Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-07-13

VIII make IL all rlgnt at once. l know.
! would not do her the foul wrong to
think for one instant that she will fail.
You do not know her. She sometimes
seems selfish. but IL Is thoughtlessness
fostered by nattery. and her heart Is
right. ! would trust her with my life.
II you breathe a word OF what have
told you, you may do more harm than
you can ever remedy. and ask you to
say nothing to any one. If the princess
would not liberate me-but that is not
TO be thought OF. Never doubt that
she can and will do II better than you
think. She is all gold"
This. of course. silenced me, as / did
not know what new danger I might
create or how | might mar the matter
/ so much wished TO mend. did not
tell Brandon that the girls had left
Greenwich or Of my underlined and per.
haps unfounded fear that Mary might
not act as he thought she would in a
great emergency. but silently helped
him TO dress and went to London along
with him and the sheriff's sergeant.
Brandon was taken to Newgate, the
most loathsome prison i'm London at
that time. it being used for felons, while
Ludgate was for debtors. Here he was
thrown into an underground dungeon
foul with water that seeped through
the old masonry from the moat and
alive with every noisome thing that
creeps. There was no bed, no stool, no
floor. not even a wlsp of straw; SIM
ply the reeking stone walls, covered
with fungus, and the windowless arch
overhead. One could hardly conceive
n more horrible place in which to spend
even moment. | had glimpse of IL
by the light of the keepers lantern as
they put him in, and it seemed to me a
single night in that awful place would
have killed me or driven me mad. l
protested and begged and tried to bride,
but 1t was all of no avail. The keeper
had been bribed before | arrived AL
though it could do no possible good, 1
was glad to stand outside the prison
walls in the drenching rain all the rest
of that wretched night that might be
as near as possible to my friend and
suffer a little with him.
AS soon as the prison gates were
opened next morning | again impor-
tuned the keeper to give Brandon a
more comfortable cell, but his reply
was that such crimes had Of late be-
come so frequent in London that no IA
vor could be shown those who commit
ted them, and that men like Brandon,
who ought to know and act better, de-
served the maximum punishment.
told him he was wrong in this case;
that l knew the facts, and everything
would be clearly explained that very
day and Brandon released.
That's all very WELL" responded the
stubborn creature. Nobody Is guilty
who comes here. They can every one
prove innocence clearly and at once.
Notwithstanding, they nearly all hang,
and frequently. for variety's sake, are
drawn and quartered.
l waited about Newgate until o
o'clock and as 1 passed out met Buck
ingham and his man Johnson, a sort of
lawyer-knight, going in. went down
to the palace at Greenwich and, finding
that the girls were still at Scotland
palace, rode over at once to see them.
Upon getting Mary and Jane to my
self l told them of Brandon's arrest
on the charge of murder and Of his
condition, lying half dead from wounds
and loss of blood in that frightful
dungeon. The tale moved them great
ly. and they both gave way to tears. I
think Mary had heard Of the arrest
before. as she did not seem surprised.
do you think he will tell the cause
Of the killin~?" she asked.
81 know he will not" I answered,
'but l also know that he knows you
will" And 1 looked straight into her
face.
Certainly we WILL" said Jane. 1--WE
will go to the king at once" And she
was on the qui vive to start immedi-
ately.
Mary did not at once consent to
James proposition, but sat in a reverie,
looking with fearful eyes into vacancy,
apparently absorbed in thought. Aft
er little pressing from us she said,
1T suppose ii will have to be done-I
can see no other way-but blessed
Mother Mary. help mer'
The girls made hasty preparations,
and we all started back to Green
witch, that Mary might tell the king.
On the road over l stopped at Newgate
to tell Brandon that the princess would
soon have him out. knowing how well
come liberty would be at her hands,
but was not permitted to see him.
I swallowed my disappointment and
thought it would be only a matter Of
a few hours delay, the time spent in
riding down to Greenwich and sending
back a messenger. So, light hearted
enough at the prospect, I soon Joined
the girls, and we cantered briskly
home.
After waiting a reasonable time for
Mary to see the king I sought her
again to learn where and from whom
/ should receive the order for Bran
don's release and when 1 should go to