Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-26

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,, ure. l, however, procured quite {
large sum, to which secretly added 9
goodly portion out of my own store
,, At Marys 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 q
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 l 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 labored
wink. 81 do hear and understand, too.
( and my tongue is like the tongue of an
| obelisk."
/ In due time l brought the suits to
Mary. and they We're 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
ly 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 began to wish the whole
Internal mess at the bottom Of the sea.
II Jane went, his august majesty King
Henry VIII. would be without mas
ter of the dance just as sure as the
stars twinkled in the armament. 1t
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
WINGED that she was being treated very
badly.
Mary's vanity was delighted with her
elopement trousseau, for of course 1t
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 ac-
customed to the new garb and as the
steel reflected a 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 IL she could |
not bear our gaze she would surely /
make a dismal failure on shipboard ,
among so many strange men. There
VS. some good reasoning in this, and
1t. 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-
pordonate in size to her little ladyship,
but the self willed princess would not
listen to her and was for coming alone
II 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 shout
1ers, started for our rooms, with angry
protesting Jane at her heels
When heard the knock, was sure
It was the girls, for though Mary had
promised Brandon she would not I'M
Ter any circumstances attempt another
visit knew so we'll her utter inability
10 combat her desire and her reckless
disregard of danger where there was a
motive sufficient to furnish the nerve
ension that was sure she would come
" try to come again.
/ admitted the girls, and when the
loor was shut Mary unclasped the '
brooch at her throat, and the great I
'loak fell to her heels. Out she step
Jed, with little laugh Of delight
lothed in doublet. hose and confusion,
he prettfest picture mortal eyes ever
ested on. Her hat something on the
road, fiat style with a single white
'lume encircling the crown, was of
urple velvet trimmed in gold braid
nd touched here and there with pre-
ious stones. Her doublet was of the
anne purple velvet as her hat, trimmed ,
q lace and gold braid. Her short
runks were of heavy black silk slashed I
y yellow satin, with hose of lavender
ilk, and her little shoes were Of rus
ct French leather. Quite a rainbow. I
ou will say, but such rainbow {
Brandon and l were struck dumb /
With admiration and could not keep a
rom showing it. This disconnected I
be girl and increased her embarrass- d
lent until we could not tell which was 9
be prettiest. the garments. the girl or d
he confusion, but this 1 know-the +
7hole picture was as sweet and beauti- Q
III as the eyes Of man could behold. a
Fine feathers will not make fine n
irds, and Mary's masculine attire u
ould no more make her look like I
ian than harness can disguise the b
races of a gazelle. Nothing could a
,nceal her intense, exquisite woman d
ood- With our looks of establishment "
nd admiration Mary's bushes deep Il
ned. 81
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