The San Francisco call., 1903-01-11

the last day or so from Sir Edwin but
had begun to fear he was nGr sUimS 2lois Il
hope L may see you otten nov S. @ az eii'1
/ may present you to my mis- ~ lress. .
with this her ewes bright as ONeIBTOWu
dewdrops, twinkled with mlscnlev4uS
little smile. if TO say. An dnoJhss dsI e
large handsome fellow TO make a TOOL OF
Brandon acquiesced in the wish she had
made. and. after the interchange OF lev
ing ar the other side OF the grounds, and
that she must go. She then ran OH VIZ VIZ
a laugh and a courtesy, ana was soEn
lost to sight behind the ShruDDeIy d. lA0
In a short time we came 70 summer summer
house near the marble oodt oo, IaIos nliHs;
where we found the Queen and some QL
her ladies awaiting the rest or I, Ihelr
party for trip down the river @ H@LlCtt
had been planned the day before BraI
don was known to the Queen ana seEeIaA
of the ladies'. although ne had not oeet
formally presented at an audience. Mdny
able intimacy with the whole court with
out ever receiving the public stamp or
recognition. socially, which goes with
The queen seeing US. sent me or TO
bring the King. After had gone she
asked If any one had seen the Princess
Mary. and Brandon told her Lady Jane
had said she was at the other side OF the
Brandon to fnd the Princess and to say
that she was wanted.
Brandon started off and soon found a
6eyy Of GIL, st5Rs ON ss9n s9s 9er1 o g
ers. He had never seen the Princess so
could not positively know her. AS a mat
ter of fact, he did know her as soon as
his eyes rested on her, for she could not
be mistaken among a thousand-there was
no one like her or anything near It. some
stubborn spirit Of opposition, however, =
prompted him 10 pretend ignorance. All
that he had heard OF her wonderful power
they fell before her had aroused IN him
spirit OF antagOnism and had begOtten
kind Of distaste beforehand. He was
coquette in any sense OF the word. and did
absolutely nothing 70 attract men, except
to be so beautiful sweet and winning that
they could not let her alOnei for all or
which surely the prince OF fault-dnders
himself could IN no way blame her;
At to make her the fairest being on earth,
and the responsibility would have TO le
where II belonged-with God; Mary would
not a matter Of voiition or Intention on
her part. She was too young for deliberate
re-setting-though II often begins very
early in hfe-and made no enort 20 at
tract men Mans love was too cheap
thing for her to strive for, and l am
sure, In her heart, she would hIhltely
have preferred to live without it-that is,
until the right one should come; The
right one is always his way and first
sometimes, alasl too late-and when no
comes, be IT late or early, she crowns
him. even though he be a long-eared ass
ness-eIse there were fewer cOronatious-
So Brandon stirred his antagOnism and
determined not TO see her manlfOid per-
fections. which he felt sure were exag-
gerated: but to treat her as he would the
enough TO frighten satyr-w1th all re-
speCt due to her rank. but with MS own
opinion OF her nevertheless, safely stored
away in the back OF his head.
of his hat and, with graceful little
bow that let the cUrls fall around his
face, asked: "Have the honor 70 ma
the Princess Mary among these ladiesF =
Mary, whom know you viii at once
say was thoroughly spoiled, without turn
ing her face toward him, replied:
"Is the Princess Mary a person OF so
little consequence about the court that
she is not known to a mighty captain OF
He wore his guardsman's doublst. and
she knew his rank by his Uniform She
had not noticed his face ..r
cannot say OF what consequences the Prtn-
cess Mary Is about the court; II Is not
my place TO determine such matters. l
am sure. however, she Is not here. Tor
doubt not she would have given gentle
answer to a message from the Queen; I
shall continue my search. Win TINS,
he turned TO leave, and the ladies', includ-
ing Jane, who was there and saw II all
and told me OF it. awalted the 2oIt they
ming gathering In Mary's eyes.
Mary sprang TO her feet with an angry
flush fTsh IN her face sxelaIni1g; I1ssolent Isc lent
have a message. deliver IL and be gone.
You may know this sort OF treatment was
such as the cOol-headed, daring Brandon
would repay with usury; so. turning upon
his heel and almost presenting his back
to Mary. he spoke to Lady Jane:
''Will your ladyship say TO her Highness
that her Majesty. the Queen. awaits her
coming at the marble .landingF
cried Mary; II have ears and can hear for
myself" Then turning to Brandon: "If
your insOlence will permit you to receive
az the Kings sister, I beg you to say to
the Queen that shall be with her pres
emily
He did not turn his face toward Mary,
but bowed again to Jane.
May ask your ladyship further TO say
for me that II 1 have been guilty OF any
discourtesy I greatly regret II. My fall
ure to recognize the Princess Mary grew
out of my misfortune in never having
been allowed to bask IN the light OF her
countenance. 1 cannot believe the fault
lies at my door. and hope for her own
sake that her Highness. upon second
unkind some one else has been" And
with a sweeping courtesy he walked
quickly down the path.
THE insolent wretchp' cried one
He ought to hold papers on the pill
Nothing Of the sort" broke In sensible
fearless little Jane: 'I think the Lady
Mary was wrong. He could not have
known her by Inspiration"
Jane is right" exclaimed Mary, whose
temper, If short, was also shOrt-lived and
whose kindly heart always set her right
If she but gave il little time. Her faults
were rather those of education than OF
nature. Jane is right; it was what I de-
served. | did not think when I spoke
and did not really mean it as il sounded
He acted like man and looked like one
too, when he defended himself. L warrant
the Pope at Rome could not run over him
with impunity For once / have found a
Re al live man, full of manliness. L saw
him In the lists at Windsor a week ago
but the King said his name was secret
and / could not learn IL. lie seemed TO
know you, Jane. Who is he? Now tell us
all you know. The Queen can wait
And her Majesty waited on girls curl
osity
i had told Jane all I knew about Bran
don, so she was prepared with full infor-
nation, and gave 1t. She told the Prin-
cess who he was. of his terrible duel with
JudsOn; his bravery and adventures in the
wars; MS generous gift to his brother