The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-08-07

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Nie nad Tor some time been n H6S,ot
Gu prisoner at the English court ,he,,
us hostage from Louis MI. b,t n,
Longucville was n bloctbend ~
could not keep his little blnck eros 90
oul l"'r ladies', who hated him, long
o"sh 10 tell the deuce of spades from
ol nearts. So Brandon was
amen from his duties, such as tbev
M're' ana placed ut the card tob,e
n's was fortunate Mt first, for. being
ne peSe player, the king always CHOSE
l us his partner, and, as i'm every
o'hcr game, the king always won Ir
he iost, there would soon be no gam.
ahu the man who won from him +o,'
frequently was In danger. ut anv mo,
nent or being rated guilty of the yery
hiShest sort Of treason. | th,nl, m,u.,
mans fall under Henry VIII wos
o"ihS TO the fact that he did NOT ~
"".s ahoW the king to win i'm somo
NH'i n'atter OF game or joust. Jndcr
n.Se conditions everybody was onx.
o"s ~ DC the Kings partner. If IS truo
e ireiuentiy forgot to divide his win.
ihhSs' Dut Ills partner had this ,dyon
."se at least-thcre was no dopror 90
losing. That being the case. Rrondor,.
seat opposite the king was very li,so,r
10 excite envy, and the time soon COW,
aehry having learned the pIov ,,.,'..'
t,a n h'id 10 race some one else, and |
go WIS 100 costly for man with. |
e. 49,. IL took but n few days
~ put brnndon hors de combat f,nnn.
, una he would have been In n
's, u p"eht mad not Wolsey come to his
!, After that he played and n.id
1ccuf,4eG 5ee uTf,.4nG Ii Ills rr1gnr
during n fortnight. He .feasted upon
It to safety, as he did WITH everything
else, never having learned not to cloy
his appetite by ovcrfccding. SO we
aw.iittle of Brandon while the kings
fever lasted, and Mary said she wished
she had remained silent about tho
cards. You see she could enjoy this |
new plaything as well rs her brother, |
but the king, of course, must be salts |
fed first. They both had enough even |
tually, Henry in one way, Mary in an
other.
One day the fancy struck the king
that he would rebuild certain chapel
at Windsor, so he took number of the
court, including Mary, Jane, Brandon
and myself, and went with us up to
London. where we lodged over night ut
Bridewell House. The next morning
as bright and beautiful n June day as
ever gladdened the heart Of &. .rose-we
took horse for Windsor, delightful
seven league ride over fair road.
Mary and Jane travelled side by side,
with an occasional companion or two,
as the road permitted. was angry
with Jane, as you know, so did not go
near the girls, and Brandon, without
any apparent intention one way or the
other, allowed events to adjust them
selves and rode with Cavendish and
me.
We were perhaps forty yards behind
the girls, and l noticed after a time
that the Lady Mary kept looking back
ward In our direction, as II fearing rain
| from the east. I was in hopes that
jane, too, would fear the rain, hut you
| would have sworn her meek was stiff,
| 80 straight ahead did she keep her face.
We had ridden perhaps three leagues
when the princess stopped her horse
and turned in her saddle. l heard her
voice, but did not understand what she
said.
In moment some one called out,
Master Brandon Is wantedr' So that
gentleman rode forward, and I fol-
lowed him. When we came up with
the girls, Mary said, II fear my girth
| IS loose" 80 -..s -.
Brandon Mt once dismounted to tight
en- It, and the others Of our immediate
party beganto cluster around.
Brandon tiicd the girth.
"NIy lady, it is as tight as the horse
can we'll bear" lie said.
"It IS loose, say" insisted the prin
cess, with little irritation. "rhe, sad
die feels like it. Try the other" Then
turning impatiently to the person:
} gathered around: ."Does 1t require al
of you, standing there like gapinl
pumpkins, to tighten my girth? Rid
: n. We can manage this without 81
'huch help" Upon this broad liant ev
| erybody rode ahead while 1 held tn
: horse for Brandon, who went on wit
, his search for the loose girth. Will
. he was looking for 1t Mary leaned owe
| her horses neck and asked: "Were yo
3 and Cavendlsh settling all the philc
e sophical points now I'm dispute, tina
you found him so interestlng"
"Not ALL" answered Brandon, smi
: ing
a You were so absorbed 1 supposed
a IL, - Al.-k