The San Francisco call., 1903-01-11

half suIoy at the ind gniJy pat upon her
and half amused at her wnims cal mis-
tress
Mary lest no time. but began the at
Now. s.r l want you to tell me the
truth: Why do you refuse my lnVlla-
tions and so persstently keep away from
me: ~hlCsht al nrst wound stmp.y
Iet you go Your ay. and then tn9Us1I
IL would net. Don't deny H. know
YOU went. With all your faults you don
tell even Title es; not even 10 woman
I believe Now there IS h1.e compH,
ment-is II uot2-when intended to Scold
you! She gave a tiutterinS nJtle iaugh,
and, with hanging head, continued: "Ie
me, is not the Kings ster OF quality
have the Queen OF the Blessed Virgin
Tell me now?'' And she looked up at him.
half in banter, half in doubt.
oh, bother your duties Tell me the
truth"
don, who had no intention whatever %
doing anything of the sort MY duties
now occupy my time In the even,ns- &
who knew enough OF guardsman- duty
TO be sure it was not onergus You
might as we'll come 10 il and tell The
And she gave him vicious little glance
without a shadow Of smile
In God 5 name, Lacy Mary. that IS
n3t & IT, ansTsred BFanoon dn SI1 T19 tbi "s on
cannot hear to have YOU say such a thing
wher II Is go far from The real truth.
Then tell me the real truth
to ask Leave me or let me leave you
! refuse to answer further. The latter
half of this sentence was uttered dog
gedly and sounded sullen and ill-humored,
although. of course, 1t was not so intend
ed He had been perilOusly near speak
ing words which would probably nave
lighted to their destruction-tO his, Ger
tainly-the smoldering flames within
their breast that 1t frightened him, and
the manner In which he spoke was but
tone giving utterance to the pain IN
Mary took it as IT sounded, and. in
unfeigned surprise. exclaimed angrily;
Leave you? Do l hear aright7 / never
thought that 1, the daughter and sister
Of a King, would have to be dismissed
by a-by a-by any one"
she was gone before he could speak
He did not follow her to explain. know
Ing hoW dangerous such an explanation ion
them both that she should remain Of
Tended, painful as the thought was to
him
OF course, Mary's womanIy self-es-
TEEN. TO say nothing OF her royal pride.
was wounded to the quick, and no Won
der.
Poor Brandon sat down upon a stone,
and IS he longtngly watched her retir-
ing form wished in his heart he were
dead. This was the first time he really
knew how much he loved the girl, and
he saw that, with him at least It was
a matter Of bad TO worse; and at that
rate would soon be-worst-
Now that he had unintentfonally Of
Tended her, and permitted her to go
without an explanation. she was dearer
to him than ever, and as he sat there
with his face in his hands he knew that
II matters went on as they were going
the time would soon come when he would
throw caution to the dogs and would
own. Caution and Judgment still sat en-
throned. and they told him now what
he knew full we'll they would not tell
him after a short time-that failure was
certain to follow the attempt and dis
aster sure 10 follow failure. First, the
King would, in all probability. cut OF his
head upon an intimation OF Mary's pos
sible fondness for him: and, second. IL
he should be so fortunate as to keep his
head, Mary could not, and certainly
would not, marry him. even II she loved
him with all her heart. The distance be-
tween them was too great, and she knew
too well what she owed to her position.
There was but one thing Ieft-New
Spain; and he determined while sitting
there to sail with the next ship.
The real cause Of Brandon's manner
had never occurred to Mary. Although
she knew her beauty and power. as she
could not help but know it-not as
matter OF vanity, but as a matter Of fact
yet love had blinded her where Bran
qon was concerned, and that knowledge
failed to give her light as to his motives
however brightly It might nlumine the
conduct Of other men toward whom she
So Mary was angry this time-angry
in earnest, and Jane felt the irritabIs
paim more than once. |, too, came In
for my share Of her Ill temper. as most
certainly would Brandon had he allow
eu hllnSelf TO come within reach of her
tongue, which he was careful not to do.
An angry porcupine would have been
pleasant company compared with Mary
during this time. There was no living
with her in peace. Even the King fought
sny OF her, and the Queen was almost
AFRAID to speak. Probably so much gen
eral disturbance was never before nor
81 SINCE eollected within one small body as
did not tell Jane the cause Of her vega
Ilon, but only said she verify hated
Brandon, and that, Of course was the
key to the whole situation
After a fortnight this III hurnor beoan
10 soften In the glowing warmth OF her
ineaTt' which was striving to reassert
san to get the better OF her sense of
injury. Vi
Brandon. tired Of this everIast,nz
tWatchfuiness to keep himself out OF
that lapse OF strength which IS apt TO
come 10 the strongest OF US had re-
soived to quit his place at court and
ed, upon inquiry, that a ship would sail
from Bristol in about twenty days. and
another six weeks later. SO he chose
ments to leave as soon as possible.
He told me OF his plans and spokA ~
MS sltudtion. You know the reason FOR
my going. he said, even II have neve-
spoken S5peSeP Of ,, it. I am not much OF a
running away from a beautiful woman
but IN this case | am fleeing from deaf5
itself; And to think what a heaven h
would bel You are right, Caskoden: no
man can withstand the light OF that 1irI'S
s1nlie. sna ! am unable to tell how 1 feel
l cannot live another hour without see
ing her; yet. thank God, have reaSon
enough left to know that every si9ht ~
mel ner a, only ADDS ADDS to an already incurabIe
Hhhalady; What viii II be when she is
1t not look as If wild life in New S0of9
Is my only chance?' 'P~4H
assented as we Joined handa ana
our eyes were moist as I told him bo1
should miss him more than a1v 90.
else In all the earth-excepting Jane. IN
mental reservation. NO' "a
told Jane what Brandon wa. sho,.
to do. knowing full well she woI,IS tsiS
mary. which she did at once
Poor Mary The sighs began IA cor,.
now, and such small vestiges Of her Iri nm
humor toward Brandon as stir rar,otI1t