Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-09-28
CHAPTER XVIII.

NYNUTN uNfI TIE DTllftNS surely
Ge<-=J and still make his escape
cannot say. as he soon had no choice I'm
the matter. At midnight a body OF
yeomeu from the Tower took possession
OF the Bow and String and carried
Brandon Off TO London without commu-
nication with Mary. She did not know
of his arrest until next morning. when
she was Informed that she was TO fol-
low Immediately, and her heart was
nearly broken.
Here again was trouble for Mary.
She felt. however. that the two great
questions, the marriage OF herself to
Louis, and Brandon to any other per-
son, were, as she called IL, settled"
and was almost content to endure this
as a mere putting Off OF her desires, a
meddlesome and impertinent interfer-
ence OF the fates. who would soon
learn with whom they were dealing
and amend their conduct.
She did not understand the conse-
quences for Brandon, nor that the fates
would have to change their purpose
very quickly or something would hap
pen worse even than his marriage to
another woman.
on the second morning after leaving
Bristol Brandon reached London and.
as he expected, was sent TO the Tower.
The next evening Lady Mary arrived
and was taken down to Greenwich.
The girls fair name was OF course
lost. but. fortunately, that goes for lit
Il. a .rf,
believe that Brandon had protected her
against himself as valiantly and honor
ably rs he would against another. The
princess being much more unsophisti-
Gated than the courtiers were ready to
believe never thought OF saying any
thing 10 establish her innocence or vir-
tue, and her silence was put down to
shame and taken as evidence against
her.
Jane met Mary at Windsor, and OF
course there was great flood OF tears.
Upon arriving at the palace the girls
were left TO themselves, upon Mary's
promise not TO leave her room. but by
the next afternoon she, having been
unable TO learn anything concerning
Brandon. broke her parole and went
out 10 see the king.
II never occurred to Mary that Bran
don might suffer death for attempting
TO run away with her She knew only
too well that she alone was to blame,
not only for that but for all that had
taken place between them, and never
for one moment thought that he might
be punished for her fault, even admit
ting there was fault in any one, which
she was by no means ready to do.
The trouble in her mind growing out
OF a lack Of news from Brandon was Of
a general nature, and the possibility Of
his death had no place in her thoughts.
Nevertheless for the second time Bran
don had been condemned to die for her
sake. The kings seal had stamped
the warrant for the execution and the
headsman had sharpened his ak and
could almost count the golden fee for
his butchery.
Mary found the king playing cards
with De Longueville. There was a
roomful OF courtiers. and as she en-
tered she was the target for every
eye. but she was on familiar ground
now and did not care for the glances
nor the observers, most of whom she
despised. She was the princess again
and full OF self confidence, so she went
straight 10 the object OF her visit, the
king. She had not made up her mind
just what to say first, there was SO
much, but Henry saved her the trou-
BILE. He, OF course, was in a great rage
and denounced Mary's conduct as I'M
natural and reasonable. the latter, in
Henry's mind, being a crime many
times greater than the breaking OF all
the commandments put together In one
fell, composite act. All this the king
had communicated to Mary by the lips
OF Wolsey the evening before, and
Mary had received IL with a silent
scorn that would have withered any
one but the worthy bishop of York. As
said. when Mary approached her
brother he saved her the trouble Of de-
Gliding where TO begin by speaking first
himself. and his words were Of q part
with his nature. violent, cruel and vul-
gar. He abused her and called her all
the vile names in his ample vocabu-
larry Of billingsgate. The queen was
present and aided and abetted with a
word now and then. until Henry, with
her help, at last succeeded In working
himself into a towering passion and
wound up by calling Mary vile wan
ton in palmer terms than l like to
write. This aroused all the antago-
nism in the girl, and there was plenty
OF IL. She feared Henry no more than
she feared me. Her eyes flashed a fire
that made even the king draw back
as she exclaimed: You give me that
name and expect me to remember you
are my brother? There are words that
make a mother hate her firstborn, and
that is one. Tell me what l have done
TO deserve Il? | expected 10 hear OF In
. gratitude and disobedience and all that,
but supposed you had at least some
traces OF brotherly feeling-for ties Of