Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-08-05


not know the princess had invited you
to her ball.
''Your lordship is pleased to evade,"
returned Brandon. 1T is not the ball
room matter that have to complain
of. AS you have rightly said, If you are
satisfied certainly should be, but it is
that your lordship, in the name of tho
king, instructed the keeper Of Newgate
prison to confine me in an underground
cell and prohibited communication with
any of my friends. You so arranged it
that my trial should be secret both as
to the day thereof and the event, in Or
der that it should not be known to
those who might be interested in my
release. You promised the Lady Mary
that you would procure my liberty, and
thereby prevented her going to the
king for that purpose, and afterward
told her that it had all been done, as
promised, and that l had escaped to
New Spain. It is because of this, my
Lord Buckingham, that now de-
nounce you as liar. a coward and a
perjured knight, and demand Of you
such satisfaction as one man can give
to another for mortal injury. If you
refuse, will kill you as would a cut
throat the next time meet you"
Il care nothing for your rant, fel-
low, but out Of consideration for the
feelings which your fancied injuries
have put into your heart. tell you that
did what I could to liberate you and
received from the keeper a promise
that you should be allowed to escape.
After that a certain letter addressed
to you was discovered and fell into the
hands Of the king, a matter in which
had no part. AS to your confinement
and noncommunication with your
friends, that was at his maJesty's CON-
mand after he had seen the letter, as
he will most certainly confirm to you
say this for my own sake, not that
care what you may say or think
This offer Of confirmation by the king
made it all sound like the truth. so
much will even a little truth leaven a
great lie, and part Of Brandon's sails
came down against the mast The
whole statement surprised him, and
most Of all the intercepted letter. What
letter could it have been? 1t was puz-
2ung, and yet he dared not ask.
AS the duke was about to walk away
Brandon stopped hiIa: lone moment
your grace; am willing to admit what
you have said, for l am not now pre-
pared to contradict it, but there is YET
another matter we have to settle. YOU
attacked me on horseback and tried tt
murder me In order to abduct two la
dies that night over in Billingsgate
That you cannot deny. 1 watched you
follow the ladies from Bridewell t.
Grouche's, and saw your face whe1
your mask fell off during the melee as
plainly as see it now. If other proof
Is wanting, there is that sprained kne,
upon which your horse fell, causing
you to limp even yet. am sure now
that my lord will meet me like a man
or would he prefer that should 80 tt
the king and tell him and the world the
whole shameful story? I have con
cealed it heretofore thinking it my per
sonal right and privilege to settle with
you"
Buckingham turned a shade paler as
he replied, Il do not meet such as 70,
on the field Of honor. and have no fea,
of your SANDER injuring me-"
He felt secure in the thought that the
girls did not know who had attacked
them, and could not corroborate Bran
don in his accusations, or Mary, surely
never would have appealed to him fol
help.
was with BrandOn-at a little dis
lance, that is-when this occurred, ant
after Buckingham had left we went t.
find the girls in the forest. We knew
they would be looking for us, although
they would pretend surprise when they
saw US. We soon met them, and the
very leaves of the trees gave a soft
contented rustic in response to Mary's
low, mellow laugh Of joy.
After perhaps half an hour we en-
countered Buckingham with his law
yer-knight, johnson. They had evi
IDENTIFY walked out to this quiet path tt
SOAASUAI dDOul luc SlLudllOu. AS Iucy
approached, Mary spoke to the duke
with vicious sparkle in her eyes.
MY Lord Buckingham, this shall
cost you your head. Remember my
words when you are on the scaffold
just when your neck fits into the hol
low Of the block
He stopped with an evident desire tt
explain, but Mary pointed down the
path and said: go, or l will have
Master Brandon spit you on his sword
Two to one would be easy odds com
pared with the four to one you put
against him in Billingsgate. Cor AnG
the battle was over, the foe never hav
ing struck blow. 1t hurt me thai
Mary should speak of the odds being
two to one against Brandon when
was at hand. It is true 1 was not very
large, but could have taken care Of 6
lawyer.
Now it was that the lawyer-knigh1
earned his bread by his wits, for it was
he, know, who instigated the mex
move, master stroke in it's way anG
one which proved a checkmate to us
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