Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-06

not to the holy Office he objected, perhaps
1t was to she queens chancellor or TO the
queen," he raised his voice with the last
words and bent his brows, SO that could
scarcely believe it was the same man
speaking. ''Ek, sir, was that sol" 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 n herctic.'
God forbid!' cried the knight, unable
70 contain himself. 1t was clear that he
repented already of his i'll timed discipline.
II will answer for Il that We have no
Wyatts here, my lord.
THAT is wcll,' the chancellor replied.
THAT is WELL" he repeated, his eyes leav-
ing me and rowing the hall with so proud
q menace in their glance that all quailed,
even the fool. THAT is very we'll, ;" he
said, drumming on the table with his fin
gers, but let Master Francis speak for
himself"
Il never heard" said I boldly-I had
had 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, " hich was the ground, as we gath
cred here, of Wyatt's rising with the Kent
ish folk, it seems a matter rather for the
that be not so, 1, for my part would rath
er have seen her married to a stout Eng
lisbman-ayc, or to q Frenchman."
And why, young gentleman"
Because would we Kept at peace with
France. We have more to gain by fight
ing Spain than fighting France" ! an
swered hluntly.
Ny uncle held UP his hands. THE boy
is clean msdr' he eroaned. whoever
heard of such thing? With oil France,
the rightful estate of her majesty, waiting
to be won back, he talks of fighting Spain!
And his own grandmother was a Span
iardr'
Il am none the less an Englishman for
thatn' 1 said, whereon there was slight
lnurnur of applause in the hall below.
And for France" continued, carried
away by this, I'VE have been fighting it,
OF and ON, as long as men remember, and
what are VIC the better? We have only lost
what we had to begin. Besides am told
that France is five times stronger than it
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 Spain?' grumbled Sir An
thony, forgetting his formidable neighbor
and staring at me with eyes of wonder
Why, my father fought the French at
Guinegatc. aud my grandfather at Cher
bourg, and his father at Agincourt! But,
| there! As to Spain, you popinjay.'
why, she is conquering here, an
swered warmly, land colonizing there
| among the newly discovered countries of
| the world, ana getting all the trade, and
| all the seaports, and all the gold and silver,
| and Spain, after all, is a nation with no
| greater strength of men than England.
| Aye, and hear" cried, growing more
| excited and raising my Voice, THAT now
| is our time o. never! The Spaniards and
| the Portuguese have discovered a new
world over seas.
"a Castillo Leon
Nueyo mundo do Colon
| say they; but, depend upon it, every coun-
| try that is TO be rich and strong in the
| time that is coming must have part in it.
| We cannot conquer either Spain or France;
we have not men enough. But we have
| docks and sailors and ships in London
and Fowey and Bristol and the Cirque
ports, enough to fight Spain over the great
seas. and / say, Have at herl''
What next:"" groaned Sir Anthony
| pteously. Did man ever hear such
| crackbraineG nonsense?'
But / think Ii was not nonsense, for his
words were almost lost in the cry which
ran through the hall as ceased speak ing
"A cry of English voices. One moment
my heart beat high and proudly with a
| new sense of power; the next. as a shadow
of cloud falls on u sunny hillside, the
| cold snecr on the statcsman's face fell on
| me and chilled me. His set look had
neither thawcd nor altered his color had
neither come nor gone. ..You speak your
lesson well, lad" he said. '.Whu taught
you statecraft."
l grew smaller, shrinking with each
word he uttered, and faltered and was
| dumb.
| Come" he said, you see but little
| way. Yet country lads do not talk of
| Fowey and BRISTOL Who primed you.'
II met Master Sebastian Cabot"
said reluctantly, at last, when he had
pressed me more than once, 'who staid
awhile at house not far from here and
had been inspector of the navy to King
| Edward. He had been a seaman 90 years
| and he talked
| Too fast,' said Gardiner with curt
nod. But enough. understand. know
| the man. He is dead
| He was silent then and seemed to have
fallen suddenly into thought, as man
well might who had the governing CT a
kingdom on his shoulders.
Seemingly he had done with me.
looked at Sir Anthony. AYE, go!" he said
irritably, waving me off. "Gor'
And went. The ordeal was over, and
over so successfully that felt the humili-
alton of the afternoon cheap at the price
of this triumph,. for as 1 stepped down
there was buzz around me- murmur Of
congratulation and pride and excitement.
On every Cotton face marked a fiush in
every Cotton eye read sparkle, and every
flush and every sparkle was for me. Even
the chanccllor's secretaries, grave, down
looking men, all secrecy and caution, cast
curious glances at me, as though were
something out of the common, and the
chancellor's pages made way for me with
newborn Difference. There is for coun-
try wits" heard Baldwin Moor cry glee-
fully, while the man who put food before
me murmured of 1.-The Cludde bull pup"
If read in Father Carey's face, as indeed
l did, solicitude as well as relief and glad
ness, / marked the latter only and Rugged
natural pride to my breast. When Mar
boz Il Ill.