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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-05-06

~ YlHEN we learned that Brandon
was coming to court, every
@W@I one believed he would soon
l4eEG2SD gain the kings favor. How
much that would amount to none could
tell, as the kings favorites were of
many sorts and taken from all condi
tons Of men. There was Master VOL
sey, butchers son, whom he had first
made almoner, then chief counselor and
bishop of Lincoln, soon to be bishop of
York and cardinal of the holy Roman
church.
From the other extreme of life came
young Thomas, Lord Howard, heir to
the Earl of Surrey, and my Lord of
Buckingham, premier peer Of the realm.
Then sometimes would the king take
yeoman of the guard and make him
his companion in jousts and tourna-
ments solely because of his Drawn and
bone. There were others whom he
kept close by him in the palace be-
cause Of their wit and the entertain
ment they furnished, Of which class
was I, and, f1atter myself, no mean
member.
To begin with, being in no way de-
pendent on the king for money, never
drew farthing from the royal treas
ury. This, you may be sure, did me no
harm, for, although the king sometimes
delighted to give, he always hated to
pay. There were other good reasons,
too, why l should be a favorite with
the king.
My appointment as master Of the
dance, l am sure, was owing entirely
to my manner. My brother, the baron,
who stood high with the king, was not
friendly toward me because my father
had seen fit to bequeath me so good a
competency in place of giving it all to
the frstborn and leaving me dependent
upon the tender mercies of an elder
brother. So had no help from him
nor from any one else. was quite
small Of stature and therefore unable
to compete with lance and mace with
bulkier men, but would bet with any
man, of any size, on any game, at any
place and time, in any amount, and, If
1 do say it, who perhaps should not, /
basked in the light Of many a fair
smile which larger men had sighed fol
in vain. -
did not know when Brandon first
came to London. We had all remained
at Greenwich while the king went up
to Westminster to waste his time with
matters of state and quarrel with the
parliament then sitting, over the
amount Of certain subsidies.
Mary, the kings sister, then some
eighteen or nineteen years Of age, a
perfect bud, just poisoning into per-
feet flower, had gone over to Windsor
! on a visitstosher asta, MaHgaset
) pfs:Scotlandss "a nds the palace N0ass dNll
: enough. Brandm, .jtsseepne, shadabee1l
presented-te- Henry during this time al
Westmi and to 's sbf6 4 e's'sRtent
at least, become; favoriteS before. /
met him. The first time saw him was
at . joust given BY the king at West
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-05-06

Again the thrust which should have
killed broke the sword, and the father
died as the son had died.
After this came young Charles, ex-
pecting, but so great was his strong
heart, not one whit fearing, to lie be-
side his dead father and brother. He
knew: he, was the superior OF both, in
strength and skill, and his knowledge
Of men and the mobiles art told him they
had each been the superior ofxJudson,
but the fellows hand seemed IT, III be the
hand of death. An opening came
through Judson's unskillful play which
gave young Brandon IN opportunity
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ing dash OF cool daring which 1ntimated
plainly enough that he was not all mild
ness.
We became friends at once, drawn to-
gether by that subtle human quality
which makes one nature fit into anoth-
er, resulting in friendship between men
and love between men and women. We
soon found that we had many tastes in
common, chief among which was the
strongest Of all congenial bonds-the
love Of books. In fact. we had come to
know each other through our common
love Of reading, for he also had gone to
Master Cavendish, who had fine libra
~, to borrow some volumes to take
with him down to Greenwich.
Brandon Informed me he was to GO
to Greenwich that day; so we determin.
ed to see little Of London. which was
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-05-06

his fathers and his brothers, bent
double without penetrating. Unlike
the others, however, it did not break,
and the thrust revealed the fact that
Judson's skill as a duelist lay in shirt
Of mail which it was useless to try
to pierce Aware of this, Brandon
knew that victory was his and that
soon he would have avenged the MUIR
ders that had gone before. He saw
that his adversary was strong neither
in wind nor arm and had not the skill
10 penetrate his guard in weeks try
ing, so he determined to fight on the
defensive until Judson's strength
should wane, and then kill him when
and how he chose.
After time Judson began to breathe
hard and his thrusts to lack force.
boy, I would spare you," he said.
II have killed enough Of your tribe.
Put up your sword and call it quits.'
Young Brandon replied: "Stand your
ground, you coward. You will be a
dead man as soon as you grow little
weaker. If you try to run, I will
I'LL yOu tAAOuSA lAO ACNA dS i
would cur. Listen how you snort.
shall soon have you. You are almost
gone You would spare me, would you
I could preach sermon or dance a
hornpipe while am killing you. I
will not break my sword against your
coat of mail, but will wait until you
fall from weakness, and then Fight,
you bloodhound!'
JudsOn was pale from exhaustion,
and his breath was coming in gasps as
he tried to keep the merciless sword
from his throat. At last, by dexterous
twist of his blade, Brandon sent Jud-
sons sword flying thirty feet away.
The fellow started to run, but turned
and fell upon his knees to beg for life.
Brandon's reply was flashing circle
Of steel, and his sword point cut length.
wise through Judson's eyes and the
bridge Of his nose, leaving him sightless
and hideous for life-a revenge COM
pared to which death would have been
merciful.
The duel created sensation through.
out the kingdom, for, although little
was known as to who JudsOn was. his
fame as a duelist was as broad as the
land. He had been at court upon sew
eral occasions, and at one time, upon
the kings birthday, had fought in the
royal lists. So the matter came in for
it's share of consideration by king and
courtiers, and young Brandon became
q person Of interest. He became still
more so when some gentlemen who had
served with him in the continental wars
told the court of his daring and BRAY
cry and related stories of deeds at arms
worthy Of the best knight in Christen-
dom.
He had an uncle at the court, Sill
Thomas Brandon, the kings master of
horse, who thought it good opportuni-
ty to put his nephew forward and let
him take his chance at winning royal
favor. The uncle preached the subject
to the king, with favorable ISSUE and
Charles Brandon, led by the hand of
fate, came to London court, where that
same fate had in keeping for him events
such as seldom fall to the lot of man.
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sons, know, hold all that to
81 fG&8 be totally un-Solomonlike and
7the height Of vanity, but they usually
have no ancestors of whom to be
proud. The man who does not know
who his great-grandfathe was natu.
rally enough would not care what he
was The Caskodens have pride Of an
eesHy because they know both who
and what
We have a right to be proud, for
there is an unbroken male line from
William the Conqueror down to the
present time. In this ineal list are
afourteen barons-the title lapsed when
Charles I. fell-twelve Knights of the
'Garter and forty-seven Knights Of the
Bath and other orders. A Caskoden
4~aistinguished himself by gallant serv-
e1ce under the great Norman and was
given rich English lands and a fair
Saxon bride, albeit an unwilling one,
zR8 his reward. With this fair, unwill-
ding Saxon bride and her long plat of
7xyellow hair goes very pretty, pathetic
STORY, which l may tell you at some fu-
ture time If you take kindly to this.
"A Caskoden was seneschal to William
*Rufus and sat at the rich, half bar
haric banQuets in the first great hall.
Still another was one Of the doughty
tbarons who wrested from John the
great charter, England's declaration Of
independence; another was high in the
councils of Henry V. I have omitted
one whom l should not fail to men
ton, Adjodika Caskoden, who was a
member of the Ounce parliament Of
Henry w., so called because there
were no lawyers in it.
It is true that in the time Of Edward
NV. a Caskoden did stoop to trade, but
It was trade Of the most dignifed, hon
i orable sort-he was a goldsmith, and
his guild, as you know, were the bank
@ers and international clearance house
for people, kings and mobiles.
Now, it has been the custom Of the
Caskodens for centuries to keep rec
ord Of events as they have happened,
both private and public. Some are in
the form of diaries and journals, like
those of Pepys and Evelyn; others in
! letters, like the PASSIONS; others, again. in
verse and song, like Chaucer's and the
Water Poets, and still others in the
: more pretentious form Of memoir and
chronicle. These records we always
have kept jealousy within our family,
thinking it vulgar, like the PASSIONS, to
tsubmit our private affairs to public
gaze.
There can, however, be no reason why
those parts treating solely of outside
matters should be so carefully guard
ed, and have determined to choose for
adjudication such portions as do not di-
tVulge family secrets or skeletons, and
$wh1ch really rebound to family honor.
For this occasion I have selected
from the memoir Of my worthy ances'
! tor and Damesake, Sir Edwin Caskoden,
,grandson Of the goldsmith and master
OF the dance to Henry WILL, the story
>of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor,
sister to the king.
This story is so well known to the
s8tudent of English history that fear
Its repetition will lack that zest which
sattends the development of an unfOre.
seen denouement, but it is Of so great
f1nterest and is so full in it's sweet, fierce
manifestation Of the one thing insolu.
BILE by time-lOve-that l will neverthe-
less rewrite it from old Sir Edwins
<memoir.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-05-06
new to him, and then take boat In time
to be at the palace before dark.

new to him, and then take boat In time
to be at the palace before dark.
That evening, upon arriving at Green.
witch, we hunted up Brandon's uncle,
the master of horse, who invited his
nephew to stay with him for the night.
He refused, however, and accepted an
invitation to take bed in my room.
The next day Brandon was installed
as one of the captains Of the kings
guard, under his uncle, but with no
particular duties except such as should
was offered a good room on one Of the
lower floors, but asked instead to be
lodged in the attic next to me. So we
arranged that each had room opening
into a third that served US alike for
drawing room and armory.
Here we sat and talked, and now and
then one would read aloud some favor
tie passage while the other kept his
own place with finger between the
leaves. Here we discussed everything
from court scandal to religion, and Set
tied, to our own satisfaction at least,
many a great problem with which the
foolish world is still wrestling.
We told each other all our secrets, too.
for all the world like a pair Of girls.
Brandon told me Of his hopes and aspi-
rations, chief among which was his de-
sire to earn and save enough money to.
pay the debt against his fathers es-
tate, which he had turned over to his
younger brother and sisters. He, as
the eldest, could have taken it all, for
his father had died without will, but
he said there was not enough to divide,
so he had given it to them and hoped to.
leave it clear of debt; then for new
Spain, glory and fortune, conquest and
yellow gold! He had read Of the voy-
ages of the great Columbus, the Cabots
and host Of others, and the future
was as rosy as Cornish girls cheek
Fortune held up her lips to him, but
there's often sting in kiss.
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CHAPTER II.

' BRANDON CAME TO COURT.
HEN we learned that Brandon
was coming to court, every
one believed he would soon
gain the kings favor. How
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-05-06

Z sometimes happens, Sir Ed.
win says, that when a woman
will she won't, and when she
won't she will, but usually in
Newport weekly independent., 1903-11-06
ENTERTAINS AT CARDS.

Mrs. s. R. Phillips entertained at cards Tuesday afternoon in compli- ment to Miss Lou Minor and her guest Miss Bertie Weaver.
 There were three tables at euchre, the little score cards being adorned with bunch of violets and the host ess made the affair very pleasant one in the memory of all her guests. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were nicely served.
 Those present besides guests of honor were Misses Ladye Pagan, Bes- sic E. L. Watson, Ray and Lucy Bran denburg, Marille billiard, Carrie Ste vens, Amanda Laird, Lula Empie, Mabel Padgett, Mesdames T. D. Kin man, Jr., Addie Willis and Narcie Minor.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-11-06
pDD FELLOWanationA
CHOOSE OFFICERS.
Erand Lodge Finds Finances of Ordek
 in Excellent Condition-C Charles Beloate of Corning ElecteH Grand Mastvr.

Jonesboro, Oct. 2S.-The second days session of the grand lodge of the I. o. o. F. was opened promptly at g o'clock by Grand Master George D. Robbins. Several new delegates and visitors
 having arrived, today's session was the largest in the history of the order in Arkansas. A resolution was passed increasing the grand secretary's salary from $500 to $500 per year. A committee on state of the order showed the order to be in excellent condition throughout the state, both in numbers and from a l financial standpoint; that the widows
 and orphans home was in splendid condition and able to care for all in-
 mates in the very best manner, and
 that there were over 10000 members
 ot subordinate lodges in this jurisdic- 1 tion.
 1 At the afternoon session the follow ing officers for the ensuing year were
 elected: Chas. V. Beloate of Corning, grand
 master. J. w. Oglesby of Caulkesville, depu- l ty grand master. F. o. Butt of Green Forest, grand
 warden.
 John P. Paul of Sulphur Springs,
 grand secretary. L. s. O'Neal of Fort Smith, grand
 treasurer. Geo. D. Robbins of Salem, grand
 representative. 1 Pine Bluff was chosen over Little
 Rock to entertain the next session of
 the grand lodge. 1 Considerable business is yet to be
 transacted and owing to the fact that
 there is but one more day of the ses-
 sion everything will be expedited to-
 morrow. The Rebekah assembly, which is in
 session at the Odd Fellows hall, held
 very interesting session today. The
 election of officers was made a special
 order for tomorrow morning.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-11-06
MARSHAL KILLED BUTCHER.
Cotton Plant Officer Under Arrest for Shooting E. F. Koch on Street
 Wednesday.

Cotton Plant, Oct. 2S.-Today T. A. Smith, city marshal of Cotton Plant, shot and killed Ernest F. Koch, a meat cutter employed by E. R. Fly smith. Bad feeling had existed for some time between the two men and Koch today demanded a retraction of bad name which Smith had called him. Koch used shot gun to force the retraction and after unloading the gun put it where he got it. He then came on the street again. Smith ap- preached him and fired four shots at Koch, only one of which took effect.
 The fatal shot entered the abdomen just below the umbelicus, causing death in two hours.
 Koch was born in Berlin, Germany, and was highly respected citizen, having worked here for three years. He has brother in Red Oak, Iowa, and one in San Francisco. Smith is in the hands the county officers.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-11-06
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

w. J. Pennington and wife to Sedg- wick Tie Company, 160 acres 20, 28, 29-11-1, $465. Elizabeth Renshaw ct al to Martha J. Thomson, 80 acres 119 2, $175. Wm. Thomson and wife to Thomas Humphrey, 63 acres 19-10-3, $7o0.
 Allie Shelly to Wm. Thomson, tract in 19-10-3, $2.
 Sd Brewer to Lee M. Sedgwick, right of way for railroad in g. -11-1, $40 Wolff Goldman Realty Company to Sedgwick Tie Company, right of way for railroad in 20-11-1, $500.
 R. M. Laird, as administrator of es- tate of J. J. Walker, deceased, to Jacksonport Improvement Company, nine lots and six blocks in Jackson port, $20.
 R. M. Laird, administrator of the es- tate of J. J. Walker, deceased, to Lowry Grant, block 12, range 3, Jack sonport, and 80 acres 21-12-3, s125. R. M. Laird, administrator of estate of J. J. Walker, deceased, to Savan- nah E. Shaver, lot 4, block 4, range 4, Jacksonport, $10. T. J. Greenfield and wife to J. w Ashmore. 36O acres 24, 3-9-1, $3,5O0. State of Arkansas to J. J. Kain, 16o acres 13-9-1. J.J. Kain and wife to Wolff Gold man Realty Company, 160 acres 13-9- 1, $50.
 T. P. Umsted and wife to V. V. Allen, lot 12 block 3, Forrest Place ad- dition, lots and 8, block 34, Daugh- erty's addition, Newport, $2,500. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company to Newport Land Company, 80 acres IS 12-2, $520. Wolff Goldman Realty Company to Mack and Emma Petway, lot 5, block 12, Daugherty's addition, Newport, $500.
 R. M. Laird, administrator of estate of J. J. Walker, deceased, to Ella J. Anderson, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, block g, range 5, Jacksonport, $10. G. I. Toler and wife to w. B. A. Barnes, 16O acres g. 10-4 and 40 acres in White county, $525.
 Thos. Sloan and wife to s. F. Wood ruff, 40 acres 11-12-1, $450. T. D. Lawrence and wife to T. J. and E. 0. Klais, lot 6, block 46, Tuck erman, $50.
 w. B. A. Barnes to w. O. Grandee, 16O acres 32-1o-4 and 40 acres in White county, $425.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-11-06
LUST US'' PLAN
 HALLOWEEN RECEPTION.

Quite number of Newport young people are recipients of invitations to a Halloween event at the home of MT. J. w. Glenn in Witchville, which for that eventful evening will proba- ply be 'ated at the corner of Goblin avenue nd Spook street, Batesville.
 ''Just Us,n i e, Misses Stella Hardy, Nora Glenn, Martha Rosenthal and Daisy Reid, four of Batesville's most popular young ladies, are donors of this Halloween party and will no doubt carry out the idea of mysticism so we'll begun in the invitations of flaming red below cross bones and skull, which read as follows:
 sOn the brow of the storm cloud, The demons are riding, Thick rise the vapors
 From cauldron and pit;
 Just Us are crying,
 Lovers are signing
 At Glenn's in Witchville, Every witchfire is lit.''
Newport weekly independent., 1903-11-06

Whore than the groom being dres sesM conventional black and at tene i by his brother, J. c. Pfay of Fort Smith, as best man, while the brideiwas given away by her brother, M. B. Brewer, of South McAlester.
 Miss Mattie Lipscomb presided at the piano, rendering the beautiful Mendelssohn wedding march, and during the ceremony the soft, sweet strains of NO, Promise Me" was played.
 Rev. s. A. LaAning of the Methodist church read the beautiful service which made them man and wife.
 MT. Pray is a prominent young busi- ness man of Fort Smith and is we'll known here, having lately removed to Fort Smith from here. The bride is one of Muskogee's loveliest daughters and 8 prominent worker in church circles and society, and was the re- cipient of many beautiful and valua- ble presents.
 The Phoenix wishes them all hap piness possible. MT. and Mrs. Pray left for Fort Smith on the flyer, where they will make their future home, taking with them the best wishes of a host of friends.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-11-06
CONSIDERING STREET FAIR.

A promoter is here to work up a street fair for Nov. II to IA. The council, however, is divided upon whether such fair would be a good thing or not, though the company of fers to contribute per cent of the gross receipts as license for their shows.
 Street fairs managed by home busi- ness men and with plenty of sub- scribed capital to work upon are a different proposition from small con- cerns with a few immoral shows and skin games who pretend to offer a street fair. The gentleman seeking tc contract with the city may have g different lot of attractions from the above, and the city council is in z better position to know just what he il offering than anyone else.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-11-06
PRAY-BREwER WEDDING.
Miss May Brewer, Formerly of New port, Married to MT. Robert F. Pray-Will Make Their Home
 in Fort Smith.

A very pretty home wedding took place at the residence of the brides parents, Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Brewer, 422 East Okmulgee avenue, at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, says the Muskogee Phoenix, in the presence of a number of friends of the family, at which MT. Robert F. Pray and Miss May Brewer were married.
 The bride was beautifully gowned in white crepe de chein over taffeta, and carried showery bouquet of
Newport weekly independent., 1903-11-06
This Picture

is fair likeness of the Benjamin Double-breasted Sack Suit, bearing this famous mark
Newport weekly independent., 1903-11-06
BOLD ROBBERS DYNAMITE SAFE

Paragould, Oct. 2S. -Cardwell, Mo-, twelve miles east of Paragould on the Paragould Southeastern railroad, was the scene of sensational burglary this morning at 4 o'clock. Three men entered the postoffice, dynamited the safe and took therefrom $50 in money and $400 in stamps.
 The safe-blowers spiked the tele- graph instrument in the depot, cap tured handcar and made their es- cape into Arkansas. They are sup posed to be lurking somewhere in the vicinity of Paragould.
 Inspector Dice of St. Louis has of fered reward of $2oO for each of the men.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-11-06
CITY COUNCIL CONVENED.

At regular meeting of the council Monday evening with all members present, except Mayor J. W. Grubbs, the reports of the mayor, marshal and recorder were received and re- ferred to the auditing committee.
 The usual accounts were allowed and the minutes of previous meeting approved. The above items consti- tuted the business transacted.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-11-06
BRINKLEY TWINS CREMATED.

Brinkley, Oct. 28.- While A. Moore and wife, colored, were in their field picking cotton late yesterday evening their house burned down and their three months old twins were burned to death.
 The woods between the field and the house prevented the parents from seeing the flames in time to save the children.
 They had been left in charge of A. year old boy.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-11-06
REDr RATES VIA CHoCTAW.

Commencing September 15, 1903, and continuing daily to and including November Both, the Choctaw route will sell you one-way second class "Colonist" ticket from Newport to California common points, Los Ange- les, San Francisco and Bedding, Cal, Phoenix and Prescott, Arizona, for $50. w. R. THOMPSON, Agent.