Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-10-12

had not all been In vain, would make
1t easier for her to bear.
The most beautiful feature of the re-
lations between these two lovers was
their entire faith in each other. The
way of their true love was at least not
roughened by cobblestones of doubt,
however impossible it was from noun
tains of opposition.
My inability to deliver Mary's letters
did not deter her from writing them,
and rs she was TO be married in a few
days-De LoDgueville to act as proxy
she devoted her entire time to her let
tiers and wrote pages upon pages, which
she left with me to be delivered after
DEATH" as she called her marriage
I At this time | was called away from
court for a day or two. and when re.
turned and called upon Brandon at the
Tower | found him whistling and sing
Ing, apparently as happy as a lark
F. You heartless dog!' thought / at
/ first. but | soon found that he felt more
/ than MISREPRESENTATION.
Have you seen herT l asked.
/ "WhoT' AS If there were more than
one woman in all the world for him.
"The princess" -
Not since left her at Bristol"
l believed then, and believe now,
/ that this was a point blank falsehood,
a very unusual thing for Brandon but
for some reason probably necessary in
this case.
There was an expression in his face
! which | could not interpret, but he
wrote, as If carelessly scribbling on a
scrap of paper that lay upon the table,
the words. BE careful" and l took
/ the hint-we were watched. There is
an unpleasant sensation when one feels
that he is watched by unseen eyes, and
after talking for awhile on common
J topics left and took a boat for Green
/ witch.
When arrived at the palace and
saw Mary. what was my surprise to
find her as bright and jubilant as had
left Brandon. She. too, laughed and
sang and was so happy that she light
/ ed the whole room. What did 1t all
mean? There was but one explana-
ton. They had met, and there was
/ some new plan on foot-with fatal
| ending. The next failure would mean
death to Brandon as certainly as the
sun rises in the east. What the plan
( was | could not guess. With Brandon
In the Tower under guard both day
and night. and Mary as closely guarded
in the palace. | could not see any way
of escape for either of them, nor how
they could possibly have come together.
Brandon had not told me, | supposed,
| for fear of being overheard. and Mary,
/ although she had the opportunity, was
equally communicative, so / had
/ recourse to Jane upon the first occa-
! sion. She, by the way, was as blue
and sad faced as Mary was joyous. I
| asked her if the princess and Brandon
| had met. and she sadly said: 81 do not
know. We went down to London yes
terday, and as we returned stopped
at Bridewell House. where we found
the king and Wolsey. The princess
| left the room, saying she would return
in few minutes. and then Wolsey
went out. leaving me alone with the
king. Mary did not return for half ar
hour. and she may have seen Master
Brandon during that time. l do not
! understand how the meeting could
{ have occurred. but that is the only time
she has been away from me-" Here
] Jane deliberately put her head on my
shoulder and began to weep piteously.
what is the trouble?" l asked.
She shook her head: 81 cannot, dare
not, tell you"
ooh. but you must. you mustw And
l insisted so emphatically that she at
length said:
THE kingw
''The king! God in heaven, Jane; tell
me Quicklyy
When urged, Jane said between her
sobs: "He tried to kiss me and to-mis-
/ treat me when Wolsey left the room at
Bridewell House. l may have been
used to detain him while Mary met
Master Brandon; but, If so, am sure
she knew nothing Of it."
"And what did you do?"
81 struggled away from him and
snatched this dagger from my breast,
telling him that if he took but one step
toward me / would plunge it in my
heart, and he said was a fool"
God keep you always foolr' said
prayerfully. How long has this been
going on?"
"a month or two. But have always
been able to run away from him. He
has been growing more importunate of
late, so | bought a dagger that very
day and had it not one hour too soon"
With this she drew out a cleaning lit
tie weapon that flashed in the rays of
the candle.
This was trouble In earnest for me,
and 1 showed it very plainly. Then
Jane tmidly put her hand in mine for
the first time in her life and murmured:
We will be married. Edwin, If you
wish, before we return from France"
She was glad to fly to me to save her