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THE ADVERTISER. Sub 8orlptlon I'rlc-12 Months, $1.00 Parabl in Advance. Htitos for Advertising.?Ordinary Ad* vortisoments, per square, one inser tion , Si .00; each subsequent insertion, 60 cents. Liberal reduction made for large Advertisements. W. W. Ball, Proprietor. LAUBENS, S. C, Aug. 10, 1908. Tinman and his Passes. A pickpocket's nimble fingers en tered the coat or trousers of Senator B. H Tillman and stole his bunoh of rail road passes. So the newspapers re port and U is not denied. When a re porter in St. Ijouls expressed surprise that the Senator carried passes tele graph franks aud other deadheading dovlce8, the Stnator Is said to have ro plled thi.t they were pushed on him and that "we do not accept $1000. bills down South", referring of course to the bribory exposures of Missouri leg islators. la the eyes of many people B. R. Tillmau can do uo wrong. At least, many good peop'e have yelled so lustily for this Tillman that they cannot bring themselves to admit that he is not a man o: inllexibie,rugged honesty. They jumped to 'he roovduslon in 18U0 that TillniPD was the single and singular honest jo.itician in South Carolina and so they said loud'y. Now they are go ing todlo by It. It Is of no great Im portance. The continuance of Tillman in the senate has ceased to worry even s uide-bouni1 Irreconcilable Anti-Tlll man iswspaper like Tub Laurkns Ad vest.skr. Nevertheless we remember that Tillman rose to power by scurril ous aouse and Infamous slanders of a race ol the best and noblest men that any stat3 has had. Earle, Cotbran, Brutton, Dunoan, Munro, Kershaw, McGowan, Wallace, Kennedy, Rich ardson, A. P. Butler, Lip3comb, Wood ward and Hampton, all of them dead, were of the men whom this Tillman denounced as "bamboo/led and de bauched," as "tamed so to speak" and who, he vi'ely insinuited, had sold out to the corporations. Everybody remem bers tint the acceptance of free railway passes was one of his favorite texts. His true character was fully revealed whoa as governor he was quick to ac cept a railway pass tendered by Capt. Bunoh McBee oo the old R. & D. sys tem. At this late day, the friends of the Boaator will not confess It but in their secret hearts they are disgusted that this man who was so viclferous In his mouthlnga a few years ago Is now found with theso daad-beating instru ment? loading: his pockets. Yos, they are disgusted, their gorge rises, at the spectacle of this Tillman with no more respect for his own manhood than to aeoept fuvors from the corporations which ho has lacessautly denounced und maligned It may be possible for a man to declare the acceptance of a free pass as dishonest on the part of another, bhea accept it himself and re main bouesb. It may be possible for a man to habitually accept these favors from corporation's and remain honest, at the same tine denouncing the habit lu others. Tue contradictions in thy humau herrt are many and we do not pretend to futhoru them; Gallant old Tom Woo4waid, senator from Falr flold, c.ft.v M Tl Imau ranting In ? 18G0 a'.ouo tree , isses, drove the legis lature t'-'-i; >oi f or tho next to enact a law maklug their use a crime. Gov. B, B. Tlllunn did not veto It. He ap proved it officially. The law, It is said, does affect not ou;* public officers be yond tho state's limits. By this techni cality, the rjgged honoat Tillman es capes the penalty of tho law which he had a part ia placing on Carolina's statute book?. How astonishing that a Unlied stir, Senator for the littlo matter of passes would thus compro mise his reputation?a reputation rest ing upon his damning of the sins In which he is indulging. Is it so "little a matter?" Senator Tillman tpeudsa large part o.' his timo botweon 'he sessions of congress in lecturing. For these lectures he is paid and doubtless handsomely paid. Bo loctmv.s 'n all parts of tho United States. Ho is heard of from Boston to Orogon. He is a great traveller. From the borders of South Carolina to Oro gon r od return is about 7000 miles. At two and one half cents the mile, a railway ticket would cost $175. Each trip from the South Carolina bor dor fo Washington and return costs about $20. A looture.r of reputation, covorlng many states, could very well travel 20,000 miles in three or four months. Free passes on that distance Would savo $500. If the Senator car ries a Pullman oar pa?s, a saving of two or three dollars a night for each night travelod Is to be added. Franks on the telegraph and express lines moan muoh more. A man keeping honso lu Washington with an expross frank in his pocket can save four or flvo hundred dollars a year by having his chickens and othor truck brought free from South Carolina. We do not know that Senator Till man has or uses all these franks and prunes but it is certain that if he has them they save him perhaps a thou sand or two thousand dollars a year. His salary Is flvo thousand a year. To a traveling lecturer, rail way transports* tlon counts fMSt. Corporations do not give passes to anybody as a * 'courtesy." Passes are not frequently given to pri vate Individuals. They are given only to those who are in a position to give something In return. While we do not s?y that Senator Tillman or any other Senator is Influenced by holding free railway passes, we do say that it Is a shrewd policy on the part of corpora tions to "stand In"' and "be friendly" with senators, congressman and other officials of power In the government. ? Senator TiUman** apology abont the passes, "that they stuck them at him" Indicates dearly enough that he is ashamed of himself. Otherwise he would have declared plainly that he accepted the passes and felt that he had a good right to accept them. New lot laces and emoroideries. Special values at The Hub. IWHEN KNIGHTHOOD | WAS IN FLOWER I Or, Tb? Lot* Story of Chajles Brandon and Mary Tudcr, tho King's Sister, and ;F Happening In the Reign of HU August Majesty King Henry the Eigbda w )L?wr4ttcci ?.od Rendered Into Modem Enrfliah From Sir Edwin Cexwkodcrt'e Memoir By EDWIN CASKODEN [CHArtLCS MAJOR] $ Oovvriahl, iS99 and OOt, by tKt Iiovtn-^ferrfU Company TO OIIAPTEB XXI. _LETTERS FIIOM A QUEEif. mU'mmmlPON our return to England 1 left Juno down In Suffolk with her uncle, Lord Doling I broke, having determined never to permit her to como within eight of King Henry ngnlu If I could prevent It. I then went up to London With tho twofold purpose of seeing Brandon and resigning my place as master of the dance. When I presented myself to tlio king and told him of my marriage, ho flew luto a great passion becauso we had not asked his consent. One of his whims was thnt every one must ask Ids permission to do anything?to eat or sleep or sny one's prayers, especially to marry. If the lndy was of a degree entitled to bo a king's ward. June, fortunately, hud no estate, tho king's father having stolen It (#0111 her when sho was an Infant; so all the king could do nhout our marriage was to grumble, which I let him do to hla heart's con tent. "I wish also to thank your majesty for the thousand kindnesses you have shown me," I sard, "aiul, although It grieves me to tho heart to separate from you, circumstances compel me to tender my resignation as your master of dance." Upon this ho was kind enough to express regret a" 1 nsk me to recouslder, but I stood . ..y ground firmly, and then and there ended my ofllclal relations with Henry Tudor for ever. Upon taking my leave of tho king I sought Brandon, whom I found com fortably ensconced In our old quarters, he preferring them to much more pre tentious apartments offered him In an other part of tho pnlace. Tho king had given him some new furnishings for them, and, as I was to remain a few days to attend to some matters of busi ness, be invited mo to share his com fort with him, and I gladly did so. Those few days with Brandon were my farewell to individuality. There after I was to be so mysteriously In termingled with Jnno that I was only a part ?and a small part nt that, I fear ?of two. I did not, of course, regret the change, since It was the one thing In life I most longed for, yet the period was tinged with a faint sentiment of pathos nt parting from tho old life that had been so kind to me and which I was leaving forever. I say I did not regret It, and, though I was leaving my old haunts and companions and friends so dear to me, I was finding them all again In Jane, who was friend as well as wife. Mary's letter was In one of my boxes wldch had been delayed, and Jane was to forward It to mo when it should come. When I told Brandon of it, I dwelt with emphasis upon Its bulk, and he, of course, was delighted and Impatient to havo lt. I had put the letter In the box, but there was some thing else which Mary had sent to him thnt I had carried with me. It wos a sum of money sufficient to pay the debt against his father's estate and, in ad dition, to buy some large tracts of land adjoining. Brandon did not hesitate to accept the money and seemed glad that it hod come from Mary, sho, doubt less, being tho onlv person from whom he would have taken it. One of Brandon's sinters had mar ried a rich merchant nt Ipswich, and another was soon to marry a Scotch gentleman. Tho brother would prob ably never marry, so Brandon would eventually havo to take charge of tho estates. In fact, he afterward lived there many years, and, as Jane and I bad purchased a little estate near by, which had been generously added to by Jane's uncle, we saw a great deal of him. But I am getting ahead of my story again. Tho D'AngoUleme complication trou bled me greatly, notwithstanding my folth In Mary, and nlthough I had re solved to say nothing to Brandon about It, I noon told him plniuly what I thought and feared. He replied with a low, contented lit tle laugh. "Do not fear for Mary. I do not. Thnt young fellow is of different stuff, I know, from the old king, but I have all faith In her purity and ability to take core of herself. Before she left she promised to be true to me, what ever befell, and I trust her entirely. I nm not so unhappy by any menus as one would expect. Am I? And I was compelled to admit that ho certainly was not. So It seems they had mot, ns Jane and I Suspected, but how Mary manag ed it I am suro I cannot tell. She beat tho very deuce for having her own way, by hook or by crook. Then came the bulky letter, which Brandon pounc ed upon and eagerly devoured. I leave out most of tho sentimental passages, which, like effervescent wine, loso fla vor quickly. She said, In purt: To Master Urnndon: Sir and Dear friend. Greeting?After leaving thee, long time had I thnt mighty grief and dole within my heart that It was like to hrenk, for my separation from thee won r.o much harder to bear even than I had taken thought of, and I also doubted me that I could live In Paris, an I did wMi Sleep rested not upon my weary eyes, f?nd of a very deed could 1 neither eat nor drink, since food distasted mo llko a nausea and wine did strangle In my throat. This lasted through my journey hither, which I dtd prolong upon many pretexts nearly two months, but when I did nt last rest mine eyes for tho iii.it time upon this King Louis' face I well knew that I could rule him, nnd when I did arrive and had adjusted my self In this Paris I found it so easy that my heart leaped for very Joy. JJeauty goeth so far with thla inflammable people that easily do I rule them all, and truly doth a servile subject make a sharp, caprl ctoua tyrant. Thereby the misfortune which hath come upon us is of no .much less evil and is so like to he of such short duration that 1 am almost happy, but for lack of thee, and sometimes think that after all It may verily be a blessing unseen. This new, unexpected face upon our trouble hath ao driven the old gnawing ache out of my heart that I love to bo alone and dream, open eyed, of the time, of a surety not far off, when I shall be with thee. ? ? ? It la ofttlmes sore hard for me, who have never waited, to have to wait, like a patient Qrlselda, which of a truth I am not, for thla which I do so want, but I try to make rayaelf content with the thought that full mire it wilt not be for long, and that when thla tedious time hath apent Itself we shall look back upon It as a very soul school, and shall rather Joy thnt we did not purchase our heaven too chenply. I said I find it easy to live here as I wish, and did begin to tell thee how It was when I ran off Into telling of how I long for ttee, so I will try again. Thla Louis, to begin with, Is but the veriest shadow of a man, of whom thou needst have not one jealous thought, lie la on a bed of sickness moat of the time, of his own ac cord, and If, perchance, he be but fairly well a day or so I do straightway make htm PI again In one wav or another, and. please <;<!/?! nope to wear him out entirely rre long time. Of a deed, IJrother Iienry was right. Detter had It been for Louis to have married n human devil tlian me, for It mekcth o very one out of mo If mlno eyes but roM m> >n Ulm. und thou know est full well what kind of a devil I liinke. Brother Henry knoweth, nt any rate. For nit this do I grieve, but havo no remedy nor want one. I sometimes do almost Compassionate U.e old king, hut I cannot forbear, for ho tiirneth my very blood tc biting gall, and must e'en tnke tho conse quences of his own folly. Truly Is lie Wild for lovo of mo, this poor old man, and the more I hold him nt a distance the more he fondly dotes. I do verily believe ho would try to stand upon his foolish old head did 1 but insist. I sometimes have a thought to make him try It. He doeth enough that Is senseless and ab surd. In all conscience, as it Is. At all of this do tbo courtiers Binllo and IniiKh and put me forward to other pranks?that is, all but n few of tho elders, who shako their heads, but dare do nothing else for fear of the dauphin, who will soon bo Mm; and who stands first In urging und abetting me. Ho It Is ensy for mo to do What I Wish, and above all lo leave un done Hint which I wish not. for I do easily rule them all. ns good Sir Kdwln and dear Jone will testify. 1 have a ball every night wherein I do make u deal of amuse ment for every one by dancing La Volta with his majesty until ills heels, nnd ids poor old head, too, nre like to fall off. Others Importune me for those dances, especially the dauphin, but I laugh and shaku my head und nay that I will danco with no one but the king, because he dances so well. This pleases his majesty mightily and mnketh an opening for me to avoid tho touch of other men, for I am Jealous cf myself for thy sake, and save nnd garner every little touch for thee. ? ? ? Sir Edwin will tell you I dance with no one clso and surely never will. You remember well, I doubt not, when thou llrst didst teach me this new dance. Ah, bow delightful It was, and yet how at first it did frighten and anger me. Thou canst not Know how my heart beat during all the time of that llrst dance. I thought, of a surety, ll would burst, and then tbo wild thrill of frightened ecstasy that made my blood run like fire! I knew It must be wrong, for It was, in truth, too sweet a thing to be right. And then I grew angry nt thee as tbo cause of my wrongdoing nnd scolded thee, and repented It, as usual. Truly didst thou conquer, not win, me. Then afterward, withal It so frightened me, how 1 longed to dance again, and could in no way stay myself from asking. At times could 1 hardly wnlt till evening fell, and when upon oc caslon thou didst not come I wns so angry I Bald I hated thee. What must thou have thought of me, so forward and boldt And that afternoon! Ah, 1 think of It every hour, and sec nnd hear it all nnd llvo it o'er nnd o'er, as It sweeter grows with memory's ripening touch. Somo moments there are that send their glad ripple down through life's stream to tho verge of the grave, nnd truly blest is ono who can smile upon and kiss these memory waves and draw from thence a bliss that novor falls; but thou knowest full well my heart, and I need not tease thee with its out pourings. There is yet another matter of which I wish to write in very earnestness. Sir Edwin spoke to me thereof, and what he said hath given me serious thought. I thank him for his words, of which he will tell thee In full if thou but importune him theroto. it la this: Tbo dauphin, Francis d'Angouleme. hath fallen des perately fond of me and Is quite as Im portunate nnd almost as foolish ns the older lover. This people In this strange land of Frarjce have, In sooth, some curi ous notions. For an example thereto, no one thinks to nnd anything unsecming In the dauphin's conduct by reason of his having already a wife, and more, thut wife the Princess Claude, daughter to tho king. I laugh at him and let him pay What ho will, for In truth I am powerless to prevent It. Words cannot scar even a rose leaf and will not barm me. Then, by his help and example, I am Justified In the eyes of the court In that I so treat the king, which otherwise it were Impossible for me to do and live here. So, however much I may loathe them, yet I am driven to tolerate his words, which I turn ofT with a laugh, muklng sure, thou mayest know, that It come to nothing more thno words. And thus it Is, however much I wish It not, that I do tine him to help me treat tho kin;; as I like, and do then use the poor old king ns my buckler against this duke's too great familiarity. Hut, my friend, when the king tomes to die, then shall I have my fears of this young Francis d'Angouleme. lte Is desperate for mo, nnd I know not to what length he might go. The king cannot live long, ns the thread of his life is like rotten llax, nnd when h<> dies thou must come with out delay, since I shall he In deadly peril. I have n messenger waiting at all hours ready to send to thee upon a moment's notice, nnd when lie comes waste not o precious instant. It may mean all to thee and me. I could write on nnd on forever, but It would be only to tell thee o'er and o'er that my heart Is full of thee to over flowing. I thank thee that thou hast never doubted me. and will see that thou hnst hereafter only good eauso for better faith. MARY, Regina. "rteglnn!" Thnt was nil. Only a queen! Surely no one could charge Brandon with possessing too modest tnstes. It was, I think, during tho second week tn December thnt I gave this let ter to Brandon, and about a fortnight Inter there eunio to him a messenger from Pnrls, bringing another from Mnry, ns follows: Master Charles Brandon: Sir and Dear Friend, Greeting?I have but time to write that tho king is so 111 ho cannot but die ere morning. Thou know est that which I last wrote to thee, and In addition thereto I would sny thnt al though I have, as thou llkcwlso knowest, my brother's permission to marry whom I wish, yet as I have his one consent It 's safer that we act upon that rather thn' be so scrupulous as to ask for another. So It were better that thou tako me to wife upon the old ono rather than risk the necessity of having to do It without any. I say no more, but come with all the speed thou knowest. MARY. It Is needless to sny thnt Brandon started In hnsto for I'nrls. He left court for tho ostensible purpose of paying mo a visit, and eamo to Ipswich, whence wo sailed. The French king was dead before Mary's message reached London, nnd when we arrived at Paris Fraocls I. reigned on the throne of his father lo in w. I hnd guessed only too ?reunite ly. As soon ns tho restraint of tho old king's presence, light ns It had been, wns removed, the young king opened his attack upon r.Ia.y In dttmdiui ear nost He begged and pleaded nnd swore his love, which was surely manifest enough, nnd within three days after the old king's death offered to divorce Claude and make Mary his queen. When she refused this fin Her ing offer, his surprise was genuine. "De you know what you refuso?" he asked In a temper. "I offer to make yon my wife?queonof 15,000,000 of tho greatest subjects on enrth?and aro you such a fool ns to refuse a gift like that, and a man like me for a husbnnd?" "That I am, your majesty, nnd with a goo<1 grace. I am queen of Franco without your help and care not so much as one penny for the honor. It Is grent er to bo a princess of England. An for this lovo you nvoW, I would mnke so hold ns to suggest thnt you have a good, true wife, to whom you would do well to give It nil. To me It Is noth ing, even wero you a thousand times the king yon are. My henrt Is anoth er's, nnd I hnva my brother's permis sion to trrarry him." "Another's? Clod's soul! Tell mo Who this fellow is that I may spit him onjay swbrjir . ftK?, ho! You would not Even were you um valiant and grand as you think yourself, you would.be but a child in his bands." Francis was furious, and had Mary's apartments guarded to prevont her es cape, swenrlug he would have his wny. As soon as Brandon and I arrived In Paris we took private lodgings, nnd well it was that we did. I at once went out to reeonnoiter, and found the widowed queen a prisoner In the old Palace des Touruellos. With Hie help of Queen Claude I secretly obtaiued an interview nnd learned the true state of affaire. Had Brandon been recognized and his mission known in Paris he would certninly have been assassinated by order of Francis. When I saw the whole situation, with Mary nothing less than a prisoner in the palate, I was ready to give up without a struggle, but not so Mary. Her brain was worth having, so fer tile wob it in expedients, nnd, while I wos ready to despair, she was only getting herself In good lighting order. After Mary's refusal of Francis, nnd after ho had learned that the sacrifice of Claudo would not h< Ip him, ho grew desperate nnd determined to keep the English girl In his court at any price and by any means. So ho hit upon the scheme of marrying her to his weak minded cousin, tho Count of Savoy. To that end he sent a hurried embassy to Henry VIII., offering, in caso of tho Savoy marriage, to pay back Mary's dower of 400,000 crowns. Ho offered to help Henry in tho matter of the impe rial crown in caso of Maximilian's death, a help much greater than nny King Louis could have given. Ho also .offered to confirm Henry in all his French possessions aud to relinquish all claims of his own thereto?nl! as the price of one eighteen yeor-old girl. Do you wonder she hod an exalted esti mate of her own value? As to Henry, It of course need not bo sold that half the price offered would have bought him to break on oath made upon the true cross Itself. The promise ho had inado to Mary, broken In Intent before It was given, stood not for an instant iu tho way of tho French king's wishes, and Henry, with a promptitude begotten of greed, was as hasty In sending on embassy to accept the offer as Francis had been to moke it. It mattered not to him what new torture he put upon his sister. Tho price, I believe, was sufficient to have induced him to cut off her head with his own bonds. If Francis and Henry were quick in their movements, Mary was quicker. Her ploy was modo In tho twinkling of on eye. Immediately upon seeing me ot the pa loco bIio sent for Queen Claude, with whom she bod become fast friends, nnd told her all she knew. She did not know of tho sehemo for tho Savoy morrlogc, though Queen Claudo did nnd fully explained It to Mary. Naturally enough, Claudo would bo glad to got Mary as far away from Franco and her husband as possible, aud wos only too willing to lend a helping bond to our purpose, or Mary's, rather, for nho wos the leader. Wo quickly agreed among ourselves thnt Mary and Queen Claude should within an hour go out In Claude's new conch for the ostensible purpose of bearing moss. Itrnndon and I were to go to the some little chapel In which Juno nnd I bod been mnnied, where Mary said the little priest could admin ister the sacrament of marriage nnd perform tho ceremony as well as If he were thrice as large. I hurriedly found Brandon nnd re paired to the little chapel, where we waited for a very long time, wo thought. At last tho two queens entered os If to make their devotions. As Hoon as lie fell npon hin knee and hlxscd the hem. of her gown. Brandon nnd Mary caught sight of each other Queen Claudo and I began to examine tho shrines and decipher the Latin Inscriptions. If these two had not married soon, they would hovo been the death of me. 1 was compelled at length to remind them thnt time was very precious just at that Juncture, whereupon Mary, who was half laugh ing, half crying, lifted her bonds to her hair and let it fall in all its lustrous wealth down over her shoulders. When Brandon saw this, ho fell upon his kneo and kissed tho hem of her gown, and she, stooping over him, raised him to bis feet and placed her hand In his. Thus Mary wns married to the man to save whoso lifo she hod four months before married tho French king. She and Queen Claude had forgotten nothing, nnd all arrangements were completed for the flight. A messenger hod been dispatched two hours before with an order from Queen Cloudo that a ship should bo waiting at Dleppo ready to soil Immediately upon our arrival. After tho ceremony Claude quickly bound up Mary's bolr, and the queens departed from the chapel In their coach. Wo soon followed, meeting them again at St. Denis gate, where we found the best of horses and four sturdy men nwnltlng us. Tho messen ger to Dieppe who had preceded us would arrange for relays, nnd, as Ma ry, according to her wont when sho had another to rely upon, had token tho opportunity to become thoroughly frightened, no time was lost. We mode these forty lengucs In less than twenty four hours from the tlmo of starting, having paused only for a short rest at n little town near Itouen, which city we carefully passed around. We had llttlo fear of being ovortnken at tho rote wo wero riding, but Mary said she supposed the wind would dlo down, for a month Immediately upon our arrival at Dieppe. Fortunately no one pursued us, thanks to Queen Claude, who had spread the report thnt Mary was ill, and, fortuuately also, much to Mary's surprlso nnd delight, when wo arrived nt Dieppe, as fair n wind ns a sailor's heart could wish was blowing right up tho channel. It was a part Qt the system of relays-horses, ?hlp nnd wind. "When the very wind blows for our special use. wo may fiurcly dismiss 1!;; f* I 11# I ^^^aar^r.v'Nrr "t ESC It gives us much pleasure to advise our patrons and the many friends of cur product in South Carolina that we have with the State Boa d of to place on a Cci.*.-.^ 6lL Cb rranged irectors 11 disoen saries in the State of South Carolina For sale at all dispensaries in tne state in quart and pint bottles. JOS. SCHUTZ BREWING CO., Milwaukee^ Wis. i>.u\" suld Mary, laughing aiul el?p ;:i!.;r her knr.ds, but nearly ready for tears not withstanding. Tho ship was a fine new one, well fit ted to breast any sea, and, learning (I is, we nt once agreed that upon land ing in England Mary und I should go to London nnd win over tho king, If possible. Wo felt some confidence in being able to do this, as wo counted upon Wolsey's help, hut In ease of fail ure wo still had our plans. Brandon was to take ti e ship to a certnln island off the Suffolk const.nnd there await us the period of a year If need be, ns Mary might, In ease of Henry's obsti nacy, be detained, then revlctunl and reman the ship and out through the North sea for their former haven, New Spain. In case of Henry's consent, how they were to live in a style lit for a prin cess Brandon did not know unices Hen ry should open his heart nufl provide for them, a doubtful contingency upon which they ditl not base much hope. At a pinch they might go down Into Suffolk nnd live next to Jane and me on Brandon's estates. To this Mary readily agreed, and said it was what she wanted above all else. There was one thing now In favor of the king's acquiescence. During the last three mouths Brandon had beeomo very necessary to his amusement, nnd amusement was his greatest need nnd aim in life. Mary nnd I went to London to seo , the king, having landed at Southamp ton for tho purpose of throwing off tho scent any one who might seek the ship. The king was delighted to seo his sis ter, nnd kissed her over nnd over ngnin. Mary bud as hard a game to play ns ever fell to tho lot of woman, but sho was equal to tho emergency If any wo man ever was. Sho did not glvo Henry the slightest hint thnt she knew any thing of tho Count of Savoy episode, but calmly assumed thnt of course her brother bad meant literally what ho said when be made the promise ns to the second marriage. The king soon asked: "Rut what nro you doing hero? They have hardly buried Louis as yet, have they?" "I am sure I do not know," answered Mary, "and I certainly euro less. I married him only during bis life nnd not for one moment nfterward, so I enme away and left them to bury him or keep him, ns they choose; I enro not which." "But"? began Henry, when Mary In terrupted him, saying, "I will tell you"? I had taken good care that "Wolsey should bo present at this intorviow. So we rour ?tho king, Wolsey, Mary nnd myself- quietly stepped Into a llt tlo alcove nwny from tho others nnd .prepared to listen to Mary's tale, which wns told with nil her dramatic elo quenco nnd fcmlnlno persuasiveness. She told of tho Ignoble Insults of Fran els, of his vile proposals-Insisted up on, almost to tho point of force?care fully concealing, however, tho offer to divorce Clfltldo and make her queen, which proposition might liavo had its attractions for Henry, siio told of her Imprisonment in tho Palace des Tour nelles nnd of her deadly peril and many Indignities, and tho talo lost nothing In tho telling. Then she tin Isbed by throwing her arms around Henry's neck In a pnsslonato flood of tears nnd begging him to protect her, to save her, snvo her, savo her, his lit tle sister! It was all such perfect acting thnt for tho time I forgot It wns acting, nnd a great lump swelled up in my thront. It wns, however, only for tho Instant, nnd when Mary, whoso faeo was hid den from all tho others on Henry's breast, smiled slyly nt nie from tho midst of her tears ojiiJ sobs.,1 burst Into hi ugh that wns Itko to" have spoiled everything. Henry turucd quickly up on me, und I tried to cover it by pro tending thnt I was sobbing. YVolsey helped mo out by putting a corner of his gown to Ids eyes, when Henry, see ing us nil so affected, began to catch the fever nnd swell with Indignation. Ho put Mary away from him and, striding up and down the room, ex claimed in n volco that all could hear: "Tho dog, the dog, to treat my sister eo! My sister! My father's daughter! My sister! The llrst princess of Eng land and queen of France for his mis tress! By every god that ever breathed, I'll chastise this scurvy cur until ho howls again. I swear it by my crown, If It cost me my kingdom," and so on until words failed him. But see how ho kept Ids oath, nnd see how he and Francis hobnobbed not long afterward at the Field of, tho Cloth of Gold. Henry cnnio back to Mary nnd began to question her, when she repealed the story for him. Then it was she told of my timely arrival, and how, In order to escape nnd protect herself from Fran cis, she hnd been compelled to marry Brandon nnd tlee with us. She aald: "I so wanted to come homo to England and be married where my dear brother could give mo away, but I was in such mortnl dread of Francis, and there wns no other means of os enpe, so"? "God's death! If I had but ono other sister like you, I swear before heaven I'd have myself banged. Married to Brandon! Fool! Idiot! What do you mean? Married to Brandon! Jesu! You'll drive mo mad! Just one other like you in England, nnd the whole dnmncd kingdom might sink. I'd have none of it. Married to Brandon with out my consent!"' "No, no, brother," nnswored Mnry softly, leaning affectionately against ids bulky form. "Do you supposo I would do that? Now, don't be unkind to mo when I hnvo been uway from you so long! You gave your consent four months ngo. Do you not remem ber? You know I would never have done it otherwise." "Yes, I know! You would not do anything?you did not want, nnd it seems equally certain thnt In tho ond you always mnnago to do everything you do want. Hell nnd furies!" "Why, brother, I will lenvo it to my lord bishop of York if you did not promiso ino Hint day, In this very room nnd nlmost on this very spot, that If I would marry I.onls of France I might marry whomsoever I wished whon ho should die. of course you Knew, after what I had said, whom I Should choose, so I went to n little Church In company with Queen Claude and took my hntr down nnd married him, nnd I nm ids wife, nnd no power oivoarth enn mnkc It otherwise." And She looked up into Ids fnco with n de fiant little pout, us much us to sny, "Now, whnt nre you going to do nbout i{V Henry looked nt her In surprise nnd then burst out laughing, "Married to Brandon with your hair down?" And he ronrcd ngaln, holding his aides. "Well, you do bent tho dovll. Thoro's no denying that. Poor old Louis! Thnt wns n good Joke on him, I'll stake my crown ho was ghul to die! You kept it warm enough for him, I lnnko no doubt." "Well," said Mnry, with a llttlo shrug of her shoulders, "ho would marry me." "Yes, nnd now poor Brandon doesn't know the trouble nhend of him either. Ho hns my pity, by Jove!" "Oh, thnt in different," returned Mnry, nnd her eyes burned noftly, nnd her whole person fairly radiated, so expressive wns she of tho fact thnt "it was different.'' IMffeveht? Yes, as light from dark ness; as lovo from loathing; oh heaven from the other place; as Brandon from Louis, and thnt tolls it nil. Henry turned to Wolsey, "Have you ever heard anything equal to it, my lord bishop?" My lord bishop, of course, never bad, nothing thnt even approached it. "What are wo to do about it?" con tinued Henry, still addressing Wolsey. The bisliop assumed a thoughtful expression, as if to appeal' deliberate In so great 0 matter, and said, "1 see but one thing that can be done." And then be threw in a few soft, oily words upon the troubled waters that made Mary wish she bad never called him "thou butcher s cur," and Henry after a pause asked: "Where Is Brandon? Ho is a good fellow, after all, nnd what wo can't help we must endure. He'll find punishment enough In you. Tell him to come home?I suppose you have hint bid around some place?and we'll try to do something for him." "What will you do for him, brother?" said Mary, not wanting to give the king's friendly impulse time to weak en. "Oh, don't bother about that now." But she held him fast by tho hand nnd would not let go. "Well, what do you want? Out with lt. I suppose I might ns well give it up easily; you will have it sooner or later. Out with It and bo done." "Could you make him duke of Suf folk?" "Kb? I supposo so. What say you, my lord of York?" York was willing; thought It would be just the thing. "So bo It, then," sold Henry. "Now I am going out to hunt, nnd will not listen to another word. You will coax me out of my kingdom for thnt follow yet." Ho was about to leave tho room when bo turned to Mary, snylng: "By the way, sister, can you have Brandon here by Sunday next? I nm to have a Joust." Mary thought sho could, nnd tho great event was accomplished, One false word, one false syllable, one false tone, Would have spoiled It all bad not .Mary?but I fear you are weary with bearing so much of Mary. So after all, Mary, though n queen, came portionless to Brandon. He got the title, but never received the estates of Suffolk. All bo received with her was the money I carried to him from FrnncO. Nevertheless, Brandon thought himself the richest man in nil tho earth, und surety bo was oho of tho happiest. Such n woman ns Mnvy is dnngerous, except In n stnto of com plete subjection, but sho wns bound bund and foot In tho silken meshes of her own wenvlng, and her power for bllsstnnklng was almost Infinite. And now It was, as all who read may know, that this fair, sweet, willful Mary dropped out of history, a sure token that her heart was her husband's throne, her soul his empire, her every wish his subject, nnd her will, so inns torful with others, tho meek nnd lowly servant of her strong but gcntlo lord nnd mnstor, Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk. THE END. Noto by tho Editor,?Sir F.dwln Casko den's history dlffera In somo minor details from other authorities of tho time, llnll'a chronicle says Sir William rtrnndon. fa ll? r of Charles, hhd tho honor of being killed by the hand of Klchnrd HI. him self nt rtOHworth Field, nnd tho points wh< r? in his ac.-ount of Charles llrandon'a Ufo dlfiern from thnt of Blr BdWln may bo gntl.tred from tho index to tho 1643 edition <>f Hint work, which Is an follows: Churlcn nrnnden, Bsqo.tr*, I? made knight, created Viscount I.ysie, rund? duke Of BuftOlko, goeth to Paris to the dootli valiantly tlnnr. retutneth ?Ho. fvnaisnd^.ha.JA c , atme? to fetch K?rne <ho French rjnene Into 1: land. Ho maryolh her, nn? so on until In ayoth and Is buryed at Wyndesore. No mention Is made in any of the chron icles of the ofllce of master of dance. In ull other essential respects Sir Edwin is corroborated by his contemporaries. MRS. 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