Cañon City record., 1903-12-17


lIA memorable interview with
S Mary an incident occurred
t2 which changed everything
and came very near terminating his ca
reer In the flower of youth. It also
brought about a situation Of affairs
that showed the difference In the quail
ity OF these two persons thrown 80
mafveiously together from their far
listlnf stations st each end Of the lad.
| der OF fortune In a way that reflected
very little credit upon the one from
The upper end. But before I tell you
Of that l will relate briefly one or two
other matters that had a bearing upon
what was done and the motives prompt
ing It
To begin with, Brandon had kept
himself entirely away froIo the prin-
cess ever since the afternoon at the
kings antechamber. The first day or
20 she sighed. but thought little of his
absence: then she wept and. as usual.
began to grow piqued and irritable.
What was left OF her Judgment told
her II was better for them to remain
apart. but her longing to see Brandon
grew stronger as the prospect Of 1t
grew less, aud she became angry that
II could not be gratified- Jane was
right: an unsatisfed desire with Mary
was torture. Even her sense Of the
great distance between them had be-
gun TO fade. and when she SO wished
for him and he did not come their posi-
tions seemed to be reversed. At the
end of the 'hird day she sent for him
to come to her rooms, but lc by Il
mighty effort sent back a brief note
saying that he could not and ought not
to go This, OF course. threw Mary into
a great passion. for she Judged him by
herself. very common but dangerous
method Of Judgment. and thought that
II he felt at all as she did he would
tnroa' prudence to the winds and come
TO her. as she knew she would go to
him II she could. II did not occur to
her that Brandon knew himself well
enough to be sure he would never go
to New Spain II he allowed another
grain Of temptation to fall into the bal
ance against him. but would remain in
London to love hopclessly, to try TO
win hopeless cause and end it all by
placing his head upon the block
1t required all his strength even now
to hold fast his determination to go TO
New Spain. He had reached his lin
It. He had fund of that most use.
full OF all wisdom. knowledge OF self,
and knew his limitations. little mat.
ter concerning which nine men cut of
ten go all their lives in blissless ig-
norance.
Mary, who was NO more given to self
analysis than her pet linnet did not
appreciate Brandon's potent reasons
and was in flaming passion when she
received his answer. Rage and humili
alton completely smothered for the
time her affection. and she said to her
self over and over again: Il hate the
lowborn wretch. Oh. to think what
have permittedr' 1t seemed only too
clear that she had been too quick TO
give, no very comforting thought to a
proud girl even though a mistaken one.
As the days went by and Brandon
did not come her anger cooled as usual.
and again her heart began to ache, but
her scnse Of injury grew stronger day
by day and she thought she was be-
yond a doubt the most III used Of wo-
men.
The negotiations for Mary's marriage
with old Louis XII. Of France were be-
ginning to be an open secret about the
court. The Due De Lonxueville. who
had been held BY Henry for some sime
- sort Of Shoatase from TIE French
King, bad opened neeet1atioaD b. In