Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-08-19
CHAPTER XIV.
TO MAKE A MAN OF HER.

CHS 1lllO u1Ouey. Sue SAID SQc
~ was sorry now she had not
taken De Longueville's diamonds, as
they would have added to her treas
ure. l, however, procured quite
large sum, to which secretly added
goodly portion out of my own store
At Mary's request sent part to Brad
hurst at Bristol and retained the rest
for Brandon to take with him.
A favorable answer soon came from
Bristol, giving the young nobleman
separate room in consideration of the
large purse he had sent.
The next step was to procure the
gentleman's wardrobe for Mary. This
was little troublesome at first. for of
course she could not be measured in
the regular way. We managed to over
come this difficulty by having Jane
take the measurements under instruc-
tons received from the tailor, which
measurements, together with the cloth,
l took to the fractional little man who
did my work.
He looked at the measurements with
twinkling eyes and remarked: "Sir Ed
win, that be the curiousest shaped man
ever I see the measures Of. Sure, it
would make mighty handsome WON
an or know nothing of human dimen-
sions"
Never you mind about dimensions.
Make the garments as they are ordered
and keep your mouth shut, if you know
what is to your interest. Do you hear?"
He delivered himself of a labored
wink. 81 do hear and understand, too,
and my tongue is like the tongue Of an
obelisk."
In due time I brought the suits to
Mary, and they were soon adjusted to
her liking.
The days passed rapidly till it was
matter Of less than a fortnight until
the Royal Hind would sail, and it real
~ looked as If the adventure might
turn out to our desire.
Jane was in tribulation and thought
she ought to be taken along. This, you
may be sure, was touching me very
closely, and I began to wish the whole
Internal mess at the bottom of the sea.
If Jane went, his august majesty King
Henry VIII. would be without a mas
ter Of the dance just as sure as the
stars twinkled in the armament. It
was, however, soon decided that Bran
don would have his hands more than
full to get off with one woman. and
that two would surely spoil the plan
So Jane was to be left behind, full Of
tribulation and indignation, firmly con-
vinced that she was being treated very
badly.
Mary's vanity was delighted with her
elopement trousseau, for of course it
was Of the finest. Not that the quality
was better than her usual wear, but
doublet and hose were so different on
her. She paraded for an hour or so
before Jane, and as she became &C.
customed to the new garb and as the
steel reflected most beautiful image
she determined to show herself to
Brandon and me. She said she want
ed to become accustomed to being seen
in her doublet and hose and would be-
gin with us. She thought if she could
not bear our gaze she would surely
make dismal failure on shipboard
among so many strange men. There
was some good reasoning in this, and
it, together with her vanity, overruled
her modesty and prompted her to come
to see us in her character Of young
nobleman. Jane made one Of her
mighty protests, so infinitely dispro-
portionate in size to her little ladyship,
but the self willed princess would not
listen to her and was for coming alone
if Jane would not come with her. Once
having determined, as usual with her,
she wasted no time about it, but,
throwing long cloak over her shoul-
ders, started for our rooms, with angry,
weeping, protesting Jane at her heels.
When I heard the knock, was sure
it was the girls, for though Mary had
promised Brandon she would not un-
der any circumstances attempt another
visit knew so we'll her utter inability
to combat her desire and her reckless
disregard Of danger where there was a
motive sufficient to furnish the nerve
tension that I was sure she would come
or try to come again.
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door was shut Mary unclasped the
brooch at her throat, and the great
cloak fell to her heels. Out she STEP
ped, with a little laugh of delight,
clothed in doublet, hose and confusion,
the prettiest picture mortal eyes ever
rested on. Her hat, something on the
broad, fiat style with single white
plume encircling the crown, was of
purple velvet trimmed in gold braid
and touched here and there with pre-
cious stones: Her doublet was of the
same purple velvet as her hat, trimmed
in lace and gold braid. Her short
trunks were of heavy black silk slashet
by yellow satin, with hose Of Lavender
silk, and her little shOes were of rus
set French leather. Quite rainbow
you will say, but such a rainbow!
Brandon and l were. struck dumb
with admiration and could not keel
I from showing it.. This disconcertet
the girl and increased her embarrass
ment until we could not tell which wa
4 the pref the garments, the girl 0