The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-13
Copyright 1900 by DOUBLEDAY. PAGE q CO.

ali rne1r TOBACCO TO the potion OF Ine
salt sea had the king so ordained, and
regarded all disaffection from the roy.
al will as deadly sin against God
and the church as well as the throne
and knowing the danger which Mary
Cavendish ran, l was in a sore guam
dairy. Could 1 have but gone to those
men whom / conceived to be in the
plot and talked with them on an equal
footing / would have given my right
hand.
But / wondered, and with rea son,
what hearing they would accord me,
and / wondered how to move in the
matter at all without doing harm to
Mistress Mary, yet feared greatly that
the commencement would harm her
more AS sat there / fell to marvel
ing anew, as I had marveled many
times before, at that yielding on the
part Of the strong which makes the
power of those in authority possible.
At the yielding of the weak we marvel
not, but when one sees the bending of
stanch, true men, with muscles of
iron and hearts of oak, to commands
which be manifestly against their own
best interests, it is verify beyond I'M
derstanding.
l reasoned ii out within myself that
one cause might lie in that distrust
good will and identical interest with
himself which is Unborn with every
man and in most cases strengthens
with his growth. When movement
of rebellion against authority is on
foot, he eyes all askance and speaks
in whispering corners of secrecy, not
knowing when he strikes his first blow
whether his own brothers hand will be
with him against the common tyrant
or against himself.
Were 1t not for this lamentable quail
ity Of the human heart, which will
prevent forever the perfect concerning
of power to one end, such giant might
be made of one people that it could
hold all the world and all the nations
thereof at it's beck and call. But that
cannot be, even in England. which had
known and knows now and will know
again that division Of interest and
doubts, every man Of his brothers
heart, which weaken the arm against
the common foe.
But, rejecting in such wise, 1 came
no nearer to the answer to my guam
Diary as to my best course for the pro-
lection Of Mary Cavendish.
1 sat there on that rock glittering
like frostwork in the May sunlight and
watched the river, and verify it seemed
to me that the matter of the tobacco
plot and Mary Cavendish's danger was
of more moment than aught else in the
century.
Master wingield," said q voice so
gently and sweetly repellent and for
bidding, even while it entreated. that
it shivered the air with discord, and
l looked around, and there stood Cath
crime Cavendish. She stood quite near
the rock where sat, but she kept her
head turned slightly away as il she
could not bear the sight Of my face.
though she was constrained to speak
to me- But I, and 1 speak the truth.
since I held it unworthy man and
gentleman to feel aught of wrath or
when he was sole sufferer by
reason of any wrong done by a WON
an. had nothing but that ever recur-
rent surprise and unbelief at the sight
of her to reconcile what I knew. or
thought I knew. with what she seem
ed
rose and stepped from my rock to
the green shore, and she moved a lit
tie back with slight courtesy. Good
morning, Mistress Catherine" I said.
what know you of what my sister
hath done, and the cargo that came
yesterday on the Golden Horn?" she
demanded with no preface and Of a
sudden. Her voice rang sharp as / re-
it when she first spoke to me
by that white hedge of England. and
1 could have sworn that the tide had
verify borne us thither and she was
again that sallow girl and / the blum
dering lout of lad.
THAT cannot answer you. madam
said /, and bowed and would have
passed. but she stood before me. So
satin smooth was her hair that even
the fresh wind could not ruffle it, and
in such straight lines of maiden mod
esty hung her green gown-always she
wore green. and it became her well, |
and twas q color / always fancied- !
Harry WINFIELD Eaxins
80 the water