The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-11
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Storyof Francis 1udde
A Romance of Queen Mary's Reign.
BY sTANLEY j. wEYMAN.
BY STANLEY J. wEYMAN.

again. 1t was 13 years since Ferdinand
> Cludde had last sat ~there-sitting there
OF right: And the 10 years had worked
' much change In him. When he found
That P~etronilla, obeying her fathers
message. had disappeared. he said
%haughtily that his wife would sup in
Her w room. and with a flashing eye
ana curling lip babe Baldwin see to
II. Then. seating himself In a place
board at which all sat silent. His sar-
castle eye his high bearing, hts man
ner-the of one who had zone
long with his life in his hand-awed
lhese simple folk. Then, too, he was
a Jude. Father Carey was absent
or those turns, half sick, half sullen,
which alternated with his moods Of
merriment and kept his straw pallet in
some corner or other. There was no
one 70 come between the servants and
this dark visaged stranger. who was
yet no stranger.
nc his way and his talk with Sir
Anthony. the latter lasting far into the
nlsht and producing odd results. In the
1rst place, the u%nbidden guest and his
Mlle stald on over next day and over
many days to come and seemed grad
ually to grow more and more at Rome
Ihe Knight began to take long walks
ana rides With his brother, and from
each walk and ride came back with n
more gloomy face and a curter manner
h%e.ronllla, his companion of old, found
nerself set aside for her uncle and cast
LOT society. on Ferdlnand's wife. the
a,rahse young woman with the brilliant
eyes. whose odd changes from gray We
- gay rlvaled Martin Luther's and
WIZ now scared the girl by wild laugh
h ha aa!o wider gibes and now o W
her 10 pity by fits of weeping or dark
MOODS of gloom. That Uncle Ferdi-
landss Wife stood in dread of her h,1s-
pand P%etronilla soon learned and even
pesah TO share this dread. to shrink
rom ms presence II to shut herself
m "1 own
mere was another. too, who grew to
De troubled about this time, and thai
was Rather Carey. The good nat,,rad
eass priest received with joy and thank
tu,less the news that Ferdinand Cludde
49, seen ms errors and ~re-entered the
io!u. put When lie had had two or three
interviews with the convert his brow
100. grew clouded and his mind iron,
oled: He learned to see that the ac-
cesslon Of the young Protestant queen
rnust pear fruit for which he had q.
hours i'm the church, the church wbinb
ne a known all his life, and wrestled
much With himself. If his face wera
any index to his soul. Good, kindly
,nan. ne was not of the stuff of which
ama - !. are made. and to be forced,
pushed on and goaded into becoming
q martyr against ones wlll-well. the
taeHers position was q hard one "a
was thdt in those days of many a GOOD
and learned Clergyman bred in one
ehurch n hidden suddenly, on pair Of
ISIS ,s ms l1Vel1hood, If not his life, to
me visitors had been in the house a
mohth.and In that month an obseryant
Iye might nave noted much change.
.nough all things in seeming went on
as before-when the queens orders en-
Joining all priests to read the service
or a great part of it, in English. came
down, being forwarded by the sheriff
to Father Carey. The mtssiye arrived
on a Friday and had been indeed ionp
expected. ioAe
asked Sir Anthony.
AS before!" the all old man ren,iad
gripping his STAFF more firmly. 1t was
no new subject between them. A hun
drew times they had discussed 1t al
ready, even as they were now discuss
with the church which adjoins the
mouse full in view across the garden.
Il VIII have no mushroom faith at
warmly. 1T sprang up under Kin
henry. n how long did it last? 4
49, II CdIllc IN again lnHor
king Edward. and how long did it
iast: a year or two. So it will be
again. 1t will not last. Ferdinnnd"
Il am of h a mind" the younger
man answered, nodding his head grave
"of course you are." Sir Anthony ra-
Joined as he rested one hand on the
sun dial For 10 generations our fore
fathers have w%orshiped in that church
aiter the old fashion n shall it be
changed In my day? Heaven Forbid
The old fashion did for my fathers. II
shall do for me. Why. I would as soon
expect h a the river yonder should
flow backward as that the church which
has stood for centuries. and more wears
TO the back of them than 1 can count
should be swept. away by these hot
gospelers. I will nave none OF themt 7
Will have no new tangled ways at Cotton
End" NoN'
We'll. I think YOU are right" the
younger brother said. BY what means
he had brought the knight to this mind
without committing himself more fully
l cannot tell. Yet so it was. Ferdinand
showed himself always the cautious
doubter. Father Carey ever must hava
done him that Justice. But-and This
was strange-the more doubtful he
showed himself the more stubborn grew
as to pass off stones for bread. ana
men so simple minded as to take some
thing less than the word for the deed.
Why should 1t come in our timeou
cried Sir Anthony, f~ractiously.
Why indeed?" quoth the subtle one
II say. why should it come now I
have heard Inc read of the sect called
Lollards who gave trouble awhile ago
But they passed. and the church stood.
SO will these gospelers pass. and he
church will stand.'
That is u experience. certainly"
said Ferdinand.
7 hate changed" the old man con-
tinued. his eyes on the old church, the
old timebered house-for only the gate
way tower at Cotton is OF stone-the old
yew trees in the churchyard. II do not
believe III it, and. what Is more. | will
not have it. AS my fathers have wor-
SHIPPED so will I, though 1t cost me every
rood Of land! A fig for the order in
councll!"
If you really will not change with
the younger generations''-
II will mott replied the old knight.
Sharply. There is an end OF IT."
Today the reformed church in Eng
land has seen many an anniversary and
grown stronger with each year. and we
can afford to laugh at Sir Anthony,s
arguments. We know better han he
did, for the proof Of the pudding is In
the eating, But in him and hic Pa,lo-.,