Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-31

old DANES trembled too. Let him stand
out.
The shcriI's Spokesman yyas 81 ron.
ccaled by lis fellows that he could not he
seen, but he answered ciyilly enough.
II am no brawler," he said. II ONLY
require the law to be observed. and that
you know, sir. am here on behalf of the
sheriff, and warn all present that n con-
tinuation of this service will expose then,
to grievous pains and penalties. II Won
desire 1t, will read the royal order TO
prove that do not speak without war.
rant
'BcSonc knavc, you and your fellovsv,
Sir Anthony cried. \ loyal man in all
else, and the last to deny the queen : right
1r title, he lad no reasonable answer IA
.;ivo and could only buster Become. do
you hcarg" he repeated, and he raI.,... MS
staff on the pavement, and then, ra.ainy
it, pointed to the door
All Cotton thought the men must 90.
but the men, perhaps because they were
CIopton, did not 90. And Sir Anthony
had not SO completely lost his head rs to
proceed to cxtrcinitics, except in the last
resort. Affecting to consider tho incident
Mt an end. he stepped back into his pew
without waiting to eco whether tho man
tions. Father Carey, at a nod from him,
went on with the interrupted service.
But again the priest had barely read n
dozen lines before the saino man made tho
congregation start by crying loudly,
"Stop.'
go on!'' shouted Sir Anthony in a
voice of thunder
at your PERIL" rctorted tho interviewer.
Go onr' from Sir Anthony again.
Father Carey stood silent, trcmbli-n
and looking from one TO the other. Many
u priest Of his faith would have risen on
the storm, and in tho spirit Of Hi!dohrand
hurled his cllurch's curse at the intruder
But tho father was not of these, aul he
hcsitatcd, fumhling with his surplico wi.A
his feeble whitc hands He feared rs Iau,.
for his ratron as for himself. and il W.
on tho knight that his ewes finally r;,.,,d
But Sir Anthony's brow was black. =,
cot no comfort there. So the r.tls:.u.,'
COURAGE and n long breadth. up.a..I ii
mouth and read Oh amid the hush oa.r,.
pressed excitement and OF s.ch anaa. n.,,
stcalthy defiance as surely English chu-ci
had never seen before AS lie read, low
ever, lie gathered courage and lis voice
strength. The solemn words, SO ancient.
SO familiar, fell on the stiffness of the
church and awed even the shoriff's Iacn.
TO the surprise of nearly every one, there
was no further interruption. The service
ended Quietly.
So, after all, Sir Anthony had his way
and stalkcd out, stiff and unbending.
Nor was there any falling off, but rather
an increase, in tho rcsDcct with which his
people rose, according to custom, as he
passed Yet under that increase of respect
lay something which cut the old man to
tho heart. He saw that his dependents
piticd him while they honored him; that
they thought him fool for running his
head against a stone wall-as Martin Lu-
thcr put it-cyen while they felt that there
was something Grand in il: too.
During tho rest of tho doy he went
about his usual employments. but proba-
bly, with little zcst. He had done what he
had done without any very clear idea how
he was going to proceed. Between his 10y
atty in all else and his treason in this il
would not have been easy for a Solomon
to choose u consistent path. And Sir An
thony was no Solomon. He chose at last
to carry himself as i. there were no dan:
ger as if the thing which banpcned were
unimportant He ordered no chance and
took no nrec,utions He sbut his e,rs tn
tho Whispering which went ON among the