The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-05-22
Ing in a little heap in the middle of the

claimed: Come in, brother. You are
quite welcome. Bring In your friends.
/ am ready TO receive them, though not
in court attire. as you see" And she
thrust her bare arm straight up from
the bed to prove her words. You
should have seen the Frenchman's lit
tie black eyes gloat on its beauty
Mary went on. still looking toward
the wall. IL will arise and receive you
all informally IL you will but wait"
This disconnected the imperturbable
Henry. who was about at his wits end.
Cover that arm, you hussyF he
cried in n flaming rage.
BE not impatient. brother mine. j
will jump out I'm just n moment"
A little scream from Jane startled ev-
erybody. and she quickly ran up TO the
king. saying: Il beg your majesty to
20. She will do as she says so sure as
You remain. You don't know her. She
is very angry. Please go. 1 will bring
her downstairs somehow"
.Ah. indeed! Jane Bolingbroke." came
from the bed. 81 will receive my
guests myself when they are kind
enough to come to my ROOM" The COW
erlid began TO move. and whether or
not she was really going to carry out
her threat I cannot say, but Henry.
knowing her too well to risk 1t. hurried
us all out OF the room and marched
downstairs at the head Of his defeated
cohorts. He was swearing In a way
TO make a priests flesh creep and pro-
testing by everything holy that Mary
should be the wife OF Louis or die. He
went back to Mary's room at intervals,
but there was enough persistence In
that one girl to stop the wheels OF time,
If she but set herself to do II. and the
king came away from each visit the
victim OF another rout-
Finally his anger cooled, and he be-
came amused. From the last visit he
came down laughing.
Il shall have to give up the fight or
else put my armor on with visor down.
said he. 1T is not safe to go near her
without it She is a very vixen, and
but now tried to scratch my eyes out"
Wolsey, who had a wonderful knack
| for finding the easiest means to a diff
ficult end. took Henry of to a window,
where they held a whispered converse
| ton.
1t was pathetic to see mighty king
and his great minister Of state consult
| ing and planning against one poor girl,
and, as angry as felt toward Mary,
could not help pitying her and admired
beyond the power of pen to write the
| valiant and SO far impregnable defense
she had put up against an array of
strength that would have made king
tremble on his throne.
Presently Henry gave one of his
loud laughs and slapped his thigh as
If highly satisfied with some PROPOSE.
ton of Wolsey's,
"Make ready at once" he said. I'VE
Will 60 back to London"
In a short time we were all at the
main stairway ready to mount for the
return trip.
The Lady Mary's window was Jus'
above, and l saw Jane watching us a:
we rode away.
After we were well out of Mary'i
sight the king called me to him. and he
together with De Longueville, Wolsel
and myself. turned our horses heads
rode rapidly by a circuitous path bacl
to another door Of the castle and re
entered without the knowledge of an
Of the inmates.
We four remained In silence, Ell
Joined by rhe king. and in the cours
of an hour the princess, supposing e'
cry one had gone, came downstairs an
Il sns. rha xx-hn
waiting.
1t was a scurvy trick. and I felt
contempt for the men who had planne
1t. could see that Mary's first in
pulse was to beat hasty retreat bac
into her citadel, the bed. but in trut
she had in her makeup very little di
position to retreat. She was clear gri
But what n crime ii would have bee
in nature to have spoiled so perfect
woman. How beautiful she wasl 81
threw one quick. surprised glance .
her brother and his companions an
lifting up her exquisite head, careles
" hummed a little tune under h'
breath as she marched TO the other ell
OF the room with a gait that Juno he
e self could not have improved upon.
/ saw the king smile. half In pride
D her and half in amusement, and Il
:. Frenchman's little eyes feasted upc
Z her beauty with n relish that could N
e be mistaken.
Henry and the ambassador spoke
Il word in whispers when the latter too
box from a huge side pocket al
l. started across the room toward Ma
: with the king at his heels.
!, Her side was toward them when tn
L came up. but she kept her attitude
II she had been of bronze. She hi
k taken up a book that was lying on I
d table and was examining II as tn
, approached.
De Longueyille held the box In
II hand. and. bowling and scraping. SO
e in broken English, Permit to me, m,
IS gracious princess, that may have
i honor to OFFER on behalf OF my aug
X master this little testament of his hi
r admiration and love-" With this
bowed again, smiled like a crack in
ID piece OF old parchment and held
p box toward Mary. 1t was open, pr,
81 ably in the hope OF enticing her W
IL u sight OF it's contents-a beautiful
lie mond necklace.
y She turned her face ever so little a
H. took it all in with one contemptuo
Is sneering glance out of the corners
her eyes. Then, quietly reaching I
so her hand, she grasped the necklace a
of deliberately dashed 1t In poor old
Is Longueville's face.
Z 'There is my answer, sirl Go no
and tell your imbecile old master
OF seorn his suit and hate him-hate b
IN -bota b;mw Then. with the tears q