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I ly CMi Gastafen [Ctafos Major! {\ ; : ; anwHqat, xm e?4 ;*>/, * * tk< Bovxsn-Hcrrftt Company ' | ? Mary would often pout for day* together and pretend illness. Upon one occaalon abe kept the king waiting at her door all the morning, while she, having slipped through the window, waa riding with some of the young people In the forest. When she returned ?through the window ? she went to the door and scolded the poor old king for keeping her waiting penned up In her WKMn all the morning. And he apologised! She changed the dinner hour to noon la accordance with the English custom, and had a heavy supper at night, when she would make the king gorge hlmoelf with tmheaitbfnl food nud coax him "to drink as much as Brother Henry," which invariably resulted In Louis de Valois finding lodgment under the table. This amused the whole court exqept n few ski cronies and physicians, who, of cohrse, wert scandalised beyond measure. She took the khisr on* Ions rides with * her nn r?nl?1 . days, and would Jolt bhn almost to *,. : death tfnd freeze him htitn the cold teal* streamed down. Ws -poor pinched none, making him feel like a half animated Icicle and Wish that he were eno, in fact. At night she would have her balls and keep him up till morning, drinking and dancing, or trying to dance, with hesnntil bis peor old heels, and his ha*4t too, for that matter, were like to fall off; then she would slip away from him and lock herself In her room. Pnumber, say-1, let May alone; she certainly will kill you. Despite which eMo* advice, I doubt not December will go on coveting May np to the end of the chapter, each old fellow?being such a fine man for his nge, you understand?fondly believing himself an oxcaption. Age in a fool is damnable. Mary was killing Louis as certainly and deliberately as if she were feeding hiai alow poison. He was very weak and decrepit at beet, being compelled frequently upon public occasions, such, for example, as the coronation tournament of which I have spoken, to lie upon a couch. Mary's conduct was really cruel, but then, remember the provocation, and that she was acting in self defense. uin wm eitmer tor ner man you might suppose, for the king's grasp of power, never very strong, was beginning to relax even what little grip It had. Alt faces were turned toward the ristag sun, young Francis, duke of Angouleipe, the king's distant cousin, who would soon be king in Louis' place. As this young rising sun, himself vastly smitten with Mary, openly encourage* her In what she did, the courtiers of Aotjtrse' followed suit, and the old klnf found himself surrounded by a court only too ready to be amused by his lively young queen at his expense. Tut condition of affairs Mary welcomed With ber whole soul, and to accent It and nail assurance, I fear, played eve# so lightly and coyly upon the heartstrings of the young duke, which responded all too loudly to her velvet too<(h and almost frightened her to death with their volume of aound later on. . ?hl* Francis dfAngouleme, the dSuphln, had fallen desperately In love with .Mary at first sight, something against which the fact that he was martrled to Claude, daughter cf Louis, ta m .way militated. He jgas a very distant relative of T^ouls, going away bach to St. Louis for bis heirship to the French crown. The king bad daughters In ptehty, but, ss you know, the -gnnsnt Frenchmen say, according to thefr law sallc, "The realm of M FraBce;Is so great un? glorious a berfLtk i tsgmtftat It may not be takep by a woman:" Too great and g!ork>v* to be jp K taken by a Woman, rorxoothl France irm^l M,vO been vastly better off had she ?iwen governed liy a woman now and*th#n, for n country always prosii?i MA> *a.M II*aj -* iolson6t Son, kers, ? < 53, AMPLE FACILITIES AND i IN THIS LINE OF BUSINESS >UR ACCOUNT COURTEOUS AND CONFIDENTIAL OWED BY SPECIAL AGREEMENT. tarn called Prnncia "Ce Gro? Garcon," ' and Queen Mary called "Mm "Ifwilenr, 1 mon beau fils." in a mock motherly j manner that was very laughable. \ mother of eighteen to a "good boy" of ! twenty-two! Dangerous relationship! And dangerons indeed it wonld have been for Mary had she not been ?i pufe and true hs she was willful and Impetuous. "Mou beau Ills" allowed .< neither his wife nor the respect he owed the king to .stand in the way of . his very marked attention to the queen. His position as heir and his long residence at court, almost as son to Louis, < gave him ample opportunities for pressing his unseemly suit. He was the first to see Mary at the meeting place tills side of Abbeville, and was the king's representative on all occasions. i "Bean tils" was rather a handsome < fellow, but thought himself vastly handsomer than he was, and had some i talents, which he was likewise careful to estimate at tbelr full value, to say the least. He was very well liked by i women, and In turn considered himself irresistible. He was very impressionable to feminine charms, was at heart a libertine, and, as be grew older, bscauie a debauchee whose memory will taint France for centuries to come. Mary saw his weakness mors clearly than bis wickedness, being blinded to < the latter by the veil of her own Innocence. She laughed at and with him, and permitted herself a great deal of his company?so much, in fact, that I grew a little jealous for Brandon's sake, and, if the truth must bs told, for the first time began to have doubts of her. I seriously feared that when Louis Should die Rrnndnti mlrht a?u? n much rnoro dangerous rival In the new king, who, although married, would probably try to keep Mary fit his court even should he be driven to the extreme of divorcing Claude as Claude's father had divorced Joan. I believed. In case Mary should voluntarily prove false and remain In France either as the wife or the mistress of Francis, that Brandon would quietly but surely contrive some means to take her life, and I hoped he would. 1 spoke to my wife, June, about the queen's conduct, and she finally admitted that she did not like it, so I, unable to remain silant any longer, determined to put Mnry on her gunrd, and for that purpose spoke very freely to her on the subject. "Oh, ydu goose!" she said laughingly, "lie is almost as great a fool an Henry." Then the tears came to her eyes, and half angrily, half hysterically, slinking pie by the arm, she continued; "Po yog pot know? Can you not see that I would Blvo flits hand or piy eyes, almost my life, Just to fall upon my face In front of Charles Brandon ait this moment? Do you not know that a woman with a love In her henrt such as 1 have for film is safe from every , ono and everything; that it Is her sheet anchor, sure and fast? Have you pot < wit enough to know that?" "Yes, 1 have," I responded, for the time completely silenced. With her favorite tactics she liad, as usual, put me iii the wrong, though I soon cnnio gain to the attack. "Bat he la no bane that I grieve to e? yon with him." "I suppose he Ik pot Wf good," ?he , responded, "but It seeuts to |?e the way i of these people among whom I have < fallen, and he cannot harm me." ? "Oh, but ho cant One docs not go neur smallpox, and there Is a moral contagion quite ?s dangerous, If not ee 1 perceptible, and equally to be avoid- 1 cd. It must be a wonderfully healthy moral nature, pure and chaste to the core, that will be entirely contagion proof and safe from It" She hung bcr head in thought and then lifted her eyes nppenllngly to me. "Am I not that, lSdwIn? Tell met Tell me frankly; am 1 not? It Is the one thlug of good I have always striven for. 1 am so full of other faults that If I have not that there la uo good in me." Her eyes and voice were full of tears, and I knew In my heart that I stood before as pure a soul as ever came from the baud of God. "Ton are, your majesty; never doubt," I answered. "It is pre-emlpently the one thing In womanhood te which all mankind kneels." And I fell upon my knee end kissed her hand with a wnm of mmrniM* folth bb4 trust that b?s never left me from that day to this. As to my estimate of how i Francis would act wjien Louis should < die, you will see that 1 was right Not long after this Lady Caskoden nud 1 were given permission to return 1 to England, and Immediately prepared < for our homeward Journey. < I iMr **-? ? r <*<**? ?* *-v ? *?? As wo left Mary placed in my hands a letter for Brandon, whose bulk was sc reassuring that I knew he had never been out of her thoughts. I looked at the letter n moment and said, in all seriousness. "Your majesty, had I not better provide an extra box for it?" She gave a nervous little laugh, and tho tears filled her eyes as she whispered huskily: "I fancy there is one who will not. think It too large. Goodby, goodby!" So we left Mary, fair, sweel girl queen, all alone among those terrible strangers. Alone with one little English maiden, seven years of age, Anne Boleyn. CHAPTER XXI. UTTgBS FBOM A QUEEX. PTTlPON our retnrn to TCnelsnA 1 [ | left Jane down in Suffolk ftfrrcH with her uncle, I<ord DolingBolVWl broke, having determined nerer to permit her to come within sight of King Ilenry again if I could prevent It. I then went up to I^ondon with the twofold purpose of seeing Brandon and resigning my place as master of the dance. When I presented myself to the king and told him of my marriage, he flew into a great passion because we hud not asked his consent Ono of his whims was that every one must ask his permission to do anything?to eat or sleep or say one's prayers, especially to marry, if the lady was of n degree entitled to be a king's ward. Jane, fortunately, hud no estate, the king's father having stolen it from her when she was an Infant; so all the king could ilo about our marriage was to grumble, which I let him do to his heart's content. "I wish also to thank your majesty for the thousand kindnesses you have Bhown me," I said, "and, although it grieves me to the heart to separate from you, circumstances compel me to tender my resignation as your master o'f dance." Upon this he was kind enough to express regret and ask me to reconsider, but I stood my ground firmly, and then and there ended my official relations with nenry Tudor forever. Upon taking my leave of tho king I sought Iirandon, whom I found comfortably ensconced in our old quarters, he preferring them to much more pretentious apartments offered him In another part of the palace. The king had given him some new furnishings for them, and, as 1 was to remain n few days to attend to some matters of business, he Invited me to shore his comfort with him, and 1 gladly did so. Those few days with Brandon were iny farewell to Individuality. Thereafter I was to be so mysteriously Intermingled with Jane that I was only a part ?and a small part at that, 1 fear ?of two. I did not, of course, regret the change, since it was the one thing In life I most longed for, yet the period was tinged with n faint sentiment of pathos at parting from the old life that hod been so kind to me and which I was leaving forever. 1 say I did not regret it, and, though I was leaving my old haunts and companions and friends so dear to me, I was finding them all again In Jane, who was friend as well as wife. Mary's letter was In one of my boxes which had been delayed, and Jane was to forward it to me when It should come. When I told Brandon of it, I dwelt with emphasis upon Its bulk, and he, of course, was delighted and Impatient to hare It. I had put the letter In the box, but there was something else which Mary had sent to hlui that I had cnrrled with me. It was a sum of money sufficient to puy the debt against his father's estate and, in addition, to buy some large tracts of laud ndjoluing. Brandon did not hesitate to accept the money and seemed glad that It had come from Mary, she, doubtless, being the only person from whom be would have taken It. One of Brandon's sisters bad married a rlcli merchant at Ipswich, and another was soon to marry a Scotch gentleman. The brother would probably never marry, so Brandon would eventually have to take charge of the estates. In fact, he afterward lived there many years, and, as Jane and 1 had purchased a little estate near by. which had been generously added to by Jane's uncle, we saw a great deal of him. But I am getting ahead of my story again. The D'Angonleme complication troubled me greatly, notwithstanding my r<h In Mary, nnd although I had resolved to say nothing to Brandon about It, I soon told him plainly tvhat I thought and feared. He replied with a low, contented little laugh. "I)o not fear for Mnrv. 1 iIa n?? rtmt young fellow is of different stuff, [ know, from the old king, but I have nil faltii In her purity and ability to take care of herself. Before she left she promised to be true to me, whatBver befell, and 1 trust her entirely, t am not so unhappy by any means as duo would expect. Am I? And I was compelled to admit that he certainly waa not. So It seems they had met, as Jane tnd I suspected, but bow Mary managed It I am sure I cannot tell. She beat the very deuce for having her own way, by hook or by crook. Then came the bulky letter, which Brandon pounced upon and eagerly devoured. I leave Dlgt most of the sentimental oaaaaaes, fMflJt1?.** * :r .< > -, > " ' * 4' *' ? " *' 4 lose fla- I , ror quickly. S!u? ?nld, In part: To R!a*ut r Prnndon: Sir cr.tl Pear FrlrnjJ. Greeting?After | I cavity: thee, long time hod I that mighty grh f 'and dole within my heart that It ; wes Ilk to break. for my separation from thee fc'i t Co much harder to hear even . than I had taken thought of. and I also ' donated mo that I could live In Paris, as 1 d!.U wish. Sleep rested not upon my l weary rye s, ami of a very deed could 1 tit. 1 titer tat r.cr drink, since food distasted ' tr.r Hke.ii nausea and wine did strangle in tr.y tit; > at. This lasted through nty jov:.*r.t y hith'r. which I did prolong upon f rr.nny prett xt* nearly two months, but when I d d at last rest mine eyes for the ' tlr.t tiint ttpon :his King l.ouis' face I well knt.v that 1 could rule him, and rvh :t I did arrive and had adjusted myself In this I'ar'.s 1 found It so easy that my turrj leopjd for very Joy. Ueauty gOi'th sonar with tills inllarnmable people I that easily . 'o J rule them ail. and truly ; doth a t orrl'e KV!h>;"ect rnaiirs strnrp,-eapn. ioc.s t > > i;t. Thereby the misfortune which kii.ii to no upon us Is of so much less evil ^ n::;l la so ilk" to be of cuch short duration 1 that l a At. alfnest happy, but for lack of , th \ aOd rometlmcu think that after ell it t ay verily bo a Itlesclng unseen. Ti is row. unexpected face upon our I ?r t.hle bath eo driven the old gnawing I ache out of my heart that I leva to he aior.e and dream, open eyed, of the time, , of a surety not far off. when I shall he ' with tlv e. * It la ofttimos sore hard for tr.e. who have never waited, to haw to [ wait. Ilk? a patient Grlselda. which of a iru;n i n:n noi. ror tills which I do so want. but 1 try to make myself content wlili the 'bought tliat full sure It will not be for hunt, and that when this tedious time hath s;>cnt Itself we shall look h*?k ( upon It as a very soul school, and shall rather Joy that we did not purchase our heaven too cheaply. I I snl 1 1 find it easy to live here as I [J w'slVTind did begin to tell thee how it was when. I tan off Into telling of how I long for thee, so I will try again. This Louis, to btgl.i with. Is but the veriest shadow of a man, of whom thou needst hnvc not one jealous thought. He Is on a bed of sickness most of the time, of his own accord,'and If, perchance, he be but fairly" > welLn day or so I do straightway make hin^fll, again In oneway or another, and, , plt-pae Cod, hope to wear him out entirely era ItMJi, time. Of a deed. Brother Henry 1 was Mlit. Better had it been for Louis to ' have fnurried a human devil than me, for It ftiaketh a very one out of me if mine eyas but rest upon him, and thou knoweat full well what kind of a devil I make. Broth*.r Henry knowcth, nt any rate. For all this do I grieve, but have no remedy nor Mant one. 1 sometimes do almost conBas?lonnte the old king, but I cannot forbMr. fi r he turneth my very blood to blttog gall, and muBt e'en take the consequences of his own folly. Truly is he wild? for love of me, this poor old man, andfth" more I hold him nt a distance the mow* he fondly dotes. I do verily believe he would try to stand upon his foolish old* head did 1 but insist. I sometimes have a thought to make him try it I? enough that is senseless and nbMt'l. In i?U conscicucc, as It Is. At all of this do fh?f courtiers smile and laugh and put me fot.vutd to other pranks?that Is, all hoi u few of the elders, who shake their heads, hut dare do nothing else-for fear of the dauphin, who will soon be king and who stands (list in urging and abetting me. So it Is easy for me to do what I wish, and above all to leave undone that which I wish not, for I do easily rule them all, as good Sir Edwin and dear Jane will testify. I have a ball every night wherein I do make a deal of amusement for every one by dancing La Volta with hla majesty until his heels, and his poor old head, too. nre like to fall off. Others Importune me for those dances, especially the dauphin, but I laugh and Bnane my neaci nnu say tnat I will dance with no one but the king, because he dances so well. This pleases his majesty mightily and maketh an opening for me to avoid the touch of other men, for I am jealous of myself for thy sake, and save and garner every little touch for thee. * * Sir Edwin will tell you I dance with no one else and surely never will. You remember well, I doubt not, when thou first didst teach me this new dance. Ah, how delightful It was, and yet how at first It did frighten and anger me. Thou canst not know how my heart beat during all the time of that first dance. I thought, of a surety, it would burst, and then the wild thrill of frightened ecstasy that made my blood run like liret 1 knew It must be wrong, for It was, in truth, too sweet a thing to be right. And then I grew angry at thee as the cause of my wrongdoing and scolded thee, and repented It, as usual. Truly didst thou, conquer, not win, me. Then afterward, withal it so frightened me, how 1 longed to dance again, and could in no way stay myself from asking. At times could I hardly wait till evening fell, and when upon occasion thou didst not come I was so angry I said I hated thee. What must thou have thought of me, so forward and bold! And thut afternoon! Ah, I think of it every hour, and see and hear It all'and live it o'er and o'er, as it sweeter grows with memory's ripening touch. Some moments thcro aro that send their glad ripple down through life's stream to tho verge of ths grave, and truly blest is one who cap smile upon and kiss these memory waves and draw from thence a bllsH that never fails; but thou knowest full well my heart, find I need not tense thee with its outpourings. There is yet another mtitter of which I wish to write in very earnestness. Sir Edwin Spoke to me thereof and whnt H? said hath given me serious thought. I thank him for his words, of which ho will tell thee in full if thou but Importune him thereto. It Is this: Ylie dauphin. Ftanell d'Angouleme, hath fallen desperately fond of mo rind is quite as importunate and almost as fjoiirh r.3 the elder lover. This people in this strange lond of France have. In rooih, come curious notions. For an example thereto, no one thinks to find anything unscennng in the dauphin's conduct by reason cf his having already a wifo. und mere, that Wife the lhrincc8s Claude, daughter to Use king. I laugh at him und lot him fry what he will, for In truth I am powerless to prevent it. Words cannot scar e\a.n n roue tear and will not harm mo. Then, by his holp and example. I am Justified In the yea of the court In that I ro treat the king, which otherwise It were Impossible for me to do and live here. So. however much I may loathe them, yet I am d Iven to tobrate his words, wh'ch I turn ofT with a laugh, making sure, thou may cat know, that It co.rti to nothing ir.cre ilia a words. And thus It Is however much I wish it not, that I do use him to help me treat the king as 1 like, and do then i;rc the poor old king aa my buckler against this duke'a too n>cat familiarity. Hut, my friend, when the king conns to d:e, thin ahnll I have my. fears of this ycun?. Francia d'Angmiictrie, He la desperate for mo, and I know nol to what length lie micht co. Tho king cannot llvp lopg, aa > 'A,-. . * k Si. m . _l WE iLR (TO , OUR resources are not fabi on earth, nor do we d BUT wo are here among th ample means for all enough to take care oi WE COME, backed up by a good r made irreproachable I WE ARE here to stay and we sc accommodation consis Interest Paid on rierchants and Plan the thread of his life is UKe rotten nax, and when ho dies thou must come without delay, since I shall be In deadly peril. I have a messenger waiting at all hours ready to send to thee upon a moment's notice, and when he comes waste not a precious instant. It may mean all to thee and inc. I could write on nn<i on but It would bo only to toll thoe o'or and o'or that my heart Is full of thee to overflowing. 1 thank thee that thou haat never doubted me. and will sec that thou hast hereafter only good cause for better faith. MARY. Reglna. "Reglna!" That was all. Only a queen! Surely no one could charge Brandon with possessing too modest tastes. " e It was, I think, during the second week In December that I gave this letter to Brandon, and about n fortnight hiter there came to him a messenger from Paris, bringing another from Mary, as follows: Master Charles Brandon: Sir nnd Dear Friend, Greeting?I have but time to write that the king is so 111 he cannot but die ere moriiing. Thou knowest that which I last wi'SIp to thee, unil In addition thereto I would say that although I have, as thou likewise knowest, my brother's permission to marry whom I wish, yet as I have his one consent It is safer that we act upon that rather than be so scrupulous as to ask for another. So it were better that thou tajce me to wlfo upon the old one rather than risk the necessity of having to do it without any. I say no more, but come with all the speed thou knowest. MARY. It is needless to say that Brandon started in hustc for I'aris. lie left court for the ostensible purpose of paying men visit, nnd came to Ipswich, whence we sailed. The French king was dead before Mary's message reached London, and when we arrived at Pads Francis I. ] reigned on the throne of Ills father-inlaw. I had guessed only too accurately. As soon as the restraint of the old"' king's presence, light as it had been, was removed, the young king opened ids attack upon Mary in dreadful earnest. He begged and pleaded and swore his love, which was surely manifest enough, and within three days after the old king's dentil offered to divorce Claude and make Mary his fillo Mi Wlion t?ofnefwl <1. ing offer, Ills surprise was genuine. "Do you know what you refuse?" lie asked in a temper. "I offer to make you my wife?queen of 15,(KM),000 of the greatest subjects on earth?and are you sueli a fool as to refuse a gift like that, and a man like me for a husband?" "That I am, your majesty, and with a good grace. 1 am queen of France without your help and care not so much as one penny for the honor. It Is greater to be a princess of England. As for this love you avow, I would make so bold as to suggest that you have a good, true wife, to whom you would do well to give It all. To me it is nothing, even were you a thousand times the king you are. My heart is another's, ami I have my brother's permission to marry him." "Another's? God's soul! Tell me who this fellow is that I may spit liini on my sword!" "No, no! You would not. Even were you as valiant and grand as you think yourself, you would be but a child In ids hands." Francis was furious, and had Mary's apartments guarded to prevent her escape, swearing lio would have bis way. As soon as Brandon and I arrived 111 I'jirls \PO tnnlr nrlvnfo lA,lnln,ru ?rwl ? -- ? i'?? ' ??VV vu^iugai well It was that we did. I at onco went out to reeonnoiter, and found the widowe<l queen a prisoner In the old Palace des Tournellos. With the help of Queen Claude 1 secretly obtained an interview and learned the true state of affairs. Had Brandon been recognized and his mission known in Paris he would certainly have been assassinated by order of Francis. When I saw the whole situation, with Mai-j' nothing less than a prisoner In the palace, I was ready to give np without a struggle, but not so Mary. Her brain was worth having, so fertile was it in expedients, and, while I wa3 ready to despair, she was ouly getting herself In good lighting order. After Mary's refusal of Francis, and imer uu nail icirraeu iimt me sa evince of Claude would not help him, he grew despernto and determined to keep the English girl In Ilia court at any price and by any means. So lie lilt upon the scheme of marrying her to his weak minded cousin, the Count of Savoy. To that end he sent a hurried embassy to Henry VIII., offering, in case of the Savoy marriage, to pay back Mary's dower of 400.0CO crowns. He offered to help Ilenry In the matter of the imperial crown In case of Maximllinn's death, a help much greater than guy !*.' ') i ? .. ; . / .% is?* %vk V? 14~S 1 : ' 'V ?S I3NT IT STAY.) ulons, we haven't the largest bank o all the business of the country. ,e good people of the county with reasonable demands, with capital f all your wants. ccord, that began years ago; a record )V fair business methods, ilicit your patronage, offering every itent with good banking. Time Deposits. j iters National Bank. King i/ouis could have given. He also offered to conllrm Ilenry In all his Frcucla possessions and to relinquish nil claims of his own thereto?all as the price <?r 0110 eighteen-year-old jrlrl. Do you wonder she hud an exalted estimate of her own value? .? As to Henry, it of course need not ho Raid that half the price offered would have bought hint to break an oath .made upon the true cross Itself. The promise he had made to Maty, broken in intent before it was given, stood not for an instant in the way of the French king's wishes, and Henry, with a promptitude begotten of greed, was as hasty in sending an embassy to accept Vie offer as Francis had been to make it. It mattered not to hltu what new torture he put upon his sister. The price, I believe, was sufficient to liavo induced liiiu to cut off her head with his own hands. If Francis and Henry were quick in their movements, Mary was quicker. Her plan was made in the twinkling of nu eye. Immediately upon swing me at the palace she sent for Queen Claude, with whom she had become fast friends, and told her all she knew. She did not know of the scheme for the Savoy marriage, though Queen Claude did and fully explained it to Mary. Naturally enough, Claude would be glad to get Mary as far away from France and her husband as possible, and was only too willing to lend a helping hand to our purpose, or Mary's, rather, for she was the lender. We quickly agreed among ourselves that Mary and Queen Claude should within an hour go out lu Claude's new coach for the ostensible purpose of hearing muss. Brandon niul 1 t* re to go to tlie snrnr Urtle ct^voi injvhieh Jane and I had been married, Vhero Mary said the little priest could ndi4(p. Ister the sacrament of marriage nmV J perform the ceremony as well as if ho V were thrice as large. I hurriedly found Brandon and repaired to the little chapel, where we waited for a very long time, we thought. At last the two queens entered as if to make their devotions. As soon as He fell upon hi* knee and Hinted the hem of her gown. Eramlou nnd Mary caught sight of each other Queen Claude nnd I began to examine tlie shrines nnd decipher the Latin inscriptions. If these two lind not married soon, they would have been the death of ine. I was compelled at length to remind them tlint time was very precious just at that Juncture, whereupon Mary, who was half laugh* lug. ha if crying, lifted her hands to her hair and let it fall in all its lustrous wealth down over her shoulders. When Itrundon saw this, lie fell upon ld? kuee nnd kissed tlie hem of her gown, and she, stooping over him, raised him to his feet and placed her hand iu hie. Thus Mary was married to the man to save Whose life she had four mouth* before married the French king. |To be continued ] The Maethroftt, There is conclusive evidence to show that in one unbroken nocturnal flight tho EuroiKenn bird known ns the northern bluethroat passes from central Africa to the Herman sen, a distance of 1,000 miles, making the Journey in nine hours. From its winter home In Africa I observations have determined thnt it I starts after sunset, arriving at Its far northern summer haunts before dawn a tbe next morulng. ? .VVv- .