The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-09-10
THE.
Francis Cludde
A Romance of Queen Mary's Reign.
BY STANLEY j. WEYMAN.
BY N Y J. WEYMAN.

Saudde had last sat there-Sttting there
or right. And the 13 years had worked
much change In lin. When he found
.hat Petronilla. obeying her fathers
message. had disappeared. he said
that his wife would sup In
her own room, and with a flashing eye
ana curling lip bade Baldwin see to
II. Then, seating himself In a place
next Sir A~nthony's, he looked down the
board at which all sat silent. His sar-
castle eye. his high bearing. his man
ner-the manner of one who had gone
Iohs with his life in his hand-awed
these simple folk, Then, too. he was
a d Father Carey was absent
that evening. Martin Luther had one
OF ihose turns, half sick, half sullen.
whlch a~lternated with his moods of
merr1ment and kept his straw pallet in
some corner or other. There was no
one 10 come between the servants and
ms cara Vlsaged stranger, who was
yet no stranger.
ne had his way and his talk with Sir
Ahtnohy. the latter lasting far into the
nlght and producing odd results. In the
hrst place, the unbtdden guest and his
"lle staid on over next day and over
many DAYS to come and seemed grad
TailS TO grow more and more at home.
me mig began to take long walks
ana rides with his brother. and from
each walk ride came back with n
more gloomy face and a curter manner
Petronilla. his companion of old found
he,sell SET aside for her uncle and cast.
lor society. on F~erdlnand's wife, the
orange young I'M with the brilliant
eyes, whose odd changes from grave
70 gay rlValed Martin Luther's and
VINO now scared the girl by wild largh-
yer ana wilder gibes and now moved
hef to pity by fits of weeping or dark
,mooas OF gloom. That Uncle Ferdi-
hand's wife stood in dread of her hns-
pand Petronilla soon learned and even
oesah TO share this dread. TO shrink
rom MS presence and to shut herseIf
up more and more closely in her own
chamber. :" Ni own
There was another. too. who grew to
pe troubled about this time. and that
was rather Carey. The good nat,,rad
easy priest received with ioy and thanL
tuiness the news that Ferdinand Cl,dda
nad seen his errors and re-entered the
io!o. put when he had had two or three
taereieWs with the convert his brow,
100. grew clouded and his mind tro,,,
Died: He learned to see that tba 81
sess!on or the young Protestant queen
must pear fruit for which he had a
poor appetite. He began to spend many
hours IN the church. the church which
ne nao Known all his life. and wrestled
much with himself, If his face Were
any index to his soul. Good, kindiv
man, ne was not of the stuff OF which
martyrs are made, and to be forced
pushed on and goaded into becoming
q martyr against ones will-welI the
the position was a hard one "a
was that In those days OF MANY a gooI
and learned clergyman bred IN oua
church n hidden suddenly, on pain of
losing his livelihood, IL moi his Ufa ~
migrate to another.
Inc visitors had been TN he house a
naohth,and IN that mont an observant
eye might have noted much chance
though all things In seeming Vent 81
as before-when the queens orders en-
Joining all priests to read the service
or a great part Of it, in English can,e
GOWN. being forwarded by the sheriff
% ralner Carey. The mfssfve arrived
on a Friday and had been. indeed ione
expected. iois
What shall you dor, Feratn,na
asked Sir Anthony.
AS oefore!" the tall old man replied
gripping his staff more firmly. n was
no new subject between them. A hun
drew times they had discussed II oil
ready. even as they were now discuss
lis IT., on the terrace by the ffshpooI
with the church which adtotns the
mouse full in view across the garden
WIZ nave no mushroom faith at
Coten End" the knight continued
warmly. 1T sprang up under Kine
Henry. n how long did It Last q
year or two. It came in again under
K1ng Edward, and how long did n
last? A year or two. So 1t viii be
again. It will not last, Ferdinand"
Il am of that mind" the Younger
nan answered. noddfng his head grave
OF course o are!s Sir Anthony re-
Joined as he rested one hand on the
sun dial. For 10 generations our Fore
fathers have worshfped In that church
after the old fashion and shall it be
changed in my day? Heaven forbtdl
The old fashion did for my fathers. It
shall do for me. Why, I would as soon
expect that the river yonder should
flow backward as hat the church which
mas stood for centuries, and more years
to the back of them than I can count
should be swept away by these hot
gospelers! / will have none OF them :
will have no new tangled ways at Cotton
End"
We'll. I think you are right" tha
younger brother said. BY what means
he had brought the knight to this mind
without committing himself more fully
1 cannot tell. Yet SO it was. Ferdinand
showed himself always the cautious
doubter. Father Carey even must have
done him that Justice. But-and this
was strange-the more doubtful he
showed himself the more stubborn grew
his brother. There are men SO shrewd
as to pass off stones for bread and
men 50 simple minded as to take some
thing less than the word for the deed
Why should 1t come in our timer,
cried Sir Anthony. fractiously.
Why indeed" quoth the subtle one
II say, why should 1T come nowp +
have heard and read OF the sect called
Lollards who gave trouble awhile ago.
But they passed. and the church stood.
SO will these gospelers pass, and the
church Will stand
That is our experience, certainly"
said Ferdinand.
Il hate change!" the old man con-
tlnued. 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 churehyard. "I do not
believe in It, and. what IS more. I will
not have it. AS my fathers have wor-
shipped SO VIII I, though 1t cost me every
rood OF land! A fig for the order in
councili"
II you really will not change with
the younger generationss-
II Will not!" replied the old knight.
sharply. There Is an end OF it!s
Today the reformed church in Eng
land has seen man an anniversary and
grown stronger with each year. and we
can afford to- laugh at Sir Anthony,s
arguments. We know better than he
did, for the proof of the pudding is IN
the eating. But In him and his fellows
who had only the KNOWLEDGE Ofs thsfr