The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-09-18

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just when your neck fits into the bol.
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| ~ 14e stopped, ysith an evident desire n
ssS Mary polnted down the
Q5t and said :ss' Go, or / win have
saaissifr y lsr:inslon spit yon on his sword.
& swq "a one would be casy odds com.
rarH 1plfh The four to one vow nrt
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teafhed hss heend BY lis VITA 4 {ox & :Slrost
ne, I know, who s3{z tiSn ted fhrS no y,
move, a master stroke In IFS nav ana
one which proved a. cficckiiiAfe III oA
1t was thls: Theiduke went at once 10,
inc King and In n tone OF injured inno.,
cchce told him Of the charge made by
brnndon, with Mary's evident approv!
al, and demanded redress for the slan-,
der. Thus 1t seemed that tho sfren,rtb
OF our position was about to be turnc,i
against US. Brandon was Mt once sum
moned and promptly appeared before
the King, only too anxious to confront
thc duke. AS to the confinement OF
Brandon and his secret trial. the king
old not care to hear. That was n mat
ter or no consequence to him. The i'm.
Portant question was, Did buckingham
attack the princess?
brandon told the whole straight story
prove by his isifiS aifSoliESh liEShiflf id,p buckingham
his devotions OH the night and ut the
hour OF the attack. So here was n con-
tiict of evidence which called for new
witnesses. and Henry asked Brandon
II the girls had seen and recognized the
duke. To this question of course he
was compelled to answer no, and the
whole accusation, after all, rested upon
BrandOn's word, against which, Oh the
other hand, was the evidence of the
Duke Of Buckingham and his convcn-
lent almoner.
All this disclosed to the full poor
Mnry's anxiety to help Brandon, and,
the duke having adroitly let out the
fact that he had Just met the princess
Will bTRhtloH at IL CcItuill StClu0tV
spot in the forest, Hcnry's suspicion
OF her partiality received new force
and he began to look upon the unfortu-
nate Brandon as partial cause at
least Of Mary's aversion to the French
marriage.
Henry grew angry and ordered
Brandon to leave the court, with the
sullen remark that 1t was only his
services to the Princess Mary that
saved him from a day with papers on
the pillory.
Henry was by no means sure that
his suspicious copcerning Mary's heart
were correct, and in all he had heard
lie had not one substantial fact upon
which to base conviction. He had not
seen her with Brandon since their
avowal. or he would have had n fact
In every look, tho truth in every mo-
ton, n demonstra tIon in every glance
She seemed powcrlcss even to attempt
conccalmcnt. In BraudOn's handsome
manliness and evident superiority the
king thought he saw very clear pos
sibility for Mary to love, and where
there Is such Il possibility for girl
she usually fails to fulfill expectations.
Now, all this brought Brandon into
the deep shadow of the royal frown,
and like many another man he sank
his fortune in the fathomlcss depths of
a woman's heart and thought himself
rich in doing 1t.