The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-09-04

. tou you before left for France. h,
: trusted 1t to another WHO has prove
ia'sc. VIII tell you all Your siste
.he Lady Mary, and Lady Jane Bolin,
oroke were returning alone after DIR
from visit to the soothsayer Crouch,
W Whom your majesty has heard
had Deen notified OF the Lady Mary,
ihtended visit to him, although she ho
en9o'ned absolute secrecy upon nv IN
Nrn'a ht's kecotid, not so, being dctain
w upon your majcsty's service-it wa
,he hiSht OF the ball to the ap,ba ss,
uors-and | asked Brandon to foIIo,
mem, which he did without the knovI
edge OF the princess.
Upon returning the Indies y.oro o+
'nckeo ny -FOUR ruifiaEs and would have
tnet "ltii worse than death had not tbe
pravest heart and the best sword IN
England defended them victoriousIv
mS"ihst such fearful odds. He Icft
| oneH at hridewell without hurt or I'm.
jury though covered with wounds him.
scil. This man is condemned to bo
h"hgcd, drawn and CHARTERED. lut 7
h'p" not Your majcstys heart If he
w not NJ once rcpricvcd and richly rc.
M"r"'d. Think. my king. Ic soycd
'"' ro!ai honor of your sister. who ia
no u"ar 70 You and has suffered so ter.
ripiy Tor his loyalty and bravery. Tho
o''E left so hurricdly for France tho
Lndy Mary promised she womb toll
you al and liboratc this man who had
SO noDly saved her, but she is n woman
ana was born to bctlay."
Inc King -iaHghcd n little at ,n.---,s-ts
wflSe yyu- arc n eating 1n< Sir
Edwin7 lSaQwssfN Br1ts s1yIon' 8 {1tiifll.;
sentence, but inueit Ms T. regret ft IL
cannot Interfere with the Justice OF onrE
good people of London for the murder
of two knights In their streets. Irg
Brandon committed such n crime, and
/ understand he does not deny it. /
cannot help him, however much
should like to do so. But this nonsense
about my sister! 1t cannot be true.
1t must be trumped up out of your
love in order to save your friend. Have
n care, good master, how you say such
thing. If it were true, would not
Brandon have told it at his trial?"
1T Is as true rs that God lives, my
king! If the Lady Mary and Lady
Jane do not bear me out in every word
l have said, let my life pay the forfeit
He would not tell of the great reason
for killing the men, fearing to COM
promise the honor of those whom he
had saved, for, as your majesty Is
aware, persons sometimes go to
Grouche's for purposes other than to
listen to his soOthsaying. Not In this
f0fl l,,,A
.l.srU,,s tongues, ana Brandon was will
ing to die with closed lips rather than
set them wagging against one so dear
to you. 1t seems that these ladies'
who owe 30 much to him, are also
willing that he should die rather than
themselves bear the consequences Of
their own folly. Do not delay, / be-
seech your majesty. Ept not another
morsel, 1 pray you, until this brave
man, who has so truly served you, be
taken from his prison and freed from
his sentence of death. Come, come,
my king, this moment, and all that
have, my wealth, my life, my honor
are yours for all time"
| The king remained q moment in
thought, with knife in hand.
"Caskodeu, / have never detected
| you in n lie In all the years 1 have
| known you. You are not very large in
body, but your honor is great enough
| to stock q Goliath. / believe you are
telling the truth. I will go at once to
! liberate Brandon and that little hussy,
my sister, shall go to France and ell
Joy life as best she can with her old
beauty, King Louis. / know of nc
greater punishment to infiict upon her,
me out of it 10 longer. Sir Thomas
Brandon, have my horses ready, and
will go to the lord mayor, then to my
lord bishop Of Lincoln and arrange tC
close this French treaty ut once. Le
everybody know that the Princes
Mary will within the month be queer
] Of France" This was said to th'
courticrs and was all over London be
fore night.
I followed closely in the wake Of TIN
king, though uninvited, for 1 had de
, tcrmincd to trust to no one, not eve
his majesty, until Brandon should b
free. Henry had said he would q
first to the lord mayor and then t
: Wolscy, but after we crossed tin
], bridge he passed down Lower Thame
J, street and turned up Fish street hi
into Grace Church street on tOwar
Blshopsgate. He said he would sto
U at Mistress CORVALLIS and have
g pudding and then on to Wolscy, WI
q at that time lodged I'm house near "