Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-02

HING co. ALL RIGHTS Reseevr1
| I had indeed made my confession In vain,
Master Berthe struck in. What, ne
said, "if Master Carey and I take charge
of him, and, cscorting him to his agent
| without be answsrahle for both of them?"
You would be only putting your neoks
into tho noose!" said Kingston.
1--WE will risk that!'' replied my friend,
and what friend and wi 1T a man he
seemed amid that ignoble crew! Twill
myself promise you that IL he refuse to re-
main with us until midnight or tries
wherever we are to raise an alarm or COM
municate with any one will run him
| through with my own hand. Will not
that satisfy yons'
No" Master Kingston retorted; sit
will not! A bird in tho hand is worth
two in the bush''
| but the woman outsider" said one
timidly.
| I'VE must run that risk, quoth he.
"In an hour or two we shall be In hiding.
| Come, tho lot must be drawn. For this
! gentleman, let him stand aside.
| / leaned against the wall, da2ed and
! horror stricken. Now that had identi-
fed myself with him / felt great long
ing to save him. scarcely noticed the
group drawing pieces of paper at tbs ta-
BILE. Ny every thought was taken up with
the low door over there and the wretched
man lying bound in the darkness behind
1t. What must be the horror, the black
| despair, the hate and defiance Of his mind
as he lay there, trapped at last like any
beast OF prey? 1t was horriblel horriblei
| horriblel
| covered my face and could not restrain
| the cry of unutterable distress which rose
| to my lips. They looked round, two or
three of them, from the table. But the
impression my appeal had made upon
them had faded away already, and they
only shrugged their shoulders and turned
again to their task. Master Berthe alone
stood apart his arms folded, his face grave
and dark He, too, had abandoned hope.
There seemed no hope, when suddenly
there came knocking at the door. The
papers were dropped, and while some stood
as II stiffened into stone others turned and
gazed at their ncighbors. It was a knock
| ing more hasty and imperative than the
usual summons, though given in the same
fashion. At last man found tongue. 1t
Is Sir Thomas. I" he suggested, with sigh
Of relief He is in hurry and brings
news. know his knock"
Then open the door, fool, cried King
ston. II you can see through two inch
plank, why do you stand there like q
gaby2"
Master Berthe anticipated the man and
himself opened the door and admitted the
knocker Penruddocke it was. He came
in, still drumming on the door with his
fist, his Dyes sparkling, his rudy cheeks
aglow. He CROSSED the threshold with a
swagger, and looking at us all burst into
. strange peal of laughter. Yoicksl Como
to earthl' he shouted, waving his hand as
II he had q whip in IT. @Gone to earth
Como forsvcrl Did you think 1t was the
lords Of the council, my lads?"
He Mad left the door wide open behind
him, and we now saw in the doorway the
seafaring man who usually guarded the
room above what does this mean, Sir
Thomasi" Kingston said sternly. He
thought, fancy, az many Of ns did, that
the knight was drunk. Have you given
that man permission to leave his posts"
POST There are no more posts, I" cried
Sir Thomas. with strange jollity. BE
certainly was drunk, but perhaps not with
liquor. Except good fat posts, he con-
tinued, smacking Master BERTHE on the
shoulder, s'for loyal men who have done
the state service and risked their lives in
evil timesi Postal I shall get 80 drunk
tonight that the stoutest post on Ludgate
will not hold me up!'
lyon seem to have gone far that way
already" my friend said coldiy.
$50 will you when you hear the news!"
Penruddocke replied, more soberly. Lads,
tho queen 10 dyingl"
In the vaultad room his statement was
received In silencs, silence dictated by
no feeling for the woman going before her
Maker-how should We who were plotting
against her feel for her, we who were for
the most part homeless and prescribed
through heri-but the silence OF men In
doubt, in doubt whether this might mean
all that from Sir Thomas ASPECT 1t seemed
to mean.
..She cannot live week." Penruddocke
continued. THE doctors have given up
hope, and at the palace all is in confusion.
She has named the Princess Elizabeth her
successor, and even now Cecil is drawing
up the proclamations. To show that the
game is really up the Count de Feria, the
Spanish ambassador, has gone this very
day to Hatfield to pay his respects to the
~
coming queen.
Then indeed the vaulted roof did ring
ring and ring again with shouts OF the
coming queen!' Men over whom the
wings Of death had seemed q minute ago
to BIO lowering, darkening all things to
them, looked up and saw the sun. The
coming queen!" they cried.
"You need fear nothing" continued
penruddocke wildly mo one will dare
to execute the warrants. The bishops arc
shaking in their miters. Pole Is said to
be dying. Bonner is moro likely to hang
himself than burn others. Up and out
and play the mani Away to your counties
and get ready your tar barrels! Now we
will give them taste OF the Cujus Regi0!
Ho, drawer, there! A cup OF alel"
He turned, and shouting . scrap OF q
song staggered back into the shaft and
began to ascend. They all trooped after
him, talking and laughing. reckless,
good naturad crew, looking to man as II
they had never known fear or selfishness
-as II tlistrust were thing impossible to
them. Master Kingston alone, whom his
losses had sourad and who still brooded
over his revenge, went OF modify.
was for stopping one of them, but
Master BERTHE directed my eyes by ges-
ture of his hand to the door at the far end
of tho cellar, and saw that the key was
In the look. He wrung my hand hard.
Tell him all, he muttered. II Will
Walt above
Tell him allS ] stood thinking, my hand
on the key. The voices of the rearmost OF
the c0nspiratOrs sounded moro and more
family rs they passed up the shaft, until
THAR last ncceutS died In the room above,