The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-08-12


There was one thing that troubled
her greatly, and all the time. Henry
had given his word that Brandon should
be liberated as soon as Mary had left
the shores Of England, but we had
heard nothing of this matter, although
we had received several letters from
home. a doubt of her brother, In
whom she had little faith Mt best, made
an ache at her heart which seemed at
times likely to break-so she said.
Ono night she dreamed that she had
witnessed Brandon's execution, her
brother standing by In excellent hui
NOR ut the prank he was playing her,
and 1t so worked upon her waking
hours that by evening she was Ill. At
Inst I received Il letter from Brandon,
which had beer delayed along the
road, containing one for Mary. 1t
told Of his full pardon and restoration
to favor, greater even than before, and
her joy was so sweet ana quiet and yet
so softly delirious that I tell you plain.
~ 1t brought tears to my eyes, and ]
could not hold them back.
The marriage, when oncc determined
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deep as | had expected, and soon she
grew to be quite cheerful and happy.
This filed me with regret, for l thought
Gf how HThndoii must suffer, ana felt
that her heart was II poor, flimsy thing
TO take this trouble SO lightly.
spoke to Jane about 1t, but she only
laughed. MARY is all right" said she.
DO not fear. Matters will turn out
better than you think, perhaps. You
know she generally manages to have
llrr own way I'm the end"
IF you have any comfort to give,
please give 1t. Jane. feel most kcenly
FOR Brandon. heart tied to such n will.
full. ch%angcable creature as Mary"
"Sir Edwin Caskoden, you need not
take the trouble to speak to me at all
unless YOU can use language more re-
spcctful concerning my mistress. The
queen knows what she Is about, but 1t
appears that YOU cannot see it. / see
1t plainly though, although no word
has ever been spoken to me OH the sub
ject. AS TO Brandon being tied to her,
it seems TO me she is tied to him and
that lie holds the relns. He could drive
her into tho mouth Of purgatory."
"Do you think so?"
81 know it,"
l remained In thought a moment or
two and concluded that she was right.
In truth, the time had come TO me
when | believed that Jane, with her
good sonSo and acute dlsccrnment,
could not be wrong In anything, and |
think so yet. So l took comfort on
faith from her and asked, do you re-
member what YOU said should happen
before we return to EnglandT"
Jane hung her head. II remember"
"WcllI"
She then put her hand lin mine and
murmurcd, 81 am ready any time you
wish"
Great heaven! ! thought I should go
out Of my senses. She should have
told mo gradually. l had to do some
thing TO express my %eXultation, so l
walked Owe to q bronze statue Of
Racchus. about my siZc-that is, height
put my hat, which | had been carry
Ing under my arm, on his head, cut q
few capcrS In an entirely new and
equally antic step, and thcn drew back
and knocked that Bacchus down.
Jane thought I had gone stark mad,
and her eyes grow big with wonder,
but | walked proudly back to her nftor
my victory ver Bacchus and rcassured
herewith a few of Mary's messages
that ! had still left over, If the truth
must be told. Then we made arrange.
nicnts that resulted In our marriage
next morning.
Accordingly Queen Mary and one or
two others went with us down to a lit
tie church, where. as fortune would
have 1t, there was II little priest ready
To join together In the holy bonds of
Wcdlork little Jane and little mc-evr
crNthing go appropriate, you see. |
suppose In the whole world we couldn't
have found another set of conditions so
harmonious. Mary laughed aud cried
and laughed again, and clappcd her
hands over and over and said 1t was
like a play wedding" and, as she
kissed Jane, quietly slipped ovcr her
head II beautiful diamond necklace that
was worth full f1O,OOO-asidc, that Is,
from the millions of actual value be-
cause II cam0 from Mary, IA play
wedding" 1t was, and n play lIfo 1t hna
been eve since.
Wc We're barely settled at court I'm
Paris when Mary began to put her
plans I'm motion and unscttle things
generally. / could not but recall Hen.