The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 25, 1903, Page 2

(] THE SUNDAY CALL ! unsophisticated ing much more than the so completels atshonor courtiers were ready te e. never at his hands ney S fteolf to M thought of saying anything estabi 1 knew he would - 1 respect me. her innocence or virtue. and alienice 3t e bl o was put-down to shame and tuken as evi- placed. Of how m ¢ these crestures dence against her w gh whe <ing Ighs 1 - Jane met Mary at W and. of | say as m A 1 rv knew she course, there was 2 great f f tears ke the t t hing herself Upon arriving at the ace. the mirls and 't tievs were left to themselves up Marys . WS Sewataid v il couitiiadl 8 promise not to leave her room: but t e, atter e it The next afterncon she. having been I el 1o o for I i R § able to learn anything concerning Bran- that saved me. mot my own; and I I am don, broke her parole and went out to not what you called me I have Master |/ OU get “Whe ! SEaRY, Swh T8 v S L ihets seek the King Brandon to thank—not mysalf.” 1 L o - fooks apn tom d sconcert Tt never occurred to Mary that Brandon We will thank him poblicly”es Jewey s complete in three £. but the ¢ 8 g » might suffer death vr.rkau-nw-mz to run Fiy - e 5 s pumbers of The St r Call- R A . ? } K . away with her. She knew only too well ti, b 7 “los nur f The Sunday Call my g ' decent rema that she alone was to blame, not oniy for hreaking the e st 18 and 25—ABSOLUTE- irar tr tent that, but for all that had taken place as abruptly as possibie. we - gy iy fina . ¢ 4 between them. and never for one moment twith a look of te e Gk = L m and ked the T fr e AROTCRE THAT he Might- be punished for acrecamat | o oy Con N apte . you get more. In the poop into the w The ® was back her fault: even admitting there was fault Towel Hill? You are going to kil Bim > of Charles Major's A T ] swords jer 1 in any one, which she Was bY.DO Means “T think we will,: remsonjed Henry: “it 5 ’ : s rie L ready to do. usually has th fte % the wisrpiscs, made especially for The < » ; - s tie The trouble in her mind, growing out of heagd from thea 1 ‘e stparate the a lack of news from Brandon. was of & maing to decorats t e;"irql-x:(.rwr ‘5::" eneral nature, and the possibility of his take you up to Londan i Vi T in & day or two §eath had no place in her thoughts. Nev. ere @°% ertheless. for tha second time Brandon priggar . o his beautiful head oo the had been condemned to die for her saks. ““Behead—quarter—bridge! - The King's seal had stamped the warrant Tor (B Saecution and the heademan had (Ties o Wk Lot e serts sedls ot lowe, this great American e s Rt Eie ot o triok . i ectress won the most notable success twisted his adversary's sword out of h's of brillian rasp and with & flash of his own blade f her brilliant career, and so you get TP, *0 Vil fea " Tne other men wers e whole play as well, shown photo- now talking together at a little d atasce graphically from beginning to end in whispers and in a moment one drunken brute shouted It is o wan: it is a sharpened his ax and could almost count gsome In & moment she b s series of flashlight pictures woman. Let us see more of her.” the golden fee for his butchery. herent, and the words rolled Res taken especially by Byron of New _Before Brandon could interfere the fel- Mary found the King playing cards with jipe as a mighty flood tide pourmyback low had unbuckled Mary's doublet at the 2 y De Longueville. There was a roomful of rough the arches of Londom brid] York to illustrate this movel for iproat and with a jerk had torn it ha.f 3 courtiers, and as she entered was the “lyoy ghall not kill him. He is blame- T v but she was on e Call. Those pictures off, carrying away the siecve and exjpc ‘ target for every eve; b » less; you do not know. Drive these gawk- ’ o bu;" them iNE Mary's shou.der. aimcst (hrowing her familiar ground now. and did not care (Oe¥ XTI OO PG RECTL . and T whl te e ed to to_the deck for the glances nor the observers most % m, & te B et Hhe wolt the Prin- Ton SRv_ Xha R O S e uain e TGl of ssif-confidence: 85, g i b Tl 2t MV e e on hgh. but his se would cost you _He waved his tr d, for almost in apiece. And mow just pause LmPr AS Netort - - ve object of her - ; stantly It fell to the deck. and with it i.e she went atfaight to the o Of NeT quest. When all were gons the Princes think over the advantages of offer band severed at the wrst by : visit, the King. Ehe had not miaMe UP continued: “Brother, this, man s in no = i e T T aresror S ibnits o her mind just what to say first. there gy to biame. It is all my fadit—my e Sunday new literary ¢ the wounded man rushed was so much; but Henry saved her the ¢,uit that he loves me: my fault that he y—A COMPLETE NOVEL don, whersupon Mary scre trouble. -~ He, of comces; WSt 8 Ereat tred to run away tc New Spdin with me. AND P Qo sy pp 4N to weep. which of ot rage, and denounced Mary’s cohduct a8 1t may be that I have done wrong and AND [ —ABSOLUTELY FREE. story unnatural and-treasonable; the latter, In |yt 1 conduct has been unmaide: There is a long list of the latest but I could not help it. From the first b o The. bast Satibis Baig time I ever saw him in the lists h you at Windsor thers was a gnawing b r in my heart beyond my control. I supposed, of courss, that day he would contrive some way to be presented to me “You 4147 “Yes, but he made no effort at all, when we met he treated me as If [ n ordin sirl” “He aid?" eduled to follow: “Tha Thomss Dixon rom Indiana,” ; ALAN DALE, York dramatic a writer as Ju Lia M ArRLOWE =7 <V L5, E for Tt Sunday Call February 1; b e 4 3 Horrible.” Tainted Gold,” by Mrs. C. N. Wil- e~ o, =] o Mary was too intent on her story te liamson; “The Turnpike House,” by AS Ry DOR ;e:g 1;:::{‘:;:;::,;:: ol:nnnu-d' m Amg Fergus Hume, etc., etc. Other an- since it showed that he was different from rouncements will be made later. each other like very devils. The sex must che g. an men the oars lonked the dreaded o'd Frenchma At that siruggle a it to | that it had Henry's mind. being a erfme many times the wretches who beset you and me with generate mischief some unknown man- ce and smiled. What thobght a recoil came. Her spirit assert- taken up its abode in, his heart to Stay, greater than the breaking of all the com- thelr flattery, and X‘ 800n b’nn to seck pyright, 1898, by the Bowen, Merrill Com- ner and throw it off, as the sun throws a Princess! Brandon ed itself. ard she stamped her f o. and hiethian he wanted it or not.: ‘He &DeW mandments put together in one fell,/com- il OB every occasion. Thi ‘l‘._ n g pan off its heat. However, Jan an excep- cursed himself for having been such & Swore uon her soul that it should nover fhat he wis safe {n mak| her & PFCMC posite act. All this the King had com- e L B e i T wae fon to that rule—.f it Is a rule knave and fool as to aliow this to hap- be—never! never! so long as she had ise which he was powcrless to break. Al g ng 5 is the truth and must b s ¢ Y Lord is 11l and begs to be The nfficers soon put a stop to this live- Dben. He had known the danger all the strength to fight or voice to cry, “Nol" this he fully expair d to Mary, as they municated to Mary by the lips of Wolsey satisfied at first if I could om{‘ be in (4 e sed deck inspec- ttle fight: d tool Brandon and t 1 his act could not be chargeable ’iLe thought this marriage and of the looking out the window at the dreary the evening before and Mary had re- the same room with .“mmkn.'\d ses his fu\e. e who was weep:ng as any rght U ance or a failure to sce the prob- loss of F1gndon was painful emough, but n which :had come on agzin with the ceived it with a silent scorn that would 2nd hear his volce ~The Yeey €7 B3 = old 1 woman weuid down into the cab- able consequenccs. Temptat.on and self- there came another, entirely new to her gathering gloom of night have withered any one but the worthy rrea:tr.eu _was like “n"i“émfi.i‘}‘m g Wy a r consuitation, ish desire had given him erity in place amd infinite.y worse. Erandon did not tell her that his falth Bishop of Yor AS 1 said, when Mary [Pade evely mxC e Rew /9t thia smltient T Bradhurst exclaimed: Of judgmeni He had attempled what Hastily arranging her dress. she went in her uitimate ability to keep her prom- approached her hrother, he saved her the Lt s s N X Centd answere: 1 i emough that you have brought none but an insane man wou d have tr'ed, in search of Brandon, whom she qu.ck.y ise was as small_as it was great in his trouble of deciding where to begin by JIOUL ARTERITETL S0 Loy gentle and Then he r g0 mshore as soon as e god Cunder false colors. and Without even the pitiable excuse bf found and took to her room. own. Neither did he dampen her.spirits speaking first himself and his words De With him. At Pre B8 VOC €358, oo s'money. We s well ms A Tt her Ity. He had seen it all only too . 3 he sald: “I by telling her that there was a reason, were of a part with his nature—violent, ind, but soen, S e T = his *m as well make ready to put her o : After closing the door she said: 5 - ing danger in both our hearts, as I too ma} s shiy he ship. If Yo " "what sne ‘hae already from the very beginning and he had de- thought 1 had reached the pinnacle of outside of himself, which in all proba- cruel and vulgar. He abused her and & nd he avolded me in every way . OF R0 M S e 1y ome man and wounds liberately and with open eyes brought dis- disappointment and pain when compelled bil ty would help him in keeping his word called her all the vile names in his am- SaW it. and he avolCed me "% TFC e ¢ stand insp v d lost to one man and wound® grace, ruin and death—unless he could fo lokve the ship B et that | and save her from the pangs of that jeal- ple vocabulary of Billingsgate. The Queen 1S o gy S s o Y Ao mes. | Heart of Gods! €scape—upon himself, and utter humilia- ghould lose you and have to marry Louis \he ‘So much feared: namely, that was present, and alded and abetted with US Doth. Oh! De was the wWRer—ere g ese than flve e, ove the ship at tion to her whom his love should have of Fremce. But I hAve found that there he woud most certainly wed the biock a word now and then. untll Henry. with think to what I have brough® =iee, s ered with the- otds ¢ . ety " befo prompted him to save at all cost. If A f g thanr #nd ax should the King get ession of her help, at last succeeded in working T let Jne die for him—I who alone ar 3 Sticteld the bottom of Davy Jones’ locker before DI : t all is still a possible’ pain more poigrunt than n . € S e Take my Iife and spare hi ~ i3 sail half down the channel” Mary could only have disguised herself either, and ] cannot bear it; so | come to him. He might have esc from Eng- himself Into a towering passion and L R Y e e et Bt | d Brar s not my fault,” sobbed Mary, U0 100K like a man-they inight have suc- you—you who are the great cure for all land -in the Royal Hind, for the wind wound up by calling Mary a vile wanton Forer® e tad n the wor e e t was not my faylt’ scbled Mary, ceaded. but hat-litle “If! was larger ‘357 tooubiea @Ol that T could |a¥. thet: /1%d oms D shortly“afte¥ they left the ‘in plainer terms than 1 like to writs. This doubt If all the wishem B e cuited d- her eves fiashing fre; ol did notpg. AY than Paul's elitirch, and. blocked the roads ngre (i aptiite loliz.” and. dhs put hardBip. and they foul] ses the sails indis- ‘aroused all the Sntasenism I the sir COuld Itve S piris-teid W 40 lesve O onn hemanted was to be 1eft HIone for e, 2% completely as if it had been a word Of head upon his breast. forgetting wnat she Cuctly throy gh the gloom as she got un- and there was plenty of it. She feared e ONCe In 08 PSl " more than me, I imbed remember what 1 say. Did you expect ‘%enty syllables : B et o any der way. “But he could nut leave Mary Henry rio more than she feared me. fler Lii'7ow‘sure; but he did it to keep ma to take their places Capt Brandon to stand back and not _ When the Princess stepped ashore it — «what is the troub'e, Mary?” aic ne‘,'fliud‘hall prade b hig ming to take: jeyes 08 v‘m; ukh. that made even the {R.TE oriwing worse between us. X = o t A aft defond me when that wretch was tear- Seemed to her as if the héart In her breast «Qh! yes! 1 thought cf that marriage DEF 8¢ oS ondon- ARg e - SLIES King draw back as she exclaimed: “You t..q to remember the afffont, but cou y me since tt ing my garments off 2" was a different and separate organ from spd of losing you, and then, oh! Mary into the jaws of death with her, if the give me that name and expect me to re- (¢4 10 FORRT S ol me 1 beiteve . &o & e Tirandon. 4id you say?” asked the one she had carried aboard Mothert I {haught of some oiher woman RJn&’s men did nct soon come. member you are my brother? There are 100 3" ave gone Dack to him sconer ¢ whe e w with bis hat off instantly As the foat put off again for the sh'p laving you ta Le's'lf. I cculd sce her je knew that a debt m‘r.v y bears no ;vwn’ B ,f‘",'{‘,“ a mother bate her PiOLC ARV "was all my fault; I would eff ear N s B O Y w[ its crew gave a cheer cqupled w'th some w.th you, ard | was jealous/l thnk they Srace, and was ready with his principal first born, and thi is one, Tell me what o' jet him save himself. 8o strong was ' nder an assumed name, for va- Vile advice, for which "Erandon would cal it. | have heard of the pun of and usance have done to deserve it? I expected to my feeling that I could bear his silence e AN knowa, have gladly run them through. each and jealousy. and if the fear of a rivai ¥ sa e hear of ingratitude and disobedience and MY A€ & 0¥ o day I went to him in v t o to keep my secret every one. He had to swa'low h's chagrin great, what would the reality be? It CHAPTER XVIIL = C i upy sed you had at least U2 103’ chamber antercom and falrly A N e e T e Master And anger, and really blamed no one but wouid kiil me; I copld not endure it. I : some Sraces of hratherly Seelium e USS nswet mameit and wp Wve wyen ) t wing randon Cthe King's friendz himseif, though it was torture to him that cannot endure evenAh s, and 1 want you To THE TOWER of blood are hard to break—even if You Tyen, after he was liherated from frig B il this girl should be subjected fo such In- to swear that—" Whciher of gk Brandos mwould: Bave. B~ Jo08 Jit SIF SCEiSnce t6 MR 67 gille. & oomtd net Sniuen BRI be edme to was the answer. sults, and he powerless to avenge them. Brandon took her in his arms as she be- found some way to dellver the Princess This £ 5 me, 8o I went to him and begged for his - ; sir, 1 must ask your pardon for The news had spread from the whart like. gan to weep. @icly Tiome, and still make his escape, beginning to be the talk in every moath 10Ve:, T L Coe R mton ta ns ex . K thé way you have been treated. We. of B U, "5 g their way back to the i wij giadly swear by everything I I cannol say. as he soon had mo choice that he was leaving all the affairs of 10 ew Spain, and would listen to no e . course, could no! o t; b 0 e e fro sma atte fdn a body of st ke, S ear n b fves ther ; e & Titeit Lo s woman " 1C Te & wonder the An. “Leok at The woman in man¥ cinth: 30NN IR0 WY WALC apbriea every 4 the Baw and Stk and cartied Bran: which ot all povnies appeared in the han Cax o . ¥ flashes from Mary's eyes did not strike & ¢ ISnt e & by e hers ton eoarss to Other ‘woman for me. There is but one don off to London without communication younge Kynge" was beginning to look by heave P" Majesty,” sald the old seadog dead. He, however, dd P - Trins TS too coarse t0 i, "ah4he world—but one. I can at least with Mz She did not know of his ar- afrer all, like nothin; X+ Wolsey, who really had a kindly ‘feeling . e Old ook O et ons | We urs beé repeated. Imagine the humil'atirg st- n s A e 2 . after all, like nothing“more than the ol d nd ld gladly s t - . e BTE o tion from which there Wi g i save vou that pain. rest until next morning, when she was time’ royal cold fire, made to consume but fof Brandon a would gladly » T nnty e thin. amxious Aliat T 2 s e e She then stood on tiptoes to ft her lips informed that sbe was to follow imme- not to warm the nation. life_ if by so doing he would not r ¢ ginning nus e < "Sir Charles Brandon should go with At last they reached the inn. whit"er to him, and sa:d: I give you the same diately, and her heart was nearly broken. " Henry looked at Mary with the stare of [oTS With any of his own plans and . 3 ] d climbing up us, and hope your reception will not drive fheir chests soon followed them, sent by promise. How you must have suffered ~Here again was trouble for Mary. She 3 paited bull _ terests. Wolsey's heart was natura ¢ n's heels, Vi backe bot a8 fo the 1ady-_you see al. Bradhursi. together with thelr Dassage when vou thought I was to wed another.” felt, however, that (he two' great ques- “If running off in male attire and stop- kind when it cost him nothing and m = Ship's wals Teady the Tesult of her presence_and money. which he very honestly refunded. ' After a pause she went on: “But {t tions_ the marriage of herself to Louls ping at inns and boarding ships with a Na3 been riisied of to sa x £ z 1 much as we want you, we cannot take Mary soon donned her woman's attire, might have been worse—that is, it would nd Brandon to any other person Were, common captain of the guard doesn’t jus- (he least s e ¢ ¢ ] are in wondert. her. Aside from the general trouble of which she had a supply in her chest. be worse if you should marry some other 2 ane called it, “setiled : And Was Al° Lty mur soe o I b you what the truth Ere e & n the poop made no ef- which & woman takes with her every- and at least felt more comfortable with. woman: but that is all settled now and most cantent to endure this as a mere you are, I do .ot know what would.” the ingr ) for! sem Jid Brad- where"—Mary wowld not even look at the out the jackboots. She made her toilet 1 feel easier. Then I might have mar- putting off of her desires—a meddlesome ° Bven Henry saw her innocence in her than W when « toeling bettep~ CTCRture—ton shipboard there is another alone for the firat time in her life, having ried the old French King. but that, too, and impertinent interferenceé of the fates genuine surprise e was sflemt for s _Henry ally like p Ix feeling better and greater objection. It is said. ‘you no mald to help her, and wept 'as she is_settied, and we can endure the lesser who would soon learn with whom they [t time Lrd I, standing close to her, Bra s had oft - . _her from head fo know, among sallors that a woman on dressed, for this disappointment was like paln. It ‘always heips us when we are were dealing and amend thelr conduct. could plainly see that this phase of the his was Inc w L e o by Setiw ; rlum draws bad luck to certain sorts of plucking the very heart out of her. Her able to think it might have been worse.”” She did not understand the consequences question had never before presented itself. tion € € e - the pictu: alth, ships. and every sailor would desert be- hope had been 8o high that the fall was Her unquestioning faith in Brandon was . for Brandon, nor that the fates swould She hung her head for a moment and Was admira f ravaga kS X oo SR e e (;;1\':;“:‘;flm'\‘v::;:,rhflinq‘w-m all the harder. Nay, even more; hope beautiful, and she never doubted that he have to change their purpose very quick- then spoke: *It may be true, as you say, for a time but us re 5 R A Y o s' d us. § m;. 1 had become fruition to her when they -spoke the unalterable truth when he said 1y or something would happen worse even that what I have done will lose me my DNaked as admiration is ar rteen” 1 ged Broadhurst: “well., w 'M i’ *l“ H’»".‘mll oc .ary; {:3 ;nn( y:w were mv‘vl‘ a-shipboard, and failure right he would never marry any other woman. than his marriage to another woman. fair name—I had never thought of it in had affection for a s it was L e wed Broadhurst; “well. would e sure to follow, and God ‘only at fhe door of success made It doubly She had faith in herself, too, and was _On the second morning after "leaving that light—but it Is also true that I am Mary. He could not but t ke o el v ar e e ol ool o o s <},F\F"k;' ;m(rd to bear. Tt crushed her, and where confident that her ‘promise to marry no Bristol Brandon reached London, and, as innocent and have done no wrong. You of his siste man 1 saw At this once.” son, tal her ashore at before had been hope and confidence was man but Brandon ended that important he was expected. was sent to the Tower. may not belleve me. but vou can ask tention of al e sense & . R RS El Sers Vely him. ol % nothing now but despair. Like all people matter likewise, and put the French mar- The next morning Lady Mary arrived and Master Brandon—here the King gave a of right, fo Int e in the e B4 v o R, .“a, n'n 4.1"’ only too plainly the truth with a great capacity for elation, when riage totally out of the question for all was taken down to Greenwich. great laugh, and of course the courtiers sense of the Kir wi P in the free and eaty masner of fhat he had rehlly aast il the £ime:'but she. sunk hs tdoied this Mottonl - Algel MikisTo chigle: The girl's fair name was, of course, lost joined in. “You have . a e iy i S R w- Mary, the unconquerable, was down at As for Brandon, he was safe enough In —but fortunately that goea for little with ~ “It is all very well for you to laugh, but great rate 1 - vears of vice pared to &o ashore g e e et his part of the contract. He knew only a Princess—since no one would belleve Master Brandon would not tell you a lia your broth o a a - R T i tinay: now Ihe sifle 200 Balied o ey’ went over “This failure meant so much to her; it foo Well that no woman couid approact that Brandon had brotected her against for your crown—- Gods' I could have graced yourself; have probably made 2 bey. Dow the side and pulled oft 4 great shout went ‘méant that she would never be Brandon's “Mary in_heriiuimitsbls’ petfactions. and ‘himselt as valiagt'y’ and honorably as he fallen on my knees to a faith like that— troubla between us and Francs, for it £ N P ip from the ship far more derisive than wife, but would go to France to endure had tested his love closely enough in his would against another. The Princess be- “What I tell you is true. I trusted him Louis refuses to take you now I will er 11l cram 3 »