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Jtrtgn of ' > UU Augufl Majtitii King < Henry theKiyhth T ' ' Rewrrllton nnA ni>nilir?l Into Mrwt?r-n *r ] | English From Sir Kdwia Cas- \ ^ , , kodcn's Memoir , j, ;; By Edwin Gaskoden [Charles Majorl ;; < ; ? i ** Comrlyht, 1308 and tool, 1' ] J by the Ihncen-Mtrrttl Company ] t All of this, with the thousand uml one noises thnt broke tbo still worse silenco of the Inky night, ?oon began to work upon ber nerves ami make her fearful. The roa<l was full of dangers aside from stumbling horses and broken uecks, for many were the stories of murder and robbery committed along the route they were traveling. It la true tbey bad two stout men, and all were armed, yet tbey might easily come upon a party too strong for tbem, and uo one could tell what might bappen, thought the princess. There was that pitchy darkness through which she could hardly sec her horse's head? a tiling of Itself thnt seemed to have infinite i>owers for mischief and which go amount of argument ever induced any jfeOf-pfnlly constituted womqn to belle v8#us the marie negative absence of Mgbt afcd 'hot a terrible entity potent ror all sorts bf mischief. Then that walling bowl that rose and fell be times. No wind ever made such a noise she felt sure. There wore those shining white gleams which enmo from the little pools of water on tboVoud, looking like dcud men's faces upturned and pale. Perhaps they were water and perhaps they were not. Mary had all Anhfl.1.m? I,. 41 ? * vu.inwv.. v V uKiimuii, uuk iiiui wry fact operated against her. Having that confidence and trust in him, she felt no need to waste her own energy in being brave. So she relaxed completely and had the fenilnlue satisfaction of Allowing herself to be thoroughly frightened. Ia it any wonder Mary's.gallant but womanly spirit snnk low lu the face of all those horrorB? She held out bravely, however, and an occasional clasp from Brandon's hand under cover of the darkness comforted her. When all those terfors would not suggest even a thought of turning back, you may Judge of the character of this girl and her motive. They traveled on, galloping when they could, trotting when they could not gallop, and walking when they must, and about midnight arrived at the Inn where the relay of horses was awaiting them. The inn was a rambling old thatched roof structure, half mud, half wood and oil filth. There are many Inns in England that arc tidy enough, but this one warf a little oft the main road?selected - for that reason?and the un-' cleanness was not the least of Mary's trials that hard night. She had not tasted food since noon and felt the keen hanger natural to youth and health such as hers after twelve hours of fasting and eight Itours of ridiug. Her appetite soon overcame her repugnance, and she ate with a zest that was new to her the humblest fare that bad ever passed her lips. One often misses the xest of life's Joys by having too much of them. One must want a thing before It can be appreciated. A hard tide of five hours brought our travelers to Bath, which place they rode around Just ns the sun began to gild the tile roofs and steeples, and another hoar brought tliem to Bristol. The ship was to sail at sunrise, but as the wind had died out with the night there was no danger of Its sail ing without them. Soon the gates opened, and the party rode to the Bow and String, where Brandon had left thefr chests. The men were then paid off; quick snje was made of the horse*} breakfast was survdd, and they started for the Wharf, with their chests follow , tng in the hands bf four porters: " a boat soon took them aboard the Royal Hind, and now it looked as If thflr dart a* scheme, to full of improbability as to seem Impossible, had realty come to a successful Issuo. From the beginning, I think, It had nersr occurred to Mary to doubt the result. There had never beeu with her 0ft even a suggestion of possible failure, unless It was that evening in our room, when, prompted by her startled modesty, she had said sho could not bear . for us to see her in the trunk hose. % St . . ? >- " ,-.f- - '. | ? ,. ? iolson& Son, kers,- ,,rr^ IS, AMPLE FACILITIES AND ! IN THIS LINE OF BUSINESS >UIi ACCOUNT COURTEOUS AND CONFIDENTIAL OWED BY SPECIAL AUREEMENT. ( - I.'IIH i-L "I W I 1 11 ^ Now tlvnt fruition aeetned about to crowu ber hopes ?lie was happy to her heart's core, and when once to herself wept for Rheer Joy. It Is little wonder she was happy. She was leaving behind no one whom she loved excepting Jane and i>erhni>s me. No father nor mother; only n sister whom she bnrely ( knew niul a brother whose treatment 1 of her had turned her heart against him. She was also fleeing with the one f man in all the world for her and from a marriage that was literally worso ) |than death. | Our travelers were of course greatly In need of rest, so Mary weut to her room and Brandon took a berth in the * ( cabin set apart for the gentlemen. | They had both pa hi for their passage, r . although they hud enlisted and were ! part of the ship's company. They f ' were not expected to do sgjlor's work. ' , but would be called upon in case of , lighting to do their part at tluit. Mary was probably as good a lighter in her ' ! own way as one could find in a long ; journey, but how she was to do her I part with sword and buckler Brandon h j did not know. That, however, was a * bridge to be crossed when they should wome to it. * They had gt>ue aboard about 7 o'clock, and Braudon hoped the ship would be well down Bristol channel before he should leave his berth. But A the wind that had filled Mgry's jack 1 ' boot# with rain gnd had howled so dip- ^ inally night Ipng would not ittr. , now tu?t u wgs wonted. Noon came, t yet no wind, and the sun ahouo as placidly as If Captain Charles Brandon 1 were not fuming with impatience j the poop of the Itoyal Hind. Throe , o'clock and no wind. The captain said ! It would come with night, but sundown ? 1 was almost at hand, and no wind yet. Brandon knew this meant falluro If It ^ held a little longer, for bo was certain '. the king, with Wolsey's help, would long since have guessed the truth. Brandon had not seen the princess ' slucc morning, and the delicacy he felt . about going to lior cabin made tho situation somewhat difficult. After putting it off from hour to hour in hope ' that she would anDcar of her own no. i cord, he at Inst knocked at her door 5 and, of course, found the lady iu trou- s ble. T The thought of the princess going on ,, deck caused a sinking at his heart ev- ' j, cry time It came, as he felt that it was almost Impossible to conceal her idon- ^ tlty. lie had not seen her In her new j male attire, for when she threw off her t riding habit on meeting him the night ( hofore he had Intentionally busied him- f self about the horses and saw her only nfter tlio great cloak covered her as a , gown. He felt that however well her garments might conceal her form, no . man on earth ever had such beauty In , | his face as her transcendent eyes, rose ( tinted cheeks and coral Hps, with their ] cluster of dimples, and his heart sank | .at the prospect. She might hold out for \ awhile with a straight face, but wheu \ the smiles should eouio? It were Just as well to hang a placard about her , neck, "This is a woman." The telltale dimples wonld be worse than Jane for | outspoken, untimely truthfulness and ] trouble provoking candor. I . Upon entering Brandon found Mary , wrestling with the problem of her com- \ pllceted male attiro, the most beautl- , ful plcturo of puzzled distress imngl- j nnble. The port was open and showed \ her rosy as the morn when she looked v up at him. The jnek boots were In a j. corner, and her little feet seemed to ( put up n protest all their own against , going Into them that ought to have a softened every peg. She looked up at (> Brnudpn with a half hearted smile and j( then threw her arms nl>out his neck ^ and sobbed like the child she was. 0 "Do you regret coming, Lady Mary?" asked Brandon, who, now that she was ^ alone with him, felt that he must take , no advantage of the fact to be famll- . iar. j "No, no! Not for one moment. I am . glad?only too glad. But why do yod 8 call me 'I,ady?* You used to call me ur ? tt miurj. f "I don't know; perhaps because you ^ are alone." ^ "Ah! thnt in good of you; but you ^ need not l?e quite no respectful." i The matter wan nettled by mute but satisfactory arbitration, and Brandon j continued: "Yqu uiu?t wake yourself j ready to go on deck. Jt will be bard, ? but it must be done," ^ He helped her with tho heavy Jack t boots and handed her the rain stained r slouch hat which she put on and stood a complete man ready for the deck? ( that Is, as complete as could be evolved fro^r utter femlulaltr. a 9 v * *t?' A _ . .? *' When Bra ndon 'looked lier over, til hope vent out of hiiu. It seemed tbnt fvery change of dress only added to her bewitching beauty by showing it In a new phase. "It will never do. There Is no disguising you. What Is It tbnt despite sverythltig shows so unmistakably feminine? What shall we do? I have It. You shall remain here under the pretense of illness until we are well at sea, and then I will tell the captain all. It is too had, and yet 1 would not bay* Fou one whit less a woman for all the world. A man loves a woman who is so thoroughly womanly that nothing :au hide it." Mary was pleased at his flattery, but llsappolnted at the fnilurO tat bwdfl 5he had thought that sorely these garments would make n man of her In which the keenest eyo could not detect i flaw. They were discussing the matter when a knock came at the door, with he cry, "All hands on deck for InspecIon." Inspection! Jesu! Mary would lot safely endure it a minute. HranIon left her at ohce and went to the aptalu. "My lord Is ill and l?egs to be excused rom dock Inspection," he said, liradhurst, n surly old half pirate of lie saltiest pattern, answered: "111? rhen lie bad better go nsliore as soon is possible. 1 will refund his money. A'e cannot muke a hospital out of the ihip. If his lordship is too 111 to stand nspection, see that he goes nsliore at nice." This last was addressed to one of the 'hip's officers, who answered with the isual "Aye, aye, sir," and started for darv's cabin. That was worse than ever, and Brnnlon quickly said he would have his ordship up at once. lie then returned o Mary, and after buckling on her iword and belt they went 011 deck and limbed up the poop ladder to take their places with those entitled to itand aft. Brandon has often told ine since that t was as much as he could do to keep jack the tears whop he saw Mary'"* iVondorful effort to appear manly. It vas both comical and pathetic. Bho vns a princess to whom all tbo world >owed down, yet that did not help her icre. After all she was only a girl, imid and fearful, following at Branlon'a heols, frightened lest she should lot out of arm's reach of lilrn nmoui I hose rough men and longing with all ler heart to take his hand for moral as veil as physical Hupport. It must have ?eeii both laughable and pathetic In the xtreine. That miserable sword perilstcd In tripping her, and the Jack toots, so much too largo, evinced an ilarming tendency to slip off with ovry step. IIow Insane we all were not 0 have foreseen this from the very leginniiig. It must have been n unique igure she presented climbing up the iteps at Brandon's heels, Jack boots ind all. So unique was It that the allors working In the ship's wnlst topped their tasks to stare in wonder*pnt and the gentlemen on the poop ado no effort to lildo their anuise nent. Old Brndliurst stepped up to 1 or. "I hope your lordship is feeling beter," and then, surveying her from lead to foot, with a broad grin 011 his "catures, "I declare, you look the ple-riro of health, If I ever saw It. How >ld are you?" .uiuy iimcKi}' rexponuco, "i'"carieen fears." "Fourteen," returned Brndliurst. Well, I don't tlilnk you will shod nncl) l>lood. You look more like a loured handsome prill than any man [ ever saw." At this the men nil uughed nnd were very Impertinent In :lie free nnd easy manner of such gentry, most of whom were professional ndveuturers with every finer sense lulled nnd debased by years of vice. These fellows, half of them tipsy, iow gathered about Mary to Inspect ler personally, each on bis own account. Their looks nnd conduct were fery disconcerting, but they did nothng Insulting until one fellow gave her i slap on the back, accompanying It >y an Indecent remark. Brandon tried to pay no attention to tliem, but this ens too much, so he lifted his arm nnd mocked the fellow off the poop Into he waist. The man wns back in a noment, and swords were soon drawn nn eliciting away at n great rate. The ontest was brief, however, as the felow was no sort of match for Brandon, vho, with Ills old trick, quickly twlstd his adversary's sword out of his ;rasp and with a tlnsh of his own lade flung it Into the sen. The gther nen were now talking together at a ittle distance in whispers, and in n aotneut one drunken brute shouted: 'It is no man. It Is a woman. I^?t us ee inore of heri'.' Before Brandon co\ild interfere i,ho ellow had unbuckled Mary'8 doublet it tlie throat and with a Jerk had orn it off, earfyliig away ttie slefve exposing Bhry's shoulder] aijpost growing her tp Jbe d<*fHr Be wnvpd his trophy on high, hut its triumph was abort lived, for almost ?i ?^u m hiw u'"ck, una wnn t tho offending hand aevered at the prist by Brandon's sword. Three or our frionda of tbe wounded man ushed upon Brandon, whereupon Mary lerennieil and began to weep, which Qf *>urse told the whole atory. A great laugh weut up, and Instantly > EQijeral fight baran^ Savatal of Uul . r " . ' gentlemen, apehrg Brandon attacked by such odds, took up his defense, and within twenty seconds nil were on one side or the ether, every mother's son ol them fighting nwny like mnd. You see how quickly nnd completely one woman without the slightest net on her part except n modest effort to be let alone, Mpd set the whole company by the ears* cutting nnd slashing nwny at each othbr like very devils. The sex must gewctnte mischief In some unknown ipimier nnd throw It off. ns the suu throws off Its lient. However, Jn no Is ah exception to that rule?If it is n rule, -v The officers soon put n stop to thb lively little fight nnd took Brandon | nndXS/trv, who was weeping ns any right minded woman would, down Into the cnhln frr consultation. With a jgrcat onth Brndhurst exclaimed: "It Is plain enough that you have brought a girl on lionrd under false colors, and you may ns well make ready to put her ashore. You see what she hns already done?a hand lost to one man and wounds for twenty others ?and she Was on deck loss than live minutes. Heart of (Jod! At that rate sho wnnM * * ........ -.i.*; uiv niup ui uic oottoni of Davy Jones' looker before we could anil half down the channel." "It was not my fault," sobbed Mary, her eyes flashing lire. "I did nothing; all I wanted was to he left alone, but those brutes of men?you shall pay for this; remember what I say. Did you expect Captain Brandon to stand back and not defend me when that wretch was tearing my garments off?" "Captain Brandon, did yon say?" asked Bradhurst, with his hat ofT Instantly. "Yes," answered that individual. "I shipped under an assumed name for various reasons, and desire not to bo known. You will do well to keep my secret." "Do I understand that you arc Master Charles Brandon, the king's friend?" asked Bradhurst. "I am," was the answer. <fThon, sir, I must ask your pardon for the way you have been trealed. We of course could not know It, but a man must expect trouble when he at thches himself to a worn an." It Is a wonder the flnshelt from Mary's eyes did not strike the old seadog dead, lie, however, did not see them and went on: "We are more than anxious that so r*lb}Ht o .kj^gbt as Blr Charles llruudon should go with us, and hope youi reception will not drlvo you hack. Bui as to the lady, you see already the re suit of her presence, and, much as we want you, we cannot take her. Aside from the general trouble which a woman takes with her every where"?Mary would not even look at the creature ?"on shipboard there Is another and greater objection. It Is said, you know, among sailors that a woman on board draws bad luck to certain sorts of ships, and every sudor would desert l?efgre we could weigh anchor If It were known this lady was to go with us. Should they And It out In midocenn a mutiny would be sure to follow, and Cod onlv knows wlmt - - UIH>|TCU. For her sake If for uo other reason take her nsliore nt once." Hrnndon saw only too plainly the truth that he had really seen nil tb? time, but to which he had shut his eyes, and, throwing Mary's cloak over her shoulders, prepared to go ashore. As they went over the side and pulled off a great shout went up from the ship far more derisive than cheering, and the men at the oars looked at each other askance and smiled. What a predlcamcnt for a princess! Itmndon cursed himself for having l>een such a knave and fool as to allow this to happen, lie had known the danger all the time, and his act could not l?e chargeable to Ignorance or a failure fo see the prolml le consequences. Temptation and self|*h deslro had given him temerity In place of Judgment. When the princess stepped ashore, it seemed to her as If the heart in her breast was a different and sepnrate organ from the one she had carried n board. j As the boat put off again for the ship | its crew gave a cheer coupled with ^?ui? yjiu imvice, tor wnicn ftfrnudou would gladly have run them through, each nnd every one. He had to swallow Ids chagrin and anger nnd really , blamed no one but himself, though It was torture to htm that this girl should be subjected to such Insults nnd he powerless to avenge them. The news had spread from the wharf like wll<V tlre, and on their way back to the How and String there came from small boys nnd hidden voices such exclamations as: "I/>ok at the woman In man's j clothing!" "Isn't he a beautiful man?" "Look at him blush!" nnd others too coarse to 1m? repented. Imagine the humiliating situation, from which there was no escape. At last they reached the Inn, whither their chests Hppn followed iWw. &***< fy;adh\irst, together with their pansage mopey, which he vory honestly refunded, Mary soon donned her woman's at tire, of which she had n supply In her Chest, and at least felt more comfortable without the jack l>oots. She had made her toilet alone for the first time in her life, having no ntnid to help her, and wept a" shp dressed, for this dlsnp? polntipent was like plucking the very heart out of her. Her Iiojk! had been bo high that the fall was all the hard [ WE AE (TO OUR resou cch are not fab 1 011 earth, nor do we <1 BUT we arc here among tl ample means for all enough to take eareo WE COME, backed up by a good r made irreproachable I WE ARE here to stay and wo s< accommodation consis Interest Paid on , Herchants and Plan or. Nay, even moVo; hope had become fruition to her when they were once a-shipbonrd, and failure right at the door of success made it doubly hard to bear. It crushed her, and where before i had been hope and confidence was ! nothing now hut despair. Like all people with a great capacity for elation, when she sank she touched the bottom. Alas, Mary, the unconquerable, was down at last. This failure meant so much to her. It meant that she would never be : Brandon's wife, but would go to I pf!l l?l>o In AmliiMA *l.~ -i ? 1 * ?vr vuuuiv m?: uremic* I Oil I Frenchman. At that thought a recoil lie waved his trophy on Jilyh. i came. Tier spirit assorted Itself, and she stamped her foot and swore upon her soul it should never he?never, nev- ( er, so long as she had strength to light i or voice to cry "No!" The thought of this marriage and of the loss of Brandon was painful enough, hut there came another, entirely new to her and In finitely worse. Hastily arranging her dress she went In search of Brandon, whom she quickly found and took to her room. After closing the door she said: "I thought I had reached the pinnacle of disappointment and pain when compelled to leave the ship, for it meant | that I should lose you and have to marry Louis of Trance. But I have found that there is still a possinte pain more i | poignant than either, and I cannot hear I It; ho I come to you?you who are the ] great cure for all my troubles. Oh, | that I couhl lay them hen; all my life long," and she put her head upon his breast, forgetting what sho had intended to say. "What is the trouble, Mary?" "Oh, yes! I thought of that marriage and of losing you, and then, oh, Mary Mother! I thought of some other woman having you to herself. 1 could see ' her with you, and I was jealous?1 think they call it. I have heard of the pangs of Jealousy, and if the fear of a rival is so great what would the reality be? It would kill me; I could not endure it I cannot endure even this, and I want you to swear that"? Brandon took her in his arms as she began to weep. "I will gladly swear by everything 1 hold sacred that no other woman than you shall ever be my wife. If 1 cannot have you, be sure you have spoiled every other woman for me. There is ' but one In all the world- but one. I can at least save you that pain." She then stood on tiptoes to lift her lips to him and stud: "1 give you the same promise., liow you must have suffered when you thought I was to wed another." After a pause she went on: "But it might have boon worse? that is, it would be worse if you should marry some othoy woman'; but that is all set tied now and I feel easier. Then 1 might have married the old ITeneh king, but that, too. is settled, and we i can endure the lesser pain. It always helps us when we are able to think It might have boon worse." ltraudou might have escaped from England In tlie Royal Hind, for the wind had come up shortly after they left the ship, and they could see the sails Indistinctly through the gloom as she got under way. But lu> could not leave Mary alone, and had made up his mind to take her back to London and i march straight Into the Jaws of death with her if the king's uaen did not soon conic. lie knew tlmt a debt to folly bears no grace, and was ready with his principal and usance. 1 N .ES IN XT STAY.) nlous, wo haven't the largest bank o all the business of the country. ie good people of the county with reasonable demands, with capital f all vour wants. eoord, that began years ago; a record Uv fair business methods. >ficit your patronage, offering every ? dent with good banking. Time Deposits. iters National Bank. M ni n CHAPTER XVIII. TO THE TOWFR. UETlIEIt or not Itrnndon would have found some way to decv?'>? liver the princess safely home iBK&anj ;ih<1 still make his escape I cannot say, as lie soon had 110 choice In the matter. At midnight a iKxly of yeomen from the Tower took possession of the Ilow and String and carried Hrandon off to London without communication with Mary. She did not know of ids arrest until next morning, when she was informed that she was to follow immediately, and her heart was nourly broken. IToro again was trouble for Mary. She fait. however, tliut the two great questions, the tuarriagc of herself to bonis, and Brandon to any other perron, were, ns she en lied It, "settled,*' and was almost content to endure this m as a more putting off of her desires, s meddlesome and impertinent Interference of the fates, who would soon learn with whom they were dealing and amend their conduct. She did not understand the consequences for Itrandon, nor that the fates would have to change their purpose very quickly or something would happen worse even than his marriage to another woman. On the second morning after leaving Bristol Brandon reached London and. as he expected, was sent to the Tower. The next evening -I,ady Mary arrived ami was taken down to Greenwich. The glid's fair name was of course lost, hut, fortunately, that goes for little with n princess?since no one would believe that Brandon hnd protected her against himself as valiantly and lionornbly as he would against another. The princess being much more unsophisticated than the courtiers were ready to believe never thought of saying anything to establish her innocence or virtue, and her silence was put down to shame and taken as evidence against her. Jane met Mary at Windsor, nixl of course there was a great llood of tears. T'pou arriving at the palace the girls were joit to themselves, upon Mary's promise not to leave her room, lmt by the next afternoon she, having been unnble to learn anything concerning Brandon, broke her parole anil went out to see the king. it never occurred to Mary that Branlion might suffer death for attempting ?-?<i ? r? mm j ^ i?VI I^IITT ItlirW Olllj too well that she alone was to blame, not only for that but for all that had taken place between them, and never for one moment thought that he might be punished for her fault, even admitting there was fault in any one, which she was by no means ready to do. The trouble in her mind growing out of a lack of news from Brandon was of a general nature, and the possibility of bis death had no place In her thoughts. Nevertheless for the second time Brandon bad been condemned to die for hep sake. The king's seal hail stamped the warrant for the execution and the headsman had sharpened his ax and conhl almost count the golden fee for his butchery. |To be continued ] Nebraska Bankers' Convention. Lincoln. Neh., Oct. 14?At the an. nunl meeting of the Nebraska State Bankers' nsFocinticn which begun in this city today the pripcipal feat* tiros of the program was the debate between Congressman E. J. Hill, o? Connecticut, and A. J. Frame, ?f Wisconsin. on "Asset Currency." Mr. Hill favored tho adoption 0f a system of asset currency tn order that debts might be paid and a greater volume of money insured, and Mr. Frame opposed the idea. Charles G. Da\ve?, of Illinois, is on the program for an address on "Proposed Changes tn the Banking 1 aws," and Theodoro Oilman, of New York, lias for his subject '"A Clearing House Currency." ^ Socialists at San Juan hav^ fhsde an ant.i-American demonstration. They draped the American flagj with crepe an.l rioted on the plajso. In a riot between Socialists and clericals at Bilboa, Spain, seven persons were killed. A priest was thrown Into the river. Prince and PrinceRa Andrew of tirroce, who were recently married at Darmstadt, have started for Greece to an automobile. The situation lu the orient f? uI changed. War between Jnpaa and Russia geems probable,