Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-30
CHAPTER KY.
TO MAKE A MAN OF HER.

M 1 lsEEES% els into money. She said she k&y was sorry now she had not taken De Longueville's diamonds, as they would have added to her treas ure. I, however, procured quite a large sum, to which secretly added a goodly portion out of my own store. At Mary's request sent part to Brad hurst at Bristol and retained the rest for Brandon to take with him.
 A favorable answer soon came from Bristol. giving the young nobleman a separate room in consideration of the large purse he had sent.
 The next step was to procure the gentleman's wardrobe for Mary. This was a little troublesome at first, for of course she could not be measured in the regular way. We managed to over come this difficulty by having Jane take the measurements under instruc- hons received from the tailor, which measurements, together with the cloth, took to the fractional little man who did my work.
 He looked at the measurements with twinkling eyes and remarked: "Sir Ed win, that be the curiousest shaped man ever see the measures of. Sure, it would make mighty handsome wom- an or know nothing of human dimen- sions."
 Never you mind about dimensions. Make the garments as they are ordered and keep your mouth shut, if you know what is to your interest. Do you hearw
 He delivered himself of a labored 15 l~ l~x~ and my tongue is like the tongue of an obelisk."
 In due time I brought the suits to Mary, and they were soon adjusted to her liking.
 The days passed rapidly till it was a matter of less than a fortnight until the Royal Hind would sail, and it real ly looked as if the adventure. might turn out to our desire.
 Jane was in tribulation and thought she ought to be taken along. This, you may be sure, was touching me very closely, and began to wish the whole internal mess at the bottom of the sea. If Jane went, his august majesty King Henry VIII. would be without a mas ter of the dance just as sure as the stars twinkled in the Armament. 1t was, however, soon decided that Bran don would have his hands more than full to get off with one woman, and that two would surely spoil the plan.. So Jane was to be left behind, full of tribulation and indignation, firmly con- vinced that she was being treated very badly.
 Mary's vanity was delighted with her elopement trousseau, for of course it was of the finest. Not that the quality was better than her usual wear, but doublet and hose were so different on her. She paraded for an hour or so before Jane, and as she became ac- scustomed to the new garb and as the Steel reflected most beautiful image she determined to show herself to Brandon and me. She said she want ed to become accustomed to being seen in her doublet and hose and would be- gin with us. She thought if she could not bear our gaze she would surely make a dismal failure on shipboard among so many strange men. There was some good reasoning in this, and it, together with her vanity, overruled A1CA AAtOACSby ttA0 RAOMAplGA A1CL " NOLAG to see us in her character of young nobleman. Jane made one of her mighty protests, so infinitely dispro- portionate in size to her little ladyship, but the self willed princess would not listen to her and was for coming alone if Jane would not come with her. Once having determined, as usual with her, she wasted no time about it, but, throwing long cloak over her shoul- ders, started for our rooms, with angry, weeping, protesting Jane at her heels.
 When heard the knock, was sure it was the girls, for though Mary had promised Brandon she would not un- der any circumstances attempt another visit I knew so well her utter inability to combat her desire and her reckless disregard of danger where there was a motive sufficient to furnish the nerve tension that was sure she would come or try to come again.
 admitted the girls, and when the door was shut Mary unclasped the brooch at her throat, and the great cloak fell to her heels. Out she step- ped, with a little laugh of delight, clothed in doublet, hose and confusion, the prettiest picture mortal eyes ever rested on. Her hat, something on the broad, flat style with a single white plume encircling the crown, was of purple velvet trimmed in gold braid and touched here and there with pre- cious stones. Her doublet was of the same purple velvet as her hat, trimmed fin lace and gold braid. Her short trunks were of heavy black silk slashed by yellow satin, with hose of lavender silk, and her little shoes were of rus set French leather. Quite a rainbow, you will say, but such rainbow!
 Brandon and 1 were struck dumb with admiration and could not keep from showing 1t. This disconnected the girl and increased her embarrass- ment until we could not tell which was the prettiest, the garments, the girl or the confusion, but this I know-the whole picture was as sweet and beauti- full as the eyes of man could behold.
 Fine feathers will not make fine birds, and Mary's masculine attire