Cañon City record., 1903-12-31

him unless SHE was reasy TO give hef
consent. She bad but two courses
take. 70 she left with her heart fnll .
hatred for the most brutal wretch whe
ever sat upon a throne. and that i
making an extreme case. As she WAS
going she turned upon him like a fury
and exclaimed:
"Never. never! DO you near? Never.
PrepaSati0ns went OH for the mar
riage just as II Mary had given hr-
solemn consent. The Important worS
of providing the trousseau began ni
once When the queen went to her wiii'
silks and tnffetas and fine cloths 10
consult about the trousseau. although
the theme vas one which would inter
est almost any woman. she would have
none Of II, and when Catherine insistr1
upon her trying on a certain gown she
called her blackamoor. tore the gar
ment to pie<es and ordered her to leave
the room.
Henry sert wolsey to tell her fha
the 18th day of August had been ixei
upon as the day Of the marriage. DE
Longueville TO act as the French
kings proxy. and wolsey was glad to
come on with his life
olaLtffb were Ethkihk Ptthts
tangIe at the palace. Mary would not
speak to the king. and poor Catherine
was afraid to come within arms length
of her. wolsey was glad to keep out OF
her way. and she flew at Buckingham
with talons and beak upon first sighi
As to the battle with buckingham.
was shoet, but decisive, an6 this was
Il he way II came about: There had been
a pass ge between the duke and Bran
don. In which the latter had tried to
coax the former into a duel. the only
way Of course to settle the weigsty
matters between them. buckingham.
however. had had a taste of Brandon's
nimble sword play and. bearing Ia
mind Judson's fate. did not care for
a " more. They had met by accident
and Brandon. q of smiles and as po-
lite as Frenchman. greeted him.
DOUBTLESS my lord. having crossed
swords twier with me. will do me the
great honor to grant that privilege the
third time and will kindly tell me
where my friend can walt upon
friend OF his grace"
There is no need for us to meet over
that little AFFAIR. You had the best OF
Il, and II / am satisfied you should be.
l was really In the wrong. but l did
not know the princess had invited you
to Der ball. i
Your iorsiship In pleased to evade."
returned Brandon. 1T is not the ball
room matter that I have to complain
Of. As you have rightly said. II you are
satisfied I certainly should be. but II Is
that your lordship. In the name OF the
king. instructed the keeper Of NewEate
prison to confine me In an underground
cell and prohibited communication with
s,y of my friends. You 80 arranged II
that my trial should be secret both as
10 the day thereof and the event. in or
DIR that II should not be known to
those who might be interested In my
release. You promised the Lady Mary
that you would procure my liberty. and
thereby prevented her going TO the
king for tina; purpose. and afterward
told her that It had nj. been done. rs
promised. and that I had escaped to
New Spain. II is because Of this. my
Lord buckingham. ttst now de
nounce you an a liar. a coward and
pcrjured knight. and demand Of you
such satisfaction As one man can give
10 another for mortnl injury. If you
refuse, I will kill you as I would a cut
throat the next time meet you"
II care nothing for your rant. fel-
low. but out of consideration for the
feelings which your fancied injuuecs
have put into your heart. tell you that
did what could to liberate you aRd
received E-pm the keeper n promise
that you should be allowed to escape.
After that n certain letter addressed
to you was discovered and fell into the
hands of the king. matter In which !
had no part. As to your confinement
and noncommunication with your
friends. that was at his majesty's com
mand after he had seen the letter. as
hc viii most cerbiinly confirm to you.
I say this for my own sake. not that I
care what you may say or think"
This offer OF confirmation by the king
made Il all sound like the truth. 30
MUCH will even little truth ieaven n
great lie. and part of Brandon's sails
came down against the mast The
whole statement surprised him. and
most OF all the intercepted letter. What
letter could It have been? II was pus-
zling. and yet he dared not ask
As the duke was about to walk away
Brandon stopped him; "one moment.
your grace; am willing to admit what
you have saii. for l am not now pre-
pared to contradict It. but there is yet
another matter we have to settle. You
attacked me on horseback and tried to
murder me In order to abduct two la
dies that night over In Billlngsgate.
That you cannot deny. l watched you
follow the ladies' from Bridewell to
Grouchcs. and saw your face when
your mask fell OF during the melee as
plainly as see 1t now. III other proof