Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1904-11-12
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were or why you Travelled? Has tina
foolish head of yours so little under
standing that, though you stopped a
York, at Newark, at Grantham, yol
gave no officer of mine a clue to you
vagabondage?'
"a woman can fulfill her duty with
out so much babbling of it. My fool
ish head never thought great genera
wished his designs published from ont
end of England to the other"
eff your brother had your brain with
out your tongue he would advance
faster than he does"
"Am I, then, to go on with this ad
ventureY'
| Yes. You will reach Oxford tomor
row. The king will delay and shuttle
and suspect until our Scot is in a fine
fume of Impotence. For three days
more 1 shall be in Northampton. After
that for week I shall be at Brough.
ton castle, some few miles west of
Banbury. If you should be delayed
longer in Oxford, shall let you know
where 1 am by means of De Courcy.
who
"De Courcyv' exclaimed the girl.
eyes; what do you know Of him"
IF he is the same man who was in
the encourage of the king in London
nothing good of him.
"You cannot look for every virtue in
the character of a spy, and we who
are doing the Lords work must use
the tools the Lord places in our hands. :"
1.-The Lord has naught to do with
De Courcy. He is a devils man, body
and SOUL"
Cromwell scowled at her. What
mean you by that, hussy?" he asked
shortly.
II mean that De Courcy would sell
you as readily as he would the king,
if there was gold to be made of the
bargaining. The Philistines come with
money in their hands, and they always
find De Courcy, male or female"
de COurcy tolls for gold, and let
him that is without sin cast the first
stone. 1 give the wage demanded and
care nothing so that Gods work be
done. Gods work is the one thing
important, so scorn not De Courcy or
any other, but seek his aid in Oxford
if it be necessary to communicate with
me-"
'That shall never do" muttered the
girl under her breath, and if Crom-
we'll heard he paid no heed
purpose?" he asked.
II have thought of nothing else: it
has never been absent from my mind
''How do you hope to accomplish
possession"
II expect to enact the Scriptural part
Of the thief in the night somewhere
between Oxford and Carlisle"
Between Oxford and Carlisle is
vague. 1 cannot trust to a scheme so
lacking in defniteness. 1 shall have
Armstrong laid by the heels long be-
fore he reaches Carlisle. If the wench's
hand fail, then comes the rough paw
of the trooper Immediately after. Your
chance will be in Banbury, where you
must contrive to have him stop for the
night"
IF we leave Oxford early in the
morning he will not be content to stop
in Banbury, which is less than twenty !
five miles away, and even on the COM
ing hither we have covered more than !
double that distance each day. He will |
be urgent on his return"
True, but there lies your task in !
You may fall i'll, and
question if be will leave you l can
,rder your pass taken from you at
8anbury, and nights delay caused
You will go to the inn called the Ban
Jury Arms, at the sign of the blaGoled
un. The innkeeper will ask for your
BASS, and when he sees it he will place
7ou in adjoining rooms which are fitted
or your purpose. There is communi-
ating door, boiling on your side, in
'isible, except by close scrutiny on the
ther. What follows will depend on
our skill and quietness. Has the man
ny suspicion of your intention toward
limp .--.-.
"None in the least. He is honest and
ind"
"Ah! Do not dwell too much on his
indness. Make it your business to
now where he keeps the kings letter,
nd when it is once in your possession
peed at once to Broughton castle and
oliver it into my hands. l will ex
hange for it full pardon and cap
aims commission for your brother, and
you have further to ask my ear will
e inclined" f.
81 shall have nothing to ask except
hat this Scot be allowed to pass I'M
cathed to his home"
Cromwell gazed intently at her for
loment, and she returned his look
lear eyed and unabashed. He replied
owly:
'If were willing to harm the Scot
ne case would be mitch simpler than
u.s. You left your home thinking only
your brother, but now the stranger
couples at least part Of your mind"
ut is natural we should feel COM
assion for those we injure."