The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-11-23
THE STORY or
FRANCIS CLUDDE.
~ STANLEY J. wEYMAE
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We trusted that this mieht oron tne
way flr our rttur., hut we found. un tho
contrary. that firsh clouds wotr rising
Tho persecution u the fciormets. which
Queen Mary had honuu iu England was
carried on with Increasing neur and hot
husband. who was now Ming of spain and
master of tho Netherlands. freed from the
prudent checks " his father was inclined
to pleasure her w this by giving what aid
he could abroad His minister In the
Netherlands, the blshon of Arrns. hronoht
~ muCn pressure ~ bear upon our protect
or to induce him To- give Us mp that II
was plain the Duke of Cleves must sooner
or later comply We thought II hottor,
therefore. TO remove ourselves and pres
entity did No. going to the town Of VIM.
holm, I'm the Rhine palatinato
We found ourselves not much moro So
cure here, however, and all our efforts 10
discover safe road into France failing,
and the stock of money which the duchess
had provided beginning to give out we
were In great straits whithor TO go or
what TO do.
At this time Of our need, however
/ Providence opened door In q quarter
where we least looked for IT, Letters came
| from Sigismund the king Of Poland, and
| from the palatlno Of wilma IN that coun-
/ try, inviting the duchess and Master Der.
] tie to take up their residence there and
Offering the lattor an establishment aud
honorable employment The overture was
unlocked for and was not accepted with
out misgiyings, wilma being so far dis
tant and there being none Of our race in
that country. However, assurance of the
Polish kings good faith reached us-I say
us, for in all thoir plans l was included
through John Alasco, n nobleman who
had visited England. And In due time we
started ON this prodigious journey and
came safely to wilma, where our reception
was such as the letters had led us to ex-
pect
do not propose to set down here our
adventures, though they were many, in
that strange country Of frozen marshes
and endless plains, but to pass over Is
months which | spont not without profit
to myself in the Poles service, seeing
something Of war in his Lithuanian cam
paigns and learning much of men and the
world, which here, to say nothing of
wolves and bears, bore certain aspects not
commonly visible in Warwickshire. pass
on to the early autumn Of zoos, when
letter from the duchess, who was at VIII
ma, was brought to me at Cracoyy. 1t was
to this effect:
DEAR FRIEND-Send you good speed
Word has come to us hero of an enterprise
Englandward which promises If 1t be
truly ropos ted to us, to SO alter things at
home that there may be room for us at our
own Preside. Heaven so further 1t, both
for our happiness and the good Of the reli-
gon. Master BERTHE has embarked on 1t,
and have taken upon myself to answer
for your aid and counsel, which have
never boon wanting to us. Wherefore,
dear friend, como, sparing neither horse
nor spurs nor anything which may bring
you sooner to wilma, and your assured
and loving friend,
KATHERINE SUFFOLK"
In 1--WE days after receiving this was at
Wilma and two months later saw Eng
land again after an absence of three years.
Early in November, 155S, Master BERTHE
and landed at Lowestoft, having made
the passage from Hamburg in trading
vessel of that place. We stopped only to
sleep one night, and then, dressed as tray
cling merchants, we set out ON the road to
London, entering tho city without aoci-
dent or hindraDce OH the third day aftor
! landiug