Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-05-15

might insist it was only in degree, and
this, we soon learned, was the kings
opinion
You may be sure there was many a
jealous person about the court ready
to carry tales and that it was impossi-
BILE long to keep our meetings secret
among such host as then lived in
Greenwich palace
One day the queen summoned Jane
and put her to the question. Now, Jane
thought the truth was made only to be
told. fallacy into which many good
people have fallen. to their utter de-
struction, since the truth, like every
other good thing, may be abused.
Well, Jane told it all in moment
and Catherine was so Mortified that she
was like to faint. She went with her
hair-lifting horror to the king and
poured into his ears tale of impru-
dence and debauchery well calculated
to start his righteous, virtue-prompted
indignation into threatening flame.
Mary, Jane, Brandon and myself
were at once summoned to the presence
of both their majesties and soundly
reprimanded. Three of us were order
ed to leave the court before we could
speak word in self defense, and Jane
had enough of her favorite truth for
once. Mary, however, came to our res
cue with her coaxing eloquence and
potent feminine logic and soon con-
WINGED Henry that the queen, who real
ly counted for little with him, had
made q mountain out of a very small
molehill. Thus the royal wrath was ap
peased to such an extent that the order
of expulsion was modified to COM
mand that there be no more quartet
gatherings in Princess Mary's parlor
This leniency was more easy for the
princess to bring about by reason of
the fact that she had not spoken to her
brother since the day she went to see
him after Wolseys visit and had been
so roughly driven off. At first upon
her refusal to speak to him after the
WOlsey visit. Henry was angry on ac-
count of what he called her insolcnce,
but as she did not seem to care for
that and as his anger did nothing to-
ward unsealing her lips he pretended
Indifference Still the same stubborn
silence was maintained. This soon be-
gan to amuse the king, and of late lie
had been trying TO be on friendly terms
again with his sister through a series
of elephantine antics and bearlille pleas
antries. which were the most dismal
failures-that is, in the way of bring
ing about Il reconciliation. They were
more successful from Il comical point
of view SO Henry was really glad for
something that would loosen the tongue
usually so lively, and for an opportu-
nifty to crafty his sister, from whom
he was demanding such a sacrifice and
for whom he expected to receive no
less price than the help of Louis Of
France. the most powerful king of
Europe. to the imperial crown.
Thus our meetings were broken up
and Brandon knew his dream was over
and that any effort to see the princess
would probably result in disaster for
them both; for him certainly.
The king upon that same day told
Mary Of the intercepted letter sent by
her to Brandon at Newgate and ac-
cused her of what he was pleased to
term an improper feeling for lowborn
fellow.
Mary at once sent a full account Of
the communication In a letter to Bran
don, who read it with no small degree
of i'll comfort as the harbinger of trou-
BILE.
Il had better leave here soon or
may go without my head" he remark
ed. when that thought gets to work
ing in the kings brain, he will strike,
and I-shall fall"
Letters began to come to our rooms
from Mary, at first begging Brandon to
come to her and then upbraiding him
because of his GOODNESS and cowardice
and telling him that if lie cared for her
as she did for him he would see her
though he had to wade through fire
and blood. That was exactly where
the trouble lay. 1t was not fire and
blood through which he would have to
pass; they were small matters-mere
nothings that would really have added
zest and interest to the achievement