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THE NEW- AGE, PORTLAND, OREGON.
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BY WILLIAM MINTO.
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CHAPTER XXIV Continued.
Insido tlio council clmmbcr was a
much moro pitiable cpcctnclo tlinn tho
disgraced nnd hunrt broken gentleman
a body of rulcrn corporntoly demoral
ized nnd individually demoralized by
panic, gabbling nt onu another liko n
11 nek of geeno. If BomoAfiimxluus could
Iinvo trmiHporti'd them to llbickheath,
tukon tlio roof off tho Green Mnn and
shown them tlio lcaddmof tho common"
in tlint buinblo hivoni in quiet nnd
earnest deliberation, It would luivo put
tliom to Minnie. Utit tlio kiti'H council
was for n moment without a bend.
Fear had brnkon tho bonds of custom,
nd tlio inntinctof eulf-prcForvntiouriiii
riot abovo all tho restraints of conven
tional ceremony. livery man wuh
eager to glvo voice to bin own panic
stricken coniniontM ntid MiggCHtioiiH, nnd
as they could not all gain the general
car at once, each man turned to bin
neighbor, trying desperately to bo heard
above the din. A confused gabble and
babble of volce.f, strained to mako
tliomeolvoH audible, filled tho room.
Tho quoHtlon wan, what answer
ihould bo sent to the reqiiuiit of tlio
eommoiiH, but tnoro was no authority
in tho chamber equal to keeping this
or any other fllnglo quest Ion Injforo tho
mindH of the council. Tlio members
gesticulated nnd roared out expres
sions of impotent wrath. Rir John
Kowtou was n coward : ho should never
li'nvu yielded Rochester ciiBtlo; it wuh
trong onoiigh to have hold out till
doomsday against muli a rnbblo. Sir
John Newton should bo, beheaded nt
enco as n traitor, nnd his head ucnt to
the insolent caitiffs with n warning
that If thoy did not dWporso nt once
the mimo fate was in store for them.
This should bo tho answer, this or no
answer at nil, but a hundred or two of
mon-at-nruiH, with .Sir Robert Knnllen
t their head, to ride Into their camp
and scatter thorn like a herd of swine.
Those who, in their hearts, were jn
favor of u mlldor policy were not lest
loud in declaring what ought to bavo
been dono sooner, before tho insurg
ents had gained such a head.
Tho chancellor, Sudbury, ready with
a proposal in tlio midst of all thin
elnmor, (aim, pale, witli a contemptu
ous smilo on IiIh lips, raised his hand
hi vain for order. lie lookod reproach
fill, ho lookod indignant, but nobody
lieedcd him. Tho babble continued,
and n confusod roar and hiss echoed
from thn walla nnd roof in tho eurs of
tiio powerless statesman.
Then tho young king roso, with nil
tho composed majesty of a I'lnntagonet
in his boyish face. lie rabod his
toIco, and tho penotratlng troblo, clear
and strong, made Itself heard above
tho din, nnd brought back tho unruly
council tn a soiibu of the impropriety of
its behavior.
Ho beckoned to tho chancellor to
tnko advantage of the lull, Tho elinn
eellor'H tones were hard nnd severe;
the disrespect of tho council hud mndo
lilm acrimonious.
What was the meaning, ho askod, of
thin Ignoble panto bcfnro n herd of
linos? If Uiey wished to confer with
tho king about thoir grievances, lot
them choose spokesmen of their own
number and petition to bo hoard by tlio
king in tho presence of his council, and
thu king and his council would then
determine to hear them or not. For
himself he set no store by tho opinion
of tho Itinerant In muttcm of state;
but as his own conduct wuh called in
question, and he was branded by tho.-o
men us an evil couutollor, ho would
not ptesumo to gainsay any who deemed
thoir opinion of higher worth, and
wished to learn of their wisdom how to
govern tho kingdom. Hut as for this
demand that tho king should go to
thorn, it was nutingeotiH and insolent,
and not for a moment to be Untuned to.
Let this bo thoir plain answer, nnd let
them give tlio foolish and mhguldcd
men to understand that it was tliml.
There were murmurs of approval
at this, and each man looked at his
rioighbot for oncoumgiment. Hut
thoir minds were really too agitated to
rest llrmly In any conclusion, nnd the
next speaker, tho Karl of Salisbury,
swung them round to a more cautious
policy, lie profound himself of entire
accord with the urohhMiop, and echoed
ills strong Inuguiige about tho insolence
of the rebellious villeins. Hut had
they duly weighed the danger of in
flaming the lohels further? There was
another host ussouibled to tho north
of IauuIou; were they satldlled of their
power to withstand such numbers if
they were mudo desperate by a rotiH
answer? It behooved them to proceed
warily in this matter and not tnko
more. In band than they could execute,
for not only their own lives but thu
Jives of their heirs uml the very exist
ence of nobility in Kiiglaud weto at
stake, and if they could uppentu tho
lahhlo in the meantime w itb fair word,
they might deliberate ut their etuo and
tike such men tiro as hvoined to them
Lest for the defense of tiemselves and
their horlt'go. Huch riotous ntwom
binges, wore like loo-o, frothy scum
which hud no body or substance, and
would dissolve as quickly as it had
jlscn if it weio gently blown upon.
This warn the vututiuicoof Salisbury's
speech, His poimiusivu mildness bad
ha effect. The approving murmurs
were louder than before, Tho timid
members of the council were embold
ened to speak out in thu sumo vein.
Thu advocates of stronger mommies,
were overborne by the majority, uml
in thu end it wus resolved as a com-
prqmlro (hat tho king should bo rowed
down next morning in bin barge to
Koihorliltlio, a safo distance from tho
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Tow or, and that tho rebels should be
invitcd to meet him thoro nnd stato
their grievances Against thoeo who
urged that thoir desire to speak with
too king in person was a palpable trick
to got him into thoir power, it was
pointed out that ho need not laud, but
only hear them nnd spenk with tltem
from bis barge.
This was agreed to. But thoro was
ono dissentient tho lord high chan
cellor. Sudbury listened in contempt
uouh silenco to their consultation, nnd
when they bnd dono, desired in digni
fied nnd sarcastic languago to bo re
lieved of tlio great seal. Ho had
striven, ho said, to do his duty na a
humble servant of tho king, but if it
were desired to pacify tho robolllous
people, nothing could bo more pleas
ing to tliom thnn tlio removal of the
bated lounsellor nt whoso door thoy
laid all their wrongs.
In tho end the chnncollor was taken
at his word, and tho groat seal was ro
sumed by the king himself, and re
mained in bis keeping during tho next
two days. It is possible that nobody
about tho king was hardy enough to
tnko tho responsibility of tho clavis
regni. Tlfo next use to which it was
to bo put is ono of tho most singular in
its history.
CHAPTER XXV.
Aa poon as the -council rose tlu king
hastened to his mother's apartments in
high delight nt tho prospect of exorcis
ing some pnrt of his sovereignty. No
souse of tho gravity of' tlio situation
damped his boyleli spirits. Ho was as
excited us at the anticipation of n
tournnmont or a hawking party, where
tho sport might bo expected to bo par
ticularly good. It must be remembered
that ho wns only in his flfteonth year.
Tho princess wns not elaborate in
her instructions to Itnlph Hurdolot.
Ha was to bo tho bearer of a messago of
general sympathy nnd good will; Jior
keen woman's judgment, sharpened by
tho urgent danger, taught her that the
procisu terms of a formal commission
would tie out of plaro. "You have
soon," she said, "that iny eon is of a
gentle disposition; that nature hath
made him to he a kind and gracious
lord to hia people, a lover of justice, a
hater of oppression; that it is not in
his heart to see the poor and weak
wronged and pillaged by tho rich and
strong, but that they may trust him to
hear and redress thoir reasonable
plaints, na God and consclonco constrain
him. You bavo sron this, and I trust
you to mako it known."
Ralph loyally and rovorontly accept
ed tho commission. Ho belie vod in
hia heart tliat the mother had rightly
road her son's character.
When Ralph had gono tho princess
embraced her sou. "Courage, my fair
son," she said; "your kingdom will
yet bo saved in splto of troachery."
In tlio ovenlng Ralph was rowed
down from tho Tower to Greenwich.
At tho suggestion of tho princess ho had
resumed tlio. distinctive dress of a
Wyclilllnn priest; it might servo as a
paHpoit. The long day waa closing as
lio climbed tho hill towards Hlackhoath
nnd looked back on tlio gloaming river
and tlio distant towers nnd spires.
A few light words from bin brother
that aftoruoon had haunted lilm and
(lllcd bin thoughts moro than all the
public tumult, which seemed so distant
nnd drcnm-liko now in tho peaceful
ovenlng light with tho cool, silent
river winding through tho scene past
tlio dim city.
Clara Itoos was frco onco moro. Tho
Intervention of tho princess had been
successful; n dispensation had como at
last from thu hateful union. The
princess had said nothing of this; the
mother's heart was full of nearer and
greater anxieties, nnd if any thought of
It crossed her mind thu terrors of thu
situation banished her benevolent do
signs in tins sngnt ntiair till a moro
llttlng occasion. Thoro would bo n
timo to mako lovers happy when her
son's kingdom was saved. And Ralph
had not exchanged a word with Clara.
Hut ho had seen her; their eyes hud
met, and from that moment, though
his soiif-o of public duty a not abated,
but on the contrary lininoasiirablv ele
vated and hallowed, his whole boliw
had been under an irresistible npoll,
Love, vhlch he had held at, bay so long,
hud taken htm as if at unawares, had
rushed in upon him, sweeping away
every barrier, and established itself in
full mastery,
At poacuwlth hlniHulf nt List, mid
yet tho poncu that tilled his soul was
noar akin to sadness. Tho world was
fairer to him, nnd yet.hu wuh not in
sensible of its miseries. Only some
how in his inner being there M'omvd to
have been opened a deep fountain of
hope that thu miseries vould pass, and
that through them a bettor timo would
bu reached, Thu sense of pain wan not
poignant enough to .disturb tho great
calm that had descended on him liko
thu pouyo of the stars after a storm.
Ho was not eo sanguine as ho had
been of his own, immediate aims. Ho
had not Abandoned them; ho was ready
to adveututo hia life (or them calmly
and without fear: bit his faith in his
own Individual strength was sobered' by
what ho had felt of the mighty forces
ufcMiinit vWch ho had measured it,
Musses of mon bound together by cus
tom, unable to eeo above custom, to
tell evil from good within the bonds of
it, savagely resentful of intorferenco,
what could thu weak voice of persua
sion prevail against this?
In hia lonely days in prison he had
meditated much. Thu weeks he had
spent there bad been Ilka years in
maturing his experience. Was it only
by violent convulsions that orii customs
could bo uprooted? Could right and
justice be reached only through strife
and confusion? He saw tho poor
robbed by thoir natural protectors,
bonton when thoy asked for Justice.
Would nothing but armed resistance
and retaliation open tho eyes of their
lords to this nlqulty? Why did
righteous lords, whom consclon co made
just nnd mcrcifulMremain blind to tho
brutalities of theft fellows? He saw
foul greed fluttering liko a harpy over
the fair world of England, clutching at
mo Jivemioou 01 poor mon nnu devour
ing it, sometimes morcly wasting it In
ugly mnlevolenco. Would nothing but
tho clamor of insurrection acaro this
monster from its proy?
"Who goes thoro" Ralph was inter
rupted in his sad reflections.
He started and looked round; for a
moment nobody wna visible Then
from behind a clump of furzo a man
sprang up, nnd tho next instant thcro
appeared behind him half a dozen
mon in leather jackets
with bowB in
their hands.
Ho had reached tho outposts of tho
insurgents.
Ho advanced toward thorn, nnd,
dofling his hut, asked to bo guided to
tho captain of tho commons. "I bear
n messago to him," ho said.
"From whom?"
"From tho king."
They laughed. "Tho king docs not
sond such as you on his errands."
"I am known to your captain," said
Ralph.
"You are known to mo also," said
the man. "You aro a spy. I saw you
at Stourbridgo Fair."
"At least take mo to your captain.
What I have to say to him dooply con
cerns tho cause of the commons."
The mon demurred, and talkod of
short shrift for suspicious prowlers,
"Hind mo and blindfold me, if you
ploaso," said Ralph, extending hia
hands..
This was agreed to aftor consulta
tion, and tho bandage was not removed
from hia eyes till ho found himsolf in
tho presence of tho leaders.
It waa a council of four, or rathor a
captain witli a counsel of throe, and in
one of the number Ralph recognizod
his friend Simon d'Ypres, alias John
Tr ubnian, alias John Kirby. Kirby
hold the threads of tho organization;
John Truoman'a fellows woro tho men
solccted months before throughout tho
counties to rbo when tho word of com
mand rhould come. Thu captain was
Wat Tyler, whom wo havo mot before.
He brought military capacity and a
genius for command to tho combina
tion: one of the most slncular thinss
ubout tho insurrection is its completo
couanso alter nis assassination, and
nothing could moro clearly testify to
tho power that carried it so far. John
Hall, the heretic priest, was also thoro,
tho orator and chaplain of tho move
ment. Of all thu loaders ho was per
sonally tho most widoly known" and
popular; tho lott-rs summoning tho
peasants to rlso wero written in hia
name nnd In his hand.
When Ralph waa brought In by
Lawrence Kirby, ho rocolvod n friondly
hut distant greoting from his acquaint
ances. From their gravo looks of in
quiry it was evident that tho messago
was of more interest to thorn than tho
niossongor; and tho captain, speaking
with tho mannor of a man who bus no
tlmu to waste in coromony, ut onco
told lilm to dealuro what ho was com
missioned to say.
Thoy heard him In gravo silonce,
without comment, sitting under tho
rudo cross candlestick hung from tho
coiling, the gravity of their faces
heightened by the strong light nnd
shade. Tho assurance that tho young
king wns personally favorablo to them
waa welcome, but tho absence of specific
promise or proposal, coupled with the
linlf-concosslon reported by Sir John '
Newton, wna suspicious. Whon It
waa apparent that Ralph bnro no dofl
uito plan of co-oper4tiou, Hull became
Impatient and began to quostlon him,
uml to nsk whetlior thoro woro any
others nt court na favorablo as tho king
professed himsolf to the emancipation
of the lioiid men.
Ralph could only montion tho prin
cess.
(To 1 continued.)
WANTED TO CLIMB THE GATE,
Story of StcriUry Moody and HiujMy Bol
ton Woman. .
Thoy nro tollinp: n etory in Washing
ton about tlio now secretary of tho
navy. Mr. Moody was riding on ono of
tho Itotfnn mirfnco cum, and waa stand
ing on tho platform on thu sldo no.xt
tho guto that protected patotMigors from
ohm coining on tbo cthor truck. A
ludy a lloHton lady came, to tho door
of tlio car, nnd, an it htopped, started to
movo toward tbo pto, which wan bid
don from hor by thu man ttnnding be
fore it.
'Other sldo, please, ludy," eaid tbo
conductor. Ho wan Ignored na only a
born and bred liostonlan can ignoro a
man. Tho buly took another stop to
ward tho gnto.
"You must got oft tho other sldo."
vaid tho conductor.
"I wish to got oft on thiaairio," canio
tho answer, in tone that concealed tho '
olllciai into momentary silenco. Be I
foro ho could cither explain or oxnostu
lato, Mr. Moody came to his nseistauco.
'Stand to ono side, gentlemen," ho
remarked quledly. "Tho lady want, to
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tho Tagalog grammar before our war
with Spain.
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