Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-01

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| Chap. l. Mary is queen of England.
Francis Cluade is living with his uncle,
Sir Anthony, and his Cousin Petronilia,
Sir Anthony's daughter. Gardiner, bis
hop of Winchester, pays a visit TO SIT
i Anthony, and being Catholic is dis
| liked by Francis, who is at heart a
| Protestant
| Chapter H.-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 a spy.
| Chapter III.-Francis asks for Tune
| TO reply and runs away intending 70
carve out his own future.
Chapter IV.-He is overtaken by
Clarence, an agent of Gardner b
against whom he incites the mob by
telling them the man Is a press gang
leader and escapes on Clarences morse
and with his dispatches.
Chapter y.-Trancis goes to an Inn
at ST. Adams and showing the dis
patches Is thought to be queens
courier.
| Chapters vi and V11.-Clarence ar
rives and he escapes with the Ito OF
waiting maid. He reaches London ana
renders aid to two women.
Chapter Willie and the women
escape in a boat. are attacked, and
Francis is stunned.
Chapter K.-They are rescued ana
put on board vessel bound for Holland.
| Chapter X-One of the women
proves to be the Duchess of SUFFOLK,
who has married a man named Bertle.
The other is kinswoman named Anne
Brandon. BERTHE is on board, too. be-
| Ing Protestants, they were fleeing from
England. Francis tells them his name
is Carey.
| Chapters XXI and XII.-They ascend
| the river Rhine in a boat and reach the
house of friend named Lindstron1.
| Chapter XIII-Carey saves Dymphna,
Lindstrom's daughter. from the VOL
ence of soldier, and kills the man.
| Chapter XIv.-They decide to bury
the Spaniard, but Carey sees ghost
Chapters XIV. XVI and XVII-Van
Tree. Dymphna's lover. warns them
| that they are discovered and they flee.
Chapter XVIII.-They reach En-
lmerich by boat. The Dutchman's
party go to Sauton. while Carey. BERTHE
and the two women start for for Vessel
on horseback. They are delayed by
floods, and the Spaniards, led by Car
ence come up with them.
CHAPTER XIX.
Come Indeed! wanted nothing better,
for was beside myself with passion. But,
fog as might, I could not get Anne's
brute to take the.plunge. The girl herself
could give me no aid. Clinging to her
saddle, pale and half fainting, she could
only beg me to leave her, crying out again
and again in a terrified voice that she
would be drowned. With her cry there
suddenly mingled anothar-the hail of our
pursuers rs they sighted u.s. Icould hear
them drawing nearer, and grew desper-
ate Luckily they could not make any
speed in water SO deep, and time was given
me for one last furious effort. 1t succeed
ed. My horse literally fell into the
stream 1t dragged Anne's after 1t. How
we kept our seats, how they their footing,
never understood, but somehow, splash
ing and stumbling and blinded by the wa
ter dashed in our faces, wo came out on
the othor side, where the duchess and her
husband, too faithful to US to save them
selves had watched the struggle In an
agony OF suspense. l did but fling the
girls rein to Master BERTHE, and thon !
wheeled my horse to the stream again.
had made up my mind what must do.
go on!'i CRIED waving my hand with
gesture Of farewell. go onl can keep
them here for awhile. -
s'Nonsense!n / heard the duchess cry,
her voice high and shrill. 1T is
$50 on!' cried. go on! Do not lose
moment, or 1t will DO useless.
Master BERTHE hesitated. but he, too,
saw that this was the only chance. The
Spaniards were on the brink Of the stream
now and must, if they passed it, overtake
us easily. He hesitated, ] have said, for
moment. Then he seized his wife's rein
and drew her on, and ! heard the three
horses go splashing away through the
flood / threw glance at them over my
shoulder, bethinking me that had not
told the duchess my story, and that Sir
Anthony and Petronilla would never
but, pish! What was thinking OFF That
was thought for woman. l had only
to harden my heart now and set my teeth
together. My task was very simple in.
deed. / had just to keep these men-there
were four-here as long as could and Ii
possible to stop Clarence's pursuit alto
gether.
For I had made no mistake. The first
man to come up was Clarence-Clarence
himself. He let fall savage word as his
horse stopped suddenly with its fore feet
spread out on the edge of the stream, and
his dark face grew darker as he saw the
swirling eddies ard mo standing fronting
him in the moonlight with my sword out.
He discerned at once, think, the strength
Of my position. Where stood tho water
was scarcely over my horses fetlocks.
Where he stood it was over his horses
knees, and between us it flowed nearly
four feet deep.
He held hasty parley with his COM
panions, and then he hailed me. ''Will
you surrenderf" he cried in English. eve
will give you quarter.
..Surrenders To whomi" said. "And
why-why should surrender Are you
robbers and cutpursess''
Surrender in tho name Of the emperor.
you fool!' he answered sternly and rough
"Iknow nothing about the emperorW l
retorted. What EMPEROR
I'm the queen 8 name, then"
1.-The Duke of Cleves is queen herel' I
crled, and rs the flood is rising, l add
ed scornfully, II would advise you to go
home again"
You would advise, would you? Who
are yous'' he replied in n kind of wrathful
curiosity.
I gave him no answer I have often
since reflected, with fuller knowledge of
certain facts, that no stranger interview
ever took place than this short colloqny
between us; that no stranger fight ever