The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-08-05

MY dear C%dshOdCn, I knoW I can trust
yOu."
pliancc, to extract some virtue out of
her sore necessity and induce him to
promise that in case Of the death Of
Louis she herself shall choose her Sec
Ond husband"
"My lord" I replied, quickly grasping
the point, at Is small wonder you rule
this land. You have both brain and
heart"
81 thank you, Sir Edwin, and hope
that both may always be at the serv-
Ice OF YOU and your friends"
gave the suggestion to Mary as my
own, recommending that she profrcr
her request to the king in the presence
of Wolscy, and, although she had little
faith or hope, she determined to try.
Within q day or two an opportunity
offered, and she said to Henry: 81 am
ready TO go to France any time you
wish, and shall do it dcccntly and will
ingly, but if l do so much for you,
brother, you might at least promise
me that when King Louis Is dead l
may marry whOmsoevcr / wish. He
Will probably live forever, but let me
have at least that hope to give me what
cheer it may while / suffer-"
Tho ever present Wolsey, who was
standing near and heard Mnry's petit
ton, interposcd: Let me add my pray
or to That of her highncss. We must
give her her own way In somcthing."
Nptt- x,-n, s,,nl, N A, "A
w~rctchcdncss that 1 thought Mt the
time she had really found n tender spot
in Uenry's heart, for hc gave the prom
Use. Since then L have learned. as YOU
will shortly, That 1T was given sim
ply TO pacify the girl, and without any
intention whatever of its being kept,
but that, In case of the death of King
Louis, Henry intended again to use
his sister to his own advantage,
TO be. n beautiful princess is not to
enjoy the bliss some people imagine,
The earth is apt to open at any time
nnd Pluto to snatch her away to--the
Lord knows whore.
Mary again poured out her soul on
paper-a libation intended for Brandon.
l made n dozen attempts I'm us many
different ways to deliver her letters,
but every effort was n failure, and this
mlssive met the fate Of tho others. De
I~ongucyille kept close watch OH Ills
masters rival and complained to Hen
ny about these attempts at communities.
ton. Henry laughed and said he would
see that they were stopped, but paid
no more attention to the matter.
If Mary, before her interview with
Henry, had been aversc to the French
marriage, she was now equally any-
ious to hurry 1t on, and longcd to go
upon the rack In order that Brandon
might be free. lie, of course, objected
rs s~trcnuously as possible to the pur-
chase of his life by her marriage TIC
Louis, but his better Judgment told
HMM fact, had told him from the
flrst-that she would be compelled
eventually to marry the French king,
and common sense told him if It must
be she might as we'll " his lIfo ut
the same time. Furthermore, ho felt q
certain sense OF delight in owing his
life to her, and knew that the fact that
she had saved him, that her sacrifice
had not all been in vain, would make
1t easier for her to bcnr.
The most beautiful feature of the re.
latlons between these two lovers was
their entire faith In each other. The
way of their true love was at least not
%roughened by cobblestones of doubt,
however impossible 1t was from noun
tains of opposition.
My inability to deliver Mary's letters
did not deter her from writing them,
and rs she was to be married in a few
days-De %Longueville to act as proxy
Ii devoted her entire time to her let
ters and wrote pages upon pages, which
sine left with me to be delivered "after
death" as she called her marriage.
At this time / was called away from
court for n day or two, and when / ro.
turned and called upon Brandon at the
Tower / found him whistling and sing
Ing, apparently rs happy as n lark.
you heartless dogv' thought 1 at
first, but 1 soon found that he felt more
than happlness-exaltation.
Have you seen herr" / asked.
"Whof" AS IL there were more thar
one woman In oil the world for him.
"The princess"
mot since / left her at Bristol"
believed then, and believe now,
that this was q point blank falsehood,
a very unusual thing for Brandon, but
for some reason probably necessary in
this case.
There swas an expression I'm his face
which 1 could not interpret, but he
wrote, MS if 9arelcssly scribbling on a
scrap OF pm tint lay upon the table.
She Wofasi 2e careful" and l took