Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-19

GrCat r,d Sral hanging from it hy green rihl"n-juet such packet as that which had stolen from the bishops apparilur nearly four years back. "A lantern hrrr!" cried. "lIold it steady. Martin, that Sir Anthony may read Master Shcritf wants his rVrc supper
 gavo the packet into the knight hand, my own shaking. Aye, shaking, for was not this the fullillmcnt of that hoyish vow had rualr in my liItlr room in tho Eahlr wonder. &" many years aE0' \ full nllmrnt strange and timely, such as none but huy in his teens could !avc hoped for, nor any hut a man who had tried the chances and lu!~hLpS of the world could fully rnjuH ae Was rnJ,yinS il. 1 tinEl,d with ,i,, r.!~h through my veins of tri uuph and ,,i.uii.Ir Up tn the last mo mrnt Ir!,. {, ard I.st anything should go wrung. lest tiu~ ,ruWuiug happiness should hrWNhh, ld I!un mr. Now l stoud thtl, ~iIull'-. Htr'.in.S sir -\EthuHN. a- with tl"ut'dlu> ttn:,l- he fumll,d with the paper Aud thrr,' wa> only urlr thln:,, only Ou" person, Wanting tn Thy joy. l locked and l"u>rd again, but l could nut anywhere srr I,trunila.
 What k it:" Sir Anthony said frchly, turning the packet over and over, 1t is for the Shcritf-fur the >hrritT. i'' it not" lIc had better oppn il then, sir l an swcrcd gayly.
 Sir Philip took the packet, and after a glance at the address tore it open. It is | an order from Sir William Cecil, he nut tored. Then he ran his cyr down the hriCf contents while all save myself prickcd | their ears and pressed closer, and 1 look cd | swiftly from facc to face as tho wavrrinG 2 light lit up now ono and now anothor- old familiar faces for the most part. ..Npn Sir BbiliO will Nol SrDI n sllv)- per-" cried, with laugh, when Inc had | had time, as judged, 10 reach the sigma | ture.
 Go to!' he Eruntrd, looking nt mo, Nice fools you haVo made of Us, young man. He passed tho letter to Gr,Nillr. sir Anthony. ho continued a mixture | of pleasure and Chagrin in his voice, you are frrc! congratulate you on Your luck. l Your nephew has drought an amnesty for all things done up tu the pr, sent timo savu for any life taken, in which caso tho mat ter is tn ho referred to tho secretary. For | tunatrly my dead hurSo k tho worst of tho mischief, su frco yuu are and amnr>ticd. though nicely Master Cecil has hufoolvd us!'
 | "Wc will give yuu another horse, Sir ! Philip" l answered.
 But the words were wasted on the air. | They were druMn nVd in a great shout ut | joy and triumph which rang from a ecur, of Cluldr thruat~ the moment the purpurt of the paper wa@ Wdcr>tuud--A shout 1 which midr the ull huu>" shake again and scared the dogs su that tiny fled away l into CuruC T, and 2i.Lvd kancC Ht Us. thriI tails between their legs, a shout that WI, plainly h,nrd a mile away in half a dozen homcstcads whcrr Cluddo mrn lay glunmy in their beds.
 | Rv tbja fiI,o ,,y>Cln's boDI Hyoa ir minc. With his other he took off his hat Lads he cried huskily, rcaring his tai form in our midst, "a Chccr for tho queen God keep her safo, and long may she reign!"
 This was universally regarded us tht end of what they still proudly call in those parts the Cotton insurrcction. Wher silence camo again, every dog. even tho oldest and wiscSt, had bayCd himscl hOarsC and fled to kennel, thinking tn, end of tho world was como, My heart, a' joined roundly in, swollcd high witt pride, and there were tears in my eyes a. well as in my unclo's, But there is no tri umph, after all, without its draw back, nt fruition equal to the anticipation. Wher, was Pctronilla: l could sec her nowhere looked from window to window, but sh, was at none. 1 scanned tho knot of maids but could not find her. Even the cheering had not brought her out.
 It was wonderful, though, how thu cheers cleared the air. Even Sir Thoma Grcvillc rcgaincd good humor and deigneC to shake mo by the hand and express him self pleased that the matter had ended s, happily. Then tho sheriff drew him anI
 Bridgewatcr away to look to their men arrangements, seeing, l think, that m! uncle and would fain be alono awhile and at last asked with n trembling voic, after Petronilla.
 ''TO bo sure" Sir Anthony answered furtivcly wiping his eyes, II had forgot ten her, dear lad. wish now that sh
 had staid. But tell me, Francis, how came you back tonight, and how did yoI manage this?''
 Something of what hc asked told hin hurriedly, but then-be suro 1 took ad vantage of the first upening-I asked agaiI after Pctronilla. Where has sho gone sirr'' l said, trying to conceal my impa tisnce II thought that Martin told m shs was herc-indecd that he had seen he
 after I arrived
 II am not sure, do you know" Sir An tony answered, eying mo absontly, "tha was wise, but considered she was safe away, Francis. And she can be fctche'
 back in tho morning. feared there miSh l be somO disturbance in the house, as in decd thoro we'll might havo been, an ] though she begged varv hard to stay wit