Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-23
CHAPTER II.

that be not go, /, for my part, would ruth
er have seen her married to stout Eng
slishmnn-aye, or to Frenchman."
And why, young gentlcmanf"
Because would we kept at peace with
Franco We have moro to gain by fight
ing Spain thnn fighting France" an
swered bluntly.
My uncle held up his hands. sThe boy
is clean mad!" he groaned .Whoever
heard of such a thing2 With nll France,
the rightful estate of her ma jesty, waiting
TO DO won back, he tnlks of fighting Spainl
And his own grandmother was Span
iardN,
II am mono the less an Englishman for
that!D said, wherein there was slight
murmur Of applause in the hall below.
And for France" continued, carried
away by this, we have been fighting It,,
of and on, as long us men remember, and
what are VIC the betteri We have only lost
whit We had to begin. Besides am told
that France is five times stronger than it
was IN Henry VS. time, and we should
only spend our strength in winning what
We could not hold. While as to Spain -
thony, forgetting his formidable neighbor
and staring at mo with eyes of wonder.
why, my father fought the French Mt
Guinegate and my grandfather ut Cher
bourg, and his father ut Agincourtl But,
therel AS to Spain, you popiniayf''
Why, she is conquering here, an-
swered warmly, stand colonizing there
among the newly discovered countries Of
the world and getting all the trade, and
all the seaports, and NIL the gold and.silver,
and Spain, after all, Is nation with no
greater strength of men than England.
Aye, and hear, cried, growing more
excited and raising my voice, that now
Is our time or never! The Spaniards and
tho Portuguese have discovered new
world over seas.
IA Castillo o Leon
Nuevo mundo dio Coloni
say they; but, depend upon it, every coun-
try that is to be rich and strong in the
time that is coming must have part in 1t.
We cannot conquer either Spain or France;
We hnve not men enough. But we have
docks and sailors and ships in London
and Fowey and Bristol and the Cirque
ports, enough to fight Spain over the great
seas, and say, Have at HERTZ
What nextp" groaned Sir Anthony
piteously. Did nun ever hear such
crackbrained nonsense?"
But I think 1t was not nonsense, for his
words were almost lost in the cry which
ran through the hall as ceased speaking
"a cry Of English voices. One moment
my heart beat high and proudly with q
new sense of power; the next, as shadow
of cloud falls on sunny hillside, the
cold sheer on the stntesman's face fell on
me and chilled mo. His set look had
neither thawed nor altered, his color had
neither come nor gone. You speak your
lesson well, lad, he said WHO taught
you statecrafts"
grew smaller, shrinking with each
word he uttered, and faltered and was
dumb.
Come he said, you see but a little
why. Yet country lnds do not talk of
Fowey and Bristol! Who primed your"
II met Master Sebastian Cabot,
said reluctantly, at last, when he had
pressed mo more than once, who staid
awhile at house not far from here and
had been inspector of the navy to King
Edward. He had been seaman 40 years,
and he talked
Too fast!" said Gardiner, with curt
nod. But enough. understand. know
the man. He is dead. y
He was silent then and seemed to have
fallen suddenly into thought, rs man
well might who had the governing Of a
Kingdom on his shoulders.
Seemingly he had done with me- 1
looked at Sir Anthony. Aye, goH he said
iirritably, waving me of. COZ
And I went The ordeal was over, and
ovcr SO successfully that felt the humili-
alton, of tho afternoon cheap at the price
of this triumph, for as stepped down
there was a buzz around mo, murmur of
congratulation and pride and excitement.
On every Cotton face I marked flush, in
every Cotton oyc read a sparkle, and every
flush and every sparkle was for me. Even
tho obancellor's secretaries, grave, down
looking men, all secrecy and caution, cast
curious Chances ut me, as though We're
something out Of the common, and the
ohancellor's pages made way for me with
newborn Difference. There is for coun-
try wits!' I henrd Baldwin Moor cry glee-
fully, while the man who put food before
me murmured of the Cludde bull pupil"
II ] read in Father Carey's face, as indeed
I did, solicitude as we'll us relief and glad
ness, marked the latter only and Rugged
natural pride to my breast. When Mar
tin Luther said boldly that 1t was not only
bishop could fill bowl, it was by an effort
refrained from joining in the laugh
which followed.
For an hour enjoyed this triumph and
did all but brag Of it. Especially wished
Petronilln had witnessed 1t. At the end Of
that time-finis, as tho book says-I was
crossing the courtyard, one-half of which
was bathed in cold splendor of moon
light, and was feeling the first SOBER g
touch of the night air on my brow, when
I heard some ono call out my name. !
turned to find one of the chancellors serv-
ants. a sleek, substantial fellow, with q
smug mouth, at my elbow
''What is it?" 1 said.
81 am hidden to fetch you at once, Mas
ter Cludde,n he answered, a CLEAN of sly
malice peeping through the gravity Of his
deineanor. Tho chancellor would SEQ you
In his room, young sir. y
Tho chancellor was lodged in the great
chamber on tho southern side of the court
sard, o room which we called the tapes
sried chamber, and in which tradition said
that King Horny VI had once slept. II
was on the upper floor, and for this reason
free from the damp airwhich In autumn
and winter rose from the moat and hung
ahnnt the lower ranRe Of. rooms. II waa