The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-05-22

that time great caution must be used, /
as the king was anxious to conciliate |
the city in order TO procure a loan for |
some purpose-my dover, l suppose.
THE duke said IL should be as 1 |
wished; that Master Brandon should |
escape and remain away from London !
for a few weeks until the king pro- |
cured his loan and then be freed by |
royal proclamation.
II saw Buckingham the next day, for |
was very anxious, you may be sure.
and he said the keeper of Newgate had
told him 1t had been arranged the
night before as desired. had come
to Windsor because it was more quiet,
and my heart was full. 1t is quite a
distance from London. and / thought
1t might afford a better opportunity to
to see-I thought, perhaps Master
Brandon might eome-might want to
to-see Jane and me. In fact, / wrote
him before I left Greenwich that I
should be here. Then / heard he had
gone TO New Spain. Now you see how
all my troubles have come upon me at
once, and this the greatest of them,
because II is my fault l can ask no
| forgive myself"
She then inquired about Brandon's
health and spirits. and I left out no
distressing detail, you may be sure.
During my recital she sat with down.
cast eyes and tear stained face playing
with the ribbons OF her hat.
When | was ready to go. she said,
| "Please say to Master Brandon should
| like-to-see-him IL he cares to come,
| IL only that may tell him how 1t hap
pened."
Il greatly fear, In fact. I know he
will not come" said /. 'aThe cruelest
blow of all. worse even than the dun
| geon or the sentence OF death, was
your failure to save him. He trusted
you so implicitly. At the time of his
arrest he refused to allow me to tell
the king. saying he knew you would
see to it-that you We're pure gold"
"Ah. did be say thatf" she asked. as
a sad little smile lighted her face.
His faith was so entirely without
doubt that his recoil from you is cor
respondlngly great. He goes to New
Spain as soon as his health is recovered
sufficiently for him TO travel"
This sent the last fieck of color from
her face. and with the words almost
choking her throat, ''Then tell him
what have said to you and perhaps
he will not feel so''-
Il cannot do that either. Lady Mary.
When mentioned your name the other
day. he said he would curse me If ev-
er spoke it again In his hearing"
"Is it so bad as thatT' Then, medita-
lively: "And at his trial he did not tell
J the reason for the killing? Would not
compromise me. who had served him
so i'll. even to save his own life; Noble,
noble" And her lips went together as
she rose TO her feet No tears now;
nothing but glowing. determined wo-
manhood.
Then | will go to him wherever he
may be. He shall forgive me, no mat
ter what my fault"
: Soon after this we were on our way
TO London at brisk gallop.
We were all very silent. but at one
time Mary spoke up from the midst OF
a reverie: During the moment when
: thought Master Brandon had been exc
cuted-when you said 1t was too late
= It seemed that was born again and al
d made over; that | was changed in tn
{ very texture of ms nature by tn
I shock, as they say the grain of the irol
cannon is sometimes changed by to
violent an explosion And this prove
to be true In some respects.
We rode on rapidly and did not sto
| In London except to give the horse
i drink.
: After crossing the bridge Mary sale
( half TO Jane and half TO herself. Il wi
3 never marry the French king-never.
( Mary was but a girl pitted against
S body OF brutal men, two of them ruler
s of the two greatest nations on earth
n rather heavy odds for one woman.
p We rode down TO Greenwich and el
tered the palace without exciting con
n ment, as the princess was in the hab
e of coming and golcg At will.
= The king and queen and most of Il
= eourtiers We're ia London at Dridey,
l. House ard Baynards castle. whel
Henry was vigorously pushing Il.
l. loan of 100000 crowns for Mary's do
J. er, the only business ot state in whiS
g at that time lac took any active inte
g est. Subsequently. as you know. lie L
came interes ted I'm the divorce Law
/ and the various methods whereby
man. especially king. might rid hir
self of disias;eful wife. and after
saw the truth in Ammo Boleyn's eyes
Il adopted a combined policy of churt
and state craft that has brought US
deal Of senSeleSs trouble ever since al
is like TO kee? 1t up.
| As 10 Mary's dover. Henry was
| pay Louis only 100000 crowns, but
4 made the marriage an excuse for {
/ extra 100000 to be devoted to his ov
| private use.
| When we arrived Mt the palace Il
girls went TO their apartments and
to mine. where l found Brandon rea
| ing. There was only one window
our common room-a dormer windo
set into the roof and reached by Il
tie passage rs broad as the window
self and perhaps a yard and a ha
|. long. In the alcove thus formed W,
bench along the wall, cushioned
Brandon's great campaign cloak.
this window we often sat and read, al
} here was Brandon with his book. 1 Ii;
intended to tell him the girls We're col
" ing, for when Mary asked me IL
I'd thought he would come to her at I
is palace. and when had again said 1
er she reiterated her intention Of goil
he to him at once; but my courage fail
to me and did not speak of IL.