Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-08-31

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the Royal Hind would sail. and II real
I ly looked as If the adventure might
! turn out to our desire.
Jane was in tribulation and thought
7 she ought TO be taken along. This, you
may be sure, was touching me very
/ closely. and began to wish the whole
Internal mess at the bottom OF the sea.
/ IL Jane went, his august majesty King
/ Henry VIII. would be without a mas
/ ter OF the dance just as sure as the
] stars twinkled in the armament. II
was, however. soon decided that Bran
don would have his hands more than
] full to get off with one woman. and
that two would surely spoil the plan.
So Jane was TO be left behind, full Of
| tribulation and indignation, firmly con-
| WINGED that she was being treated very
badly.
Mary's vanity was delighted with her
/ elopement trousseau, for of course it
\ was of the finest. Not that the quality
was better than her usual wear, but
/ doublet and hose were so different on
/ her. She paraded for an hour or so
before Jane, and as she became ac-
customed to the new garb and as the
/ steel reflected most beautiful image
she determined to show herself to
Brandon and me. She said she want
ed to become accustomed to being seen
| In her doublet and hose and would be-
/ gin with us. She thought IL she could
not bear our gaze she would surely
make a dismal failure on shipboard
among so many strange men. There
was some good reasoning In this, and
II. together with her vanity. overruled
her modesty and prompted her to come
to see us in her character Of young
nobleman. Jane made one Of her
mighty protests, so infinitely dispro-
portionate in size to her little ladyship,
but the self willed princess would not
listen to her and was for coming alone
II Jane would not come with her. Once
having determined. as usual with her,
she wasted no time about Ii, but,
throwing a long cloak over her Shout
ders, started for our rooms, with angry,
weeping, protesting Jane at her heels.
When heard the knock, was sure
II was the girls, for though Mary had
! promised Brandon she would not I'M
| der any circumstances attempt another
visit | knew so well her utter inability
to combat her desire and her reckless
disregard of danger where there was a
motive sufficient to furnish the nerve
tension that was sure she would come
or try to come again.
l admitted the girls. and when the
door xroo cht h.
brooch at her throat. and the great
cloak fell to her heels. Out she STEP
ped, with little laugh Of delight,
clothed In doublet. hose and confusion,
the prettiest picture mortal eyes ever
rested on. Her hat, something on the
broad, fat style with single white
plume encircling the crown, was Of
purple velvet trimmed in gold braid
and touched here and there with pre-
cious stones. Her doublet was Of the
same purple velvet as her hat. trimmed
In lace and gold braid. Her short
trunks were of heavy black silk slashed
by yellow satin, with hose of lavender
silk, and her little shoes were Of rus
set French leather. Quite a rainbow,
you will say, but such rainbow!
Brandon and l were struck dumb
with admiration and could not keep
from showing 1t. This disconnected
the girl and increased her embarrass-
ment until we could not tell which was
the prettiest, the garments, the girl or
the confusion, but this / know-the
whole picture was as sweet and beauti-
fIl n fho Of, hi
Fine feathers will not make fine
birds, and Mary's masculine attire
could no more make her look like a
man than harness can disguise the
graces Of a gazelle. Nothing could
conceal her intense, exquisite woman
hood. With our looks Of establishment
and admiration Mary's bushes deep
ened.
what is the matter? Is anything
wrong" she asked.
Nothing Is wrong" answered Bran
don, smiling In spite of himself. Moth
Ing on earth Is wrong with you, you
may be sure. You are perfect-that is,
for woman-and one who thinks there
Is anything wrong about a perfect
woman Is hard to please. But If you
catter yourself that you in any way
resemble a man or that your dress in
The faintest degree conceals your sex
you are mistaken. 1t makes 1t only
more apparent"
How can that be?" asked Mary in
eomical tribulation. as not this
mans doublet and hose, and this hat
Is II not mans hat? They are all for
man. Then why do not look like
one, l ask? Tell me what Is wrong.
oh, thought looked just like a man.
i thought the disguise was perfect"
WELL" returned Brandon, "if you
will permit me to say so, you are en-
tirely too symmetrical and shapely
ever to pass for man."
The flaming color was in her cheeks
as Brandon went on: "Your feet are
to-