The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-09-18

- S&Hninendations were, first. n
"ou'u take him away from Mary. with
Mhohi' When out of the inspiring ~.
nuencc OF her buoyant hopefulnesa
lie Knew marriage to be utterly irnpos.
slDle, md. SECOND, admitting ana fscs
ing that inipossibility, he might An,
at least partial relief .from HIS b..,t.
achc in tho stirring event. and 49,
lures OF that faraway land OF monsters.
u.asons.S aSagcs and gold. The possi.
plity hys IN the gold, aud very faint-,
- turning, namc.of hope held out the
SIN lno ore fsintlys glinnerings chance
tnas sprtune. I tinsling him there almoaS
/ aiotse uls pa(ghts for lack sof another lovef
~ W upQn hti l'y. why of sanarine acs
'cSaiifs llc blight lend Inn 10 a csrs,
yfnf ~ ql RoA md gold would do, ,nnv.
tntpp efIiaps piirchasa a. prifr,s
~ - q yreasS "a certain princess Of
the royni sbloods ss & Is 3 q n g (,
Brandon at ohco accepted tho It,nS,S
oner OF lodging In the palace. for no.
tpat he felt sure of himself In the NM.
ter or New Spain and his separatjon
from Mary he lohged to see as much sna
possible OF her before tho light wont.
out forever, even though 1t were playl
ing with death itself to do So
foor fellow! His suffering was go
acute during this period that It nffect. h
ed Inc like n contagiou.
1t did not make mono Of him h,&
came In spasms that almost drove him
Wild. lie would nt t3mes nooo an.
room and cry out: "Jesu, CoskofIen
what shall do? She will be tho w,,.
oL me French king, and shall sit I'm
'he WILDERNESS and try every moment
ana look III ner t,9i'o. Ia doing and think
melts In my effort to see her, and then
l shall wander in the woods, suffer
ing imbecile, feeding on roots and nuts.
Would to God one OF us might die! II
1t were not selfish, I should wish
might be the one"
said nothing in answer to these out
bursts, as had no consolation to offer.
We had two or three of our little
meetings of four, dangerous as they
were, ut which Mary, feeling that each
time she saw Brandon might be the
last, would sit and look at him with
glowing eyes that In turn softencd ana
burned as he spoke. She did not talk
much, but devoted all her time and EN-
er9ics to looking with her whole soul.
Never before or since was there n girl
so much in love. \ young girl thor
oughly in love is tho most beautiful
object on earth-beautiful even in ug-
liness. Imagine, then, what 1t made Of
Mary!
Growing partly, perhaps, out Of his
unattanability-for he was rs far out
4, n, 1T. q
long since begun to worship him. She
had learned to know him so well, and
his valiant defense Of her In Billings
gate. together with his noble self sacri-
flee in refusing to compromise her In
order to save himself, had presented
him to her in so noble light that sho
had come to look UP to him as her su-
| pcrior. Her surrender had been COM
| plctc, and she found in 1t Joy far ex-
cccdins that Of any victory or triumph
she could imagine.
| The trouble began in earnest with
| the discovery of our meetings in Lady
| Mary's parlor. There was nothing Mt
| all unusual in the fact that small COM
panlcs of young folk frequently spent
their evenings with her, but VIC knew
/
| in our parties was their exceeding
smnllnCss. a company OF eight or ten
| young persons was we'll enough, al
though 1T Of course created jealousy on
the part of those who were left out.
| but four-two of each seX-made a diff
| ference in kind, however much we
| might Insist it was only In degree, ana
| 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 1t was impossf.
BILE long to keep our meetings secret
among such n host as then lived in
| Greenwich palace.
One day the queen sumsponed Jane
ard put her to tho 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 ever
other good thing, may be abused.
| Well, Jane told 1t all in a moment.
and Catherine was so Mortified that aha
was like to faint. She went with her
hair-lifting horror to the king and
poured into his ears a tale of imprn
dcncc and debauchcry we'll calculated
to start his righteous, virtue prompted
Indignation into threatening flame.
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