Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

out to warn their friends, others making
haste TO inform the constable and those that
kept the Tower, Momentous as the tidinga
were, they were heard with less surprise
than authority might have desired. The
Spanish marriage, the gathering plots
against the Pedestrians, the spirit Of dis
content which the new laws fermented had
taught men to await some counter stroke
that would answer for their liberties. And
now, when the day had come, when the
storm burst, and II behooved each man to
think of his own security, few were brave
enough to declare themselves, or to avow
a loyalty which none might question. These
men Of Kent, who marched on Southwark in
their thousands, might they not be the mas
tiers Of the city ere many days had passed?
The will that brought them from village and
hamlet to denounce the Spaniard and his
ambassador, might 1t not be the cause OF all
the kingdom should victory attend the rebel
arms? England had no drawer man than
Thomas Wyatt, the poets son; no stouter
heart, no scholar more winning nor wit so
well beloved. And to these natural gifts
he added victory. The tidings said that
every gate was opened TO him, that every
town welcomed him., that even the cripples
came out to cry him "godspeed." The peril
In the north, the trouble which Northum-
berland had sown, had weakened the city
both in the number of its troops and their
disposition. Let Wyatt pass London bridge,
said every gossip, and all were lost, indeed.
Such fears expressed in sleepy oaths and
fragments OF excited talk followed upon the
horsemen as they rode swiftly to the
Tower. Inns, barred for the night, opened
the doors again to half-dressed troopers;
there were lights in every window, galleys
dancing at the river steps; lattices swung
as the mounted men rode by; a great COM
motion at my lord mayors house. the gath
ering of the trained bands, the winding Of
horns. In the Tower itself, Sir John
Bridges. the deputy lieutenant. already
mustered the guard and prepared the can
non on the ramparts. Lanterns flashing In
! wards, the cry OF man to man, the whitney,
Ing Of horses. the tolllng bells. gave tongue
to that alarm and stirred the pulses even
Of the towards. But one In that place, they
said, listened to the uproar Without concern.
For Roy Of Calverton the bells had no
message.
They had delivered him at the Tower
gate about an hour after sunset; and hav-
ing. in the words of the old chronicle,
gotten a receipt for him from the con-
stable. II had been full another hour be-
fore he was lodged upon the second story
OF the White Tower. and there made known
to Matthew Bare. the keeper OF the Dun
geons. An ill-visaged fellow enough, SPAR
ing of words and a stranger to any kindly
humor, the keeper spread a bed OF rushes
for his prisoner and told him souTly that
he would do well to use II while he could.
For" said he. they will set your head
on the gate ere the week be run; and that
shall sharpen your dreams, my friendl"
To whom Roy answered:
mot so, for | will dream OF you, friend,
that. knowing | must come to liberty soon,
you found me a dish OF meat and a stoop
OF wine! What. shall II be said that Roy
OF Calverton mistook your gentle face for
that Of a scurvy fellow. and a knave?
Bring in the wine. and I will make such q
report Of you that the queen herself shall
pin a jewel on your breast"
Master Bare, the keeper. was very
mindful OF his circumstance" as he was
wont to tell every one, going with great
pomp and dignity, a stranger to laughter
aud the humors OF men. But Roy OF CAL
verton had such merry manner. and was
so quick TO win the favor. even OF the
sullen and the unwilling, that he had been
in the cell but the half OF an hour ere
Master Bare was pledging him in a cup.
and Master Gym. the keeper OF the beasts.
was open mouthed at all the wonders OF
Sherwood and its hunting. which the out
law remembered for his wondering ears.
Anon. came Bartholomew Fail, the chief
warder. and clerks from the chapel, aud
cooks from the kitchen, and women from
the palace ward. and more wine being
brought. and lanterns hung up, and the