Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-17

virtued court ladies shudder viii
ror. She would at other tlmo. w "
sport Of his youthful ardor and tsn ~
In all seriousness that it was Indao.
for him to behave so and fripb,ss
q poor. timid little child, with HI.
petuosities. Then she would ras
to give him the slip, and he wan.
of and play game Of cards with !,
self, firmly convinced In his own IVY
way that wOman's nature had
ture of the devil in 1t. He was n.
Of conciliatory kindness to tho ~.
vixen, but at times she would Ivy.
violently into tears, accuse him o
ely mistreating her, a helpless w,s
and a stranger in his court and tS.
en- to go home to dear old England \,
tell her brother, King Henry. all ~,
1t and have him put things to ripb,
redress her wrongs generally. In =.
she acted the part Of injured ipnoo..
so perfectly that the poor old ~
would apologize for the wrongs ,h.s
vented and try to coax her ipto a y,
humor. Thereupon she would ~.
more bitterly than ever. grow hv,1
ical and require to be carried Of h,
women, when recovery and comn.,s
were usually instantaneous. or cor,
the court gossips soon carried stor. :.
the quick recoveries to the king !,
when he spoke to Mary Of them 4.
put on her injured air again and nm,
the tables by upbraiding him "a, /.
lieving such calumnies about her =.
was SO good to him and loved bin !.
dearly.
Mary would often pout for dsu.
gether and pretend illness. Upon n,
occasion she kept the king waiting
her door all the morning. while /,
having slipped through the wiuda,
was riding with some of the young ~
pie in the forest. When she returs
through the window - she went
the door and scolded the poor Old HI,
for keeping her waiting penned up
her room all the morning. And be an.
ogized!
She changed the dinner hour to pa
In accordance with the English n.
tom, and had a heavy supper at MD.
when she would make the king rom
himself with unhealthful food and car
him ''to drink as much as Brots
Henry" which invariably resulted
Louis de valois finding Judgment urts
the table. This amused the Th@
court except a few old cronies u
who, of course were 10,
dalized beyond measure. She took i.
king on long rides with her on iii
lays, and would jolt him almost
1eath and freeze him until the I'd
tears streamed down his poor pincta
nose, making him feel like halt Al.
mated icicle and wish that be wen
,ne, In fact.
At night she would have her bib
Ind keep him up till morning, dhnHy
Ind dancing, or trying to dance, VII
Ter until his poor old heels, and i
read, too, for that matter, were III
o fall off; then she would slip .vg
rom him and lock herself in her 70.
December, say I, let May alone; 4.
certainly will kill you. Despite VIII
ound advice, I doubt not Decanig
will 60 on coveting May up to The Ell
I the chapter, each old fellow-bs9
UGH fine man for his age, you unts
tand-fondly believing himself an a
option. Age in a fool is damnabs
Mary was killing Louis as certain
nd deliberately as if she were fesit4
i'm slow poison. He was yer! wei
nd decrepit at best, being compsla
upon public occasions sud
or example. as the coronation tours
lent of which l have spoken, to b
pom couch.
Mary's conduct was really cruel hu
len, remember the provocaton iii
lat she was acting in self defans
II this was easier for her than "a
light suppose, for the kings grasp d
over, never very strong, was bslf
ing to relax even what little grip !
i'd. AL faces were turned tovN
e rising sun, young Francis, duke q
ngouleme, the kings distant cousl
no would soon be king in Louis pss
this young rising sun, himself V'S
smitten with Mary. openly enN1f
ed her in what she did. the courun
course followed suit, and the 81
ng found himself surrounded N
urt only too ready to be amused Y
lively young queen at his expens
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