The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-07-10

Jane thought had gone stark mad.
sputtering fame Of his dotage, was
the worst Of all, both subjectively and
effectively. both as to his senile fond
ness for the English princess and her
impish tormenting OF him. From the
first he evinced the most violent delight
in Mary, who repaid it by holding him
or and evading him in a manner so
cool. audacious and adroit that it
stamped her queen Of all the arts fem
mime and demoniac. Pardon me, la
dies. II couple these two arts, but you
must admit they are at times some
what akin. Soon she eluded him so
completely that for days he would not
have a glimpse Of her, while she was
perhaps riding, walking or coquetting
with some Of the court gallants, who
aided and abetted her I'm every way
they could. He became almost frantic
In pursuit of his elusive bride, and
would expostulate with her, when he
could catch her, and smile uneasily.
like a man who is the victim of prac-
tical joke of which he does not see or
enjoy the point. On such occasions she
angry-which was SO easy for her to do
and. grieve to say, would sometimes
almost swear at him In a manner to
| make the pIous though ofttimes lax
| virtued court ladies shudder with hor-
ror. She would at other times make
sport Of his youthful ardor and tell him
in all seriousness that il was indecorous
| for him to behave so and frighten her,
poor, timid little child. with his i'm
petuosities. Then she would manage
to give him the slip. and he would so
on and play a game of cards with him.
self, firmly convinced In his own feeble
way that woman's nature had a tine
ture OF the devil In 1t. He was the soul
Of Iconciliatory kindness to the young
vixen, but at times she would break
| violently into tears, accuse him OF cru
ely mistreating her. helpless woman
and a stranger In his court, and threat
en- to go home to dear old England and
tell her brother, King Henry. all about
1t and have him put things to right and
redress her wrongs generally. In fact
she acted the part of injured innocence
80 perfectly that the poor old man
would apologize for the wrongs she in
vented and try to coax her into n good
humor. Thereupon she would weer
more bitterly than ever. grow hyster
ical and require to be carried of by hel
women. when recovery and composurt
were usually instantaneous. or course
the court gossips soon carried stories OF
the quick recoveries to the king, and
when he spoke to Mary OF them sh,
put on her injured air again and turnet
the tables by upbraiding him for be
lieving such calumnies about her. VIII,
was SO good to him and loved him 81
dearly.
mary would ofren pour Tor days to-
gether and pretend illness. Upon one
occasion she kept the king waiting al
her door all the morning, while she
having slipped through the window
was riding with some of the young peo
pie In the forest. When she returned
Through the window she went tC
the door and scolded the poor old kinl
for keeping her waiting penned up II
her room all the morning. And he apol
ogizedl
She changed the dinner hour to moor
in accordance with the English Gus
tom, and had heavy supper at night
when she would make the king gorg'
himself with unhealthful food and coal
him "to drink as much as Brothel
Henry" which invariably resulted IL
Louis de valois finding lodgment unde
the table. This amused the who'll
court except a few old cronies AM
physicians, who. of course, We're scan
dalized beyond measure. She took th'
king on long rides with her on COLI
days, and would jolt him almost {
death and freeze him until the coli
, tears streamed down his poor pinche'
nose. making him feel like half AMI
mated icicle and wish that he wer
one, In fact.
!, At night she would have her ball