The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-11-12
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.,oat. 1905, BY Frederick A. Stokes 90.
CHAPTER vi.

,be country ablaze with excitement
eco Of 1t. The world would go
: once STAFFORD was laid low. He
alluded and misled the good king,
rockingham did before him. Buck
ham had fallen by the knife; Straf-
\ should fall by the ak. Then the
trommeled king would rule well;
,atness and industry would succeed
unhealthy period Of fever and I'M
The girl was appalled, to meet every
oro This intense hatred of her ia |
T. and In her own home she was sur
,ndod by it. Even her brother could
he aroused to sympathy, for he re-
rded his father not only as traitor
bis country, but as domestic de-
ouept also, who had neglected and
serted his young wife. leaving her to
uncomforted without even mes
% from the husband for whom she
almost sacrificed her good name,
ring accomplishing his absence and
fathers wrath.
burning the winter Frances saw little
her brother. Thomas Wentworth
here and there riding the country,
aglning, with the confidence of ex-
me youth, that he was mixing In
pat affairs, as indeed he was, al
Ough he was too young to have much
6uence In directing them. The land
IS in a ferment, and the widest ru-
prs were ahoat STAFFORD had
esped from the Tower anc had
zen flight abroad. like 80 many OF his
ends who had now scattered In fear
France or to Holland. Again 1t was
d the kings soldiers had attacked
Tower, liberated Stanford, and the
ck Man was at the head Of the wild
3D. resolved on the ,sub1ugation of
gland. Next, the queen had called
France for aid, and an invasion was
minent.
DO there was much secret prepare
N, drilling and the concealing of
ms against the time they should be
gently needed, and much galloping
and fro; a stirring period for the
Jung, an anxious winter for the old,
d Thomas wentworth was in the
lex Of 1t all, mysteriously departing
expectedly returning, always more
Olishly important than there was any
casion for. Yet had he In him the
liking Of a man who was shortly to
tried by fire and steel when greater
sdom crowned him than was at pres
the case.
Since the letter she had received OF
night Of his arrest, the daughter
ard no word from the father Ha6
again forgotten, or were his mes
ges intercepted? She did not know
d was never to know. She had writ
to him, saying she had obeyed him
there was no acknowledgment tina
= letter had reached its destination
bus she waited and waited, gnawinl
patience and dread chasing the ros
ON her cheeks, until she could wal
longer. Her horse and the south
road were at her disposal, wit
pne to hinder, so she set forth TO
pndon, excusing herself for thus L
|irit breaking her fathers comman'
the assurance that he had not fol
dden her return.
She avoided her fathers mansion
lowing that Lady Stanford and be
pldren were now In residence their
pa went to the inn where she had foi
erly lodged. She soon learned that
as one thing to go to London an
lite another to obtain entrance I
estminster hall, where the great tria
pw approaching its end. was the fasi
pable magnet of the town. No piac
amusement ever collected such aud
ces, and, although money Will Owe
me many difficulties, she found
uld not purchase admission to III
al through any source that was ayai
ple' Perhaps II she had been mol
nVersant with the ways OF the M
Opolis the golden key might have sh'
OK the bolt, but with her presei
powledge she was at her wits end.
Almost in despair a happy though
eurred In her. She wrote a note
pnh Vollins, her fathers treasure
10 asked him to call upon her, Wink
good man did at the hour she 81
Tour father would be troubled
now you are In London when he thin
~ safe at home" he said.
! could not help II. Mr.. Yollins'
~ 10 fever OF distraction and mu
I've come even IL ! had walked u
iather need never know, ana y
member he wrote that you were
ap me wish q place IN Westlnl
q nail and cannot attain u by a.
a'l means IN my power than BY "a
= Is difficult OF attainment !
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