Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-17
"SHRE VS. BURY. "
BY STANLEY ]. WEYNAN.
Copyright. 1897 by Stanley ]. Weyman)
Chapter NII-COntinued From Last
Saturdays Star.

quietly, successfully and DioocleSsly Carried
through than our great revolution But 1t
Is the way of the pendulum to swing back;
and it was not long before those who had
been most deeply concerned in the event
began to reflect and compare; nor, with the
example before them of the civil war and
the consequent restoration-that great
warning against rebellion-being also per-
sons bred right and passive obedience,
whether they had imbbed these doctrines
or not, was it wonderful if proportion
of them soon turned to repenting at leisure
what they had done in haste The late
kings harsh and implacable temper and
the severity with which he had suppressed
one rising We're not calculated to reassure
men when they began TO doubt. The pos
sibility of his return hung over the more
timid a thick cloud, while the favors
which the new king showered on his Dutch
advisers. the wretchad state of the coin
and of trade and the many disasters that
attended the first years of the Lew govern
ment. were sufficient TO shake the conf
dence and chill the hearts even of the stout
est and most patriotic
So bad did things become that it was
more than once rumored that King William
would. abdicate: and this aggravating the
general uncertainty, many in high places
spent their days in a dreadful looking for
ward to Judgment, nor ever / believe slept
without dreaming of Tower Hill, the AK
and the sawdust. The natural result fol-
lowed While many FASTENED in to make
their peace with ST. Germans others either
as a matter of conscience or because they
felt that they had offended too deeply re-
manned constant, but perceiving treachery
IN the air, and themselves beset with the
daily fear of invasion, breathed nothing
but threats and denunciations against the
seceders- Hence a period of plots and
counterplots, of perjury and intrigue, of
denunciations and accusations real and
fe:gned, such as / believe no other country
has ever known. the Jacobites considering
restoration certain and the time only
doubtful. while the wings In their hearts
We're inclined to agree with them and fear
ed the worst
During seven such years I worked on
quietly with Mr.. Bronze. who. partly. 1
think, because he had come to his political
bearings late IN life. and partly because
the tories and Jacobites already had a
newswriter in the notorious Mr.. Dyer-to
whose letters Mr.. Dryden, it was said
would sometimes contribute remained
ST adfast in his whig opinions. and did no lit
Tie In the country parts to lessen the stir
which the non-jurors' complaints must have
caused L saw much of him and little of
others; and being honestly busy and honor
ably employed-not that my style made any
noise in the coffee houses, which was
scarcely to be expected. since 1t all passed
for Mr. Brome's-I began to regard my
NE before L came to London as an ugly
dream. 1t had left me- however with two
prochvltles which are not common at the
a
love OF solitude and a retired life which
imposed on me at first by my fear of de-
lection, grew by and by into a habit, the
other an averSeneSs for women that
amounted almost to fear of them Mr.
Bronze. VINO was confirmed bachelor did
nothing TO alter my views on either point
or reconcile me to the world and as my
me was passed between my attic in Bride
lane and his apartment in Fleet street
where he had a tolerable library, few were
peter acquainted with public affairs or
mad less experience of private than /. or
knew more intimately the order of the
Signs and the aspect of the houses between
the fleet prison and St. Dunstan's Church
fdtIy out OF Tear and partly out of a de-
sire 20 cut myself off from my former HE
1 made myself known to no one in Hert
1ofdshlre. but some five years after my ar.
TiNaI IN London. having "A sudden craving
10 see my mother. / walked down one Sun
day to Epping. There making cautious in
gulries Of the Bishop Of Stordford carrier 7
heard of her death, and on the return iour
h.y burst once INTO great fit of weeping
AT the thought Of some kind word or other
she had spoken to me. But with that trib-
ute TO nature / dismissed my family. and
even that good friend from my mind, going
pack TO my lodging with a contentmant
WEiicn THIS glimpse of my former life Won
grossly augmented
OF MT. ID. or of the cruel woman who had
deceived me, was not likely to hear: but
there was one and he the only stranger
VINO ante Londinium had shown me kind
ness, whose name my pen was Frequently
caiied on TO transcribe. and who's, fame
was even In those days in all mems months
With thrill of pleasure l heard thai NV
Lore Shrewsbury had been one of the sew
en- WltlaI the youngest, to sign the iuyi-
taton then that the king had named him
one OF the two secretaries of state: and
then. after two years curing which his
dom ss filed more and more the pubIin ear,
SO that he stood for the government. that
ne rad suddenly and mysteriously resigned
all his offices ard retired into the country.
e. later in the same year in the sad fays
w.sicI followed the defeat of Beachy Head
"Aeii french feet sailed the channel and
IN the EIngs absence the most confident
qiiaLsd, l heard that re had ridden most 10
kef sinSton TO place his sword and purse
at the queens feet; and then again. but
not until 1894, when three years of silence
had oh>cuTed his memory ba,r,J 1,.i.h
Pleasure. and the world with surprise. that
ne had accepted mis- old office AMI stood
hlsher than ever in the kings favor
Inc EeXt year Queer Mary died This
as II Ieft only The kings life between the
JaCobltts Stru restor2 ton. increased as
Wei theif activity as the precautions of
Ihe government. whose most difficult task
ieS III sitting the wheat from the char and
discerning between the fctions of a crowd
OF ialS" witnesses. who throngeC the secre-
'ary Office and lived by this new trade
and the genuine disclosures of their own
spies and informers. H. the precautions no
siuon in which the government stood they
utItu neglect nothing, nor even stand on
sSfup'tS- In moments of alarm, therefore
II was 10 uncommon thing to close the
gates and prosecute a house-to-house
search Tor Jaenbites. the most notorious
being seized and the addresses of the less
danserous taken One of these searches
@hlcn surprised the city in the month of
december. %. had for me results so i'm
poriant that may make 1t the beginning
OF a consecutive narrative.
happened to De sitting in my atti.. that
evening over little coal fire. putting into
shape some whis reflections on the Coinage
Dill, our news lette: tending more and NOR
TO take the form Of pamphlet A frugal
supper, long postponed. stood at nv elbow
and the hrst knew Of the search n man
without warning opened my door which
was on the latch. and thrust in his head
Naturally. rose in alarm; and we stared
al one another a moment by the light of nv
one candle Only the intruder's head wis
IN the room, but / could see that he WOE
bands and a caSsack. and a great birds
hest WIZ which ogerhunS a beak-like nose
and very bright eyes. 'e
Sir. said ne. after a moments nance
during which his Eyes. leaving me- glittered
TO every part of the room. Il see Won are
alone. and have a very handy curtain
there"
saspcd, but to 80 strange an exordiun
had nothing TO say. The stranger nodded
az that as II satisfied. and slowly edy,ny his
bocy INTO the room. disclosed to my sight