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good hand-maiden, told me that you had
gone out, as I enquired, 10 take your &C
customed evening walk, when you al
ways preferred to be alone. Perhaps /
am now an interruption ?" He paused.
Courtenaye, how can you talk thus :?
I, who am so friendless, so lonely! For
my kinswoman, as you know, is both harsh
and unkind to me, and walk amid an
evening scene like this, always soothes
and tranquilizes my spirit. Is it not beau
tiful tonight 2"
Very" he returned, thoughtfully, and
continued, 20, ElizaBefn, / almost trem-
BILE for the nations welfare Her Majesty
seems determined, not only to press her
religion upon the people, bat to enforce it.
Here is an alcove; will you sit, Or shall
we return to the castle ?"
II wish not to return yet, Courtenaye," !"
she returned. "All is discord within
those princely walls. The humblest cot
tage would be to me, with peace, far hap
pier than all the splendor 1 now partake
in"
"Our holy religion teaches US patience,
dear lady," he replied. AS you observe,
l see nothing but prosecutions before US
but Gods. holy spirit can support us under
ALL
True and my hopes sometimes
breathe forth a delightful harmony of
coming happiness, when the Reformation
shall have spread forth its branches, and
taken deep root all over the land.'
"When you shall be Queen of Eng
land, quickly rejoined, "then will your
sweet prophetic whisperings be realized.
feel they will 7" he exclaimed energeti-
cally, regarding her with an expression
of hopeful admiration.
In early youth, to hope is to almost feel
assured. AS the poet says:
"When life is young and sorrow but name,
:, And from the heart fountain weeth up
Ofjoyous hopes, bright visions, fairy dreams
That mock experience, and take for truth
The fair mirage that fancy hath portrayed
But these hopes were indeed prophetic
and the lovely and unconscious utterer
lived to see her own spirit-breathings,
and her lovers predictions, all fulfilled
E Courtenaye, the eleventh Earl of De-
vonshire, belonged to one of the most il
tustrious families in England, and was a
distant hneal defendant Of royalty itself
He was, moreover, young, handsome, tai
and finely formed, his fine features, elo-
quent with the rich gifts of genius and
cultivation, and his whole bearing noble
and elegant in the highest degree. Like
Elizabeth, he was Protestant, and
| sought by every possible means to pro.
mote the spread of the principles of the
: Reformation. Elizabeth's happiest hour:
f were spent in his society, for he was the
only being with whom she could con.
verse on the topics nearest her heart. He
also encouraged her in the pursuit O
learning, seeing that some day she would
WELD the sceptre over the nation.
r They arose and wandered forth from
r the alcove, discoursing on the sad aspec
. ofth times, but often paused to dwell OF
the loveliness and beauty which their fine
appreciative minds beheld in everything
around. He culled a rose as he passed
a green house, and presented it to her a
Q a parting gift. The castle bell tolleC
nine he saw her to the door and bade
her farewell.
4 Mary met her as she entered the hall
d and in an angry voice demanded if De
It vonshire had been with her.
e She tremblingly answered, eyes"
a "Ah," she said, "when is he comm.
it again p
n " | don't know" Elizabeth answered.
: She did not know from acords wbicI
: he had spoken, but she felt within he
S heart that it would not be long ere sh,
t should see him again. And the mex
day, while seated in her lonely study
poring over those ancient authors b,
q which her mind became so strengthened
e and improved the young Earl was an
v nounced, and soon joined her in her dar
Q ling pursuits; for their minds were fash
i ioned in the same exalted mold, and the,
d delighted in the glorious aims whicl
o learning opened before them. Thes,
e were truly happy days to both. Alas
d the only ones they ever knew. Thei
r youthful hearts were soon plighted t
!. each other, and even amid the darkness
/ that the fanatieism and cruelty of Queer
e Mary shed over the nation.
'' Their well Ofhappiness ran o'er;"
n though in secrecy as yet, their love an
y hopes of union were strictly kept, Iookin
forward to future day, when conceal