Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-02-11


letters that had set the mansion here
all agoR. from his Lordship's closet
down to the scullery."
with proper abatement for the
ialconer's love Of gossip said the
Proprietary, he told you true. The
letters are there on the table.
When you have read them, you will
see that with good reason might
make some commotion In my house. 2
Talbot ran bis eye over the pa
pers. We'll, aud well-an old
storyl. be said. as no threw one
letter aside and took up another.
'.Antichrist- the Red Lady Of Baby
lon-the Jesuits the devil: we
have had IL so often that the lecture
is somewhat stale. The truculent
Papists are the authors of all evil
We had the Geneva band In fashion
for time; but that wore out with
old Noll And then comes another
flight OF kestrels, and VIC must have
the thirty-nine articles served up
for daily dish. That spider, Mas
ter Voc, has grown TO be q crony OF
his grace the Archbishop Of Canter-
bury, and Is busy TO knit his web
around every poor Catholic fly of
the province"
This must be managed without
temper" said Darnall. the oldest
member present, except the Chan
cellor. Our adversarles will find
their advantage In our resolve, IL
made In the heat OF passion.
you say true, = replied Talbot.
am q fool in my humor; but Ii
moves me to the last extremity OF
endurance to be ever goaded With
this shallow and hypocritlcal pre-.
tence OF sanctity. They pirate OF the
wickedness Of the province, for
sooth our evil department, and loose
living, and notorious scandal All
viii be cured, In the opinion oithese
solemn Pharisees. by turning that
good man, Lord Charles, and his
friends out Of his own province, and
BY setting up parson Yeo in o iat
benetice under the wing Of an estab.
lished church.
Read on, said Lord baltimore,
"and ynu shall see the sna<Dg VI @
the arguments that u is' not II
Papists should bear rule over the
free.born subjects Of the English
crown; and, as q conclusion to that,
a summary order todischarge every
friend Of our church from my EN-.
ploy,',
Talbot read the letter to the end.
80 be I'll" he CIRCULATED. as be
threw the letter from him, and
flung himself back into his chair
You will obey this high behesti
With all humbleness we will thank
these knaves for their many condos.
tensions, and their good favors
Your uncle, the Chancellor here
our old frosted comrade, is the frs
that your Lordship will give bare
headed TO the sky. AS for myself
| have been voted an incarnste de.
vii In o half dozen conclaves- and 81
Fendall shall be the surveyor.
hope your Lordship will remember
that ! have military command "a
sturdy stronghold in the fort o
Christina--and some stout fellows
with me on the border. II might b
hard TO persuade them TO part com
pany with me"
Peace, ! pray you, peaceI" In
terrupted the Proprietary; you are
nettled. Talbot, and that Is not the
mood for counsel"
These pions cut-throats here, :
said Talbot, who talk Of our degen,
eracy, SANDER US to the whole world
and, faith, am not OF the mind tc
bear iti / speak plainly what
have thought long since and would
rather do than speak. | would ar.
rest the ringleaders upon q smaller
scruple Of proof than / would set q
vagrant 10 the stocks. You have
Fendali now, my Lord--I would
have his fellows before long: and
the space between taking and trying
should not add much TO the length
of their beards:-betwee trying
and hanging. still less"
"As to that, z said the ProprIe.
tary. every day brings Us fresh
testimony Of the sedition afoot, and
we shall not be slow to dojustIce on
the parties. We have good informa.
ton Of the extent Of the plot against
us, and but wait until an open aci
shall make their guilt unquestion.
liable. Master Coode is now upon
bail only because we were somewhat
too hasty in his arrest. There are
associates Of Fendall's at work who
little dream Of our acquaintance
with their designs"
when does your provincial court