Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-17


AS / dropped on my knees, my eyes
sparkling, there was a momentary dis
turbance behind me. 1t was caused by
the abrupt entrance of the subdean. He
took In part of Tho 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 M scarcely
smoothed his brow even TO address the
prince. II am glad that your ~highness
has moi done what was reported to me"
he said hastily, his obeisance brief and
p~erfunctory. II heard an uproar in the
town and was told that this man was
p~ardoned."
ut is sof' said the duke CURLY, eye
ing the ecclesiastic with no great favor.
He is p~ardoned."
only in part, / presume" the priest
rejoined urgently, "or. If otherwise, I
ceiyed certain information with which l
can furnish YOU"
Furnish away, sir" quoth the duke,
yawnin-.
Il have had letters from my lord
bishop Of Arras respecting him."
Respecting him." 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 me as Ian
gerous persons, pestilent refugees from
England n obnoxious alike to- the
emperor, the prince of Spain and the
queen OF England"
II wonder you do not add also to the
king of France and the sedan Of Tur-
KEY" growled the duke. "Pish! ! am
not going to be dictated to by Master
Granveille-no, nor by his master. be he
ten times emperor! Go to! Go to.
Master Subdean, You forget yourself,
and so does your master. the bishop. L
will have you know that these people
are not what you think them. Call you
my cousin. the widow OF the consort OF
the late queen of France. an obnoxious
person? File, fie. You forget yourself!"
He moved as he stopped speaking, so
that the ~astonished churchman found
himself confronted on a sudden by the
smiling, defiant duchess. The subdean
started. and his face fell, for seeing her
seated in the dukes presence he dis
cerned at once that the game was
played out, yet he rallied himself, be-
thinking him, / fancy, that there were
many spectators. He made a last eff
fort. THE bishop of Arras'-he began.
"Pish!" scoffed the duke, interrupt
ing him.
THE bishop of Arras"-the priest re-
peated firmly.
II would he were hung with his own
tapestry retorted the duke, with a
brutal laugh.
Heaven forbid!' replied the ~ecclesi-
astic, his pale face r~eddening and his
eye darting baleful glances at me. But
he took the hint, n h%enceforth said no
more of the bishop. Instead, he con-
tinued smoothly: Your highness has,
Of course, considered the danger-the
danger. / mean, of provoking ~neighbors
so powerful by shielding this lady and
making her cause your own. You will
remember, sir
II will remember Innspruck!" roared
the duke in a rage, where the emperor
aye, and your everlasting bishop, too
fed before a handful of Protestants
like sheep before wolves A fig for
your emperor! | never feared him
young, and I fear him less now that he
is old and decrepit and, as men say,
mad. Let him get to his watches and
o to your prayers. If there were
not this table between us, / would pull
your ears. Master Churchman!"
but tell me-" I asked Master BERTHE
as / stood beside his couch an hour
later, how did the duchess manage it?
| 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 20 King Henry, 13-14 years back,
is it? And SO far we might have felt
confident of his protection. But the
marriage turned out i'll, 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
passionate man."
Heaven keep him In it," l said,
smiling. But you have not told me
yet what happened
THE duchess was still asleep this
morning. fairly worn out, as you may
suppose. when a great noise awoke her.
She got up and went to Dymphna and
1t was the dukes trumpets.
she went to the window, and
few people in the streets to
welcome him inquired why this was
broke down at that and told
her what was happening TO you, and
that you were to die at that hour. She
out s~traightway, without cover
ing her head-you know how impet-
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 ear guess"
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