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DEERING The Harnessmaker DURHAM ONT. NAGER CHAPTER III. THE mecsss MARY. OW. at that time. Mary, the king’s sister. was just ripen- ing into her greatest woman- -- . ly perfection. IIer skin was like velvet. a rich. clear. rosy snow. with the hot young blood glowing through it like the faint red tinge we sometimes see on the inner side of a white rose leaf. Her hair was a very light brown. almost golden. and fluffy. soft and tine as a skein of Arras silk. She was of medium height, with a fig. ure that Venus might have envied. Her feet and hands were small and ap- parently made for the sole purpose of driving mankind distracted. In fact, that seemed to be the paramount ob- ject in her creation. for she had the world of men at her feet. IIer great- est beauty was her glowing dark brown eyes, which shone with an ever chang- ing luster from beneath the shade of the longest, blackest upcurving lashes ever seen. Her voice was soft and full and, ex- cept when angry, which. alas, was not infrequent, had a low and coaxing lit- tle note that made it irresistible. She was a most adroit coaxer and knew her power ""‘ well, although she did not always plead, having the Tudor temper and proton-lug to commandâ€"- when she could. As before hinted, she had maxed her royal brother out of sevoral proposed marriages for her whivh would have hven greatly to his advantage, and if you had only known Henry Tudor, with his vain, boister- ous, stubborn violence, you could form smno ldf‘fl of Mary’s powers by that achiovmnent alone. Sneh was the royal maid to whose tender mereies, I now tell you frankly. my friend l‘wandon 'as soon to he turned over. 110, however. was a blade of very different temper from any she had known, and when I first saw signs of a growing intimacy be- tween them I felt. from what little I had seen of Brandon, that the tables were very likely to he turned Upon her ladyship. Then thought 1. “God help her.” for in a nature like hers, charged with latent force. strong and hot and fiery as the sun’s stored rays. it need- ed but a flash to make it patent when damage was sure to follow for some- bodyâ€"«probably Brandon. ' on the continent which would not do to write down here, he vas as little of a boastor as any man I over mot, and, while I am in the truth telling business, I was as great a bra want of my inches as ovor drew the longhowâ€"in that line, I mean. Gods, I flush up hot even now whon I think of it! So I talked a great , deal and found myself iniiuitoly ploasod with Brandon's convvrsational powers. which were rare. being no loss than the capacity for saying nothing and listen- ing politely to an infinite Goal of the same thing. in anotiwr form. from we. Wt... ,...._---__, s Mary did not come home with us from Westminster the morning after the joustings. as we had expected. but followed some four or live days later, and Brandon had fairly settled himself at court before her arrival. As neither his duties nor llllW’ were onerous, we had a great deal time on our bands, which we employ u walking and riding or sitting in our eonnnon room reading and talking. or course. as with most young men, that very attractive branch of natural history, woman, was a favor- ite topic, and we accordingly discussed it a great dealâ€"that is. to tell the exact truth, I did. Although Brandon had seen many an adventure during his life I renwrlher that I told him I had known the Princess Mary from a time when she was twelve years old. and how I had made a fool of myself about her. I fear I tried to convey the im- pression that it was her exalted rank only which made her look unfavorahly upon my passion and suppressed the fact that she had laughed at me good humoredly and put me of! as she would have thrust a poodle from her lap. The truth is she had always been kind and courteous to me and had admitted me to a degree of intimacy much greater than I deserved. This, partly at least. grew out of the fact that I helped her along the thorny path to knowledge, a -QV-Ja v"- road she traveled at an eager gallop. for she dearly loved to learnâ€"from cu- riosity perhaps. ‘ I am sure she held me in her light. gentle heart as a dean friend; but, while her heart was filled with this” mild warmth for me, mine began to burn with the flame that discolors every- thing, and I saw her friendliness in a very distorting light. She was much kinder to me than to most men, but I did not see that it was by reason of my absolute harmlessness, and, I suppose. â€"'â€"â€"vv _.--_ , {geause I was a vain' fool ‘I gradually began to gather hopeâ€"which goes with every vain man’s loreâ€"and, what is more, actually climbed to the very apex of idiocy and declared myself: I well knew the infinite distance between us: but, like every other man who came within the circle of this charming load- stone, I lost my head and, in short, made a greater tool of myself than I naturally was, which is saying a good knows! . - I knew vaguely, but did not fairly re- alize, how utterly beyond my reach in every way she wan until I opened the floodgates of my passion, as I thought and lithfimflqnnd tv to check for “Leave me one friend, I pray you, Edwin. I value you too highly to lose, and esteem you too much to torment. \ Do not make of yourself one of those ' fools who feel, or pretend to feel, I care not which, such preference for me. You cannot know in what contempt a wom- an holds a man who follows her though she despises him. No man can beg a woman’s love; he must command it. Do not join their ranks, but let us be good friends. I will tell you the plain truth. It would be no diaerent were we both of the same degree. Even then I could not feel toward you as you think you wish, but I can be your frlend and will promise to be that always if you will promise never again to speak of this to the coming laugh. Tfien came‘a'look of offended dignity, followed by a quick, softening glance. _ I promised solemnly and have alwayl kept my word, as this true, gracious woman, so full of faults and beauties, virtues and failings, has ever since that day and moment kept hers. It seemed that my love, or what I supposed was love, left my heart at once, frozen in the cold glint of her eyes as she smiled upon my first avowal, somewhat as dis- ease may leave the sickened body upon a great shock. And in its place came the restful flame of a friend’s love, which so softly warms without burning. But the burning! There is nothing in life worth having compared with it for all its pains and agonies. Is there? “Now, if you must love somebody,” continued the princess, "there is Lady Jane Bolingbroko, who is bountiful and good and admin-s you and, I think, could learn to”â€" int lwro the lady in question ran out from behind the dra- peries, where, l lwliow. 8110 had been listening to it all. and put lwr hand over 1101' misti'oss’ month to silonce 1101'. “Don’t lwliovv mm word she says, Sir dein,” (-rlml Lady Jane. "If you do, I m-vvr will like you.” The emphasis on the “will” hold out such lnvoluntar; promise in case I dld not believe the princess that I at once protested total want of faith in a single syllable she had said about her and vowed that I know It could not be true; that I dared not hope for such happiness. You see, I had lwgun to make love to Juno almost berm-v I was off my 101003 to Mary. and thou-fore I had not been Imwh hurt in Mary’s case. 1 haul suf- fm-ud mvroly a touch of the general opi- domic, not the lingering. chronic disease that kills. Then I knew that the host cure for the sting which lies in u lucklvss love is to love elsewhere, and Juno. us she stood there. so petite, so blushing and so t‘uir, struck me as quite the most [Housing nntilloto I could possibly 11nd, 80 l hogan at once to administer to my- sizlt‘ tho delightful counter irritant. It was a happy thought for me, one of those whivh coxno to a man nov and thou and for which he thanks his wits in (-ve-ry hour of his after life. lint the winning of Jane was not so easy :1 mmtvr as; my vanity had pmmptvd luv to think. I started with n hundii-ap. since June had heard my (lovizn'ntion to Mary, and I haul to undo all that. before 1 could do anything 91%. Try the same thing ynursoii’ with a spirited girl. naturally laughter lov- “Don’t believe one word she says; Sir Edwin.” ing and coy, if you think it a simple, easy undertaking. I began a fear I should need another antidote long be- fore I heard her sweet soul-satisfying “yes.” 1 do not believe, however, I could have found in the whole world an antidote to my love for Jane. In the course of my talk with Bran- don I had, as I have said, told him the story of Mary, with some slight varia- tions and coloring, or, rather, discolor- ing. to make it appear a little less to my discredit than the baretaced truth would have been. I told him also about June. and, l grieve and blush to say, expressed a confidence in that direc- tion 1 little felt. It had been perhaps a year since my adventure with Mary, and I had taken all that time. trying to convince Jane that I did not mean a word I had said to her mistress and that I was very earnest in everything I said to her. But Jane’s ears would have heard just as much had they been the pair of beautiful little shells they so much re- sembled. This troubled me a great deal, and the beat I could hope was that she held me on probation. on me evening or the day Mary came home to Greenwich. Brandon asked: “Who and what on earth is this won- derful Mary I hear so much about? They say she is coming home today, and the court seems to have gone mad about it. I hear nothing but ‘Mary is comifig! Mary is coming! Mary! Mary !' from mornipg until night. They ”wt“ v â€" say Buckingham is beside himself for love of her. He has a wife at home. if I am right, and is old enough to be her father. Is he not?” i assented. and Brandon continued: “A man who will make such a fool of himself about a woman is woefully weak. The men of the court must be poor creatures." wfiovohzid much i0 learn about the power of womanhood. There is noth- ing on earthâ€"but you know as much about it as 1 do. â€"'â€"' “Wait until you see her." I answered. “and you will be one of them also. I flatter you by giving you one hour with her to be heels over head in love. With an ordinary man it takes one-sixtieth of that time. So you see I pay a com- pliment to your strength of mint .” nth - .-_vâ€"' "Nonsense!” broke in Brandon. “Do you think 1 left all my wits down in Suffolk? Why. man. she is the sister of the king and is sought by kings and emperors. I might as well tall in love with a twinkling star. Then. besides. my heart is not on my sleeve. You must think me a toolâ€"a poor, enervatâ€" ed. simpering tool like-likeâ€"well, like one of those nobles of England. Don’t put me down with them. Cuskoden. if you would remain my friend.” â€"L -‘ 1.-"- JV“ v We both langhed at this sort of talk. which was a little in advance of the time for a noble. though an idiot to the most of England was a noble still. God created and to be adored. Now. when Mary returned the whole court rejoiced. and I was anxious for Brandon to meet her and that they should become friends. There would be no trouble in bringing this meeting about. since. as you know. I was upon terms of intimate friendship with Ma- ry and was the avowed and. as I thought. at least hoped. all but accept- ed lover of her first lady in waiting and dearest friend. Lady Jane Bolinghroke. Brandon. it is true. was not noble. not even an English knight. while I was both knighted and noble. but he was of as old a family as England boasted and near of kin to some of the best blood of the land. The meeting came about sooner than i expected and was very near a failure. it was on the sec- ond morning after Mary’s arrival at Greenwich. Irandon and l were walk- ing in the palace park when we met Jane. and i took the opportunity to make these. my two best loved friends. acquainted. “Ilow do you do. Master Brandon?” said Lady Jane, holding out her plump little hand. so white and soft and dear to me. “I have heard something of you the last day or so from Sir Edwin, but had begun to fear he was not going to give me the pleasure of knowing you. I hope I may see you often now and that I may present you to my mis- With this her eyes, bright as over- grown dewdrops, twinkled with a mis- chievous little smile, as if to say, “Ah, another large handsome fellow to make a fool of himself.” Brandon acquiesced in the wish she had made, and after the interchange of a few words Jane said her mistress was waiting at the other side of the grounds and that she must go. She then ran off with a laugh and a cour- tesy and was soon lost to sight behind the shrubbery at the turning of the walk. In a. short time we came to a summer house near the marble boat landing, where we found the queen and some of her ladies awaiting the rest of their party {0' a trip down the river which had been planned the day before. B 'an- don was known to the queen and sever- al of the ladies, although he had not been formally presented at: an audi- enee. Many of the king’s friends en- joyed a considerable intimacy with the whole eourt without ever reeeiving the public stamp of recognition socially which goes with a formal presentation. The queen, seeing: as, sent me OK to bring the king. After I had gone she asked if any one had seen the Princess Mary, and Brandon told her Lady Jane had said She was at the other side 01' the grounds. Therenpon her majesty asked Brandon to find the princess and to say that she was wanted. Brandon stzuted off and soon found a bevy of gills sitting on some benches 111er a smeading oz1k.wea\ing spring flowers. He had nex er seen the prin- ‘ress. so could not positively know her. As :1 matter of fact he did know 1191‘ as soon as his eyes rested on her, for she :ould not be mistaken among a thou- sand. There was no one like her or any- thing near it. Some stubborn spirit of opposition. however. prompted him to pretend ignorance. All that he had heard of her wonderful power over men and the serviie manner in which they fell before her had aroused in him a spirit of antagonism and had be- gotten a kind of distaste beforehand. He was wrong in this. because Mary was not a coquette in any sense of the word and did absolutely nothing to at- tract men except to be so beautiful, sweet and winning that they could not let her alone. for all of which surely the prince of fault finders himself could in no way blame her. She could not help that God had seen fit to make her the fairest being on earth, and the responsibility would have to lie where it belongedâ€"with God. Mary would have none of it. Her attractiveness was not a matter of volition or intention on her part. She was too young for deliberate snare setting, though it often begins very early in life, and made no effort to at- tract men. Man’s love was too cheap a thing for her to strive for. and I am sure in her heart she would infinitely have preferred to live without itâ€"that is, until the right one should come. The right one is always on his way ’9 every womanâ€"sometimes. alas. too lateâ€"and when he comes, be it late or early. she crowns him. even though he be a long eared ass. Blessed crown. and thrice blessed blindnessâ€"else there were fewer coronalious. 80 Brandon stirred this antagonism and determined not to see her manifold perfections. which he felt sure were exaggerated. but to treat her as he would the queen. who was black and leathery enough to frighten a satyr. with all respect due to her rank. but with his own opinion of her neverthe. less safely stored away in the back of his head. Coming up to the group, Brandon took off his hat and, with a graceful little how that let the curls fall urmmd his face, asked. "Iiave I the honor to find the Princess Mary among these ladies ?” Mary, who I knew you will at once say was thoroughly spoiled. ‘ without turning her face toward him replied: “Is the Princess Mary :1 person of so little consequence about the court that , she is not known to a mighty captain ‘ of the guard '2" He wore his guardsman’s doublet. and she knew his rank by his uniform. She had not noticed his face. Quick as a flash came the answer: “I cannot say of what consequence the Princess Mary is about the court. It is not my place to determine such mat- ters. I am sure, however. she is not here. for I doubt not she would have given a gentler answer to a message from the queen. I shall continue my search.” With this he turned to leave. and the ladies, including Jane, who was there and saw it all and told me of it, a“ aited the bolt they knew would come, for they saw the lightning gath- exing in Mary’ 8 mes. Mary sprang to her feet with an an- gry [lush in her face. exclalmlug: “In- solent fellow, I an: the Princess Mary. If you have a message. deliver it and be gone.” You may he sure this sort of treatment was such as the (.‘OOl head- ed. daring.r Brandon would repay with usur'; so. turning upon his heel and almost presenting his hack to Mary. he spoke to Lady Jane: "Will your ladyship say to her high- ness that her majesty the queen awaits her coming at the marble landing?" “No need to repeat the message. .lane." cried Mary. "I have ears and can hear for myself.” 'l‘hen. tltrnim.r t.» Brandon. "If your insolenee will lwl'lml you to receive a message frmn so in~:I-.:' nitieant a person as the king's sister. I beg you to say to the queen that I shall .9, he with her presently. Ile did not turn his face toward Ma- ry. but bowed again to Jane. “May I ask your ladyshlp furtlu-r to say for 1110 that if I have horn guilty of any discout'tosy I greatly rogrvt it. RE} failure to recognize the l’rinwsa .\‘:.:‘°;.' grow out of my misfortuno in mm r having been allow-d to bask in tlm light of her countvnanco. I -annot ho liovo the fault lies at my door. and i hope for her own sake that hvr high- nvss on second thought will realize how ungentle and unkind some 0110 01240 has houn.” And with a swooping courtesy he walked quickly down the path. “The insolont wretch!" oriod 0110. “119 ought to hold papers on the pii- lory.” said another. “Nothing of the sort.” broke in sensi- ble, fearless little Jane. "1 think 1110 Lady Mary was wrong. 119 could no? have known her by inspiration." “Jane is right." exelaimed Mary. whose temper. it short. was also short lived and whose kindly heart always set her right if she hut rave it a little time. Her faults were rather those of education than of nature. “Jane is right. It was what I deserved. 1 did not think when 1 spoke and did not really mean it as it sounded. IIe aeted like a man and looked like one. too. when he defended himself. I warrant the pope at Rome could not run over him with impunity. For onee l have found a real live man. full of manli- ness. I saw him in the lists at: Windsor :1 week ago, but the king' said his name was a secret, and I eould not learn it. 110 seemed to know you. Jane. “'ho is he? Now tell us all you know. The queen ean wait." "And her majesty waited on a girl’s curiosity. I .had told Jane all i knew about Brandon. so she was prepared with full information and gave it. She told the princess who he was, of his ter- rible duel with Judson. his bravery and adventures in the wars. his gener- ous gift to his brother and sisters, and. lastly, “Sir Edwin says he is the best read man in the court and the bravest. truest heart in Christendom.” After Jane’s account of Brandon they all started by a roundabout way for the marble landing, in a few mo- ments whom did they see coming to- ward them down the path but Bran- don, who had delivered his message and continued his walk. When he saw whom he was about to meet. he quickly turned in another direction. The Lady Mary 'had seen him. how- ever, and told Jane to run forward and bring him to her. She soon overtook him and said: ‘V‘. you she is not used to such treatment. It was glorious, though. to see you re- sent such an aflront. Men usually smirk and smile foolishly and thank her when she smites them.” Brandon was disinclined to return. “I am not in her highness' com- mand," he answered, “and do not care to go hack for a reprimand when I am in no way to blame." “Mastâ€"erwwfirandon. the princess wishes to see you." then maliciously: “You will sufler this time. I assure “Oh, but you must come. Perhaps she will not scold this time." And she put her hand upon his arm and laugh- in‘gly drew him along. Brandon of course had to submit when led by so sweet a cantor-anybody would. 80 fresh and (air and lovable was Jane that I am sure anything maaculine must have given way. 00min: up, to the panes-I and he his reward: “It is not Master Brandon who should sue for pardon." responded the princess. “It is I who was wrong. I blush for what I did and said. Forgive me, sir. and let us start anew." At this she stepped up to Brandon and oflered him her hand. which he. dropping to his knee. kissed most galiantiy. “Your highuess. you can well afloud to ofl'eud when you have so sweet and gracious a talent for making amends. ‘A wrong acknowledged.’ as some one “Your hiqhms, you can well aflord to aficud." has said. ‘becomes an obligation! " He looked straight into the girl's eyes as he said this, and his gaze was altogeth- er too strong for her, so the lashes fell. She flushed and said. with a smile that brought the dimples: “I thank you. That is a real compll- ment" Then laughingly: “Much better than extravagant comments on one’s skin and eyes and hair. We are going to the queen at the marble landing. Will you wall: with us. sir?” And they strolled away together. while the other girls followed in a whispering. laugh- in: group. W"Thon those mythological compli- ments.” continued Mary. “Don't you dislike them ?" Was there ever so glorious a calm aftor sm-ln a storm? maiâ€"iéan't say that I have ever received many, none that I recall." replied Bran- don. with a perfectly straight fan-v. but with a smile trying its host to hmak out. ‘ 011. 3ou have not? Well. l1m3 would you I. 1 to [1:139 somebody 111331133 tell- ing 3011 that Apollo 33118 bumpbacked and 111issl111peu compared with you; that 1111113 1111011 would 111130 covered hls face had be but seen yours. and so on?’ ' “‘Zi dont know, buf I think I should like it from some persons,” he replied. looking ever so innocent. This savored of familiarity after IO brief an acquaintance and caused the princess to glance up in slight surprise. but only for the instant. for his inno- cent look disarmod her. x"- â€"vv “1 have a mind to see," she returned. laughing and throwing her head back as she looked up at him out of the cor- ner of her lustrous eyes. "But I will pay you a better compliment. I noel. tlvely thank you for the rebuke. I do many things like that. for which I am always sorry. Oh, you don't know how difllcult it is to he a good princess!" And she. shook her head with a gather- ing of little trouble. wrinkles in her forehead. as mueh as to say. "There is no getting away from it, though." Then she breathed a soft little sigh of tribu- lation as they walked on. u“ v-‘. “I know it must he a task to be good when everyhmly tlatters even one’. shortcomings,” said Brandon and then continued in a way that. 1 am free to confess. was something priggish: “It is almost impossible for us to see our own faults even when others are kind enough to point them out. for they are right ugly things and unpleasant to look upon. But. lacking those outside monitors. one must all the more cultir vate the habit of constant inlookln‘ and self examination. If we are only brave enough to confront our fault: and look them in the face. ugly as they “0h!" returned the prinvess. “Bu what is good and what is wrong? often we cannot tell them apart until we look bark at what we have done. and then it is all too late. I truly wish to be good more than I desire anything else in the world. I am so ignorant and helpless and have such strong inclina- tions to do wrong that sometimes I seem to be almost all wrong. The priests say so much, but tell us so little. They talk about St. Peter and St. Paul and a host of other saints and holy ta- thers and what nots. but fail to tell us what we need every moment of our lives; that is. how to know the right when we see it, and how to do it; and how to know the wrong and how to avoid it. They ask us to believe so much and insist that faith is the sum of virtue and the lack of it the sum of sin, that to faith all things are added. but we might believe every syllable of their whole disturbing creed and then spoil it all through blind ignorance of what is right and what is wrong." are. we sllall be sure to oven-ome the worst of them. A striving toward good will :u-hiove at least a part of it.” “As to knowing right and wrong.” replied Brandon. “1 think I can give you a rule which. although it may not cover the whole ground. is excellent for everyday use. It is this. Whatever makes other: unhappy in wrong. what- ever make: the world happier in good. As to how we are alwaya to do thin I cannot tell you. One has to learn that by trying. We can but try, and it we fail altogether there ll null virtue every futile eflort toward the out."