Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-15

DNl Nv tWO DineT PARTICULARS Wutsu l crave
leave to mention. the first was that more
maiorum he took naturally and from the
first the lead as the champion OF the ProteS-
tant religion in Europe; the second, that
though he had his birth in a republic and
was called to be king by election (sO that 1t
was no uncommon thing for some of his
subjects to put sights upon him as little
more than their equal; aye, and though ne
had to bear such affrons In silence), he hac
the true spirit and pride of king born In
the purple and by right divine. lnsomuch
that many attributed TO this the gloom and
reserve of his manners, maintaining that
these we're assumed less as a shield against
the malice OF his enemies than as a cloak
to abate the familiarity Of his friends
And certainly some, in speaking OF him OF
late years, belittle his birth no less than
his exploits when they call him Dutch Will
liam and the like, speaking in terms un-
worthy of a sovereign, and es II he had drawn
his blood from that merchant race inste1d
of-as the fact was--from the princeiy
houses If Stuart, Bourbon, Nassau, and
Medicl, and from such ancestors as the noble
Coligny and King Charles the Martyr. But
of his birth enough
For the rest, having a story to tell and
not history to write. | refrain from recalling
how great he was as a statesman, how re-
sourcefui as strategist, how indomi.able
as commander, how valiant when occasion
required in the pitched field Nor Is 1t nee
| essary. seeing that before the rise of my
Lord Marlborough (who still survivce. but
alas, quantum mutatus alb illoO he had no
rival in any of these capacities, nor in the
| first will ever be eXcelled.
Nor, as a fact, looking on him in the
| flesh as l then did for the first time, can
| cay that | saw anything to betoken great
! ness or the least outside evidence of the
! fiery spirit that twice in two great wars
! stayed all the power of Louis of France; that
| saved Holland; that united all Europe in
| three great leagues; finally, that, leaping
| the bounds of the probable, won kingdom,
| only to hold it cheap and as a means to
| further ends | say l saw in him not the
| least trace Of this, but only a plain, thin,
| grave and rather peevish gentleman, in
| black and large wig, who coughed much
| between his words, spoke with foreign
| accent and often lapsed into French or some
| other strange tongue.
He waited until the door had fallen to
behind the child and the long gallery lay
| silent, and then bade my lord speak. 81
| breathe better here" he said IL hate
| small rooms. What is the news you have
| brought?''
mo good news, SIR" my patron an.
| swered And yet l can scarcely call it
bad. In the country it will have a good
| effect"
| "Bien But what is it?"
| 81 have seen Ferguson, sir"
| 'Then you have seen a id scoundrel!'
| the king exclaimed, with an energy l had
not expected from him, and indeed, such
| outbreaks were rare with him. "He is
| arrested, them
mo, sir" the duke answered .I trust,
| however, that he will be before night
| But if he be free, how came you in his
company" the king asked, somewhat
| sharply.
! My lord hestated and seemed for a mo-
ment at a loss how to anewer. Being be-
hind him. l could not see his face, hut I
| fancied that he grew red and that the fourth
| person present, a stout, burly gentleman,
marked with the smallpox, who had ad-
! vanced and now stood near the king, was
| hard put to 1t not to smile. At last, Il
received a letter, sir" my lord said speak
| ing stifly and with constraint, "purporting g
| 10 come from q third person."
"Ah!' said the king, drawlng the word
and nodding dry comprehension.
| ION the faith OF which, believing it TO
! be from that other-if you understand,
| sir"
| II understand perfectly said the king,
and he coughed.
Il was indeed" my lord said, dOggedly
| Ito give the villain meeting. And learned
sir partly from him and partly from this
man here''-this more freely-"enough tc
corroborate the main particulars of M
Prendergast's story"
"Ah" said the king, Good, And the par
ticuars?"
That. Sir George Barclay. the presor
mentioned by Mr.. Prendergest, is giving
nightly rendezvous in Covent Garden to per-
sons mainly from France who are being
formed by him into a band, the design. as
stated by Prendergast. to fall on youI
majesty's person in the lane between Fulhan
Green and the river on your return from
hunting"
Does ne agree as to the names?" the king
asked looking at me.
'fHe knows no names, sir" the duke an.
| swerod, "but he saw a number of the con.
spiqators at the Seven Stars in Covent Gar.
den last night and heard them sneak OPENLY
of a hunting party with other things point.
ing the same way"
He can speak to a person who | think
can be Identified as Barclay" my lord an,
swered. "He cannot speak to Charnock-"
THAT is the Oxford man?"
Yes. sir--or Porter or King, or the others
by these names. but he can speak to two o.
them under The names by which Prendergas
said that they were passing"
VOLTA! 1t does not seem to me to be 81
simple" the king said with touch of i'm
patience. What is this persons name, anC
who Is he?"
The duke told him, and that / had beer
Fergllson's tool.
THAT rogue is in It, them"
He is privy to It," the duke answered
His majesty shrugged his shoulders, as /
the answer annoyed him. "You Englisl
draw fire distinctions" he said. "Whateve
you do. however. let us have no repetition
of the Lancashire hasco You will bear tha
In mind, my lord IL you please. Another o
Taafe's psuedo plots would do us more harm