The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-01-11

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md for moment tho sharp ringing Of
luarter slaves and the shivering of steel
told of as pretty combat as ever took
place on level sward In full view of an
English home. The spectators could SEQ
Baldwin doing wonders His men backed
him up bravely, but In the end the i'm
petus Of tho horses told, the footmcn gave
way and fed aside, and the strangers
passed them. A little more diminishing
took place at the gateway Sir Anthony's
mon being deaf TO all his attempts to call
them off, and then the Clopton horse got
clear, and shaking their fists and vowing
vengeance rode off toward the forest.
They left two of their men on the field,
however, one with broken arm and one
with a shattered kneecap, while the house
party on their side, besides sundry knocks
and bruises could show ono deep sword
cut broken wrist and half dozen nasty
wounds.
"Mv moor little grip Sir Anthony
wb,spered to himself as he eazed with
scnred ewes Mt the prostroto men and the
dead horses and comprehended what had
bnnpened "Tbis Is n hanging busjnessl
In arms noninst the oueenl What am I
10 dop, And ne he went hack To the house
in n kind of stupor he muttered again:
uMv i,ttIo ,,rli Nv moor little pirlpi
fancy FIAT In this terrible crisis he
,oo,od co cot e,nnort and comfort from
HE hrother that old oamnaioner who had
soon On many vicissitudes and knew nv
-, 90 ,,,an, shIfts put Eerdinand
though be Thought the event unlucky. had
iittle 70 saw and less 10 suggest md
scanned ,ndced to have beoome on n sud.
den floccid and Iukewarm. sir Anthony
felt himself thrown on his own resources
"Wbo fred the sbotY'' no asked. looking
obout the room in n dazed fashion. ut
was that which did the mischief" he
continued forgetting his own hasty chal-
lenpo.
II think It must have been Martin
Luthor. " Ferdinand answered
But Martin Luther, when he was ac-
cused. denied this stoutly. He had been
SO far along the Ridgoway, he said, that,
though he had returned at once on hear
ing the shot fred, he had arrived too late
for the fight The FOOLS stomach for n
fight was so we'll known that this seemed
probable enough, and though some still
suspected him the origin of tho unfortu-
nate signal was never clearly determined,
though in after days shrewd guesses were
made by some.
For few hours It seemed as IL Sir An
thony had sunk into his former state OF
indeoision But when Petronilla came
again to him soon after noon t. bog him
to 90 into hiding she found his mood had
altered go to the Mere farmS'' he said,
not angrily now, but firmly and quietly.
mo. girl, 1 cannot. Ihave been in fault,
and 1 must stay and pay for It. If l left
these Door fellows to boar tho brunt,
could never hold up my head again. But
do you go now and tell Baldwin to CONF
to me-"
She went and told the stern, down look
inc steward. and he came up.
"Baldwin," said the knight when tn,
door was shut and the two were alone
! "vou ore 70 dismiss to their homes all tn,
tenants-wbo have indeed been called ou
/ without nv orders. Bid them 20 and kee,
| the peace. and hope they will not be mo
Tested. For you and Father Carey, yol
must 90 into hiding. The Mere farm will
be hest"
"And what of YOU. Sir Apthonyf" tn
steward asked. amazed Mt this act of folly
uI shall remain here. the knight re
nlied with dignity.
lyon will be taken" said Baldwin
after n nause,
livery wall 4" said the KNIGHT.
Tho man shrugged his shoulders an,
was silent,
TtWbat do YOU meanr. ASKED sir An
tbony in anger.
"Why. inst that I cannot do it,, Bald
win answered plowering at him, with
flnsh ON his dark cheek. "That is what
mean Let the priest 90. 1 cannot 90 an
will not. -
uTben vou will be banoedp, ouoth tn
Lr;abt xvornlv lyon have been in arm
aaainst tbe oneon Won fooll You will h
henaad as snre n g Won stav here,"
..Tben 7 shall he hanged. - replied til
stexyard suIlenIv "Tbere never was
Clu,lde hanged vet without one to kee
him oompany. 10 hear of it would max
nv orandsire turn in his grave out there
/ dare not do Il, Sir Anthony, and that
the fact. But for the rest will do as 70
bid me-"
And he had his way. But never ha
eveninp fallen more strangely and sadly G
Cotton before. The rain battered drearil
in the courtyard, The drawbridge, b
Baldwin's order, had been pulled up, an
the blanks over the moat in the rear r
moved.
"They shall not steal upon us again
, he muttered. And IL we must surrend,
they shall see we do 1t willingly"
The tenants had gone to their HON,
. and their wives. Only the servants +
manned. They clustered, solemn and SO
rowful, about the hearth In the great hal
starting If dog howled without or Co
few from the fire within. Sir Author
remained broodinR in his own room, p
= tropilla sitting beside him silent and fea
full. while Ferdidnand and his wife move
restlessly about listening to the win
Rut the evening and the night wore peac
fully away, and SO, to the surprise of o
erybody, did the next day and the mex
Could the sheriff bs going to overlook Il
NATTER Alasl ON the third day the don
was resolved Two or three bows. wi
had been sent ont as scouts. came in vii
news that there was a strong watch set {
the Ridpeway. that the mathis through Il
forest were guarded. that bodies of arm
! men were arriving in the neipbborine v
lagos. and that soldiers had been deman
ed-or so 1t was said-from Warwick a,
Worcester, and even from a place as
AWAY as Oxford. Probably 1t was only 1
sberiff's prudence which had postpop
the crisis, and now It had come. The n
was drawn all round AS the day clos
in on Cotton and the sun set anari
among the forest trees the boys' tai
which grew no doubt in the telling. mass
from one to anotber and men syyore a,
looked out of window. and women we
in corners. In the tower room Sir A
thony sat awaiting the summons Al
wondered what he could do to save
daughter from possible rudeness. or ey
hurt, at the hands of these strangers.
There was one man missing from n
and kitchen, but few in the suspense I
ticed his absence. The fool had heard (