Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-02-28

on another subject. If II wa.
not to the holy office he objected, per
haps ii was not to the queens chan
cellor or TO the queen" He raised hi
voice with the last words and ben
his brows, so that l could scarcely be
lieye 1t was the same man speaking
"Eh, sir, was that 500" he continued
severely putting aside Sir Anthony
remonstrance and glowering at me. II
may be that we have a rebel here in
stend Of a hereto"
God forbid!' cried the knight, un,
able to contain himself. 1t was clear
that he repented already OF his i'll timed
discipline. II will answer for it that
we have no Wyatts here, my lord"
That is well"' the chancellor replied
THAT is WE'LL" he repeated, his eyes
leaving me and rowing the hall with
SO proud a menace in their glance that
all quailed. even the fool. That Is
very We'll" he said, drumming on the
table with his fingers, but let Master
Francis speak for himself"
Il never heard" said l BOLDLY 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's
rising with the Kentish folk, 1t seems
a matter rather for the queens grace
than her subjects. But II that be not
so, l, for my part, would rather have
seen her married to a stout Englishman
aye, or to a Frenchman."
And why, young gentleman"
Because / would we kept at peace
by fighting Spain than fighting
France" / answered bluntly.
My uncle held up his hands. THE
boy is clean madl" he groaned. Who
ever heard of such a thing? With all
France, the rightful estate Of her ma
Jesty, waiting to be won back, he talks
of fighting Spain! And his own grand
mother was a Spaniard!"
Il am none the less an Englishman
for that!" l said, wherein there was a
slight murmur of applause in the hall
below. And for France" / continued,
carried away by this, I'VE have been
lighting it off and on, as long as men
remember, and what are we the better?
We have only lost what we had to be-
gin. Besides | am told that France
is hVe times stronger than il was in
Henry VS. time, and we should only
spend our strength in winning what
we could not hold. While as TO SPAIN
Aye, as to Spain?" grumbled Sir
Anthony, forgetting his formidable
neighbor and staring at me with eyes
of wonder.
why, my IdlHeT fought the FrPnCh
at Gulnegate. and my grandfather at
~Cherbourg. and his father at Agin-
court! But there! AS to Spain, you
po%pinjay?"
Why, she is conquering here" I an
swered warmly, land colonizing there
among the newly discovered countries
OF the world, n getting all the trade,
and all h seaports, and all the gold
and silver, and Spain, after all, is a
nation with nc greater strength of men
than England. Aye. and / hear" I
cried, growing more excited and raising
my voice, that now is our time or
never! The Spaniards and the Port1-
guese have discovered a new world over
seas.
"A Castillo y a Leon
Nuevo mundo do Colon.
they; but, depend upon it, every
country that is to be rich n strong
In the time that is coming must have
part In it. We cannot nuu either
or France; we have not men
enough. But we have docks and sail
ors and ships in London and Fowey
and Bristol n the Cirque ports,
enough TO fight Spain over the great
seas, and l say. Have at heri'"
What next" groaned Sir Anthony
plteously. Did man ever hear such
crackbrained nonsense"
But ! think 1t was not nonsense. for
MS words were almost lost in the cry
which ran through the hall as | ceased
speaking cry of English voices. One
moment my heart beat high and proud
ly with a new sense of power: the
next, as a shadow of a cloud falls on
a sunny hillside, the cold sheer 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, ne said. Who taught you state
craft?"
! grew smaller, shrinking with each
word he uttered, and faltered and was
dumb.
Come he said, you see but a IT.
tie way. Yet country lads do NOT talk
OF Fowey and Bristol! Who primed
your"
Il met a Master Sebastian Cabot" I
said reluctantly, at last, when he had
pressed me more than once. who staid
awhile at a house not far from here
and had been inspector of the navy to
King Edward. He had been a seaman
40 years, n he talked
Zoo FAST" said Gardiner. with n
curt nod. But enough 1 understand.
/ know the man. He Is dead
He was silent then and seemed 10
have fallen suddenly in to thought as
a man well might who a the gov
erning of a kingdom on his shoulders.
Seemingly he had done with me. /
looked at Sir Anthony. AYE, go!" he
said ~irritably, waving me off. "Go!"
And 1 went. The ordeal was over.
and over so successfully that felt the
humiliation of the afternoon cheap at
h price of this triumph. for as 7
stepped down there was a buzz around
me. a murmur of congratulation and
pride and excitement. On every Cotton
a | marked a flush, in every Cotton
eye | read a sparkle. and every flush
and every sparkle was for me. Even
the chancellors secretaries. grave.
down looking men. all secrecy and eau
ton, cast curious glances at me, as
though | were something out OF the
common. and the chancellor's pages
made way for me with newborn defer
ence. There Is for country wits," |
heard Baldwin Moor cry gleefulIy.
while the man who put food before
me murmured OF 1.-The Cludde bull
pup" II / read I'm Father Carey's face
as indeed I dio. solicitude as well as
relief and gladness. I marked thu latter
only n Rugged a natural pride to
my breast. When Martin Luther said
boldly that Ii vas not only bishop could
MI a bowl, IL 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
l wished Petronilla had witnessed II.
Al the end or that time-fnis. as the
book says-l was crossing tthe court
yard, one-half OF which was bathed IN
a cold Qplandor ~ nnnc,rtcht 60 80.