The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-06-25

against himself as VdllluLly anu uOuOT-
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 food of tears.
Upon arriving at 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
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 she 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 means 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 a
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 went
straight to the object of her visit, the
king. She had not made up her mind
just what to say first, there was so
much, but Henry saved her the trou-
BILE. He, of course, was in a great rage
and denounced Mary's conduct as IN
natural and reasonable, the latter, in
Henry's mind, being a crime many
times greater than the breaking of all
the commandments put together in one
fell, composite act. All this the king
had communicated to Mary by the lips
of Wolsey the evening before, and
Mary had received it with a silent
scorn that would have withered any
one but the worthy bishop of York. AS
I said, when Mary approached her
brother he saved her the trouble of de-
himself, and his words were of a part
with his nature, violent, cruel and vul-
gar. He abused her and called her all
the vile names in his ample vocabu-
larry of billingsgate. The queen was
present and aided and abetted with a
word now and then, until Henry, with
her help, at last succeeded in working
himself into towering passion and
wound up by calling Mary a vile wan
ton in palmer terms than l like to
write. This aroused all the antago-
nism in the girl, and there was plenty
of it. She feared Henry no more than
she feared me. Her eyes flashed fire
that made even the king draw back
as she exclaimed: "You give me that
name and expect me to remember you
are my brother? There are words that
make mother hate her frstborn, and
that is one. Tell me what I have done
to deserve it? expected to hear of in
gratitude and disobedience and all that.
but supposed you had at least some
traces of brotherly feeling-for ties of
blood are hard to break-even if you
have Of late lost all semblance to man
or king"
This was hitting Henry hard, for it
was beginning to be the talk in every
mouth that he was leaving all the af-
fairs of state to Wolsey and spending
his time in puerile amusement 1.-The
toward hope which at all poyntes ap-
peared in the younge Kynge'' was be-
ginning to look, after all, like nothing
more than the old time royal cold fire,
made to consume but not to warm the
nation.
Henry looked at Mary with the stare
of baited bull.
IF running off in male attire and
stopping at inns and boarding ships
| with common captain of the guard
doesn't justify my accusation and
stamp you what you are, I do not
know what would
Even Henry saw her innocence in her
genuine surprise. She was silent for a
little time, and I, standing close to her,
could plainly see that this phase of the
question had never before presented it.
self.
She hung her head for a moment and
then spoke: 1T may be true, as you
say, that what l have done will lose
me my fair name-I had never thought
| of it in that light-but it is also true
that I am innocent and have done no
wrong. You may not believe me, but
you can ask Master Brandon"-here
the king gave great laugh, and of
course the courtiers Joined in.
ut is all very we'll for you to laugh,
but Master Brandon would not tell you
a lie for your crown" Gods! 1 could