The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-08-07

Il "A greenwich the princess IN,
M9&8S brandon were together fro
Iuently. Upon several ocoo
LIS ne was invited, with others =,
M p"rior FOR card playing. Eut wa
-, l"o evenings with only four ~
preseht prior to tho ,lis,s+r,,,a
ens winch changed everything NM,
",'h am soon to tell YOU. Dur
Is .iese TWO evenings the "Soilor
ne, was III constant demand.
ms Palr, who should have remo;ro,
"p"i'' met constantly in and ubo,t tho
ana every glance added fucI 70
".u "'"e. Fart of the time It was Tho
peesS WIN her troublesome ,lippity
u part or the time it was N,,v
.ps Mary. Notwithstanding tboso
ushV moods, any one with half nm
touid see that the princess wos
s"uuoiE succumbing to the buddin,,
"oii"h' that Brandon's stronpor ,,n
.uic hau dominated her with that hole
,c"r winch every woman fools ,,.,a
| self. "eef 'hlh her.
ohe day the rumor spreod +br,,,
inc court that the old Eroncb 1t
LOUIS NIL, whose wife, Anna NJ n,.;t
.hnE, mad just died, had asked At,r,,,.
manu- In marriage. 1t was this nroi,o
n'S which opened Brandon's ay,sSt
the fact that he had been pIoving y,,,tS,
'he very worst sort of fire. and a.
n'aue MN sec that in spite of b;psnie
'"hu almost without his know,.dro 49,
s'ri had grown wonderfully s,vort nn,,
a' 10 MN. He now saw his danger
81, ' struggled to keep himself bevond
,c Spei or her pcrilous gInnces ond
s"c" song. This modern Ulysses made
4" iii"s'ertui effort, but, alas.t had 40
s"ps 10 carry him away and no wo~
WIN Which to fill his ears. WAX ,s .
Soou thing, and 10 one should entor
'"e siren country without IT, Shins
wy are sood, with Easts to tic orcsa,r
|" una sails ana rudder and a gust of
VINO 10 watt one quickly past the "a.
a'.I. LII fuct, one cannot tnko +ho
HIN was sure, ana rcr., &
{ had rooo,,1 'e sweetness; not that :,
H. - Inel .lt'l. IT'S noon, or anything i
reasonable. This company is well
love as plain Ia Ss %ffRt fFltt is unnecessary.
She sought Brandon upon Sabove Com
and made opportunities to nxo. .&cail on
not openly, ut any rate; not wit o. x,T!e
tlons knowledge, nor with any ca. Ho 4
ance OH his part. but apparently carTL Z
little what he or any one else mighSo
see. Love lying In her heart had made /"
her a little mare shy than formerly in
seeking him, but her straightforward
way of taking whatever she wanted
made her transparent little attempts
at conccalment very pathetic.
AS for Brandon, the shaft had en-
tered his heart, too, poor fellow, as
surely as love had dawned in Mary's.
He knew the hopeless misery such a
passion would bring him, and helped
the good Lord, in so far as he could,
to answer his prayer and lead him not
into temptation. AS soon as he saw
the truth lie avoided Mary as much as |
possible.
AS said, we had spent several even |
ings with Mary after we came home |
from Windsor, ut all Of which her pref
ercnce was shown In every movement.
Some women are so expressive under
strong emotion that every gesture,
turn of the head, 4 glance of the eyes,
the lifting of hand or the poise of the
body speaks with tongue OF elo-
| uuence, and such was Mary. Her eyes
would glow with Il soft fire when they
rested upon him. and her Whole person
told all too plainly what, in truth, 1T
seemed she did not care to hide. When
others were present, she would restrain
herself somewhat. but with only Jane
and myself she could hardly maintain
n seemly reserve. During all this time
Brandon remained cool and retily
seemed unconscious of his wonderful
attraction for her. 1t is hard to under
stand why he did not see it, but I real
ly believe he did not. Although he
was quite at ease in her presence, too
much so. Mary sometimes thought, and,
strangely enough, sometimes told him
I'm tit OF short lived, quickly rcpented
anger that always set him laughing,
yet there was never word or gesture
that could hint of undue familiarity,
After these last two meetitss, al
though the invitations came frequent.
ly, none was accepted. Brandon had
contrived to have his duties ostensibly
ut least occupy his evenings and did
honestly what his Judgment told him
was the one thing to do-that Is, re-
main away from fire. that could give
no genial warmth, but was sure to
+ burn him to the quick. l saw this only
l too plainly, but never a word Of 1t was
!, spoken between us.
9 The more saw of this man the more
q respected him. and this curbing of his
I affections added to my already high es
= teen. The effort was doubly wise In
o Brandon's case. After time Mary
t began to suspect his attempts to avoid
G her. and she grew cold and distan