Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 2 April 1903 — Page 6

WHEN KNIGHTHOOD 2 ? WAS IN FLOWER t W Or, The Love St'.ry of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor, the King’s Sister, and S ’ Happening In the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth —— : . ijjj* Rewritten and Rendered Into Modern Enfilieh From Sir Edwin t , »fo* Co.«koden's Memoir *er < By EDWIN CASKODEN [CHARLES MAJOR] 0 2 Copyright, 1898 oiul l.Wt, by the Bowtn-Merrill Company s{?

I Was standing near tlie queen, who called to me, ‘•Who is the handsome stranger that so gracefully asked our i license to run?” “I cannot inform your majesty. I never saw hire, until now. He is the | goodliest knight I have ever beheld.’’ “That he is,” replied the queen, “and ■we should like very much to know him. Should we not, ladies?” There was a chorus of assent from a dozen voices, and I promised, after the running, to learn all about him and report. It was at this point the heralds cried their “Oyez!” and our conversation was at an end for the time. As to height, the stranger was full six feet, with ample evidence of muscle, though no great bulk. He was grace itself, and the king afterward said he had never seen such strength of arm and skill in the use of the lance —a sure harbinger of favor, if not of fortune, for the possessor. After the jousting the Princess Mary asked me if I could yet give her an account of the stranger, and as I could not she went to the king. I heard her inquire: “Who was your companion, brother?” “That is a secret, sister. You will find out soon enough and will be falling in love with him, no doubt. I have always looked upon you as.full of trouble for me in that respect. You will not so much as glance at any one I choose for you, but, I suppose, would be ready enough with your smiles for some one I should not want.” “Is the stranger one whom you would not want?” asked Mary, with a dimpling smile and a flash of her brown eyes. “He most certainly is,” returned the king. “Then I will fall in love with him at once. In fact, I don't know but I have already.” “Oh, I have no doubt of that. If I | wanted him. he might be Apollo him- | self, and you would have none of him.” ■ King Henry had been compelled to refuse several very advantageous alliances because this fair, coaxing, self willed sister would not consent to be a jpart of the moving consideration. “But can you not tell me who he- is and what his degree?” went on Mary in a bantering tone. “He has no degree. He is a plain, un- j titled soldier, not even a knight—that is, not an English knight. I think he has a German or order of some sort.” “Yes, I suppose so. Blit don’t bother me.” “Will he be at the dance and banquet tonight?” “No! No! Now I must go. Don't bother me, I say!” And the king moved away. That night we had a grand banquet and dance at Westminster, and the next day we all, excepting Lady Mary, went hock to Greenwich by boat, paying a farthing a head for our fare. This was just after the law fixing the boat fare, and the watermen were a quarreling lot, you may be sure. One farthing from Westminster to Greenwich! Eight miles. No wonder they were angry! The next day I went back to London on an errand and over to Wolsey’s house to borrow a book. While there Master Cavendish, Wolsey's secretary, presented me to the handsome stranger, and he proved to be no other than Charles Brandon, who had fought the terrible duel down in Suffolk. I could hardly believe that so mild mannered and boyish a person could have>taken the leading part in such a tragedy. But with all his gentleness there was an underlying dash of cool daring which intimated plainly enough that he was not all mildness. , ' We becarnt l friends at once, drawn together by that subtle human’’quality which makes one nature fit into anothj — — Av//// t Em fl? “Don’t bother inc, I say!" er, resulting in friendship between men and love between men and women. We soon found thqt we had many tastes in common, chief among which was the strongest of all congenial bonds—the love of books. In fact,, we had come to know each other through our common love of reading, for he also had gone to Master Cavendish, who had a litre library, to borrow some volumes to take With him down to Greenwich. ° - Brandon, informed me he was to go to Greenwich that day; so we determin«l to sc£ a little of London, which was

new to him, and then take boat in time to be at the palace before dark. That evening, upon arriving at Greenwich, we hunted up Brandon’s uncle, the master of horse, who invited his nephew to stay with him for the night. He refused, however, and accepted an invitation to take a bed In my room. The next day Brandon was installed as one of the captains of the king's guard, under his uncle, but with no particular duties except such as should be assigned him from time to time. He was offered a good room on one of the lower floors, but asked instead to be lodged in the attic next to me. So we arranged that each had a room opening into a third that served us alike for drawing room and armory. Here we sat and talked, and now and then one would read aloud some favorite passage while the other kept his own place with finger between the leaves. Here we discussed everything from court scandal to religion, and settled, to our own satisfaction at least, many a great problem with which the foolish world is still wrestling. We told each other all our secrets, too, for all the world like a pair of girls. Brandon told me of his hopes and aspirations, chief among which was his desire to earn and save enough money to pay the debt against his father's estate, which he bad turned over to his younger brother and sisters. He, as the eldest, could have taken it all, for his father had died without a will, but he said there was not enough to divide, so he had given it to them and hoped to leave it clear of debt; then for new Spain, glory and fortune, conquest and yellow gold! He had read of the voyages of the great Columbus, the Cabots and a host of others, and the future was as rosy as a Cornish girl's cheek. Fortune held up her lips to him, but—there's ofteq a sting in a kiss. CHAPTER HI. THE PRINCESS MARY. N*""”" OW. at that time. Mary, the king's sister, was just ripeufeos&S ing into her greatest womaniy perfection. Her skin was tike velvet, a rich, clear, rosy snow with the hot young blood glowing through it like the faint red tinge -ye Sometimes see on the inner side of ; white rose leaf. Her hair was a ver* light brown, almost golden, and fluffy, soft and fine as a skein of Arras silk. She ws of medium height, with a figure that Venus might have envied. Her feet and hands wgre small and apparently made for the sole purpose of driving mankind distracted. In fact, that seemed to be the paramount object in her creation, for she had the world of men at her feet. Her greatest beauty Was her glowing dark brown eyes, which shone with an ever changing luster from beneath the shade of the longest, blackest upeurving lashes ever seen. Her voice was soft and full and. except when angry, which, alas, was hot infrequent, had a low and coaxing little note that made it irresistible. She was a most adroit coaxer and knew her power full well, although she did not always plead, having the Tudor temper and preferring to command—when she could. As before liinted, she had coaxed her royal brother out of several proposed marriages for her which would have been greatly to his advantage,- and if you had only known Henry Tudor, with his vain, boisterous, stubborn violence, you could form some idea of Mary's powers by that achievement alone. Such was the royal maid to whose tender mercies, I now tell you frankly, my friend Brandon was soon to be o turned over. He, however, was a blade of very different temper from any she had known, and when I first saw signs of a growing intimacy between them I felt, from what little I had seen of Brandon, that the tables were very likely to be turned upon her ladyship. Then thought I, “God help her,” for in a nature like hers, charged with latent force, strong and hot and fiery as the sun's stored rays, it needed but a flash to make it patent when damage was sure to follow for somebody—probably Brandon. Mary did not come home with us from Westminster the morning after the joustings, as we had expected, but followed some four or five days later, and Brandon had fairly settled himself at court before her arrival. As neither his duties nor mine were onerous, we had a great deal of time on our hands, which we employed walking and riding or sitting in our common room reading and talking. Os course, as with most young men, that very attractive branch of natural history, woman, was a favorite topic; and we accordingly discussed it a great deal—that is, to toll the exact truth, I did. Although Brandon had seen many an adventure during bls life ' on the continent which would not do I to write down here, he was as little of i a«boaster as any man I ever met, and. while I am in the truth telling business, ' I was as great a braggart of my inches as ever drew the longbow—in that line, 1 mean. Gods. J llUsli up hot-even now ; when I think of it! So I talked a great deal and found myself infinitely pleased j with Brandon's conversational powers, which wore rare, beipg no less than the i capacity for saying nothing and listeri- ] ing politely to an infinite deal of rhe same thing, in another form, from me.

I remember that I told him I hnd known the Princess Mary from a time when she was twelve .veal's old. and lliow 1 had made a fool of myself about her. 1 fear I tried to convey the Impression that it was her exalted rank only which made her look unfavorably upon hiy passion and suppressed the fact that she hnd laughed nt me good humoredly and put me off as she would have thrust n poodle from her Inp. The truth Is she hnd always been kind and courteous to me nnd had admitted me to a degree of intimacy much greater than I deserved. This, partly at least, grew out of the fact that I helped her along the thorny path to knowledge, a road she traveled at an eager gallop, for she dearly loved to learn—from curiosity perhaps. I am sure she held me In her light, gentle heart as a dear friend; but, while her heart was filled with this mild warmth for me, mine began to burn with the flame that discolors everything, and I saw her friendliness in a very distorting light. She was much kinder to me than to most men, but I did not see that it was by reaSou of my absolute harmlessuess, and, I suppose, because I was a vain fool I gradually began to gather hope—which goes with every vain man’s love—and, what Is more, actually climbed to the very apex of idiocy and declared myself. I well knew the infinite distance between us; but, like every other man who came within the circle of this charming loadstone. I lost my head and. in short, made a greater fool of myself than I naturally was, which is saying a good deal for that time in my life, God knows! I knew vaguely, but did not fairly realize, how utterly beyond my reach in every way she was until I opened, the floodgates of my passion, ns I thought it, and saw her smile and try to check the coming laugh. Then came a look of offended dignity, followed by a quick, softening glance. "Leave me one friend, I pray you, Edwin. I value you too highly to lose, and esteem you too much to torment. Do not make of yourself one of those fools who feel, or pretend to feel, I care not which, such preference for me. You cannot know in what contempt a woman holds a man who follows her though spe despises him. No man can bee a woman s love; he must command it. Do not join their ranks, but let us be good friends. I will tell you the plain truth. It would be no different were we both of the same degree. Even then I could not feel toward you as you think you wish, but I can be your friend and will promise to be that always if you will promise never again to speak of this to me.” I promised solemnly and have always kept my word, as this true, gracious woman, so full of faults and beauties, virtues and failings, has ever since that day and moment kept hers. It seemed that my love, or what I supposed was love, left my heart at once, frozen in the cold glint of her eyes as she smiled upon my first avowal, somewhat as disease may leave the sickened body upon a great shock. And in its place came the restful flame of a friend's love, which so softly warms without burning. But the burning! There is nothing in life worth having compared with it for all its pains and agonies. Is there? "Now. if you must love somebody,” continued the princess, “there is Lady Jane Bolingbroke, who is beautiful and good and admires you and, I think, could learn to”— But here the lady in question ran out from behind the draperies, where, I believe, she had been listening to it alj, and put her hand over her mistress’ mouth to silence her. "Don’t believe one word she says, Sir Edwin,” cried Lady Jane. “If you do, I never will like you.” The emphasis on the “will” held out such involuntary

promise in case I did not believe ths princess that I at once protested total want of faith in a single syllable she had said about her and vowed that I knew it could not be true; that I dared not, hope for such happiness. You see. I had to make love to Jane almost before I was off my knees to Mary, and therefore 1 had not been much hurt in Mary's case. I had suffered merely a touch of the general epidemic, not the lingering, chronic disease that kills. Then I knew that the best cure for the sting which lies in a luckless love is to love elsewhere, and Jane, as she stood there, so petite, so blushing and so fair, struck me as quite the most pleasing antidote I could possibly find, so I began at once to administer to myself the delightful counter Irritant. It was a happy thought for me, one of those which come to a man now and then and for which he thanks his wits In every hour of bis after life. But the winning of Jane was not so easy a matter as my vanity had prompted me to think. I started with a handicap, since Janri had heard my declaration to Mary, and I had to undo ail that before I could do anything else. Try the same thing yourself with a spirited girl, naturally laughter loving and coy. if you think it a simple, easy undertaking. I began to fear I should need another antidote long before 1 heard her sweet soul-satisfying “yes.” I do not believe, however, I could have found in the whole world an antidote to my love for Jane. In the course of my talk with Brandon I had. as I have said, told bim the story of Mary, with some slight violations and coloring, or, rather, discoloring, to make it appear a little less to my discredit than the barefaced truth would have been. 1 told him also about Jane, and, I grieve and blush to say, expressed a confidence in that direction I little felt. It had been perhaps a year since my adventure with Mary, and I had taken all that time trying to convince Jane that I (lid not nfean a word I had said to her mistress and that I was very earliest in everything 1 said to her. But Jane's ears would have heard just as much bad they been the pair of beautiful little shells they so much re-

sembied. This troqbied me a great deal, and the best I could hope was that she held mo on probation. On the evening of the day Mary came home to Greenwich. Brandon asked: "Who nnd what on earth is this wonderful Mary 1 hear so much about? They say she Is coining home today, and the court seems to have gone mad about it. 1 hear nothing but ’Mary Is coming! Mary is coining! Mary! Mary!’ from morning until night. They say Buckingham is beside himself for love of her. He has a wife nt home, if I am right, and is old enough to be tier father. Is he not?” I assented, and Brandon continued: "A man who will make such a fool of himself about a woman is woefully weak. The men of the court must be poor creatures.” He had much to learn about the power of womanhood. There is nothing on earth—but you know as much about it as' I do. "Wait until you see her,” I answered, “and you will be one of them also. I flatter yon by giving you one hour with her to be heels over bend in love. With an ordinary man it takes one-sixtieth of that time. So you see I pay a compliment to your strength of mind.” "Nonsense!” broke in Brandon. “Do you think I left all my wits down in Suffolk? Why. man, she is the sister of the king and is sought by kings and emperors. I might us well fall in love with a twinkling star. Then, besides, my heart is not on my sleeve. You must think me a fool—a poor, enervated, simpering fool like—like—well, like one of those nobles of England. Don’t put me down with them, Caskoden, if you would remain my friend.” We both laughed at this sort of talk, which wns a little in advance of the time for a noble, though an idiot to the most of England was a noble still, God created and to be adored. Now. when Mary returned the whole court rejoiced, and 1 was anxious for Brandon to meet her and that ’they // / In 1 Jii* J v y<sl/i 1\ "Don’t believe one word she says Sir Edwin." should become friends. There would be no trouble in bringing this meeting about, since, as you kuow, I was upon terms of intimate friendship with Mary and was the avowed and, as I thought, at least hoped, all but accepted lover of her first lady in waiting and dearest friend, Lady Jane Bolingbroke. Brandon, it is true, was not noble, not even an English knight, while I was both knighted and noble, but he was of as old a family as England boasted and near of kin to some of the best blood of the land. The meeting came about sooner than I expected and was very near a failure. It was on the second morning after Mary’s arrival at Greenwich. Brandon and I were walking in the palace park when we met Jane, and I tdok the opportunity to make these, my two best loved friends, acquainted. i -How do you ao, Master Brandon?” said Lady Jane, holding out her plump little hand, so white and soft and dear to me.. "I have heard something of you the last day or so from Sir Edwin, but had begun to fear he was not going to give me the pleasure of knowing you. I hope I may see you often now and that I uiay present you to my misWith this her eyes, bright as overgrown dewdrops, twinkled with a mischievous little smile, as if to say, “Ah. another large handsome fellow to make 1 a fool of himself.” Brandon acquiesced in the wish she had made, and after the interchange of a few words Jane said her mistress was waiting at the other side of the grounds and that she must go. She then ran off with a laugh and a courtesy and was soon lost to sight behind the shrubbery at the turning of the walk. In a short time we came to a summer house near the marble boat landing, where we found the queen and some of her ladies awaiting the rest of their party for a trip down the river which had been planned the day before. Brandon was known to the queen and several, of the ladles, although he had not been formally presented at an audience. Many of the king’s friends enjoyed a considerable intimacy with the whole court without ever receiving the public stamp of recognition socially which goes with a formal presentation. The queen, seeing us, sent me off to bring the king. After I had gone she asked if any one had seen the Princess Mary, and Brandon told her Lady Jane had said she was at the other side of the grounds. Thereupon her majesty asked Brandon to find the princess and to say that she was wanted. Brandon started off and soon found a bevy of girls sitting on some benches under a spreading oak, weaving spring flowers. . He had never seen the princess, 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 a thousand. There was no one like her or anything near it. Some stubborn spirit of opposition, however, prompted him to pretend ignorance. All that he had heard of her wonderful power • over l —. the servile mariner in which

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