The menace., 1917-07-21

er among the jousters of the kingdom,
and whose wish was to be classed
with Tristrem and Pepin, but that
need be no cause for concern SO long
as you stand high with the ones in
the chief seats of the kingdom. l
have it from the papal legate that
you made deep impression on the
Star Chamber. What shall l have
to report to the queen and WolSey?
Can we count on you in this time Of
need?"
"By heaven you can!" he replied
with spirit, his feelings narrowed by
the quality of conditions he had to
face, for he was harrassed by sus-
picion and personal envy on one hand,
and the vow of his blade on the other.
Springing up he raised his hand high,
while his whole appearance became
the impersonation of majestic
strength: "This diabolical resurrec-
ton of Watt-Tylerism must be
crushed, and here is my sword for
that purpose. Unless something is
done speedily it will end in democ-
racy and the setting up of independ-
ent creeds in religion, wEle every
man will carry the Bible and be his
own priest. That will be the end Of
infallible authority at Rome, and the
power of councils will be gone for
ever. Hod-heavers will laugh at the
eX-cathedras of popes and the Virgin
be no more than a milk-maid. Kings
will be lost in parliaments and the
seven locks of their divine right un-
der the Chair of Peter, shorn. For
these reasons we must, we shall crush
this movement! Imagine land with
the peasantry sitting about its throne
debating their desires! Think of a
church with the priests shivering in
their deserted confessionals, while the
host remains dry for the need of a
tongue! Yet this will come If heresy
is not unrooted from the earth. What
has the church to do with personal
opinions or anything democratic ?
What need has she Of Scriptures!
tell you these are her greatest enc
mics. Let the mud-hucksters get their
religious views and government from
} Rome, and let the voice of the pontifi
be to them as the oracle of God. II
infallibility rests there then no man
. dare think or believe contrary te
what comes from the mouth OF the
Vicar of Christ, while kings and en-
} perors must remain under and sub
servient to the one throne Of author
ity, the Chair of the Apostle. The
pope is to rule the nations, and con
, troll every tribe and tongue with
! ! rod of iron. By the Saints George
: and James! l swear that | will e
E forth with fire and brand to cut tt
the ground this plant of hell"
t He had swept on with a BURNING
5 eloouence, his whole manner electric
with indignation. All the lamps o.
a religious partisanism were agloV
!. within him. In his enthusiasm h
!. looked the very personfication of tn
+ god of retribution. The two womel
remained mute caught in the powe
of his, mood. A wild admiration
|. leaped in the soul of Lady Beth, a
d we'll as in the hot heart of the DOM
s Maria. Unconsciously he was dom
!. mating them as women have eve
n been, his strength, his power of will
. his lofty brow answering thos
d shadowy ideals which linger like half
seen angels in the twilight of wc
:. mans breast.
,r "That is what you may take to He
e, Majesty" he continued after pause
Is Is "For time | must give attention t
d other matters, then, if the saints ar
!, kind, | shall return, and Englan
. . shall know that she has sovereig
in the pope, and that the church ha
:; friend"
Lady Beth had risen and stood look
IT ing at him with eyes into which tn
s. battling wonder of strange feelin
e had come. Had she been capable Q
" feeling profoundly she would tina
= moment have been lost in the fu
3 e flood of woman's love for stron
a a man. AS it was she was moved I
he kind of selfshness, a determinatio
Is to dominate this peerless sum of mar
OF hood and will power. With the Don
ly it was different. To her had come
IN wild. unfettered fascination. Wit
,R all the heat of her blood she had Il
By her heart out to him. not to dominat
E but to be dominated; not to contr
n but to be lead and controlled. II
II moment was tragic. for three soul
s. s. quick with every fatal force, stoc
under the shadow of Hecate at Il
crossing of strange ways.
Moved by a sense of the trag