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Deposnts '9'? a day or two a reaction set in toward '93: allowed M cur-, Brandon which inspired a desire to _â€"â€"â€" ! lAGENCY. f i L rates. , make some amends for his harsh ..._.. 0 treatment. This he could not do to 'INGS B ARK. I any great extent on Buckingham’s ac- j countâ€"at least not until the London on Savings Bank (18-5 loan was in his coffersâ€"but the fact . uipwru-«is. Prom of ; that Brandon was going to New Spain er}; facility afforded, so soon and would be out of the way a distance. . both of Mary's eyes and Mary’s mar- riage stimulated that rare flower in LLY. Agent: Henry's heart, a good resolve, and Brandon was offered his old quarters -- - with me until slurh time as he should sail for New Spain. Class Hearse ONTARIO DURHAM ONT ONT. '3 m He had never abandoned this plan, and now that matters had taken this 3 turn with Mary and the king his reso- lution was stronger than ever in that . the scheme held two recommendations and a possibility. I said nothing in answer to those out- bursts, as I had no consolation to offer. Well, Jane told it all in a moment. and Catherine was ac hon-mod that aha It (lid not nznke :1 mope of him, but came in spasms that almost drove him wild. He would at times pace the room and cry out: “Jesu, (.‘askoden, what shall I do? She will he the wife of the French king. and I shall sit in the wilderness and try every moment to imagine what she is doing and think- ing. I shall find the bearing of Paris and look in her direction until my brain melts in my effort to see her, and then I shall wander in the woods, :1 suffer- ing imbecile, feeding on roots and nuts. Would to God one of us might die! If it were not selfish, I should Wish I might be the one.” We had two or three of our little meetings of four. dangerous as they were, at which Mary, feeling that each time she saw Brandon might be the last, would sit and look at him with glowing eyes that in turn softened and burned as he spoke. She did not talk much, but devoted all her time. and en- ergies; to looking: with her whole soul. Never before or since was there a girl so much in love. A young girl thor- oughly in love is the most beautiful object on earthâ€"beautiful even in ug- liness. Imagine, then. what it made of Mary 2 Growing partly, perhaps. out of his unattainabilityâ€"for he was as far out of her reach as she out of lliS~Sh0 had long since begun to worship him. She had learned to know him so well. and his valiant defense of her in Billings- gate, together with his nohle self sacriâ€" fice in refusing to compromise her in order to save himself, had presented him to her in so noble a light that she had come to look up to him as her su- perior. Her surrender had been com- plete. and she found in it a joy far ex- ceeding that of any victory or triumph she could imagine. The trouble began in earnest with the discovery of our meetings in Lady Mary’s parlor. There was nothing at all unusual in the fact that small com- panies of young folk frequently spent their evenings with her, but we knew well enough that the unusual element in our parties was their exceeding smallness. A company of eight or ten young persons was well enough, al- though it of course created jealousy on the part of those who were left out. but fourâ€"two of each sexâ€"made a dif- ference in kind, however much we might insist it was only in degree. and this, we soon learned, was the king’s opinion. You may be sure there was many a Jealops person about the. court ready to carry tales and that it was impossi- ble long to keep our meetings secret among such a host as then lived in Greenwich palace. One day the queen summoned Jane and put her to the question. Now, Jane thought the truth was made only to be told, a fallacy into which many good people have fallen. to their utter de- struction. since the truth, like every other good thing, may be abused. Brandon at once accepted the king’s offer of lodging in the palace, for now that he felt sure of himself in the mat- ter of New Spain and his separation from Mary he longed to see as much as possible of her before the light went out forever. even though it were play- ing with death itself to do so. Poor fellow! His suffering was so acute during this period that it affect- ed me like a contagion. .The recommendations were, first, it would take him away from Mary, with whom, when out of the inspiring in. fluence of her buoyant hopefulness, he knew marriage to be utterly impos. sible, and, second, admitting and fac- ing that impossibility, he might find at least partial relief from his heart- ache in the stirring events and adven- tures of that faraway land of monsters, dragons, savages and gold. The possi- bility lay in the gold, and a very faint- ly burning flame of hope held out the still more i'agntly glimmering chance that fortune, finding him there almost alone, might for lack of another lover smile upon him by way of squaring ac- counts. She might lead him to a cav- era of gold, and gold would do any- thing, even. perhaps purchase a price- less a treasure as a certain princess of the royal blood. 11111111151 1111;.1:111 to (1011111 to our rooms {10111 .\1:11y. 111111511 hogging B 111111011 to (11111111 to 1111' 111111 1111111 upbruiding him hOOflIISO of his coldness 111111 cowardice 111111 11111111: 111111 111111 111111 (111111111 for her 1114 9111.1 did for 111111 111.1 would S1111 1101' 11111111.:11 1111 111111 111 wade through flre 111111 111111111. 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Thus our meetings were broken up, and Brandon know his dream was over and that any ofl'nrt to see the princess would probably result in disaster for thmn both; for him certainly. The king: upon that same day told Mary of the interceptml letter sent By nor to Brandon at vagnte and ac- cused 1101' of what. 1w was pleased to turn: an impropvr feeling for n lowborn fvllnn'. Mary, Jane, Brandon and myself were at once summoned to the presence of both their majesties and soundly reprimanded. Three of us were order- ed to leave the court before we could speak a word in self defense. and Jane had enough of her favorite truth for once. Mary, however, came to our res- cue with her coaxing eloquence and potent feminine logic and soon con- vinced Henry that the queen, who real. ly counted for little with him, had made a mountain out of a very small molehill. Thus the royal wrath was ap- peased to such an extent that the order of expulsion was modified to a com- mand that there be no more quartet gatherings in Princess Mary’s parlor. This leniency was more easy for the princess to bring about by reason of the fact that she had not Spukell to her brother since the day she went to see him after Wolsey’s visit and had been so roughly driven off. At first, upon her refusal to speak to him after the Wolsey visit, Henry was angry un ac- count of what he called her insolence, but as she did not seem to care for that and as his anger did nothing to- ward unseaiing her lips he pretended indifference. Still the same stubborn silence was maintained. This soon be- gan to amuse the king, and of late he had been trying to be on friendly terms again with his sister through a series of elephantine antics and beariike pleas- antries, which were the most dismal failures-that is, in the way of bring- ing about a reconciliation. They were more successful from a comical point of view. So Henry was really glad for something that would loosen the tongue usually so lively, and for an opportu- nity to gratify his sister, from whom he was demanding such a sacrifice and for whom he expected to receive no less a price than the help of Louis of France, the most powerful king of Europe, to the imperial crown. dance and debauchery: Hr ground. were matters that would have taken the adventurous tendency out of even the cracked brain of chivalry it- self. Brandon cared only to fight where there was a possible victory or ran- som, or a prospect of some sort at least of achieving success. 1 Poured tpto his gal-g a tqlc of impru- So every phase of the question which his good sense presented told Brandon, whose passion was as ardent though not so impatient as Mary’s. that it would be worse than foolhardy to try to see her. He, however, had deter- mined to see her once more before he left; but, as it could in all probability he only once, he was reserving the meeting until the last. and had written I317 that it was their belt and only was like to fault. She went with her halt-lifting horror to the king and poured into his cars a tale of impru- dence and debauchery well calculated to start his righteous, virtue-prompted lndignatlon into a threatenlng flame. “By enlisting with the captain. a man named Bradhurst, at Bristol. where the ship is now lying. There is where l enlisted by letter. But why do you ask?" “Oh. I only wanted to know." We talked awhile on various topics, but Mary always brought the conver- sation back to the same subject. the Royal Hind and New Spain. After asking many questions she sat in sl- lence for a time and then abruptly broke into one or my sentences. She was always interrupting me u it I were a parrot. “I have been thinking and have made up my mind what I will do. and you shall not dissuade me. I will so to New Spain with you. That will be glorious-tar better than the hum- drnm life of fitting at homeâ€"and will solvothe whole question.” “But that would be impoulble. Mary," said Brandon. into who“ too. this new evidence of her regard had brought a brightening look: “utterly impossible. mo begin with. no women could stand the voyage. not even you. Itnonx and vigorous a you are." 4 “Oh.”- lcan. andIJrlllMIJlow “No, no!” he returned. “No Woman could make the trip. and. besides. on ships of that sort. half pirate. half mer- chant. they do not take women. The sailors are superstitious about it and will not sail with ,them. They say they bring bad luckâ€"adverse winds. calms, storms. blackness, monsters from the deep and victorious toes." “The ignorant creatures!” cried Mary. Brandon continued. “There will he a hundred men it the captain can induce so many to enlist.” “How does one procure passage?” in- quired Mary. “How many go out In her. and are there any women?" “We said in the Royal IIiud from Bristol." he replied. .\ ftur :1 few minutes her face bright mm]. and she asked Brandon what ship he would sail in for New Spain. and whence. “If that is the case, I say goodby now. for 1 shall be out of England, if possible, by midnight. You must promise me that you will not only not go to the king at all about this matter, but that you will guard your tongue. jealous of its slightest word. and remember with every breath that on your prudence hangs my life. which, I know, is dear to you. Do you promise? If you do not, I must ily. So you will lose me one way or the other if you tell the kingâ€"Author by any flight or by my death.” “I promise,” aid Mary, with droop- in;.: bond. the embodiment of (1081):,lir :11] lite and hope having left her ug: tin. “ernuso. if you wish to make sure of It. do what you have just saidâ€"go to the king and tell him all. I doubt if he could wait till morning. I believe he would awaken me at midnight to put me to sleep foreverâ€"at the end of a rope or on a block pillow.” “)Im'y, would you like to see me a corpse before tomorrow noon?" he ask- “Why, of course not! Why do you ask such a dre Idful question?” “Oh. no; you are all wrong. I know what I can do with llcnry." IIer enthusiastic fever of hope was really contagious, but Brandon, whose life was at stake, had his Wits quick- ened by the danger. She could not endure inaction. so~she did the worst thing possible. She welt alone one afternoon. Just before dusk. to see Brandon at our rooms. I was not there when she first went in. but having seen her on the way suspected something and followed. arriving two or three minutes after her. I knew it was best that I should be present and was sure Brandon would wish it. When I entered. they were holding each other’s hands in silence. They had not yet found their tongues. so full and crowded were their hearts. It was pathetic to see them. especially the girl, who had not Brandon’s hope- lessness to deaden the pain by partial resignation. “I can bear this no longer,” cxclaim- ; ed Mary. “I will go to my brother to- . night and tell him all. I will tell him how I suffer and that I shall die if you _ are allowed to go away and leave me ’ forever. He loves me, and I can do anything with him when I try. I know i I can obtain his consent to ourâ€"ourâ€" ; marriage. He cannot know how I suf- ' fer, else he would not treat me so. I will let him see; I will convince him. ; I have in my mind everything I want 3 to say and do. I will sit on his knee ; and stroke his hair and kiss him.” And 3 she laughed softly as her spirit revived ; in the breath of a glowing hope. “Then ; I will tell him how handsome he is and ' how I hear the ladies sighiug for him, 2 and he will come around all right by . the third visit. Oh, I know how to do a it. I have done it so often. Never; fear. I wish I had gone at it long ago.” Presently we all moved into the win- (low-way, where ’randon and Mary, sat upon the gre 1t (leak and I on a camp stool in front of them, complete- ly lllllng up the little passage. I was about to go when Brandon stopped me. “No, no. Caskoden, please stay. I! would not do. It would be had enough, God knows, it the princess should he found here with both of us, but with me alone I should be dead before morn- ing. There is dnngt-r enough as it is. for they will watch us.” Mary knew he was right, but she could not resist a vicious little glance toward me, who was in no way to blame. Upon my entrance she dropped his hands and turned quickly toward me with a frightened look, but was reas- sured upon seeing who it was. Bran- don mechanically walked away from her and seated himself on a stool. Mary, as mechanically, moved to his side and placed her hand on his shoul- der. Turning her face toward me she said, “Sir Edwin, I know you will for- give me when I tell you that we have a great deal to say and wish to be alone." NEWPORT Yes, Brandon’s resolution not to see Mary was well taken, if lt could only have been as well kept. Observe as we progress into what the breaking of It led him. He had known that it he should but see her once more his already mogul: Brandon held his face in his hand-3 and then, looking up. said: “it is oniy a question of your happiness, and. hard as the Voyage and your life over llmrv would be. yet I believe it would he twi- ter than life with Louis of Fran-m Nothing could he so terrible as that to both of us. It you wish to go. 1 will try to take you. though I die in the attempt. There will he ample time to reconsider. so that you can turn back if you wish.” Her reply was lnartlculate. though satisfactory. and she took his hand in hers as the tears ran gently down her cheeks. this time tears of joy. the first she had shed for many a day. In the Siren country again without wax! Overboard and lost! “It is not a dream. It shall he a real- lty. How glorious it will he! I van sm» our little house now nestling among the hills. shaded by grcat spreading ll'm-s‘. with flowers and viuos and guldml fruit all about it. rich pluumgml birds and gorgmus buttorflivs. uh. I «an hardly wall! Who would live in a musty palace when one has within reach such a home. and that. too. wizh you?" Here it was again. I thought that in torview would be the death of mo. The thought, of Course, could not but please Brandon. to whom. in the warxmh of Mary's ardor, it had almost lwgun to ofl'er hope. and he said mus- ingly: “I wonder if it could he done': if it eouldâ€"ff we eould reach New Spain, we might huild ourselves a home in the beautiful green mountains and hide ourselves safely away from all the world. in the lap of some eozy valley, rich with natuIc’s lK'HllllPOUS gift of fruit and flowers, shaded from the hot sun and sheltered from the blasts, and live in a little paradise all our own. What a glorious dream. but it is only a dream. and we had better awake from it!" Brandon must have been insane. “No, no! It is not a dream.” inter- rupted downright determined Mary. you in stop me for thnt reuon. ‘I could harmhu'dlhlphetterthnnthetor turn of the lat few weeks. In truth. I cannot bent this at nil. It in killing me; I0 what would it be when you an: (one end I m the wife of Loull' Think of that, Charles Brandon; think at that. when I am the wife of Louis. Even if the voyage kills me. I might as well die one way as another. and then I would be with you. where it were sweet to die." And I had to sit there and listen to all this foolish talk! Brandon insisted: “But no women are going. As I told you. they would not take one. Besides. how could you escape? I will answer the am ques tion you ever ask -d me. You are oi ‘sufliclent considwz'ation about the court' for all you: movements to at. trac-t notice. It is impossible. We must not think of 5'. It cannot be done. Why build up hopes only to be cast down?” “Oh, but it can im done. Never doubt it. I will go, not a: 4 a woman. but as a man. I have planned all the details while sitting here. Tomorrow I will lend to Bristol a sum of money asking a separate room in the ship for a young nobleman who wishes to go to New Spain incognito, and will go aboard just before they sail. I will buy a man’s complete outfit and will practice being a man before you and Sir Ed- win.” Here she blushed so that I could see the scarlet even in the gath- ering gloom. She continued: “As to my escape, I can go to Windsor, and then perhaps on to Berkeley castle. over by Reading. where there will be no one to watch me. You can leave at once. and there will he no cause for them to spy upon me when you are gone. so it can be done easily changh. That is it. I will :10 to my sister, who is now at Berkeley castle, the other side of Reading. you know, and that will make a shorter ride to Bristol when we start.” I had to sit there and man (u all jcmlish llllk.’ SCO'ITS ENUUION m u 0 M33: b any the weakened ad Mud syn along will it an M “Mandi-synod. . “Milne-Imp}; . __gpo'rr Downs. can-kg. this um! model. “art it)": (1'anth m A Dec. Thought. “In a brown study. eh?" “Yea. I wu Just thinking." “Thinking what 1" “I wu Just wondering why a follow Dover has as much trouble bombs trouble as the ungu- ha ha bom- inseam-thing”; “Yen." remained the and looking stranger. “i have seen the int 0! many a good mm.” “Doctor or undertaker?" queried the rum behind the white apron. “Neither." replied be of the Ind look. “I'm a shoemaker.” Ant-Ill- lull Aloohol. Many :ininniis yivid in iim seam-Hun of rum drinking. «sin-rinily viophanis. hursos. i-mz bf and swiiw. l'nuliry. 9.800.. ciziily turkeys. will nlisurli tin- tempting drink till they tumble m r in lvudvn sleep. lying around an it dead and ut- terly ignoring their accustomed moot. On awakening they stagger for I few moments and soon recover. but it in hour: before they renew their cheerful “Nayther mm. I tell ye. 110 mm» v to suufl’ it up we nose." III-e. “How did the doctor toll ynu to take the umlicine. Larryâ€"internally or ex- ternally 1’" “Nayther wan, 801'." “But it must have been mm or the other." "Divil a hit. 301'. Naytlwr wan.” “But look here. Larry: Hunt's absuhd. It must have been one or the other, you know." Burl-ed Ont Immigrants. Uncle Sam has a black list of him: and quadrupeds which it is absolnbly prohibited to introduce into this mun- try, says the Chattanooga Times. 1‘. mongoose, the flying f0}. and the m- ling are on the list. The mongoose II n species of ferret, a native of Ind“. where it is domesticated as a sort of animal rat trap and snake destroyer. It was introduwd into Jamaiva to get rid of the sagar cane rats. These ex- terminated. however. the niongoou went on to diet ofl' the insect destroy- ing birds. with the result that the crops have been devastated by insects in some seetinns or the island. The anl- nal is exceedingly erai'ty. min-turnal in its habits and evades traps with ease. The flying: fox. known also as the fruit hat. is a vol-:u-ious harvester of fruits and Vegetables. The Smi'iiug belong. to the crow family. After a little hesitation the answer- ed: “1 will go with you anyway and- and risk it. I hope we may find a priest." And she flushed scarlet from her throat to her hair. Brandon kissed her and said: “You shall go. my brave girl. You make me blush for my talnt heartedness and prudence. I will make you my wife in some way as sure as there is a God." “I do not know how that will be. We shall probably not find one-at least I fear. I do not know." Soon after this Brandon forced him- self to insist on her departure. and i went with her. full of hope and com- pletely blinded to the dangers of our cherished scheme. I think Brandon never really lost sight of the danger and almost infinite proportion of chance against this wild, reckless venture, but was daring enough to attempt it even in the {ace of such clearly seen and deadly consequences. é, 5% would lone its oqulpoue. and! u bokdmuttempttbeunpocdblo mm duh-action. At first this don and common ten-o that even I» “No." replied Mary. with hanging head, “but we canâ€"mu find one over there.” There was still anotlwr ni..~‘.: "o m which Mary administered her luvumc remedy. the Gordian knot theatment. Brandon said: “It cannot be. You are not my wife. and we dare not trust a priest here to unite us.” The noblest vlmrnctnrs :1" \ tlmse who have Htl‘vl'l‘d Hm lil'o swim: voml through sutz'm hum-d 8mm. .\ bod of down never nurtured an gr :2 soldier rot Blren logic bu elven been lime-let- lble and wlll continue no no doubt de- splbe experlence. I cannot define what lt me about Duly that mule her llttle Ipeeme. hut trzumentatlve. all pleadlng. Io wonderfully ’ persuasive. Her hell were mere tugcleu. and her logic was not even good oophistry. Afto real argument and reasoning. there was nothing of either in them. It must have been her native strength or char- ncter and intensely vigorous personal- ityâ€"some unknown force or nature op- erating through her occultiyâ€"thnt turned the chunncis of other pcrsonl' thoughts and filled them with her own will. There was magic in hcr power. I am certain. but unconscious magic to Mary. I mu equally sure. She newt would haw used it knmvimriy. He â€" Funny? Ions! Then She Got Mud. 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