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ty had ordered the music stopped. and
.he musicians, OF course, ceased play
ing at once. Mary thcreupon turned
quickly to me.
Master are our musicians weary
that they stop before we are throuchf f'
Inc queen answered for me in a hlyh
voiced Spanish accent: II ordered the
music stopped. / will not permit such
an indecent exhibition to 80 on longer,
FIRE sprang TO Mary's eyes and she
exclaimed: IF your majesty does not
Ike the way we do and dance at NV
pails you can retire MS soon rs You
see lit. Your face Is kiIl-mirth any.
way 1t never took long to rouse her
ladyship.
The queen turned to Henry, who was
laughing, and angrily dcmandcd:
"Will Your majesty permit me to be
thus insulted in your very prcscnco,"
You got yourself into 1t. Get out Of
it as best YOU can have often told
you To lot her alone She has sharp
claws. The king was really tired OF
Cathcrln"'s sour frown before he mar
ricd her 1t was her dover of Spanish
gold that brought her second Tudor
husband.
Shall not have what music and
dances | want ut my own balls:" asked
the princess
lEat You shall. sister mine: that
you snail, answered tho king "Go OH.
master, and If the girl likes To dance
that way, in Gods name let her have
her wish. 1t will never hurt her. We
VIII learn it oursclf, and will wear the
ladies out a-dancing."
After Mary had finished the openinp
dance there was great demand for
instruction. The king asked Brandon
to teach him the steps. which hc soon
l"arncd to perform with Il grace per-
maps cquhlcd by no living creature 9TH
rr than fat brown bear. The ladies'
were ut first Il little shy and inclined
to stand ut arms length, but Mary had
ret the fashion and the others soon
followed. | had taken a fiddler to nv
room and had learned the dance from
Brandon and was able to teach il also,
though | lacked practice to make nv
step pcric"t Tie princess had needed
no practices. but had danced beautiful
~ from the first, her strong young
limbs and supple body taking as nat
urally to anything requiring grace Of
movement as u cygnet to water
This, thought ], is my opportunity tn
,c5cn Jane the new DANCE swaafed
to 20 to her first. but wasNfrnid. on
for some reason did not, and took sew
cral other ladies as they came. After
| had shown the step to tfcm sought
out my sweetheart. Jane was not n
rrudc but honestly believe she was
the most provoking girl that ever lived.
| never had succeeded in holding her
hand even the smallest part of an in
slant. and yet was sure she liked me
very much-almost sure she loved me.
She feared | might unhingc it and car
ry 1T away, on something Of that sort, I
suppose When went up and asked
her ia let me teach her the new dance.
she said:
Il thank you, Edwin, but there are
others who are more anxious to learn
than l, and YOU had better teach them
first"
"But l want to teach you. When 1
wish TO teach them, | will go to them"
~ on did go TO several others before
YOU thought OF coming to me-" answer
cd Janc, pretending to be pqucd Now.
that was the unkindcst thing I ever
knew girl to do-rcfusc me what she
knew | so wanted and then put the re-
fusal on the pretended ground that I
cid not care much about it. | so told
her, and she saw she had carried things
too far and that | was growing angry
III earnest. She then made another
false though somewhat fattcring ex-
cuSc:
II could not bear to 60 through That
dance before so large Il company.
should not object so much If no one else
could scc-that is, with you, Edwin"
EDWIN Oh, so soft and sweet! The
little jade. To think that she could
hoodwink me so easily and talk me into
good humor with her soft, purring
EdWin!' l saw through it all quickly
enough and left her without another
word. In few minutes she went into
an adjoining room where knew sbc
was alone. The door was open, and
the music could be heard there, SO I
followed
My lady, there is no one to see us
hcre. can teach you now, il you
WISH" said l.
She saw she was cornered, and re-
piied, with toss of her saucy little
mead. but what If l do not wishT'
Now. this was more than could en-
dtrc with patience, so answered, INV
young lady, YOU shall ask me before I
teach YOU"
There are others who can dance IL
much better than you," she returned.
without looking at me-
III you allow another to teach you
that Dance" | responded, you will
nave seen the last of me-" She had
made me angry, and | did not speak to
her for more than q week When I