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

be preferring them to much more pre-
tentlous upart:aents offered him in an
other part OF the palace. The kiilE-hill
given him some .tpw furnishings Tor
them. and. as | was to renlain Il few
DAYS to attend to otne matters Of bust
ness. he invited nle to share bis N
fort with him. and | gladly id so.
Those few days with Brandon were
my farewell 10 individuality. There
after | was to be so mysteriously In
t%ermingled with Jane that ! was only
q part -aind Il small part ut that. ] fear
of two. | did not. OF course. re@fet
the change. since II was the one thing
IN life | most loilged for. yet tie period
WAS tinged With IL faint sentiment or
patios NJ parting from the Old life tlat
had been SO kind to me and which !
was leaving forever. | say ! did 10
regret II. AID. though ! was leaving
NY old haunts and companions ard
friends so dear 10 me. WAS finding
them all again In Jane. who WAS friend
as well us wife.
Mary's letter was in one OF my boxes
which had been delayed. and Jane was
to forward II to me when IL liou'i
cca.e. When ! told RruEdon of 1t. !
dwclt with emphasis upon its bulk.
AMI he. nf course. WAS delighted and
impatient to have 1t. I had put the
l., .er liz tne box but there was sonie-
ding else which Mary had sent TO him
tint | had carried with me. 1t was a
sum of money sufficient to pay the debt
against his fathers estate and. in ad-
dition. to buy some large tracts Of land
adjoining. Brandon did not hesitate
TO accept the money and seemed glad
tnat it had come from Mary, she. doubt
less. being the only person from whom
he would have taken 1t.
Cne Of Brandons sisters had mar.
ried a rich merchant at Ipswich. and
another was soon to marry a Scotch
gentleman. The brother would prob
ably never marry. so Brandon would
eventually have to take charge of tie
estates. In fact. he afterward lived
there many years. ard. as Jane and ]
lad purchased u little estate near by.
which had been generously added to
by james uncle. we saw a great deal
of him. Eut | am getting ahead of my
story again.
The DiAngouleme complication trou.
bled me greatly. Notwithstanding my
faith In Mary. ard although had re-
solved to say nothing to Brandon about
II. | soon told him plainly what !
thought and feared.
He replied with a low. contented lit
tie laugh.
"Do not fear for Mary. do not.
That young fellow Is of different stuif.
l know. from the old king. but | have
all faith in her purity and ability TO
take care of herself. Before she LIFT
she promised to be rue TO me. what
ever befell. and | trust her entirely.
! am not SO unhappy by any means as
one would expect. Am l.? And | was
compelled TO admit that he certainly
was rot.
So 1t seems they had met. as Jane
and | suspected. but how Mary manag-
ed it | am sure | cannot tell. She beat
the very deuce for having her own
way. by book or by crook. Then came
the bulky letter. which Brandon pounc-
ed upon aud eagerly devoured. ! leave
out most of the sentimental passages.
which. like effervescent wine. lose fla
vor quickly. She said. in part:
To Master Brandon;
Sir and Dear Friend. Greeting-After
leaving thee. long time had that mighty
grief and dole within my heart that II
was like to break. for my separation frcm
thee was so much harder TO bear even
than | had taken thought of. and ! also
doubted me that | could live in Paris. as
l did wish. Sleep rested not upon my
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neither eat nor drink. since food dissasied
me like a nausea and wine did strange
in my throat. This lasted through my
journey hifher. which | did p~olong upon
many pretexts nearly two months. out
when | did at last rest mine eyes Tor the
first time upon this King Louis face |
well knew that | could rule him. and
when | did arrive and had adjusted my
self in this Paris | found II SO easy that
my heart leapsd for very joy. Beauty
goeth so far with this infiammable people
that easily do | rule them all. and truly
doth a servile subject make a tlarp. capri
cious tyrant. Thereby the misfortune which
hath come upon us is of so much less evil
and is so like TO be of such short duration
that | am almost happy, but for lack OF
thee. and sometimes think that after all
IL rnay verify be a blessing unseen.
This new. unexpected face upon our
trouble hath so driven the old gnawins
ache out of my heart that ! love TO be
alone and dream. open eyed, of the tine.
OF a surety not far off. when | shall be
with thee. s*@ 1t is oftdmes sore nara
for me. who nave never waited. TO have to
wait. like a patient Griselda. which OF a
truth | am not. for this which ] do so
want. but | try to make myself content
with the thought that full sure 1t will not
be for long. and that when this tedious
time hath spent itself we shall look back
upon II as "A very soul school. and shall
rather Joy that We did not purchase our
heaven TOO cheaply
said ! find II easy TO live here as |
wish. and did begin to tell thee how II was
when ran off into telling of how ! long
for thee. so | viii try again. This Louis.
TO begin with. is but the veriest shadow
of q man. of whom thou needst have not
one Jealous thought. He Is on a BED OF
sickness most of the time. of his own ac-
cord. and II. perchance. he be but fairly
well a day or so ! do straightway make
him III again in one way or another. and.
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