The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-08-03
THE STORY OF
FRANCIS CLUDDE.
By STANLEY ]. wEYMAN.
copyright, 1891, by Cassell Publishing Co. All
rights reserved.

said uryly, nNlng ms piercing ugcs oh
mine, because l think that this country
does not suit your health. You conform,
but you conform with a bad grace, and
England Is no longer the place for such.
You incitc the commonnlty against the
queens allies, and England is not the
place for such DO not contradict me.
have heard you myself Then" he con
tinued, grimly thrusting out his jaw in
sour smile, "yuu misname those whom the
queen honors, and wero DIR. Stephens
you take me, Master Malapcrt'-such n
man as his predecessors you would rue the
word For trifle scarce woightier VOL
sey threw n man to rot six years in dun
geon, boyr'
1 changed color, yet not so much In fear
though IL were vain to say did not
tremble--as in confusion. l had called
him DIR. Stephens indeed but It had been
to Petronilla only. / stood, not knowing
what to say, until he, after lingering on
his last words to enjoy my misery, re-
sumed his subject. "That is one good and
sufficient reason-mind you, sufficient,
boy-why England is no place for you.
For another, the Cluddes have always been
soldiers, and you, though reader witted
than some, which comes of your Spanish
grandmother, are quicker with word
than thought, and blow than either.
OF which afterward Well, England is go
ing to be no place for soldiers Please
| God, we have finished with wars at home.
A woman's reign should be reign Of
peace. "
| / hardened my heart at that. A reign
of peace, forsooth, when the week before
we had heard OF n bishop burned at
! Gloucester hardened my heart. Iwould
. hn ct thpnuh I Enatv HE
power and know how men in those days
misused power. would put bold face
on the matter.
He had not done with me yet, however.
Zone more reason have" he continued,
stopping me as ] was about to speak, for
saying that England will not suit your
health, Master Cludde. 1t is that do not
want you here. Abroad you may be of
use to me and at the same time carve out
your own fortune. You have courage anu
can use a sword hear. You understand
and it is rare gift with Englishmen-
some Spanish, which suppose your father
or your uncle taught you. You can, so
Father Carey says, construe Latin SEN
tenoe II it be not too difficult. You are
scarcely 90, and you will have me for your
| patron. Why, were you, boy, with your
age and your chances, l would die prince
or popei Aye, would" He stopped speak
| ing, his eyes ON fire Nay, ring of such
real feeling flashed out in his last words
that, though / distrusted him. though old
prejudices warned me against him, and, at
heart Protestant, shuddered at things
had heard of him. the longing to see the
world and have adventures seized upon
me. Yet / did not speak at once. He had
told me that my tongue outran my
thoughts, and stood silent until he asked
me CURLY, "Well, sirrah, what do you
say'''
II say, my lord bishop" replied re-
spectfully, THAT the prospect you hold out
to me would tempt me were l n younger
son or without those ties of gratitude
which hold me to my uncle. But, my ia
Their excepted, am Sir Anthony's only
heir"
"Ah, your fatherr' he said contemptu-
ously. You do well to remind me of him,
for l see you are forgetting the first part Of
my speech in thinking of the lastl Should
l have promised first and threatened laterY
You would fain, / expect, stay here and
WOO Mistress PetronillaY Do touch theref
You think to marry the maid and be mas
ter of Cotton End in Gods time, do your
Then listen, Francis Cludde, Neither one
will be yours should you stay here till
doomsday"
l started and stood glowering on him,
speechless with anger and establishment.
"You do not know who you are, " he
continued, leaning forward with sudden
movement and speaking with one claw
like finger extended and malevolent
CLEAN in his eyes. you called me
nameless child awhile ago, and so l was
Yet have i risen to be ruler of England
Master Cluddel But you'll will tell yol
which of us is base born. / will tell yor
who and what your father, Ferdinand
Cludde, was. He was--nay, he is-my tool
spy, jackall Do you understand, boyi
Your father is one of the band of foul
creatures to whom such as l, base born
though be- fling the scraps from their ia
blel He is the vilest of the vile men who
do my dirty work, my lad.
He had raised his voice and hand in pas
sion real or assumed. He dropped then
as sprang forward. "You lier' cried
trembling all over.
EASY, easyl" he said. He stopped me
where l was by gesture of stern com
mand. "Think" he continued calmly and
weightily. HAS any one ever spoken Il
you of your father since tho day seven
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