The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-04-22

like velvet. Il rich. clear. rosy snow,
with the hot young blood glowing
through 1t like the faint red tinge we
sometimes see on the inner side of a
white rose leaf. Her hair was a very
light brown. almost golden. and fluffy.
soft and fine as Il skein of Arras silk.
She was of medium height. with a fig
ure that Venus might Lave envied. Her
feet and hands were small n APP
parently made for the sole purpose of
driving mankind distracted. LIN fact.
that seemed to be the paramount OBJ
ject in her creation. for she had the
world Of men at her feet. Her great
est beauty was her glowing dark brown
eyes. which shore with an ever chang
ing lustcr from beneath the shade of
the longest. blacklist upcurying lashes
ever seen.
Her voice was soft and full and. tx
cept when angry. which. alas. was not
infrequcnt. had a low and coaxing lit
tie Eote that made it irresistible. She
wa Il most adroit coaxer and knew
her power full well. although she did
not always plead. having the Tudor
temper and preferring to command
when she could. AS before limited. she
had coaxed her royal brother out o.
several proposed marriages for her
which would have been greatly to his
advantage, and If you had only known
Henry Tudor, with his vain, bolster
Gus. stubborn violence. you could form
some idea of Mary's powers by that
achievement alone.
Such was the royal maid to whose
tender mercies. I now tell you frankly.
my friend Brandon was soon to be
turned over. He, however, was q
blade Of very different temper from
any she had known. and when | first
saw signs of a growing intimacy be
tween them | felt, from what little !
had seen of Brandon. that the tables
were very likely to be turned upon her
laGyship. Then thought |. ICED help
her." for In q nature like hers, charged
with latent force, strong n hot and
fiery as the suns stored rays. it need
ed but a fash to make 1t patent when
damage was sure to follow for some
body%-probably Brandon.
Mary did not come home with us
from Westminster the morning after
the j~oustings. as W. had expected. but
followed some four or five days later.
and Brandon had fairly settled himself
at court before her arrival. AS neither
his duties nor mine were onerous, we
had a great deal of time on our hands.
which we employed walking and riding
or sitting in our common room reading
and talking. or course. as with most
young men. that very attractive branch
of natural history. woman. was a favor
ite topic. and we accordingly discussed
it q great deal-that is. to tell the exact
truth. | did. Although Brandon had
seer many an adventure during his life
on the continent which would not do
to write down here. he was as little OF
a hoaster as any man | ever met. and.
while | am In the truth telling business.
| was as great Il braggart of my inches
as ever drew the longbCw-in that line,
/ mean. Gods. flush up hot even now
when | think of it! So | talked a great
deal and found myself infinitely pleased
with B%randon's conversational powers.
which were rare. being no less than the
capacity for saying nothing and listen
ing politely to an Infinite deal Of the
same thing. In another form. from me.
| remember that | told him ! had
known the Princess Mary from a time
when she was twelve years old. and
how | had made q fool of myself about
her. ! fear | tried to convey the i'm
preston that II was her exalted rank
only which made her look unfavorably
upon my passion and suppressed the
fact that she had laughed at me good
humoredly and put me off as she would
have thrust II poodle from her lap. The
truth is she had always been kind and
courteous to me and had admitted me
to a degree of intimacy much greater
than | deserved. This. partly at least.
grew out of the fact that | helped her
along the thorny path TO knowledge, Il
road she Travelled at an eager gallop.
for she dearly loved to ~learn-from GU
riosity perhaps.
! am sure she held me in her light.
gentle heart as a dear friend: but. while
her heart was filled with this mild
warmth for me. mine began to burn
with the flame that discolors every
thing. and | saw her friendiiness In a
very distorting light. She was much
kinder to me han to most men. but |
did not see that 1t was by reason of my
absolute harmlessness. and. | suppose.
because | ii a vain fool ! gradually
began to gather hope-which goes with
every vain mans love-and. what is
more. actually climbed to the very apex
of idiccy and declared myself. | well
knew the Infinite distance between us;
but, like every other man who came
within the circle of this charming load
stone, ! lost my head and. in short.
made n greater fool of myself than !
naturally was. which is saying a good
deal for that time in my life. God
knows!
knew vaguely. but did not fairly re-
alize. how utterly beyond my reach In