The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-10-02
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|ss3s said she ssas 50 becopi,ng alarmed
Heir ueliness was SO intense she fear
I ed y might be cpntagious and spread
Then. SSitll q most comical Seriousness
she added:
"AIoh Died. SIR Edwin, what if,
should catch Il d Master Charles woult
not take mes s. e$S
/ "No danger OF that, my lady. He 1.
too devoted to see anything but beauty
In you, no matter how much you nigh,
change" ."s mr
''Do you really think SO? He. says
so little about ittthat sometimes r al.
most doubt" $500
Therein she spoke the secret of Bran
don's success with her, at least in the
beginning, for there is wonderful DO
tency In the stimulus Of n healthy Iit.
: tleaiQubt.
WesAaa q delightful canter over to
Windsor, 1 riding with Mary most of
the way. was not averse to this ar
tranGenlcnt, as 1 not only felishcd Ma
rvs mirth and joyousness, which were
ut their height, but Hoped I might give
my little Lady Jane. twinge or two
of jealousy, perchance to fertilize her
sentiments toward me.
Mary talked and laughed and sang.
for her soul was fountain Of glad.
ness that bubbied up the instant pres
sure was removed. She spoke of little
but our last trip over, this same road,
and, as we passed objects on the way,
told me Of what Brandon had said at
this place and thats She laughed and
dtmpled eXquisitely in relating how
she had deliberately made opportupi-
ties forshim to Aatter her until at last
@he
was the most beautiful creature Iiv.
ing, but that, after all, beauty was as
beauty did"
That made me angry" said she. II
pouted for awhile and two or three
times was on the point of dismissing
him, but thought better Of it and asked
him plainly wherein l did so much
amiss. Then what do you think the
impudent fellow saidT
~ cannot guess"
"He said, 'Oh, there Is so much It
would take lifetime to tell It,
"This made me furious, but ! could
not answer, and moment later he
said, Nevertheless 1 should be only
too glad to undertake the task
"The thought never occurred to ell
ther of us then that he would he taken
Mt his word. Bold? should think he
was! | never saw anything like 1t!
have not told you n tenth part Of what
he said to me that day. EIe said any
thing he wished, and 1t seemed that
could neither stop him nor retaliate,
Half the time l was angry and half
the time amused, but by the time we
reached Windsor there never was a.
girl more hopelessly and desperately in
love than Mary Tudor" And she
laughed as IL it We're huge joke on
Mary.
She continued: "That day settled
matters with me for all time. I don't
know how he did 1t. Yes. do" And
she LAUNCHED forth into an account Of
Brandon's perfections, which I found
somewhat dull, and so would you.
We remained n day or two at Wind-
sor and then, over the objections of our
Ghaperons, moved on to Berkeley cas-
tie, where Margaret Of Scotland was
spending the summer.
We had another beautiful ride up
the dear old Thames to Berkeley, but
Mary had grown serious and saw none
sf IT,
On the afternoon OF the appointed
day the princess suggested hawking
ptV nd la, ha
OF the rendezvous. Our party consist
I'd Of myself, three other gentlemen
md three ladies besides Mary. Jane
did not go. / was afraid to trust her.
She wcpt and with difficulty forced
herself to say something about head
ache, but the rest Of the inmates of
the castle OF course had no thought
that possibly they were taking their
last look upon Mary Tudor.
Think who this girl was we were
running away with! What reckless
fools we were not to have seen the ut
ter hopclcssncss, certain failure and
deadly peril of our act; treason black
as Plutonian midnight. But Providence
seems to have an especial care for fools
while wise men are left to care for
themselves, and it does look as IL safe
ty lies In folly.
! We rode OH and on, and although ]
took two occasions in the presence OF
others to urge Mary. to return, owing
tn the approach Of night and threat:
encd rain, she took hep 9Wn head, as
everybody knew she always would
and continued the hunt ~
| Just before dark, as we neared the
rendezvous, Mary and ]. managed tc