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HE princess knew her royal brother. A man would re- ceive quicker reward for in- , renting an amusement or a gaudy costume for the king than by winning him a battle. Later in life the highroad to his favor was in ridding him of his wife and helping him to a new one, a dangerous way, though, as Wolsey found, to his sorrow, when he sank his glory in poor Anne Boleyn. One day the fancy struck the king that he would rebuild a certain chapel at “'indsor. so he took a number of the court, including Mary, Jane, Brandon and myself. and went with us up to London, where we lodged over night at Bridewell House. The next morningâ€"- as bright and beautiful a June day as ever giaddened the heart of a roseâ€"we took horse for Windsor, a delightful seven league ride over a fair road. Brandon took the hint and managed to let it be known to his play loving king that he knew the latest French games. The French Duc de Longue- ville had for some time been an honor- ed prisoner nt the English court, held as a hostage from Louis XII., but De Longueville was a blockhead, who could not keep his little black eyes of! This great game of “honor and ruff” occupied Henry's mind day and night during a fortnight. IIe feasted Upon it to satiety, as he did with everything else, never having learned not to cloy his appetite by overi‘eeding. So we saw little of Brandon while the king’s fever lasted, and Mary said she wished she had remained silent about the cards. You see, she could enjoy this new plaything as well as her brother, but the king. of course, must he satis- fied first. They both had enough even- tually, Henry in one way, Mary in an- other. our fair ladies, who hated him, long enough to tell the deuce of spades from the ace of hearts. So Brandon was taken from his duties, such as they were, and placed at the card table. This was fortunate at first, for, being the best player, the king always chose him as his partner, and, as in every other game, the king always won. If he lost, there would soon be no game, and the man who won from him too frequently was in danger at any mo- ment of being rated guilty of the very highest sort of treason. I think many a man’s fall under Henry VIII. was owing to the fact that he did not al- ways allow the king to win in some trivial matter of game or joust. Under these conditions everybody was anx- ions to be the king‘s partner. It is true be frequently forgot to divide his win- nings, but his partner had this advan- tage at leastâ€"there was no danger of losing. That being the case, ’.randon’s seat opposite the king was very likely to excite envy, and the time soon came, Henry having learned the play, when Brandon had to face some one else, and the seat was too costly for a man with- out a treasury. It took but a few days to put Brandon hors de combat finan- cially, and he would have been in a bad plight had not Wolsey come to his relief. After that he played and paid the king in his own coin. Mary and Jane traveled side by side, with an no 'asional companion or two, as the road perx'nitted. l was angry with Jane, as you know. so did not go near the girls. and Brandon. without any apparent intention one way or the other, allowed events to adjust theta- selves and rode with Cavendish and We were perhaps forty yards behind the girls, and I noticed after a time that the Lady Mary kept looking back- ward in our direction, as if fearing rain from the east. 1 was in hopes that Jane, too, would fear the rain, but you would have sworn her neck was still, so straight ahead did she keep her face. We had ridden perhaps three leagues when the princess stopped her horse and turned in her saddle. I heard her voice, but did not understand what she In a moment some one caljed out, “Master Brandon is wanted!” 80 that gentleman rode forward. and I fol. lowed him. When we came up with the girls, Mary said, “I fear my girth Brandon at once dismounted to tight- en it, and the others of our immediate party began to cluster around. Brandon tried the girth. “My lady, it is as tight as the horse can well hear,” he said. “It is loose, I say,” insisted the prin- cess. with a little irritation. “The sad- dle feels like it. Try the other." Then, turning impatiently to the persons gathered around: “Does it require all of you, standing there like ' gaping bumpkins, to tighten my girth? Ride on. We can manage this without so much help.” Upon this broad hint ev- erybody rode ahead while I held the horse for Brandon. who went on with his search for the loose girth. While he was looking for it Mary leaned over her horse’s neck and asked: “Were you and Cavendish settling all the philo- sophical points now in dispute. that you found him so interesting ‘1’" “You were so absorbed I supposed it could be nothing short of that." “Not all,” answered Brandon. smil- the 'girth is not loose." “Perhaps I only imagined it,” re- turned Mary carelessly, having lost Interest in the girth. I looked toward Jane, whose eyes were bright with a smile, and turned Brandon’s horse over to him. Jane’s smile gradually broadened into a laugh and she said. “Edwin, I fear my girth ls loose also.” “Yes.” answered Jane, with a vigor- ous little nod of her head and a peal of laughter. “As the Lady Mary’s was?” asked I. unable to keep a straight face any longer. “Then drop back with me.” sponded. The princess looked at us with a halt smile, half frown, and remarked, “Now you doubtless consider yourselves very brilliant and witty.” “Yes,” returned Jane maliciously, nodding her head in emphatic assent, as the princess and Brandon rode on before us. “I hope she is satisfied now.” said Jane sotto voce to me. “So you want me to ride with you?” I repliml. “Yes.” nodded Jane. “Why?” I askod. “Because I want you to,” was the enlightening response. I said nothing, howm-or. and after a time Jane spoke: “The dam-o was one thing and riding with you is another. I did not wish to dance with you, but I do wish to ride with you. You are the only gentleman to whom I would have said what I did about my girth lwing 10080. As to the new dance, I do not care to loarn it. because I would not dance it with any man but you, and not even with youâ€"yot.” This mudo me glad, and conning from coy. modest Jane mount a great deal. It meant that she cared for mo and would some day be mine. but it also meant that she would take her own tinw and hor own swoot way in lwing won. This was comforting. if not satisfyii'igr. and loos. vnod my tongue. "Juno. you know my Ii(’:ll°t is full of love for you"â€"- feetions. [t was a part or the speecu whirl) I had prepared and delivered to Mary in Jane's hearing. as you already know. I had said to the prineess. “The universe will crumble. and the heavem roll tip as a scroll ere my love shall al- ter or pale." It v: s a high sounding sentence. but it was not true. as l was forevd to admit. almost with the same breath that spoke it. Jane had heard it and had stored it away in that mem- ory of hers. so tenaeious in holding to everything it should forget. it is won- derful what a fund of useless informa- tion some personsaccumulate and cling to with a persistent determination wor- thy ot’ a better eause. I thonght Jane never would forget that unfortunate, abominable sentence spoken so gran- tliloquently to Mary. I wonder what she would have thought had she known that I had said substantially the same thing to a dozen others. i never should have won her in that case. She does not know it yet and never shall it I can prevent. “ihen why 0in you not dance with me the other evening?” “Because I did not want to.” “Short, but cmnm'vlwnsivo,” thought I, “but a sufficient reason for ,n maid- "Will the universe ormuhle?” she cried. with the must pnn'nlcing lift]? laugh. Now. that smnmm- was my rock alimld whom-var I trim! to give June sumo Mm 0f the state of my af- fuctions. It was a part of tho sywvch “There is something that greatly troubles me,” she said. So Jane halted my eflort to pour out my heart, as she always did. “What is it?” I asked in some con- cern. “My mistress,” she answered, nod- ding in the direction of the two riding ahead of us. “I never saw her so much interested in any one as she is in your friend, Master Brandon. Not that she is really in love with him as yet perhaps, but I fear it is coming, and I dread to see it. That incident of the loose girth is an illustration. Did you ever know anything so bold and trans- parent? Any one could see through it, and the worst of all is she seems not to care if every one does see. Now look at them ahead of us! No girl is so happy riding beside a man unless she is interested in him. She was dull enough until he joined her. He seemed in no hurry to come, so she resorted to the flimsy excuse of the loose girth to bring him. I am surprised that she even sought the shadow of an excuse, but did not order him forward without any pretense of one. Oh. I don’t know what to do! It troubles me greatly. Do you know the state of his feel- 11188?" “No," I answered, “but I think he is heart whole, or nearly so. He told me he was not fool enough to fall in love with the king’s sister, and I really be- lieve he will keep his heart and head. even at that dizzy height. He is a cool fellow, it there ever was one." “He certainly is different from other men,” returned Jane. “1 think he has never spoken a word of love to her. He has said some pretty things, which she has repeated to me; has moralized to some extent. and has actually told her of some of her (units. 1 should liketoneemonaolutakethttlib- “No,” replied BrandOn again. “But erty. She seems to like it from him. and says he inspires her with higher. better motives and a yearning to be good. but I am sure he has made no love to her.” “Perhaps it would be better it he did. It might cure her.” I replied. _ “Oh. no, no! Not now! At first. per- haps, but not now. What I fear is that it he remains silent much longer she will take matters in hand and speak herself. I don’t like to say thatâ€"it doesn’t sound wellâ€"but she is a prin- cess, and it would be different with her from what it would be with an or. dinary girl. She might have to speak first, or there might be no Speaking from one who thought his position too far beneath her. She Whose smallest desires drive her so will never forego so great a thing as the man she loves only for the want of a word or two.” Then it was that Jane told me of the scene with the note. of the little whis- pered confldences upon their pillows and a hundred other straws that showed only too plainly which way this worst of ill winds was blowing. with no good in it for any one. Now, who could have foretold this? It was easy enough to prophesy that Brandon would learn to love Mary, excite a passing interest and come of! cresttalleu, as all other men had done, but that Mary should love Brandon and he remain heart whole. was an unlocked for event, one that would hardly have been predicted by the shrewdest prophet. Alwad of us wvre the primess and Brandon. Every now and than her voice came [nu-k to us in a smve of a song. and [nor lzlllglltvl‘. rich and luw, waftr-d on the wings of the soft south wind, made the gland birds hush to catch its silvery note. We all rode nu-rrily on to Windsor. and when we :u'rivml it was curious to see the gr mt nobles. 3uvkingham, both tho Ilnwurds. Svymour and :1 doz- What Lady Jane said troubled me greatly, as it was but the continuation of my own fears. Her opportunity to know was far better than mine, but I had seen enough to set me thinking. Brandon, I believe, saw nothing of Mary’s growing partiality at all. He could not help but find her wonderful- ly attractive and interesting, and per- haps it needed only the thought that she might love him to kindle a flame in his own breast. But at the time of our ride to Windsor (‘harles Brandon was not in love with Mary Tudor, however near it he may unvmisciously have been. But another’s trouble could not dim the sunlight in my own heart, and that ride to Windsor was the happiest day of my life up to that time. Even Jane threw elf the little cloud our forebod- iug‘s had gathered and chatted and laughed like the creature of joy and gladness she was. en others stand back for plain Charles Brandon to dismount the fairest maid- en and the most renowned princess in Christendom. It was done most: grace- fully. She was but a tritle to his strong arms. and he lifted her to the sod as gently as if she were a child. The nobles envied Rrandon his evident favor with this unattainable Mary and hated him accordingly. but they kept their thoughts to themselves for two reasons: First. they knew not to what degree the king’s favor. already mark- ed, with the help of the princess might carry him, and. second. they did. not care to have a misunderstanding with the man who had cut out Adam Jud- son‘s eyes. We remained at Windsor four or five days. during which time the king made several knights Brandon would prob- ably have been one of them. as every- body expected. had not Buckingham related to Henry the episode of the loose girth and adroitly poisoned his mind as to Mary’s partiality. At this the king began to cast a jealous eye on Brandon. His sister was his chief dip- lomatic resource, and when she loved or married it should be for Henry’s benefit, regardless of all else. She was but a trifle to his strong arms. Brandon and the Lady Mary saw I great deal of each other during this lit- tle stay at Windsor. as she always had some plan to bring about a meeting, and. although very delightful to him. it cost him much in royal favor. He could not trace this effect to its proper cause. and it troubled him. I could have told him the reason in two words, but I feared to put into his mind the thought that the princess might learn to love him. As to the king, he would not have cared if Brandon or every other man, for that matter, should go stark mad for love of his sister. but when she began to show a preference he grew interested, and it was apt sooner or later to go hard with the for- tunate one. When we went back to Greenwich. Brandon was sent on a day ahead. ' CHAPTER VII. Lovn’s PIERCE sums. FTER we had all returned to Greenwich the princess and Brandon were together tre- quentiy. Upon several, occa dons he was invited. with others. to ' Matters began to look dark to me. ! ; Love had dawned in Mary’s breast. ; . that was sure, and for the first time. t ' with all its fierce sweetness; not that . it had reached its noon. or anything‘ like it. In truth, it might. I hoped. die T in the dawning. for my lady was as ea- 1 prieions as a May day. but it was love â€"loye as plain as the sun at rising. She. songht Brandon upon all (N‘t‘flh‘lulls and made opmwtnuities to meet him â€" not openly, at any late; not with lh'an- don's knmvledge. nor with any (-onniv- ‘ anee on his part. but ammrently caring little what he or any one else might her parior‘tor can! playing. But we spent two evenings with only tour at us present prior to the disastrous events which changed everything, and of which I am soon to tell you. Dur- ing these two evenings the “Sailor Lass" was in constant demand. This pair, who should have remained apart, met constantly in and about the palace. and every glance added fuel to the name. Part or the time it was the princess with her troublesome dignity. and part of the time it was Maryâ€" simply Mary. Notwithstanding these haughty moods. any one with half an eye could see that the princess was gradually succumbing to the budding woman; that Brandon’s stronger na- ture had dominatml her with that halt fear which every woman i’ccls who loves a strong manâ€"stronger than her- self. One day the rumor spread through the court that the old French king. Louis XII.. whose wife. Anne of Brit- tany. had just dial. had asked Mary's hand in marriage. It was this proba- bly which opened Brandon’s eyes to the fact that he had been playing with the very worst sort of fire. and first made. him see that in spite of himself. and almost without his knowledge. the girl had grown wonderfully sweet and w”- dear to him. He now saw his danger and struggled to keep himself beyond the spell of her perilous glances and siren song. This modern Ulysses made a masterful en’ort, but. alas. had no ships to carry him away and no wax with which to fill his ears. Wax is a good thing. and no one should enter the siren countrv without it. Ships. too. are good, with masts to tie oneself to and sails and rudder and' a gust of wind to wait one quickly past the is- land. In fact. one cannot take too many precautions when in those en- chanted waters. See. Love lying in her heart had made her a little more shy than forum-Hy in seeking him, but her straightt’mwvnrtl way of taking whatever she wanted made her transparent little attempts at concealment very pathetie. As for Brandon. the shaft lmd 0n- tored his heart. too, poor fvllmv. as surely as love had dawned in Mary's. He knew the hopeless misery and: a passion would bring him. and holpod the good Lord, in so far as ho mum. to answer his prayer and lead him not into temptation. As soon as he saw the truth be avoided Mary as much as possible. no genial warmth, but was sure to burn him to the quick. I saw this only too plainly. but never a word of It was spoken bet ween us. The more 1 saw of this man the more I respected him. and this curbing of his affections added to my already high es- teem. The effort was doubly wise in Brandon’s case. After a time Mary began to suspect his attempts to avoid her. and she grew cold and distant through pique. Her manner. how ever. had no eflect upon Brandon. who did not, or at least appeared not to. notice it. This the girl could not endure. and. lacking strength to resist her heart. soon returned to the attack. Mary had not seen Brandon for near- ly two weeks and was growing an:- ious. when one day she and Jane met him in a forest walk near the river. Brandon was sauntering along read ing when they overtook him. Jane told me afterward that Mary’s conduct up- on coming up to him was pretty and curious beyond the naming. At first she was inclined to be distant and say cutting things, but when Brandon be- gan to grow restive under them and showed signs or turning back she changed front in the twinkling of an eye and was all sweetness. She laugh- ed and smiled and dimpled. as only she could. and was full of bright glances and gracious words. She tried a hundred llttle schemes to get him to herself for a momentâ€"the hunting of a wlld flower or a tour leaved clover or the exploration of eome little nook in the forest toward which she would teed himâ€"but Jane I ‘ “Your vhlgbnéss"â€" began Brandon [but she was gone before he could speak. dld not at first ((301139th and kept clone at her heela. Ilary'a lmpulslve nature was not much (Iven to hintln: -ahe usually nodded. and moat em- Phlflcally at that-no after a few tall- ureatorldheueltotherwaltlnclady ahe said lmpatlently: “Jane. tn the name of heaven. don't keep so clone to us! You won't move out of reach of my hand. and you know how often lt lncllnea to box your ears!" Jane did know.l am sorry for Mary's cake to say, how often the fair hand was given to such spasms; so with this emphaéfzed hint she walked on ahead. halt sulky at the ludignlty put upon her and half amused at her whimsical Mary lost no time. but began the nto tack at once. “Now. sir. I want you to tell me the truth. Why do you refuse my invita- tions and so persistently keep away from me? I thought at first I would simply let you go your way. and then I thought Iâ€"I would not. Don't deny lt. I know you won’t. With all your faults. you don’t tell even little lies; not even to a womanâ€"I believe. Now there is a line complimentâ€"is it not?â€" when I intended to scold you!" She gave a fluttering little laugh. and. with hanginc head. continued: “Tell me. ll not the king’s sister of quality sut- dclent to suit you? Perhaps you must have the queen or the Blessed Virgin? Tell me now?" And she looked up at him. halt in banter. halt in doubt. “My duties”â€" began Brandon. “Oh. bother your duties! Tell me the truth." “I will. it you let me.” returned Brandon. who had no intention what- ever of doing anything of the sort. “My duties now occupy my time in the evening"â€" “Then tell me the real truth." “I cannot; I cannot. I beg of you not to ask. Leave me. or let me leave you! I refuse to answer further." The latter half of this sentence was uttered doggedly and sounded sullen and ill liuniored. although of course it was not so intended. lie had been so perilous- ly near speaking words which would probably have lighted. to their destruc- tionâ€"to his certainly-the smoldering flames within their breast that it frightened him. and the manner in which he spoke was but a tone giving utterance to the pain in his heart. “That will not do." interrupted Mary. who knew enough of a guardsman’s duty to be sure it was‘ not onerous. “You might as well come to it and tell the truth; that you do not like our so- ciety." And she gave him a viciou- little glance without a shadow of a smile. “In God's name. Lady Mary. that is not it," answered Brandon. who was on the rack. "Please do not think it. I cannot bear to have you say such a thing when it is so far from the real Mary took it as it sounded and in un- feigued surprise exclaimed angrily: “Leave you? Do I hear arlght? I never thought that I. the daughter and sister of a king. would live to be dis- mlssed by aâ€"by uâ€"auy one." Now that he had unintentionally of- fended her and had permitted her to go without an explanation: she was dearer to him than ever. and as he sat there with his fave in his hands he knew that if matters went on as they were going the time would soon come when he would throw caution to the dogs and would try the impossibleâ€"to win her for his own. Caution and judgment still sat enthroned. and they told him now what he knew full well they would not tell him after a short timeâ€"that failure was eertain to fol- low the attempt and disaster sure to follow failure. First. the king would in sll probability out 06 his head upon an intimation of Mary’s possible fond- ness for him. and. second. if he should he so fortunate as to keep his head Mary could not and certainly would not marry him even if she loved him with all her heart. The distance be- Ween them was too great. and she knew too well what she owed to her position. There was but one thing left -â€"New Spain. and he determined while sitting them to sail with the nest ship. l‘oogB‘raudou sat down upon a stone. and as he longihgly watched her retiro lug form wished in his heart he were dead. This was the first time he wally knew how much he loved the girl. and he saw that. with him at least. it was He did not follow her to explain. knowing how dangerous suvh an ex- planatlou would be. but felt that It was best for them both that she should remain ofiouded. painful as the thought was to him. a matter of had to worse and at that rate would soun [xiâ€"worst. Of course. Mary's womanly self eo- teem. to say nothing of her royal pride. was wounded to the quick. and no wonder. Why lie Should Learn Spanish. One of the most brilliant series 01' the Gobelin tapestries i'i-prvsu x 1...! surprising adventures of Don Quixote. Louis XV. had a great aflection for the doaghty Chevalier. One day he said to a great gentleman of his court: “Do you know Spanish?" “No. sire." said the other. “Ah. it is a great pity." The seigaeur. thinking. at the least. the king was going to 0381' him the ambassadorship at Madrid. put him. self with extraordinary seal to tho mastery of Spanish. in a few weeks he came back to his royal master and. with s coaqaenor's air. said: “My compliments.” said Louis. “Baud ‘Don Quixote' In Spanish. It In much not than in French." “Your majesty. I have learned 89‘.- 18h." [m n com)