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Hcurv the Eighth i j ? ? ? , Rewritten nnd Rendered Into Modern 4 k l!ni;li:-li From Sir F.dwlu Oast k linden's Memoir X ; I By Edwin Caskoden [Charles Major] ^ T Cow/right, ISM mirl 1001, T J l>ll (he limrrn-Mr rriil c'orojKiny J v * * * ****** * * *+* * * ' [continued.] At times she Would fall Into one of her old IltH of anger because Itrnndon hail not come to see lier before he left, but noon the anger melted into tears, and tlie tears brought a sort of joy when she thought that he had run away from her localise he loved her. After Brandon's defense of her in Billingsgate Mary had begun to see the whole situation differently, and everything was changed. She Htlll saw the same great distance between thein ns before, but with this difference, she was looking up now. Before that event he had been plain Charles Brandon and she the Princess Mnry. She was the prlucess still, but he was ^fio^Bnry remained at Windsor and grieved and- wept aud dreamed aim Ion god that she. might see across the miles" of b'tnowy "ocean to her love, love, her love! Meanwhile Brandon bad his trial In secret down in Ixiudon and had been condemned to be hanged, j drawn and quartered for having saved i to her more than life itself. > Ptit not your trust in priucesses! CHAPTER X. justice, o kino! P^TrCII was the state of ftfTairs | \ J J when I returned from France. ^?w ? tinted myself because I had not faced the king's displeasure and had not refused to go until Rrandon was safely out of his trouble. It was hard for me to believe that I had left such a matter to two foolish girls, one -of them as changeable as the wind and the other completely under her control. I could but think of the difference between myself and Rrandon, and well knew, had I been in his place, he would have liberated me or stormed the very walls of Iiondon single handed nod nione. Next to myself I condemned those wretched girls for leaving Rrandon to perish?Rrandon, to whom they lioth owed so much. Their sellishness turned me against all womankind. I did not dally this time. I trusted to no Lady Jane or l.ady Mary. I determined to go to the king at onee and toll lilm ;ill. 1 inn 1101 rnru n me wretched Mnry anil Jane both Intel to marry tlio French king or tin* devil liliitnolf. I illil iiot^enre If they anil all the host of their perfidious sisterhood vent to the nether side of the universe, there to remain forever. I would retrieve my fault In so far as It was retrievable and save Ilrandon, who wns worth them all put together. I would tell Mnry and Jane what I thought of them, and that should end matters between us. I felt as I did toward them riot only beeause of their treatment of Ilrandon. hut because they hail made me guilty of a grievous fault, for which I should never so long as I lived forgive myself. I determined to go to the king, and g?> I iliil within live minutes of the time 1 heard that Itraudon was yet In prison. I found the king sitting alone at public dinner and. of course, was denied speech with him. I was in no humor to be balked, so I thrust aside the guards and, much to everyliody's fright, for I was wild with grief, rage snd despair anil showeil It In every feature, rushed to the king and fell upon m? knees at his feet. "Justice, O king!" I cried, and nil the courtiers heard. "Justice, <) king, foi the worst used man and the bravest truest soul that ever lived and ntlf 11 <>n> the tears liegnn tc Rtrrnin down my fare and my vole* r^fckod In my throat. "Chorion Itrnn don, your majesty's 0110 tlmo friend Ilea iii'a lonthaoiiip, rnyhuH dungeon condemned to death, ns your majofttj niny know, for tlio killln,o'of two moi In Itlllingsgate waril. I will toll yoi nil. I should ho thrust Out from tli society of decent men for not hnvln WHH? . lTolson& Son, n Veers,?? ces, ample facilities and 3E IN THIS LINK OF BUSINESS OUR ACCOUNT * , co CRT foils and confidential i lowed by 5l'ecial agreement. I 1 told you before I left for Franco, I ? I trusted It to another who has pro^ false. I will tell you ajl. Your slsl ! the Lady Mary, and Tjuly Jane Itolli broke were returning aloue after dr from a visit to the soothsayer Groue * of whom your majesty has heard. ' had been notified of the Lady Mar, Intended visit to hlin, although she h 1 enjoined absolute Koereey tyjoii my f JllttlMt ?? * * i go," being (lota ed upon your' ma jestyV service-?ft w the night of the ball to the nmbaM dors?and I asked Brandon to folk them, which ho did without the knov edge of the princess. "Upon returning tlio ladles were i tncked by four rortinn* and would ha' Uiot with worse than death had not tl bravest henrt and tlie liext sword England defended them victorious against such fearful odds. lie le them at Bridewell without hurt or li Jury, though covered with wound* hir self. This man is condemned to I hanged, drawn and Quartered, hut know not your majesty's heart If li be not at once reprieved and richly n warded. Think, my king! lie save the royal honor of your sister, who I so dear to you and has sulTered so toi ribly for his loyalty and bravery. Tit day I left so hurriedly for France th Lady .Mary promised she would tel you all and liberate this man who hu< so nobly saved her,*l>ut she is a woniat and was horn to betray." # The king-laughed a Httie_|it iBfv*i Edwin? 1 iMftW Brn'wtfh*' sentence, but r*regrPT cauuot Interfere with the^iRtk-c oX p* good people of Eoiulon for the uiurdei of two knlglTts In their streets. II Brandon committed such a crime, aiw I understand he does not deny It, 1 cannot help bliu, however much 1 should like to do so. But this nonsense about my sister! It cannot he true It must be trumped up out of youi love in order to save your friend, llavi a care, good master, how you say sucl a thing. If It were true, would no Brandon have tohl It at his trial?' **It till tlMlll ?<? ' -,u^ "!'nd king! If the I-ady Mary and J.adj Jane do not hear me out in every wort I have said, let my life pay the forfeit He would not tell of the great reasoi for killing the men, fearing to com promise the honor of those whom In had saved, for, as your majesty h aware, persons sometimes go t< LI rout-he's for purposes other than t< listen to his soothsaying. Not in tliii rase, God knows, hut. the-* ****** xongues, arm Krandon was will lug to die with closed lips rather thai set them wagging against one so deai to you. It seems that these ladies who owe so much to him, are nisi willing that he should die rather thai themselves hear the consequences o their own folly. Do not delay, I be seech your majesty. Ev.t not anothe morsel, I pray you, until this brav man, who lias so truly served you, b ,taken from ids prison and freed froi ids sentence of death. Come, conn my king, this moment, and all that have, my wealth, my life, my bono are yours for all time." The king remained a moment 1 thought, with knife in hand. "Caskodcu, I have never detectc you in a lie In all the years I ba\ known you. You are not very large I body, but your honor is great enoug to stock a Goliath. I believe you ai telling the tnith. I will go at once ' iiDeraie nranuon, mm mm nine nuss my sister, sluill go to France aiul e joy life as best she can with her o benufy, King lands. I know of i greater punishment to Indict upon he This determines me. She shall co: me out of it no longer. Sir Thorn: Hrandon. have my horses ready, and will go to the lord mayor, then to n lord bishop of Lincoln and arrange close this French trenty at once. I, everybody know ibat the Prince Mary will within the month 1h.? que of France." This was said to t i j courtiers and was all over London 1 I fore- night. ! j I followed closely in the wake of t i king, though uninvited, for I bad < * lernilnod to trust to no one, not ov * Ills majesty, until Ilrandon should y fret*, Henry hnd snld lie would * llrst to the lord ninyor nnd then * Wolsey, but nftor wo crossed I ? bridge lio passed down I^ower Than '? atreet and turned up Fish street 1 P Into draco Church street on towi 11 Hiahopsgnte. llo said lie would s u at Mistress Cornwaliia' and have e pudding and then on to Wolsey. v 11 at that tinio lodged In a house near . wall beyond Blshopsgnto. - ? I well knew If tlie king once reaehe Wolscy's It would be wine and quoit and oilier games, interspersed noi and tlien with n little blustering tal 011 statecraft, for tbe rest of the daj Tlien the good bishop would have iu i few pretiy London women, and a daue would follovV, with wine and card and dice, ami Ilenry would spend th< night nt Wolscy's and Brandon lie an other night in the mire of Ids Newgati dungeon. I resolved to raise heaven ayd earth and the other place, too, If necessary, before this should happen. 80 I rode lsildly up to the king and with uncov ? ered head addressed him: "Your majI "esty gave me your royal word that you mmm would go to tlie lord mayor lirst, and tills is the road to my lord bishop of Lincoln?* In all tlie years I liave known ' your majesty, both as gallant prince or' mid puissant king, this is ttv first re* l1?* quest I ever proffered, and now I only 'rlc ask of you to save your own noble honor and do your duty as uiau and king." ^ ? These were l>old words, but I did not care one little farthing whether they , pleased him ,or not. Tlie king stared at jne and said: as "Cnskodeii, you are a perfect liouml la~ at my heels. .But you are riglit. I had 'Y forgotten my errand. You disturbed rl-- - ..v uiiiimt, ami my stomach called loudly for one of .Mistress Cornwallls' puddings. hut you are right to stick to I me. What a friend you are In ej^se of ln Wpuhl I had one like you." "Your majesty has two of whom I know one riding humbly liy yoiir royal side and the other lying in the worst dungeon in <'hristeialoin." \\ ith this the kin;; wheeled about and started west toward (iulldhnll. lo tin' lord mayor we accordingly went without further delay. lie was only too glad to liberate Brandon when ho heard my story, which the king had ordered mo to repeat. Ti e only hesitancy was from a doubt of its truth. " 'I lie lord mayor was kind enough to ' say that he felt little doubt of my word, but that friendship would often drive a man to any extremity, oven 1 falsehood, to save a friend. - in,? i'ris,o(U",ikv5 Willher JtruthCu!no's* with- ( ? ojjt a dotrlflPlfr waV bo pronounced na , f 'to he troublesome at times-and as to i I Mary?well. I had not doubt of her , I eitlier. If she would lint stop to think , I out tin' right, she was sure to do it. ? My offer was satisfactory, for what | more ean a tnnn do than pledge his life , l- for liis friend? We have Scripture for . s that; or something like it. , 1 The lord mayor did not require my j t profTered pledge, but readily consented , that the king should write an order for , r Brandon's pardon and release. This ( j was dene at once, and we?that is. I. ( 1 .together with the sheriffs sergeant and. , ids four yeomen, hastened to Newgate, ? i while Henry went over to Wolsey's to settle Mary's fat?. 5 Brandon was brought up. with chains 4 and manacles at his ankles and wrists. > When he entered the mom and saw 5 me, he exclaimed: "Ah,^ ' hang" me, and was glad for tho Huiuko. l*ut 1 suppose you would 4?. ) IIOI f "1II1117 IU 11?-11P ill III.II, 111.. 11 .VIIU I r have left mo* here to rot, God only it knows liow long; 1 have forgotten." d I could not restrain the tears at sight 11 of him. C "Your words are more than just," I >. said, and, being anxious that lie should r know at once that my fault had not 0 been so great as it looked, continued c hurriedly: "The king sent ine to France H upon an hour's notice the day after ? your arrest. I know only too well I 1 should not have gone without seeing r> you out of this, but you had enjoined silence upon mo, and?and I trusted to n the promises of another." "I thought as much. You are in no 4 way toldume, my friend. All I ask is e that you never mention tlie subject In again." ;li "My friend!" Ah, the words were pe 1 dear to ine as words of love from a f0 1 sweetheart's lips! yt I hardly recognized hint, he was so ?! frightfully covered with tilth and dirt and creeping things. His hair and JO i beard were unkempt and matted, and ,r . td* eyes add cheeks were lusterless and sunken; but I will describe him no fur' , ther. Suffering liad well uigli done its j work, and nothing but tlie hardihood gathered In his years of camp life and war could have saved him from death. I bullied and reclotheirl him as well as 'K3 I could at Newgate and then took him p home to Greenwich In a horse Litter, I where my man and I thoroughly wash^ ed, dressed and sheared the poor fel low and put mm to bed. 1 "Ah, this bed Is a foretaste of para'10 disc!"' he said as he I ly upon the mattress. It was a pitiful jdght, and I 011 could hardly refrain from tears. *>0 I will ask you to go back with ine for a moment. During the week brtween Brandon's the , 10M Interview with Mary In the anteroom |aHI of the king's bedchamber and the tragedy at Billingsgate he and I had many top fon versa I ions about the extraordinary a situation in which lie found himself, rim one ' rein??inher, he said: the ' ' wnH ??fe enough lief ore that after I Velieve ! jflHH gq&e' n vo\l|^^H^PHHH||P v dn;:e;l mo and pa la k fur effort. I somvt a eplng away ffotn jSj^Upn* Ui'-n, 1 e i -ft en find myself wtijHHH pr my des (rmination to Icavo'SuiflMB. i b \tn* what I feared the j to go to the only and very easily made "nHHrnlire , wns impossible, and iiotjro W?v . rtnt , now that I know she lo^w me'lt'is like > l.Tddlng my breath to Ueoeirrthout her. I feel every instant that I can hold it no longer. I know a4ly too well that '.t I but see her fnep ffkee more I shall hfoAttie, fijhe ls^he \tafy breath of Ilfo f^r uie. She Is, mind by the gift of God. Curses upon tl?9so who keep us nfuirt." Then inusjuily ami half InturnufaJl^^r: "Him certainly <l<>es love iv. bhe eou!<t,upt h^te treated uio As she d'd unless lief;'Ui?9 was so strong that she could not resistdt." ' T.e> 4i0 dotJbti)$ that ti juble you," 1 auswered. "X woman like Mary cannot treat tThnafii as !<he treated you. Many irwotuan may love or think she loVes tunny tlmeftytat there is only one man who reeeivesyf^?tull men sum <->* * per Other ffotiJEfJl'i; indiirve rmth- i '"r? t" * * hilt tllL'IrUj'Xt, niul wild) 1 they l::ivr once giv^u that they barn I given nil. I ulos<Wytiavp known hnr J In vah\ Mary. w(ljfnll her faults, Is S't" P'liT' 'WILL PnT, ,ot no * Brandon nivsjvvu-^'iSStfli^nd little f fi:HM from the iffldftc reverie, v "It is really not so i^rfe the doubt (t* > the certainty Or It tfijfttttfmVhJes i$e.~ '{] Then, start ins to Ms fct*ftjfrI thought c M S had lieil to me, jttWfeought she t. could wantonly Irad^^ULtp suffer rfr so for l?or. I would jcHp me n "I?o not fhlutr.' tlintt^^BjfrrtW w; faults?and she has c^^^^Rthcre {, ? no man on earth for hcfl^^BQ, - to love has conic to her tfl^^^Ef atyngv< j&\ gin against It because 'mou*' ten That is the stroufl In"" Tfl made pas in the u^^gW^EU^kl k\ i nil true as? as - a woman. I can puthj th It no stronger. Flic has these, her re- sti loenvlng virtues, along with her beau- tli ty, froin her plebeian grandmother, in 15II TO both Woodvlllc. who with them W won a royal husband and elevated her- ph self to tlic throne beside tlio chivalrous mi Edward. This sweet plebeian heritage he Imbblcs up in tlie lienrt of Mary and M" will not down, but neutralizes the roy- do il poison In her veins and uinkcs a god- nu iless of her." Then with a sigh: "But VtJ It' her faults were a thousand times as ? many, and if each fault wore a thou- wl naiul times as great,Jier beauty would ' Wl atone for all. Sueli beauty as hers can to iiM'ord to have faults. Look at Helen 011 and Cleopatra and Agnes Sorel. Did th their faults make than less attractive? ra Beauty covcrcth inoie sins than charity and maketh more grief than pestl- th lence." vll of CHAPTER XI. w< Ml i.i - , Ill( -""Is soon ns Ir aV*iU"' i.? don I h&cou,d loave Bran- _ tess down to W Atttenfted to go 1 SksSeej root to xr-y indlgnatmn-j vo | ^ ward the girl*. but the more I thought ~ nhout It the surer I felt there had ' somehow been a mistake. I could not j bring myself to believe that Mary had deliberately permitted matters to go j to such an extreme when it was In her ^ power to prevent it. She might liavo neglected her duty for a day or two, j but sooner or later her good impulses ^ always came to her rescue, and with .lane by her side to urge her ou I was j( almost sure she would have liberated Brandon long ago, barriug a blunder o< some sort. c So I did not go to Windsor until a week after Brandon's release, when j the king asked me to go down with j him, Wolsoy and De Longucville, the t French ambassador special, for the t purpose of officially offering to Mnry the hand of Louis XII. and the liouor t of becoming queen of France. The princess had known of the pro- ( Jectod arrangement for many weeks, , I>111 had no thought of the present forward condition of affairs or she would i have brought her energies to bear upon Ilenry long before. She could not , bring herself to believe that her brother would really force her into such wretchedness, and possibly he woqld never have done so, much ns he desired it from tlie standpoint of personal n ml lit ion, had it not ueen ior tne peuy i ' exciiac of tlmt fatal trip to Grouche's. , All tlic circumstances of the case 1 wore such as to make Mary's marriage a veritable virgin sacrifice. T?ouls was an old man, and an old Frenchman at that, ftill of French uotions of uiorall- j j ty and Immorality, and, besides, there I were objections that cannot be writ- ' ten, but of which Ilenry and Mary had j been fully Informed. Rhc might as well j marry a leper. Ho you wonder alio was full of dread and fear and resisted with the desperation of death? I So Mary, tlu; person most Interested, was about the last to learn that the treaty bad been signed. ' Windsor was nearly eight leagues ' I RpsSil - OUR resources are not fabul HF^ on earth, nor do we do " rtetchants and Plant - <& r- 11 *'0*J < from London and nt Hint time was occupied only liy the girls and a few old ' ladles and servants, so that news did 1 not travel fast in that direction from ^ tlie cltyt. It is also iirohalile that, even ' if tin? report of the treaty and llrnn- ; don's release had reached Windsor, the ! ,r .jv.nr* nearing It would have liositnt- c ?1 to repeat It to Mary. However tlmt c may l>e, she lind no knowledge of either until she was informed of the fac t that e tbp king ami the French ambassador would be irt Windsor on a eertaftl day to make the formal reouo^t /or ljer I? laud and to off$r the gltts'bf King , xnite. " ? r< I hafeo doubt Mary was In trouble ** ludtWure site had been making or- ^ nlnrtfvMy about her. I knew her suferTng was keen, but was glad of It in (lew of her treatment of Brandon. A ilny or two after ltrnmlou's llbornIon I had begun to speak to liim of the ni JrK luterrupted me with a f? IghUW. ?ntHi "Caskoden, you are my ,c rienqi but K you ever mention their v.a nmes again Ip.my hearing you are I was frightened, so much stronger ,rJ' !d-hl? nature show than mine, adff.1 . * okgofd tfn/U to remain silent 011 that tbjeei ui^tr? but 1 am going too fast ?!5J e announcement.' The hhig WeuVufr* ;irs to coax the fair fining besieges! ~lgl rough two inches of oak door and to dnce her If possible to come down. aJjj^ e below could plainly bear the king fading in the voice of a Itashnn btill. to id it afforded us some nnnistMiient pnt hind our hands. Then his majesty ew angry and threatened to break Y ,wn the door, but the fair besieged jolj ilntalned a most persistent and pro- Qf iking silence throughout It all and lowed him to carry out bis threat wa It bout so much -as a whimper. He ^ is thoroughly angry and called to us ^ come up to see him -compel ohedlce from the self willed hussy," a task o innin?U?/1rt % - * 'M'b'.iiiluc vi vtiiM-ll lie lllKierted. pul l'he door was soon broken down, and l"t< e kingwalked in tirsf, with DeLongue- s,u> lie niul Wolsey next, and the rest P?s us following In close procession. Hut ' 5 marched over broken walls to the 11 >st laughable defeat ever .suffered by ,n 1 sieging army. Our foe, though smali, is altogether too fertile in expedients thr r us. There seemed no way to con- 1,er Her resources were so "ft irned Into defeat;unAjV ",olnoI,t ?' !'* lous disaster. ~ was p,( We found Jane crouching on the floor ' i n corner half dead with fright from ig noise and tumult, and where do I'1' on think we found her mistress? 'lo Tightened? Not at all. She was lyig in hed with her face to the wall as 1 rx>l as a January morning, her cloth- w< ig In a little heap In the middle of the 11 9om, . Without turning her head, she exlalined: "Come in, brother. You are ultc welcome. Ilrlng in your friends. r" am ready to receive them, though hot " n court attire, as you see." And she tn lirust her hare arm straight up from tn he hod to prove her words. You al houhl have seen the Frenchman's litle black eyes gloat on Its beauty. Mary went on, still looking toward hi he wall. "I will arise and receive you gi ill informally If you will but wait." '< Tlila disconcerted the imperturbable ?'i Henry, who was ahont at his wits' end. "Cover tlurt arm, yon linssy!" he b< cried in a flaming rape. pi "Be not Impatient, brother mine! I " will jump ont in Just a moment." ?' A little scream from Jane startled ev- n eryl>o?ly. and she quickly ran up to the ? kins, saying: "1 beg your majesty to go. She will do as she says so sure as t< you remain. You don't know her. She s is very angry. I'lease go. I will bring h lief downstairs somehow." h "Ah, indeed! .lane Bolingbroke,"came <1 from the bed. "I will receive my I guests myself when they are kind enough to come to my rooiu." The coverlid began to movej and whether or not she wns really going to carry out her threat I cannot say. but Henry, ' knowing lier too well to rlsV: it, hurried ( us nil ont of tlio mom nnd marched 1 downstairs nt the head of his defeated cohorts. lie was swearing in a way to innke n priest's flesh creep and protesting by everything holy that Mary should be the wife of Louis Of die. lie * A TEAR; jpsSljPQj " on* we^hrpnH largest lianh n ?? all the busiuMB ?* the country. ers National Bank. mmm went buck to Mary's room at Intervals, l>ut there was enough persistence in \ that one girl to stop the wheels nf HA* t at ,-t - - ? i. sue out sot herself to do it, and (Rjp *4' ;iu? came away from each visit the letiin of another rout. Finally bis anger cooled, and he beanie amused. From the last visit he nine down laughing. " '* "I shall have to give up the fight or Ise put my armor on with visor down," aid lie. "It is not safjp to go near her itliout it. She 4a a very tImo, ' _ ut now tried to somtch my eyee Mt." Wolsey, who had n wonderful knack >r finding Uie easiest means to a dlfenlt end, took Henry off to a window, here they held* a whispered convene- ' oil. t , It was pathetic to see a mighty king id his great minister of state consultg and planning against one poor girl, id, a* angry as I felt toward Mary, I uld not help pitying her and admired yond the power of pen to write the liaut and so far impregnable defense c had put up against an array of ength that would have made a king 'liihlc 011 his throne. <flnty0lis and slapped his thigh ak Idgl^rwifiHrtcd with south propooU ^ ^ ^^ ^ I Iyonguevllle, Woleey e rapidly by a circuitous path back another door of the castle and reered without the knowledge o# any the Inmates. l'e four remained in alienee, en- "*"> ' led by the king, and in the course v rfn hour the princess, supposing ev- . one had gone, came downstairs and Iked Into the room where we were IHiio ""'ft* t was a acffrvy Trick. nut! I felt a ,tempt for the men who hml planned 1 could st?e that Mary's first Imse was fo heat a linsty retreat l>ack y her citadel, the IhmI, hut in truth had in her makeup very little dtaition to retreat. She was clear grit, int a mail she would have made! t what a crime it would have lwen nature to have spoiled so perfect a man. How beautiful she was! She ow one quick, surprised glance at brother and Ills companions and, ing up her exquisite head, careleaslmmmed a little tunc under her nth ns sin? marched to the other end JCOtf'h with a gait that Juno herr and half" lift.improved upon, enchmnn's little eyes feaateoMa^of r beauty with a relish that could not mistaken. Henry and the ambassador spoke a ird in whispers when the latter took l>ox from a huge side pocket and irted across the room townrd Mary itli tiie king at his heels. Iler side was toward them when they me up, hut she kept her nttitude as she had been of bronae. She had ken up a hook that was lying on tbo hie and was examlulng It as they jproached. I>e Ijonguevtlto hold the box In bin uid, iiikI, bow I iir and scraping, raid brokon English, "Permit to me, most acinus princess, that 1 may have the jnor 1o offer on behalf of my august aster this little testament of ttls high 1 miration and love." With thfo Ira mved again, smiled like a crack In leer of old parchment and held hfn dx toward Mary. It wan open, prob> bly In the hope of enticing her with sight of Its contents?a beautiful dlalood necklace. She turned her face ever no little and ink it all lo with one contemptuous itccring glance oii^ of the corners of icr eyes. Then, quietly renclilng out er hand, she grasped the necklace and lelllieralely dashed It In poor old Do amguevllle's face. ? ' ^ \ [TO BE OOHTIWOTIkl | - ? Inning the white clover harvest of ast June a l>ee keeper placed a stand >f bees on a pair of scales to determine WVumu ij J"?v " ???i a nn?iiu vi vwv on Id do In the wny of gathering ho?f under*the host of conditions. The Ml proved (lint In just 0110 day they addsdl fourteen and u half pounds of kon?t to their store v y/