The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-07-14

when j did at last rest mime eyes inc
first time upon this King Louis face i
well knew that / could rule him. and
when / did arrive and had adjusted my
self in this Paris l found IL 50 easy that
my heart leaped for very joy. Beauty
goeth so far with this infiammable people
that easily do / rule them all. and truly
doth a servile subject make a sharp. capri
,ious tyrant- Thereby the emisfortune which
hath come upon us Is OF SO much less evil
and Is SO like to be OF such short duration
that I am almost happy. but for lack OF
thee. and sometimes think that after all
It may verify be a blessing unseen.
This new. unexpected face upon our
trouble hath so driven the old gnawins
ache out of my heart that love. to be
alone and dream. open eyed. of the time.
OF a surety not far on. when / shall be
with thee. 80 1t Is ofttimes sore hard
for me. who have never waited. TO have TO
wait like a patient Griselda. which Of Q
truth I am not, for this which do %
want. but / try to make myself content
with the thought that full sure 1t will not
be for long. and that when this tedious
time hath spent itself we shall look back
upon 1t as a very soul school. and shall
rather Joy that We did not purchase our
heaven too cheaply-
/ said i find IL easy to live here as ]
wish. and did begin to tell thee how II was
when ran of into telling of how long
for thee. so l will try again. This Louis.
to begin with. Is but the veriest shadow
of a man. of whom thou needst have not
one jealous thought He is on bed OF
sickness most Of the time. Of his own ac-
cord. and II. perchance. he be but fairly
well a day or SO / do straightway make
him Ill again in one way or another. and.
please God, hope to wear him out entirely
ere long time. OF a deed. Brother Henry
was right Better had II been for Louis to
have married human devil than me. for
II maketh a very one out Of me IL mine
hat kn0w-
est full well what kind of devil make
Brother Henry knoweth. at any rate For
all this do I grieve. but have no remedy
nor want one. i sometimes do almost
compassionate the old king. but I cannot
forbear for he turneth my very blood to
biting gall, and must cen take the conse-
quences OF his own folly. Truly is he
, wild for love OF me. this poor old man.
and the more / hold him at q distance the
more he fondly dotes. 1 do verify believe
he would try to stand upon his foolish
old head did / but insist I sometimes
have a thought to make him try IT. He
doeth enough that is senseless and alb
surd In all conscience. as IL Is At all OF
this do the courtiers smile and laugh and
put me forward to other pranks-that is.
all but a few of the elders. who shake
their heads, but dare do nothing else for
fear of the dauphin. who will soon be
king and who stands first In urging and
abetting me So IL Is easy for me to do
what / wish. and above all to leave un-
done that which wish not, for do easily
rule them all. as good Sir Edwin and dear
Jane will testify. ] have a ball every
night wherein do make . deal OF amuse-
ment for every one by dancing La Volta
with his majesty until his heels, and his
poor old head. too. are like TO fau on.
| Others importune me for those dances.
| especially the dauphin. but ! laugh and
shake my head and say that will dance
with no one but the king. because he
dances so we'll This plsases his majesty
nightly and maketh an opening for me
| to avoid the touch Of other men. for ] am
i jealous Of myself for thy sake. and save
| and garner every little touch for thee.
Iss' Sir Edwin will tell you I dance with
| no one else and surely never will.
You remember well. doubt not. when
/ thou first didst teach me this new dance.
All. how delightful IL was. and yet how
| at first IL did frighten and anger me-
Thou canst not know how my heart beat
during all the time OF that first dance
i thought, OF a surety. IL would burst. and
then the wild thrill of frightened ecstasy
/ that made my blood run like firei 1 knew
L II must be wrong, for IL was. in truth. too
| sweet n thing TO be right. And then i
grew angry at thee as the cause of my
Il wrongdoing and scolded thee. and repented
1t, as usual. Truly didst thou conquer.
not win. me. Then afterward. withal II
| so frightened me. how ! lonsed to dance
II
| from asking. At times could ] hardly
| wait till evening fell. and when upon oc-
| casion thou didst not come / was so angry
| I said hated thee. What must thou have
thought of me. so forward and boldl And
that afternoonl All. i think of II every
hour. and see and hear 1t all and live II
oer and DER, as II sweeter grows with
memory's ripening touch. Some moments
there are that send their glad ripple down
through lifss stream to the verge Of the
grave. and truly blest 10 one who car
smile upon ana kiss these memory waves
and draw from thence a bliss that nevei
falls; but thou knowest full well my heart
and ] need not tease thee with its out
| pourings
There IL yet another matter of which
wish to write in very earnestness. Sil
Edwin spoke to me thereof and what h
said hath given me serious thought.
thank him for his words. OF which h
will tell thee in full II thou but importun'
him thereto. It Is this: The dauphin
Francis d'Angouleme, hath fallen des
| perateiy fond of me and II quite as i'm
| Fortunate and almost as foolish AZ tn
elder lover, This people In this strang
land Of France have, in sooth. some curl
| Gus notions. For an example thereto. N
one thinks to hnd anything unseeming II
| the dauphin's conduct by reason of hi
| having already "a wife. and more, tina
| wife the Princess Claude. daughter to tn
king. ] laugh at him and let him sa,
what he will, for In truth am powerles
to prevent II. Words cannot scar even
| rose leaf and will not harm me. Then. b.
his help and example. ! am justified in tn
eyes OF the court In that ! so treat tn
king which otherwise II were impossibl
for me to do and live here, So. howevo
much ! may ioathe them. yet am drive
/ to tolerate his words. which / turn oi
with a laugh, making sure. thou mayes
know. that 1t come to nothing more tina
. | words And thus II II. however much
| wish IL not, that do use him to help m
treat the king as i like. and do then US
the poor old king as my buckier agains
| this dukes too great familiarity. But. m
friend. when the king Games to die. the
shall ! have my fears Of this youn
: / Francis d'Angouleme. He is desperat
| for me. and ] know not to what length h
= l might 40. The king cannot live long. 3
| the thread of his life IL like rotten fla,
D | and when he dies thou must come with
/ out delay. since shall be in deadly peri
: ! have a messenger waiting at all hour
| ready to send to thee upon q moment
notice. and when he comes waste not
8 precious instant 1t may mean all to this
= and me. / could write on and on foreve
but IL would be only to tell thee DER an
DER that my heart Is full OF thee to owe
flowing. thank thee that thou hai
Q never doubted me. and win see that tho
: | hast hereafter only good cause for bett'
:, faith MARY. Regina
"Reginaw That was all. Only
a queen, Surely no one could charl
: Brandon with possessing too mode
a tastes.
IL was, ] think. during the secoI
|. week In December that ! gave this le
ter to Brandon, ana about IA rortnig
later there came to him n messeng
= from Paris, bringing another froI
y Mary, rs follows;
n Master Charles Brandon:
n Sir and Dear Friend. Greeting-I ha'
% but time TO write that the king Is so i'll
"a | cannot but die ere morning. Thou knuy