Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-30

 MS<7sS2 kings consent, organized a sS small party to go over to Windsor for few weeks during the warm weather.
 There were ten or twelve of us, in- cluding two chaperons, the old Earl of Hertford and tne dowager Duchess of Kent. Henry might as well have sent along pair of spanieis to act as chap erons-it would have taken an army to guard Mary alone-and to tell you the truth our old chaperons needed watching more than any of us. It was scandalous. Each of them had a touch of gout, and when they made wry faces it was standing inquiry among us whether they were leering at each other or felt a twinge-whether it was them.
 Mary led them a pretty life at all times, even at home in the palace, and I know they would rather have gone off with a pack of imps than with us. The inducement was that it gave them better opportunities to be together, an arrangement connived at by the queen, I think, and they were satisfied. The earl had a wife, but he fancied the old dowager and she fancied him, and probably the wife fancied somebody else, so they were all happy. 1t great ly amused the young people, you may be sure, and Mary said, probably with out telling the exact truth, that every night she prayed God to pity and for give their ugliness. One day the prin- cess said she was becoming alarmed. Their ugliness was so intense she fear ed it might be contagious and spread. Then, with most comical seriousness, she added:
 ''Nfon Dieu, Sir Edwin, what if should catch it? Master Charles would not take me-
 s'No danger of that, my lady He is too devoted to see anything but beauty in you, no matter how much you might change"
 "Do you really think so? He says so little about it that sometimes I al- most doubt"
 Therein she spoke the secret of Bran don's success with her, at least in the beginning for there is wonder full po- tency in the stimulus of healthy lit tie doubt.
 We had delightful canter over to Windsor, I riding wlth Mary most of the way. I was not ayerse to this ar engagement, as : not only re.ished Ma- ry's mirth and joyousness, which were at their height, but hoped might give my little Lady Jane twinge or two of jealousy, perchance to fertilize her sentiments toward me.
 Mary talked and laughed and sang, for her soul was a fountain of glad ness that bubbled up the instant pres sure was removed. She spoke of little but our last trip over this same road, and, as we passed objects on the way, told me of what Brandon had said at this place and that. She laughed and dimpled exquisitely in relating how she had deliberately made opportuni- ties for him to fiatter her until at last he smiled in her face and told her she ! was the most beautiful creature liv- ing, but that, after all, beauty was as beauty did"
 That made me angry" said she. ''I pouted for awhile and two or three i times was on the point of dismissingi 'nlm, but thought better or 1t ana asked him plainly wherein I did so much amiss. Then what do you think the impudent fellow said?"
 "I cannot guess"
 "He said, oh, there is so much 1t would take lifetime to tell it.
 "This made me furious, but could not answer, and a moment later he said, Nevertheless I should be only too glad to undertake the task
 "The thought never occurred to ei- ther of us then that he would be taken at his word. Bold? I should think he was! never saw anything like it! I have not told you tenth part of what he said to me that day. He said any thing he wished, and it seemed that I could neither stop him nor retaliate. Half the time I was angry and half the time amused, but by the time we reached Windsor there never was a girl more hopelessly and desperately in love than Mary Tudor" And she laughed as if it were huge joke on Mary.
 She continued: "That day settled matters with me for all time. I don't know how he did it. Yes, do,, And she launched forth into an account of Brandon's perfectfons, which found somewhat dull. and so would you.