Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 20 August 1903 — Page 7

when knighthood! WAS IM FLOWER 8 . T>, e Love Story of Charlo Brandon and Mary Tudor, the King’s Sister and £> ’ Happening In the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eghih ■ •written and Rendered Into Modern English From Sir Edwin *•' Memoir \ By EDWIN CASKODEN [CHARLES MAJOR] Qipi/right, and IXI, by the Bowen-Merrill Company i*i

full we wore of important bust- * “ P .curried along the corridors, ’ n each side of Mary, ail talking . ,t once! When anything was Jdone, it always required three of Mound the king, and without any ‘ Mary proffered her request “nW it was refused. Mary pouted L s getting ready for an outburst n Wolsey spoke up: “With your Ltv's gracious permission, I would £[ b ; to the petition of the prim She has been good enough to ' her promise in the matter of so eh importance to us, and in so small hing as this I hope you may see - wa y clear toward favoring her. ■ interview will be the last and may >to make her duty easier.” Mary , the cardinal a fleeting glance n ber lustrous eyes full of surprise gratitude and as speaking as a k. enry looked from one to the other is for a moment and broke into a iterous laugh. )h I don't care, so that you keep It ecret. The old king will never v. We can hurry up the marriage, is getting too much already—4oo,crowns and a girl like you. He not complain if he have an heir. It lid be a good joke on the miserly dotard, but better on ‘Ce Gros ton.' ” ary sprang from her chair with a of rage. "You brute! Do you it I am as vile as you because I e the misfortune to be your sister, that Charles Brandon is like you ply because he is a man?” Henry |hed, his health at that time being good for him to be ill natured. He ail he wanted out of his sister, so outbursts amused him. ary hurriedly left the king and ked back to her room, filled with ne and rage, feelings actively stimedby Jane, who was equally indigt tnry bad noticed Jane’s frown, but laughed at her and had tried to h and kiss her as she left, but she iggled away from him and fled i a speed worthy of the cause. iis Insulting suggestion put a stop iary's visit to the Tower more efually than any refusal could have !. and she sat down to pour forth soul’s indignation in a letter. if remained at home then, but saw ndon later, and to good purpose, as Here, although I am not sure about ten to this day. took this letter to Brandon along I Mary’s miniature—the one that been painted for Charles of Ger-

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■ _ many, but had never been given—and a curl of her hair, and it looked as if this was all he would ever possess of her. De Longueville heard of Henry’s brutal consent that Mary might see Brandon, and, with a Frenchman’s belief in woman’s depravity, was exceedingly anxious to keep them apart. To this end he requested that a member of his own retinue be placed near Brandon. To this Henry readily consented, and there was an end to even the letter writing. Opportunities increase in value doubly fast as they drift behind us, and* now that the princess could not see Brandon or even write to him she regretted with her whole soul that she had not gone to the Tower when she had permission, regardless of what any one would say or think. Mary was imperious and impatient by nature, but upon rare and urgent occasions could employ the very smoothest sort of finesse. Henrv’s brutal selfishness in forcincupon her the French marriage, together with his cruel condemnation of Brandon and his vile insinuations against herself, had driven nearly every spark of affection for her brother from her heart. But she felt that she might feign an affection she did not I feel, and that what she so wanted would I be cheap at the price. Cheap? It would be cheap at the cost of her immortal | soul. Cheap? What she wanted was life’s condensed sweets—the man she loved—and what she wanted to escape was life’s distilled bitterness—marriage with a man she loathed. None but a pure woman can know the torture of that. I saw this whole disastrous cam paign from start to finish. Mary began with a wide flank movement conducted under masked batteries and skillfully executed. She sighed over her troubles and cried a great deal, but told the king he had been such a dear, kind brother to her that she would gladly do anything to please him and advance his interests. She said it would be torture to live with that old creature. King Louis, but she would do it willingly to help her handsome brother, no matter how much she might suffer. The king laughed and said: "Foor eld Louis! What about him? What about his sufferiij? He thinks he is making such a fine bargain, but the Lord pity him when he has my little sister in his side for a thorn. He had better employ some energetic soul to prick him with needles and bodkins, for I think there is more power for disturbance in this little body than in any other equal amount of space in all the universe, You will furnish him

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sister?” ’ ~ ’ •- wuM ! ! a teny Ra^ p g A” everything. “Devil a doubt of that, and you will su V < ’”efl, too. or my crown’s a stew pan," And he laughed at the huge joke ie was about to perpetrate on his poor old royal brother. It would seem that the tremendous dose of flattery administered by Mary would have been so plainly self interested as to alarm the dullest perception, but Henry’s vanity was so dense and his appetite for flattery so great that he accepted it all without suspicion, and it made him quite affable and gracious. Mary kept up her show of affection and docile obedience for a week or two until she thought Henry’s suspicions were allayed, and then, after having done enough petting and fondling, as she thought, to start the earth itself a-moving—as some men are foolish enough to say it really does —she began the attack direct by putting her arms • about the king's neck and piteously begging him not to sacrifice her whole life by sending her to France, Her pathetic, soul charged appeal might have softened the heart of Caligula himself, but Henry was not even cruel. He was simply an animal so absorbed in himself that he could not feel for others. “Oh. it is out at last!” he said with a laugh. "I thought all this sweetness must have been for something. So the lady wants her Brandon and doesn’t want her Louis, yet is willing to obey her dear, kind brother? Well, we'll take her at her word and let her obey. You may as well understand, once and for all. that you are to go to France. You promised to go decently if I would not cut off that fellow’s head, and now I tell you that if I hear another whimper from you off it comes, and you will go to France too.” This brought Mary to terms quickly enough. It touched her one vulnerable spot—her love. "1 will go; I promise it again. You shall never hear another word that no harm shall come to him—to him.” And she put her hands over her face to conceal her teare as she softly wept. "The day you sail for France Brandon shall go free and shall again have his old post at court. I like the fellow as a good companion, and really believe you are more to blame than be.” "I am all to blame, and am ready this day to pay the penalty. I am at your disposal to go when and where you choose,” answered Mary most pathetically. Poor, fair Proserpina, with no kind mother Demeter to help her. The ground will soon open, and Pluto will hnve big bride. That evening Cavendish took me aside and said his master, 'Wolsey, wisb.ed to speak to me privately at a convenient opportunity. So when the bishop left bis card table an hour later I threw myself in his way. He spoke gayly to me, and we walked down the corridor arm in arm. I could not imagine what was wanted, but presently it came out: "My dear Caskoden”-4iad I been one for whom lie could have had any use 1 should have grown suspicious—“my dear Caskoden, I know I can trust you; especially when that which 1 have to say is for the happiness of your friends. I am sure you will never name me in connection with the suggestion I am about to make, and will use the thought only as your own.” I did not know what was coming, i but gave him the strongest assurance of my trustworthiness. “It is this: Louis of France is little better than a dead man. King Henry, perhaps, is not fully aware of this, and if he is be lias never considered the j ihowht occurred to me that although the princess cannot dissuade her brother from this marriage, sne may be aole, in view of her ready and cheerful comil j k wO I fl > |t' /few' ® SR I L— — ! "jzy dear Caskoden, I know I can trust I nliance, to extract some virtue out of I j her sore necessity and ln A uce promise that in case of the death of | Louis she herself shall choose her second husband.” • Mr lord." 1 replied, quickly grasping the point, "it is small wonder you rule !Jis land. You have both brain and h “I rt thank you. Sir Edwin, and hope I that both may always be at the serv I me of vou and your friends. J ' i gave the suggestion to Mary as my own 'recommending that she proffei I Request to the king in the presence Os Wolsey. an<L although she Hml little faith or hope, she determined to try , ‘ within a day or two an opportunity offiml and sit said to Henry: “lam readv to go to France any time you „ isi ’ and shall do it decently and v il - but if I <lo so much for y ° U ’ brother you might at least promise me that when King Louis is dead I m »v marry whomsoever I wish, tie i “'[l probablv live forever, but let me

have at least that hope to give mewhat cheer it may while I suffer.” The ever present Wolsey, who was standing near and heard Mary’s petition, interposed: “Let me add my prayer to that of her highness. We must give her her own way in something.” Mary was such a complete picture of wretchedness that I thought at the time she had really found a tender spot in Henry's heart, for he gave the promise. Since then 1 have learned, as you will shortly, that it was given simply to pacify the girl, and without any intention whatever of its being kept, but that, in ease of the death of King Louis, Henry intended again to use his sister to his own advantage. To be a beautiful princess is not to enjoy the bliss some people imagine. The earth Is apt to open at any time and Pluto to snatch her away to—the Lord knows where. Mary again poured out her soul on paper—a libation intended for Brandon. I made a dozen attempts in as many different ways to deliver her letters, but every effort was a failure, and this missive met the fate of the others. De Longueville kept close watch on his master’s rival and complained to Henry about these attempts at communication. Henry laughed and said he would see that they were stopped, but paid no more attention to the matter. If Mary, before her interview with Henry, had been averse to the French marriage, she was now equally anxious to hurry it on, and longed to go upon the rack in order that Brandon might be free. He, of course, objected as strenuously as possible to the purchase of his life by her marriage to Louis, but his better judgment told him—in fact, bad told him from the first—that she would be compelled eventually to marry the French king, and common sense told him if it must be she might as well save his life at the same time. Furthermore, he felt a certain sense of delight in owing his life to her, and knew that the fact that sne nau saved nun, tnat her sacrifice had not all been in vain, would make it easier for her to bear. The most beautiful feature of the relations between these two lovers was their entire faith in each other. The way of their true love was at least not roughened by cobblestones of doubt, however impassable it was from mountains of opposition. My inability to deliver Mary’s letters did not deter her from writing them, and as she was to be married in a few days—De Longueville to act as proxy—she devoted her entire time to her letters and wrote pages upon pages, which she loft with me to be delivered “after death,” as she called her marriage. At this time I was called away from court for a day or two, and when I re turned and called upon Brandon at the Tower I found him whistling and singing, apparently as happy as a lark. "You heartless dog!” thought I at first, but I soon found that he felt more than happiness—exaltation. “Have you seen her?” I asked. “Who?” As if there were more than one woman in all the world for him. “The princess.” “Not since I left her at Bristol.” I believed then, and believe now, that this was a point blank falsehood, a very unusual thing for Brandon, but for some reason probably necessary in this case. There was an expression in his face which I could not interpret, but lie wrote, as if carelessly scribbling on a scrap of paper that lay upon the table, the words, "Be careful,” and I took the hint—we were watched. There is an unpleasant sensation when one feels that he is watched by unseen eyes, and after talking for awhile on common topics I left and took a boat for GreenWhen I arrived at the paktee and saw Mary, what was my surprise to find her as bright and jubilant as I had left Brandon. She, too, laughed and sang and was so happy that she lighted the whole room. What did it' all mean? There was but one explanation. They had met, and there was some new plan on foot—with a fatal ending. The next failure would mean death to Brandon as certainly as the sun rises in the east. What the plan was I could not guess. With Brandon in the Tower under guard both day and night, and Mary .’.s closely guarded ■; ' . i could iidt ”ct j t,.way of escape for either of them, nor bow they could possibly have come together. Brandon had not told me, I supposed, for fear of being overheard, and Mary, although she had the opportunity, was equally noncom municative, so I had recourse to Jane upon the first occasion. She, by the way, was as blue and sad faced as Mary was joyous. 1 asked her if the princess and Brandon had met, and she sadly said: “I do not know. We went down to London yesterday, and as we returned stopped at Bridewell House, where we found the king and Wolsey. The princess I left the room, saying she would return in a few minutes, and then Wolsey went out. leaving me alone with the king. Mary did not return for half an hour, and 'she may have seen Master Brandon during that time. I do not understand bow the meeting could have occurred, but that is the only time she has been away from me.” Here Jane deliberately put her head on my shoulder and began to weep piteously. “What is the trouble?” I asked. She shook her head: “I cannot, dare not, tell you.” . “Oh. but you must, you must!” And I insisted so emphatically that she at length said: "The king!” “Thekltfu! God in heaven, Jane; tell me quickly!” When urged, Jane said between her sobs: “He tried to kiss me and to—mistreat me when Wolsey left the room at Bridewell House. I may have been used to detain him while Mary met Master Brandon; but, if so, I am sure she knew nothing of it.” [to be continued.]

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holders along Fourth street are out with a petition which they will present to the council after : it is signed up by a majority. The petition asks the council to permit the sidewalks along that thoroughfare to' remain intact and not have them moved next to the curb, as some demand. Fred and Pau] Meyers the eleven , and twelve year old son of C. M I Meyers of near Bluffton who is well known in this city were both ’ injured lately and the Meyers home is now a veritable hospital.' Fred was kicked in the mouth by ’ a colt and had a few tectli ex-, tracted while Paul equally un- : fortnnati' was run ' over bv aheavv’ wagon. Neither where injured seriously but the" accident will confine them to the house for some time. W. fit Gilpen brought to this office a market basket containing a job lot and variety of apples grown by William Hilgerman, who lives eight miles east of the city. Mr. Hilgermanis extensively engagedin the industry of fruit growing and a few sample co] i ft ■ aforesaid indicates that ho thoroughly understands the method of raising the best that grows. They are beauties in size and most , delicious in taste, and the feasts . have been many and the latter ( always better than the first. He is also the owner of a persimmon tree , that this year gives evidence of bearing a bountiful crop. The Boston store was Thursday ' awarded the contract for furnishing all the carpet for the new Presby- I terian church and they will have same witbin as short a time as i possiblle. The contract is quite i a large one and includes 500 yards ; of carpet and about twenty five yards of linoleum, and the Boston < store was the successful over several competitors. The auditorium, lecture room an<| Sunday school apartments will be carpetetl with good grades and linoleum will be used in the pastor’s room and hallways. Keubler & Moltz are hustlers in their line and those who meet them in a business way are always glad they have done so. The firm is busy just now arranging a display window which will contain 300 electric lights and will certainly be a real beauty when the decorations are complete.

Christ Bochnecht is having the large frame building that stands on his Third street property just off Monroe street moved to the south end of the lot. It is probable ’ that some time Mr. Bochnecht ' will erect a brick building on the vacated lot. He state! Friday that its erection this year was not as;sured. Many citizens, Commercial Club members and otherwise have ex- ' amined the Keith piano player now on exhibition here, and listened I to the music of masters as perfectly ' played by this wonderful machine. ■ Rev. Pontius as chief manipulator of the Keith entertained the many ylio,. wi ’it. t-i..tl|.e . .., afternoon and evening, still we heard Charley Meibers who, we are confident doesn't recognize a note when he hears one, produce charming music equal to the most famous artists of the world. The piano player is certainly a great invention and one of the marvelous production of the twentieth century. The chances that, a mammotlFfactbry to manufacture this jjjs&’wcnt will so,m lie flourishing in Decatur and the future success of such a plant certainly looks bright . About thirty ladies met Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Fred Schafer and marched to the home of Mrs. George Bailey, where their unsuspecting victim sat wholly unconscious of what was to happen. That, women, when hard pressed can keep a secret, was plainly demonstrated that evening, for Mrs. Bailey was certainly surprised. She was soon master of the situation however, and acted the part of a veteran hostess. The ladies indulged in their favorite game of pedro and a sharp contest followed. Mrs. Henry Schulte was successful in drawing the first prize, and Mrs. Lee Vance was consoled v.ith the booby. With their usual forethought the ladies each brought a basket filled with good things, which were opened after the game, and to the credit of the ladies let it be said that the reunion remains of the feast didn't filloVer a dozen baskets. The occasion of the surprise was Mrs. Bailey’s thirty-second birthday, and as a remembrance of the event she was presented with a handsome collection of China pieces. It was a highly successful event and Mrs. Bailey was duly congratulated.