The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-06-24

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Perhaps you are right, Jane. I will
go to Henry"
Mary waited until she knew the king
was alone, and then went to him.
On entering the room she said:
Brother, L sent a hasty message to you
by the bishop OF Lincoln this morning,
and have come to ask your forgive
ness"
"Ah, little sister, 1 thought you would
change your mind. Now you are Il
good girl"
"Oh, do not misunderstood me. i
asked your forgiveness for the mes.
sage. As to the marriage, 1 came to tell
you that 1t would kill me and that i
could not bear It. Oh, brother, you are
not q oma You cannot know"
Henry few into n passion and, with
baths and curses, ordered her to leave
him unless she was ready to give her
consent. She had but two courses to
take, SO she left with her heart full Of
hatred for the most brutal wretch who
Wver sat upon n throne, and that Is
making an extreme case. AS she was
| going sho turned upon him like n fury
and exclalmed:
"Ncver, never! Do you hear2 Never!"
Preparations went OIL for the mar
riage Just MS IL Mary had given her
solemn consent. The important work
of providing the trousscau began at
| once. When the queen went to her with
silks and taffetas and fine cloths to
consult about the trousseau, although
the theme was n which would inter
est almost any woman, she would have
none Of 1t, and when Catherine insisted
upon her trying on n certain gown she
called her q blackamoor, tore the gar
ment to pieces and ordered her to leave
the room.
Henry sent Wolsey to tell her that
the 18th day of August had been fixed
upon as the day Of the marriage. DE
Longuevillc to act as tho French
kings proxy, and Wolsey was glad to
come of with his life.
Matters were getting into n pretty
| tangle at the palace. Mary would not
speak to the king, and poo Catherine
was afraid to come within arms length
OF her. Wolsey was glad to keep out Of
her way, and she flew Mt buckingham
! with talons and bcak upon first sight.
| As to the battle with buckingham, 1t
was short, but decisive, and this was
| the way 1t came about: There had been
a passage between the duke and Bran
don, In which the latter had tried to
coax the former into n duel. the only
way Of course to settle the weighty
matters between them. Buckingham,
however, had had n taste of Brandon's
nimblc sword play and, bearing In
mind Judson's fate, did not carr for
any more. They had met by accident,
and Brandon, full OF smiles md as po-
lite MS n Frenchman, greeted him.
"Doubticss my lord, having crossed
swords twice with me, will do me the
great honor to grant that privilege the
third time and will kindly tell me
where my friend can wait upon n
friend Of his grace"
"Therc Is no need for us to meet over
that little affair. You had the best Of
1t, and if I nm satisfied you should be.
( was really IN the wrong, but I did
| not know the princess had invited you
to her ball"
"Your lordship Is pleased to evode,"
returned Brandon. ut is not the ball
room matter that I have to complain
OF. As you have rightly said, IL you nre
satisfied 1 certainly should be, but 1t Is
that your lordship, In the name Of the
king, instructed the keeper OF Newgate
prison to confine me In an underground
cell and prohibited communication with
my Of my friends. You so arranged 1t
that my trial should be secret both as
to the day thereof and the event, in or
der that 1t should not be known to
those who might be Interested IN my
release. You promised the Lady Mary
that you would procure my liberty, and
thereby prevented her going to the
king for that purpose, and afterward
told her that 1t had all been done, as
promised, and that I had escaped to
New Spain. 1t is because Of this, my
Lord Buckingham, that / now do.
nounce you as n liar, n coward and a
perJured knight, and demand Of you
such satisfaction as one man can give
to another for mortal injury. II you
refuse, l will kill you as I would a cut
throat the next time I meet you"
II care nothing for your rant, fell
low, but out OF consideration for the
feelings which your fancied injuries
have put into your heart, I tell you that
I did what I could to liberate you and
received from tho keeper n promise
that you should be allowed to escape.
After that q certain letter addressed
to you WAS discovered and fell into the
hands OF the king, a matter In which I
had no part. AS 20 your confinement
and noncommunication with your
friends, that was ut his majesty's COM
mand after he had seen the letter, as
he will most certainly confirm to you.
I say this for my w sake, not that I
care what you may say or think"
This offer Of confirmation by the king
made 1t all sound like the truth, 30
much will even n little truth leayen n
great lie, and part Of Brandon's sails
came down against the mast. The
whole statement surprised him, and
most Of all the intercepted letter. What
letter could 1t have been7 1t was puz-
sling, and yet he dnred not ask.
As the duke was about to walk away
Brandon stopped him: zone moment,
your grace; I AM willing to admit what
you have said, for I am not now pre-
pared to contradict 1t, but there is yet
another matter we have to settle. You
attacked me on horseback and tried to
murder me in order to abduct two la.
dies that night yer In Billingsgate.
That you cannot deny. I watched you
follow the ladies from Bridewell to
Grouchc's, and saw your face when