The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-19

You shall buy it Of me and 7 shap pat
the price. even though I do not forgive
the crime
We viii first. if you please. clear ur
the charge of treacnery. You were Wis
ltlng your own home that night. and as
Il is on the further side of Rudby Hal
4 your ancestors naturally thought you
1 had rendezvous there2
No. general. il vas my intention Ia
have visited Rudby Hall"
The residence of that foul malignaa-
Lord Rudby. so-called?"
Yes. but not to see his Iordship. who
/ is my enemy, personal as well as DO
litical."
: The scowl vanished from the face OF
! his .duestioper and something almost
resembling a laugh came from his firm
lips.
! You are truthful end it pleases ms
Z Why did you make a foolish mystery Ol
your excursions? I take the case to
stand thus. Yo1r grandfather and Rud-
I by were neighbors. and possibly friends
You were. and are, in love with my
lords daughter. but since you belong Il
the cause of the people. this Oppres-
sor Of the people viii Rave naught OF
you. You have risked your life to see
the girl, who is doubtless as silly as the
rest of her class, as you viii discover
! if let you live. Stands the case not
thus9"
In a measure, sir. it does. saving any
reflection on my lady who"
Surely. surely. I know what you
I would say, for 1 was once your age and
as soaked in folly. The question is. if
you will risk your life for her, will you
do what I ask of you to earn the girl
let her go to another?''
Sir. / viii do anything for her"
Then hearken we'll There was here
before me. where you now stand. some
moments since. the most plausible liar
! in the kingdom. He told me truths.
which on the surface appeared TO be
treachery to his Friend, but which he
was well aware I already knew. This
was 10 battle me INTO believing hinr
He rides to Oxford to see the king. ana
In that am willing % aid him. He may
tell the king what pieases him. and
/ those who send him--little good VIII it
do any of them. In return the king is
TO give him commission. TO be handed
10 certain lords in Scotland. If that
! commission crosses the border we are
like to have a blaze TO the north Of US
which do not wish 20 see kindled until
year from now. then, by GOd-then.
by Gods viii. I shall be ready for them
We shall defeat the Scots in any case
but if this commission reaches these
malcontents, we can not have the pleas
ure-humph-we shall be precluded
from the duty of beheading the ring
leaders, without bringing on ourselves
the contumelY of Europe Without the
kings commission they arc but broiIers
-marauders. With this commission
/ they will set up the claim that they
are oelligerents. DO you understand
the position? ,"
Perfectly. general
The commission must be intercepted
at all costs. 1t will be your task to
Illustrate the intentions of the king and
his Scottish mobiles. But the task is
more complicated than yet appears. 1t
would be an easy matter TO run this
messenger through the body and there
an end. I want what he carries. but I
do not wish to harm the carrier These
Scots are a clannish. troublesome. de-
termined race. If you prick one with a
swords point the whole nation bowls
This, then, must be done quietly so
that we bring no swarm about our
ears.
William Armstrong is the messen-
gers name and he has powerful sup
pOrters in his own country. He was
stopped as soon as he crossed the Dor
der yesterday and brought mere He
pretends to be an innocent trader in
cattle, and viii likely keep up that pre-
tence. 1 have appeared to believe all
he says, aud he leaves this house to-
morrow with pass from my hand, Civ
ing his permission 10 travel as far south
as Manchester. which was all he asked.
1 would willingly have given him safe
conduct to Oxford, but he was too
crafty to accept such a thing He
thinks he can make his way south from
Manchester. AS matter of fact he
cannot, but I wish to make the way
easy for him.
"Of course. l could give a general or
der that he was not 10 be molested. but
there are reasons against this, as we
have doubtless spies iE our own ranks.
and a general order would excite sus-
picion and would probably prove use
less. because this man, south of his
permits territory will endeavor to go
Surreptitiously to Oxford, and by IN
freQuented routes. 1t will be your duty
TO become acquainted with Armstrong
and win his confidence You will ac-
company him to Oxford and return
with him. You will be protected by a
pass So broad that il will cover any
disguise either of you may care to as
sumo. 1t is such a pass as / have
never issued before and am not like to
issue again, so need not warn you to
guard it carefully and use it only when
neCessar-.
1T reads thus" Here the speaker
took up a sheet of paper on which he
had been writing. and holding il so
that the light from the candles fell
upon it. read aloud-"Pass the bearer