The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-11

What Is His9'' cried HcHTM
cape rather than by an order for his
release. The citizens are greatly
aroused over the alarming frequency
of such occurrences. and ms many of
the offenders have lately escaped pun
isl,ment by reason of court Interior
ence | fear this man Brandon will lave
TO bear the brunt. I'm the London mind.
of all these unpublished crimes. Ii
will be mex to impossible TO liberate
him except by arranging privately
with the keeper for his escape. He
could go down into the country and
wait in seclusion until 1t is all blown
over or until London has q new victim.
and then an order can be made pardon
Ing him. and he can return"
"pardoning him, What are you talk
ing OF. my lord? He has done nothing
to be ~pardoned for. lie should he and
shall be rewarded Mary spoke i'm
p~etuously. but caught herself and tried
to remedy her bluEder. "That is. il |
have heard the straight of it. | have
been told that the killing was done In
lAAC dtlGitNE vi M OtlltB~ 4 III
of this poor. unconscious girl. so full
of grief and trouble. talking thus TO
buckingham. who knew so much more
about the affair than even she who had
taken so active Il part in II!
who told you of it," asked the
duke.
Mary saw she had made a mistake
..AI ..r4,. f.o~t4utfA.r ca~ lt.,aR
answered: Sir Edwin Caskoden. He
bad ii from Master Brandon. | sup
pose" Rather adroit this was, but
equidistant from both truth aud eff
fectiveness.
Il will go at once to London and ar
range for Brandon's escape" said
buckingham. preparing to leave. But
you must o divulge the fact that !
do 1t. 1t would cost me all the favor !
enjoy with the people of London.
though | would willingly lose that In.
vor a thousand times over for Il smile
from YOU"
She gave the smile. and as he left
followed his retiring figure with her
eyes and thought. After all. he has Il
kind heart"
She breathed n sigh of relief. too. for
she felt she had accomplished Bran.
ion's release and still retained her dan
gerous secret. the divulging OF which
she feared would harden IIenry's heart
against her Establishments and strand
her upon the throne of France.
But she was not entirely satisfied
with the arrangement. She knew that
her obligation to Brandon was such rs
TO demand of her that she should not
leave the matter of his release tc any
other person. much less to an enemy
such as Buckingham. Yet the cost of
his freedom by II direct act of her w
would he so great that she was tempt
ed to take whatever risk there might
he IN the way that had opened itself to
her. Not that she would not have
made the sacrifice willingly or would
not have told Henry all If that were
the only chance to save Brandon's life,
but the other way. the one she had TAX
Ell by ~Buckingham'S help. seemed safe.
and. though not entirely satisfying. she
could not see how II could mlsearry.
Buckingham was notably jealous OF
his knightly word. and she had I'm
bounded faith in her intluence over
lin. In short. like many another per-
son. she was as wrong as possible Just
Mt the time when she thought she was
entirely right. and when the cost of q
mistake was AT Its maximum.
She recoiled also from the thought
Of Brandon's escape" and II hurt her
that he should be q fugitive from the
justice that should reward him. yet
she quleted these disturbing sugges-
I tons with the thought that II would
be only for n short time. and Brandon
ehe knew. would be only too glad to
make the sacrifice If it purchased foI
her freedom from the worse than dam
nation that lurked In the French mar
rNgc.
All this ran quickly through Mary's
mind aud brought relief. but II did not
cure the uneasy sense. weighing like
lead upon her hea,r. that she should
take no chance with this mans life and
should put no further veisjAt OF sacr!-
ice upon him. but s.ionld 20 to the
King ard tell him n straightforward
story. let It hurt where il would. Ns.t.l
a little meditation. however. came Il
thought which decided Axe question and