The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-03

VA Greenwlcn the princess ana
lEssoE Brandon were together FIRE.
~J quentiy. Upon Sc yeral occa.
s.o.s re was ilvited. with others. to
her parlor for card playing. But we
spent two evenings with only four OF
us present prior to the disastrous
events which changed everything. and
of which | am soon to tell you. Dur
Ing these two evenings the Sailor
Lass was in constant demand.
This pair. WHO should have remained
apart. net constantly in and about the
palace. and every glance added fuel to
the fame. Part of the time it was the
princess with her troublesome dignity,
and part of the time it was Mary
simply Mary. Notwithstanding these
naughty moods. any one with half an
eye could see that the princess was
gradually succumting TO the budding
woman: that Brandon's stronger ma
ture had dominated her with that half
fear which every woman feels who
loves q strong man-stronger than her.
SELF.
One day The rumor spread through
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Louis XII, whose wife. Anne of Brit
tany. had just died, had asked Mary's
hand in marriage. 1t was this proba-
bly, which opened Brandon's eyes to
tie fact that he had been playing with
the very worst sort of fire. and fat
made him see that in spite OF .iimseif.
ard almost without his knowledge, tie
iirl had grown wonderfully sweet AID
dear to him. He now saw his danger
and struggled to keep himself beyond
the spell OF her perllous Chances and
siren song. This modern Ulysses made
q masterful effort. but. alas. had 10
ships to carry him away and no wax
with which to fill lis ears. Wax Is a
good thing. and no one should enter
the siren country without it. Ships,
too. are good. with masts to tie oneself
10 and sails and rudder and a gust OF
wind to watt one quickly past the is
land. In fact. one cannot take too
Cany precautions when in those en-
rhanted waters.
Matters began to look dark to me.
Love had dawned in Mary's breast.
that vas sure. and for the first time,
with all its fierce sweetness; not that
1t had reached it's noon. or anything
like 1t. In truth. 1t might. | hoped. die
In the dawning. for my lady was as ca
PRECIOUS as a May day. but 1t was love
love as plain as the sun at rising.
She sought Brandon upon all occasions
and made opportunities to meet him
rot openly. at any rate; not with Bran
don's knowledge. nor with any conniv-
little what he or any one else might
see. Low lying in her heart had made
her a little more shy than formerly in
seeking him, but her straightforwa rd
way of taking whatever she wanted
made her transparent little attempts
at concealment very pathetic.
AS for Brandon. the shaft had en-
surely as love had dawned In Mary's.
He knew the hopeless misery such n
passion would bring him. and helped
the good Lord. In so far MS he could.
to answer his prayer and lead him not
into temptation. As soon as lie saw
the truth he avoided Mary as much as
possible.
AS | said. we had spent several even
inss with Mary after we came home
from Windsor. ut all of which her pref
crence was shown in every movement.
Some women are so expressive under
strong emotion that every gesture. a
turn of the head. u glance OF the eyes.
the lifting If Il hand or the poise of the
body speaks with Il tongue Of clio
qucnce. and such was Mary. Her eyes
would glow with n soft fire when they
rested upoa him. and her whole person
told all too plainly what. in truth. ii
seemed she (si not care to hide. When
others were present. size would restrain
herself somewhat. but with only Jane
ard myself she could hardly maintain
Il seemly reserve. During all this time
Brandon remained cool and really
seemed unconscious OF lis wonderful
attraction for her. Ii is hard to under.
stard why he did not see IL. but ! real
ly believe he did not. Although he
was quite ut ease in her presence. too
much so. Mary sometimes thought. and. !
strangely enough. sometimes told him
In Il lit OF short lived. quickly repented
anger that always set him laughing.
yet there WAS never Il word or gesture
that could hat of undue familiarity.
After these last two meetings. al.