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THE STORY OF
FRANCIS CLUDDE.
By STANLEY J, WEYLIAN.
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“Wo must first help ourselves," Sir An
thony answered sharply, rousing himself
with wonderful energy from tho prostra
tlou into which my story had thrown him
“I will send after her, Kho shall he
brought back, llol Ualdwinl Martini'
ho cried loudl ‘Send Baldwin hltherl
Bo quick there!
Out of tlm ruck of servants In and about
tho hall Baldwin came rushing presently
wiping his lips ns ho approached. A sin
glo glance at our faces sobered him
•'.Send Martin down to tho inllll” Sir An
thony ordered curtly. “Bid him tell my
daughter if she bo there to comeback, and
do you saddle a couplo of horses and he
ready to rido with Master Francis to Wat
noy’s farm and on to Stratford if It ho
necessary. Lose not a mlnuto. Mydaugh
ter is with Master Ferdinand. My order
is that sho return."
Tho fool had eomo up only a pace or two
behind tho steward. “Do you hear, Mar
tin?” 1 added eagerly, turning to him
My thoughts, busy with tho misery which
might befall her In their hands, maddened
mo. “ You will bring hor hack if you lind
her, mind you."
Iledid not answer, hut his eyes glittered
as they met mine, and I knew that ho un¬
derstood, As ho flitted silently across tho
court and disappeared under tho gateway
I know that no hound could ho more sure.
I know that ho would not leave tho trail
until ho lind found Pctronilla, though ho
had to follow licr for many a milo. Wo
might have to pursue tho fugitives to
Stratford, but I felt sure that Martin’s
lean ilguro and keen dark faco would bo
there to meet us.
Us? No. Sir Anthony Indeed said to
mo, "You will go, of courser" speaking
as if only one answor woro possible. Bnid,
But It was not to bo so. “ Xo, " I
"you bad better go, sir. Or Baldwin can
bo trusted, lie can take two or three of
tlio grooms. They should ho armed, "I
added In a lower tono.
My uncle looked hard at mo and then
gave his assent, no longer wondering why
l did not go. Instead, ho bado Baldwin
do as I had suggested. In truth, my heart
was so hot with wrath and indignation
that I dared not follow, lest my father, in
Ills stern, mocking way, should refuse to
let her go, and harm should happen ho
tween us. if I woro right in my stispi
cions, and ho had capped his Intrigue by
deliberately getting tho girl I loved into
his hands ns a hostage, cither ns a surety
that I would share with him if I succeeded
to tho estates or as a mentis of extorting
money from Ills brother, then I dared not
trust myself faco to faco with him. if 1
could have mounted mid ridden after my
love, I could have borne it bettor, But the
curse scorned to cling to mo stiff. My
worst foo was one against whom I could
not lift my hand.
"But what," my uncle asked, his voice
quavering, though Ids words seemed in
tended to combat my fears, “what can ha
do, lad? Sho Is Ills niece.”
“What?" X answered, with a shudder.
"I do not know, but 1 fear everything. If
he should elude us and tako her abroad
with him—heaven help her, sir! Bo will
use her somehow to gain his ends—or kill
hor."
Sir Anthohy wiped his brow with a
trembling hand. "Baldwin will ovortako
thorn," ho said.
"Let us hopo so,” 1 answered. Alas,
how far fell fruition short of anticipation!
This was my timo of triumph. "You had
bettor go in, sir,” I said presently, gain¬
ing a little mastery over myself. ‘I soo
Sir Philip has returned from settling his
men for the night. Ho and Grevillo will
bo wondering what has happened."
j "And you?" ho said.
"I cannot,” I answered, shaking niv
head.
After ho had gone I stood awhilo in tho
shadow on tho far sido of tho court listen
lug to tho clatter of knives and dishes,
tho cheerful hum of tho servants ns they
called to ono another, tho hurrying foot
Steps of tile maids. A dog crept out and
licked my hand as it hung nerveless by
my side. Surely Martin or Baldwin
would overtake them, or if not it still
was not so easy to tako a girl abroad
against her will.
But would that he ids plan? Ho must
havo hiding places in Kngland to which
Jio might tako hor, tolling her any wild
story ot her lather's dent!) or flight or
even perhaps of her own danger if her
whereabouts were known, I lout had ox
porionce of his tinring, of his cunning, hts
plausihtmy. Hmt ho not taken in all with
whom ho had como Into contact, except
by some strange fato myself? To be sure,
Anne was not altogether without feeling
or conscience, but she was his—Ills entire
ly, body anti soul. Yes, If I could have
followed, 1 oouhl have borne it better. It
was this dreadful Inaction which was kill-
111;? mo. arid
Tho bustlo voices of tlm servants,
who wore in high spirits, so irritated mo
at last that I wandered away, going tirst
to tho dark, silent gardens, where 1 walked
up and down In a fever of doubt and fear,
much as I had done on tho last evening 1
had spout at Coton. Then a fancy seized
me, and turning from the fishpond I
walked toward the house. Crossing the
moat, 1 made for tho church door anil tried
it. It was unlocked. I went In. Here at
least In the sacred plaeo I should find
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leg obscured, felt my way ns far a Hit
Piers’flat monument and sat-down upon
It I had boon there scarcely a minute
wlien n faint sound, which seemed rather
a sigh or an audible shudder than any nr
tlouinto word, enmo out of tho darkness in
front of ran. My great trouble had Koemed
to mako superstitious fears for the time
impossible, hut at this sound 1 start. <1
and tremi.ded, and holding my breath felt
a cold shiver run down my. back. Motion¬
less I peered before me and yet could see
nothing. AH was gloom, the only distin¬
guishable feature being the oast window.
What was that? A soft rustle as of
ghostly garments moving in tho aisle was
succeeded by another sigli which made mo
rise fro7n my seat, my hair stiffening.
Then I saw the outline of tho east window
growing brighter and brighter, and I
know that the moon was about to shine
clear of tho clouds and longed It rturn and
fly, yet did not daro to move.
Suddenly the light fell on the altar stop3
and disclosed a kneeling form which
seemed to bo partly turned toward me, as
though watching are. Tho faco 1 could
not see—it was in shadow—and I stood
transfixed, gazing at the figure, half in
superstitious terror and half in wonder,
until a voice I had not hoard for years and
yet should have known among a thousand
said softly, " Francis!”
"Who calls me?" I muttered hoarsely,
knowing and yet disbelieving, hoping and
yet with a terrible fertr at heart.
"It is I—Pctronilla!” said tho same
voice ’gently, and the biro form rose and
glided toward me through tho moonlight.
"It is 1—Petronlllal Do you not know
mo?” said my lovo again and fell upon my
11 roast.
Sho had been firmly resolved all tho
tlmo not to quit her father, and on the
first opportunity had given tho slip to her
company, wiiilo the horses woro being sad¬
dled at Watnoy’s farm. Stealing hack
through tho darkness, sho had found tho
house full of uproar and apparently occu¬
pied by Btrango troopers. Aghast and not
knowing what to do, sho had bethought
horsolf of tho church, and there taken
rofngo. On my first entrance sho was
horribly alarmed. But as I walked up tho
aisle sho recognized—r,o sho has sln.eo told
me a thousand timoswith pride—fny foot¬
step, though it had long been a stranger
to tier oar, and sho had no thought at tho
moment of seeing mo or hearing tho joy¬
ful nows I brought.
And so my story Is told. For what
passed then between Pctronilla and me
lies between my wlfo and myself. And it
is an old, old story, mid one which our
rliildron linvo no need to learn, for tlioy
havo told it, many of thorn for themselves,
and their children are growing up to toll
It. I think in some odd corner of tho house
there may still ho found a very ancient
swallow's nost, which young girls bring
out and look at tenderly, but for my,
sword knot 1 fear it has been worn out
those 30 j ears. What matter, oven though
it was velvet of Genoa? flo that has the
substance lacks not tho shadow.
I nuver saw my father again, nor learned
accurately what pnssed at Watnoy’s farm
after Petronllln was missed by her two
companions, but ono man, whom I could
ill spare, was also missing on that night,
whoso into is still something of a mys¬
tery. That was Martin Bother. I havo
always believed that ho foil in a desperate
encounter with my father, hut no traces
of tho struggle or his body woro over
found. Tho traok between Wntnoy's farm
and Stratford, however, runs for a certain
distance by tho river, and at some point
un t iiis road 1 think Martin must have
oomo up with tho refugees, and failing
either to find Petrouiila with them or to
^ r . any satisfactory account of lior must
have flung himself on my father and been
fo i!eil and killed. Tile exact troth, I have
sa id, was never known, though Baldwin
am | [ talked over it again and again, awl
t.horo were even sumo who said that a
Servant much resembling Martin Luther
seen with my father in the low coun
tries not a month before Ids death. I put
no credor.oo In 1 this, however, having good
ro: ,sons to think that tho poor fool—who
was wiser in ills ^nno moments than most
men—woohl never have left my service
while tho breath remained in his body.
1 have beard it said that blood washes
out shame, My father was killed in a
skirmish in tho Netherlands shortly be¬
fore the peace of Chateau Cambresis and
about three months after tho events hero
related. 1 have no doubt that ho died ns
n bravo man should, for ho had that vir¬
tue. Ho hold no communication with me
or with any at Coton F.nd later than that
which 1 lmvo hero described, but wood ap
pear to havo entered tho service of Car
tiiniil Granvello, the governor of tho Neth¬
erlands, for after his death word came to
the Duchess of Suffolk that Mistress Anno
Cluddo had entered a nunnery at Bruges
under tho oardiual’s auspices. Doubtless
sho Is long sinco dead.
And so are many others of whom I
havo spoken—Sir Anthony, tho duchess,
Master Bertlo and Master Dindstr. m.
For 40 years have passed since these
things happened—years of peaceful, happy
life, which havo gone by more swiftly, us
It scorns to mo in the retrospect, than tho
four years of my wanderings. Tho Lind
stroms sought refuge in England In tho
second year of tho queen and settled m
Eowestutt under tho Duchess of •mffolk s
bcvmue them nor mdred did they 4 find 1
ss sxss SRssraaSi'ffK ssspzstexss , ,
| do Eresby, the lVregrtno to whom I stood
godfather it. St. WilUbrod’s church at
Wesel, is now a middle aged man and my hi's
very good friend, the affection wiiirh
mother felt for mo having descended to
j him in full measure. Sho waaindeed such
a woman ns her majesty—large hearted
and free tongued, of masculine courage
and a wonderful tenderness. And of her
husband what can I say, ne.vo that he was
a bravo Christian and—in peaceful times
—IT SlUulOUS ^CiltlOIIUlfi.
} in vncfint qhcI
jiofc oiiiv so*i(s
grav hairs that I trace tho pi ogress of 40
TC . vrs . Thcy haTO ^ono for Kngland al
most nil that men hoped they might do
jn ^------ the first dawn of ♦*'•> W^iro
seen great rocs ca r.?atckiam® SSJRSS h»roiJ‘|*fticJiurf
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^gS*e£StZ'SS‘5£ theso XV have
strong—all this in years. 0
seal Holland rise and Spain dcclino, and
W( . u Iimy gay the words of the old text
1 which nty grandfather sot op over the hall
floor at Coton, "Frustrn, nisi Uoininus.”
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