Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-17

hau lnueeo MADE my confession in vain.
Master BERTHE struck In. What" be
said, ''if Master Carey and I take charge
of him, and, csc6rting him to his agent
without, be answernble for both OF thems''
You would be only putting your necks
into tho noose!' said Kingston
I'VE will risk that" replied my friend.
and what q friend and what q man he
seemed amid that ignoble crew! ~ will
myself promise you that II he refuse to re-
main with us until midnight or tries
wherever we are to raise an alarm or COM
municate with any one I will run him
through with my own hand Will not
that satisfy yon:''
No." Master Kingston retorted; eft
will not! A bird in tho hand is worth
two in the bush.'
But the woman outsider" said one
timidly.
We must run that risk" quoth he,
'In an hour or two We shall be in hiding.
Come the lot must be drawn. For this
gentleman, let him stand aside''
1 leaned against the wall, dazed and
horror stricken. Now that had identi.
fed myself with him I felt n great long.
ing to save him. / scarcely noticed the
group drawing pieces of paper at tho ia
BILE. Ny every thought was taken up with
man lying bound in the darkness behind
it. What must be the horror, the black
despair, the hate and defiance of his mind
as he lay there, trapped ut last like any
beast of prey: 1t was horrible! horrible!
horrible!
1 covered M zsface and could not restrain
the CRY of unuttcrable distress which rose
to my lips. They looked round, two or
three of them. from the table Rpt tho
imnrrssion nv apneal had mado unoy
them had faded away already. and thcv
only shrugged their shoulders and turned
again to their task. Master BERTHE alone
stood apart, his arms folded, his face grave
and dark. lie, too. had abandoned hone
There seemed no hone when suddenly
there came n knocking at tho door. The
papcrs were tlropped. and while some stood
rs if stiffcncd into stone others turned and
yazcd mt their neiphbors. 1t was n knock
ing more hasty and imperative than the
usual summons. tboupb riycn in the same
fashion. At last n man found tonuue SIT
is SIR Thomas y he sngocsted viii n s;oh
of relief. .'Hc is in n hurry and brine-s
news. know his knock,
"Then omen the door. fool. cried King.
ston. 'If Won can see throueh n two inch
plank, why do you stand there like a
gahy:''
Master Dertic onticinoted tho man and
himself onor,,l tho ,,oor ,rJ od,,;.t,-, e.,
tnoctor pcnrni,docro ~ woS NJ 60 no
in still drnmming on the door With bic
1st his oxos snortIing his ruddv cbo.,Ls
aoIow. lilo crossed the tbreshold with >
syyapoer. and leaking at ms ali hurst into
n STRANGE neal of laughter s.Yoicts, Como
to eort,,r; no sbout.I WAYNE his L,nd 90
If he had n wbip i'm r. AGone to nartb-
rome forever, Did yo,, tbiuI, r. w,s the
lords of the council. nv ladss,
He had loft tho foof w;dc oner bob;nd
b;n, ond ,,-o ,,o,,, COW, In H. Jo,r,,..,, -
seafarinp man who usually guarded tho
room above. "Wbat does this mean. Sir
Thomas Kingston said sternly. He
thought. fancy. as MANY of ms did. that
the knight was drunk. "Haye Won given
that man permission RI leove his nos1S,,
"postg There are no moro nosts. - cried
Sir Thomas. with n stranoe iollitv Ho
certainly was drunk. but nerbaps not with
liquor. "Exccpt good fat posts. F" he con-
tinued. smacking Master Berthe on the
shoulder, .'for loyal men who have done
tho state service and rjsLed tbeir lives in
evil times! Posts? / shall get SO drunk
tonight that the st0,itest most on Indicate
will not hold mo NM
Won seem n have ooro far that xvov
already NV friend said coldIy.
80 will YOU when YOU hear the newsr'
Penruddockc replietl. more soberly. lads.
tho queen is dyingr'
In the vaulted room his statement was
I received in silence. a silence dictated by
no feeling for the woman going before her
Maker-hc<y should we who We're plotting
against her feel for her. we who were for
the most part homeless and prescribed
through hers-but tho silence of men in
doubt. in doubt whether this might mean
all that from Sir Thomas, aspect il seemed
to mean.
..Sbe cannot live n week y, Penruddocke
continued THE doctors have given mn
hope. and mt the palace all is in confusion.
She has named tho Princess Elizabeth her
successor. and even now Cecil is drawing
up the proclamations. To show that the
game is really I'D the Count de Feria. the
Spanish ambassador, has gone this very
day to Hatfield to nav his respccts TO the
canning uuean
Then indeed the v,n,tea roof did r;n,-
ring and ring ago;n with sbouts of ..tbo
counting ouccnr, Mon Gov Who, tho
wings oI ueatn nau seemcu minute ago