Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-02-09
She then put her hand in mine and
81 am ready any time you

| told me gradually. l had to do some
thing to express my exultation, 20
walked over to a bronze statue OF
Bacchus, about my size-that Is, height
put my hat, which l had been carry.
Ing under my arm, on his head, cut q
few capers In an entirely new and
equally antic step, and then drew bach
and knocked that Bacchus down.
Jane thought I had gone stark mad,
and her eyes grew big with wonder,
but walked proudly back to her after
my victory over Bacchus and treasured
her-with q few Of Mary's messages
that I had still left over, If the truth
must be told. Then we made arrange
mems that resulted In our marriage
next morning.
Accordingly Queen Mary and one or
two others went with us down to 1T
tie church, where, as fortune would
have It, there was little priest ready
to Join together In the holy bonds OF
wedlock little Jane and little me-ev-
erything 80 appropriate, you see.
suppose in the whole world we couldn't
have found another set Of conditions so
harmonious. Mary laughed and cried
and laughed again, and clapped her
hands over and over, and said it was
slike a play wedding" and, as she
kissed Jane, quietly slipped over her
head q beautiful diamond necklace that
WAS worth full f10,OO0-aside. that is,
from the millions Of actual value be-
cause it came from Mary. "a play
wedding" it was, and play life 1t has
been ever since.
We were barely settled at court In
Paris when Mary began to put her
plans In motion and unsettle things
generally. could not but recall Hell
ry's- sympathy toward Louis, for the
young queen soon took it upon herself
to make life burden to "the Father Of
His People," and In that particular line
I suppose she had no equal in all the
length and breadth of Christendom.
heartily detested King Louis, large
", think. because Of prejudice alb
sorbed from Mary, but he was, In fact.
fairly good old man, and at times
could but pity him. He was always
soft in heart and softer In head. espe-
cially where women were concerned.
Take his crazy attempt to seize the
Countess of Croy while he was yet
Duke Of Orleans, and his infatuation
for the Italian woman, for whom he
built the elaborate burial vault-much
1t must have comforted her! Then his
marriage to dictatorial little Anne Of
Brittany, for whom he had induced
Pope Alexander to divorce him from
the poor little crippled owlet Joan. In
consideration of this divorce he had
put Caesar Borgil, Pope Alexanders
son, on his feet, financially and polit.
ically. | think he must have wanted
the owlet back again before he was
done with Anne, because Anne was a
termagant and ruled him with the
heaviest rod Of iron she could lift.
But this last passion, the flickering,
sputtering fame Of his dotage, was
the worst of all. both subjectively and
effectively, both as to his senile fond
ness for the English princess and her
impish tormenting Of him. From the
first lie evinced the most violent delight
in Mary, who repaid it by holding him
off and evading him in manner 30
cool, audacious and adroit that It
stamped her queen Of all the arts fem.
mime and demoniac. Pardon me, Ia
dies, if couple these two arts. but you
must admit they are at times some
what akin Soon she eluded him 30
completely that for days he would not
have q glimpse Of her, while she was
perhaps riding, walking or coquettng
with some of the court gallants, who
aided and abetted her in every way
they could. He became almost frantic
In pursuit of his elusive bride. and
would expostulate with her, when he
could catch her, and smile uneasily.
like q man who Is the victim Of prac-
tical Joke of which he does not see or
enjoy the point. On such occasions she
would laugh In his face. then grow
angry-which was so easy for her to do
and, grieve to say, would sometimes
almost swear at him In a manner to
make the plous though ofttimes lax
virtued court ladies shudder with hor-
ror She would at other times make
sport Of his youthful ardor and tell him
In all seriousness that 1t was indecorous
for him to behave so and frighten her,
a poor, tmid little child. with his I'M
petuositas. Then she would manage
to give him the slip. and he would 60
of and play game Of cards with him.
self, firmly convinced in his own feeble
way that woman's nature had a tine
| ture of the devil In 1t. He was the soul
of conciliatory kindness to the young
vixen, but Mt times she would break
violently into tears. accuse him Of cru
ely mistreating her, helpless woman
and q stranger in his court, and threat
| en- to go home to dear old England and
| tell her brother, King Henry, all about
It and have him put things to right and
redress her wrongs generally. In fact,
she acted the part Of injured innocence
30 perfectly that the poor old maj
would apologize for the wrongs she In.
vented and try to coax her into good
humor. Thereupon she would weep
more bitterly than ever, grow hyster'
ical and require to be carried off by her
women, when recovery and composure
were usually instantaneous. OF course
the court gossips soon carried stories OF
the quick recoveries to the king. AID
when he spoke to Mary Of them she
NIT on her injured air again and turned