The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-06-26

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N" have found some way to de-
@ liver the princess safely home
lSe<0J and still make his escape I
cannot say. as he soon had no choice I'm
the matter At midnight a body OF
yeomeu from the Tower took possession
Of the Bow and String and carried
Brandon or to London without commu-
nication with Mary. She did not know
Of his arrest until next morning. when
she was Informed that she was to fol-
low Immediately. and her heart was
nearly broken.
Here again was trouble for Mary.
She felt. however. that the two great
questions. the marriage OF herself to
Louis. ard Brandon TO any other per-
son. were. as she called IL. settled"
and was almost content To endure this
as n mere putting OF of her desires. a
meddlesouie and iInpertinent interfer-
ence OF the fates. who would soon
learn with whom they were dealing
and amend their conduct
She did not understand the conse-
quences for Brandon. nor that the fates
would have to change their purpose
very quickly or something would hap
pen worse even than his marriage to
another woman
On the second morning after leaving
Bristol Brandon reached London and.
as he expected. was sent to the Tower.
The next evening Lady Mary arrived
and was taken down to Greenwich
The girls fair name was of course
lost. but. fortunately. that goes for lit
tie with a princess-since no one would
believe that Brandon had protected her
against himself as valiantly and honor
ably as he would against another. The
princess being much more unsophisti-
Gated than the courtiers Were ready to
believe never thought OF saying any
thing to establish her innocence or vir-
tue. and her silence was put down to
shame and taken as evidence against
her.
Jane met Mary at Windsor, and of
course there was great flood of tears
Upon arriving Mt the palace the girls
were left to themselves. upon Mary's
promise not TO leave her room. but by
the next afternoon she. having been
| unable to learn anything concerning
Brandon. broke her parole and went
out to see the king.
1t never occurred TO Mary that Bran
don might suffer death for attempting
| to run away with her. She knew only
| too well that sue alone was TO blame.
not only for that but for all that had
taken place between them, and never
| for one moment thought that he might
be punished for her fault. even admit
| ting there was fault in any one, which
she was by no Iieans ready to do.
| The trouble in her mind growing out
of lack OF news from Brandon was of
a general nature. and the possibility Of
his death had no place in her thoughts.
Nevertheless for the second time Bran
don had been condemned to die for her
sake. The kings seal had stamped
the warrant for the execution and the
headsman had sharpened his AK and
could almost count the golden fee for
his butchery.
Mary found the king playing cards
with De Longueville. There was q
roomful of courtiers. and as she en-
tered she was the target for every
eye, but she was on familiar ground
now and did not care for the glances
nor the observers. most Of whom she
despised. she was the princess again
and full of self confidence, so she wen
straight to the object of her visit, the
king. She had not made up her mind
just what to say first. there was Sc
much, but Henry saved her the trou
BILE He. of course. was in a great rage
and denounced Mary's conduct as un
natural and reasonable. the latter, II
Heary's mind. being n crime many
times greater than the breaking of al
the commandments put together In on'
fell. composite act. All this the kin,
had communicated to Mary by the lip
OF wolsey the evening before. an'
Mary had received it with n silen
scorn that would have withered an!
one but the worthy bishop of York. A
said. when Mary approached he
brother he saved her the trouble of de
Gliding where to begin by speaking frs
himself. and his words were of a par
with his nature. violent. cruel and yul
| gar. He abused her and called her nj
the vile names in his ample vocabu
larry of billingsgate. The queen wa
| present and aided and abetted with
word now and then. until Henry. wit
her help. at last succeeded in working
himself into n towering passion an
wound up by calling Mary vile wan
ton in palmer terms than / like I
write. This aroused all the antagC
nism in the girl. and there was plent
of il. She feared Henry no more tina
she feared me. Her eyes flashed fir
that made even the king draw bac
as she exclaimed: You give me tina
J name and expect me to remember yo
: are my brother? There are words tina
make n mother hate her firstborn, an
that is one. Tell me what | have don
to deserve It? expected to hear of il
!. gratitude and disobedience and all tina
4 but supposed you had at least som
!. traces of brotherly feeling-for ties {
; blood are hard to break-even If yo
have Of late lost all semblance to ma
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