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' * and Jfapiwnfny In the Reign of 4 4 tc * * Hit Autrmt MaJfftu Kino 44 ?i J ^ Henry the Klfjnth 4 4 ^ , . Rewritten *nd Rcmlfml Into Modern ' ' (J , , EnglMi From Sir Edwin Cm- ( , (< , ( kodcn'n Memoir , , 11 1; By Edwin Gaskoden [Gharies Major] ;; "t 4 1 Copirright, ISM ami loot, 4' ?' , ( by the Boircn-MrrrM (Vmpany ] \ " Ol ============================== I [CONTINUED.] J4' xtow tnnt lie had unintentionally of- 11 fended her and lind i>ermlttcd her to ( go without nn explanation she wns ^ dearer to him than ever, and ns he Hat there with his face in his hands he ^ knew that If matters went on ns they ( were going the time would soon come when he would throw caution to the dogs and would try tlio Impossible?to j win her for Ills own. Caution and judgment still sut enthroned, and they j fphf |i|pi now what he knew full well flMT would not tell him after a short time?that failure was eertaln to fol- j tow the attempt and disaster sure to K follow failure. First, the king would p< tl> gH probability cut off his head upon ]c HI) intimation of Mary's possible fond- Rj ness for him. and, second. If lie should k be so fortunate as to koep his head , ^ Mary could not and certainly w.ould not marry hint even if she loved him ^ with all her heart. The distance be- V( tween them was too great, and she Q1 knew too well what she owed to her J position. There was but one thing left J ^ ?New Spain, and he determined while , j1( sitting there to sail with the next ship. j? The real cause of Brandon's manner q had never occurred to Mary. Although she knew her beauty and power, as she jj 1 . ? There teas but one Ihlny left?Ncio Spotn. t| could not help but know It?not as n P matter of vanity, but ns a matter of ' fact?yet love bad blinded her where Itrandon wan concerned, and that v knowledge failed to give lier light as to v Ida motives, however brightly It might n fjlundnc the conduct of other men to 1 Ward whom she was indifferent. P lio Mary was angry ibis time?angry P In earnest?and Jane felt the Irritable palm more than once. I, too, came in for my share of her ill temper, as most ^ certainly would Ilraiulou had ho nl- ,v lowed himself to come within reach of ^ her tongue, which he wan careful not 8 to do. She did not tell Jj>ne the cause 8 of lier vexation, hut only sahl she verily hated Brandon, and that, of course, 0 was the key to the whole situation. ^ After a fortnight this ill humor Ik?- 8 gnn to soften In the glowing warmth *' of her Iienrt, which was striving to ' reassert itself, and the desire to see 1 Brandon began to get the better of her sense of injury. Brandon, tired of this everlasting watchfulness to keep himself out of temptation and dreading at any mo- i v ment that lapse from strength which j t is api 10 come to me strongest or us, Wd resolved to quit his place at court j Jfd go to New Hpaln at once. He had ^ learned upon lnqnlry tlmt a ship would n Mil from Bristol In about twenty days ? nd another hIx weeks later. Ho he ebose the former and was making his ^ arrangements to leave as soon na pos .. wHbto. . J Pjl< told me of his plans and spoke of ? Efc situation. "You know the reason c for my golua." be said, "evcu U IJ&gve I Dlson & Son, era, ? pic facilities and many lis line of business r Account ftl, courteous and jrest allowed by special tent. ever spoken or it. 1 nm noi muni ul Joseph and nm very little given to inning away from n beautiful wornn, but In this ease I am fleeing from entli Itself. And to tbink what a enven It would be! You are right, askodeu?no man enn withstand the ght of that girl's smile. 1 am unable > tell how I feel toward her. It somenws seems that I eannot live another nur without seeing her. Yet, thank oil, I have reason enough left to know int every sight of her only adds to an Irenily incurable malady. What will lie whefl she Is the wife of the king r France? Does It not look as If wild fe In New Spain is my only chance?" I assented as we joined hands, and nr eyes were moist as I told him how should miss him more than uny one lor, I,, ..II tlm ......11. ... ..41..? 1 in.*. ... .... mi ,mnu VAiriPllllg .Jilllf, i mental reservation. I told .T11 no what Itrandon was about do, knowing full well she would tell tary, which she did at once. Poor Mary! The sighs began to come ow, and such suiall vestiges of ber ill umor toward Itrandon as still relalned were frightened off in a hurry y the fear that she had seen the last r him. She had not before fully known that le loved him. She knew he was the lost delightful companion she had rer met and that there was an cxllaration about his presence which nllost intoxicated her and made life an ;stasy, yet she did not know it was >ve. It needed but the thought that le was about to lose him to make her now her malady and meet it face to ice. Upon the evening when Mary learn1 all this she went Into her chamber ery early and closed the door. No ne Interrupted lier until Jane went iu > rolie her for the night and to retire, he then found that Mary had robed erself and was lying in bed with her pad covered, apparently asleep. Jane uletly prepared to retire and lay awn in her own bed. The girls usual' shared one couch, but during Mary's I temper she had forced Jane to sleep lone. After a short silence Jane heard a >b from the other bed, then another nd another. "Mary, are you weeping?" she asked. "Yes." "What is the matter, dear?" "Nothing," with a sigh. "I)o you wisli me to come to your Ml?" I'Ypsi, I do." So Jano wont over and ly lieside Mary, who gently put her rms about her nock. "When will ho leave?" whispered lary, shyly confessing all by her ques011. "I do not know," responded Jane, Lnit he will see you before he goes." "Do you believe he will?" "I know It." And with this consolaon Mary softly wept herself to sleep. After this, for a few days, Mary was plot enpugli. Her irritable mood had Qiilshctj, but Jane eon Id sep thqt Hhp ma on the lookout for some una all he time, although she made the most athetlc little efforts to conceal her rutchfulness. At last a meeting came about in this ray: Next to the king's bedchamber ras a luxuriously furnished little partment with a well selected library, lere Brandon and I often went afteroons to read, as we were sure to V>e pdlHturbed. I nln ,ln.. !)>.. #4IMU UI|\J U(IJ IflilllllUII M(ll| ^UIIU UVI'l [> this quiet retreat mid, having selectd a volume, took his place In a seclud(1 little alcove linlf hidden In firms raperles. There was n cuvhloned seat long the -nail and a small diamond haped window to furnish light. He had not been there long when In nine Mary. I cannot say whether she new Brandon was there or not, but he was there and he was there, which i the only thing to the point, and, find- , ig him, she stepped Into the alcove heare he was aware of her presence. Brandon was 011 his feet lu an Intent and with a low how was back- , ig himself out most deferentially to ?nve her lu sole possession, if she' ' rished to rest. "Master Brandon, you need not go. will not hurt you. Besides, if this lace is not large enough for 11s both, will go. I would not disturb yon." the spoke with a tremulous voice and quick, uneasy glance, ami started to aove backward out of the alcove. t "Lady Mary, how can you apeak so? fou know- you must know?oh, I bog ou"? Rut she Interrupted him by aklng bis arm and drawing him to a eat beside her on the cushion. Hho ould have drawn down the Colossus ^ t 1 -- : of Illiodcs with the look she gave Brandon, so full was It of command, entreaty and promise. I "That's It. I don't know, hut I want to know, and I want you to sit here he- j side me and tell me. I am going to he ; reconciled with you despite the way ] you treated me whf?n last we met. I am going to he friends with you wheth- j or you will or not. Now what do you say to that, sir?" She spoke with a ! fluttering little laugh of uneasy noil- ! assurance, which showed that her j heart was not nearly so confident nor , so hold as her words would make he- , lleve. Poor Rrandon, usually so ready, had nothing "to say to that," hut sat In helpless silence. Was this the sum totaJ of all his wise determinations made at the cost , of so much pain and effort? Was this , the answer to all his prayer, "Lead mo not into temptation?" lie had done his part, for he had done all he could. Heaven had not helped him, since here , was temptation thrust upon him when least expected and when tiie way was so narrow he couid not escape, hut must meet it face to face. , Mary soon recovered her self posses- j sion?women are hotter "skilled In this ( art than men?and continued: ? "1 aiu not intending to say one word ( ahout your treatment of me that day , over In the forest, although it was very ( had and you have acted r.haminahty | ever since. Now is not that kind in mo?" And she softly laughed as she peeped up at the poor follow from l>o- ( noath those swooping laslios, with tho premeditated purposo of tantalizing , Idm, I suppose. She was beginning to j know hor power over him. and it was never greater tiian at tliis moment. Iler beauty had its sweetest quality. ' for the princess was sunk and the 1 woman was dominant, with flushed ' faro and flashing eyes that caught a double luster from the glowing love ' that made her heart beat so fast. With the mood that was upon her I wonder Brandon maintained Ids self restraint even for a moment. Jle felt 4 that his only hope lay in silence, so he sat beside her and said nothing. Ho 1 told me long afterward that while sit- ' ting there in the intervals between her 4 speech, the oddest, wildest thoughts ran 5 through his brain. Ife wondered how 1 he could escape, lie thought of the ' window and that possibly he might ! break away through it, and then lie 1 thought of feigning Illness, and a hun- ' dred other absurd schemes, but they ' all came to nothing, and he sat there 4 to let events take their own course, as they seemed determined to do in spite ' of him. 1 After a short silence Mary continued . ' half banterlngly: "Answer tne, sir! 1 will have no more of this. You shall 1 treat me at least with the courtesy you would show a bourg"oise girl." "Oh, that you were only a burgher's daughter!" "Yes, 1 know all that; but I am not. It can't be helped, and you shall answer me." "There Is no answer, dear lady. 1 beg you- oh, do you not see"? "Yes, yes; but answer my question. Am I not kind, more than you deservo?" "Indeed, yes; a thousand times. You have always been so kind, so gracious and so condescending to me that I can only thank you. thank you. thank you," answered Iirandon almost shyly, not daring to lift his eyes to hers. Mary saw the manner quickly enough ?what woman ever missed it, much less so keen eyed a girl as she?and it gave her confidence and brought hack the easy banter of her old time manner. "IIow modest we have become! Where is the boldness of which we used to have so much? Kind? Ilave I always been so? IIow about the first j time I met you? Was I kind then? ] And as to condescension, don't?don't i use that word between us." j "No," returned Brandon, who in his , turn was recovering himself; "no, 1 i can't say that you were very kind at ] first TIow von did tlv out at me and i surprise me! It was so unexpected it almost took me olT my feet." And tltey | itotli laughed in remembering the scene i of their first meeting. "No, I can't say ; your kindness showed itself very / strongly in that first interview, but j ft was there nevertheless, and when ; I.ndy Jane led me back your real na- i ture nsserted itself, as it always does, j and you were kind to me?kind as only you can be." That was getting very near to the sentimental ? dangerously near, he j thought, and lie said to himself, "If tlds does not end quickly, I shall have to escape." "You are easily satisfied if you call that good," laughingly returned .Mary. "I can be ever so much better than that if I try." "Lot me see you try," said Brandon. "Why, I'm trying now," answered Miirr with n dNtruct inir llttli> limit ! "Don't you know genuine out and out goodness when you see It? I'm doing my very l>est now. Can't you tell?" "Yes, I think I recognize it, but?but 1 -be bad again." ' "Xo, I won't! I will not be bad even to please you. I have determined not 1o be bad, and I will not?not even to be good. This," placing her hand over < her heart, "is Just full of 'good' today." < And her lips parted as she laughed at < her own pleasantry. ( 1 nin arm Id yon bad bettetbe bad. L give you fair warning," sald^rtndon huskily. IIo felt hor eyes ujHn? hltn all the time, and his strength ami good resolves were ousting out like wine from in ill coopered eask. After it short silence Mary continued, regardless of the warning: "llut the position Is reversed with us. At llrst I was unkind to you, and you were kind to ine, but now I am kind to you, and you are unkind to'uie." "I can come back at you with your own words." responded Brandon. "You ilon't know when I am klnil to you. I should be kinder, to inysoK at least, were I to leave you nmi^itke myself to the other side of the wonrld." "Oh, that is one fbing I wanted to nsk you about. Jane tells me you are going to New Spain." She was anxious to kuow. but asked 'I the question partly to tfrn the eonver- h sation, which was fast tfcfbming peril- If ous. As a girl she loved'Brabdon and <1 knew it only too well, but* she knew h ilso that she was a nrlneoaw- sinmiin.. r ti . ?? ? next to tho throne of flic greatest king- tl loni oi^ earth? In Mot, at tfiat time tho o lie!i* appnront, Ilenry having no otili- b Iron, for tho pooplo would not lmvc tho II Soot oh king's Imp, and thg possibility h >f suoh a thing ns a union with lirnnlon had novor entered lior bond, how vor passionate lior frollngs toward T iiin. it was not to lH{fthniight of he- m ween people so far npart ns they. h I Ira i don answered her cpiestion: "I ei Io not know about going. 1 think I hall. I have volunteered with a ship A hat sails In two or three weeks from T ' r'.stol. and I suppose I shall go." T "Oh, no! I>o you really menu It?" It M rave her n pang to hear that he war. 01 letually going, and her love pulsed nl ligher. hut she also felt a sense of reiel". somewhat as a conscientious lousehreaker might feci upon thidlng 01 he door securely locked against him. It would take away a temptation ivhirh she could not resist and yet " hired not yield to much longer. "I think there Is 110 doulit that I moan it." replied Krandon. "I should r ike to remain In Hiiglnnd until I ran inve money enough'out of the king's Sf illownnee to pay the debt against my *n titer's estate, so that I may he nlde ^ o go away and feel that my brother Hid sisters are secure in their homo? ny brother is not strong?but I know r< t Is better for pio to go now, and I topo to find the money out there. I 0 ottld have paid It with what I lost to ludsou before I riiscov^ftd him cheat- H lug." This was t^c Iftst ttino he had [?ver Alluded to the duel, and the thought of It, In Mary's mind, added a faint touch of fear to her feeling toward him. She looked up with a light In her eyes md asked: "What Is the debt? How ni "Heaven help me!" he cried. n mueli? Lot 1110 give you the 11101103*. I <1 liave so niuoh more than I nood. Let Ij 1110 pa3* it. IMoaso toll 1110 how 111110)1 o It is, and I will hand it to 3*011. You \* an ?*ouie to 1113* rooms and got it, or 1 s ivlll send It to you. Now toll me that Ji I 11103*. QuickC*!" And she was alive ivilli enthusiastic interest. a "There, now, you are fcipd again, as kind as even you can he, he sure, I p hank you, though I sa3* It only onoe," 1 ml lie looked Into her o3*es with a p ;*aze she eould not stand even for an nstant. Tills was growing dangerous igaln; so, catching himself, lio turned ^ lie conversation hark Into the banterng vein. "All, you want to pay the debt that I may have no excuse to remain? Is that it? Perhaps you are not so kind nfler all." j "No, no; you know better. Put let tne pay the debt. IIow much is It, and t to whom Is it owing? Tell me at once, 1 command you." l! "No, no, Lady Mary; I cannot." "lMease do. I bog, if I cannot com- |, maud. Now I know you will. You would not make me beg twice for anything?" She drew closer to him as she f spoke and put her hand coaxlngly upon Ills arm. With an Irresistible Impulse r lie took the hand in his and lifted it to (. Ills Hps in a lingering caress that could ? not be mistaken. It was nil so quick r and so full of lire and meaning that Mary took fright, and the princess for c the moment came uppermost. * "Master Brandon!" she exclaimed t, sharply and drew away her hand. Brandon dropped the hand and moved over 8 dh the seal. lie did not speak, but turned his face from her and looked j, put of the window toward tUo river, j, WES API] ? (TO SI OUR resources are not fabul on earth, nor do we do BUT uc are here among the ample means for all r enough to take care of : WE COME, backed up by a good rec made irreproachable b\ WE ARE here to stay and wo sol accommodation consist) Interest Paid on T Herchants and Plant mis tnoy sat in silence, lirandort's j j and resting listlessly upon the eush>11 between them. Mary saw the elo- ' uent movement away from her and is speaking attitude with averted face; ten tin' princess went Into eclipse, anil ie imperial woman was ascendant nee more. She looked at him for a rief snnce Willi ?nftonlm? a .....1 fling her hand, put It back in Ills, say- j ?k: , "There It Is again?If you want it." ; , Want it? Ah, this was too much! , ho hand would not satisfy now. It ] mst l>o all. all! And he caught lior to j Is arms with a violence that fright- , ikhI hor. "l'loaso don't; please! Not this time! li, have mercy, f'hnrl? Well! There! hero! Mnry mother, forgive me!" hen her woman spirit fell before the hirlwind of his passion, and she was , i his hreast, with her white arms round his neck, paying the same tribte to the little blind god that he would , ive exacted from the lowliest maiden r \V?? Iniul. 1 Ilrandon held the girl lor a mo.... two, then fell upon his knees and tried his face in her lap. "Heaven help pie!" ho cried. She pushed the hair back from his irehead with her hand and as she nailed the curls leaned over him and >ftly whispered: "Heaven help us both, for I love Ml!" He sprang to his feet. "Don't! Don't, pray you," he said wildly, and almost , m from her. Mary followed him nearly to the door ! the room, hut when he turned he ( iw that she had stopped and was aiullng with her hands over her face, * If ku tears. He went hack to her pud said, "1 ieU- to avoid tills, and if you had itliwl flirt It* woiilfl nnt Ai,M? !*? # Iu? ?momborod how lio luttl always detlsed Ada in for throwing (ho hlanic poii Kve, no matter how much she. my have deserved it, and oontinnod: So. I do not mean that. It is all ly fault. I should have gone away inn a no. I eould not help it. 1 tried, U, I tried!" Mary's eyes wore bent upon the r>or, and tears were falling over her ushed cheeks unheeded and tinclteefca, ; "There la no fault In any one. Neitter could I help it." she murmured. "No, no; it is not that there is any nult in the ordinary sense. It is like nlcide or any other great self indicted ljury with me. I am different from tlier men. I shall never recover." "I know only too well that you are liferent from other men, and?and I, am different front other women. I hot Y' "A'1, different! There is no other I'outan In all this wide, long world." ind they were In eaeh other's arms gain. She turned her shoulder to Im and rested with the support of his mis about her. Her eyes were cast own In sllem-c, and she was evident > miosing us sno toyed with tllO lace f his doublet, Hrnudon knew hor ar.vlng fttprwwlona so well t!fit ho aw there \\-ua something wanting, so o. ashed: "\s there something yon wish to ?y'f "Not I," she responded with emliasls on tlie pronoun. "Then It is something yon wish me o say?" Sin- nodded her head slowly, "Yes." "What is it? Tell lite, and I will say t." She shook her head slowly, "No." "What Is It? I cannot gness." "l>ld yon not like to hear me say that -that I?loved you?" "Ah, yes! You know It. Hut?oh!? i) yon wish to hear me say it?" The head nodded rapidly two or liree times, "Yes." And the black urvlng lashes were lifted for a tleetng, luminous Instant. "It Is surely not necessary. You lave known It so long already, but 1 m only too glad to say it. I love you." She nestled closer to him and hid her ace on his breast. "Now that I have said it, what is my pward?" he asked, and the fair face nine up. red and rosy, with "rewards," ny one of which was worth n kbitr's misom. "Hut this is worse tlisui Insanity," ried Hrandon as lie almost gushed Iter roni liiiu. "We can never belong to ncli other. Never!" "No," said Mary, with a despairing hake of the head, as the tears bejran j tlow analn. "No, never!" And falliK upon his knees he caught both her auds in his, sprauic to his feet and ES XINT IT rAY.) ons. wc haven't the largest hank all the business of the country. good people of the county with easonable demands, with capital ill vour wants. :oril, t hat hegan years ago; a record ' fair business methods, icil your patronage, offering every *nt with good banking. Imc Deposits. % ers National Bank. . * ran t roliir the room. .*. Iler words showed litm thtj chasm anew. Site saw the distance between them even hotter than lu?. Evidently ft seemed farther looking down than looking up. There was nothing left now hut (light. lie sought refuge in Ids own apartments and wildly walked the tloor, exI'laiming: "Tool, fool that I am to lay ap this store of agony to last nie all IIIV ilnr.' wi... -li.l t - >. mi.i i i-^cr come TO Till* ourtV i Soil pity 1110? pity me!" And lii' fell upon his Uncos at the lied, linryIng liis face in his arms, his mighty man's frame shaking as with a palsy. That same night Hran<lon told me how he had committed suicide, ns lie put it. and of his intention to go to Bristol and there await the sailing of the ship and perhaps find a partial resurrection in New Spain. T'nfortuiiatcly. he could not start for Bristol at once, as he had given sonic challenges for a tournament at Iltclinioiid and could furnish no good excuse lo withdraw them, hut he Would not who was driving him nia?V.w j,lrl __ _ It was hotter, he thought, npd wisely, too. that there he no leave taking, lint that he should go without meeting her. ' If I see her again,** he said. "I shall have to kill some one, even if It Is only myself." 1 heard him tossing in his hed all night, and when morning came he irose looking haggard enough, hut with his determination to run away nnd see Mary no more stronger than ever upon him. But Providence or fate or some one ordered it differently, and there was plenty of trouble ahead. CITAPTEB VIII. THE TROUBLE IN 1IILLINUMOATE WARD. ROIJT a week after Rrnndon'H memorable interview with JSS Mary an Incident occurred ffxgiHvJ which changed everything and came very near terminating hLs career In tlie tlower of youth. It nlso brought about a situation of affairs that showed the difference in the quality of these two persons thrown so inarvelously together from their far distant stations at each end of the ladder of fortune in a way that reflected very little credit upon the one front the upper end. Rut before I tell you of that 1 will relate briefly one or two other matters that bad a beating upon what was done and the motives prompting it. To begin with, Rraudon had kept himself entirely away from the princess ever since the afternoon nt the king's antechamber. The lirst duy or so she sighed, but thought little of his absence; then she wept and, as usual, began to grow piqued and lrritnble. What was left of her judgment told her it was better for them to remain apart, but her longing to see Itrandon grew stronger as the prospect of it grew less, and she became angry that It could not be gratified. Jane was right; an unsatisfied desire with Mary was torture. Kven her sense of the. great distance between them had hegun to fade, and when she so wished for him and he did not coine their positions seemed to l>e reversed. At the end of the third day she sent for him to eotne to her rooms, hut he by a mighty effort sent back a brief note snvillir tllilt lie CIIIlM tint mill nllirh? r,..# to go. Tlila, of course, threw Mary Into ii great passion, for she Judgi-O him by licrsclf. a very common hut dangerous method of judgment, and thought that if he felt at all as she did he would I [TO UK COHTIHUKD.I throw prudence to the winds nnd come to her, as she knew she would go to him if she could. It did not occur to her that lirandon knew Jjlmself well enough to he sure he would never go to New Spain if he allowed another grain of temptation to fall into the balance against him, hut would remain in Ixuidon to love hopelessly, to try to win a hopeless cause and cud It all bjr Placing Ills head upon the block. "Well Worn. Wigg?Tlint \v11s a pretty old Joke Boretn cracked at dinner. Wngg?Borem didn't crnVk It. That Joke has been cracked for years.?Philadelphia Record. i Proof Almoin**, Peters?What proof did the doctors have for declaring Blank Insane? Parr?lie refused to take their medicine.?Baltimore American. 4 ?