The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-08-28


where I had left her In the anteroom.
She had gone, so went to her apart
ments, but could not find her. went
to the queens salon, but She was not
there, and trayersed that old RAM
bling palace from one end to the other
Without finding her or Lady Jane.
The king had told me the embassy
would be secret one and that was
to speak OF 1T to nobody, least Of all to
the Lady Mary. No one was. to know
that I-was leaving England, and I was
to communicate with no one at home
while in France.
The king's command was not to be
!: :dlHebeyed. TO do SC. would be as much
- Hiy nfe tgaaay6rtll hut besides th6t q
lseP fI1niahd Of the king served was
my highest duty. and no Caskoden ever
failed In that. may not be as tall as
some men. but my fidelity and honor
but you will say l boast.
! was to make ready my bundle and
ride six miles to London In one hour,
and almost half that time was spent
already. l was sure to be late, so
could not waste another minute.
I went to my room and got together
n few things necessary for my journey,
but did not take much in the way of
clothing, preferring to buy that new
In Paris, where could find the latest
styles in pattern and fabric.
1 tried to assure myself that Mary
would see the king ut once and tell him
NIL and not allow my dear friend Bran
don to lie In that terrible place another
night, yet a persistent fear gnawed ut
my heart. and n sort OF intuition that
seemed to have the very breath of GER
tainty In its foreboding made me doubt
her.
AS I could find neither Mary nor
Jane. I did the next best thing-I
wrote letter to each Of them, urging
Immediate action and left them to be
delivered by my man Thomas, who
was one of those trusty souls that new
or fail. I did not tell the girls l was
about to start for France, but intimat-
ed that was compelled to leave Lon
don for time and said, 81 leave the
fate Of this man. to whom we all owe
SO much, In your hands. knowing full
we'll how tender you will be Of him."
was away from home nearly
month, and us ! dared not write, and
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did not receive nor expect any let
ters. The king had ordered secrecy,
and II I have mingled with all my
faults single virtue it is that Of
faithfulness to my trust. So I had no
news from England and sent none
home.
During all that time the same old
fear lived I'm my heart that Mary
might fail to liberatc Brandon. She
knew OF the negotiations concerning
the French marriage. as we all did, al
though only by an indefinite sort Of
hearsay. and was sure the half found
cd rumors that had reached her ears
had long since become certainties and
that her heart was full Of trouble and
fear Of her violent brother. She would
certainly be ut her Goa king and vince
ding again and on her best behay yior.
and I feared she might refrain from
telling Henry Of her trip to Grouche's,
knowing how severe he was in such
matters and how furious he was sure
to become Mt the discovery. I was GER
tain 1t was this fear which had pre-
vented Mary from going directly to
the king OH our return to Greenwich
from Scotland palace, and knew that
her eating. bathing and dressing were
but an excuse for breathing spell be-
fore the dreaded interview.
This fear remained with me all the
time l was away, but when reasoned
with myself I would smother it as well
rs could with argumentative attempts
Mt self assurance. l would say over
and over to myself that Mary could
not fail and that even If she did there
was Jane-dear, sweet, thoughtful, un-
selfish Jane!-who would not allow her
to do so. But, as far as they so, our
intuitions-our feelings" as we call
them-are worth all the logic in the
world, and you may say what you WILL
but my presentiments-I speak for no
one else-are we'll to be minded. There
is another sense hidden about us that
will develop as the race grows older.
I speak to posterity.
In proof Of this statement I now tell
you that when I returned to London /
found Brandon still In the terrible dun
geon, and, worse still, he had been
tried for murder and had been con-
dcmned to be hanged, drawn and quar-
tered on the second Friday following.
Hanged! Drawn! Quartered! 1t is
time we were doing away with such
barbarity.
We will now 10 back month for
the purpose OF looking up the doings Of
n friend Of ours, his grace the Duke Of
Buckingham.
On the morning after the fatal battle
Of Billingsgate the barber who had
treated Brandon's wounds had been
called to London to dress a bruised
knee for his grace the duke. In the
course OF the operation an immense