Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-10-05

on. help me. But he Is made OF differ
ent stuff from me. can and do trust
his word. and when think OF all my
troubles and when IL seems that / cam
not bear them the one comforting
thought comes that no other woman
will ever possess him-no other woman,
no other woman. I am glad that my
only comfort comes from him."
II hoped that might have been
some comfort TO you. / have tried
hard enough" said Jane. who was jeal-
Gus.
"Oh, yes, my sweet Jane. You do
comfort me. You are like a soothing
balm to an aching pain" And she kiss
ed the hands that held hers. This was
all that modest little Jane required.
She was content to be a humble balm
and did not aspire to the dignity Of an
elixir.
The girls then said their prayers in
concert, and Mary gently wept herself
to sleep. She lay dreaming and toss
ing nervously until sunrise. when she
got up and added more pages to her
letter until called to take 1t.
/ was on hand soon after the Tower
gates had opened and was permitted
to see Brandon at once. He read
Mary's letter and acted like every 9th.
er lover since love letters first began.
He was quick to note the absence of
the longed for but not expected assur-
ance, and when he did not see it went
straight to the point
she has promised to marry the
French king to purchase my life. Is
that not true"
Il hope not" I answered evasively.
81 have seen very little Of her, and she
has said nothing about it."
You are evading my question, see.
Do you know nothing of itY'
Nothing" l replied, telling an un-
necessary lie.
"Caskoden, you are either liar or
blockhead."
"Make it a liar. Brandon" said 1,
laughingly, for l was sure of my place
In his heart and knew that he meant
no offense.
never doubt a friend. One would
better be trustful Of ninety-nine friends
who are false than doubtful of one who
is true. Suspicion and representative
ness are at once the badge and the
bane of little soul.
did not leave the Tower until noon,
and Brandon's pardon had been deliv-
cred to him before left. He was glad
that the first news of it had come from
Mary.
He naturally expected his liberty at
once, and when told that he was to be
honorably detained for a short time
turned to me and said: II suppose they
are afraid to let me out until she is off
for France. King Henry flatters me-"
looked out of the window up Tower
street and said nothing.
When l lat, took letter to Mary,
which plainly told her he had OWNED
1t all, and she wrote a tear stained an
swer, begging him to forgive her for
having saved his life at q cost greater
than her own.
For several days l was kept busy
carrying letters from Greenwich to the
ceased to satisfy Mary, and she made
up her mind that she must see him.
Nothing else would do. She must not.
could not and, in short, would not go
another day without seeing him-no,
not another hour. Jane and opposed
her all we could, but the best we could
accomplish was to induce her for Bran
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see that he was the one who had to
suffer for her indiscretions - to ask
Henry's permission, and II he refused,
then try some other way. To deter
mine was to act with Mary, SO off she
went without delay to hunt the king,
taking Jane and me along as escort.
How full we were Of important bust.
ness as we scurried along the corridors,
one on each side Of Mary, all talking
excitedIy at once! When anything was
to be done, it always required three Of
us to do it.
We found the king, and without any
prelude Mary proffered her request.
OF course it was refused Mary pouted
and was getting ready for an outburst
when Wolsey spoke up: with your
majesty's gracious permission, would
subscribe to the petition of the prin-
cess. She has been good enough to
| give her promise in the matter of so
much importance to us, and in so small
a thing as this 1 hope you may see
your way clear toward favoring her.
The interview will be the last and may
/ help to make her duty easier" Mary
gave the cardinal a f1eeting glance
from her lustrous eyes full of surprise
and gratitude and as speaking as a
book.
| Henry looked from one to the other
OF us for a moment and broke into a
/ boisterous laugh.
"Oh, l don't care. so that you keep 1t
a secret. The old king will never
know. We can hurry up the marriage.
He Is getting too much already-4OO,-
600 crowns and a girl like you. He
cannot complain II he have an heir. 1t