The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-04-23

"and you will be one of them also. !
latter you by giving you one hour with
her to be heels ove head In love. With
an ordinary man II takes one-sixtieth
Of that time. So you see | pay a COM
pliment to your strength of mind"
"Nonsense!'' broke In Brandon. "Do
you think | left all MY wits down in
Suffolk? Why. man. she is the sister
Of the king and Is sought by nings and
enlperors. | might as well fall in love
with q twinkling star. Then. besides.
my heart Is not on my sleeve. You
must think me q fool-a poor. enervat-
ed. simpering fool like-like-well. like
one Of those mobiles Of England. Don't
put me down with them. Caskoden, IL
you would remain my friend"
We both laughed at this sort of talk.
which was q little In advance Of the
time for q noble. though al idiot to the
most of England was n noble still. God
created n to be adored.
Now. when Mary returned the whole
court rejoiced. and | was anxious for
Brandon to meet her aid that they
should become friends. There would
be no trouble in bringing this meeting
about. since. as you know. ! was upon
terms of intimate friendship with Ma
~ aud was the avowed and. as
thought. at least hoped. all but accept
ed over Of her first lady In waiting and
de. rest friend. Lady Jane Bolingbrcke.
Brandon. II Is true. was not noble. not
even an English knight. while ! was
both knighted and noble. but he was
of us old u family as England boosted
md zeal of kin to some OF the best
blood Of the land. The meeting came
about sooner than ! expected and was
very near Il failure. 1t was OH the sec
oid morning after Mary's arrival at
Greenwich. Brandon and | were walk
Ing In the palace park when we met
Jn,e. and | took the opportunity to
make these. my two best loved friends.
acquainted.
How do you do. Master Brandon? p
said Lady Jane. holding out her plump
little hand. so white and soft and dear
to me. Il have heard something of you
tue last day or so from Sir Edwin. but
had begun to fear he was not going to
give me the pleasure of knowing you.
| hope | may see you often now and
that | may present you to my mis-
tTeSs."
With this her eyes. bright as over
grown dewdrops. twinkled with a mis-
chievous little smile. ms If to say. "Ah.
another large handsome fellow to make
q fool of himself"
Brandon acquiesced in the wish she
had made. and after the interchange
of n few words Jane said her mistress
was waiting at tie other side of the
g.ouEds and that she must go. Size
then ran off with a laugh and q cour-
tesy ard was soon lost to sight behind
the shrubbery at the turning of tie
walk.
In a short time we came to a summer
house near the marble boat landing.
where we found tie queen ard some
of her ladies awaiting the rest of their
party for a trip down the river which
had beer planned the day before. Bran
don was LS own to the queen and sever
al OF the ladies, although he had not
been formally presented at an audi
ence. Many of the kings friends EN-
joyed a considerable intimacy with th,'
whole court without ever receiving the
public stamp Of recognition socially
which goes with a formal presentation.
The queen. seeing us. sem me off to
bring the king. After l had gone she
asked If any one had seen the Princess
Ntnrx. otJ n,a pdan tAI6 hnv I odv I0ra
had said she was ut the other side OF
the grounds. Thereupon her majesty
asked Brandon to find the princess ard
to say that she was wanted.
Brandon started off and SCOT found
a bevy Of girls sitting on some benches
under a spreading oak. weaving spring
flowers. He had never seen the prin'
cess. so could not positively know her,
AS a matter of fact he did know her as
soon as his eyes rested on her. for she
could not be mistaken among q thou
sand. There was no one like her or any
thing rear 1t. Some stubborn spirit oil
opposition, however, prompted lin to
pretend ignorance. All that he had
heard Of her wonderful power over
men ara the SerNlle manner III WHICH
they fell before her had aroused in
him a spirit of antagonism and had be
gotten a kind of distaste beforehand
He was wrong in this. because Mary
was not a coquette In any n of tie
word and did absolutely nothing to at
tract men except to be SO beautiful
sweet and winning that they could not
let her alone. for all of which surely
the prince of fault finders himself coult
In M way blame her.
She could not help that God had seer
fit to make her the fairest being Oh
earth. and the responsibility would
have to lie where it belonsed-witl
God. Mary would have non of it
Her nttractiveness IA not n matter
of volition or Intention IN her part
She was too young for deliberate snare
setting. though 1t often begins very
early in life. and made no effort to at
tract men. Mans love was too cheaI
q thing for her TO strive for. and | an
Surp I'm her heart she w0ui1 ininitel,