Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-19

imagine, if you can, my surprise when the leader said:
 "Master, we have our orders for the first dance from the princess"
 Imagine also, if you can, my double surprise and alarm - nay, almost my terror-when the band struck up James "Sailor Lass.' I saw the look of sur prise and inquiry which Brandon gave Mary, standing there demurely by his side, when he first heard the music, and heard her nervous little laugh as she nodded her head, 'Yes," and step ped closer to him to take position for the dance. The next moment she was in Brandon's arms, flying like a sylph about the room. A buzz of astonislr. ment and delight greeted them before they were half way around and then a great clapping of hands, in which the king himself joined. It was lovely sight, although I think a graceful wo- man is more beautiful in La Galliard than any other dance or, in fact, any other situation in which she can place herself.
 After q little time the dowager Duch- ess of Kent, first lady in waiting to the queen, presented herself at the musi- cians' gallery and said that her majes- ty had ordered the music stopped, and the musicians, of course, ceased play ing at once. Mary thereupon turned quickly to me.
 Master, are our musicians weary that they stop before we. are through?"
 The queen answered for me in high vyninod Gnanic1 f. 4I,A music stopped. I will not permit such an indecent exhibition to go on longer"
 Fire sprang to Mary's eyes and she exclaimed: eff your majesty does not like the way we do and dance at my balls, you can retire as soon as you see fit. Your face is a kill-mirth any, way" It never took long to rouse her ladyship.
 Tie queen turned to Henry, who was laughing, and angrily demanded:
 "Will your majesty permit me to be thus insulted in your very presence?"
 You got yourself into 1t. Get out of it as best you can. have often told you to let her alone. She has sharp claws" The king was really tired of Catherine's sour frown before he mar ried her. It was her dover of Spanish gold that brought her second Tudor husband.
 Shall not have what music and dances want at my own balls?" asked the princess.
 'sThat you shall, sister mine; that you shall," answered the king. "Go on, master, and if the girl likes to dance that way, in Gods name let her have her wish. 1t will never hurt her. We will learn it ourself, and will wear the ladies out a-dancing."
 After Mary had finished the opening dance there was a great demand for instruction. The king asked Brandon to teach him the steps, which he soon learned to perform with a grace per haps equaled by no living creature oth- CT than fat brown bear. The ladies were at first little shy and inclined to stand at arms, length, but Mary had set the fashion and the others soon followed. I had taken a fiddler to my room and had learned the dance from Brandon and was able to teach it also, though I lacked practice to make my step perfect. The princess had needed no practice, but had danced beautiful ly from the first, her strong young limbs and supple body taking as nat urally to anything requiring grace of movement as cygnet to water.
 This, thought I, is my opportunity to teach Jane the new dance. l wanted to go to her first, but was afraid, or for some reason did not, and took sev- eral other ladies as they came. After I had shown the step to them sought out my sweetheart. Jane was not prude, but honestly believe she was the most provoking girl that ever lived. I never had succeeded in holding her hand even the smallest part of an in- stant, and yet was sure she liked me very much--almost sure she loved me. She feared might unhinge it and car ry it away, or something of that sort, I suppose. When I went up and asked her to let me teach her the new dance, she said:
 q thank you, Edwin, but there are others who are more anxious to learn than I, and you had better teach them first.'
 "But want to teach you. When I wish to teach them, will go to them"
 ''You did go to several others before you thought of coming to me- answer ed Jane pretending to be piqued. Now, that was the unkindest thing I ever knew girl to do-refuse me what she knew I so wanted and then put the re- fusal on the pretended ground that I did not care much about it. I so told her. and she saw she had carried things too far and that yas growing angry in earnest. She then made another false though somewhat fiattering ex- cuse:
 'I could not bear to go through that dance before so large a company. | should not object so much if no one else could see-that is, with you, Edwin" Edwin" Oh, so soft and sweet! The little jade! To think that she could hoodwink me so easily and talk me into a good humor with her soft, purring "Edwin!' saw through it all quickly enough and left her without another word. In few minutes she went into an adjoining room where I knew sba