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Joris hite and stern in his eht as a bridegrooht, and

his eyes were flashing with the true military flame "Father," he said,

"take mother and Katherine to church; Bram and I will stay here, for I

can see that there is soo to Hihter, he passed with them out of the crowd

Hyde turned to the reader, who stood with bent brows, and the paper in

his hand "Well, sir, what is to be done?" he asked

"There are five hundred stand of arh here to take theo"

A loud cry of assent answered him

"My name is Richard Hyde, late of his Majesty's Windsor Guards; but I am

with you, heart and soul"

"I am Marinus Willet"

"Then, Mr Willet, where first?"

"To the mayor's residence He has the keys of the room in which the arms

are kept"

The news spread, no one kne; but men poured out from the churches

and the houses on their route, and Willet's force was soon nearly a

thousand strong The tu,

was felt in that part of the city even where it could not be heard