Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-13

cruel TO me, whose life was at stake, that
lost patience. Except what have said, :
l continued, that for the wounding, il
was done in error, and for the gate seiz
ing. would do it again to save the lives
OF those with me. Only that and this
that l am foreigner Ignorant of your
language and customs, desiring only t.
pass peacefully through your country
THAT is all?n the president asked i'm.
passively.
"All, answered, yet with strange
Tightening az my tlroat. Was it all3 al!
l could say for my life?
was waiting, sore and angry and DIES
perate, to hear the sentence, when there
came an interruption. Master Lindstrom,
whose presence Mt my side had forgot.
ten, broke suddenly into torrent of i'm
FASHIONED woras, and his urgent voice,
ringing through the court, seemed in !,
moiuent to change its aspcot-to infuse
into it some degree OF life and sympathy
Moro than one cultural exclamation,
which seemed to mark approval, burst
from the throne at the back Of the hall
In another moment, indeed, the Dutch
man S courage might have saved me, but
there was one who marked the danger.
The subdean, who had at first only glow
cred ut the speaker i'll rude astonishment,
now cut him short with harsh question.
,'One moment, Master Dutchman" he
cried. Are you one of the heretics who
call themselves ProtsstantsY'
Il am. But / understand that there is
here liberty of conscience, our friend an
swered manfully, nothing daunted in his
feryur at finding the attack turned upon
himself.
THAT depends upon the conscience, -
the priest answered. with scowl I'VE
praters to bring us into feud with our
neighbors. 1t is enough that such men as
you are allowed to live. We will not be
bearded by you. So take warning! Take
heed, say, Master Dutchman, and be ST.
lent!' he repeated, leaning forward and
clapping his hand upon the table.
/ touched Master Lindstrom's sleeve,
who would of himself have persisted, and
staid him. sit is of no use, mnttered.
"That dog in crochet has condemned
me. He will have his way!"
There was short debate between tho
three Judges, while in the court you might
have heard q pin drop. Master Lindstrom
had fallen back once moro. I was alone
again, and the stained window seemed to
be putting forth its mystic influence to
Unfold me, when, looking up, saw tiny
shadow fit across the soft, many hued
rays which streamed from it athwart the
roof 1t passed again, once, twice, thrice.
peered upward intently. 1t was q swal-
low flying 70 and fro amid the carved
work.
Yes, a swallow, and straightway for
got the judges, forgot the crowd. Tho
scene vanished and was at Cotton End
again, giving Martin Luther tho nest for
Petronilla, sign, as meant it then, that
should return should never return
now. Yet my heart was on sudden SO
softened that, instead of this reflection Civ
ing me pain, as one would have expected,
It only filled me with great anxiety to
provide for the event. She must not wait
and watch for me day after day, perhaps
year after year. must see to it somehow,
and was thinking with such intentness
Of this that it was only vaguely heard
the sentence pronounced. 1t might have
been some other person who was to be be-
headed at the east gate an hour before
noop. And SO God save the duke!
They took me back to the room in the
tower, it being now nearly 10 o clock. Mas
ter Lindstrom would fain have staid with
me constantly to the end; but, having the
matter / have mentioned much In my
mind, begged him to go and get me
writing materials When he returned,
Van Tree was with him. With particu-
larity very curious at that moment, re-
marked that the latter was carrying some
thing.
"Where did you get that2" Isaid sharp
~ and ut once.
sit is your haversack," he answered,
setting 1t down quietly. II found the
man who had taken possession of your
horse and got it from him. thought
there might he something in it you might
like
sit is my hayersack," assented, but
it was not on my horse. have not seen
1t since left it in Master Lindstrom s
house by the river. left it on the pallet
in my room there, and it was forgotten.
searched for it at Emmerich, you re-
member. -
81 only know" he replied, "that l dis
covered it behind the saddle of the horse
you were riding yesterday"
He thought that / had become confused
and was q little wrong headed from ex-
citement. Master Lindstrom also felt
Ing me taken up with a trifle at such q
time
But there was nothing wrong with my
wits, as promptly showed them.
Tho horse was riding yesterday I
continued. All, then, understand. 1
was riding the horee which took from
the Spanish trooper. The Spaniard must
have annexed the havsrsack when he and
his companions searched the house after
our departure
That is it, no doubt" Master Lind
strom said. And in the hurry of yester-
days ride you failed to notice it. -
1t was strange way Of recovering ones
property-strange that the enemy should
have helped one to it. But there are times
and this to me was one-when the
strange seems the ordinary and common
place. took the sack and slipped my
hand through well known slit in the lin
ing. Yes, tho letter had left there was
still there-tle letter to Mistress Clarence.
drew it ont. Tho corners of the little
packet were frayed, and tho parchment
was stained and discolored, no doubs by
the damp which had penetrated to 1t. But
the seal was whole. placed 1T, as IT was,
in Master Lindstrom' 6 hands.
'Givc it, Isaid, "to the duchess after
ward. 1t concerns her. You have heard
us talk about it. Bid her make what use
she pleases of it. :"
I turned away then and sat down, feel
ing little furried and excited, as one
about to start upon q Journey might feel
not afraid nor exceedingly depressed, but
braced up to make a brave show and hide