The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-17

AS I dropped on my knees. my eye4
sparkling. there was a momentary dis
turbance behind me. 1t was caused by
the abrupt entrance of the subdean. He
took IN part of the situation at a glance
that is. he saw me kneeling before
the duke. but he could not see the
duchess OF Suffolk. the dukes figure
being interposed. AS he came forward.
the crown making way for him. he cast
an angry glance at me and scarcely
smoothed his brow even to address the
prince. 81 am glad that you highness
has not done h was reported to me-"
he said hastily, his oheisance brief and
perfunctory. Il heard an uproar in the
town and was told that this man was
p~ardoned."
ut is sol" said the uke curtly. eye
ing the ecclesiastic with no great favor.
He is p~ardoned."
only in part. L presume" the priest
rejoined urgently, or. if otherwise. I
am sure that your highness has not re-
ceived certain Information with which I
can furnish YOU"
Furnish away, SIR" quoth the duke,
yawninm.
II have had letters from my lord
bishop of Arras respecting him"
Prospecting hint" exclaimed the
prince, starting and bending his brows
in surprise.
Respecting those in whose company
he travels" the priest answered hastily.
They are represented to mo as dan
gerous persons. pestilent refugees from
England and obnoxious alike to the
emperor. the prince of Spain and the
queen of England"
II wonde o do not add also to the
king of France and the sedan OF Tur-
key!" growied the duke. "Pish! l ain
not going to be dictated to by Master
Granveille-no. nor by his master. be no
ten times emperor! Go to-! Go to,
and SO does your master. the bishop. I
will have you know that these people
are not what you think them. Call you
my cousin. the widow OF the coi,sort Of
the late queen of France, an obnoxious
person? File, de. YOU forget yourself!"
He moved as he stopped speaking. so
that the ~astonished churchman found
smiling. defiant duchess. The subdean
started, and his face ELL. for seeing her
seated in the dukes presence he dis
cerned at once thai h game was
played out. yet he rallied himself. be-
thinking him. I fancy, that there We're
many spectators. He made a last eff
fort. The bishop of Arras"-he began.
"Pish!" scoffed the duke, interrupt
ing him.
""rhe bishop Of Arras'-the priest re-
pented firmly.
IT would he We're hung with his own
tapestry" retorted the duke, with a
brutal laugh.
Heaven Forbid" replied the e~cclesi-
astic, his pale face rcddening and his
eye darting baleful glances at me. But
he took the hint. and henceforth said no
more of the bishop. Instead, he con
tinued smoothly: Your highness has.
Of course considered the danger-the
Il T ,,oo, ~f ~"D,,Tl,i,- - srI .o,o
so powerful by shielding this lady and
making her cause your own. You will
remember, sir
II will remember 1nnspruck.." roared
the duke in a rage. where the emperor
aye n you everlasting bishop, too
fed before 81 handful OF Protestants
like sheep before wolves. A fig for
your emperor! l never feared him
young, n l fear him less now that he
is old and %decrepit and, as men say,
mad. Let him get to his watches and
you to your prayers. If there were
not this table between US, 1 would pull
your ears, Master Churchman!"
But tell me-" I asked Master BERTHE
as 1 stood beside his couch an hour
later. how did the duchess manage it?
l gathered from something you or she
said a short time back that you had no
influence with the Duke of Cleves."
Not quite that" he answered. My
wife and the late Duke of Suffolk had
much to do With wedding the princes
sister to King Henry, 1914 years back,
is it? And so far we might have felt
confident of his protection. But the
marriage turned out ill, or turned out
short, and Queen Anne of Cleves was
divorced, and--well, we felt a little
less confident on that account, parti-
cularly as he has the name of a head
strong, passionate man."
Heaven keep him in it," l said,
smiling. But you ave not told me
yet what happened"
THE duchess was still asleep this
morning, fairly Worn out, as you nay
suppose. when a great noise awoke her.
She got up and went to Dymphna and
learned 1t vas the dukes trumpets.
Then h went to the window, and
seeing few people in the streets to
welcome him inquired why lis was.
Dymphna broke down at that and told
her what was happening to you, and
that you We're to die at that hour. She
went out straightway, without cover
ing her head-you know how impet-
uous she is-and flung herself on her
knees in the mud before the dukes
horse as he entered. He knew her.
and the rest you can guess"
(Gontiaued Next Weekly
When Taft Was a Reporter.