CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-12-03
ZEN knighthood Was In Flower

..oh. l have no doubt of that lf
wanted him lie might be Apollo him
self. and you would have none OF him.
King Henry had been compelled to re-
fuse several very advantageous alli-
ances because this fair. coaxing. self
willed sister would not consent to be
part OF the moving consideration
But can you not tell me who he is
and what Lis degreeT' went on Mary
in a banterir /; tone
He has no degree. He is a plain. un-
titled soldier. not even knight-that
is. not an English knight. l think he
has a German or Spanish order of some
aort-
Not a duke. not an earl. not even a
aaron or knight? Now he has become
Interesting"
"Ycs, 1 suppose So But don't bother
me-"
.wiIl he be at the dance and banquet
tonight?'
No, No, Now must go. Don't
bother me. say,' And the king moved
away.
That night we had grand banquet
and dance at Westminster, and the
next day we all. excepting Lady Mary,
went back TO Greenwich by boat. pay
ing farthin a head for our fare. This
was Just after the law fixing the boat
fare, and the watermen were a quarrel
ing lot, you may be sure. One farthing
from Westminster to Greenwich. Eight
miles. No wonder they were angry!
The next day l went back to London
on an errand and over to Wolsey's house
to borrow a book While there Master
Cavendish. wolsey's secretary. present
ed me to the handsome stranger and
he proved to be no other than Charles
Brandon, who had fought the terrible
duel down in Suffolk l could hardly
believe that so mild hammered and boy
ish person could have taken the lead
ing part in such n tragedy But with
all his gentleness there was an underly-
ing dash of cool daring which intimated
plainly enough that he was not all mild
ness.
We became friends at once. drawn to
gether by that subtle human quality
which makes one nature fit into anoth-
er, resulting In friendship between men
and love between men and women We
soon found that we had many tastes in
common. chief among which was the
strongest of all congenial bouds-the
love of books In fact. we had come to
know each other through our common
love of reading. for he also had gone to
Master .Caveniish. Uho had \ 1ne libgae
ry. to borrow some volumes to take
with him down to Greenwich
Brandon Informed me he was to go
t..l, a lot
ed TO see little Of London. which was
new TO him. and then take boat in time
to be at the palace before dark
That evening. upon arriving at Green
wich. we hunted up Brandon's uncle.
the master of horse. who invited his
nephew 10 stay with him for the night
He refused. however. aud accepted un
Invitation to take bed in niy room.
The next day Brandon WIS Installed
as one OF he captains of the kings
guard under his uncle. but with no
particular duties exceP, such as should
be assigned him from time to time He
was offered Il good room on one of the
lower floors. but asked instead to he
lodged In the attic next TO me. So we
arranged that each had room opening
into a third that served US alike for
drawing room and armory-
Here we sat and talked. and now and
then one would read aloud some favor
Ite passage while the other kept his
own place with finger between the
leaves Here we discussed everything
from court scandal TO religion. and set
tied. to our own satisfaction at least.
many great problem with which the
foolish world is still wrestling.
We told each other all our secrets. too,
for all the world like pair of girls.
Brandon told me OF his hopes and aspi-
rations. chief among which was his de
sire to earn and save enough money to
pay the debt against his fathers es-
tate which he had turned over to his
younger brother and sisters He. as
the eldest. could have taken II all. for
his father had died without will. but
he said there was not enough to divide.
so he had given II TO them aud hoped to
leave II clear OF debt: then for new
Spain. glory and fortune. conquest and
yellow sold, He had read of the voy-
ages of the great Columbus. the Cabots
and host OF others. and the future
was as rosy as Cornish girls cheek.
Fortune held up her lips to him. but
there's often sting in kiss,