Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-19

women, and In turn considered himself
irresistible. He was very impression
able to feminine charms, was at heart
libertlne, and, as he grew older, be-
came debauchee whose memory will
faint France for centuries to come.
Mary saw his weakness more clearly
than his wickedness, being blinded to
the latter by the veil Of her own inno-
cence. She laughed at and with him,
and permitted herself a great deal Of
his company-so much, in fact, that I
grew little Jealous for Brandon's
sake, and, if the truth must be told, for
the first time began to have doubts of
her. I seriously feared that when
Louis should die Brandon might find
a much more dangerous rival in the
new king, who, although married,
would probably try to keep Mary at
his court even should he be driven to
the extreme Of divorcing Claude as
Claude's father had divorced Joan.
I believed, in case. Mary should VOL
UNFAIRLY prove false and remain in
France either as the wife OF the mis-
tress of Francis, that Brandon would
quietly but surely contr1ve some means
to take her life, and hoped he would
l spoke to my wife, Jane, about the
queens conduct, and she finally admit
ted that she did not like it, so I, unable
to remain silent any longer, determined
to put Mary on her guard, and for that
purpose spoke very freely to her on the
subject.
"Oh, you gooser' she said laughingly.
he Is almost as great fool as Hen.
~" Then the tears came to her eyes,
and half angrily, half Historically,
shaking me by the arm, she continued:
do you not know? Can you not see
that would give this hand or my eyes,
almost my life, just to fall upon my
face in front of Charles Brandon at
this moment? Do you not know that
IA woman with love in her heart such
az have for him is safe from every
one and everything; that it is her sheet
anchor, sure and fast? Have you not
wit enough to know that?" :
Yes, l have" responded. for the
time completely silenced. With her ia.
vor1te tactics she had, as usual, put me
IN the wrong, though I soon came
again to the attack.
"But he is so base that grieve ia
see you with him."
II suppose he is not very good" she
responded, 'but it seems to be the wav
OF these people among whom have
fallen, and he cannot harm me-"
z"Oh, but he can!9 n One does not 20
near smallpox, and there is a~moral
contagion quite as dangerous, If not 80
perceptible, and equally to be avoid.
r 3D. 1tamust' be a wonderfully healthy
moral nature, pure and .chaste to the
core, that will be entirely contaeton
proof and safe from it, ~5,5 -
F. She hung her head in thought and
then lifted her eyes appealingly to me.
|, Am not that, Edwin? Tell me! Tell
me frankly; am not? It Is the one
thing Of good have always striven
for. I am SO full Of other faults that If
have not that there is no good in
me. =: Her eyes and voice were full Of
tears, and j. knew in my heart that /
stood before as pure a soul as ever
came from the hand of God.
F tT"You are, your majesty never
doubt" / answered. TT present.
! nently the one thing in womanhood to
which all mankind kneels. , AndsI fell
upon my knee and. kissed her hand
with sense of reverence, faith and
/ trust that has never left me- from that
day to this. As to my estimate Of how
francis would act when Louis should
die, you Will zee that 7 was right.
Not long after this Lady Caskoden
and q were given permission 70 return