Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-30
SYNOPSIS.

Sir Anthony, and his Cousin Petronilia,
Sir Anthony's daughter. Gardiner, DIS
hop of Winchester, pays visit 10 SIT
Anthony, and being a Catholic Is dis
liked by Francis. whosis at heart
Protestant.
Chapter II.-Gardiner tells Francis
who his father is, that he is traitor
and informer, and offers to make the
young mans fortune If he will enter
his service as spy.
Chapter III.-Francis asks for time
to reply and runs away, intending to
carve out his own future.
Chapter IV.-He is overtaken by
Clarence, an agent of GARDENERS,
against whom he incites the mob by
telling them the man is a press gang
leader and escapes on Clarence's horse
and with his dispatches.
Chapter N.-Francis goes to an Inn
at st. Adams, and showing the dis
patches is thought to be queens
courier.
Chapters vi and VII.-Clarence ar
rives and he escapes with the It'd OF
waiting maid. He reaches London and
renders aid to two women.
Chapter Willie and the women
escape in a boat. are attacked, and
Francis is stunned.
Chapter IX.-They are rescued and
put on board a vessel bound for Holland.
Chapter X.-One of the women
proves to be the Duchess of Suffolk.
who has married man named BERTHE.
The other is kinswoman named Anne
Brandon. BERTHE is on board, too. Be-
Dra hoy, Honinc from
England. Francis tells them his name
is Carey.
Chapters XI and XII-They ascend
the river Rhine in boat and reach the
house of friend named Lindstrom.
Chapter XIII.-Carey saves Dymphna,
daughter. from the VOL
ence of a soldier, and kills the man.
Chapter XIV.-They decide to bury
the Spaniard, but Carey sees ghost.
Chapters XIV. XVI and Xv1I-Van
Tree. Dymphnas lover, warns them
that they are discovered and they flee.
CHAPTER XVIII.
We were summoned at that minute, for
the boat was waiting for us. The duchess
scanned us rather curiously as VIC ran up.
We were tho last. But Anne Kept her
word and concealed her fears SO brnvely
that, us she jumped In from the bank, her
air Of gaycty almost deceived me and
would have misled the sharpost sighted
person who had not been present at our
so admirably was it assumed.
We calculated that our pursuers would
not follow us down the river for some
hours. They would FIRST nave to search tho
island, and the watch which they had set
on the landing stage would lead them to
suspect rather that We had fed by land
We hoped, therefore, 10 reach Erimerich
unlnolested. There Master Lindstrom said
We could get horses, and he thought VIC
might BIO safe in Santon by the following
evening.
sIf you reilly think we had better 90 to
Sapton, said This was an hour or
two after leaving the island, and when we
looked to sight Emmerich very soon the
hills which we had seen in front all day,
and which were grateful to eyes sated
with the monotony of Holland, being now
pretty close to us.
II Thought that we had settled that.
replied the Dutchman promptly.
felt they were all looking at me. II
look at 1t this way" snid, reckoning.
''Wesel is not far from Enmerich by the
road Should we not have an excellent
chance of reachingit before our pursuers
come up?"
"You might reach It," Master Lind
strom said gravely. Though, again, you
might not. I"
..And Vessel once reached, /" persisted,
"there is less fear of violence being at
tempted there than in Santon. 1t is q
larger town"
.'True," hc admitted "But it is just
this. Will you be able to reach Wesel3 1t
is the getting there. That is the difficulty
THE getting there before you are caught.
IF we have good start, why should
we not'' urged, and urged it the more
tho more I found them OPP
posed to it. Naturally there ensued
warm discussion. AT first they all sided
against me, save, of course, Anne, and
she sat silent, though she was yisihly ngi-
tated, as from minute to minute l or they
seemed likely to prevail. But presently,
when grew warmer and urged again and
agnin the strength of Vessel, my own par.
ty veered round, yet still with doubt and
Tho Dutchman shrugged his
Shoulders to tho end and remained upper
suadcd. But finally 1t was decided that I
should have my own way. We would so
to Vessel.
Every one knows how man feels when
he comes victorious out of such n battle
He begins on the instant to regret his vic
tory and to see the possible evils which
may result from it, to repent the hot words
he has used in the strife and tho declara-
lions he has flung broadcast. That dread
tul phrase, told you SOP rises like an
fury before his fancy, and he
aunils
] felt all this the moment tho thing was
settled, but / was too young to back out
and withdraw my words. hoped for the
best and resolved inwardly to get the
purity mounted the moment we reached
1 soon had the opportunity of proving
this resolution to be more easily made
than carried out. About o'clock we
reached the little town dominated, as we
,aw from afar, by IN ancient minister,
and preferring not to enter 1t landed ut
The steps on an inn u quarter of mile
short of the gates and marking point
where wo might take the road to Wesel, OF,
pressing tho river, tho road to Santon.
Master Lindstrom seemed well known,
but there were difficulties about the horses.
The German landlord listened to his story
with apparent sympathy, but no horsesl
We could not understand the tongue III
which tho two talked, but the Dutchman's
1uestions quick and animated for once,
md the landlords slow replies, reminded
me- of tho foggy morning when in sim
lar plight NC had urged the master of the
Lions Whelp to put to sea, and ! feared a
,imilar result.