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"'tV 4 :?, * ?* x* i ^fjjlfip^ **^ ? IN THE TOWN OF UNION lTi" *" *nap?M ? ?? -< r? ^ ?* r ? - -? ? '? ? ar - ?<^a ? -m OUTSIDE OF THE CITY Urge Cmon Mills, Knitting one ' ' 111 I % I M m ' I ' I W/l fe& M k. 1 Three Cotton Mills, one Knitting " S Mill end Dye Plnnt, one Oil Mill, ? Ml M m | | m M | M /| Bj Mill, another building, Gold Min1 hhi j-imilo. 5:?s^g flv^9Ettd^ tjft?^?t\ jji:*^cL3rf'-^ 3h^M^^-J y'.'^^'S*^!*^| ; ' ' Or, IV Lnrt Story of Charles Brandon * * " ' and Mary Tartar, the King'* Sister, 4 * nt 1 i and /fappening In the Reign of ' ' ? ' His August Ma test u King 4 4 4 < i Henry the Eighth < ? ??! ' ' Itowrlttrn and Rendered Into Modern \, nl ; ; English From Sir E.lwin Cm- ,, ( , koden's Memoir (1 ; ; By Edwin Gaskoden [Charles Major] ;; 1 CopyH(jht, 1S0S and loot, ' ' ( J by the Dtrvcen-Merrill Company , , 4 i4?00 [continued.] Rtwndon wno taken to Newgate, tho most loathsome prison In Txmdon nt that time, It being used for felons, while Ludgate was for debtors. Here he was thrown Into an underground dungeon foul with water that seeped through the otd masonry from the moat and alWw with every uotsomc thing that ereepa, There was no bed, no stool, no I floor, not even a wisp of straw; simply the reeking stone walls, covered twith fungus, and tbe window less arch overhead. One could hardly conceive n ninn> linrrlhlo nlrnw in trhlnh in anantl 11 erw a moment. I had a glimpse of It . by the llfrht of the kwpcr'H lantern a* they put him In, and It seemed to me n V single night In tbftt awful place would ' bare killed nie of driven ii>e and. I. " pttWrsfed and bogged and tried to bribe, Mj but It was all of 110 avail. The keeper had been bribed iK'fore I arrived. Al- nj though It could do 110 possible gpod, 1 was glad to stand outside the prison walla In the drenching rain all the rest of that wretched night that I might be nf aa nenr as possible to my friend and suffer a little with him. n Aa soon hs the prison gates were t) opened next morning I again iinpor- jg tuned the keeper to give Itrandon n more comfortable cell, but his reply ^ was that such crimes had of late l?e- n] come so frequent In London that no fa- ^ vor could be shown those who commit- j? ted them, and that men like Brandon, ,n who ought to know and act better, de- nj screed the maximum punishment. I told him he was wrong In this case; ^ that I knew the facts, and everything y( would be clearly explained that very idny and Brandon released. <c "That's all very well," responded the j,, stubborn creature. "Nolwdy Is guilty R| who comes here. They can every one prove Innocence clearly and at once. Notwithstanding, they nearly all hang, n, and frequently, for variety's sake, are _ drawn and quartered. d, V , I waited al>out Newgate until ft o'clock and as I passed out met Buck I Ingham and his man Johnson, a sort of ^ F lawyer-knight, going In. I went down g 117 uir |nuu*i' <11 \iirvn^ n ii lliiil, iiiiiii 11^ . that the girls were still at Scotland S palace, rode over at once to see them. ^ Upon getting Mary and Jane to my- w self 1 told theiu of Flrundon's arrest j on the charge of murder and of his condition, lylug half dead from wounds and loss of Idood In that frightful ^ dungeon. The tale moved them great- ^ ly, and they both cave way to tears. I think Mary had heard of the arrest ^ before, as she did not seem surprised. "Do you think he will tell the cause / of the klllln*-?" she asked. ' "I know he will not," I answered, ' "but I also know that he knows you ni will." And I looked straight Into her . face. "Certainly we will," said Jane. "We will go to the king at once." And she / was on the qui vivo to start Immedl> ately. Mary did not at once consent to 8| Jane's proposition, but sat In a reverie, looking with tearful eyes into vacancy, w apparently absorbed In thought. After n little pressing from us she said, "I suppose It will have to l>e done?I ol ran see no other way?but blessed 8f ? * Mother Mary, help me!" P' The glrla made hasty preparations, ni amd we all started hack to Green- w Vlch, that Mary might tell the king. M ?>n the pond over I stopped nt Newgate *1 to tell Brandon that the princess would noon have him ont, knowing how wel- nl j eome liberty would be nt her hands, hut I was not permitted to see him. d< I swallowed my disappointment and tc thought It would be only a matter of w ^few hours' delay, the time spent In J' riding down to Greenwich and sending T back a messenger. So, light hearted N enough at the prospect, I soon joined w the girls, and we cantered briskly 01 ? I i>lson ^'Son, i?r?; [ r *' I /\ AMrftf FACILITIES AND *'w? 1,ir,f 0F BUSINESS shou 1 (1^col* 1 order " for Bra lien's release and when I should go to ondon to bring him. What was my surprise nnd disgust hen Mary told uie she had not yet en the king; that she had waited to fnt.nnd bathe and dress" and that i few moments more or less could ake no difference." "My (?od, your highness! I)ld I not ?U you that (be uiun who saved your ,re Te nrtfl honor, who Is covered with ouiuls received in your defense and most dead from loss of blood, spilled int you might be saved from worse inn death, Is now lyiug lu a rnyless mgeon, a place of frightful filth, such i you would not walk across for all ic wealth of London bridge; is miruindcd by loathsome, creeping things int would sicken you but to think of; resting under n charge whose pcnal' is that ho be hanged, drawn and nnrtered? And yet you stop to eat id bathe and dress! In Clod's nume, !nry Tudor, of what stufT are you >adc? If he had waited but one little Inute, lind stopped for the drawing ' a breath, had held back for but one ilterlng thought from the terrible li?. ~ ?> a - A- ? * JUS IIJ ivur Itjvurus 10 out', Wliai WOUIU :>u now be? Think, prince**; think!" I wn? n little frightened at the length ? which my feeling had driven me, nt Mary took it all very well and said owly and absent nil udedly: "You are right. I will go at once. I ^splsc my selfish neglect. There Is 3 other way?I have rocked my brain there Is no other way. It must bo me, nnd I will go at once and do it." "And I will go with you," said I. "I do not blame you," she said, "for mbting me since 1 have failed once, ut you need not doubt me now. It inll be done, and without delay, reirdless of the cost to me. I have lought nnd thought to find some other ay to liberate him, but there Is none, will go this instant." "And I will go with you, Lady Mar," said I doggedly. She smiled nt my persistency and >ok me by the hand, saying, "Come!" We at once went off to find the king, ut the smllo had faded from Mary's ice, and she looked ns if she were goig to execution. Every shade of color nd fled, and her Hps were tho hue of shea. We found the king in the midst of Is council, with the French nmbnssa?rs, discussing the all absorbing topic T the inarrlugc treaty, and Henry, ?arlng an outbreak, refused to see ic princess. As usual, opposition but jurred her determination, so she sat own In the anteroom nnd snld she 'Aiilil n/\f !? until ulin IiasI tKo vrsaa v? ?ivv nm uiiiii diiv miu DW I* liiv lug. After we had walte<l n few minutes ne of the king's pages came up and lid lie hnd been looking nil over tho nlnee for me mid that the king desired iy presence Immediately. I went In '1th the page to tho king, leaving [nry alone and very melancholy In le antechamber. I'pon entering the king's presence he nked: "Where have you been, Sir Edln? I have almost killed a good half nzen pages hunting you. I want you i prepare immediately to go to Paris .t ~.w.u? 1.1. tri..? nil ail riiiuiiNwy iu iin uiujt'ni/ iving ouls. You will bo tlio Interpreter, he ambassador you need not know, lake ready nt once. The embassy ill leave London from the Tabard inn no hour hence." Could a couiujuikI to duty have coqio tft a more inopportune time 7 S distracted, and npon leaving tbe king * went at once to seek the Lady Mary " where t had loft her In the anteroom. * She hnd gone, so 1 went to her apart- * raents, but could not And Jier. I went 9 to the qu&ji's salon, but she was not ^ tliere, and 1 trnversed that old ram- J1 bllng palace from one end to the other ^ without finding her or Lady Jane. 1 The king hnd told me the embassy would be a secret one nud that I was . * to speak of it to nobody, least of all to zi the Lady Mary. No one was. to know ^ that 1 was leaving .England, and I wds to commtijktcate with no ope at home , whjie in France.. * u Tfhc' Ring's command was not to l>e w djgftjjcyed. qco do ao would be,as much ; fS mr liistiest durv. nnd no PmiltMtpn ever I failed In that. I may not be as tall at ^ some men, but my fidelity and honor? * but you will say I bonst. ? I was to make ready uiy bundle and .. ride six tulles to London in one hour, j and almost half that time was spent already. I was suro to be late, so 1 r could not waste another minute. I went to my room and got together , J a few things necessary for my Journey, but did not tnke much In the way of m clothing, preferring to buy tlmt new t In I'nris, where I could find the lntest styles in pattern and fabric. I tried to assure inyself that Mary ^ would see the kiug at once and tell him nil and not allow my denr friend Brandon to lie In tlint terrible place another ^ night. yet a persistent fear gnawed at . my heart, and a sort of intuition that seemed to have the very breath of certaint}' In Its'foreboding made me doubt w her. cc As I could find neither Mary ?or Jane, I did the next best thing?1 ^ wrote a letter to each of them, urging nr Immediate action and left them to be delivered by my man Thomas, who was one of those trusty souls that nev- .. er fail. I did not tell the girls I was . 1 about to stnrt for France, but lutlmatetl that I was compelled to leave London for a time and said, "I leave the fate of this man. to whom wo all owe j ' so much. In your liunds, knowing full R] well how tender you will be of him." I was away from home nearly a month, and as I dured not write, and Jntrr ?Vt?> not Nwovr xvlirrr T 11 I did. not ^receive nor expect any Hot- jOJ ters. "The king had ordered secrecy, ? and If I have mingled with all my slj faults a single virtue it Is that of lu. faithfulness to my trust. So I had uo news from Kuglnnd and sent none ||fl home# (i, During all that time the same old XV1 fear lived in my heart that Mary -p| miff lit 1:111 10 uoernio nrnnuou. cm 11* (i, know of the negotiations concerning a, tlio French marriage, as we nil (lid, nl- 0f though only by nu Indefinite sort of hearsay, nnd I was sure the linlf found- R ed rumors thnt liad renched her ears had long since become certainties and that her heart was full of trouble nnd fear of her violent brother. Sho would certainly he at her coaxing nnd wheedllng again and 011 her best behavior, m and I feared she might refrain from telling Henry of her trip to Grouclie's, knowing how severe lie was In such ^ matters nnd how furious lio was sure jH to become at the discovery. I was cer- . j tain It was this fear which had pre- j vented Mary from going directly to cc the king 011 our return to Greenwich from Scotland palace, nnd I knew thnt ^ her eating, bathing nnd dressing were but nn excuse for a breathing spell before the (trended Interview. This fear remained with me all the time 1 was away, but when 1 reasoned with myself I would smother it as well as I could with argumentative nttempts nj at self assurance. I would say over nnd over to myself thnt Mary could p? not fall nnd that even If she did there was Jane?dear, sweet, thoughtful, uu- j seltlsh Jane!?who would not allow her to do so. But, as far as they go, our Intuitions?our "feelings," as we call p( theui?are worth all the logic In the ? world, and you mny say what you will, ^ but my presentiments?I speak for no one else?are well to be minded. There Is another sense hidden about us that ^ will develop as the race grows older, ? I speak to posterity. In proof of this statement I now tell ^ you that when I returned to London I . found Brandon still lu the terrible dun- ' geon, and, worse still, he had been tried for murder and had been eon- u denined to be hanged, drawn and qunr-? |v tered on the second Friday following. n Hanged! Drawn! Quartered! It Is 11 time we were doing away with such ?' barbarity. w We will now 4fc;{>nok a month for the purpose of looking up the doings of " a friend of ours, his grace the Duke of '' Buckingham. On the morning after the fatal battle *' of Billingsgate the barl?er who had treated Brandon's wounds had been B( called to London to dress a bruised 'v knee for his grace the duke. In the 11 course of the operation an immense P denl of information oozed out of the w hnrhnr rtfio ItniB t\f wltloli tvnu ihat ho ? had the night before dressed nine wounds, great mid small, for Master pl Brandon, the king's friend. This e?- " tnbilshod the Identity of the man who " had rescue<l the girls, a fact of which g< Buckingham bad had his suspicions all ^ along, b'o Brandon's arrdft followed, " us 1 have already related to you, A ?'jftfBv'arii learned from various )Ur5h-BOW tbls nobleman began to ved^^ bill mishap with Brandon nt [ary^jLbail when the latter broke his irorifflWlttt. First he went to Newate Sjd gave orders to the keeper, 'ho was his tool, to allow no comuiu- I lcatlou ^Nth the prisoner, and It was y his instructions that Brandon had een couifimsl in the worst dungeon in I ondop; Then he went down to Greenwich to take care of matters there, Oovsljte tliat the king would learn of irandjpya arrest and probably take tepaf^his liberation at once. | Tbe-Diilg had just heard of the arrest ?tj^HKklnghani arrived, and the ttqr'Bqnd be was right lir Ills surhis majesty would at once udon's release, duke entered the king's >?m, iflff.v called to him: "My lord, )U afe^ppportuneiy arrived. So good fflcnd of tlu^ people of London enn jlp us rireatly this morning. Our tend Brandon luis been arrested for >6 killing ?f two men nlgbt before I st In Btlttogsgnte ward. I am sure tere is soine mistake and that the >od sheriff has the wrong man, but glit or wrong, we want him out and ik your good olHces." "I shall be most happy to serve your njesty and will go to London at once see the lord mayor." In the afternoon the duke returned id had a private audience with the ug"I did as your majesty requested In gnrd to Srumlon's release," lie said, >ut on Investigation I thought It best consult you again before proceeding irtlier. 1 /ear tbcre is no doubt tbat rnmlon l? the rlgbt man. It seems he uto out with a couple of wenches conrnlng whom he got Into trouble and abbed two men in the back. It Is a >ry aggravated case, and the citizens e much incensed about It, owing irtly to the fact that sucb occurrences ivo liecu so frequent of late. I ought uqpjcr tlic circumstances and view of rtlie fact 'Hint your majesty ill soon cpll upon the city for a loan make up the Lady Mary's dower it ould be Arise not to antagonize.them this mutter, but to alloAV Master ruudon to remain quietly in contlneent until tlie loan is completed, and en Ave cau snap our Augers at them." SSyisffinsssAG;; nn, too," returned Henry angrily. "I nut Brandon liberated at once, and I all expect another report from you (mediately, my lord." Buckingham felt that his revengo ill iillnnivl tlirnnirli lilo flmrora thla ue, but be was patient where evil us to be accomplished nnd could wult. lion it was that the council was called lrlng the progress of vlilch Mury ul I had tried to obtain an audieuce the king. Buckingham had gone to pay his resets to the queen and on his way ick had espied Mary waiting for tho ng in the anteroom and went to her. At first she was irritated at the sight ' this man, whom she so despised, it a thought came to her that she iglit make use of him. She knew his >wcr with the citizens nnd city aulorities of I<ondon and also knew, or lought she knew,, that a smile from ?r could accompiisli everything with m. She had ample evidence of his fa tuntion, and slic hoped that sho >uld procureBrnndon's liberty through ucklnglinm without revealing her ingerous secret Much to the duke's surprise, she 11 iled upon him and gave a cordlul elcome, snying: "My lord, you have xmi unkind to us of late and have not iowd us the light of your counteince. I nm glad to see you once ore. Tell mo the news." "I cannot say there is much of iuterit. I have learned the new dance om Cnskodeu, if thnt Is news, and ipe for a favor at our nest ball from le fairest lady in the world." "And quite welcome," returned Mary, miplacently appropriating the title, ind welcome to more than one, 1 ope, my lord." This grnciousness would have looked ispicious to one with less vanity than uckinglinm, but he saw no craft in it. [e did see, however, that Mary did [>t kuow who had attacked her in illlngsgnte, nnd ho felt greatly reeved. The duke smiled and smirked and as enchanted at her kindness. They nlkcd down the corridor, talking and mghlng. Mary awaiting an opportuIty to put the important question withut exciting suspicion. At Inst It came, 'hen Buckinghuiu, half Inquiringly, sprossed his surprise that Mary liould be found sitting at the king's oor. "I am waiting to see the king," said lie. "Little Cnskoden's friend, Branon, has been arrested for a brawl of >mo sort over in London, and 8lr Ed in and Lady Jane have Importuned i 10 to obtain Ills release, which I have romlsed to do. Perhaps your grace ' rill allow nie to petition you in place j f carrying my request to the king, ou are quite as powerful as his uiaj- ' sty In London, mid I should like to sk you to obtain for Master Brandon Is liberty nt once. I shall hold myelf infinitely obliged If your lordship ! rill do this for mo." She smiled u|k>u im her sweetest sin He and assumed n iudiffojeuce that would Uuve do WE3 A.?U (TO ST OUR resources are not fabulo on earth, nor do we do a BUT wo are here among the ample means for all rei enough to take care of al WE COME, backed up by a good recc made irreproachable bv WE ARE here to stay and we solic accommodation consistei Interest Paid on T1 Herchants and Plantc I celvert nny ono bnt Buckingham. Upon ? lilni under the circumstances It was e worse tlinn wasted. Buckingham at n onee consented and said that notwithstanding the faet that he did not liko 0 Itrnndon, to oblige her highness lie * would undertake to befriend a much 3 more disagreeable person. 8 "I fear," lie said, "It will have to be * done secretly?by conniving at his es^ . R II ' . S< ? T "TF7iat is thW cried Henry. "j cape rather than by an order for his t< of such bccurrc'nces, and ns many of n the otTenders have lately escaped pun- t> Isliment by reason of court interfer- ^ ence I fear this man Brandon will have to benr the brunt, in the London mind, P< of all these unpunished crimes. It o' win ne next to impossiDie to mierate * liim except by arranging privately li with the keeper for his escape. He h could go down Into the country and lj wait In seclusion until It is all blown over or until London has n new victim, z< and then an order can be made pardon- o ing him, and he can return." K "Pardoning him! What are you talk- h Ing of, my lord? lie has done nothing h to be pardoned for. He should be and h shall be rewarded." Mary spoke im- c! petuously, but caught herself and tried to remedy her blunder. "That Is, If I n havo heard tlio straight of It. I have tl been told that the killing was done in ci the defense of two?women." Think si of this poor, uuconselous girl, so full rl of grief and trouble, talking thus to u Buckingham, who knew so much more s< about the a(falr than even she who hod T taken so active a part in It! h "Who told you of it?" asked the tl duke. ' 11 Mary saw she had made a mistake d and, after hesitating for a moment, answered: "Sir Edwin Caskoden. He ti had It from Master Brandon, I sup- tl pose." ltather adroit this was, but a equidistant from both truth and ef- p fectiveuess. n "I will go at once to London and or- tl range for Brandon's escape," said v Buckingham, prepurlng to leuve. "But e you must not divulge the fnct that I do it. It would cost me all the favor I n enjoy with tho peoplo of London, though I would willingly lose that fa- 8 vor a thousaud times over for a smile 11 from you." !(' Bhe gave the smile, and as he left n followed his retiring flguve with her eyes and thought. "After all, he has a kind heart. ^ She broatliod n sigh of relief, too, for 8 she felt she had accomplished Urandon's release and still retained her dan- ^ gerous secret, the divulging of which o she feared would harden Henry's heart t against li *r hlandlshnients and strand her upon the throne of France. . Hut she was not entirely satisfied ^ with the arrangement. She knew that j her obligation to ISrariTlon was such as j to demand of her that she should not ^ leave the matter of his release to any other person, much less to an eneiny such as Hucklugham. Yet the cost of 8 his freedom by a direct net of her own e would he so great that she was tempted to take whatever risk there might l o in the way that had opened itself to her. Not that she would not have made the sacrifice willingly or would not hnvo told Henry all If that were the only chance to save Brandon's life, hut the other way, the one she had tak UI1 II) H Al?-l|t, HtTIIIt'U HI1H', and, though not entirely satisfying, she < could not see how it could miscarry, i I luck Ingham was notably jealous of i his knightly word, and sho had un- t bounded faltb In bcr Influence over him. In short, like many another person, she was as wrong as possible just 1 3 IN IT AY.) us, wo haven't the largest bank ,11 the business of the country, good people of the county with isonable demands, with capital 1 your wants. >rd, that began years ago; a record fair business methods. :it your patronage, offering every at with good banking. me Deposits. jrs National Bank. t the time wlien she thpught she wm ntlrcly right, nnd when the cost of a ilstnkc was at its maximum. She recoile<l also from the thought f Bramlon's "escape," and It hurt her hut lie should bo a fugitive from the ustice thnt should reward him, yet he quieted these disturbing suggealons with the thought that It would ie only for a short time, nud Brandon, ho knew, would be ouly too glad to aake the sacrifice if it purchased for ler freedom from the worse than damintlon that lurked in the French mar* iage. All this ran quickly through Mary'a ulnd nnd brought relief, but It did not ure the uneasy sense, weighing like cad upon her heart, thnt she should akc no chance with this man's life and kould put no further weight of sacrlce upon him, but should go to the lug and tell him a straightforward tory, lei it hurt where it would. With little mcditntiou, however, came a liought which decided the question and bsolutely made everything bright gain for her, so great was her capallity for distilling light. She would o*at once to Windsor with Jane and rould dispatch a note to Brandon at 'cwgate telling him upon hkpeacapo > come to her. He might remain in lding in the neighborhood of Winder, and she could see him ??/ he time had come to Mary when to Bee him every day" would turn Plumian shades into noonday brightness , Wk":"trr\iT"!thlTy' to reeoTve was to et; so the note wan soon dispatched y a page, and one hour Inter the girts ere on their road to Windsor. Buckingham went to Newgate, exacting to make a virtue, with Mary, lit of the necessity Imposed by the lng's command in freeing Brandon. [e had hoped to Induce Brandon to >nve I/ondon stealthily and Immedlater by representing to him the evil consquences of a break between the dtlpiis and tin* king, liable to grow out f his release, and relied 011 Brandon's moronity to help him out, but when e found the note which Mary's page ad delivered to the keeper of Newgate e rend It, and all Ills plans were hanged. lie caused the keeper to send the otc to the king, suppressing the fact int be, Buckingham, had any knowlilge of it. The duke then at once tarted to Greenwich, where he arIved ami sought the king a few mlntes before the time he knew the mespnger with Mary's note' would come. 'lie king was soon found, and Bucklgham, in apparent anger, told him lint the city authorities refused to dever Brandon except upon an order uner the king's seal. Henry and Buckingham were inpnsely indignant nt the conduct of he scurvy burghers, and an Immense mount of self importance was dlslnyed and shamefully wasted. This lanifestatlon was nt Its highest when lie messenger from Newgate arrived rlth Mary's poor little note as lntendd by the duke. The uote was handed to Henry, who end aloud as follows: To Master Charles Brandon. greeting: oon you will be at liberty, perhaps era (lis Is to your hand. Surely would I net save you long In prison. I go to Windsor t once, there to live In tho hope that I lay see you speedily. MART. "What is this?" cried Henry. '"My lster writing to Brnndon? God's oath! My Lord of Buckingham, the uspicloiis yon whispered In uiy ear any have some truth. We will let this ellow remain in Newgate and allow ur good people of Loudon to take heir own course with him." Buckingham weut to Windsor next ay and told Mary that arrangements ind been mnde the night before for Iraialon's escape and that he had leunl that Brandon had left for New Ipnln. Mary thanked the duke, but had no miles for any one. Her supply was xhnusted. She remained at Windsor nursing ier love for the sake of tho very psln t brought her and drcndlng the battle or more than life itself which she .new she should soon be colled upon to Ight. /" fTO BK COHT1HUKP.1 Wliore there Is one scholar who becomes Insane through ovcrstudy, there sre hundreds who remain Inane by reason of understudy.?Boston Transcript. No man who needs a monument ever lught to have one.?Hawthorne. . ^