The San Francisco call., 1903-01-18

said /, dOggeqly.
She smiled at my persistency and took
me by the hand, saying. Gomez
We at once went off to find the King,
but the smile had faded from Marys face
and she looked as If she were going TO
execution. Every shade of color had fled
and her lips were the hue Of ashes
council With the French ambassadors,
discussing the all-absorbing topic of the
marriage treaty. and Henry, fearing an
outbreak, refused to see the Princess AS
usual. opposition but spurred her deter
nina ton. SO she sat down in the ante
room and said she would not stir until
she had seen the King.
After We had waited few minutes one
of the, Kings, pages came up and said
be had been looking all over the palace
for me, and that the King desired my
presence Immediately. | went in with
the page to the King. leaving Mary alone
and very melancholy in the antechamber.
asked: Where have you been, Sir Ed
win? / have almost killed a good half
dozen pages hunting you / want you
With w PisaI an embassy to 'i his Majesty King
Louis. You will be the Interpreter. The
Embassador you need not know. Make
ready at once. The embassy will leave
London from the Tabard Inn one hour
hence"
Could a command to duty nave come
al a more inopportune time2 | was as
tracted, and upon leaving the King went
had LETT her in the anteroom she had
could not find her | went TO the Queens
salon. but she was not there, and l ira
versed that old rambling palace from one
end to the other without finding her or
Lady Jane.
The King had told me the embassy
would be a secret one; and that l was
the Lady Mary. No one was to know
that was leaving England, and was
TO communicate with no one at home
The Kings command was not to be dis
Obeyed To, do so would be as much as
my life was worth but besides that the
command of the King | served was my
highest duty. and no Caskoden ever failed
in that 1 may not be as tall as some
men, but my fidelity and honor-but you
will say / boast
I was to make ready my bundle and
ride six miles to London in one hour: iilS ana
] was sure to be late so L could not
waste another minute.
] went to my room and got together
but did not take much in the way of
clothing, preferring to buy that new in
Paris, where | could find the latest styles
in pattern and fabric.
] tried to assure myself that Mary
would see the King at once and tell him
all. and not allow my dear friend Bran
don to lie in that terrible place another
night; yet a persistent fear gnawed at
my heart, and sort of intuition that
seemed to have the very breath OF GER
tainty in its foreboding made me doubt
her.
AS ] could find neither Mary nor Jane.
1 did the next best thing: 1 wrote letter
to each of them, urging immediate ac-
tion, and left them to be delivered by
my man Thomas, who was one of those
tell the girls l was about to start for
France. but intimated that 1 was COM
PEELED to leave London for q time. and
said: II leave the fate of this man, TO
whom we all owe so much. in your hands,
knowing full well how tender you Will
be of him"
and as ! dared not write, and even Jane
did not know where was, 1 did not re-
ceive or expect any letters. The King
had ordered secrecy, and II / mingled
with all my faults a single virtue 1t is
that of faithfulness to my trust. So L
had no news from England and sent none
home.
During all that time the same old fear
lived in my heart that Mary might fail
TO liberate Brandon. She knew of the
negotiations concerning the French mar
rage, as we all did. although only by
an indefinite sort of hearsay and | was
sure the half founded rumors that had
reached her ears had long since become
certainties. and that her heart was full
of trouble and fear of her violent brother.
She would certainly be at her coaxing and
havior and 1 feared she might refrain
from telling Henry of her trip to Grou-
che's, knowing how severe he was
in such matters and how furious he was
sure TO become at the discovery. | was
certain it was this fear which had pre-
vented Mary ITOH gong ulIeClly 10 lHe
King on our return to Greenwich from
Scotland. and knew that her eating, bath
ing and dressing were but an excuse for
a breathing spell before the dreaded in
tervieW.
This fear remained with me all the time
] was away. but when I reasoned with
myself I would smother ii we'll as
could with argumentadve attempts at
self-assurance. / would say over and
over to myself that Mary could not fall
and that even If she did there was Jane,
dear, sweet, thoughtful. unselfish Jane
who would not allow her TO do so. But
as far as they. go our intuitons-our
feelings" we call them-are worth all
the logic in the world, and you can say
what you will, but my presentiments-l
speak for no one else-are well 70 be
minded. There is another sense hidden
about US that will develop the race
grows older. I speak to posterity.
In proof of this statement now tell
you that when | returned to London L
found Brandon still in the terrible dun
geon; and worse still, ne had been tried
for murder and had been condemned to
be hanged. drawn and quartered on the
second Friday following. Hanged! Drawn!
Quarteredi 1t is time we were doing
away with such barbarity.
We will now go back month for the
purpose OF looking up the doings of
friend Of ours, his Grace, the Duke of
Buckingham.
On the morning of the fatal battle Of
Billingsgate, the barber who had treated
Brandons wounds had been called to
London to dress a bruised knee for his
operation an immense deal of informa-
tion oozed out of the barber. one item of
which was that he had the night before
dressed nine wounds, great and small. for
Master Brandon, the Kings friend. This
established the identity of the man who
had rescued the girls, a fact OF which
Buckingham had had his suspicious all
along. So Brandon's arrest followed, as
kave already related to you.
afterward learned from various
sources how this mob eman began TO
avenge his mishap with Brandon at
Marys ball when the latter broke his
sword point. First, he vent to Newgate
and gave orders to the keeper. who was
his tool, to allow no communication with
the prisoner and it was by his instruc
tions that Brandon had been confined in
the worst dungeon in London. Then he
went down to Greenwich to take care of
matters there. knowing that the King
would learn of Brandon's arrest and prob
ably take steps for his Ii oeration at once.
The King had just heard of the arrest
when buckingham arrived. and the latter
found he was right in his surmAse that
his Majesty would at once demand Bran
don's release.
When the Duke entered the Kings
room Henry called to him: MY Lord,
YOU are opportunely arrived. So good
friend of the people of London can help
US greatly this morning. Our friend
Brandon has been arrested d for the killing