The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-09-01

the great procession Of the Act " Faith
would turn on 70 the quay at about = O'Clock
and pass along il for about a hundr",
yards or ~ only. before il wound away
down a street leading to the plaza where
the theatre was prepared, the sermon
would he pree ched. the mass celebrated,
and the relaxed placed in cages to Ice
carried to the Quemadero.
At in the morning Smith mustered
those twelve men whom he had chosen
10 help him in the enterprise. and Peter,
with Margaret at tis side. addressed them
in the cabin. telling them all the plan. and
Drawing them for the sake of their master
and Of the Lady Margaret. his daughter, TO
do what men might Ia save one they loved
and honored from so horrible a death,
They sworr that they would. every one
of them. for their English blood was mp,
nor did they ~ much a. speak of the great
rewards that had been promised to those
who lived through this adventure and TO
the families OF those who fell. Then they
breakfasted, girding their swords and
knives about them. and put on their Spanish
cloaks. though. 10 speak truth, these lads
OF Essex and of London ma 10 hut poor
Spaniards. Now ut length the boat was
ready and Peter. although he could scarcely
stand, desired e le carried into IL that no
might accompany them. Bnt the captain,
Smith. u whom perhaps Margaret had been
speaking, set down his fiat foot on the deck
and said that he who commanded there
would suffer no slch thing. 4 wounded
man. he declared. would hut cnmher them
who had little room 10 spare in that small
boat where he could be 81 M service, either
on land or water. Moreover, Master Peters
face was known IN thousands who had
watched il yesterday and would certainly
I've recognized, whereas none would take
notice at such n time Of a dozen common
sailors landed from some ship Ia see the
show. Lastly. he would do best to stop on
hoard the vessel. where " anything went
wrong they would be short handed enough.
who, IL they could, must get her away Ia
sea and across it with all speed.
Stil, Peter would have gone till Margaret,
throwing her arms about him, asked him
IL he Thought that she would he better "
she lost both her father and her husband,
a. IN things miscarried well might happen,
Then. being in pain and very weak, le
welded. and Smith. having given his best
directions To the mate and shaken Peter
and Margaret by the hand, asking their
nrsvers for Az 81 them. descended with
his twelve mel into the boat and dropping
down under shelter of the hulks " tn
the shore IA though they came from some
other vessel.
Now the quay was not more than a bow
shot from them, and from a certain spot
upon the Margaret there was u good view
Of il betwee tho stern ~ one hulk and the
how 81 another. Here, then, Peter and
Margaret sat themselves down behind the
bulwark. and watched with fears such m
cannot he told. while "a sharp eyed seaman
climbed to the crows nest on the mast,
whence he could sea over much of the city
and even the old Moorish castle that was
then the Holy House ~ tho lnquisi,ion.
Presently this man reported that the pre-
Cession had started, for be saw lis banner
and the people crowdlnR 10 D." Windows,
and even to the rooftol-; also the Gith Niral
bsn began Ia toll slowly. Then came "a