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^ Vi^f I ' i' ^ ? I .-J: .? ? - ^ ** . ' ^ -v ======s=ss*cMSBa . I ^ %irFujt^ ^ i ""^^pj^l ^ w"1"0"8 Mineral Spring itl 1 ) "j^lrjyj I ;[ When Knighthood j; I if Was In Flower ij < e 4 k Or, The .Lore Stitrg of itnirlrg Brandon '' ., 4 k awl Mtirr/ Junior, the Kino'* Sirtrr, 4k , 11 4 * and Hamxning In Ihr Brian of '* tJ I 4 ' Hi? Aaaort Mnirt.Ut Kino " i J I 4 * ilenni tne Eighth '' | v < > _ ? ?_>_*? | T> newriiK1!) mid Pondered Into Modern , J . , KngllHli From Sir F.dwln t'ns; ; koden'H Memoir ,, hi ) I Edwin Gaskoden [Charles Major! ;; j* .< ? y Copyright, 180* a*<l 1001, ** nI | \ by the lknren-Merrill Company \ | fr h, ft [continued.] ov The evening was devote*! to learning w< the new dance, and I saw Mary busily engaged Imparting information among tin the ladles. As we were about to dis- '?' perse I heanl her say to Hrnndon: he "You have greatlj* pleased the king n'1 by bringing him a new amusement, ta* lie asked me where I learned It, and I 'os told him you had taught it to Casko- ROn den and that I had It from him. I told to < Coakoden so that he can tell the same story." ?n "Oh, but that Is not true. Don't you the think you should have told him the out truth or have evaded It In some way ?" to ] asked Itrandou, who was really a great clal lover of tlm ? ??? ? hot whn r t . "Ilon possible," bed ?>H ' or? 011 this occasion wish- roll. v?t$"?r ?t?Wlr "IP.nr -trutilful tliny |10 Uu^ ^ ev< toe SO! "Dut trhat if I do not wishf" teste and she Is inclined to him, lie wj lays up great stores in her heart by as making her think hlin good, and shame- Wj ful Impositions are often practiced to n() this end. ni Mary flushed a little and answered: Gt "I can't help it. You do not know. so Hod 1 told llonry that we four had m Alloyed sMpli a famous time in my rooms he would have beep veyy angry, (j ami?and?you might liave been the tj, sufferer." w "Hut might you not have coinpro- ff ml sod matters by going around tlie j truth some way and leaving the iuipresslon that otliers were of the party M that evening?" ? Tlint ?'n? 11 mlstiil.-o fr?r it crave Mnrv nn opportunity to retaliate: "The best way to go around the truth, as you call tt. U hy a direct llo. My lie was no ?,( worse than yours. But 1 did not stop to nrgue al>out such matters. There Is ? something else I wished to say. I want to tell you that you havo greatly ? pleased the king with the new dance. t Now tench him 'honor and ruff and your fortune Is made. He has had some Jews and I^inhnrds In of late to ( teach him new games at cards, but yours Is worth all of them." Then, somewhat hastily and Irrelevantly, "I did not dance the new dance with any c other gentleman, but I suppose you did not notlee Jt," and sbo was gone before c be could thank her, ^ CHAPTER VI. I BAKE Rib* TO WINDHOR^C., I < ORB f Low her *>yal | i hroiP.C-r. A man wointl receive quicker reward for hiventing an amusement or n < gaudy costume for the king than by 1 wlnnlnrr lifm n hnHlo I nine In llfn tVm 1 highroad to hla favor wn? In ridding ] him of lilft wife and helping him to a 1 new one, n dangerous way, though, n? Wolsey found, to Ida sorrow, when he Mink his glory In j>oor Anne Holcyn. Brandon took the hint nnd managed to let It l>e known to his piny loving iftng that he knew the latest French game*. The French I)uc do Ixmguc I # ^ ~ illr had for some 1 imo boon nn lirtior^ Id prisoner nt the English court, hold Is n hostnge from I.ouls XII., but l?c Hongucvillo wns n block bond, who Hmld not keep his little black eyes off Hur fair ladies, who hated him, long Hnough to tell the deuce of spades from Hie ace of hearts. So Ilrnndon was Hi ken from his duties, such as they Here, and placed nt the card table. Hhls wns fortunnte nt flrst, for, being Hie best plnyer, the king always chose Jin as his pnrtnoj%_niidI__ngjJi^^jj^ nrr game, the king always won. If ; lost, there would soon he no game, id the nuin who won from him too equently was In danger, at nay nioent of being rated guilty of the very glicst sort of treason. I think ninny man's fall under Henry VIII. was ring to the fact that he did not nllys allow the king to win in some vial matter of panic or Joust. Under r*se conditions everybody was nnxis to he the king's partner. It Is true frequently forgot to divide his wlnlgs, hut ills partner had this advance at least?there was 110 danger of ing. That heing tlie case, Brandon's t opposite the king was very likely excite envy, and the time soon came, nry having learned the play, when , indon had to face wane one else, and sent-was too costly for a uian wltha treasury. It took hut a few days ( put Brandon liors de combat flunuly, and he would have been in a j plight had not AVolsey come to his < ef. After that he played and ptrid ( jf'.ISM.' u"u uia'u 5". forttdgUt. U.-toatod ?pou 1 , anilely. ua lio illil wl? everything , never having learned not to cloy , 'appetite by overfeeding. So we , r Jlttle of Brandon while the king a or lasted, and Mary said she wished had remained silent about the i ils. You see, she could enjoy this i v plaything as well ns her brother, the king, of course, must be sntls1 first. Tliey both had enough evenilly, Henry In one wuy, Mary ln anor. me day the fancy struck the king lt he would rebuild a certain chapel Windsor, so he took a number of the ,rt. including Mary, Jane, Brandon d myself, and went with us up to imIoii, where we lodged over night at Idewell Houhc. The next niornlngbrlglit and beautiful a June day as ?r gladdened the heart of n^fose?we >k horse for Windsor, a delightful ken league ride over a fair road, llnry and Jane traveled side by side, tli an oeeaslonal companion or two, the road permitted. I was angry Itli Jane, as you know, so did not go ar the girls, and Brandon, without ly apparent intention one way or the her, allowed events to adjust tlicmIves and rode with Cavendish and e. We were perhaps forty yards behind 10 girls, and I noticed after a time fat the Janly Mfiry kept looking hazard in our direction, as if fenring rain oui the east. I was in hopes that line, too, would fear the raly, but you ould have jiworn her neck was stiff, > straight ahead did she keep her face. I'e had ridden perhaps three leagues hen the princess stopped her horse nd turned In her saildle. I heard her oicc, but did not understand what she ild. In a moment soino one cnllofl gyf, Master Brandon is wanted!" So that out leu inn rode forward, and I fol>wed him. When we came up with he girls, Mary said, "I fenr my girth j loose." Brandon at once dismounted to tighten it, and the others of our Immediate hirtv twi'iin tn climtpp nround Urnndon tued the girth. ^ "My Imly, it Is as tlpftlt ns tlic horse mi well bear," he snld. "It Is loose, I say," Insisted tho prlness, with a little irritation. "The sndllo feels like It. Try the other." then, urnlng Impatiently to the persons jntherod arouud: -"l>ocs It requlro all >f you, standing there like gaping Mimpklns, to tighten my girth? Itlde it. We can manage this without so fciucli help." Upon this broad l*Mt everybody risle ahead while I held the horse for lirandou, who went on with Ids search for the loose girth. While lie was looking for It Mary leaned over her horse's neck and nsked: "Were you nnd Cavendish settling all the philosophical points now In dispute, that you found him so interesting?" "Not nil," answered Urnndon, ainlllug. "You were so absorbed 1 supposed it couhl be nothing short of th?it." MiI > -\W*Mrr nodding flo^hedSj^e assent, as the pri n?'oiiWind^BraTidon rode ?on before us. -Jt "I hoj>e she is satisfied now," said' Jane sot to voce to me. "So you want mo to rldo with you?" J replied. "Yes," nodded Jane. "Wli.v?" I naked. ' "Rocnuso I want you to," was the 1 enlightening response. ' 1 "Then why did you not dance with me the other evening?" i "Because I did not want to." t "Short, but comprehensive," thought 1 I, "but n sufficient reason for a maid- f en." I said nothing, however, and after a > time Jane spoke: "The dance was one c thing and riding with you is another. 1; I did not wisli to dance with you, but I h do wish to ride with you. You are the s only gentleman to whom 1 would have h said what I did about my girth being rl loose. As to the new dance, I do not n care to learn It, because I would not ?v dance it with any man but you, and not even with you?yet." Thls^made tl me glad, and coming from coy, modest rl Jane meant a great deal. It meant ol that she cared for me and would some th Jay be mine, but it also meant that she in would take iter own time and her own la Itrnnf ** * ? * ,U ?e|nK ? _ ,r U1 fnftTr^hfO'TtfP imi^'inpo'iomiiiji m.w^i 4tr augh. Now, tlnvfifccntcricc was my wl x li alioad whenever I tried to give cn fane some-Idea of the state of my af- 1 fectlons. It was a part of the speech an which I had prepared and delivered to se Mary in Jane's hen ring, as yon already ho know. I had said to the princess, "The universe will* crnniblc and the lieavehs roll ?ip as a scroll ere my love shall alter or pale." It was a lilgh sounding sentence, but It was not true, as I was forced to admit, almost with the same breath that spoke It. Jane hail heard ^ It and had stored it away in that memory of hers, so tenacious in holding to everything it should forget. It is wonderful what a fund of useless information some persons accumulate and cling to with a persistent determination worthy of a better cause. I thought Jane never would forgot that unfortunate, abominable sentence spoken so grandiloquently to Mary. I wonder what she would have thought had she known that 1 had said substantially the same thing to a dozen others. I never should have won her in that case. She does not know it yet ami never snail lr i can prevent. So Jane halted my effort to pour out my heart, as she always did. < "There Is something that greatly troubles me," she said. c "What Is ItV' I asked In som? con- I eern. 1 "My mistress," she answered, nod- < ding in the direction of the two riding 1 ahead of us. "I never saw her so ' much interested In any one as she is in 1 your friend, Master Iirandon. Not that she is really in love with him as yet ' perhaps, but I fear it Is coming, and I I dread to see it. That incident of the loose girth is an illustration. I>id you ever know anything so bold and trans- ( parent? Any one could see through it, 1 and the worst of nil is she seems not to care if every one does see. Now look at them ahead of us! No girl is so happy riding bcftRlo a man unless she is interested in him. She was dull enough until he Joined her. He seemed in i.o hurry to come, so she resorted to the flimsy excuse of the loose girth to I v?.! ? <? Kit** f nm onrnrlaful flint* aim even Bought the shadow of an excuse, hut did not order hlin forward without any pretense of one. Oh, I don't know what to do! It troubles me greatly. Do you know the state of his feelings?" "Xo," I answered, "hut I think he Is heart whole, or nearly so. He told nic he was not fool enough to fall iu love with the king's sister, and I really believe he will keep his heart nnd head, even at that dizzy height. lie Is n coo! fellow, If there ever was one." , "lie certainly Is different from other men," returned Jane. "I think he has never simken a word of love to her. He line said some pret\y thlugH, which she has repeated to mo; lias moralized to Boino extent, and has actually told her of some of her faults. I should like to boo any one elne take that liberty. She rcciiih to like It from him, and koyh he Inspire* her with higher, better motives and a yearning to b? 1(9 urc nc M;is maue n< Id be bettor If ho did I replied. )t now! At first, per . Wlint I fenr is tlml put nracli longer she i In hand and speak like to say that ?It II?but she Is a prlnId l>o different with would be ^*\ith an oruiight hnfft to speak iglit bo no speaking night his position too She whose smallest so will never forego as the man she loves of a word or two." it Jane told me of the ite, of the little whlsupon their pillows and straws that showed irhlcli way this worst blowing, with no good Now, who could have factoid'11 Was easy enough to pi^harfpfllrtt Brandon would learn to love catolte a passing Interest snd copje oflxcrestfallen, as all other men hlffln'rtoTW, but that Mary should love HraudoU and ho remain heart whole was an unlooked for event, one that - iwui.r unvo lieen predicted jy the shrewdest prophet. Wlmt I.ad.V, Jape snhl troubled mo jrently, as It ivas but the confirmation >f my own fairs. Her opportunity to mow was fa? better than mine, but I aid seen euorah to set me tlilnklug. Brandon; lwcllcve, saw nothing of Inry's growing partiality at all. lie . onUl not JielBbut tltid her wonderfuly at tractiv&|Rul Interesting, and peraps It mwd otily the thought that > he might love him to kindle n tin me In is own hiy?n'd*|Jtut at the time of our do to WindBfrMinrles ltrnndon was | ot in lovp ufti Mary Tudor, however ! ear it he-inn?nconsclously have been. But niiOtlieiX trouble could not dim * le sunlight IA my owrt bonrt, and that (le to Windsor; was tlie happiest day s ' niy ll^e up Jo that time. .Even Jane * irew off the.'UMIo^lopd our forehod- j" gs lmd gn tilled i?dAh at ted and uglxJr Mke ^He cyentf^^of Joy" and '( adnesa she was. . k A. head of Jj&'weee tho princepi gml V u'd!"made the glad birds 'fcusV tlT ~c teli Its silvery ft,ote. We nil rode inefvlly on to Windsor, d when wo arrived It was curious to , o the great nobles. - -?Vi j ,th the Howards, Seymour and a doz- y j / SUc was but a trifle to bis strong arms. 'ii others stand hack for plnln Charles Jrandon to dismount the fairest maid n and tlie 111031 renowned princess In Ifhrlstondoui. It was done most gracefully. She was but a trllle to his itrong arms, and he lifted her to the sod as gently as if she were a child, rhc nobles envied Ilrandon his evident favor with this unattainable Mary and bated hiiu accordingly, but they kept il??../.l.*? ?l./V..W.ol..na #/>?. ?WA llll'Il iiiuiiHiitn lu luvuiovnco ivi reasons: First, they knew not to what degree tlie king's favor, already marked, with the help of the princess might earry lilni, and, second, they did not can) to have u misunderstanding with the man who had cut out Adam Judson's eyes. We remained at Windsor four or Ave days, during which time the king made several knights. Brandon would probably have been one of them, as everybody expected, had not Buckingham related to Henry the episode of the loose girth and adroitly poisoned ills mind as to Mary's partiality. At this the king began to cast a Jealous eye oil Brandon. Ills sister was his chief diplomatic resource, and when alio loved or married it should be for Henry's benefit, regardless of till else, Brandon and the Lady Mary saw a " out t1t.nl r\t not.li aHiap illirlnff tllta llfr. tie stay at Windsor, as she always lmtl some plan to bring about a mooting, and, although very delightful to hhn, It cost hhn much In royal favor. He could not trace this effect to Its proper cause, and It troubled him. I could have told hira the reasou In two words, but I feared to put Into his mind the thought that the princess might learn to love him. As to the king, he would not have cared if Hraudon or every other man, for that mutter, should go stark mad for lovo of his sister, but when she betrnn to show a preference ?I ue grew interested. ana it wan ai sooner or later to go hard with the fo * | tunnto one. When we went baclv t ! Grcouwlcli, Brandon wus scut on a ua ' ahead. CHAPTER VII. love's fiei'.ce sweetness. ^FTER we had all returned t Greenwich the princess am EESfcl Hrandon were together fro HWSeJ quently. Upon several occa slons ho was invited, with others, t< her parlor for card playing. Hut wc snout two evenings with only four ot us- present prior to the disastrous events which changed everything, and of which I nui soon to tell you. During these two evenings the "Sailor Lass" was in constant demand. Tlds pair, who should have reninined apart, met constantly in and about the palace, and every glance added fuel to the flame. Part of the time It was the princess with her troublesome dignity, [ and part of the time It was Mary? simply Mary. Notwithstanding these | haughty moods, any one with half an eye could see that the princess was gradually succumbing to the budding woman; that 'Brandon's stronger nalure had iini?i"-4-J * ner wltli that half fear which every woman feels who loves n strong man?stronger than herself. 1 One ?lay the rumor spread through the court that the old French king, Fouls XII., whose wife, An lift of llrittany, had Just died, had asked Mary's hand In marriage. It was this probably which opened Brandon's cyia to the fact tlint he had been playing with the very worst sort of tire, and first made him see that in spite of himself, and almost without his knowledge, the girl had grown wonderfully sweet And lear to liipi. lie now saw his danger nvl struggled to keep himself beyond he spell of her perilous glances and Iron song. This modern Ulysses made 1 masterful effort, but. alas,* had n^ hips to carry him away and no wax vltli which to fill his ears. Wait Is a :ood thing, and no one should enter he siren country without it. Ships, ?o, are good, with masts to tie oneself i a and sails and rudder and a gust of 1ml to waft one quickly past the Is- 1 iml. In fact, one cannot take tbo j| hi* was suiV\"aitn fnr'?irt- -n, J ith all Its fierce sweetness; not that j had reached its noon, or anything rewonabio. This company is well iftClUU.? ? '? -love ns plain a-TTftf ""oecasary. die sought Brandon upon >^"ovo Coinin?l made opportunities to ,lVfc%on lot openly, at any rate; not wlf^ j Ion's knowledge, nor with any nice on his part, but apparently cur?/ J ittle what he or any one else pilgh3?v ee. Love lying In lief henrt hnd inado w tier a little pmre shy thou formerly in <epklng him, but hor straightforward way of taking whatever she wanted made her transparent little attempts nt concealment very pathetic. As for Brandon, the shaft had entered his heart, too, poor fellow, as surely as love had dawned In Mary's. He knew the hopeless misery such a passion would bring him, and helped the good Low], in so far as he could, to answer his prayer and lead lilm not Into temptation. As soon as he saw the truth ho avoided Mary as much ns possible. As I said, we had spent several evenings with Mary after we came homo from Windsor, at all of which her preference was shown In every movement. Some women are so expressive under strong emotion that every gesture, a turn of the head, h glance of the eyes, | the lifting of a hand or the poise of the lxxly speaks with a tongue of eloquence, and sucli was Mary. Iler eyes would glow with n soft lire when tliey rested upon hlin. and her whole per sou told nil too plainly what, in truth. It seemed she did not euro to hide. When others were present, she would restrain herself somewhat, hut with only June and myself she could hardly maintain a seemly reserve. During sill this tlmo Brandon remained cool and reiftly j seemed unconscious of his wonderful attraction for her. It is hard to understand why he did not see it, hut I really believe he did not. Although he was quite at ease in her presence, too much so. Mary sometimes thought, and, strangely enough, sometimes tokl him In a tit of short lived, quickly repented anger that always set hiiu laughing, yet there was never a word or gesture that could hint of undue fnmilinrlty. After these Inst two uioctfeys, although the Invitntiuivs came frequently, none was accepted. Brandon had contrived to have his duties, ostensibly at least, occupy his evenings and did honestly what his Judgment" told him was the one thing to do?that is, re uiuin away rrom a mutual coma give no gcitlal warmth, hut was sure to burn him to the quick. 1 saw this only too plainly, hut never a word of it was spoken between us. The more I saw of this inau the mors 1 respected hlui. niul this curbing of lilt affections added to my already high es teem. The effort was doubly wise ir Brandon's case. After u time Mar] [ began to suspect his attempts to avoh i her, and she grew cold and dlstan 4 1*1.00 A YEAR: | 1 "*??? )t through pique. Her manner, however, t. lind no effect upon Brandon, who (Md not, or at least appeared not to, notice " L it. This the girl could not endure, and, lacking strength to resist her heart, sooh returned to the attack. Mary had not seen Brandon for nearly two weeks a nil was growing anxious, when one day she and Jane met ? lihn in a forest walk near the river. 1 Brandon was sauntering along reading when they overtook 1dm. Jane told me afterward that Mary's conduct up* on coining up to him was pretty and * curious beyond the naming. At lirst she was inclined to be distant and say 1 cutting things, but when Brandon began to grow restive under them and showed signs of turning back she changed front in the twinkling of an eye and was all sweetness. She laughed and smiled and dimpled, as onlv ?>?? wMiiu. itii*l was full of bright glances and gracious words. She tried a hundred little schemes to * get hint to herself for a moment?the hunting of it wild llower or a foor leaved clover or the exploration of some little nook in the forest toward which she would lead him?but Jane did not at first take the hint and kept close at her heels. Mary's impulsive nature was not much given to hinting ?she usually nodded, and most emphatically at that?so after a few failures to rid herself of her waiting lady she said Impatiently: "Jane, in the name of heaven, don't keep so close to us! Vou won't move out of reach of my hand, and you know how often it inclines to box your ears!" Jane did know, 1 nm sorry for Mary's sake to say, how often the fair hand ' was given to such spasms; so with this emphasized hint she walked on aliend, half sulky at the indignity put upon her and half amused at her whimsical mistress. I Mary lost no time, but began the attack at once. "Now, sir. I want you to tell mo the truth. Why do you refuse my invitntlons and so persistently keep away from me? 1 thought at first I would simply let you go your way, and tf!en I thought I?I would not. Don't deny , It. I know you won't. With all your faults, you don't tell even little lies; not even to a woman?I believe. Now iuiru- llf Bl'hld you!" Hho raV* a fluttering little laugh, and, with waging head, continued: "Tell me, ,nU'^" ^sister of quality ?ofCoil\the qpeen or fh? yo^rouat OPTICIAN Successor to H. It. Goodcll. Alexander's Music Hall, Spartan > 47-ljr. 1 r, O \ J, ^ >"Vox^s .<J> olcly." A. ?, V t <& J *0,. little glance, o, - ^flAV 2& * smile. ^%? "In God's name, ^ vyfe. ?& not it," nnswct'iMl I(r'7 ^ . 011 the rack. "Please (;? I cannot bear to have y * thing when it is so far . truth." "Then tell tne the reul trn "I cannot; I cannot. I be*, uot to ask. I^enve me, or let me you'. I refuse to answer further." latter half of this sentence was uttere^ doggedly nnd sounded sullen ntxl ill humored, although of course it was not so intended. He had been so perllonely near speaking words which would probably have lighted, to their destruction?to ids certainly?the smoldering Humes within their breast that It frightened him, and the manner in Which he spoke was but a tone giving utterance to the pain in his heart. Mary took it as it sounded and In *nfelgned surprise exclaimed angrily: "Leave you? Do I hear aright? I never thought that I, the daughter and sister of a king, would live to be dismissed l>y a?by n?any one." "Your highness"? began Brandon but she was gone before ho could speak. lie did not follow her to expiate knowing how dangerous such nn explanation would ho, but folt that it trim tiest for them both that she should remain offended, painful us the thought was to liim. Of course, Mary's womanly self esteem, to say nothing of her royal pride-* was wounded to the quick, and bo wonder. Poor Ilrnndou sat down upon a stone, and as he longingly watched her retiring form wished In his heart he were dead. Tlds was the flr^t time he reallj knew how much lirs<^al the gjfl, and ho saw that, with lii< at least?'it was ' a matter of bad to worse and nt that ' rate would soou be?worst. .. ~*m ? [TO BE CONTINUED. 1 Broken Language. Little Robby?Say, pop! Father?Well, well, what ia it now? Little Bobby?If a Chinaman speak* broken English would a white man speak broken china? (Exit Bobby to b^d.)~Minneapolis Times.