The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-09-14

theory to proudly discard my Ola name.
Il was painful In practice 10 he unable to |
answer the duchess: Il am Cluddc OF
Cotton. nephew to Sir Anthony, formerly |
esquire Of the body to King Henry. am
no unworthy follower and associate even
for you " and to have instead to reply: II
have no name. l am nobody. l have all
to make and win" Yet this was my i'll
fortune
Her woman's eye saw my trouble as l
hesitated, confused and doubling what
should reply Come" she said good ma
turcdly, trying TO reassure me. You are
/ of gentle birth OF that We feel sure"
! shook my head NAY, l am Of no
| birth, madam l answered hurriedly. II
| have no name, or, at any rate, no name
that can be proud Of Call mccall me,
/ II 1t please you, Francis Carey
1T is good name, " quoth Master Ber-
tie, pausing with his knife suspended in
the air. "A right good Protestant namol"
"But have no claim to 1t, 4" j rejoined,
more and more hurt Il have all to make.
am new man. Yet do not fenrl' l
added quickly ms saw what took to be
a cloud Of doubt cross my ladys face Il
will follow you no less faithfully for thatp'
well, " said the duchess, n smile again
Transforming her open features, Il will
answer for that, Master Carey. Deeds are
better than names, and as for being new
man, what with Pagets and Cavendishes
and Spencers, we have naught but new
men nowadays So cheer upl" she CON
tinued kindly. And we will poke no
questions at you, though doubt whether
you do not possess more birth and breed
ing than you would have us think. And
II, when we return to England, as / trust
we may before we are old men and wom-
On, we can advance your cause, then let
us have your secret. No one can say that
Katherine Willoughby ever forgot her
friend"
"Or forgave her enemy overquickly,"
quoth her husband nnively.
She raped his knuckles with the back
Of her knife for that, and under cover Of
this small diversion l had time to regain
my composure. But the matter left me
sore at heart and more than little home
sick. And / sought leave to retire early.
you are rightl'' said the duchess, ris-
ing graciously. Tonight, after being out
in the air, you will sleep soundly, and to-
morrow you will be new man, with a
faint smile. believe me, am not I'M
grateful, Master Francis, and will dill
gently seek occasion to repay both your
gallant defense of the other day and your
future SERVICE She gave me her hand to
kiss, and bent over it, Now" she con-
tinued, do homage to my baby, and then
! shall consider that you are really one OF
us and pledged to our cause"
kissed the tiny fist held out to me, q
soft pink thing looking like some dainty
seashell Master BERTHE cordially grasped
my hand. And so under the oil lamp in
the neat cabin of that old Dutch boat
somewhere on the WAL between Gorcum
and Nimuegen, we plighted our troth tC
, one another, and in n sense became one
Of them.
. / went to my berth oheered and encour
aged by their kindness. But the inter
. view, satisfactory as 1t was, had set up nj
little excitement in my brain, and it wa
long before l slept. When l did, had {
strange dream. dreamed that l was sit
ting in the hall mt Cotton, and that Petro
s nilla was standing on the dais looking fix
=, eddy at me with gentle, sorrowful eyes.
Q wanted to go to her, but could not move
u Every dreamer knows the sensation.
tried to call " her, to ask her what wa
< the matter, and why she so looked at me
But could utter no sound. And still sh
continued to fix me with the same, sad
u reproachful eyes, in which l read warn
&c ing, yet could not ask its meaning.
- slfuRHlVu So Huru tilhl ~ lust tnc bpci
was in n degree broken. Following tn
L direction of her eyes l looked down a
IS myself and saw fastened to the breast o
IS my doublot the knot of blue velvet whicl
> she had made for my sword hilt ant
/ which had ever since carried In my hos
Is ON. More l saw, with singular feelinl
'e of anger and sorrow, that a hand whicl
q came over my shoulder was Juggling har
!, at the ribbon in the attempt to remove ii
70 This gave me horrible concern, yet a
le the moment l could not move nor do any
thing to prevent it. AT last, making
Y. stupendous effort, awoke, my last expe
II rience, dreaming, being of the strang
r. hand working at my breast. My frs
t. waking idea was the same, SO that threS
n out my arms and cried aloud and sat uI
"Ugh" exclaimed, trembling in the In
q tensity Of my relief as looked about ant
welcomed tho now familiar surroundings
d ut was only dream. 1t was'-
70 stopped abruptly, my eyes falling on ,