The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-07-14


|S with her uncle. Lord Boiling
s1212 broke. having determined
never to permit her to come within
sight Of King Henry again IL / could
prevent it. I then went up to London
with the twofold purpose Of seeing
Brandon and resigning my place as
master of the dance.
When I presented myself to the king
and told him of my marriage. he flew
into a great passion because We had
not asked his consent One Of his
whims was that every one must ask
his permission to do anything-to eat
Or sleep or say ones prayers. especially
to marry. If the lady was of degree
entitled to be a kings ward Jane.
fortunately. had no estate. the kings
father having stolen 1t from her when
she was an infant; 80 all the king could
do about our marriage was to grumble.
which i Let him do to his hearts con-
tent.
81 wish also to thank your majesty
| for the thousand kindnesses you have
shown me-" l said. "and. although 1t
grieves me to the heart to separate
from you. circumstances compel me to
tender my resignation as your master
| of dance" Upon this he was kind
lenough to express regret and ask me
to reconsider. but ] stood my ground
firmly, and then and there ended my
lofHcial relations with Henry Tudor for
ever.
Upon taking my leave Of the king
sought Brandon. whom ] found COM
fostably ensconced In our old quarters,
he preferring them to much more pre-
tentious apartments offered him in an
other part of the palace. The king had
given him some new furnishings for
| them, and, as l was to remain few
days to attend to some matters OF busi-
ness, he invited me to share bis COM
fort with him. and I gladly did so-
Those few days with Brandon were
my farewell to individuality. There
after | was to be SO mysteriously In
/ termingled with Jane that ! was only
n part and a small part ut that. fear
of two. l did not. OF course, regret
II the change, since II was the one thing
In life most longed for. yet the period
was tinged with a faint sentiment OF
pathos at parting from the old life that
had been so kind to me and which j
was leaving forever. ] say | did not
regret II, and. though ] was leaving
my old haunts and companions and
friends 80 dear to me, ] was finding
them all again In Jane. who was friend
as well as wife.
Mary's letter was In one of my boxes
| which had been delayed. and Jane was
to forward II TO me when 1t should
come When I told Brandon Of 1t,
dwelt with emphasis upon Its bulk,
and he. Of course. was delighted and
impatient to have 1t. had put the
letter In the box, but there was some
thing else which Mary had sent to him
that had carried with me. 1t was 9
sum Of money sufficient to pay the deb
against his fathers estate and, in ad
dition. to buy some large tracts Of land
adjoining. Brandon did not hesitats
to accept the money and seemed glad
that 1t had come from Mary, she. doubt
less. being the only person from whom
he would have taken it.
ried rich merchant at Ipswich. apt
| another was soon to marry a Scotch
| gentleman. The brother would prob
ably never marry, so Brandon woult
| eventually have to take charge Of tn,
estates. In fact, he afterward livet
there many years. and, as Jane and
, had purchased little estate near by
which had been generously added t
by James uncle, We saw a great dea
= of him. But / am getting ahead Of IN.
story again.
The D'Angouieme complication trou
bled me greatly. Notwithstanding m
: faith in Mary. and although l had n
solved to say nothing to Brandon abou
it, / soon told him plainly what
thought and feared.
He replied with q low, contsnted II
q tie laugh.
D do not fear for Mary. do no
THAT young fellow is OF different stuff
{ know. from the old king. but ] hay
all faith in her purity and ability
take care OF herself. Before she lei
she promised to be true to me. wha
!, ever befell. and l trust her entirel.
, am not so unhappy by any means {
= one would expect. Am-If And I wa
J, compelled to admit that he certainl
i was not
g SO IL seems they had met, as Jar
4 and suspected. but how Mary mama
" ed II I am sure cannot tell. She be-
= the very deuce for having her ow
" way. by hook or by crook. Then can
= the bulky letter. which Brandon poun
l. ed upon and eagerly devoured- lea'
out most OF the sentimental passage
sr which. like eifervescent wine. loss d
q vor quickly. She said. in part:
To Master Brandon:
Sir and Dear Friend. Greeting-Aft
= leaving thee. long time had ] that NIGH
grief and dole within my heart that
was like to break. for my separation fro
thee was SO much harder to bear ev,
b than i had taken thought of. and ! al
" doubted me that ! could live In Paris.
1t did wish Sleep rested not upon n
10 weary eyes. and Of a very deed could
neither eat nor drink. since food distast
jms IKE . nausea and wine did stranS