The San Francisco call., 1903-01-18

arrest Al4GtttS diiuDlis ISQ lOI the
murder Of two citizens of London. per-
petrated. done and committed upon the
night Of Sucn and such a day. OF this
year of our Lord 1914. Brandon hat had
been found by the side of the dead men,
and the authorities had received infOrma-
tion from high source that Brandon
was the guilty person. That nigh source
was evidently buckingham
When the sergeant found Brandon
covered with wounds there's was no
longer any doubt. and although hardly
able 10 lift his hand, he was forced to
dress and go with them horse litter
was procured and We all started to Lon
con.
While Brandon was dressing, said [
would al once go and awaken the King.
who 1 knew would pardon the offenSe
when ne heard my story but Brandon
asked the sergeant TO leave Us 10 our
selves for a short time, and closed the
please DO nothing Of the sort, Casko-
den" said he; IF you tell the King l
will declare there is not one word or
truth in your story. There is only one
nights happenings. and if She does not
they shall remain untold. She VIII make
il all right at once. / know. | would not
do her the foul wrong to think for one
instant that she VIII fail You DO not
know her; she sometimes seems selhSh,
Dut Il is thOughtlessness fOstered by
fiattery and her heart is right. ! would
trust her with my life. If you breathe
a word Of what 1 have told you. you may
do more harm than you can ever remedy,
one. If the Princess would not liberate
ne = but that is not TO be
thougnt Of Never doubt ulat sne an
and Will do it better than you think. She
is all gold"
This. of course, siienced me. as l did
not know what new danger might ere
so much wished TO mend. did not tell
Brandon that the girls had left Green
witch nor of nv underlined. and, perhaps.
unfounded fear that Mary might not act
as he thought she would IN a great
emergency, but silently helped him 10
dress and went along with him and the
Brandon was taken to Newgate. the
most loathsome prison in London at that
Ludgate was for debtors. Here he was
thrown into an underground dungeon foul
with water thar seeped through the old
every nOisome thing that creeps. There
was no bed, no STOOL no floor, not even
q wisp Of a straw: simply the reeking
the wfndowless arch overhead. one
could hardly conceive q more horrible
place IN which TO spend even a moment
] had a glimpse of II by the light Of the
keepers lantern as they put him In, and
IL seemed 10 me a single night in that
awful place would have killed me or
driven me mad. | protested and begged
and tried 10 b-ibe. but il was all Of no
avail. the keeper had been bribed before
sible good, I was glad TO stand outside
the prison walls in the drenching rain
all the rest of that wretched night, that
friend and suffer little with him.
Was not I. too, greatly indebted to
him? Had he not imperiied his life and
Jane as well s of Mary-Jane, dearer to
me a thOusand-fOld that the breath Of
my nOstrils? And was he not suffering
~ that moment because OF this great
service, performed at my request and in
my placer II my whole soul had not
gone out 10 him i should have been the
-
even than pair Of selfish. careless girls.
But IL did go out 10 him and believe
] would have bartered my life to have
freed him from another hour in that
dungeon.
As soon as the prison gates were
opened next morning I again importuned
the keeper 10 give Brandon a more COM
Portable cell, but his reply was that such
crimes had Of late become so frequent
in London that no favor could be shown
t1ose who coInmitted them, and that men
like Brandon. who ought to know and act
better, deserved the maximum punish
menL
told him he was wrong in this case:
thar l knew the facts, and everything
would be clearly explained that very day
AMI Brandon released.
That's an very we'll" responded the
stubborn creature; nobody Is guilty who
comes here; they can every one prove
innocence clearly and at once NOtwith-
ctanoing, they nearly all hang, and fre-
quently. for variety's sake, are drawn
I waited about Newgate until Q o'clock.
and As l passed out met Buckingham and
his man johnson. a sort Of laWyer-knight
going in. L went down TO the palace al
Greenwich. and finding the girls were
sth al Scotland, rode over at once to see
them.
T-pon getting Mary and Jane to nnvseIf
] told them of Brandon's arrest on the
charge of murder and Of his condition
lying half dead from wounds and loss of
blood in thar frightful dungeon. The tale
moved them greatly, and they both gave
way TO tears. think Mary had heard OF
the arrest before, as she did not seem
surprised.
the killing" she asked
Il know he Will not" l answered; but
] also know that he knows you will" and
j looked straight into her face.
Certainly we will" said Jane: I'VE
viii 90 TO the King at once" and she was
on the qui ViVe 10 start Immediately
Mary did not at once consent to James
proposition. but sat in a reverie, looking
with fearful eyes into vacancy, apparent
" absorbed in thought. After a little
pressing from US she said: 81 suppose il
viii have to be done; can see no other
way; but blessed Mother Nary q.
help me-"
The girls made hasty preparations and
We all started back TO Greenwich that
Mary might tell the King. On the road
over ! stopped at Newgate to tell Bran
don that the Princess would soon have
would be at her hands; but 1 was not
permitted to see him.
/ swallowed my disappointment and
thought it would be only q matter of
few hours delay-the time spent in rid
ing down to Greenwich and sending back
a messenger. So. light-hearted enough at
the prospect 1 soon Joined the girls and
we cantered briskly home
After waiting a reasonable time for
Mary 10 see the King, l sought her again
10 learn where and from whom l should
receive the order for Brandon's release
and when should go to London to bring
him.
What was my surprise and disgust
when Mary told me she had not vet seen
tho King-that she had waited to "eat
and battle and dress" and that "a few
moments more or leF could make no diff
ference"
My God, your Highness. did I not tell
you that the man who saved your life
and honor-who is covered with wounds
received in your defense and almost dead
from loss of blood, spilled that you might
be saved from worse than death-is now
lying In a rayless dungeon: a
place OF frightfu filth, such as
you would not walk across for all
the wealth of London Bridge: is
surrounded by loathsome. creeping
things that would sicken you but to think
Of: is resting under a charge whose PEN
atty is that he be hanged drawn and
ouartered2 And yet you stop to eat and
bathe and dress. In Gods name. Mary
Tudori OF what stuff are you made? III