Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-08-17

Inc recommendations were. first, IL
would take him away from Mary, with
whom, when out of the inspiring in
fuence of her buoyant hopefulness,
he knew marriage TO be utterly impos-
sible, and. second, admitting and fac
ing that impossibility, he might find
at least partial relief from his heart
ache in the stirring events and adven-
lures Of that PARKWAY land of monsters,
dragons, sayages and gold. The posi-
bility lay in the gold. and a very faint
ly burning fame of hope held out the
still more family glimmering chance
that fortune, finding him there almost
alone. might for lack of another lover
smile upon him by way of squaring ac-
counts. She might lead him to a cav
ern of gold, and gold would do any
thing, even perhaps purchase a price
less a treasure as a certain princess of
the royal blood.
Brandon at once accepted the kings
offer of lodging in the palace. for now
that he felt sure of himself in the mat
ter of New Spain and his separation
from Mary he longed to see as much as
possible of her before the light went
out forever. even though it were play
ing with death itself to do so.
Poor fellow! His suffering was so
acute during this period that it affect
ed me like a contagion.
1t did not make a nope of him, but
came in spasms that almost drove him
wild. He would at times pace the
room and cry out: "Jesu, Caskoden,i
what shall do? She will be the wife
Of the French king. and I shall sit in
the wilderness and try every moment
to imagine what she is doing and think
ing. l shall find the bearing of Paris
and look In her direction until my brain
melts in my effort to see her, and then
I shall wander in the woods, q suffer
Ing imbecile, feeding on roots and nuts.
Would to God one of us might die! If
it were not selfish, l should wish /
might be the one."
l said nothing in answer to these out
bursts, as had no consolation to offer.
We had two or three of our little
meetings of four, dangerous as they
were, at which Mary, feeling that each
time she saw Brandon might be the
last, would sit and look at him with
glowing eyes that in turn softened and
burned as he spoke. She did not talk
much, but devoted all her time and en-
ergies to looking with her whole soul.
Never before or since was there girl
so much in love. A young girl thor
oughly In love is the most beautiful
object on earth-beautiful even in ug-
illness. Imagine, then, what it made Of
Mary!
Growing partly. perhaps, out Of his
unattainability-for he was as far out
| Of her reach as she out of his-she had
| long since begun to worship him. She
| had learned to know him so we'll, and
his valiant defense of her in Billings
gate, together with his noble self sacri-
| fee in refusing to compromise her in
order to save himself, had presented
] him to her in so noble a light that she
| had come to look up to him as her su-
| perior. Her surrender had been COM
| plete, and she found in it JOY far ex.
ceeding that of any victory or triumph
she could imagine.
The trouble began in earnest with
the discovery of our meetings in Lady
Mary's parlor. There was nothing at
all unusual in the fact that small COM
panies Of young folk frequently spent
their evenings with her, but we knew
| well enough that the unusual element
in our parties was their exceeding
/ A 80 toh% $ov,
young persons was we'll enough, al
though it of course created jealousy on
the part Of those who were left out,
but four-two Of each sex-made DIFF
ference in kind, however much we
might insist it was only in degree, and
this, we soon learned, was the kings
opinion.
You may be sure there was many q
jealous person about the court ready
to carry tales and that 1t was impossi-
bic long to keep our meetings secret
among such a host as then lived in
Greenwich palace.
One day the queen summoned Jane
and put her to the question. Now, Jane
thought the truth was made only to be
told. a fallacy into which many good
people have fallen, to their utter de-
struction, since the truth, like every
other good thing. may be abused.
Well, Jane told 1t all In a moment
and Catherine was so Mortified that she
was like to faint. She went with he
hair-lifting horror to the king an
poured into his ears a tale of impru
dence and debauchery well calculate
to start his righteous. rtue-prompte
indignation into a threatening fame.
To be continued.
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