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


son, ON his feet, financially and pofit-
ically. l think he must have wanted
the owlet back again before he was
done with Anne. because Anne was q
termagant and ruled him with the
heaviest rod of iron she could lift.
But this last passion, the pickering,
sputterlng flame of his dotage, was
the worst of all, both subjectiveIy and
effectively, both as to his senile fond.
ness for the English princess and her
impish ~tormenting of him. From the
hrst he eVlnced the most violent delight
In Mary, who repaid 1t by holding him
of and erading him i'm Il manner 80
cool, auuaciouS and adroit that it
stamped her queen OF all the arts fem
inine and demoniac. Pardon me, la
dies, IL L couple these two arts, but you
must admit they are at times some
what akin. Soon she eluded him so
completely that for days he would not
have Il glimpse of her, while she was
perhaps riding, walking or coquetting
with some of the court ~gallants, who
aided and allotted her In every way
they could. He became almost frantic
In pursuit of his elusive bride, and
would eSpostulate with her, when he
could catch her, and smile ~uneasily.
like n man who is the victim of q prac-
teal joke Of which he does not see or
enjoy the point. On such occasions she
would laugh In his face, then grow
angry-which was so easy for her to do
and, L grieve to say, would sometimes
almost swear at him in Il manne to
make the plouS though Outlines lax
virtucd court ladies sl,udder with hor.
ror. She would ut other times make
sport Of his youthful ardor and tell him
In all seriousness that 1t was INDIGENOUS
for him to behave so and brighten her,
Il poor, timld little child, with his i'm.
petuosities. Then she would manage
to give him the slip, IND he would go
off and play a game of cards with him
self, firmly convinced In his w feeble
way that woman's nature had q tine
turo Of the devil III Il. He was the soul
of conciliatory kindness to the young
vixen, but at times she would break
violently into tears, accuse him Of cru
ely mistreatlng her, q helpless woman
and n stranger In his court, and threat
en- to go home to lear old England and
tell her brother, King Henry, all about
1t and have him put things to right and
redress her wrongs generally. In fact,
she acted the part of injured innocence
so perfectly hat the poor old man
would apologize for the wrongs she In
vented and try to coax her into n good
humor. %Thereupon she would weep
more bitterly than ever, grow hyster-
trpl o,,l ,n,,,t,o - Io o,,,to1 - -. A..
women, when recovery ana composure
were usually instantaneous. or course
the court gossips soon carried stories of
the quick rccovcrlcs to the king, and
when he spoke to Mary of them she
put on her injured air again and turned
fhe tables by upbraiding him for he.
lievinB such calumnies about her, who
was so good to him and loved him so
dearly.
Mary would often pout for days to-
gethcr and pretend illness. Upon one
occasion she kept the king waiting Mt
her door all the morning, while she,
having slipped through tho window,
was riding with some OF the young pco-
pie In the forest. When she returned
through the window she went to
the loo and scoldCd tho poor old king
for keeping her waiting pcnncd up in
her room all the morning. And he apol-
ogiZcd!
She changed the dinner hour to noon
in accordance with the English GUS
tom, and had II heavy supper at night,
when she would make the king gorge
himself with mhcalthful food md coax
him ito drink as much as Brother
Henry which invariably rcAhltcd In
Louis de Nalols finding Judgment under
the table. This amused the whole
court except n few old cronics and
physicians, who, of course, were scan
dallzed beyond measure. She look the
king OH long rides with her on cold
days, and would jolt him almost to
death and freeze him until the cold
tears strcamed down his poor pinched
pose, making him feel like n half ami
mated lclclc and wish that lie were
one, In fact.
at night she would have her balls
n keep him up till morning, drinking
and dancing, or trying to dance, with
her until his poor old heels, and his
head, too, for that matter, were like
to fall off; then she would slip away
from him and lock herself in her room.
December, say /, let May alone; she
certainly will kill YOU. DESPITE which
sound advice, / doubt not December
VIII 20 on covctlng May mp to the end
OF the chapter, each old fcllow-belng
such a fine man for his ngc, you under.
stand-fondly believing himself an ex-
ception. Age I'm n fool is damnnblc.
Mary was killing Louis as certainly
N deliberately rs IL she were feeding
him slow poison. He was very weak
and decrcplt at best, being compelled
frequently upon public occasions, such,
for example, as the coronation tourna-
mcnt OF which / have spoken, to lie
upon q couch. <.
Mary's conduct was really cruel, but
then, remember the provocation. and
that she was acting In self defense.
All this was easier for her than YOU
might suppose, for the kings grasp of
power, never very strong, was begin
ming TO relax even what little grip 1t
had. All faces were turned toward
The rising sun, young Francis, dukefof.
Angoulcme, the kings distant cousin,
who would soon be. king In Louis place.
AS this young rising sun himself vast.
ly Smittcn WITH Mary, openly cncour-
agcsAfhcr in what sho did, the courtiers
OF &oluso followed Suit, and the old
In ~ AL t.x..-