The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-07-22

s'i huil NONn lt@' tiistIlll't.
at was not my fault sobDcd Mary.
her eyes flashing fire. II did nothing:
all l wanted was TO be left alone. but
those brutcs of mcn-you shall pay for
this; remember what l say. Did you
expect Captain Brandon TO stand back
and not defend me when that wretch
was tearing my garments onT'
Captain Brandon, did you say?'
asked Bradhurst. with his hat Off in
stantly.
Eyes" answered that individual. AZ
shipped under an assumed name for
various reasons, and desire not to be
known. You will do well to keep my
secret"
ID L understand that you are Mus
ter Charles Brandon, the kings
friend?" asked Bradhurst.
II am was the answer.
"Thcn, sir, | must ask your pardon
for he way you have been treated.
We of course could not know IL, but n
man expect trouble when lie at.
tachcs himself TO II woman" 1t is n
wonder II flashes from Mary's Eyes
did not strike the old Scadog dead. He,
however, did not see them and went
on: eve are more than anxious that so
valiant II knight MS Sir Charles Bran
don should 40 with us. and hope your
reception will not drive YOU back. But
as to the lady, YOU sec already the re.
salt OF her presence, and, much as we
want YOU, we cannot take her. Aside
from the general trouble which Il wo.
man takes with her cvcrywhere"-Ma-
ry would not even look at the creature
ON shipboard there il another and
| greater objection. 1t is said, you know,
among sailors that n woman on board
draw bad luck to certain sorts of
ships, and every sailor would desert
before we could weigh anchor If 1t
were. known this lady was to go with
us. Should they find 1t out I'm midoccan
a mutiny would be sure to follow, and
God only knows what would happen.
For her sake If for no other reason
take her ashore at once"
Brandon saw only too plainly the
truth that he lad really seen all the
time, but to which he had shut his
eyes, and, throwing Mury's cloak g
her shoulders, prepared to go ashore.
| AS they wen Over the side and pulled
off n great shout went up from the ship
far more dcrisive than cheering, and
the men Mt the oars looked at each 9th
er nskancc and smiled. What n predic-
nment for a princess! Brandon cursed
himself for having been such q knavc
and fool as to allow this to happen.
lie had known the danger all tho time,
and his act could not be chargeable to
ignorance or a failure to see the proba-
BILE consequences. Temptation md self
ish desire had given him temerity I'm
place Of Judgment.
When the princess stepped ashore, 1t
seemed to her as if the heart in her
breast was Il different and separate
organ from the one she had carried
aboard.
AS the boat put off again for the ship
It's crew gave q cheer coupled with
some vile advice, for which Brandon
would gladly have run them through,
each and every one. He had to swallow
his Chagrin and anger md really
blamed no one but himself, though it
vas torture to him that this girl should
be subjected to such insults and he
powcrlcsS to vcngc them. The Jews
had spread from the wharf like wild
fire, and OH their way back to the
Bow and String there came from small
boys md hidden voices such eXclama-
lions as: "Look at the woman In mans
cIothing!" isn't he a beautiful MANI
Look at him blush!" and others too
coarse to be repeated. Imagine the liu.
initiating situation, from which there
was no escape.
AT last they reached the inn, whittier
their chests soon followed them, sent
by Bradhurst, together with their pas
sage money, which he very honestly re.
funded.
Mary soon donncd her woman's at
tire, Of which she had n supply in her
chest, and it least felt moro comforta.
BILE without the jack boots. She had
made her toilet alone for the first time
In her life, having no maid t. sclp her,
and wcpt rs she dressed, for this lisap-
pointmcnt was like plucking the very
heart out of her. Her hope had been
so high that the fall was all the hard
or. Nay, even more; hope had become
fruitiOn to her when they were oncc
%a-shipboard, and failure right ut the
door OF success made 1t dOubly hard to
bear. 1t crushed her, and where before
had been hope and confidence was
nothing now but despair. Like all pco-
| pie with Il great capacity for citation,
when she sank she touched the bottom.
Alas, Mary, the un~conqucrablc, was
down at last.
This failure meant so much to her.
1t mean that she would never be
| Brandon's wife, but would go to
France to endure the dreaded old