The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-17

-elry, ornaments, tapestry and othe.
treasures with which the palace was
furnished, was summarily seized and
flung with his plunder into the
Thames. The Savoy palace demolished,
the wrath of the insurgents was turned
next against the belongings of the
Knights of st. John, of which powerful
order Hales, the lord treasurer, was the
grand master. The Temple was first
wrecked and burned, and next like
destruction overlook the property OF
the Hospitallers in Clerkenwell.
Night fell at last on this day of ter
ror for all who had anything to lose,
and the citizens were left within their
bolted and barricaded doors, trembling
but untouched. Late in the evening,
within sound OF the terrific outbursts
of discordant bowling from the hill OPP
posite, council was held in the Tower,
to which the lord mayor and other
magnates of the city we're invited. The
Young king went with plan to pro-
pose and royal determination to have
his own way.
The easy capture Of the city gates
had increased his suspicious Of his reg
ular councillors, and thrown him still
more unreservedly upon the confidence
of his young favorite.
With Ralph the meditative sadness
of the previous evening had given place
to his natural energy and eagerness,
and high.strung resolution to be of
service. There was no one near the
king to point out what he saw to be the
clear path, and when the princess con-
suited him he did not hesitate to speak
out with all his force, and urge that
the king should put trust in the loyal
professions of the insurgent commons
Their conduct during the day was all
in favor of the honesty of their declar-
atoms, and showed also that the lead
ers had sufficient control over their
followers to be able to guarantee what
they promised. The damage inflicted
on the kings uncle and on the order to
which the treasurer belonged was quite
in accordance with their good faith and
their power to maintain discipline
Better, Ralph urged, grant what the
leaders asked while their authority was
still supreme; if the leaders made no
way with their demands the control
would probably soon pass out of their
hands, and ungoverned and ungovern.
able fury take the place of docile obedi-
ence. He volunteered to go out into
the confusion, find the leaders, beg
them to say through him what would
give satisfaction, and arrange for
personal conference with the king il
they required this for their followers
as a public testimony of the kings good
will.
The argument approved itself to the
kings temper. The princess also was
persuaded of its reasonableness Be-
fore the meeting of the council Ralph
made his way to the leaders, and
brought back from them their condi-
tions for conference on the following
day. More than once he encountered
members of the council about the
Tower, and their naughty looks showed
him that his activity was observed and
not approved of. They had heard of
what he was doing, and of the king
willingness to meet the commons per-
sonally and grant the desired emanci
patton. The princess saw them sever
ally, and urged that it was better to
Weld this than to lose all, as in their
desperate case they seemed likely to do.
Then the wise men talked together
in private chambers and in corners,
and gradually they arrived at an under
standing that could not be openly ex-
pressed They agreed to accede to the
kings wish, and allow him TO grant
the charters OF emancipation in his
own name, but as for sanctioning those
charters when they had served the pur-
pose of sending the rabble back to their
homes contente1-that could be left for
future consideration.
OF this private understanding, how
ever, nothing was said at the meeting
of the council, and the sturdy represent
tatives of the city. Waworth and
Bramber and Philpot, who we're not in
the secret, were astonished at the pus-
illanimity of the kings guardians.
Walworth was all for vigorous action
With so many men-at-arms in the
Tower and in private houses there was
no cause for fear. Not one in twenty
OF the peasants was armed, and if a
sally were made at night they might
be killed by the score, he contemptu-
ously said, "like tieas.''
But the cautious Salisbury did not
care to run the risks of this heroic poll.
cy; and his more excellent way, to
pacify the churls with fair words in
the meantime, was approved by the
majority. The killing could be done
more conveniently afterwards, when