The San Francisco call., 1903-01-25

the slightest hint that she knew ANYTHING
of the Count of Savoy episode. but calm
ly assumed that of course her brother
had meant literally what he said when
he made the promise as to ti.S second
The King soon asked: But what are
you doing here? They have hardly buried
Louis as yet, have they?
Il am sure / do not know" answered
ried him only during his life, and not for
one moment afterwArd. so / came away
and left them TO bury him or keep him,
as they choose: I care not which"
SUI began Henry. when Mary inter
had taken good care that WOlsey
should be present at this interview; 50
we four-the King. Wolsey. Mary and
myself-quietly stepped into little al
cove away from the others and prepared
TO listen TO Mary's tale which was told
with all her dramatic elOquence and fem
noble insults of Francis. of his vile pro-
posals-insisted upon. almost to the point
of fOrce-carefully cOncealing however,
the offer TO divorce Claude and make her
its attractions for Henry. She told of her
Imprisonment In the Palace des TOurnelles
and of her deadly peril and many tndig
mites, and the tale lost nothing In the
telling. Then she finished by throwing
her arms around Henry's neck In a pas.
siOnate flood OF tears ana begging MN 10
protect her-to save her! save her! save
her! his little sister.
1t was all such perfect acting that for
great lump swelled up in my throat. II
was. however. only for the instant, and
when Mary. whOse-face was hidden from
all the others on Henry's breast, smiled
sIyly at me from the midst of her tears
and sobs / burst into a laugh that was
like to have spoiled everything. Henry
cover 1t by pretending that / was sob
bing. Wolsey helped me out by putting
a corner of his gown to his eyes, when
Henry. seeing us all so affected, began
to catch the fever and swell with indig-
nation. He put Mary away from him,
and striding up and down the room eX-
claimed, in a voice that all could hear:
The dog! the dog! to treat my sister so.
My sister! My fathers daughter! Ny
sister! The first Princess of England and
Queen Of France for his mistress! BY
every god that ever breathed. I'll chas-
tise this scurVy cur until he howls again.
L swear il by my crown. If It cost me
my kingdom and so on until words
failed him. But see how he kept his oath,
and see how he and Francis hObnObbed
not long afterward at the Field Of the
Henry came back to Mary and began
to question her. when she repeated the
my timely arrival, and how, in order to
escape and protect herself from Francis,
she had been compelled TO marry Brandon
She said: so I wanted to come home
to England and be married where my
dear brother could give me away. but
was In such mortal dread Of Francis. and
Gods deathl If had but one other
have have mysef @ II hanged. % Married Marie HfoSIa to Bran
don? Fooll idiot what do you mean?
Married to Brandonl Jesu! You'll drive
me madl Just one other like you IN Eng
land and the whole damned kingdom
might sink; ia have none Of IT. Mar
ried to Brandon without my consentP'
ly, leaning affectionately against his
bulky form; do you suppose 1 would do
that? Now don't be unkind to me when
have been away from you so longl You
gave your consent four months ago Do
you not remember You know I would
never have done It otherwise"
thing-you did not want; and It seems
equally certain that IN the end you always
manage. to do everything you do want.
Why. brother, viii Ieavs It to my
Lord Bishop Of York II you did not prom
ise me that day. in this. very room. and
marry marry Louis lis Of Fra%nce % I mai might maqry m9r-y
whomsoever 1 wished when he should die
OF course you knew, after what I had
said. whom / should choose, so went
to little church in company with Queen
Claude and took my hair down and mar
ried him, and I am his wife. and no power
she looked up into his face with de-
hant little pout, as much as to say NOW,
Henry looked at her 70 in n'G%l surprise pr and
then burst out laughing. Married to
Brandon with your hair DOWN" And be
To Toared a agsip 6ssF the hodSi%g SsYg his s9sa
Ing that. Poor old Louis! That was a
good joke on him. I'll stake my crown
he was glad to die. You kept. Il warm
well said Mary, with a little shrug
Of her shoulders, "he would marry me-"
'Yes, and now poor Brandon doesn't
know the trouble ahead OF him either
s oR, has that E RsS is dsrsnt SHys returned Mary
r,,A - kr.-v. II -. ~.
person fairly radiated, 50 expressive was
Diffsrent2 Yes. as light from darkness;
the other place; as Brandon from Louis,
and that tells II all.
Henry turned to Wolsey: "Havs you
eyer heard anything equal to 1t. my Lord
Ny Lord Bishop, Of course, never had;
nothing that even approached II.
ued Henry, stiIl addressing wolsey.
The Bishop assumed a thoughtful ex-
preston, as II to appear deliberate In so
thing. that can be done" and be threw
in few soft, oily words upon the trou-
bled waters that made Mary wish she had
never called him thou butchers cur"
and Henry. after a pause. asked: ''Whers
Is Brandon? He Is a good fellow, after
% dure an" He'll % find punishmeRnt @ mR We enough T55 EN- IN
you. Tell him to come homa-I suppose
you have him hid around some place
and We II try to DO something for him.
What will you do for HIM brother7''
said Mary, not wanting to bive the Kings
friendly impulse time 10 weaken
"Oh. don't bother about that now" but
she held him fast by the hand and would
not let go.
well, what do you wantf Out with
It. I suppose might as well give up
easily; you will have II sooner or later.
out with II and be done"
Gould you make him Duke Of sufoIk?''
Eth? I suppose so. What say you, my
Lord Of York;
York was willlng-thought II would be
Just the thing.
$50 be It then" said Henry. Nov
am going out to hunt and will not listen
TO another word. You will coax me out
of my kingdom for that fellow yet" He
was about to leave the room when he
turned to Mary. saying: by the way.
sister, can you have Brandon here by
Sunday next7 am to have joust."
Mary thought she could-and the great
event was accomplished.
One false word, one false syllable one
false tone would have spoiled 1t all, had