u,r in this. He Was not a Imun yf petty mind. and his estate was rv'i"l To his high l,!acr. think it more lIsiy that lis u"tivr in removing mo fru'n tst"n wa, chiefly the desire to use ny srr>jyr> abroad, in conjunction per h.tlt~ with some r,lUutrr and darker plan fer t.V,utuAIly dvvutiuG the Cluddr prop yr!y tn tho churrm such an act uf pirty Nu!Ill have l,'rIl n,'~~ihlr had Sir Anthony died leaving hi, daughter unmarried and Vrul.Id C, rtaiuly have earned fur the chan rrI!ur Qurtn Mnry's lasting favor. 1 think it the more likely to havr been in his mind rraU-r his inability tu persuade the gtIiry tu such acts uf rv>litutiOn- King Harry t;,d much enriched us-was always a snrr point with the queen and li:,:rr than unrr exposed him to her resent nl,.lt.
 '.Tiv ,truu=,.>t thing of all, " the duch- g>> cuut!nu~L. with alarrity, "srclns to nla tu Ir this tArt if he lad not mrddlrd with yul l.r W, uld hot havo had lis plans in r,::tr,! tn U~ thWartrd. If Il" had not driv, Il you from home, y"u would never havr hrllvd Iuv [" ,>c;IIr from London n"r I,., [. With It. [" fuil his agents.
 .-N Higher tower than the rchancyl"rar- g.l...,. G that >.Ii Master B,rtir cIuphat tr..l!,
 N y. ,; any ,,.:,. I am glad that you Atr ." tl-. t.,;,~, aIl~N,r,d. rising c;.>l. \ '!r,!,.. Why, ,n" feels nt F., ii. ,.:a.'i. amt yet. .' eh, rvutIuu,d, her I.i i' ..!.l!u-; -.t,idvuly and her ,lrs fill | T w.t~ Il. Nv" h,.u>u IAi.cd yet on lollrr deed I;", -o, g,,' cried her husband, seeing 1 Iny >ln!.arY;.,,luent. ''Go and look to that | foul' II girl,
 II will. Yet stop!' cried my lady, 1 ral!>ifl- when she was half way across tho ! ilu r and r,Juruing, Il was forgetting | t&u; lave another letter to open. It is vyry u,l,i t!:lt th:, letter was never opened 1 V2I,Iv.' >'iy r'";iuu,H, TroduciEE that 1 w!.i". l.rI I,!t. iI Hy h;Npr>nrk. It has 1 I...J ~. ,.!. i!:A:!'.A escapes, But this time 1 IN :, M -ry inside it. You give mo
 l said, smiling. II wash l lH, - II il. Whoever the Mistress 1 CiIr,. - >,.u!n il i5 addressed may be, i5 l. ,... ..-,n t!.ut her namo is Clarence! 1 W" l.l, !;I..,.. Il t,lI much at his hands "
 
 mu,i,",ity l n,]sl,d. ~ho took her hls- ht.d = ,,,.. =, rand cut the green silk which l bound t!.r I -.s i>eI aud uptllrd and read.
 Ohiy d lew words. Then she stopped, A'd locking off tho paper shivcrrd. II do | not tnu.l~tlnd this, ehr murmurrd. What >l,o il mran:'
 No @urd, I'll be eworn!' Mast,r Ser tie rrI'l:yd, @:,.in-; at her eagerly. Read it aloud, kAlhr:I!tr."
 1 c. Tv Mistress N--- B--. lam adrcr- ti-ci Y r,y ltu~,y agent, Master Clarence, tEnr hy hath benefited much by your aid i'll tl.' !II;rj,r in which l have employed him ~url ;, rvir,' gurth always fur much, and r.>rr Iur nHught, with me. In which hch,.t confirm yourself. For the present. working with him a. heretofore, he secret S:.d ru nu account let your true scnti- mrnt> come to light. 50 you will be the mutr vnlG@ilr To me. even as it is more ta~y tu utit;,>tyn barred door from within than tr Fl '..ihuut
 !! rr r., G;.cll,>> roke off abruptly and ,I.- .i,I.,.- f., ! of wonder. What 4u..- l, ,!l ..:
 I-t.... ,... !, . !..-aanI said
 N 't 4-'.s." sA,' answered, returning to il and r, .lu,:
 IIlr~ whom you hay" hitherto served hayr t"" long made a muckcry of sacred IlLN AiItlI tNl IS lull' anu lIC buSl- ness of seeing that they drink it lieth with me, who an nOt wont to be slothful in these matters. Be faithful and secret, Good speed and fare you well.
 STE WINTON'"
 ''Nny tL!u4; i> quite clear" said Master Brrtir slowly That you and I are the person. wh,.>r cup is full. You remember how yuu onrc drr~scd up dog in rochot and dandIcd it hvfure Gardiner? And 1t Is OUT matt,r in which Clarence is cm- ploytd. Then who is it who has been CO., operating with him, and whose aid is of 20 much value to him>"
 Even as it is easier, " I muttered thoughtfulIy, to unfasten a barred door from wbhin than from without.'" What was it of which that strange sentence re- minded me? Hal had 1t. Of the night on which we had fed from Master Lind strOm's house. when Mistress Anne had been seized with that odd fit of perverse ness and had almost opened the door look ing upon the river in spite of all could say or do It was of that the sentence re minded me To whom is it addressed?' I asked abruptly.
 To Mistress Clarence" my lady an wcrcd.
 'No-insido, I mean"
 Oh, to Mistress A B.. But that gives Us no clew," she added. It is } disguise. You sec they are the two first letters of the alphabet"
 So they were, and the initial letters ot Anne Brandon! 1 wondered that the duchess did not see it; that she did not at once turn her suspicious toward the right quarter But she was, for a woman, sin SularIy truthful and confiding, and sh saw nothing
 I looked at Master Bertie. He seeme puzzled, discerning, fancy, how strange ly the allusions pointed to Mistress Anne , but not daring at once to draw the infer ence. She was his wife's kinswoman b marriape albeit A distant one and muc