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Cañon City record., 1904-01-21

Tower gates would not open unth
morning, 80 she had to wait. She com
pensated herself as well as she could
by writing letter, which l should IKE
to give you here, but 1t is too long. Sne
told him of his pardon. but not one
word upon the theme he SO wished YET
feared to hear Other promise never
to wed any other man. Mary had not
told him of her final surrender In the
matter OF the French marriage, for the
reason that she dreaded to pain him
and feared he might refuse the sacri-
fice.
"It will almost kill him. | know"
she said to Jane that night. 'and
fear II is a false kindness l do him.
He would. probably. rather die than
that I should marry another. ! know
that should rather die or have any
thing else terrible to happen than for
another woman TO possess him. He
promised me he never would. but sup
pose he should fail In his word. as 1
have today failed in mine? The thought
of 1t absolutely burns me-" And abe
threw herself into James arms, and
that little comforter tried to soothe
her by making light OF her fears.
"Oh, but suppose he shouldf'
well there Is no need to borrow
trouble. You said he promised you. and
you know he Is one who keeps bis
word"
But promised, too. and think OF
what I am about to do. Mary in heav-
en-. help me, But be is made of differ
ent stun from me. l can and do trust
his word. and when think Of all my
troubles and when 1t seems that can
not bear them the one comforting
thought comes that no other woman
will ever possess him-no other woman.
no other woman. l am glad that m.
only comfort comes from him"
al hoped that l might have been
aome comfort to you. | have tried
hard enough" said Jane. who was jeaI-
Gus.
"Oh. yes. my sweet Jane. You do
comfort me. You are like soothing
balm to an aching pain" And she kiss
ed the hands that held hers This was
all that modest little Jane required.
She was content to be a humble balm
and did not aspire to the dignity Of an
elixir.
The girls then said their prayers VI
concert. and Mary gently wept herself
to sleep. She lay dreaming and toss
ing nervously until sunriss. when she
Cañon City record., 1904-01-21

Nv" have found some way to de-
- liver the princess safely home
E4&Y and still make his escape l
cannot say, as he soon had no choice in
the matter. At midnight a body of
yeomen from the Tower took possession
Of the Bow and String and carried
Brandon OF to London without commu-
nication with Mary. She did not know
q his arrest until next morning, when
she was informed that she was to fol-
low Immediately. and her heart was
nearly broken.
Here 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-
son, were, as she called it. settled"
and was almost content to endure this
AZ mere putting off of her desires, a
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-
Quences for Brandon, nor that the fates
would have to change their purpose
very quickly or something would hap
pen worse even than his marriage to
another woman.
On the second morning after leaving
Bristol Brandon reached London and.
a. 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
de with 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-
eated than the courtiers were ready to
believe never thought of saying any
thing to establish her innocence or vir-
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 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 she, 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 a lack of news from Brandon was Of
q 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
Aeadsman had sharpened his ak and
Cañon City record., 1904-01-21
A Story of Love and Chivalry, by
Edwin CaskOden.

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
eye. 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-
ble He. of course, was in a great rage
and denounced Mary's conduct as un-
natural and reasonable. the latter, In
Henry'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 a silent
scorn that would have withered any
one but the worthy bishop of York. As
said, when Mary approached her
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 l 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 a 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 mother hate her firstborn, and
that is one. Tell me what ! 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 af-
fairs of state to Wolsey and spending
his time in puerile amusement. "The
toward hope which at all poyntes ap-
peared in the younge Kynge" was be-
ginning to look. after all, like nothing
more than the old time royal cold fire.
made to consume but not to warm the
nation.
Henry looked at Mary with the stare
of baited bull.
"If running off in male attire and
stopping at inns and boarding ships
with a common captain of the guard
doesn't justify my accusation and
stamp you what you are, do not
know what would"
Even Henry saw her innocence in her
genuine surprise. She was silent for
little time. and 1, standing close to her.
could plainly see that this phase Of the
Cañon City record., 1904-01-21

Mary wanted to send message at
once to Brandon. telling him his life
would be spared and that she had
made no delay this dme-a fact OF
which she was very proud-but the
Cañon City record., 1904-01-21
CHAPTER XIX.
PRosERPIsA.

o the value received for VOL
sey's friendship to Brandon
was Mary's promise to marry
Louis.
Cañon City record., 1904-01-21
CHAPTER XVIII.
IN XXI CHAPTERS.
TO THE TOWER.

1 n y0HETHER or not Brandon would
y" have found some way to de
1WE liver the princess safely home
k42sQ and still make his escape l
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-23
Soothing His Last Moments.

Speaking of unpleasant surprises. an
Englishman told of the one Jonathan
Rochell got upon his deathbed:
'.Jonathan feeling that the end was
near. gave a few words of parting ad-
vice to his young wife. He had bach
elor friend named Howard, steady
fellow, and the thought came to bis
mind rs he was concluding his farewell
talk that If Kate, after he was gone.
would marry Howard it would be a
good thing. He told her this.
"'Kate. woman he said, 1T would
please me dearly if We was to promise
to take up wi Howard when I'm gone.
Don't ye worry about that, Jonty,
says Kate in soothing way. Me and
Howard have already settled it be-
twixt us!'"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-23
The Razor Cr0nk

"A man may be quite rational and
reasonable in all ordinary affairs and
yet oe quite dafry en- the subject of
raZorS," said the barber. Il have one
customer. for instance. who keeps six
raZOrS herc-One for every day in the
week that man is supposed to get
shaved-and pays me to hone them ev-
cry week. Some mornings l have to
try them all on him before he stops
Srumbling and even then may have
t. Use one of my OWN razors. At 9th
cr times he will order me to use the
same razor for Il week or two. l can't
fool him by changing 1t either.
"Another customer who comes in on
~ for an occasional shave talked to
me for six months about the fine razor
he had at home | told him that as
we seemed to have none in the shop to
suit him | should be obliged if lie
would bring it around for me to look
at. He did. Well. sir, it was II meat
AK | would as soon think of shaving
a man with a carving knife. But I
shaved him With it. and he never peep
ed. New York Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-23
WISDOM OF NOVELiSTS.

The great thing to learn of life is not
to be afraid of it.-.Jerome Il. Jerome.
Audaeity stands in the place of an
cestors to those who are not we'll born
Lucas Cleye.
All knowledge is gain, even the
knowledge Of evil. Like eating olives
it prepares you for the next course
q. B. Burgin.
II Il woman wasn't handicapped by
her affection or need of it. the clever
est chap in Christendom would be just
a bit of putty in her hands.-George
Egerton
There are only three men of whom ii
may safely be predicted that they will
make their mark in the world-the
man who cannot write the miller and
the chimney sweep.-Frankfort Moore
The life of every man is IA diary in
which he means to write one story and
writes another. and his humblest hour
is when he compares the volume as it
is with that he vowed to make i'll.
nj. Barrie
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-23
BANK WORRIES,
How One Clerk Fretted Whole
Year All For Nothing,

An ex-bank official said that during
his career in the banking business he
had known more than one employee
of Il bank to get into trouble on ac-
count Of earelessness in handling
money
One collector, who was a light heart
ed fellow, WAS going along the street
i'll high water season Tipping up
twenty dollar piece with his thumb
and finger and catching it us it came
down. Finally it slipped and fell
through a grating on the sidewalk into
about two feet of water. He made
some efforts to recover it, but finally
decided to wait till the water was
gene and then ii was found that the
coin WAS also gone Another tim" the
salte fellow was coming up the street
with S1O,000 III twenty dollar pieces
on his shOGlier In some way he lost
his l.@id on the sack. and III striking
the sidewalk it burst and the coins
rolled in al. directions. \ number of
people rushed to his assistance. Int he
described a large circle around tie
sack and, waving his arms wiiGiN, or
dered everybody to ''stand back. -
recovered most Of the coin, but decided
to get out Of the banking business.
Another time & Clilnaman came into
tie bank and deposited $500 and took
il certificate of deposit. The clerk
who made out the certificate VAS pre-
occupied and wrote $1,000 on ii and
On the stub. When he made UP his
cash at night he Was $l,S0O short lie
knew where The mistake WIS ana tried
to hunt Up the Ehinaman; but, al
though he Get Il cIeW, he could never
find h.!n. ansl be remained 81 ,Sa9 short
Oh tie books. re h&l u notice Of the
date ef tie certificate. ameunti etc.
pasted in lis desk and WIS always on
the lookout to catch the certifcata rs
il came III. just Il year from! tie day
the deposit WAS MADE tie ,thinaHIan
walked iato the bank &nA presented
the certificate to bV cGshed. When
asked how much he wanted lie sail
all-S290. He had never noticed the
mistake in the amount 0t tie eertti-
cate. and he has never found ii out.
and the clerk suffered the worly Of be
i'll" short in his mind for a whole year
all for nothing. g.-Portland Oregonian.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-23
Consecrating Church Rells.

The custom of consecrating church
bells was once common to nearly all
denominations, but it is now confined
principally to the Roman Catholics
The old form was to wash the bell with
holy water, anoint It with oil and mark
it with the sign of the cross and to
some extent this form is still used At
the time Of the reformation in England
the prejudice against Roman Catholic
ceremonies was so strong that instead
Of being blessed new bells were Occa-
sionally turned up and filled with
punch, which then was drunk by the
participants in the occasion.-LOndon
Chronicle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-23
"s2y nnt, - Ed "By the Bye"

Jo!nSon'S definition Of ,-by and by"
now gcncrallN written @by and hye,'
is lin Short time corresponding to
the French tolu Il fheure, and Shake
speare uses it to express the immediate
as distinguished from the more remote
future:
Now a sensible man, by and 10y foe,
and presently 4 hes4st-otEeI}a.
If we kuow. hoW by" camc to he il
dicativc of the present the second by
might be assumed to signify beyond.
"Ry the hFea@ WIS i'll .JehHSons time
used in dtfefeHt, almost opposite,
sense to tllat in which we now "i.ys
it as an equivalent t. de French pro
pos, not as expressive Of something ap-
positc, but, an the contrary, as, accord
ing to Johnson, "selaetAiHs ret thr dj-
rect and Immediate object of regard.
In neither ease is tie employment 0f
''by" in these two familiar expressions
accounted fer-Netes ana Queries
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-23
TWO TRIPS TO WORLDS FAIR
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=.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-23
The Admirable Crichton.

TO speak of any one as an "Admira-
BILE CrichtOn" is to credit him with be-
ing very learned and accomplished,
since such a person lived in the six
teenth century. His name was James
Crichton, and he lived in Scotland from
1860 to 1853. At the age Of seventeen
years he was the reputed master Of
twelve languages and had been given
the degree of master of arts when but
fourteen because of his great learning
In addition to his accomplishments as
scholar he was poet. musician. sculp-
tor, artist, actor, reconteur. good
horseman and an expert fencer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-23
An AnecdOte Of Pitt.

A certain Mrs. Beaumont of Breton,
England. who lived in the time Of Pitt
and whom the possession of lead mines
made wealthy and purse proud, one
day thought to impress Pitt who was
staying at Breton, with her riches.
She had most splendid service of
plate at dinner, and, waving her hand.
she said, There, Mr.. Pitt; that's all
from the mines.'
Indeed" answered Pitt, 'if you had
not told me, Mrs. Beaumont, l should
have thought it was silver.''
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-23

Everybody wants to go to the worlds
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tory of the WCrld-several times as
large as the one held at Chicago in
1892. The publishers of the Graphic
have decided to give free trip tc, the
two most popular ladies, one from the
city of Pine Bluff, one from Jefferson
county, outside the city. All expenses
will be paid from the time the ladies
leave their homes until they return,
including transportation to st. Louis
and return, parlcr or sleeping car fare,
admission to the grounds, hotel bills,
street car fare, etc.
The two ladies who are to take the
trip at the Graphic's expense will be
the one receiving the largest number
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residing outside the city receiving the
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-23
A statesman's Queer Ambition,

The great Lord Grey had an ambi-
ton far above politics. He had passed
the reform bill, but that did not salts
fy his soul. There was talk OF Taglio-
nj, and Grey said quite earnestly,
what would I give to dance as we'll as
she!' The statesman who had been
prime minister and had left an indeli-
BILE mark on the history of his country
was envious of an opera dancer!-Lon-
don Chronicle
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-23
The Moharn,acss15, J.lc.s..,rnt rc,y.

The Koran, slra 81, has this to
say concerning the general .iui4nent
day" which nearly all religions teach
III common: "Whpn the sun shall be
folded up. and when the stars shall
fall and when the mountain shall be
made to pass away, and when the wild
beasts shall be gathered together, and
when the seas shall boil, and when
souls shall again be joined to their
bodies, and when the girl who hath
been buried alive shall ask for what
crime she was put to death. and when
the books shall be laid open, and when
the heavens shall be removed, and
when hell shall burn fiercely, and when
paradise shall be brought near, then
shall every soul know what it hath
wrOu ught"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-23
Taking ItIn Good Part.

sell Lowell appeared in a Harvard pa
per soon after he had accepted his pro-
fessorship. Some one ventured to ask
him how he liked it, to which he re-
piled that he was glad to see that the
artist had kindly permitted him to
wear plaid trousers, an innocent fancy
of his to which Mrs. Lowell most
strongly objected.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-23
Cruel.

"But, papa" walled the young wom-
an, "yOu can have no idea how he loves
me. He is willing to die for me this
very minute"
"Well," said the old man, scratching
his head thoughtfully. Il don't know
that I have any objection to that I
was afraid he wanted to marry YOU"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-23
How They Interpreted 1t

We are taught not to be anxious for
the future, as the future will come in
time.
We are taught in the sermon on the
mount not to think of the future, be-
cause the evil we do in one day is suf-
flcient. - Answers of London School
Children.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-23
An Emotional Trunk.

Landlady-I'll have to request you to
pay in advance, Mr.. Smith. Smith
Why, isn't my trunk good for weeks
board? Landlady-No. 1t looks like an
old fashioned emotional trunk. Smith
Emotional? Landlady-Yes; one that
Is easily moved!
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-23
For n Einfshing Touch.

Spendthrift Son - Father. do you
want me to go through college? Dis.
couraged Father-You might as well.
You've gone through everything else.-
Chicago Tribune.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-23
For the Lands Sake!

Uncle George-Have you heard the
news? Tom Tyler is going to marry
Tillie West. Aunt Hannah-For the
lands sake! Uncle George-Yes; l
guess you're right. Tillie owns some
very valuable real estate. - Boston
Transcript.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-23
What Confirmed the suspicion

Mary (angrily)-I think you are the
biggest fool in town, John. John (mild-
ly)-Well, Mary, mother used to tell
me that when was boy, but never
thought she was right about it until I
married you.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-23
Her MarrlaHe.

"Did she make a good marriage|'
''That depends on whether you figure
by years or dollars. He's sixty and
rich."-EXchange.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-10
BIRTHS NEGLECTED.
That is, They Are Not Recorded as
They Should BE.

Neglect on the part Of certain coun-
ties In the state in the matter Of re-
cordng births and deaths, particularly
births, has brought about a situation
which State Statlstioian DE Moisey
thinks should be speedily remedied.
For the most part this condition OBJ
tains IN southern Utah, where some
counties, so far as records are concern
ed. have scarcely any births nc all.
Plute Is a glaring example OF this, while
Garfield IL not much behind, the report
for 1903 showing 1902 births which, COM
paratlvely, would make the population
much lower than II really H. In this
respect Utah county has also been quite
careless. Here in 1902 there were l26
registered births 20 a population of 3d.
O00, indicating that the record is far
from being as II should be- The aver
age birth rate in the United states Ia
271 TO every 100 persons, The average
In Utah is 3.47. but the records show a
rate much less than that OF the Unit
ed states, indicating woeful neglect IN
the matter OF recording them.
The laws of Utah provide that all
physicians, professional midwlves or