The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-06-06

Wild for love Of me. this poor Old man.
and the more | hold him at a distance the
more he fondly dotes. | do verify believe
he would try to stand upon his foolish
old head did | but insist | sometimes
have a thought to make him try 1t. He
doeth enough that is senseless and abb
surd. In all conscience. as 1t is. It all Of
this do the courtiers smile and laugh and
put me forward to other pianks-that is,
all but q few of the elders. who shake
their heads. but dare do nothing else for
fear of the ~dauphin. who will soon be
king and who stands first In urging and
abetting me. SO 1t is easy for me to do
what | wish. and above all TO leave un-
done that which | wish not. for / do easily
rule them all. as good Sir Edwin and dear
Jane will testify | have a ball every
night wherein | do max a deal of amuse-
ment for every one by dancing La Volta
with his majesty until his heels. and his
poor old head. too. are like 10 fall off.
Others importune me for those dances,
especially the dauphin. but | laugh and
shake my ht ad and say that ! will dance
with no one but the king. because he
dances so well. This pleases his majesty
nightly and raaketh an opening for me
to avoid the touch OF other men. fer | am
Jealous OF myself for thy sake. and save
and garner every little touch for thee.
- Sir Edwin will tell you | dance with
no enc else and surely never will.
You remember well. | doubt not. when
thou first didsf teach me this new dance.
All. how delightful IL was. and yet how
at first 1t did brighten and anger ne.
Thou canst not Know how my heart beat
during all the time Of that first dance. |
thought. Of q surety. IL would burst. and
then the wild thrill of frightened ecstasy
that made my blood run like fire! | knew
II must be wrong. for it was. in truth. too
sweet a thing TO be right. And then l
grew angry at thee as the cause OF my
~wrongdolnga and scoIded thee. and repented
Ii. as usual Truly didst thou conquer,
not win. me. Then afterward. withal 1t
so frightened me. how | longed to dance
rgain. and could In no way stay myself
from asking AT times could | hardly
wait till evening fell. and when upon &C.
casion thou d.dst not come ] was so angry
| said hated thee. What must thou have
thought of me. so forward and bold! And
thai afternoon. All. ! think of IL every
hour. and see and hear 1t all and live It
Ger and Ger. as II sweeter grows with
mernory's ripening touch. Some moments
there are tnat send their glad ripple down
through iife's stream TO the verge of the
grave. and truly blest Is one who can
smile upon and kiss these memory WAGES
and draw from thence a bliss that never
fails. but thou knowest full well my heart.
and | need not tease thee with its put
pourings.
There is yet another matter of which I
wish TO write in very earnestness. Sir
Edwin spoke 10 rae thereof. and what he
said hath gwen me serious thought. /
thank him for his words. of which he
viii tell thee in fun If thou but inportune
him thereto. Ii Is this: The dauphin.
Francis d'LngouieEne. hath fallen des-
p~crately fond of me and is quite as in
fortunate and almost as foolish as the
cider lover. This people in this strange
land of France have. in soosh. some Curl
Gus notions. For an. example thereto. no
n thinks to find anything unseeming In
the dauphin'S conduct by reason OF his
having already a wife. and more, that
vie the Princess Claude. daughter to the
King. | laugh at him and let him say
what he Will. fer in truth l am powerless
to prevent il. Words cannot scar even Q
rose leaf ana will not harm me. Then. BY
his help and example. / am justified in the
eyes of The court in that | so treat the
King. which otherwise it were ossible
for IN to do and live here. So. ~.5weyeI
much | may loathe them, yet | am driven
TO tolerate his words. which | turn of
with 8 laugh. making sure. thou mayes.
know. that it come TO nothing more than
words. And thus 1t is. however much |
wish it not, that ] do use him to help M
treat the king as ! like. and Go then u.s.
the poor old king as my buckler against
this dukes toe great familiarity. But. my
friend. when the king comes to die. then
shall ! hav m fears Of this young
Francis DANCE m He is desperate
for RE. and | know not to what length he
might so. The Ing cannot live long. as
the tn. cad CT his life is like rotten ilax
AID when he d, thou must cone With.
ont delay. since 1 shall be in deadly peril
/ have a messenger waiting at all hours
ready to send 10 thee upon a moments
notice. ana when he comes waste not a
precious instant. Ii may mean all TO thee
and rae. ! could wrise on and on forever.
but il would be only TO tell thee Ger ane
DER that my heart is full Of thee TO over
flowing. / thank thee that thou hast
never doubted me. and win see that thou
hast hereafter only good cause for better
faith. MARY, Regina.
Regina That was all. Cn.y q
queen! Surely no one could charge
Brandon with possessing too modest
tastes.
1t was. | think. during the second
week in December that | gave this let
ter to Brandon. and about d fortnight
later there came 10 him a messenger
from Paris. bringing another from
Mary, as follows;
Master Charles Brandon:
Sir and Dear Friend. G~reeting-I have
but time 10 write that the king IS so III he
cannot but die ere morning. Thou know
est that which / last wrote to thee. and in
addition thereto | would say that al
though | have. as thou likewise knowest.
my brothers permission to marry whom
/ wish. yet as | have his one consent 1t is
safer that we act upon that rather than
be SO s~crupulous as TO ask for another.
So 1t were better that thou take me TO
wife upon the old one rather tha risk
the necessity of having to do 1t without
any. ! say no more. but come with all
the speed thou knowest MARY.
1t is needless to say that Brandon
started In haste for Paris. He left
court for the ostensible purpose Of
paying me a visit, and came to Ipswich.
whence we sailed.
The French king was dead before
Mary's message reached - adon, and
when we arrived nj Paris Francis |.
reigaed on tie throne of his father-in.
law. | had guessed only too accurate
~. Assoon as the restraint OF the OLD
kiww's presence. LIGHT as IL bad been.