The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-07-08

taken NC IOnSucNllle \ u|luIlOnuS, us
they would have added to her treas
urc. 1, however, procured quite a
large sum, to which L secretly added a
goodly portion out of my OWL store.
At Mury's request 1 sent part to Brad
hurst ut 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 I'm consideration of the
large purse he had sent.
The next step was to procure the
| gcntleman's wardrobe for Mary. This
was Il little troublesome Mt 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-
lions received from the tailor, which
measurements, together with the cloth,
1 took to the fractional little man who
did my work.
He looked at the measurements with
twlnkling eyes and remarked: "Sir Ed
win, that be the curiousest shaped man
ever l sec the measures OF. Sure, 1t
would max II mighty handsome wom-
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 hearf"
He delivered himself Of a labored
wink. II do hear and understand, too,
md my tongue is like the tongue Of an
obelisk."
In due time I brought the suits to
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her liking.
The days passed rapidly till 1t was q
matter of less than q fortnight until
the Royal Hind would sail, and 1t real
ly looked as IL 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 1 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 n 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-
vlnced 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
doubl and hose were so different on
her. II parndcd for an hour or so
before Jane, and as she became ac-
customcd to the new garb and as the
steel reflected n most beautiful image
she determined to show herself to
Brandon and me. She said she want
cd to become accustomed to being seen
In her doublet and hose and would be-
gin with us. She thought If she could
not bear u gaze she would surely
make Il dismal failure on shipboard
among so many strange men. There
was ONE good reasoning In this, and
1t, together with her vanity, ovcrrulcd
her modesty and prompted her to come
to see us IN her character of young
noblcman. Jane made one of her
mighty protests, so Infinitely dispro-
portionatc in size to her little ladyship,
but the self willcd princess would not
listen to her and was for coming alone
IL Jane would not come with her. Once
having determined, as usual with her,
she wasted no time about 1T, but,
throwing Il long cloak over her shout
ders, started for our rooms, with angry,
weeping, protesting Jane at her heels.
When heard the knock, 1 was sure
1T was the girls, for though Mary had
promised Brandon she would not un-
der II circumstances attempt another
visit / knew so we'll her utter inability
to combat her desire aud her reckless
disregard of danger where there was a
motive sufficient to furnish the nerve
tension that I was sure she would come
or try to come again.
I admitted the girls, and when the
door was shut Mary unclasped the
brooch Mt her throat, and the great
cloak fell to her heels. Out she step
ped, with a little laugh Of delight,
clothed in doublet, hose and confusion,
the prettiest picture mortal eyes ever
rested on. Her hat, something on the
broad, fiat style with n single white
plume encircling the crown, was of
purple velvet trimmed In gold braid
and touched here and there with pre-
NhOuo IA A1Cl uNuUiSi WAS VI th0
same purple velvet as her hat, trimmed
I'm lace and gold braid. Her short
trunks were Of heavy black silk slashed
by yellow satin, with hose OF lavender
silk, and her little shoes we're of rus
set French leather. Quite a rainbow,
you will say. but such n rainbowl
Brandon and I were struck dumb
with admiration and could not keep
from showing 1t. This disconnected
the girl and increased her embarrass-
ment until we could not tell which was
the prettlest, the garments, the girl or
the confusion, but this ] kDow-the
whole picture was as sweet and beauti-
full as the eyes of man could behold.
Fine feathers Will not make fine
birds, and Mary's masculine attire
could no more make her look like a
man than harness can disguise the
graces Of a gazelle. Nothing could
conceal her intense, exquisite woman
hood. With our looks of establishment
and admiration Mary's bushes deep.
ened.
"What Is the matter? Is anything
wrongf' she asked.
Nothing is wrong" answered Bran
don, smiling in spite of himself. Moth
Ing on earth Is wrong with you, you
| NAV be sure Won nro perfocf-fho Ia