Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-07-13

faults a single virtue 1t is that of
faithfulness to my trust. So | had no
news from England and sent none
home.
During all that time the same old
fear lived in my heart that Mary
might fail to liberate Brandon. She
knew of the negotiations concerning
the French marriage. as we all did, al
though only by an indefinite sort of
hearsay. and I was sure the half found
cd rumors that had reached her ears
had long since become certainties and
that her heart was full of trouble and
fear of her violent brother. She would
certainly be at her coaxing and whee-
ding again and on her best behavior,
and | feared she might refrain from
telling Henry of her trip to Grouche's,
knowing how severe he was in such
matters and how furious he was sure
to become at the discovery. | was GER
tain it was this fear which had pre-
vented Mary from going directly to
the king on our return to Greenwich
from Scotland palace. and | knew that
her eating, bathing and dressing were
but an excuse for breathing spell be-
fore the dreaded interview.
This fear remained with me all the
time was away, but when reasoned
with myself would smother it as well
as could with argumentative attempts
at self assurance. / would say over
and over to myself that Mary could
not fail and that even if she did there
was Jane-dear. sweet. thoughtful, I'M
selfish Jane!-who would not allow her
to do so. But, as far as they go. our
intuitions-our feelings" as we call
them-are worth all the logic in the
world, and you may say what you will,
but my presentiments-I speak for no
one else-are well to be minded. There
Is another sense hidden about us that
will develop as the race grows older.
l speak to pOsterity.
In proof of this statement I now tell
you that when l returned to London I
found Brandon still in the terrible dun
geOn, and, worse still, he had been
tried for murder and had been con-
demned to be hanged, drawn and quar-
tered on the second Friday following.
Hanged! Drawn! Quartered! 1t is
time we were doing away with such
barbarity.
We will now go back a month for
the purpose of looking up the doings of
a friend Of ours, his grace the Duke of
Buckingham.
On the morning after the fatal battle
Of Billingsgate the barber who had
treated Brandon's wounds had been
called to London to dress a bruised
knee for his grace the duke In the
course of the operation an immense
deal of information oozed out of the
barber, one item Of which was that he
had the night before dressed nine
wounds, great and small, for Master
Brandon, the kings friend. This es-
tablshed the identity Of the man who
had rescued the girls, a fact of which
Buckingham had had his suspicious all
along. So Brandon's arrest followed,
! as have already related to you.
afterward learned from various
sources how this nobleman began to
avenge his mishap with Brandon at
sword point. First he went to New
! gate and gave orders to the keeper,
who was his tool, to allow no commu-
nication with the prisoner, and it was
/ by his instructions that Brandon had
! been confined in the worst dungeon in
London. Then he went down to Green
witch to take care of matters there,
knowing that the king would learn of
Brandon's arrest and probably take
steps for his liberation at once.
The king had just heard Of the arrest
when Buckingham arrived, and the
latter found he was right in his sur
mise that his majesty would at once
! demand BrandOn's release.
When the duke entered the kings
room, Henry called to him: "My lord,
you are opportunity arrived. So good
a friend of the people of London can
help us greatly this morning. Our
friend Brandon has been arrested for
the killing of two men night before
last in Billingsgate ward. I am sure
there is some mistake and that the
good sheriff has the wrong man, but
right or wrong, we want him out and
ask your good Offices"
81 shall be most happy to serve your
majesty and will go to London at once
to see the lord mayor"
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