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Brandon’s hat had been found by the side of the dead men. and the authorities had re- ceived information from a high source that Brandon was the guilty person. That high source was evidently Buck- inghani. The sergeant asked if one Charles Brandon was present. and upon my af- firmative answer demanded that he be forthcoming. I told the sergeant that Brandon was confined to his bed with illness. whereupon he asked to be shown to his room. While :randon was dressing 1 said I would at once go and awaken the king. who, I knew, would pardon the offense when he heard my story. but Brandon asked the sergeant to leave us to ourselves for a short time. and closed the door. a sergeant of the sherm of London. with tour yeomen at his heels. It was a terrible fate hanging over her, doubly so in view of the fact that she loved another man, and looking back at it all from the vantage polnt of time I cannot wonder that it drove other things out of her head and made her seem selfish in her frightened de- sire to save herself. About 12 o’clock of the following night I was awakened by a knock at my door, and upon opening in walked When the sorgonnt found Brandon covered with Wounds. there was 1:0 longer any doubt. and. although hurd- ly able to lift his hand. ho was fun-m1 to dress and go with thmn. .â€"\ hum;- littor was procurvd. and we all stat-(ml to London. It seems that Mary had recent intel- ligence of the forward state of atrairs in the marriage negotiations and felt that a discovery by her brother of what she had done, especially in view of the disastrous results, would send her to France despite all the coaxing she could do from then till doomsday. “Please do nothing of the sort. (‘ns- koden." said he. “I! you tell the king. 1 will declare there is not one word of truth in your story. There is only one person in the world who may tell of that night's happenings. and if she does not they shall remain untold. She will make it all right at once. I know. I was glad to learn afterward that Jane’s silence was at Mary’s com- mand, that bundle of selfishness fear- ing that any sollcltude, however care- fully shown, Upon her part might re- veal her secret. I would not do her the foul wrong to think for one instant that she will fail. You do not know her. She sometimes seems selfish, but it is thoughtlessness fostered by flattery. and her heart is right. I would trust her with my life. If you breathe a word of what I have told you, you may do more harm than you can ever remedy. and I ask you to say nothing to any one. If the princess would not liberate meâ€"but that is not to be thought of. Never doubt that she can and will do it better than you think. She is all gold.” Brandon was taken to Newgate, the most loathsome prison in London at that time. it being used for felons, while Lndgate was for debtors. Here he was I saw the princess that afternoon and expected. of course, she would inquire for her defender. One who had given such timely help and who was suffer- ing so much on her account was sure ly worth a little solicitude, but not a word did she ask. She did not come near me, but made a point of avoid- ance, as I could plainly see. ‘Lhe next morning she. with Jane, went over to Scotland palace without so much as a breath of inquiry from either of them. This heartless conduct enraged me, but This. of course. silenced me, as I did not know what new danger I might create or how 1 might mnr thematter I so much wished to mend. I did not tell Brandon that the girls had left Greenwich or of my undefined and per- haps unfounded fear that Mary might not act as he thought she would In a great emergency, but silently helped him to dress and went to London along with him and the sheriff’s sergeant. All things, however, must end. so early in the morning I hastened to our rooms, where i found Brandon lying in his clothes. everything saturated with blood from a dozen sword cuts. He was very weak, and I at once had in a barber, who took off his shirt of mail and dressed his wounds. He then dropped into a deep sleep, while I watched the night out. Upon awaken- ing Brandon told we all that had hap- pened. but asked me to say nothing of his illness. as he wished to keep the fact of his wounds secret in order that he might better conceal the cause of them. But, as I told you, he did not speak of Buckingham’s part in the af- fray. CHAPTER IX. m now roan Tuner 13 rnmcnssu. THOUGHT the king’s dance that night would never end, so fond were the Frenchmen of our fair ladies, and I was more than anxious to see Brandon and learn the issue of the girls‘ escapade, as I well knew the danger attending it. After waiting a reasonable time for Mary to see the king I sought her again to learn where and from whom I should receive the order for Bran- don’s release and when I should go to London to bring him. The girls mado hasty preparations. and we all startod back to Groom Wioli. that Mary might toll the king. ()n the road over I stopped at Nowgzite to toll Brandon that the princoss would soon have him out. knowing how wel- come liliorty would he at hor hands, but I was not pormittod to soc him. I swallowed my disappointment and thought it would be only a manor of afew hours' delay. the time spout in riding down to (lreenwich a: u] so mling back a messenger. 80. light hourted enough at the prospect. I soon joined the girls. and we cantered briskly home. What was my surprise and disgust when Mary told me she had not yet seen the king; that she had waited to “eat and bathe and dress” and that “a few moments more or less could make no diflerence." Mary did not at once consent to Jane’s proposition. bnt sat in a reverie, looking with tearful eyes into vacancy, apparently nbsorbéd in thought. Att- er a little pressing from us she said. “Certainly we will." said June. “We will go to the king at once.” And she was on the qui vive to start immedi- atoly. “I suppose it will have to I»? doneâ€"1 can see no other wayâ€"but blessed Mother Mary. help me!" “Do you think he will tvll the cause of the killin"?" she asked. “My God, your bighness! Did I not tell you that the man who saved your Here he read his warrant to arrest Charles Brandon, Esq. life and honor, who is covered with wound; receivgd in your defeme and Upon getting Mary and Jane to my- self I told them of Brandon’s arrest on the charge of murder and of his condition, lying half dead from wounds and loss of blood in that frightful dungeon. The. tale moved them great- ly, and they both gave way to tears. I think Mary had heard of the arrest before, as she (lid not smiu surprised. “I know he will not." I answered. "but I also know that he knows you will." And I looked straight into her face. I waited about Newgate until 9 o’clock and as I passed out met Buck- ingham and his man Johnson, a sort of lawyeroknight, going in. I went down to the palace at Greenwich and, finding that the girls were still at Scotland palace, rode over at once to see them. “That’s all very well,” responded the stubborn creature. “Nobody is guilty who comes here. They can every one prove innocence clearly and at once. Notwithstanding, they nearly all hang, and frequently, for variety’s sake, are drawn and quartered. I told him he was wrong in this ease; that I knew the facts, and everything would be clearly explained that very day and Brandon released. As soon as the prison gates were Opened next morning I again impor- tuned the keeper to give Brandon :1 more comfortable cell, but his reply Was that such crimes had of late he- come so frequent in London that no fa- vor could be shown those who commit- ted then), and that men like :randon, who ought to know and act better, de- served the maximum punishment. thrown into 'an underground‘ dungeon foul with water that seeped through the old masonry from the moat and alive with every noisome thing that creeps. There was no bed. no stool. no floor, not even a wisp of straw; sim- ply the reeklng stone walls. covered with fungus, and the windowless arch overhead. One could hardly conceive a more horrible place in which to spend even a moment. I had a glimpse of it by the light of the keeper’s lantern as they put him in. and 9t seemed to me a single night in that awful place would have killed me or driven me mad. I protested and begged and tried to bribe, but it was all of no avail. The keeper had been bribed before I arrived. Al- though it could do no possible good, I was glad to stand outside the prison walls in the drenching rain all the rest of that wretched night that I might be as near as possible to my friend and suffer a little with him. As i could find neither Mary nor Jane. 1 (lid the mext host thingâ€"l wrote a letter to each of them. urging lizximuliute action and left them to he delivered by my man Thomas. who was one of those trusty souls that nev- or iliil. I did not tell the girls I was about to start for France. but intimat- ed that l was compelled to. leave Lon- don for a time and said. “I leave the fate of this man. to whom we all owe so much. in your hands. knowing full well how tender you will he of him.” l was to make ready my bundle and ride six miles to London in one hour. and almost half that time was spent already. 1 was sure to be late. so I eonld not waste another minute. I 33 eat to my room and got together a fe33' things net-ess: try for my journey. but did not take mmh in the 33 .13 of «iv hing. meteiring to Ian that new ite Paris. where l eonld find the latest styles in pattern and fabric. 1 tried to assure myself that Mary would see the king at once and tell him all and not allon my deal fliend Hi. lil- do i to lie in lit a: terrible pl: ne another ll'xht. yet a perxistent fear gnawed at my heart. and a sort of intuition that seemed to ha3e the very breath of eer- tainty in its foreboding made me doubt her. l was away from home nearly a month. and as l dared not writv, and oven Jane did not know where 1 mm. 1 did not receive» nor expect any lot- tcrs. The king had ordered svurvcy. and if i have mingled with all my faults a single virtue it is that of faithfulness to my trust. So 1 had no news from England and shut none homo. - Durlng all that time the same old tear lived in my heart that Mary might fail to liberate Brandon. She knew of the negotiations concerning the French marriage. as we all did. al- though only by an indefinite sort of hearsay. and I was sure the half found- cd rumors that had reached her ears had long since become certainties and that her heart was full of trouble and tear of her violent brother. She would certainly be at her coaxing and whee- The king’s command was not to be disobeyed. To do so would be as much as my life was worth: but. besides that, the command of tlu- king 1 served was my highest duty. and no Caskoden ever fu'ilmlv in that. I may not be as tall no 801110 mm). but my fidelity and honorâ€" but you will say I boast. The king had told me the embassy would be a secret one and that l was to speak of it to nobody, least of all to the Lady Mary. No one was to know that l was leavlng England. and I was to communicate with no one at home while in France. Could a command to duty have come at a more lnopportune tlme? I was distracted. and upon leaving the king went at once to seek the Lady Mary where I had left her in the anteroom. She had gone, so I went to her apart- ments, but could not find her. I went to the queen's salon. but she was not there, and l traversed that old ram- bling palace from one end to the other without finding her or Lady Jane. Upon entering the king’s presence be asked: “Where have you been, Sir Ed- win? I have almost killed a good half dozen pages hunting you. I want you to prepare immediately to go to Paris with an embassy to his majesty King Louis. You will be the interpreter. The ambassador you need not know. Make ready at. once. The embassy will leave London from the Tabard inn one hour hence." After we had waited a few minutes one of the king’s pages came up and said he had been looking all over the palace for me and that the king desired my presence immediately. 1 went in with the page to the king. leaving Mary alone and very melancholy in the antechamber. I was a little frightened at the length to which my feeling had driven me. but Mary took it all very well and said slowly and absentmindedly: “You are right. I will go at once. I despise my selfish neglect. There Is no other wayâ€"I have racked my brain ~â€"there 13 no other way. It must be done. and! will go at once and do it.” that you might be saved from worse than death. is now lying in a raylesa dungeon. a place of frightful nlth. such as you would not walk across for all the wealth of London bridge; is sur- rounded by loathsome, creeping things that would sicken you but to think of; is resting under a charge whose penal- ty is that he be hanged, drawn and quartered? And yet you stop to eat and bathe and dress! In God’s name. Mary Tudor. of what stufl are you made? If he had waited but one little minute, had stopped for the drawing of a breath, had held back for but one faltering thought from the terrible odds of four swords to one. what would you now be? Think, princess; think!" We found the king in the midst of his council, with the French ambassa- dors, discussing the all absorbing topic of the marriage treaty, and Henry. fearing an outbreak, refused to see the princess. As usual, opposition hut spurred her determination, so she sat down in the anteroom and said she would not stir until she had seen the king. annodt' déad 1mm loss of blood. “spilled We at once went off to find the king, but the smile had faded from Mary’s face, and she looked as if she were go- ing to execution. Every shade of color had fled, and her lips were the hue of ashes. She smiled at my persistency and took me by the hand, saying, “Come!" “And I will go with you, Lady Ma- ry,” said I doggedly. “mu 1 mn go mm you,“ sum 1. “I do not blame you,” she said, “for doubting me since I have failed once. But you need not doubt we now. It shall be done, and without delay, re- gardless of the cost to me. I have thought and thought to find some other way to liberate him, but there is none. I will go this instant." dling again and' on her hesthehavlor. and I feared she might retraln from telling Henry of her trip to Grouche’I. knowing how eevere he wae in anch . matten and how furious he waa sure ; to become at the discovery. l was cer- ‘talnitwasthistearwhich had pre- ; vented nary from going directly to , the king on our return to Greenwich i ; from Scotland palace. and I knew that her eating. bathing and dressing were but an excuae tor a breathing spell be- fore the dreaded interview. This tear remained with me all the time I was away. but when' l reasoned with myself I would amother it as well ' as i could with argumentative attempta at seli' assurance. 1 would say over and over to mysrlt that Mary could not {all and that even it she did there was Jane-dear. sweet. thoughtful. un- sel'ish Janelâ€"wbo would not allow her to do so. But. as far as they go. our . in anionsâ€"our “feelings." as we call ' ll. ‘lnâ€"â€":ll‘9 worth all the logic in the - World. and you may say what you will. ; 7-21: my presmxtlnwntsâ€"l speak for no um- vlscâ€"ure well to be minded. There Buckingham I'uit that his rovcngv had slipped thmngh his fingm's this time, but ho \‘.‘:!H putivnt wlzvre mi: was to be avuunpiifiht-d and rank] wait. Thou it was that tints council was called during the pmgrvssof which Mary and I had trivd to obtain an audience of the king. At first she was irritated at the sight of this man. whom she so despised. hut a thought came to her that she might make use of him. She knew his power with the citizens and city and thorities of London and also knew, or thought she knew. that a smile from her could accomplish everything with him. She had ample evidence of his infatuation. and she hoped that she could procure Brandon's liberty through Buckingham without revealing her dangerous secret. "We will snap our tingors at U“- scurvy burglwrs now and have tlu- loan. too." returned Henry angrily. “I want Brandon lilwrntod at once. and I slmll expect anmlwr renort from you inmwdintoly. my lul'tl." Much to the duke’s surprise, she smiled upon him and gave a cordial welcome, saying: “My lord, you have been unkind to us of into and have not shown us the light of your counts. “i did as your majesty requested in award to Bra'tttdotts release" he said "but on investigation 1 thou; lt it lies. to consult you again before. proeeeding. further. I fear there is no douht that Brandon is the right man. it seems he was out with a couple of went-hes eon- eeruiug whom he got into trouble and stabbed two men in the bank. it isa very aggravated case. and the citizens are tntteh incensed about it. owing partly to the fact that stteh oeettrrenees have been so freqlit-llt of late. i thought under the eirt-tuustauees and in How of the. fart that your majesty will soon on“ upon the city for a loan to make up the Lady Mary's dowet' it would be wise not to antagonize them in this matter. hut to allow Master :xandou to remain quietly in confine tuent ttntil the loan is completed. and then we can snap our lingers at them." Buckingham had gone to pay his re- spects to the mum: and on his way back had ospimi Mary waiting for the king in the anteroom and went to lmr. In the afternoon the duke returned and had a private audience with tln- king. When the duke entered ‘the king's room. Henry called to him: "My lm-«l. you are opportuneiy arrived. So good a friend of the people of London ean help us greatly this morning. Our friend Brandon has been arrested for the killing of two men night before last in Billingsgate ward. i am sure there is some mistake and that the good sheriff has the wrong man. but right or wrong. we want him out and ask your good offices." "I shall he most happy to serve your majesty and will go to London at (mm to see the lord mayor." 'l‘he klng had just heard of the arrest when Buckingham arrived. and the latter found he was right in his sur- mise that his majesty would at onee demand [Brandon’s release. l at'terward learned from various sources how this nobleman began to avenge his mishap with Bramlon at Mary's ball when the latter broke his sword point. First he went to New- ate and gave orders to the keeper. who was his tool. to allow no continu- ni °ation with the prisoner. and it was by his instructions that Brandon had been confined in the worst dungeon in London. Then he. went down to Green- wieh to take care of matters there. knowing that the king would learn of Brandon's arrest and probably take steps for his liberation at onee. On the morning after the fatal battle of Billingsgate the barber who had treated Brandon‘s wounds had been called to London to dress a bruised knee for his grace theq‘iuke. In the (-ourse of the operation an immense deal of information oozed out of the barber, one item of which was that he had the night before dressed nine wounds, great and small. for Master Brandon, the king’s friend. This es- tablished the identity of the man who had rescued the girls. a fact of whieh Buckingham had had his suspieions all along. 80 Brandon's arrest followed. as I have already related to you. In proof of this statement I now tell you that when I returned to London I tonnd Brandon still in the terrible dun- geon, and, worse still. be had been tried for murder and had been eon- demned to be hanged, drawn and quar- tered on the second Friday following. Hanged! Drawn! Quartered! It is time we were doing away with such barbarity. We will now go back a month for the purpose of looking up the doings of a friend of ours, his grace the Duke of Buckingham. In another sense uldden about us that will develop as the race grows older. I speak to posterity. but the other way. the on. But she was not entirely satistiml with the arrangement. She knew that her obligation to Brandon was Slli'll as to demand of her that she should not. leave the matter of his release to any other person. much less to an enemy such as Buckingham. Yet the cost of his freedom by a direct act of her own would he so great that she was tempt- ed to take whatever risk there mlght he in the way that had opened itself-tn her. Not that she would not have made the sacrifice willingly or would not have told Henry all it that was theonlychsncetosave Brant-'1‘, She gave the smile. and as he left followed his retiring ligum with her eyes and thought. "After all. he has a kind heart." She breathed a sigh of relief. too. for she felt she had nvomnplished Bran- don’s release and still retained her dan- gerous secret. the divulging of which she feared would hanlen Henry's heart against her hlandislnuents uud strand her upon the throne uf France. "I will go at once to London and ar- range for Brandon‘s vst'lllbe," sold Buckingham. preparing to lt'llVQ. “llut you must not divulge the fact that I do lt. It would cost uu- all the favor I enjoy with the pooplv of London. though I would willlugly lose that fa- vor :1 thousand times over for a smile from you." "I’ardoning him! “'hat are you talk- ing of. my lord? lie has done nothing to he pardoned for. He should be and shall he rewardml." Mary spoke im- petuously. but caught herself and tried to remedy her blunder. "That is. if I have heard the straight of it. i have been told that the killing was done in the defense of !\\'()â€"~\\'0Ill0ll." Think of this poor. unmnseious girl. so full of grief and tronhle. talking thus to Buckingham. who knew so much more aimnt the afl'alr than even she who had taken so active at part in it! "Who told you of it?" asked the duke. 0Q pose. Rather admit this was. but (NIUidiSttlnt from both truth and et- fectivenoss. Mzu'y saw she had mud» a mistake and. aftor hesitant”: fur a moment. auswvred: “Sir Edwin (‘askodem He had it from Mastvr Brandon. 1 sup- cape rather than by an order for his release. The citizens are greatly aroused over the alarming frequency. of such occurrences. and as many of the ofleuders have lately escaped pun- ishment by reason or court interfer- ence I fear this man Brandon will bar. to bear the brunt. in the London mind. of all these unpunished crimes. it will be next to impossible to liberate him except by arranging privately with the keeper for his escape. He could go down into the country and wait in seclusion until it is all blown over or until London has a new victim. and then an order can be made pardon- ing him. and he can return." mace. (gamma-’00 nun mum. It (in: u nun. and bopotortuvoratonrnextbultmm the wrest lady 1n the world.” “And quits welcome." "turned m. complacent” appropmfln; the title: hope. my load.” This gruesome-I would have looked auspicious to one with loan nnlty than Buckingham. but he now no craft In it. He did use, however. that Mary did not know who had “tacked her in iieved. The duke smiled and smirked and was enchanted at her kindness. They walked down the corridor. talking and laughing. Mary awaiting an opportu- nity to put the important question with- out exciting suspicion. At last it came, when Buckingham, half inquiringly. expressed his surprise that Mary should be found sitting at the king's “I fear." he said. “it will have to be done secretlyâ€"by conniving at his ego “I am waiting to see the king." said she. “Little Caskoden's friend. Bran- don. has been arrested for a brawl of some sort over in London, and Sir Ed- win and Lady Jane have importuued me to obtain his release, which I have promised to do. Perhaps your grace will allow me to petition you in place of carrying my request to the king. You are quite as powerful as his maj- esty in London. and I should like to ask you to obtain for Master Brandon his liberty at once. I shall hold my- self infinitely obliged it' your lordship will do this for me.” She smiled upon him her sweetest smile and assumed an indiflerence that would have de- ceived any one but Buckingham. Upon him under the circumstances it was worse than wasted. Buckingham at once consented and said that notwitho standing the fact that he did not like Brandon, to oblige her highuess he would undertake to befriend a much more disagreeable person. “What u this!" crwd Henry.