The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-08-01

He raised his uOico tpith The last tCords.
posed "One moment" he said mildly.
"Your nephowdid not stay for the churchs
blessing | remember Perhaps he has
scruples. There arr people nowadays who
have Let us hear II It be so. "
This time IL was Sir Anthony who did
not let me answer
mo, nor he cried hastily. mo, moi
IL Is not So He conforms, my lord; he
conforms. You conform, sir, " he contin-
ued turning iiercely upon me, do you
notY Answer, sir.
"Ah" the bishop put In, with sneer,
you conform, do your"
Il attend mass-to please my uncle, " /
replied boldly.
He was i'll brought up ms child" Sir
Anthony said hastily, speaking in a tone
which those below could not hear. But
you know all that, my lord-you know all
that 1t is an old story TO you. So make
and pray you to make, for the sake Of
the house, some allowance. He conforms
He undoubtedly conforms.
Enough" Gardiner assented THE
rest is for the good priest here, whose min
istrations will no doubt in time avail. But
"a word with this young gentleman, Sir
Anthony, on another subject II It was
not to the holy Office he objected, perhaps
II was to the queens chancellor or to the
queenY" He raised his voice with the last
words and bont his brows, so that could
scarcely believe IL was the same man
speaking En- sir, was that soi" he con
tinued severely, putting aside Sir An
| thongs remonstrance and glowering at
me. 1t may be that we have a rebel here
! instead of hereto"
nl,n1 forb{dIi criad tho Enfuhf upabIa
to contain himself 1t was clear that he
repented already of his i'll timed discipline.
! II will answer for it that we have no
| Wyatts here, my lord"
THAT is.well" the chancellor replied.
THAT is wellr' he repeated, his eyes leav-
ing me and rowing the hall with so proud
a menace In their glance that all aquailed,
oven the fool THAT is very WELL, he
said, drumming on the table with his fin
| gers, but let Master Francis speak for
| himself"
II never heard" said ! boldly-I had
had n moment for thought-'that Sir
Thomas Wyatt had any following in this
country. None TO my knowledge. As for
the queens marriage with the prince Of
Spain, which was the ground, as we gath
cred here, of WAITS rising with the Kent
ish folk, it secms matter rather for the
queens grace than her subjects. But IL
that be not so, /, for my part, would rath-
err have seen her married to n stout Eng
lishman-aye, or to a Frenchman.
And why, young gentlemanr
Because would we kept at peace with
France. We have more to gain by fight
ing Spain than fighting France" / an
swered bluntly.
My uncle held up his hands The boy
is clean madP he groaned. Whoever
heard Of such thingY With all France,
the rightful estate OF her majesty, waiting
to be won back he talks of fighting Spainl
And his own grandmother was Span
iardp'
II am none the less an Englishman for
that" said, whereon there was slight
murmur of applause in the hall below.
"And for France" continued, carried
away by this, we have been hnhtino a.
of and on, as long MS men remember, ant
what are wo the better' We have only los
what we had to begin. Besides am tolt
that France Is five times stronger than Il
was In Henry VS. time, and we should
only spend our strength in winning what
we could not hold. While as to SPAIN
Aye, as to Spain2" grumbed Sir An
thony, forgetting his formidable neighboi
and staring at me with eyes of wonder
why, my father fought the French a
Guinegate, and my grandfather at Cher
bourg, and his father at Agincourtl But
therel As to Spain, you popinjayf"
why, she Is conquering here" l an
swered warmly land colonizing ther,
among the newly discovered countries o
the world, and getting all the trade, ant
all the seaports, and all the gold and silver
and Spain, after all, is nation with N,
greater strength of men than England
Aye, and hear" / cried, growing NOR,
excited and raising my voice, that nov
Is our time or neverl The Spaniards ant
the Portuguese have discovered nov
world over seas
"a Castillo Leon
Nuevo mundo dio Coloni
say they; but depend upon it, every coun
try that Is to be rich and strong in tn,
time that is coming must have part in 1t
We cannot conquer either Spain or France
we have not men enough. But we hav,
docks and sailors and ships in Londor
and Fowey and Bristol and the Cinqu
ports, enough to fight Spain over the grea
seas, and say, Have at herr"
What nextp" groaned Sir Anthem,
piteously. did man ever hear sucl
crackbrained nonsense"
I
words Were almost lost in the cry which
ran through the hall as ceased speaking
"a cry of English voices. One momen
my heart beat high and proudly with
new sense Of power the next, as shadow
OF cloud falls on n sunny hillside, tn,
cold sneer ON the statesman's face fell OF
me and chilled me. His set look hat
neither thawed nor altered, his color hat
neither come nor gone. you speak you
lesson well, lad, he said "Who laugh
you statecrafti"
grew smaller, shrinking with eacl
word he uttered, and faltered and wa
, dumb.
Come" he said, 'you see but littl
way. Yet country lads do not talk O
Fowey and BRISTOL Who primed your"
II met a Master Sebastian Cabot"
said reluctantly, at last, when he ha,
pressed me more than once who stai,
. awhile at house not far from here an,
had been inspector Of the navy to KIM
Edward. He had been q seaman 20 years
and he talked
"Too fasti" said Gardiner, with a cur
nod. But enough. understand know
the man. He is dead -
He was silent then and seemed to hav,
fallen suddenly into thought, as maj
well might who had the governing of
kingdom ON his shoulders
Seemingly he had done with me.
looked at Sir Anthony. AYE, gol" he sal,
irritably, waving me of. "Gol"
And went. The ordeal was over, an,
over so successfully that felt the humili
alton OF the afternoon cheap at the pric,
OF this triumph, for as l stepped dow
there was buzz around me, murmur O.
congratulation and pride and excitement
On every Cotton face marked flush, II
every Cotton eye / read sparkle, and ever,
Hush and every sparkle was for me. Ever
the obancellor's secretaries, grave, down
looking men, all secrecy and caution, cas-
curious glances at me, as though / wer,
something out Of the common, and the
ohancellor's pages made way for me with
newborn Difference. There is for coun,
try witsP' heard Baldwin Moor cry glee
fnlly, while the man who put food before
me murmured Of the Cludde bull pupl'
II read In Father Carey's face, as indeed
i did, solicltude as well as relief and glad
ness, marked the latter only and Rugged
natural pride to my breast. When Mar
tin Luther said boldly that 1t was not only
bishop could fill bowl, IL was by an effort
] refrained from Joining in the laugh
which followed
For an hour ] enjoyed this triumph and
did all but brag of It, Especially wished
Petronilla had witnessed 1t. AT the end OF
that time-fnis, as the book says-I was
crossing the courtyard, one half of which