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4 k l!ni;li:-li From Sir F.dwlu Oast
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' [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
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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. ?
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[TO BE OOHTIWOTIkl |
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Inning the white clover harvest of
ast June a l>ee keeper placed a stand
>f bees on a pair of scales to determine
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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
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