Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-08-19

THAT made me angry" said she. II
pouted for awhile and two or three
times was on the point of dismissing1
him, but thought better of it and asked
him plainly wherein l did so much
amiss. Then what do you think the
1mpudent fellow said?'
II cannot guess
HE said, oh, there is 50 much it
would take lifetime to tell it,
'"This made me furious, but I could
not answer, and a moment later he
said, Nevertheless I should be only
too glad to undertake the task
''The thought never occurred to Ell
ther of us then that he would be taken
at his word. Bold? l should think he
was! never saw anything like it! I
have not told you tenth part Of what
he said to me that day. He said any
thing he wished, and it seemed that I =.
could neither stop him nor retaliate.
Half the time I 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 if it were huge joke on
Mary.
She continued: '"That day settled
matters with me for all time don't
know how he did it. Yes, do" And
she launched forth into an account of
Brandon's projections, which l found
somewhat dull, and so would you
We remained a day or two at Wind
sor and then, over the objections of our
chaperons, 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
of it.
On the afternoon Of the appointed
day the princess suggested a hawking
party, and we set out in the direction
Of the rendezvous. Our party consist
ed Of myself, three other gentlemen
and three ladies besides Mary. Jane
did not go. Twas afraid to trust her.
She wept and with difficulty forced
herself to say something about head
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 hOpelessness, certain failure and
deadly peril of our act; treason black
q q Int irhf p,1%
seems to have an especial care for fools,
while wise men are left to care for
themselves, and it does look as if safe
ty lies in folly.
We rode on and on. and although l
took two occasions in the presence of
others to urge Mary to return, owing
to the approach Of night and threat
ened rain. she took her own head, as
everybody knew she always would,
and continued the hunt.
Just before dark, as we neared the
rendezvous, Mary and l managed to
ride ahead of the party quite dis
lance. At last we saw heron rise,
and the princess uncapped her hawk.
'This is my chance" she said. 81
will run away from you now and lose
myself. Keep them off my track for five
minutes, and I shall be safe. Goodby,
Edwin. You and Jane are the only
persons regret to leave. l love you
as my brother and sister. When we
are settled in New Spain. we will have
you both come to us. Now. Edwin, I
shall tell YOU something: Don't let Jane
put you off any longer. She loves you.
She told me so. There! Goodby. my
friend. Kiss her a thousand times for
me-" And she flew her bird and GAL
loped after it at headlong speed.
Soon the princess was out of sight,
and I waited for the others to OVertake