Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-05


II, and the room was In great dlsords,
"Oh, Sir Edwin" began Mary. wh.
was weeping, was ever woman N
such frightful trouble? My brother i,
killing me. Can he not see that conN
not live through week of this ma,
rage? And I have been deserted i,
all my friends, too, excepting Jan.
She, poor thing, cannot leave"
"You know l would not co." s,n
Jane parenthetically. Mary continusd
sYou, too, have been home an ept,,.
week and have not been near me-
I began to soften at the sight Of hs,
grief and concluded with Brandon that
after all, her beauty could we'll coys,
a multitude Of sins, perhaps even hi,
her great transgression against him
The princess was trying to check bs,
weeping and in a moment took I'd n.
thread Of her unfinished sentepc,.
"And Master Brandon, too, left with
out 30 much as sending me one I'M.
word-not line nor syllable. 4,
did not come near me but went Of, 4,
III did not care-orshe did not N
course he did not care or be would \.
have behaved SO, knowing was IN n
much trouble. I did not see him at N
after-one afternoon in the kings
about a week before that awful pIpb,
in London, except that night, when
was SO frightened I could not spai
one word Of all the things I wished
to say"
This sounded strange enough md
began more than ever to suspect SON,
thing wrong. I, however, kept as firm
a grasp as possible upon the stock .,
Indignation I had brought with me-
How did you expect to see or her
from him." asked /, when he was H. |
ing in a oathsome dungeon without
one ray Of light, condemned to b
hanged, drawn and Quartered because
of your selfish neglect to save him who
at the cost of half his blood and a.
most his life had saved so much tg
your"
Her eyes grew big, and the team
were checked by genuine surprise.
l continued: Lady Mary, 10 ON
could have made me believe that you
would stand back and let the man
whom you owed 80 great a debt lie y
long in such misery and be condemns
to such death for the act that SAVED
you. l could never have believed hr
limp Of hell!' screamed Mary Whit
tale is this you bring to torture mel
Have l not enough already: Tell q.
it is a lie or I will have your miserab.
little tongue torn out by the rootr
1T is no lie, princess, but an avth
truth and frightful shame to you
I was determined to tell her all and
let her see herself as she was.
She gave a hysterical laugh and
throwing up her hands with her sccus
toned little gesture, fell upon the bed
in utter abandonment, shaking as viii
q spasm. She did not weep; she could
not; she was past that now. Jane went
over to the bed and tried to soothe be-,
In a moment Mary sprang TO her feet
exclaiming: Master Brandon con
demned to death. and you and ben
talking and moaning and weeping
Come, come; we will go 10 the king 1t
once. We will start to walk Edwin-l
must be doing something = and JAM
can follow with the horses and over
take us. No; l will not dress; just ~
/ am; this will do. Bring me Bat
one, any one While put
ting on hat and gloves she CONTINUED.
Il will see the king at once and tel
him all-all! l will do anything. |
will marry that old king of France q
forty kings or forty devils! Its al
one to me. Anything, anything u
save him! oh, to think that be Bal
been in that dungeon all this time
And the tears came UNDECIDED in De-
uge.
She was under such headwa! AID
spoke and moved so rapidly that
Gould not stop her until she was neafg
'eady to 60; then held her by the srz
while I said:
at is not necessary now. You is
90 late"
A look Of horror came into her fac
Ind l continued slowly: u proeufa
3randon's release nearly week ag
did what you should have done, GA
lie is now at our rooms in Greenwich
Mary looked at me a moment aa
urning pale, pressed her hands 10 be-
leart and leaned against the doS
rame.
After a short silence she said. 10
vim Caskoden-fool! Why could v'
ot have told me that at frst'
bought my brain would burn and ~
cart burst"
Il should have told you had you g.
q me time. As to the pain it gsN
was the last charge to n
lrge magazine Of indignation cA
cry little about that. You deser7eA
do not know what explanation ~
ave to offer, but nothing can eIcas
gu. An explanation, however gea
ould have been little comfort to w
nd Brandon failed you in Billingsef
lat night"
She had fallen into a chair by I
me and sat in reverie, staring at nop
g. Then the tears came again, "
ore softly.
You are right; nothing can e1cs
e. / am the most selfish. ungraleir
lilty creature ever born WIZ
onth in that dungeon And y
vered her dropping face with y
lnds.
TO BE CONTINUED.