Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-29

flpt 20 llif flRAN hititf ne 'hJfNltis bFl-
hapS II was not TO the queens chan
CellOr or 10 the queen He raised his
voice with the last words and bent
his brows 50 that / could scarcely be
lieye il was the same man speaking
"Eh, sir, was that so2' he continued
severely putting aside Sir Anthonys
TemonstrauCv and RloverinR at me. 1t
may be that we have "a rebel here in
stead Of "A herctic."
God forbid" cried the knight un-
able To contain himself II was clear
that he repented already OF his ill timed
discipline Il viii answer for IL that
We have no Wyatts here. my lord
That is weli," the chancellor replied.
THAT is WeiI!' he repeated, his eyes
leaving me and rowing the hail with
80 proud menace in their glance that
all quailed, even the fool THAT is
very Well, he said, drumming on the
table with his fingers but let Master
Francis speak for himself"
Il never heard. said / bol1ly-I had
had a moment for Thought that
Sir Thomas Wyatt had any following in
this country None to my knowledge.
As for the queens marriage with the
prince Of Spain. which was on the
ground, as We gathered here. OF Wyatt
rising with the KeHtish folk il seems
matter rather for the queens grace
than her subjects But II that be not
seen her married to stout Englishman
aye. or 10 a Frenchmau."
And why, young gentleman"
Because | would we kept at peace
with France. We have more to gain
by fighting Spain than fighting
France ! answered blmtIy
nv uncle held up his hands. The
boy is clean mad he groaned Who
ever heard Of such a. thing? With an
France the rightful estate Of her ma
jesty, waiting TO be won back he talks
OF hghung Spain, And his own Grand
mother was Spauiard!"
II am none the less am EugIishman
Tor lhal.' ! said, whereou there was a
slight murmur Of applause I'M the haH
below. And for France I continued.
carried away by This. 1--WE have beeD
hShliug 10 off ana on. as long as men
remember, ana what are we the better
We have only lost what we had 10 be-
gin. Besides l ann told that France
is five times stronger than Il was i'm
Henry VS. time. and we should only
spend our strength I'm winning what
We could not hold. While as TO SPAIN
Aye, as 10 Spain?' grumbled Sir
Anthony forgetting his formidable
nelghbor and staring at me with eyes
OF wonder.
Why, my father fought the French
AZ Guinegate, and my grandfather at
Cherbourg, and his father at Agin-
court But therel AS to Spain. you
popiujay?"
Why, she is conquering here" I an
SWered warmly, and coloniziug there
among the newly discovered countries
OF the world, and getting all the trade.
ana all the seaports, and all the gold
ana SILVER, and SPAIN after all. is a
nation with no greater strength Of men
than England. Aye. and / hear"
cried, growing more excited and raising
my voice that now is our time or
never! The Spaniards and the Portu
suese nave discovered new world over
seas.
A Castillo Y a Leon
NueVo mundo dio Colon,
say they; but, depend upon il. every
country that is to be rich and strong
III the time that is coming must have
part In H. We cannot conquer either
spain or France; we have not men
enough. But we have docks and sail
ors and ships in London and Fowey
and Bristol and the Cinque ports.
enough TO fight Spain over the great
seas, and say, Have at herl' "
What neXt?' groaned Sir Anthony
pteousiy: Did man ever hear such
crackbrained nonsense?"
But l think IL was not nonsense for
his words were almost lost in the crv
which ran through the hall as / ceased
speaking-a cry of English voices. one
moment my heart beat high and nroud
ly with new sense of power; the
next, as a shadow Of a cloud falls on
sunny hillside, the cold sneer on the
statesman's face fell on me and chilled
me. His set look had neither thawed
or altered, his color had neither come
nor gone. You speak your lesson well
lad he said. Who taught you state
Craft?"
l grew smaller, shrinking with each
word he uttered, and faltered and was
dumb. vas
Come he said you see but q IT.
tie way Yet country lads do not talk |
OF Fowey and Bristol, Who primed
you?"
Il mot Master Sebastian Cabot"
said reluctantly, at last. when he had |
pressed me more than once who staid |
aWnlie az house not far from here
ana mad been inspector of the navy to |
king Edward. He had been a seaman
40 years, and ne talked"-
Too fast'' said Gardiner. with a
curt nod: But enough / understand |
know the man. He is dead"
he was silent then and seemed TO |
have fallen suddenly in to Thought as
a man well might who had the GOV
erning OF a kingdom on his shoulders
Seemingly he had done with me |
looked at Sir Anthony. AVE got, no |
said irritably, waving me off. "Gow
And l went. The ordeal was over |
and over so successfully that / felt the |
humlilatlon or the afternoon cheap at
the price of this triumph. for as I
stepped down there was a buzz aronnd |
me. murmur of congratulation and |
pride and excitement On every C,otor
face i marked a flush in every Cotton
eye / read sparkle. and every nush
and every sparkle was for me. Even |
the chancelors secretaries, grave !
slll
tlon, cast curious glances at me as
though / were something out of the |
common, and the chancellor's uages |
made way for me with newborn defer |
ence. There is for country witsl" I !
heard Baldwin Moor cry gleefully |
while the man who put food before |
me murmured OF "the Cudde buu |
pup" If | read in Father Carey's face
as indeed / dio. solicitude as well a |
relief and gladness, l marked the latter !
only and hugged a natural pride to |
my breast. When Martin Luther said
boldly that u was not only bishop could |
MI bowl. it was by an effort / re-
trained from Joining in the laugh which |
followed.
For an hour l enjoyed this triumph
and did all but brag of IL. Especially |
/ wished Petronilla had witnessed it, |
AT the end OF that time-fins, as the |
book says-l was crossing the court /
ydru, one-hdH or which was bathed i'm |
a cold splendor OF moonlight and was |
feeling the first SOLDERING touch OF the !
night air on my brow, when | heard |
some one call out my name. / turned |
10 and one OF the chancellor's servants, |
a sleek, substantial fellow, with SNUG |
mouth, at my elbow.
What IS it," | said
Il am hidden to fetch you at once.
Master Cludde," he answered. a gleam |
or sly malice peeping through grav-
lty of his deneanor. 1.-The chancellor
would see you In his room, young sir"
CHAPTER II.
The chancellor was lodged i'm the
great chamber on the southern side of
me courtyard, room which we
called the tapestried chamber and
N which tradition said that King
Henry VI had once slept. Ii
vas on the upper floor and for this
'eason free from the damp air which
n autumn and uyinfa,. rOca fr,~. !