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pauch or 144 of breath. Iiranden kept . Then, turning to Brandon: "You have
the 4**PM/fatten going, though, and, she titught me auother good lesson, sir,
answered with glances, emiles, eeds and from this Izmir you are my friend,
end monosyllables, a very good vocab- if you will be, so longas you are
Wary in Its way, and, a very good way, worthy—no, I do not mean that; I
too, for that matter. know you will always he worthy—but
Chtee he fatid scenethIng to her in a forbver. Now we are at rights again,
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low voice, whicli brought a. flush to her Let us try to remain so—that is, I
Icheeks anausea her to ginuce quick:- will," and she laughingly gave him her
. ly up into his face. By the time her heed, which he, rising to his eet,
answer clime they were nearer us, and bowed IOW Otter and kissed, rather fee-
t heard lfer say: "1 am afraid 1 ellen ventiy and lingeringly, I tbought, '
hey° to tergive you Agent if you are Hand kissing was new to us in Eng.
not eareful. Let me see an exbibition land, excepting in ease of the king and
of that modesty you $o meet% boast" queen at public homage. It was a14 -
But a mile fuel A flash of the eyes tle startling to Mary, though she per-
mitted hien to hold her hand pinch
went with the words Red took ail the
sting out of them, longer time there was any, sort of need
I After a time the dancers abeePed, and • --a feet she recognized, as I could
i Mary, with flushed face and sparkling easily see from her telltale cheeks.
eyes, sauk into a chair, exclaiming: which were rosy with the thought of
"The new dance is delightful, Jane. It it, .
is like flying, your partner helps You so. . So it is when a woman goes on the
. But what would• the king say—and tee defensive prematurely and without
queen? Sim would simply swoon with cause, It makes it harder to apply the
horror. It is delightful, though," Them check when the real need Nimes. •
with more confusion in her manner After a little card playing I express -
than I had ever before seen, "That is, eil regret to Jane that I could not have
it is delightful if one choosee her part- a dance with her for lack of - lc.
ner."
"1 will •play -7,41
This only madematters worse and field et. took Lee Jane's
gave Brandon an opportunity. r • •I e sang SoL.er Pe*
"Dare I hope?" be .
*retitle'
I I hope, i,, tell you
n eelightful with. you.
1 -4 see you sattsfied, my modest one?
leane;. I see we have a .forward body
here.' No telling what he will be at
next," said Mary, with evident '
tience, rapidly swaying he fee. She
spoke almost sharply, for Brandon's,
attitude Was more that of. an equal
than she Was accustdmed to, and her
royal dignity, Whicli was the artifietal
putt of her, rebelled against it now and
then in spite of her real Attenuations.
, The habit of receiving only adulation ,
and living on a pinnacle ftheve every-
body else was so atteitg from contieued
:practice that it -appealed to her as a
• duty to manitaie that elevation. She
had never before been called upon. M
exert herself in that direction, -and the
situation was new. The • Servile ones
mete whoin . she ueeally associated
tnaintained it for .her; se she now felt,.
whenever she thought, Of It,. that She
was in fluty 'bound to cifiteber beck, at
least pert of the way, to. her -dignity,
however pleasant it was personally
down below in the denser atmosphere
of informality.
In .ber- heart the princess Preferred,
upon Proper occasions, such as this, to
Abate her digulty.. and often requested'
others to dispense with ceremony, as in •
fact she had done with usearlierin the •
evening. Bet Brandon's .easy 'manner, .
-although perfectly respectful and ele-
gantly polite, was very diffeeent :from
anything she had ever known"; She
• enjoyed it, but every now and then the
sense of her Importance and dignity—
for you must remember she was tbe
first princess of the blood royale-would.
supersede even her love of eujoyinent.
and the girl went down and the"Prie-
cess mine up. Beseles, see half feared
that Brandon wasamiiiiiiig•blinself at.
her ekpeufle, and that.in fact Dile 'Was'
a new sort of masculine worm. Really
she sometimes .doubted if it Were a
worm at :tit and did not know whet to
expect nor wbat elle ought to do. • •
She Was far Mere girl than priecees,
and would • have preferred to eeteani
merely girl and let events take the
eeurse theywere going. for one liked
It But there was : the ether part 01'
her which was •princess, and whleh
kept saying, "Rementberwho You are,Q'
so, she WAS plalnly. at a loss between
neteral and artificial tuelinations con-
tending unconsciously within her. • •
• Replying to Mary's ;remark over
Jane's shoulder, Brandon, said •
"Your highness esked no to lay aside
I ceremony for the evenieg, and if I have
offended I can but make for my excuse.
my desire to please you. Be sure I
shall offend no more." This 'Was saki,
• so Berko's& that his meaning eould net
be misunderstood. -He dicl not Care
whether he pleased So capricious a per-
son or not.
Mary made no reply, and it looked as
if •Brandoe had.the worst ef
We sat o. few minutes talking„ Mary
wearing an air of dignity. dards were
proposed, and as the game progressed
• she geadualiy unbent again and be-,
eame affable and. Weider as earlier in• ,
the eVening. Brandon, . however, was
•trozen. He was polite, dignified and
deferential to tlie ladies, but the...spirit .
of the evening was gene Ance he had
I
furnished it alt with his -free,' offhand
Manner, full of life and brightness.
, After a short time; Mary's' Witrating
I mood failing to thaw out' frozen fun
-
maker, and in her heart infieltely pee -
1 terrine pleasure to dignify, she said:
I "011, We is wearisome! • Yoergame le
far lese entertaining than yollr new
!dance. 1)0 something to make me
' laugh, Master Brandon,"
I ."I feat' you mind call in Will Som-
mers," he roiled, "if you Wieh tO latigh. •
1 cannot please You it both Ways., so
, will bold to the One which rieeme to
suit the prineese •
1 Mary's eyes flashed, and he laid
ironieally:
"That sounds Very Mtieh' as though
yell Cared to pleafte me le any way."
• Her lies parted, and she eVidently had
eoteething Unktnd ready to my, Mit she
held the breath she had taken to speak
It With and alter one or two faiseaterts
In as Many different lines eontinued:
"But perhaps 1 deserve IL ask you
to forgive me, and hereafter desire you
three. epee all proper occasion% When
we atel by ourselree, to treat nie as one
of yeti— as a -Noreen, a girl, 1 Ineftn.
Where le the Viettie of Malty k1'-it-efily
• Maine heieg put upon it pinnaele above
011 the real pletienreeeet life, like fool.
ifib. old Stylites on hie deitteni? The
elleee Is nittraye prettehlfig to Me itbeet
the etriet itutintenitiece of My 'dignify
ti`VII,! AS elle (+ails It. mu l perhaps she
. s right. But out upon 'dignity royal,'
Pay 11 ttle a terrible nulsnlwe. Olt,
yoii • h W ,d1ftitallt it is tO be
Pr:nee:et deft net ti There!" A.ild
4olie 010-1104 111 appikruht relinto
clianotsr NVIVS-RECORD
her band prettily 'Upon hie aro. ,r.t
41110114 have known, Believe Me,
would not have hurt yOillUtelitloilally."
• "AN 10Y lady, the word Was thought -
Welly spoken and liaede no forgIVelleefe
But VW: heart showitself in the ask -
int. and I thank you. I wanted but a
moment to throw oft the thetlg,ht of
that terrilale day." Then they cattle
back together, and the prIncees, Nir1)0
bad tact enough, when She eared. to use
' It, stem pat Matters right gentle,
X Started to tell one of ray beet ate*
dee in order to Cheer Ortindon, but in
the Midst of it Mary, who, 1 had no.
ticed, wad, restless and uneasy, full ot
blushes and hesitaney and with a, Plan-
ner as new to her as the dawn of the
first day Was to the awakening world,
abruptly .askedBrandon to dance with
'her again, She Mid risen and waft
standing. by her Omit, reedy to be led
"Gladly," answered Brandon as he
sprang to her fade atel took her baud.
"Which 0111111 It De—La. Gaillard or the
new dance?" And Mary, standing
there, the picture of waiting, willing
modesty, lifted her free hand. to his
shoulder, tried to raise her eyes. to his,
but failed and eoftly mild, "The new
dance." •
This time, the dancing was more ece
berly done, and. when Mary stopped It
was with serious, thoughtful eyes, for
she had felt •tbe tingling of a new,
• strange fort:44n Brandon's Ouch. A
man, not a wain, but a real man, with
all the Irresistible, infinite attractlops
that a, man may have for a woman—
tne subtle drawing of the lodestone for
• the pessIve ircne-•-nad come into her
life. Doubly sweet it WAS to her in-
tense young virgin soul in that it first
revealed the dawning of that 'We $dged.
bliss which makes a heaven or a hell
• of earth—of earth, which owes its very
r xistence to love.
I do not mean that Mary was in love,
hut that she had met and for the first
. e songs and , some comic
time felt the touch, yes, even the sub.
• am, too, la a style not often heard in
tie, uncenselous, dominating foree $o
England, 'so far away. from the home
.of the troubadour And luta He. was sweet to woman, of the man she could
full of surprises, this splendid fellow,
with his accomplishments and graces.
When we had danced as long as we
wisbed—that is, as Jane -wished; as /or
myself, I would have ,been dancing yet
—Mary again . asked no to' be seated.
Jane having rested, Brandon offered to
• teach her the new dance, saying he
could Whistle an air well enough to,.
give her the step. I et once grew up-
• easy with jealous. auspense, .eor. I did,
not wish, 'Brandon to dance In tbat
flishion 'With Jane, hat :to iny great
relief 'she replied:. •
O "No, thank you; not tonight." • Than,
shyly glancing toward me: "Perhaps
Sir • Eclwite will teach me _when be
• learris. It is hiS husinese, you knew."
Wotild I? If a inontn, nightand dn.yi
love, and had knoWn the rarest throb,
that pulses in that choicest of all God's
perfect •handiworke-a Woman's heart—
the throb that goes before,. the John
the Baptist, .as it were, of coming leve.
• It being after midnight, Mary filled
. two cups of wine, erom each of which
she took ..a sip, and handed, them to
Brandon and me. She then • paid me.
the 10 growns, very soberly thenitedais
and said We were at liberty to'go. ."
The Only words Breeden ever spoke.
concerning that evening were just al
we retired: •• ,
•• "Jesu, she 10 perfect! . But you were
wrong, • daakoden. ' 1 an still thank
God I. 'am not in. lave with' her,' 1
Would fall upon my sword if I were." ,
was 'upon the point of „telling him
woeld conquer it the new dance was she had nevertreated any otherman
as geed as done for already. •That was as 'she had treated .htna; but I thought
• best to leave it ,unsaid. Trouble was
apt to • Coale of ale own., accord seen
. ,
:the jirst reel mark of fever. I ev.er, had
from ja.ne. • , • • • •
We now had Flom: songs ,from 'Mary
, and:Zane; then I gave one,- and Bran-
.tntruth,I may as well -tell yonthat
don' sang again at Mary's request. We when the 'priecess asked me tobring
had duets .and quartets and solos, 'and
the songs were all sweet, for they ,came
from the heart of Youth and went to
• the soul of.,yo:uth,. rich In its God given
freab Slight in everything. Then We
talked; and Mary, andalane, toe, with a
sly., shy, Soft little word now and then,
drew Breeden out to tell' of his travels
ad fidventures. • He was ee.pletteleg
. talker and had a smooth, easy iioNY ef;
words, speaking always ion' low,..clear
• .voice and with ,perfeet composure. • He
hada way of looking first one auditor
:and then another straight it the 'eyes.
with' a magnetic effect that ' gave to
'everything he said an added interest:.
Although at that time less than twenty-. ,
five years old, be was really a learned'
man, liaviefestudied at.Bitraloiaa, Sal -
mimeo. and Paris. While there • had
• been no systemin, his' education,. his
mind was a. sort of knowledge 'imekshop
'wherein he could find. almost anytbiug
he wetted. • He sPoke German, .Freach
and Spanish and .seemed to -knew the
literature .of ell these languages: .
,• .11e 'told *us • he bad left home at the
• early -age' Of •sixteen as his .unele's es- •
claire and had fought In. France, thea
down in Holland with the Mitch, had
been captured by the Spanish and tied
•joined the Spanish army, as it mattered
not-wheie he fought sa that there Was •
O chance, for • honorable. achievement '
and a fair ransom now and thee. He
told us how be had gone be 'Barcelona
and. Salamanca, Where he bad studied,
atid thence to :Granada, 'among the
Moors; of his fighting 'against the pl;'
rates of 13arbai7, lee capture by .theni,
his- slavery and • adventurous escape
and his 1 regret that now drowsy peace
kept hied mewed up in. a 'palace. -
'0'. "If Is true," he said, "there is a pros-
• pect of trouble :with Seetlantl, but I
Brandon to her that she might have a
:little, sport at his expense- she 'looked
for a laugh, but found a sigh. •
• CHTEB V.
rionon.Ain AN ENEMY:
DAY or two ,after • thia Eran
don Wea.Coninianded to an
audienceand presented to the •
• king And queen. Ile was now.
eligible' to all palace. :entertehiments
and weld 'probably have:many invitee.
tions, :being a :favorite With both their
majesties. As to ids titandleg wtth
Mary, who Was really the mostiranor.
tant .figure secially about the' epurt, 1.
could not 'exactly say. Sim was such,a
1 ture Of 'contradictory MAN:lbws -and
, need. transitions, and .was -so' fell ef
wnims and caprice, •the inevitable -out-
geoWth of bee blood, her rank and the
which she had always
adulation amid
lived, that I. could not predict , for a
day ahead per attitude towai d any One.
She ' had "never shown so great fever
to any Man • as to Breeden, but., Pet
hew.. topeh • 01'. hercondescension: was
O mere Whim,. growing out 01' the see-
pelse of.' the moment and Subject to
reaction, 1 could not tell : believed,,
hoWever, that 'Brandon steed Upon a
firmer foundation withtnischanging,
shifting quialcsander "11:. girl than with.
either of thele maieeties. • .,
In fact, I 'thought he rested uPenher
heart itself. But to guess correatly.
what a girl of that sort Wilt do or think
or teet•would require inspiration. " •
• • Of 'coursemost of the entertainments
given by the king and queen included
as guests nearlyall the court.. but
Idery often had little 'fetes and &ne• e
Ing parties which were smaller, more'
sele.et and informal. These parties Were .
• really with the consent mid encourage.:.
,inent clf the king, to avoid the reel:ion-
'Malty Of not invitieg eVeeybody. The
targer affair's were very duff, ,"and
:smaller ones .might give offense ..ta
those • who were lett. out, The hitter,
therefore, Were turned' over. to Mary,
.cared very little who was -offend-
ed or. who WaS not, -and Invitations t�
• thein were highly valued.
-One afternoon a day or two after
Braedon's 'Presentation a, message ar.
rived from Wry notifying me that she
would haVe 'a little 'fete that evening •
In one *of the smaller halls' and direct.
• Ing me • to be there as 'Maker a tht
• atnigq, Accompanying the message Was
a wee from no Iess.a person than.the
eirineese herself, inviting Brandon.
• This Was au honor Indeed—an auto-
• graph. levitation froth the hand of Mit,
r71 Rut the masterful rascal did not
seem 'to conbider It anything unusual,.
andwlien1 handed him the note upon
his return teem the bunt he siMply
read it carelessly over onee, tore It
pieces And tossed it away. . believe
the Duke et Bilekingbetri would bave
'given 10,000 erOWIIS to teeeiVe such
note end doebtleffe have' shown
it to half the court la tritimPhant Cote
fidettee before the Middle of the' eight
To tide geeet.eapttiiii Of the gutted 'it
was but a Sr of paperlie was glad
vete room, read it again and Put it on
ber etleritoire. Seen slze picked it UP,
reread It and, after Itttle hesitation,
put it In her Pecket. It remained in
the pocket for A moment or two, When ,
out it eamel for another perusal, and
then she unfastened her bodice aud put
it in 'her bosom. Mary bad been so in-
tent upon What she Was doing that she
bad not seen Jane, who was sitting
(Viet& in the Window, and when she
turnedand saw her elle was so angry
she snatched the note from her besora
,41114 threw It upon the floor, stamping
ber foot in embarrassment and rage.
• "Haw dare you watch me, hussy"
she criect,"You lurk around as still as
the grave, and I have te Mok into every
tioOk and corner wherever I go or have
Tou spying on me."
• 9 did not spy upon you, Lady Blau,"
said Jape quietly.
• "Don,t answer me! I know you didl
want you to be lose silent after tide.
Do you bear? dougla or sing or stum-
ble; .do something, auything, that
may hear you.".
Jane rose, picked up the note and of-
fered it to ber mistress, who snatched
it witb one band while she gave ber
sharp slap with the 'other.Jane ran
out, tied Mary, full of anger and shame,
§:lammed the door and locked The
note, being the cause of ell the trouble,
site impatiently .threw to the floor
again and went over to the window
bench, where she threw herself down
to pout. In the course of five minutes
she turned her head for one fleeting
•Iestant and looked at the note, and
then, • after a little hesitation, stole.
over to where she had thrown it and
picked it up. Going back to the light
• at the window she .held it In her hand
a. moment and then read it onceetwice,
thrice.. The third time breught the
smile, and the note nestled in the
bosom again. '
Jane did not come off so Well, for her
Mititress did not speak to her until she
called ber in that evening to Make her
toilet. By that time Milky bad forgot-.
• ten abOut the note IN her bosom; se
when Jane began to array Ler ter the
• dance it .fell to the floor, wbereupon
both girls broke into a laugh, and Sane
• kissed Mary's bare shoulder, and Mary '
kissed the top of Jane's bead, and they
were friends again.
• So Brandon accepted Mary's invita
tion and went to Dairy's dance, but hie
gOing made' for him an enemy of the
Most powerful noblemen in.the realM,
• • and this was the way Of it: -
These parties of Mary's had been go-
ing on once .or twice a week during the
entire Winter and spring, and usually
included. the seine persons. It ,wes • a.
sort of coterie whose members were
more or less congenial and most of them
very Jealous of interlopers. Strange
US it May seem, uninvited persons of
ten attempted to force themsetves.
extend sorts of schemes and maneu-
vers were adopted to gain adinission.
To prevent tilts two •guardsmen with,
halberds were stationed' at the doer.
Modesty, l might say, neither thrtves'
nor Is eieful 'at court. •
When 'Brandon presented himself at •
the deer,' his entrance was barred, but
he quickly pushed aside' the halberds
and entered. The 'Duke Buckieg-.
liam, a Proud, bele Iniportant, individie•
.Was standing' twat- the door and
saw It alt. NoW; Buckingham was.
one of those unfortunate persons who
• never lose' an opportunity te make a
Mistake. 'and, being anxious to display
bis zeal on.,behalf of the princess, step-
ped up to Prevent Brandon's entrance.
'Sir, you will have to move out of
thier be . said pompously. .. "you are
• not it a jousting bout. You h'ave made
O mistake and have come to the Wrong
place." • • • . • .1.
• ..."My lord' of •Blickingham is, Pleaeed
to make Whet More of an ass of bim
self .thati • usual this evening." • replied,
' Brandon, with a .smile, as he started
iteteas tbe -room to • Mary, whose eye •
he had caught. She had seen and heatd,
it 'all, but instead Of Coming to his' re-
•llef stood there laughing to '.herseit.
At this Beckitigham grew •ftirlaus and
ran, aroupd ahead of Brandon, valiant- •
ly draWinghis•sword: ' • ' •
• "Now, by heaven; fellow, Make buten-
otheratep,.and.I. Will run you.th rough I"
Stuffed Up
That's the condition of many sufferer*
from cstarrh, espeolally in the morning.
Great diffloulty is experteneed in clear -
trig the head and throat.
IsTo Wonder catarrh ettliaeli headache,
impaire the taste, amen and hearing,
pollutes the breath, deranges the OM -
sell and affects the appetite,
To cure catarrh, treatment must be
constitutional—alterative and tonic.
nz wait iu far four months with catarrh
in the head and threat. Had a bad cough
and raised blood. I had hecome dis-
couraged when my husband bought e bottle
of Hood's Sarsaparilla and persuade(' me
to try it. I Elvise all to take it. It hail
• cured and built me up." max. Hess Re-
nown, West Liecomb, N, S.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
..•Ourefl catarrh—it soothes and strength-
ens the mucous membrane and builds
up the whole system.
• '
"Sir, totgeee eta" ,
.would rather tight a peek of howling,
starving wolves than the &etch, .Tiley
fightlike vett devils, whtch, oftourse,
Is well, but you have nothing after you
have beaten thetre not even a .good
Whole welfekin."
In an unfortunate inoineet Miry
said, "Oh, gester Brandon, tell tut pf
your deel w'gth Judson."
Thoughtful, consideente fano frown.
ed at the 4atineess in Stirprlite mid put
her iiner•lu her lips.. •
our ladyship, I tear 1 cannot,' he
answered, And left Ills seat, going over
• to tile windowovhere he stood, witli .
his back .toWard us,looking out into
the darkness. Miry saw what she had,
done, and her eyes • grew moist, tor,
'Wed
tie man, full of learning and kindness,
and a warm friend to the Princees.
Mary. , •
It watt time to • open the ball, and
from •my place in the eaullcians' gal-
lery 1 could 'two Mary moving about
among the guests, evidently looking for
A partner, while the men resorted -to
some very transparent and amusing
expedients to attract her attention. The
princess, however, took none of the
bidders, and goon, I noticed, she espied
13randon standing in the corner with
his back toward her.
• Something toldme ehe was going to
ask him to open -the dance, and I re-
gretted it, heeattse I knew It would set
everynobleman in the home against
him, they being very Jealous Of the
"lowborn favorites," as they celled the
untitled friends of royalty. -Sure
enough, I was right.' Mary at ogee he-
• gan to make her way over to the cor-
ner, and I heard her say, "Master Bran-
don, will you dance with Me?" ••
It was *as chine prettily. The whole girl
changed as soon as she found herself 'in •
front of him. • In Place of the old time
confidence, Strongly tinged with arro-
gance, she was almost shy, and blushed
and stammered with quick coming
breath, like.a burgher Maid beforeber
: new found gallant. At once the court-
iers. Made way •fee • her,. and out she
walked,- leading Breeden' by the hand.
tilion her lips and in her ejr,es. was a
• rate, triumphant Smile, as if to say:
. "Look at this handsome new trophy
of my bow and spear." •
I was surprised and 'alatined When
Mary chose Breeden, but when I turn-
ed to the musicians tedireet ibeir play
'Imagine, if. you Can, my surprise" when
, the leader said; 0' •
• "Master, we -have our, orders for the -
• fleet dance from 'the Priecese." '," • '•
•Ittegifie-aleo, if you cae, nay dote*
Surprise:and alarm —nay, altneet niy
terror—When the band struck up Janes
"Sailor :Lass." I sew the leek of sale
prise and inquiry which Brandon gii*e
Mary, 'standing there demurely by ,hie
side, when be fleetheardthe music,
• and I beerd her nervous little•jaugh as
she nodded•ber head, "Yes," and step-
ped' closer to him ' to take position for •
the dance. The next moment she was
hi Bralidon'e arms, flying- like •a sylph
about 'the room. " A buzz of astoalsh-
meet, and delight.greeted them before
'they Were half way around and thee a'
great elapping of heeds, in'which tbe
ki4r, himself joined.. It: Was a levels' '
sight, although I think it'graceful wo-
man is more beautiful in La .Gallifird
than any other • dance Or, in • fact, .any:
other situation 18 *Web 'she can piece.
•herself. . •
After et •little time the dowager Duck,
eseof Kent first lady in waiting tothe
queen, .preseetedherself at the Mud.:
clans' .gallery and said that her plaice-
& bed ordered the musk stopped, and
the musielaui, of &eerie, deased piny -
Ing: at Once: Mary thereupen turned
:euickly.to me• •
'Master are are. our inesictens weary
that they stop before' we are through?"
• • The queen answered for me In k high
Voiced. Spanish'eccent: "I ordered the
njusie:stopped, '0 I Will .eof Permit such
an indecent exhibition to to on, longer"
' Fire speang to -Mary'S eyes •and she
- eXclaiinedt "If your Majesty does -eot.'
like the •way We do and dance .at my •
'belle; you ean retire: 'as sopa as yeti'
:see fit. •our .face1s a.killenirth
waY," 'It -never took long to tense her
ladyship. •
The queen turned. to Flenty;•who was,
laughing,.ned angrily &mended; . •
• "Will your majesty.lperieit inc to he
thee insulted in your:Very. present:eV' ,
• '"irou. got yoerself tnto It . Get out of,
it as best you can.I have- eftee told
you to let her alone She has sharp
claws." The king was really' Wed of
datimeine's emir :frown before he mar-
ried her, It was her, dower of Spanish
gold that brought her n second Tudor.
with all her faults, she had ti Will'in,
tender heart and A quirk, reSponsive
sympathy. After a few seeends of
painful ellence she Went softly over to
the Whidott where Brabdon stood, ways very. friendly to bitn—and to lklas. is it moo eete iso.fdisiolootset.,
104 torgivo mo" *Z� wog, putting Aim 44! 044 oppeit 4* tp.„. ;... -eI otopiteuakPi ft ratItt OK 444t• litt Ili
te her el.
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tiehave it, nevertheless, And with all bib
self restraint and stoicism could not
conceal his.pleasure.
Brandon at onee accepted the invita-
tion 10 a personal note to the ptineeee.
The boldileile Of tide actually took my
breath, mid it teethe et Ord to have
startled Mary a little tiltiO. AS you
Meat know by this time, her "dignity
royal" was subject to eating and finite
her Most •ttenblesoine ,attribitte-'-very
apt to receive dtunugtt whet relations
with 'Brandon.
Slaty dkl not destroy.itrandon'e II6M,
&Spite the feet thitt her senile Of dig.
nity had been disturbed by tt, but After
'• saw It all bet. could hardly *elite
what was going on, it Came so quickly
and was over so soon. Like a flash
Brandon's sword' Was out of Its.sheatn
and Blickingintin's blade Was flYing to-
ward 'the. ceiling. Brandon's sword
• was sheethed again so quickly that one
could hardly believe it had :been out
at nil, and; picking ep Buckingham's,
lie field with a half smothered langh,
"MY lord . has dropped • his sword."
' Be then- broke its poiet with bis heel
agalust, the herd floor, saying, "1 will
dull' the point lee* my • lOrd, .being unac-
. elnitothed, to Ita 'pea. wound ittinself."
This •hreught peals Of laughter feint'
vverybodY. including the king. idary
' laughed idea' but, as Breeden was
handing Buckingham his blade, came
- n0 SO demanded:
▪ "My lord, Is the vrify you take it
-PIM* yaerself .to receive my gtiests?
Sbo:.atipointed you let me ask, to
*antra my deer? ; We shall have to omit •
• your name from Our neXt list unless
you 'take ,a feW lesson0 in geed man-
ners." This was striking him hard,
and the quell& of the man will at once
appear plain to you .wheu .1 fuly that
he had often received werse treatment
hut clung to the girl's, eklrts all the
more tenaciOnaly. •Turning to Breeden,
the prineess meld:
. "Master Brandon, I am gled to see
you, and regret exceedingly that our
friend of Buckingham' should so thirst.
for your blood." She then led hint to
the king and queen, to to whom he made
his beer, and the pair continted their
Walk abotit the room. Mary itgain al-
luded to the Skirmish at the door and
said laughingly:
"I would have ceine to your help, but
knee? you Were amply able te take
care of yourself. 1 was Onto you wottld.
Velest the duke in 'some Way, • It was
better than a mininnery, end I Wee' glad
to see it 1 do not like hitt." .
The king did not open these priVete
belie, as he was supposed at leek not
to be their patron, and the queen, wile
Wait tonaiderably older than Henry,
• was aVerse to Such things. Sethe prin.
• mg opened her own bails, diineitig for
o teW minutes, with the Nor entirely
to herself and partner. It was the hon.
Or Of the evening to open tbe ball with
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• "Shall I nOt have what music and
dances t want at my own bails?" asked
Ute princess, • • .
• "That' you shall, sister mine; that
you shall," answered the king. "Go on,
• master, and if the girl likes to dance
that way, in God's name let her have
her wish. It will never hurt het.. We
will learn it ourself, and Will wear the
ladies out a -dancing," . •
O After ,Mary• had ofinbsJied the opening
•dance there was it great demand for
Inetrnetion. The king asked Brandon
te mace min tee steeps', Wnien lin wee
learned to perform with a grace per-
hape equaled by no living creature oth-
er than a fat brown bear. The ladies
were at first a little shy and inclined
to stand at arm's length, but Mary had
• set the fashion and the others seen
followed. I had taken a fiddler to my
••• (TO BE CONTINUED.)
• Ottawa, .e.pril 24. --The budget •de-
bate was continued in the House of
ComMonS to -day, and whorl the hour
of adjournment arrived the Speaker
still had before him a long list of
• members Who desired to speak be-
• fore Mr. Borden's amendment is put
to vote. Speeches were delivered fo-
day by Mr, Q. B. Ileyd, Mr, Richard
Blain, Mr. Frank Oliver, 11114. Jabot
Robinson and Mr, Vrooman. •
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eig siA•ree,
SaIllOS 0. Putnam,
at one thee Minister to Belgiutri, fil
dead, aged 184;
• Philadelphia.—judge Michael Ar -
hold la dead, from tender. Ile beard
ber, and quite eurious to see hew meu the WM of Erdman, multi-nrarderer.
put themselves in her way and stood Ituffalo...414 body of Ilsnetletto
so OS to be ensile observed and, pet. Ifivdopleit, the berrel-mutdet :Vilitthee
chanee, ehosen. Brandon after leaving
Mary had drifted into a cornet of the
twin back of a group of penele and
Was talking to Wolsey—Who was nI
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