Cañon City record., 1903-12-24

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 n moment In
thought. with knife in hand.
"Caskoden. l have never detected
you In a lie In all the years l have
known you. You are not very large I'm
body. but your honor is great enough
to stock q Goliath. l believe you are
telling the truth. ! will go at once tc
libernte Brandon. and that little hussy.
my sister. shall go TO France and en-
Joy life as best she can with her old
beauty, King Louis. l know Of no
greater punishment TO innlct upon her.
This determines me. She shall coax
me out of II no longer. Sir Thomas
Brandon. have my horses ready. and I
will go to the lord mayor. then to my
lord bishop of Lincoln and arrange to
close this French treaty at once. Let
everybody know that the Princess
Mary will within the month be queen
OF France" This was said to the
courtiers and was ali over London be-
fore night
followed closely In the wake of the
king. though unlimited. for I had de
terrnIned TO trust to no one. not even
his majesty. until Brandon should be
free Henry had said he would go
nfst TO the lord mayor and then to
Woisey. but after we crossed the
bridge he passed down Lower Thames
street and turned up Fish street hill
into Grace Church street on toward
BisbopsIate. He said he would stop
at Mistress Cornwaiiis' and have 4
pudding ant then ON TO wolsey. who
at that time lodged In n house near the
wall beyond Bishopsgate.
well knew II the king once reached
wolscy's Il would be wine and quoits
and other games. interspersed now
and then with . little clustering tam
on ssatecraft. for the rest OF the day.
Then the good bishop would have In
few pretty London women. aud n dance
would follow. with wine aud cards
and dice. ari Henry would spend the
night at wo.sey's and Brandon lie an
other night In the mire OF his Newgate
dungeon.
resolved 10 raise heaven and earth.
and the other place. too. II necessary.
before this should happen. So | rode
boldly up to the king and with uncov-
cred head addressed him: Your mai
esty gave M. your royal word that you
would go 60 the lord mayor first. and
this Is the road to my lord bishop OF
Lincoln. In all the years have known
your majesty. both as gallant prince
and puissant king. this is the first re-
quest ! ever proffcrcd. and now only
ask of you to save your own noble
honor and do your duty as man and
king"
These were bold words. but l did not
care one little farth.ng whether they
pleased him or not The king stared
at me and said:
"Caskoden. you are a perfect hound
at my heels. But you are right I had
forgotten my crrand- You disturbed
my dinner. and my stomach called
loudly for one OF Mistress Corvallis
puddings. but you are right to stick to
me. What n friead you are In case of
need! Would had one like you"
Your majesty has two OF whom
know-one riding humbly by your roy
al side aud the other lying in the worst
dungeon In Christendom."
With this the king wheeled about
and started west toward Guildhall.
To the lord mayor we accordingly
went without further delay. He was
only too glad to libcrnte Brandon when
he heard my story, which the king Ind
ordered me to repeat. The only hesi'
fancy was from a doubt OF Its truth.
The lord mayor was kind enough to
say that he felt little doubt OF my
word. but that friendship would often
drive q man to any extremity. even
falsehood. to save friend.
Then I offered to go into custody my
self and pay the penalty. death, for
helping convicted feion TO escape IL
told not the truth. to be confirmed or
denied by the princess and her first
lady In waiting. knew Jane and was
willing to risk her truthfulncss with.
out a doubt-it was so pronounced AZ
to be troublesome at umes-and as to
Mary-weli. 1 had not doubt OF her
either. II she would but stop to think
out the right. she was sure to do II.
My ofrer was satisfactory, for what
more can man do than pledge his life
for his friendy We have Scripture for
that. or something like II.
The lord mayor did not require my
proffercd pledge but readily consented
that the king should write nn order for
Brandon's pardon and release. This
wus done at snce. and we-that IL, l,
together with the sheriHs sergeant and
bis four yeomen. FASTENED TO NewEate,
while Henry went over to wolscy's to
settle Mary's fate.
Brandon was brought up. with chains
and manaclcs at his ankles and wrists.
When he entered the room md saw
me. he exclaimed; "Ah. Caskoden. IL
that your ! thought they had brought
me up to hing me. and was glad for