The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-07-02
articulate prayers to God that she
might not kill the man who was her

articulate prayers to God that she
might not kill the man who was her
husband when they should meet.
When we met the king about league
this side of Abbeville, and when Mary
beheld him with the shadow of death
upon his brow, she took hope, for she
knew he would be but putty in her
hands, so manifestly weak was he,
mentally and physically. AS he came
up she whipped her horse and rode by
him at a gallop, sending me back with
word that he must not be so ardent;
that he frightened her, poor, timid lit
tie thing so afraid of-nothing in the
world! This shocked the French court
1ers, and one would think would. have
offended Louis, but he simply grinned
from ear to ear, showing his yellow
fangs, and said whimperingly: "Oh, the
game is worth the trouble. Tell her
majesty l wait at Abbeville."
The old king had ridden horse to
meet his bride in order that he might
appear more gallant before her. but a
litter was waiting to take him back to
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were married again in person.
Again a quotation from Hall is sub
stituted:
Mondaye the wi daye of Noueber Their
the Sayde Quene was receyued into the
cytee of Parys after the order thar follow
eth First the garde of the cytee met her
with QUITE Sayncte Denyce al in coates of
goldsmythes woorke with shippes sylt,
Oft ootf
and religious whiche were esteemed to be
him. The quene was in a chyre coured
about (but not her ouer person. in white
clothe of golde the horses that drewe it
couered in clothe of golde, on her he'd
coronall, al of create perles, her neckc
and brest full of Iuels, before her wente a
garde of Almaynes after Their fascion, and
after them al noblemen, as the DOLPHIN,
the Duke of Burbon, Carynalles and
create nomber Of estates. Aboute her
person rode the kynge's garde the which
wer Scottes. On the morowe bega the
iustes, and the quene stode so that al
men might see her, and wonder at her
beautie, and the kynge was feble and lay
on couche for weakenes.
So Mary was twice married to Louis,
and, although she was his queen fast
and sure enough, she was not his wife.
You may say what you will, but I
like fighting woman, one with touch
Of the savage in her when the occasion
arises, one who can fight for what she
loves as we'll as against what she hates.
She usually loves as she fights-with
all her heart.
So Mary was crowned and was now
a queen and hedged about by the tin
seled divinity that hedgeth royalty.
It seemed that she was climbing
higher and higher all the time from
Brandon, but In her heart every day
she was brought nearer to him.
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 at best, made
an ache at her heart which seemed at
times likely to break-so she said
One night she dreamed that she had
witnessed Brandon's execution, her
brother standing by in excellent hui
NOR at the prank he was playing her,
and it so worked upon her waking
hours that by evening she was i'll. At
last l received letter from Brandon,
which had been delayed along the
road, containing one for Mary. It
told Of his full pardon and restoration
to favor, greater even than before, and
her joy was SO sweet and quiet and yet
so softly delirious that tell you plain
ly it brought tears to my eyes. and I
could not hold them back
The marriage, when once determined
upon, had not cast her down nearly so
deep as l had expected, and soon she
grew to be quite cheerful and happy.
This filled me with regret, for 1 thought
OF how Brandon must suffer, and felt
that her heart was poor, fimsy thing
to take this trouble so lightly.
spoke to Jane about it, 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
her own way in the end"
If you have any comfort to give,
please give it, Jane. feel most keenly
for Brandon, heart tied to such a will.
ful, changeable 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-
spectful concerning my mistress. The
queen knows what she is about, but it
appears that you cannot see it. 1 see
1t plainly though, although no word
has ever been spoken to me on the SUBJ
ject. AS to Brandon being tied to her,
it seems to me she is tied to him and
that he holds the reins. He could drive
her into the mouth of purgatory."
DO you think so"
Il 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 I believed that Jane, with her
good sense and acute discernment,
could not be wrong in anything, and
think so yet. So took comfort on