Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-02-02
CHAPTER XVIII.
To THE TOWER.

ls&0J and still make his escape !
cannot say. as he SOON had no choice III
the matter. At midnight body Of
yeomeu from the Tower took possession
of the Bow and String and carried
Brandon off to London without commu-
nication with Mary. She did not know
Of his arrest until next morning. when
she was Informed that she was to fol-
low Immediately. and her heart was
nearly broken.
Hbre again was trouble for Mary.
She felt. however. that the two great
Questions. the marriage Of herself to
LOUIS, and Brandon to any other per.
roll, were, as she called 1t, settled"
and was almost content to endure this
as a mere putting of Of her desires.
meddlesome and impertinent interfer-
ence Of the fates, who would soon
learn with whom they were dealing
and amend their conduct.
She did not understand the conse-
auences for Brandon. nor that the fates
would have to change their purpose
very quickly or something would hap
ven w>rsc even than his marriage to
mother woman.
On the second morning after leaving
Bristol Brandon reached London and.
rs he expected. was sent to the Tower.
The next evening Lady Mary arrived
and was taken down to Greenwich.
The girls fair name was Of course
lost, but, fortunately, that goes for lit
tie with a princess-since no one would
believe that Brandon had protected her
against himself as valiantly and honor.
ably as he would against another. The
princess being much more unsophisd-
Gated than the courtiers were ready to
believe never thought of saying any
thing to establish her innocence or V1r-
tue, and her silence was put down to
shame and taken as evidence against
her.
Jane met Mary at Windsor, and Of
course there was a great flood Of tears.
Upon arriving at the palace the girls
were left to themselves, upon Mary's
promise not to leave her room, but by
the next afternoon size, having been
unable to learn anything concerning
Brandon, broke her parole and went
out to see the king.
It never occurred to Mary that Bran
don might suffer death for attempting
to run away with her. She knew only
too well that she alone was to blame,
not only for that but for all that had
taken place between them, and never
for one moment thought that he might
be punished for her fault. even admit
ting there was fault in any one, which
she was by no means ready to do.
The trouble in her mind growing out
of q lack Of news from Brandon was OF
a general nature. and the possibility OF
his death had no place in her thoughts.
Nevertheless for the second time Bran
don had been condemned to die for her
sake. The kings seal had stamped
the warrant for the execution and the
headsman had sharpened his ak and
could almost count the golden fee for
his butchery.
Mary found the king playing cards
with De Longueville. There was
roomful of courtiers. and as she en-
tered she was the target for every
eve, but she was on familiar ground
now and did not care for the glances
nor the observers. most Of whom she
despised. She was the princess again
and full Of self confidence, so she went
straight to the object Of her visit, the
king. She had not made up her mind
Just what to say first, there was 80
much, but Henry saved her the trou-
BILE. He, Of course. was In great rage
and denounced Mary's conduct as un-
natural and reasonable. the latter, In
Heary's mind, being crime many
times greater than the breaking Of all
the commandments put together In one
fell. composite act. All this the king
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. AS
said, when Mary approached her
brother he saved her the trouble Of de-
Gliding where to begin by speaking first
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 a
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 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
as she exclaimed: You give me that
name and expect me to remember you
are my brother? There are words that
make a mother hate her firstborn, and
that is one. Tell me what l have done
to deserve It? l 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 at
fairs of state to Wolsey and spending
his time in puerile amusement. line
toward hope which at all poyntes ap-