The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-03

what the rank and file OF tho party. exposed
to no danger In the event OF q restoration, and
consequently to few temptations TO make their
peace ~a6road,would think Of their trusted
On Marlborough and Russell, Godolphin and
Sunderland the breath Of suspicion had blown;
on him never. and he had held his head high.
face themi Nay, II that were all. how, he asked
himself, could ho face the honest non.juror, or
the honest J~acobite, or the honest Toryi He,
who had taken the oaths to the new Govern.
Government and deceived It; who had dubbed
himself patriot cui bono? Presently b%rooding
ONE man ma n in fSMH I'd tnrpiss snms sn that It NtS Would UTi
be better in the day of reckoning for the mean
est caEted ,pickpocket, whose sentence came
Nor, If he had known oil that was passing,
and all that was being said among those WV
he have been the happier For Sir john state.
Before Lord Portland arrived from Holland
the details were whispered in every tavern
and Jacobites, aiming above everything at find
ing a eounterblast to the assassination plot, the
their credit with the nation, bounced on the
scandal with ghoulish avidity and repeated and
Every Jacobite house Of cali, from the notori.
Gus Dog in Drqry lane, the haunt OF mummpers
said among thcmselves) that they had expected
of him was surpassed by this. He was extolled
what he had not done; and as much for the wit
that had confounded his enemies as for the
courage that had protected his friends. For
what Jacobite seeing the enemy hoist with his
own pctard could avoid a %sniggerf Or hear
John was tho most honest man who ever signed
his name to a deposition:
The Wings, on the other hand, exasperated
denied the charges with a passion and fury
Heat Here. 9 'bet Themselves ss N wn, a setTfysdr sa aRprs hSosnsa
by the same gang and the same vile machina-
tons that had brought about the Lancashire
| Z n and nttf.l. IrnIIlnrI IN III ~ Ia
Not content with threatening Sir John with
the last penalties of treason and felony and
which admitted the weight while they denied
the truth of thc charges brought against their
inquiries and prosecutions. to which the leaders
soon found themselves pledged. whether they
My lord, out OF constituencies or that over.
appreciation, OF what was due to himself and
lie life. had u week before this pleaded indispo-
sitlon, begun to keep the house. and to all re-
quests p~rotfered by his colleagues that he would
take part i'll their deliberations returned a
steadfast negative.
This. notwithstanding, everything that was
done, was communicated to him. and announce.
ments OF the meetings. which it was now pro-
posed to hold, one Ut Lord Somers's, In Lin
e eSI!s ; i wauI tie ddnb aha the hs Utnf beS at A mn9G 10 KIN bim
within the hour. AS it CHANGED. however, he
received the news from another source. On
the day OF the decision, as he sat alone, dwell
ing sloomily on the past, the square was reused
at the 9uietcst time of the forenoon by AN ar.
IVA WIN u HuEt ti'Ni' LhS IL 3
gl.es chariot, with its ouIriders. running foot
IaCu and lollinS waiting women, rolled up to
the door, and in a moment my lady was an
IT is probable that there was no ono whom
himself Of her, and he rose with an involuntary
Eroan. The Countess. on her side, was in no
9 1SiT life tsn my iior d. M nSr 'i IS this ToF { h indiS"' sSo
cried roUndly as soon as the door closed upon
her. That you are lying down, to be ,rodden
on! And cannot do this and will not do that,
but pule and cry AT home while they spin a rope
for youf Sakes, man. play the one side, play
the other side-which you please. But play it!
My lord. chagrined as much by the intrusion
as by the reproach. answered her with more
spirit than lie was wont TO use to her. II
thought. madam" he answered sharply, that
the one thing you desired was my withdrawal
Aye, Lut not after this fashion, she retort.
ed, striking her ebony cane on the floor and
wig trembling. "If all l hear be true-and I
hear that they are going to hold two inquests
a Ane Withdrawal: You viii be doomed by
James and blocked BY William. and that id
Withdrawai. say youi No. if You had with.
drawn six months ago when babe you, you
the fat is in the fire, and wanting courage you'll
And whom have I to thank for that,
why. yourself, BOBBY" she cried.
mo. madam. your friends." he replied-which
my lady looked rather foolish for a moment.
Without noticing the change; however Your
ton and Sir John Fenwick, and Montgomery
and the rest, whom TT3lI have never ceased
P % + nox l 1uin to me ,eini BUT W TDn s sFe 1isb to win me.
play against them with clean hands, and there.
Pack OF rubbish she cried.
st is not rubbish, madam, as you will find: "
two inquests on met There Will be no need.
Within the week my resignation of all my posts
will be in the Kings hands,
And youi"
"And !, madam, shall be on my way to Ey-
Now. there is nothing more certain than that
for a year pa t the Countess had strained every
nerve to detach the Duke from the GoyernmGnt
James and st. Germans. But, having her full
share OF a mothers pride, she was SO far from
If she had never conceived the notion. And to
this ,he aspsrity of her answer bore witness.
r i% r'i miq' or 5re the fs'e Three S"e''7 frees I and a aiN thi 10
t?o%'ha,pen52y fee maGs m that It's Is your our me1su re
sicEE!" She Continued. her wrinkled old face dis.
torted by the violence Of her rage and her cane
Z so SON OF nine should lack spirit to turn on these
Your friends, madam" he said remorse,
These pertss and stert,gpsl But you ar.
Md m Rina i 70 mi, are Sos m @b.n IS sh esd f4 3hs Usd
try,and who more glad than the Dutchman!
And as 4 was with him SO 1t will be with you.
lhCy NIL sllip Soh, itSA tuNy VIII vi
you bare as you were born! And the end viii
be you'll lie with Aylesbury in the tower. or
(which is precisely the course to which ron
have been pressing me-" he replied with some
: "Ny, with a full purse!'' she screamed,
"With a full purse, fooli With Eyford and
10000 guincas, my lad! But go, a beggar, az
you'll go, and i Is welcome you viii be.t9 the
Louls,s basti1e! Tell me, man, that this is al
enemies; go abroad and be King againl"
My lord answered gravely that his mind was
quite made up.
TO gof' she gasped. ITO 90 to Eyford1'
And raising her stick in her shaking hand she
made Il gesture so menaCipg, that fearing she
would strike him, my lord stepped back.
Nevertheless. he answered her firmly. 'Yes
to kyford. My letter TO the King is already
written"
"Then that for you and your King!" she
shrieked, and in an excess of uncontrolled pas.
sion she whirled her stick round and brought II
down on a stand Of priceless Venice crystal
which stood beside her. being the same that
tho Duke, in requital of the noble entertain
ment which my lord had given TO the Venetian
Neutrality-suspicious. lhn ppil ,rn,nIinn Tha lIa,.