The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-10-23

lchry really liked or. rotber nj
in'red Brandon, as had often hoo,
SHOWN but his nature was incapobI,
VI re'i affection. The highest point h,
ever reached was admiration ofto,
iuite eNtravagant for n time. but usu
ANY short lived as naked admiration ,s
apt 10 De- If he had affection for ony
o!'"' IL was for Mary. He could not but
See the Justice of his sisters position
o"t lie had no intention of allowing
'"n.'cc III thc sense of right to Interfere
WIN justice in the sense of the kings
will. ming
iou nave been playing the devil ot
great rate he said. nssYou have dis.
'peved Your brother ana your kinr
haVe disgraccd yourself, have nrobo'
Diy made trouble between us md
FRANCE. for if Louis refuses tn +oLo
you now l will cram Won down h,s
throat and by. Your own story boyo IoS
Il good man to the block. Quite =, budy'
ct Of evils for one woman to onor De.
| nave noticed that tile trouble n We
ma" can make Is In proportion to her
| oeauty, and no wonder my little sister
| mas made SO much disturbance. II is
strange, though, that he should so 81.
rect You. Master Wolsey. surely there
mas Dech witchcry here. He must hove
oSeu lt abundantly to cast such spell
over my sister Then turning to the
princess: WAS 1t ut any tmo, possible.
Tor him to have given you o love pow.
aer, or did he ever make any signs or
passes oyery6uT' ~ !. s----
oh, no; nothing of that sort. fsnevs
ers ate or SarN& anything which Sslssk|
could possibly ,EAa$$e touchsth And is to /
signs anG spnsse,T L know he never
mnde any. Sir Edwin, y3a. were alf
Ways present when l was with him I'M
I'll after we left for Bristol. Did you
ever see anything Of the ,sort?,+
ailsweredr NO. and she went on.
"6esides, j DO not believe much I'M |
signs and passes No one can afrectj
others unless he can induce, them to i
eat or drink something In which he hns
phced love .rowder or potion. Then
again, Master Brandon did not wa,,t1 I
me TO love him, and surely would NOT (
nave used such a method to gain what I
ne could have had freely without It,"
. noticed that Henry's mind had wan-
.dered from what Mary was saving ana 1
that his eyes We're fixed upon me, Ngfth
thoughtful,. half !, vicious, inaufrinr
stare that.I did notsllke. sJswondered 4
What was coming Sncxt. but nv curios.
ity was more thaif suf yfben the
King askSGg: sHiSrrref! i Knew what was
coming now and actually began to
shrivel with fright The king contin-
ued. Il suppose lie helped You to es-
capc?'
l thought my day had come, but
Mary's wit was equal to the occasion.
With an expression OH her face Of the
most dovclike innocence she quickly
said
ooh, no! Neither he nor Jane knew
anything of it. We were afraid they
might divulgc it,"
Shade of Sapphira!
4 lie is n pretty good thing, too, now
and then. and the man who says that
word of Mary'S was not blessed lie
must fight me with lance, battlcnX,
sword and dagger till one or the other
of us bites the dust in death, be he
great or small.
Il am glad to learn that you knew
nothing of it," said Henry, addressing
me, and | was glad, too, Tor him to |
learn 1t, YOU may be sure.
I. "
will permit | would say that 1 quite
agree with you; there has been witch
cry hcrc--witchcry of the most potent
kind; the witchcry of lustrous eyes, OF
fair skin and rosy lips; the witchery Of
all that is sweet and Intoxicating in
womanhood, but Master Brandon has
been the victim of this potent spell, not
| the user Of it. One look upon your sis
| ter standing there, and l know your
| majesty will agree that Brandon had
| no choice against her"
perhaps you are right" returned
Henry.
| Then spoke Mary, all unconscious Of
her girlish egotism: "Of course he had
not Master Brandon could not help
| it'--which was true beyond all doubt
| Henry laughed at her naivete, and
| Wolsey's lips wore smile as he
pluckcd the king by the sleeve and
took him over to the window, out Of
our hearing.
Mary began to weep and show signs
Of increasing agitation.
After short whispered conversation
the king and Wolscy came back, and
the former said, Sister, if promise to
give Brandon his life will you consent
decently and like n good girl to marry
Louis OF Francef"
Mary almost screamed: Eyes, yes;
gladly. will do anything you ask
and fell at his feet, Historically en-
bracinS his knees.
AS the king stooped and lifted her 10
her feet ho kissed her, saying, "1Iis life
shall be spared, my sweet sister" Aft
cr this Henry felt that he had done a
4 wonderfully gracious act and was the