Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-08-12

New Spain with you. That will be
glorious-far better than the hum
drum life of sitting at homeland will
solve the whole question:
but that would be impossible,
Mary" said Brandon. into whose face
this new evidence of her regard had
brought Frightening look; utterly
impossible. To begin with, no woman
could stand the voyage. not even you,
strong and vigorous as you are''
"Oh. yes l can, and / will not allow
you to stop me for that reason. l could
bear any hardship better than the tor
ture Of the last few weeks. In TRUTH
I cannot bear this at all. It is killing
me; so what would it be when you are
gone and I am the wife Of Louis?
Think Of that, Charles Brandon; think
OF that, when I am the wife of Louis
Even If the voyage kills me, l might
as we'll die one way as another, and
then l would be with you, where it
were sweet to die" And I had to sit
there and listen to all this foolish talk!
Brandon insisted: "But no women
are going. AS l told you, they would
not take one. Besides, how could you
escape? l will answer the first ques-
ton y"u ever asked me. You are OF
sufficient consideration about the
court for all your movements to at
tract notice. 1t is impossible. We
must not think of it. 1t cannot be done
Why build up hopes only to be cas
DOWN.
"Oh, but it can be done. Never doub
It. will go, not as woman, but as
man. l have planned all the details
While sitting here. Tomorrow I will
send to Bristol sum of money askine
a separate room in the ship for a young
nobleman who wishes to go to New
Spain incognito, and will go aboard
just before they SAIL l will buy a
mans complete outfit and will practice
being man before you and Sir Ed
WIN" Here she blushed so that ]
could see the scarlet even in the gath
er1ng gloom. She continued: Gas tC
my escape, I can go to Windsor, and
then perhaps On to Berkeley castle
over by Reading, where there will be
no one to watch me. You can leave al
once, and there will be no cause fol-
them to spy upon me when you are
gone, so 1t can be done easily enough
That Is It, I will go to my sister, who
is now at Berkeley castle, the other
side Of Reading, you know, and that
will make shorter ride to Bristol
when we start"
The thought, Of course, could not but
please Brandon, to whom, in the
warmth Of AIary's- ardor, it had almost
begun to offer hope, and he said mus
1ngly: ~ wonder if it could be done
II 1t could-if we could reach New
Spain, we might build ourselves a
home in the beautiful green mountains
and hide ourselves safely away from
all the world, in the lap Of some cozy
valley, rich with natures bounteous
! gift Of fruit and flowers. shaded from
the hot sun and sheltered from the
blasts, and live in little paradise all
our own. What a glorious dream, but
1t is only dream, and we had better
awake from it!'
| Brandon must have been insane.
"No, no! 1t is not dream" inter
rupted downright determined Mary.
| 1T is not a dream. 1t shall be q real
ity. How glorious it will be-! can see
our little house now Nesting among the
hills, shaded by great spreading trees,
; with flowers and vines and golden
fruit all about it, rich pluma ged birds
and gorgeous butterflies. Oh, can
hardly wait! Who would live in
musty palace when one has within
reach such home, and that, too, with
you?'
Here it was again. thought that in
terview would be the death of me.
Brandon held his face in his hands
and then, looking up, said: 1T is only
a question of your happiness, and, hard
as the voyage and your life over there
would be, yet believe it would be bet
ter than life with Louis of France
Nothing could be so terrible as that to
both of us. If you wish to go, will
try to take you, though l die in the
attempt. There will be ample time to
reconsider so that you can turn back
if you WISH"
Her reply was inarticulate, though
satisfactory, and she took his hand in
hers as the tears ran gently down her
cheeks, this time tears Of joy, the first
she had shed for many day.
In the Siren country again without
wax! Overheard and lost! '~,.
Yes, Brandon's resolution not to see
Mary was we'll taken, if it could only
have been as we'll kept. Observe as
we progress into what the breaking of
it led him.
He had known that if he should but
see her once more his already topping
will would lose its equipoise, and he
would be led to attempt the impossible
and invite destruction. At first this
scheme appeared to me in it's true
light, but Mary's subtle feminine logic