The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-30
Storyof Francis Cludde
ARomance of Queen Mary's Reign.
BY STANLEY J. WEYMAN
BY STANLEY ]. WEYMAN.

mat was ALL" l replied, my eyes OF
Dymphna's face, which still betrayed
trouble of some kind, except that
paid her the usual formal compliment
But is she saying to he
father?"
II was like the Christmas game o
cross questions. The girl and / hat
spoken in Spanish. / translated whar
we had said into English for Mistres:
Anne. and Mistress Dymphna turned ii
into Dutch for her father, an anxious
look on her face which needed nc
translation.
What is it," asked Master BERTHE
observing that something vas wrong
1T Is Notwithstanding" replied the
merchant alphabetically, though as he
spoke his eyes dwelt on me c~uriously
1T is only that / did not know that
you had a Spaniard in your company
"A Spaniard?" Master BERTHE an
sWered. w nave none. This" point
ing to me, is our very good friend and
faithful follower, Master Carey, an
Englishman."
ITO whom" added the duchess
smiling gravely, Il am greatly in
hurriedly explained the mistake
n brought at once a smile of relief
to the mynheer's lace. "Ah, pardon
me, | beseech you he said. MY
daughter was in error And he add
ed something in Dutch which caused
Mistress Dymphna to blush. You
know he continued, II may speak
freely TO you, since our enemies are
IN the main the same-you know that
our Spanish rulers are not very poprl-
lar every day, especially with those
who are of the reformed faith. We
have learned, some OF us, to speak
their language, but we love them none
the better for that"
II can sympathize with you, in
deed" cried the duchess impulsively.
Goo grant that IL country NAV never
be IN the same plight. thought it looks
as II this Spanish marriage were like
10 put us in it. 1t is Spain! Spain.
spain. II nothing else nowadays
nevertheless h emperor is a
great and puissant monarch rejofned
the Arnheimer thoughtfully, and could
he he rule us himself, we might do
Well. But his dominions are so large
he knows little of us. And. worse, he
is dying. or as good as dying. He
can scarcely sit his horse and rumor
says that before the year is out he
Will resign the throne. Then we hear
little good of his successor, your
queens husband. and look to her less.
fear that there is a dark time be-
fore us, and God only knows the is
sue"
And alone will rule It.. Master
BERTHE rejofned piousIy.
This saying was in a way the key
note to the life we found our host liv-
Ing on his island estate. Peace, but
peace with constant fear of an as
ssilant and religion for a supporter.
Several times a week Master Lind
strcm would go to Arnheim to super
intend his business, and always after
his return he would shake his head
and speak gravely. and Dymphna
would lose her color for an hour or
two. Things We're going badly. The.
refor1ners We're being more and more
hardly dealt with. The Spaniards were
growing more despotic. That was his
constant report. and then / would see
him, as he walked with us in orchard
or garden or sal beside the stove, cast
Wistful chances at the comfort and
plenty round him. I knew that he was
asking himself how long they would
last. II they escaped the clutches of
q tyranntcal government. would they
ne safe In the times that We're COM
Ing from h violence of an i'll paid
soldiery5? The answer was doubtful, or
rather 1t was too certain.
i sometimes how he could
patiently foresee such possibilities and
take no steps, whatever the risk, to
prevent them. AT first / thought his
patience sprang from the Dutch
character. Later I traced its deeper
roots to q simplicity OF faith and
AZ deep religious feeling. which
did not at that time exist In Eng
land or existed only among people with
| had eve cone in contact.
Here they seemed common enough and
real enough. These folks faith sus-
tanned them. 1t was part OF their lives
bulwark against the fear that. 9th
erwise8 would nave overwhelmed thern.i
n 70 an extent. too. which then sur
prised me, found. as time went on.
2 the duchess and Master Berthe
shared this enthusiasm. although With
them IT took a less ohtrusiye form.
4 was led at the time TO think a good
deal about this and Just a word i
say of myself and OF those days
the Rhine island-that where-
asspefore n taken but lukewarm
interestsin religious questions. and while
elinging instinctively to the teaching 81
childhood had conformed with i
light heart rather than annoy nv
uncle. came to think somewhat DIFF
ferently now. differently and more Sc
And SO i have continued Is
think since. though have never be-
come q bigot, fact | " perhaps to
Dymphna, In whose tender
heart there was room for charity as
Well as faith, for she was my teacher
or necessity. since no other Of our
party could communicate with her II
became more o. less the Dutch rir,.s
companion. I would often az Al eran
.doin her on q wooden bench which
stood under. an elm on a little spit AZ
q looking toward the city and 81
some distance frOm&tha house.Z Hare
when the weather was warm. she womb
watch Tor her fathers return. and here.
dav while talking with her, / had
the opportunity OF witnessing 4 siwht
Unknown in England, but which year
nySyear WAS to become more commons
the a#NetherlaT1ds. more heavily