The Washington herald., 1914-06-07

heir of the old lord Ct the manor tc
escape and who followed him ever aftel
as his esquire.
II will make my tenure good OF these
lands" said Sir Pagan, by the extinc
tion Of the race of Darnley.' But his
boast was not TO be made good
After escaping from the dungeon
Groby. who had been arrested with Os.
/, borne. fed one way and Osborne another
Osborne made his way to the country
seat OF the great Duke of Buckingham
To the duke he revealed his name
and told Of his mission in England. The
dyke unused a while and then said: III
ypu are on your way to London | will
furnish YOU with a SUFFICIENT escort. And
would you mind stopping at the conven,
OF Benedictines near Canterbury and con-
voying to court the Hon. Lady Katherine
Bulmer? She is maid OF honor to the
Queen and has been on a visit to my
sister. the lady abbess."
Through the Rioters.
There were riots among the shipbuilders
Of Rochester and the rioters intercepted
Darnley and his small party before he
could make London. They took him for
my Lord Howard. who had been dis
patched with a force TO put down the
strikers.
But young Heartley. who had helped
Osborne to escape from the prison of
Sir Pagan and who rode in Osborne S
train. happened 10 be an old friend of
the leader of the rioters.
And when he saw him he hailed him
and. after a little parley. Sir Osborne
and his party were allowed to proceed
without molestation.
There were thousands OF the rioters
and only a few men rode with Sir Os-
borne. Had the Lady Katherine not
been under his escort Sir Osborne would
have felt more confident and. perhaps.
have charged the mob in spite of their
overwhelming numbers.
In short the knight got Lady RATHER
Inc safely to London and left her at
the house of a relative who was. the
next morning. TO take her to the court
then at Greenwich
The Stolen Letters.
As he took his farewell of the proud
and rather saucy-beauty. Sir Osborne
asked II there were any more commands
for him. Lady Katherine thought a
moment and then said:
Yes. Here is letter addressed to
Lord Derby. The cardinal is trying to
marry him to the Lady Constance de
Grey-and to marry me to Sir Pagan
Wileton. As I have large property Sir
Pagan does not object to the arrange
ment. I think all the other parties do
Now take this letter to Sir Lord Derby
-and-and-come tomorrow morning and
take me to the court at Greenwich"
The Duke of Buckingham had said to
Sir Osborne that he would place at his
disposal his house of the Roses" in st.
Lawrence Pultney-and Osborne had ac-
cepted OF 1t.
As the knight rode up to the Rose
manor he saw a man just dismounting,
who, by the silver swan he wore upon
his right arm he guessed a courier of
the dukes.
My lord said the courier, IT was
sent with letters and dispatches by his
grace. But 1 have been robbed on the
way and my mail bags taken from me.
1t only remained for me to give nv
verbal orders for your lordship's accom-
modation.''
Those stolen letters made trouble after
ward.
Sir Pagan.
A word as to Sir Pagan. One Of the
most strange problems of our mex
plicable nature Is the choice Of evil
and the rejection of good. even after
long years OF experience have proved
that evil and misery are uniformly
Virtue. it is true, does not always
exempt from sorrow. but crime must
ever be wretchedness. Hope loses its
balsam and fear acquires a keener
sting; the present is anxiety; the past
and the future despair.
And yet the wayward man drinks
the bitter cup when the sweet Is Of
fered him and launches his boat upon
an angry sea, rather than guide his
bark down a tranquil tide. Such was
Sir Pagan.
"High-reaching Buckingham" he
knew. aimed at the throne. But what
ever took place. he was determined to
keep the lands he had unjustly taken.