Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-23

I said r-hated Thee. What must thou have
thought of me, SO forward and bold! And
that afternoon! All, ! think Of it every
hour, and see and hear it all and live 1t
DER and DER, as 1t sweeter grows with
memory's ripening touch. Some moments
there are that send their glad ripple down
through LIES stream to the verge of the
grave and truly blest Is one who can
smile upon and kiss these memory waves
and draw from thence a bliss that never
fails: but thou Hnowest full we'll my heart,
and I need not tease thee with its out
pourings.
There is yet another matter of which I
wish to write in very earnestness. Sir
Edwin spoke to me thereof and what he
said hath given me serious thought. I
thank him for his words of which he
will tell thee in full If thou but importune
him thereto. 1t is this: The dauphin,
Francis d'Angouleme, hath fallen des-
perately fond Of me and Is quite as i'm
Fortunate and almost as. foolish as the
elder lover. This people in this strange
land Of France have, in sooth, some Curl
GUS notions. For an example thereto, no
one thinks to find anything unseeming in
the dauphin's conduct by reason Of his
having already wife, and more, that
wife the Princess Claude, daughter to the
king. I laugh at him and let him say
what he will, for In truth I am powerless
to prevent 1t. Words cannot scar even a
rose leaf and will not harm me. Then, by
his help and example, I am justified in the
eyes of the court in that SO treat the
king, which otherwise it were impossible
for me to do and live here. So, however
much I may loathe them, yet am driven
TO tolerate his words, which I turn off
with laugh, making sure, thou mayest
know, that 1t come to nothing more than
words. And thus 1t is. however much
wish It not, that do use him to help me
treat the king as like, and do then use
the poor old king as my buckler against
friend. when the king comes to die, then
shall have my fears Of this young
Francis d'Angouleme. He Is desperate
for mo. and know not to what length he
might go. The king cannot live long, as
the thread Of his life Is like rotten flax,
ana when he dies thou must come with
out delay, since shall be in deadly peril.
I have q messenger waiting at all hours
ready to send to thee upon a moment 8
notice, and when he comes waste not q
precious instant It may mean all to thee
and me. could write on and on forever,
but it would be only to tell thee Ger and
DER that my heart Is full Of thee to over
flowing. I thank thee that thou hast
never doubted me. and will see that thou
hast hereafter only good cause for better
faith. MARY, Regina.
"Reginav' That was all. Only q
queen! Surely no one could charge
Brandon with possessing too modest
tastes.
1t was, I think, during the second
week in December that gave this let,
ter to Brandon, and about fortnight
later there came to him a messenger
from Paris, bringing another from
Mary, as follows:
Master Charles Brandon:
Sir and Dear Friend, Greeting-I have
but time to write that the king is so Ill he
cannot but die ere morning Thou know
est that which last wrote to thee, and In
| addition thereto I would say that al
though ! have, as thou likewise knowest,
my brothers permission to marry whom
I wish. yet as have his one consent it is
safer that we act upon that rather than
be so scrupulous as to ask for another.
So 1t were better that thou take me to
wife upon the old one rather than risk
the necessity of having to do it without
any. I say no more, but come with all
the speed thou knowest. MARY.
1t is needless to say that Brandon
started in haste for Paris. He left
court for the ostensible purpose OF
paying me visit, and came to Ipswich
whence we sailed. Il
The French king was dead tsafor
Mary's message reached London, and
when we arrived at Paris Francis
reigned on the throne of his father-in
law. I had guessed only too accurate