Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-20

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 He rui>,d h.. r"jc, lcith the }o$t tcord$ posed 'Our momrnt," he said mildly. Your nephew tiid not stay for the churrh'S blessing, rrmrmhrr Perhaps ho has scruplcS Tn, urr people nowadays who have. l-vt Us hear if it br so- " This time it waS Sir Anthony who did not let mo answer
 '\u nn!' he cried hastily. No. no! It k not so, He conforms, my lord; ho conforms. You conform. sir he contin- urd, turning tirrrrly upon me, do you nOtE Answer. sir"
 "Ah'' thc bishop put ia, with n sheer, you conform, Io you>"
 II attend 'l,:;>>-to please my uncle, " I 1 replied hul,lly
 "H He WIS ill brought up aS child" " Sir Anthony said hastily, sIrakinE in a tone | which thusV below could not hear. Hut | you know all that, my lord-yuu know all that. II k an old story to you. Su make and pray you Ia nlakv, for the sake uf the house, some allowance. He conforms. He undoubtedly conforms" | " EnOuSh!' Gardiner aSsyntcll. '''rho rest is for the good Iri,>t here, whusr min | iStrationS will no doubt in time avail But n word with this young gentleman, sir | Anthony, on another sulIrrt. If il was not to the holy office he objected, perhaps it was to the quvyn's chancellor ur to tho | qucCnf" He raised his Nuirr with tho last words and lNnt his hTows, su that l could scarcely believe it wa~ the samr man speaking. Eh, sir wa~ that so:" he con | tinuCd svNrrl!, putting a~idr Sir An. | thony's r"mul>tramcr and ElnWrring at me. 1t may hr th,I We have rvhrl hrrr inStrad of q hrrvtir.
 "God turhid" cri,d the knight, unable to contain himself It was clear tha, he rrrcntrd already "t his i'll timed diSciplinc, | Il will answer fyr il that We have no
 Wyatts hrr', my lrrd.
 That k wvll!' the chancellor rrpli,d
 That k wrll!' hc repeated. his ryvS lr,lv. Ing mo and rowing tho hall with su proud n menace in their glance that all quai!vd, even the fuul ''That k very well, " he said. drumming on tho table with his fin
 gers, but let Master Francis speak for himself"
 II never heard, said l huldly-l had
 had a moment for thrught-''that sir Thomas Wyatt had any following in this country. None tn my knowledge. -\s for
 the queens marriage with the prince of Spain, which was the ground. aS we gath
 erCd hrrr, of Wya;l'S rising with the Kent
 iSh folk, il st, I.s H matter rather for the queen 's Er0cr than her au!jovtS But it
 that hr not s", l, for my part, would rath
 CT have srrn h,r married tu stout Eng
 iShmau-:,yV. ur tr a Err,l, hmau.
 And why, !nuu; ':rUtIruJ1U,'
 "H,>Ausr l would Wr hvpt nt vcaCc with
 France We hnNr IT. r,' tu 4ain hy fight
 ing Si'u.n tE.,n ti-A;juL France" an
 swr:,! Ilurtly
 NJ! ru,!r !,Id uI Ri; Lands The icy
 is clean n.:.d." Lr ..:ua':cd. ''WLr> yer
 hCuId of >L,h t!.,> With all France,
 tAr IiILt.~I ,~tltv fl lrr majesty, waiting
 tn rVul IT,. h. la talks If fi2htinE spain,
 ArI hlN own EraruH"thrr Was a span
 inrd,"
 II am Eoir the iveS an EuE!i~hnan fer
 thAI!" l said, vii, rvuu there W,l> a slight
 murmur ot ai plau>, in tho LH!l below. And for Francr," continued, carried away hy this, ''wr have been fighting it, , oil and on, aS long as men rrmcmbrr, and | what arc We the better! We have only lost what wc had to begin. Besides am told that France iS five times stranger than il , was in Henry NS timo, and We should
 only spend uur strength in winning what , We could not huld. While as To Spain - Aye, aS tu ~Eaiu'" gruuhlrd Sir An thony, forgetting his formidable nrighhol 7 and staring; at me with eyes uf wonder r ''Why, my father fought th" Frnch al ' Guincgatr, and my grandfather at Cher r bourg, and his father nt .Agiucnurt! But 7 there! AS tn spain, you pupinjay:' . Why, sh" is cunquvrinG hcrr," l an Q swCrCd warmly, and CulunizinE thrr
 among the newly discovered countries u $ the world, and -rttinS all the trade, an, | all the Svapurt$ and all the gold and silver
 and spain, after all, is d nation with II, ' greater strength of men than England f Aye, and hear" cried growing mor r excited and raising my voice, that nov
 Is our time OF never. The Spaniartls an, l the Portuguese have discovered a ncv
 world over seas.
 t A CaStilla Leon t Nuvvo muudo dio Colon! a say they; but, depend upon it, every coun l. try that is to hr rich and strong in th 'l time that is coming must have part in it a We cannot conquer either SpaI.. or France II we have not men enough. But we hav d docks and sailors and ships in London # and Fowey and Bristol and tho Cinqu F ports, enough 10 fight spain over the groa
 seas and l say. Have at hCr' l, What next" groaned Sir Anthon J. piteously. Did man Cvor hear sue 10 crackbraincd nonScnsc?'' 1T But think it was not nonsense, for hi IT words were almost lost in the cry whic g. ran through the hall as ceased sPcakin y "a cry of English voices, One momrr d my heart beat high and proudly with
 
 of a cloud falls on n sunny hillside, tn r. cold sheer on the statcsmans face fell O of me and chilled mo, His set look ha d neither thawcd nor altered, his color ha {, neither come nor gone. You speak you G. lesson we'll lad. ," he said. Who taugf m you statccraft?'
 to I grew smaller, shrinking with oac Il word he uttered, and faltercd and WI
 dumb
 ks q |, -1 I, way. Yet country lads do not talk io Fowcy and Bristol! Who primcd youl" 'n II met n Master Sebastian Cabot, |" Ill said reluctantly, at last, when nc Ina Id pressed mo more than once, who stai ay i awhile at house not far from hero all IS had been inspector of the navy to Kin TO Edward. He had been a seaman 70 year
 and he talked''-
 ut "Too fast" said Gardiner, with a cu ag nod. But enough. understand. kno Id the man. He is dead" of He was silent thon and seemed to ha, m fallen suddenly into thought, as ma ny we'll might who had the governing of e, kingdom on his shoulders. ct Seemingly ho had done with mo. ,'s looked at Sir Anthony. Aye, go!'' he sa as irritably, waving mo of. "GO!" is- And 1 went, Tho ordeal was over, al
 over SD successfully that felt the humil y. Rtion of the afternoon cheap at the pri a of this triumph, for as I stepped dow
 there was n buzz around mo, q murmuT all congratulation and pride and excitemen oc. On every Cotton face marked n flush, le. every Cotton eye I read n sparkle, and eve to flush and every sparkle was for mo. Ev, les the chancellor's secretaries, grave, dow n- looking men, all secrecy and caution, ca to