Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-04

ls12HsSsA broke, having determined never to permit her to come within sight of King Henry again if could with the twofold purpose of seeing Brandon and resigning my place as master of the dance.
 When presented myself to the king and told him of my marriage, he flew into a great passion because we had not asked his consent. One of his whims was that every one must ask his permission to do anything-to eat or sleep or say ones prayers, especially to marry, if the lady was of degree entitled to be kings ward. Jane, fortunately, had no estate, the kings father having stolen 1t from her when she was an infant, so all the king could do about our marriage was to grumble, which let him do to his hearts con- tent.
 q wish also to thank your majesty for the thousand kindnesses you have shown me-" said, land, although 1t grieves me to the heart to separate from you, circumstances compel me to tender my resignation as your master of dance" Upon. this he was kind enough to express regret and ask me to reconsider, but l stood my ground firmly, and then and there ended my official relations with Henry Tudor for ever
 Upon taking my leave of the king sought Brandon, whom I found com fortably ensconced in our old quarters, he preferring them to much more pre- tentious apartments offered him in an other part of the palace. The king had given him some new furnishings for them, and, as was to remain few days to attend to some matters of busi- ness, he invited me to share his com fort with him, and gladly did so.
 Those few days with Brandon were my farewell to individuality. There after I was to be so mysteriously in termingled with Jane that I was only a part and small part at that, fear of two I did not, of course, regret the change, since it was the one thing in life most longed for, yet the period was tinged with a faint sentiment of pathos at parting from the old life that had been so kind to me and which
 
 regret it, and, though I was leaving my old haunts and companions and friends so dear to me, was finding them all again in Jane, who was friend as well as wife.
 Mary's letter was in one of my boxes which had been delayed, and Jane was to forward it to me when it should come. When I told Brandon of 1t, I dwelt with emphasis upon its bulk, and he, of course, was delighted and impatient to have it. I had put tha letter in the box, but there was some thing else which Mary had sent to him that had carried with me. 1t was a sum of money sufficient to pay the debt against his fathers estate and, in ad- Gition, to buy some large tracts of land adjoining. Br1ndon did not hesitate to accept the money and seemed glad that it had come from Mary, she, doubt less, being the only person from whom he would have taken it.
 One of Brandon's sisters had mar ried rich merchant at Ipswich, and another was soon to marry Scotch gentleman. The brother would prob- ably never marry, so Brandon would eventually have to take charge of the estates, In fact, he afterward lived there many years, and, as Jane and I had purchased little estate near by, which had been generously added to by Jane's uncle, we saw a great deal of him. But am getting ahead of my story again.
 The D'Angouleme complication trou- bled me greatly, notwithstanding my faith in Mary, and although I had re- solved to say nothing to Brandon about 1t, I soon told him plainly what I thought and feared.
 He replied with low, contented lit tie laugh.
 "Do not fear for Mary. do not That young fellow is of different stuff, I know, from the old king, but have all faith in her purity and ability to take care of herself. Before she left she promised to be true to me, what ever befell, and I trust her entirely. I am not so unhappy by any means as one would expect. Am |? And I was compelled to admit that he certainly