Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-10

had communicated to Mary BY the lips
Of Wolsey the evening before, and
Mary had received 1t with silent
scorn that would have withered any
one but the worthy bishop Of York. Al
I said, when Mary approached her
brother he saved her the trouble OF de-
Gliding where to begin by speaking drst
himself, and his words were OF part
with his nature, violent, cruel and vul.
gar. He abused her and called her all
the vile names in his ample vocabu-
larry Of billingsgate. The queen was
present and aided and abetted with q
word now and then, until Henry, with
her help, at last succeeded in working
himself into a towering passion and
wound up by calling Mary vile wan
ton in palmer terms than I like to
write. This aroused all the antago-
nism in the girl, and there was plenty
Of It. She feared Henry no more than
she feared me. Her eyes flashed fire
that made even the king draw back
az she exclaimed: "You give me that
name and expect me to remember you
are my brother? There are words that
make mother hate her firstborn, and
that is one. Tell me what have done
to deserve 1t? I expected to hear Of In
gratitude and disobedience and all that,
but supposed you had at least some
traces of brotherly feeling-for ties OF
blood are hard to break-even If you
have Of late lost all semblance to man
or king"
This was hitting Henry hard, for 1t
was beginning to be the talk In every
mouth that he was leaving all the af-
fairs of state to Wolsey and spending
his time in puerile amusement. THE
toward hope which at all poyntes ap-
peared in the younge Kynge' was be-
ginning to look, after ALL like nothing
more than the old time royal cold fire,
made to consume but not to warm the
nation.
Henry looked at Mary with the stare
of baited bull.
"If running off in male attire and
stopping at inns and boarding ships
with common captain Of the guard
doesn't justify my accusation and
stamp you what you are. do not
know what would"
Even Henry saw her innocence in her
genuine surprise. She was silent for
little time, and I, standing close to her,
could plainly see that this phase OF the
question had never before presented IT,
self.
She hung her head for a moment and
then spoke: at may be true, as you
say, that what have done will lose
me my fair name-I had never thought
Of it in that light-but it is also true
that am innocent and have done no
wrong. You may not believe me, but
you can ask Master Brandon"-here
the king gave great laugh. and OF
course the courtiers joined in.
'It is all very well for you to laugh,
but Master Brandon would not tell you
a lie for your crown" Gods l could
have fallen on my knees to a faith like
that. What tell you is true. trust.
Cd him 30 completely that the fear OF
dishonor at his hands never suggested
itself to me. l knew he would care for
and respect me. l trusted him, and my /
trust was not misplaced. OF how many
OF these creatures who laugh when the /
king laughs could l say as much?"
And Henry knew she spoke the truth, /
both concerning herself and the court /
iers.
With downcast eyes she continued: /
81 suppose. after all, you are partly (
right In regard to me, for 1t was his 7
honor that saved me, not my own, and
II am not what you called me have
Master Brandon to thank-not myself"
I'VE will thank him publicly on Tow
er hill day after tomorrow at noon,"
said the king, with his accustomed del
icacy, breaking the news Of Brandon's
sentence as abruptly as possible.
With a look Of terror In her eyes
Mary screamed: What! Charles Bran
hill?-You are going to
kill himT I,
II think we will" responded Henry. 4
ut usually has that effect, to separate
the head from the body and quarter
The remains to decorate the four gates.
We will take you up to London in a
day or two and let you see his beauti-
ful head on the bridge"
"Behead-quarter-b Lord Je-
sui" She could not grasp the thought.
She tried to speak, but the words
would not come. In a moment she be-
,ame more coherent and the words
rolled from her lips as mighty food
JAA honL fhronOh tho a rnhoo NJ .
London bridge. I,
"You shall not kill him. He is blame
sss. You do not know. Drive these
hawking fools out of the room, and ,
will tell you ALL" The king ordered ,
he room cleared Of everybody but ,
Wolsey, Jane and myself, who re- 4
NAMED at Mary's request. When all I
we're gone, the princess continued: 4
Brother, this man is in no way to
blame. 1t is all my fault-my fault I
hat he loves me, my fault that he tried /
o run away to New Spain with me. 1t 1
nay be that l have done wrong and
hat my conduct has been unmaidenly, ,
tut could not help it. From the first g
lime l ever saw him in the lists with g
'ou at Windsor there was a gnawing 1
Iunger in my heart beyond my control. (
supposed of course that day be would q
ontrive some way to be presented to '
ne r
"You did,? Z
"Yes. but he made no effort at all, I
nd when we met he treated me as II r
we're an ordinary girl" n
He didr