Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-07-22
you are too LGte."


II should have told you had you CIV
en- me time. AS to the pain it gave
you'-this was the last charge to my
large magazine of lndignation-"I care
very little about that. You deserve 1t.
l do not know what explanation you
have to offer, but nothing can excuse
you. An explanation, however good.
would have been little comfort to YOU
had Brandon failed you in Billincsgate
that night
She had fallen into chair by this
time and sat in reverie, staring at moth
ing. Then the tears came again, but
more softly.
"You are right; nothing can excuse
me. I am the most selfish, ungrateful,
guilty creature ever born. A whole
month In that dungeon!' And she
covered her dropping face with her
hands.
''Go away for awhile, Edwin, and
then return. We shall want to see you
again." said Jane.
Upon my return Mary was more
composed. Jane had dressed her hair,
and she was sitting on the bed In her
riding habit, hat In hand. Her fingers
were nervously toying at the ribbons
and her eyes cast down.
"You are surely right, Sir Edwin. I
have no excuse. l can have none, but
will tell you how it was. You re-
member the day you left me in the
waiting room Of the kings council,
when they were discussing my mar
rage without one thought Of me, as
Il were but slave or dumb brute
that could not feel?" She began to
weep little, but soon recovered her
self. "While waiting for you to re-
turn the Duke Of Buckingham came in.
| knew Henry was trying to sell me to
| the French king, and my heart was
full of trouble-from more causes than
you can know. All the council, espe-
,ially that butchers son, were urging
him on, and Henry himself was anx-
ous that the marriage should be
brought about. He thought it would
strengthen him for the imperial crown.
He wants everything and Is ambitious
to be emperor. Emperor! He would
tut pretty figure! hoped, though,
[ should be able to induce him not to
sacrifice me to his selfish interests, as
have done before, but knew only
100 well it would tax my powers to the
almost this time. I knew that If did
my thing to anger or to antagonize him
t would be all at an end with me. You
know he is SO exacting with other peo-
2le's conduct for one who is so careless
VI his own-so virtuous by proxy. You
remember how cruelty he d1sgraced
Ind crushed poor Lady Chesterfield,
Who was in such trouble about her hus-
hand and who went to Grouche's only
to learn If he were true to her. Henri!
seems to be particularly sensitive IL
that direction. One would think i
was in the commandments, Thou shall
not go to Grouches.'
"Well, I knew I could do nothing
with Henry If he once learned of tha
visit, especially as it resulted SO ia
tally. oh, why did I go? Why did
go? That was why I hesitated to tel
Henry at once. was hoping some 9th
er way would open whereby I might
save Charles-Master Brandon. While
I was waiting along came the Duke Of
Buckingham, and as I knew he was
popular in London and had almost al
much influence there as the king {
thought came to me that he might hell
us.
II knew that he and Master Brandon
had passed a few angry words at one
time in my ballroom-you remember
but also knew that the duke was in
in love with me, you know, or pretend
ed to be-he always said he was land
| felt sure I. could by little hattery in
duce him to do anything. He was al
ways protesting that he would givt