, 1870-03-27

eeu k&Al s-E HXa f1tJIlY 4liN h+4G s.SAts
might fafety 60 forward. But the problem waa
Al extremely h5cnlt one. He must find some |
enc who could ohtain the confidence OF ~ !
these PERSONS, aud induce them to trust hin. |
With their lcttere. He must in some way Il,
ether epsble this re1son to convey ths letters
answe1r, He dared not venture tho e1rrr;~
mcnt without ELxabeth'e permission. S!c
saye il, and she kept the secret to herself II |
Wss impossible to fsy rhst strange reseiat!ons
.rit Ut 10 tefore her. For all she conii ted,
for Ill Halnugtlzm could sea. nAf hff
CT Scots interest. Mary Stuart WAS the next
immediate heir to the crown: Elizabeth bad
refused to allow her to be diAinherlted and
English public men were but mortal, ana
might have thought It but common prudence
70 make thcts peace in time.
1he instrument Wis not long of being founi
\ rcltain f;AheH Clifford, OF god Stafford
ttlfe family. Nlsoss father xas At the moment |
imprisoned in London for ~ continued recus1n- |
e. and one Of whoee bEotbers WAS = plotting |
S,Fsn1 Wholly Earen up To the rausa Of tha |
thnrca, y offered Ids services. and the oppor-
tEsit1et u his command 10 the English Gov |
crtmcnt." There opportunities were immcust,
~ iEtE be supposed. He WAS hi1nsalf Iesuit |
N 1raeone II aFae'h, hroughs ap II the seminary
fully trusted ty, msn. Of Mars rarnis. "
SUSPICION could attach 10 Communications
foFEarIed through his mf4ns~ lat when J
this g1and preliminary had been accom-
rlistcsl. there Kere still other preparations
i''ng vaiuiy prayed to BE-, disliGns the pls4e}
lrom he: wel!-watshed apd gust1led residence
/ ~ Iuttnry to aunsEcr Of humber character.
where she might " BETRAYED with lass rl~k Of
! discovery. She had at the sauc tine to be
dHven desperate hs one or two otllrr Amisbls
neApe al c4aerttat1n1l-A5, Tor instance, the
complete st.saiipn Of any Inea.s Of cy'Uea-
Tondtnce Whatever except through WalAng-
ham, ard news Of lier san, eueh a. might we'll
nave driven any poor woman frantic, She was
told that Janes ha4i transferred u Elizabeth
! the title OF mother. and Was growing every day
more opposed 10 hcrself She was "rnarvel~
lously incenscd' By this information, '.prnivst~
ing that che VA: SPOILED Of her son by Violence
| ccr rrs=,Ging IN very sharp and bitter ter7as.
i having lost all patience, aud ctyins Vengeance
aSaint, her enernies." Having thus wrought
tie unhsrpy woman up into state Of frantic
readiness TO seize any hand of help that might
be held ont to her, elizabeth u,ade fasnr
I Of cone.nsius to her change OF residenc.. and
| &C. aInEaritdit with = lecture on untaaihty.
She held oren tue door Of tho trap with scotd
and al arrasent gr1dge. The captive deserved
70 such 3svor; lut a she had ret her h:.,-ss On
il. WHY. ete should ha.a it. There vi. Cha1t-
might lcok 1t, sine Mary 70 dcsised it. and
thus the last step waa taken fot the perfection
Of the plot
"MarS Stuart was delighted with tie chaagc
and usterl. un-uzpicieua. Eli1abeth's ho'nii,
| lad worked her into q frenzy, which Faule'
I'D stashously assrssa,sa .makinS as. r. d. T.,
more violent than in her speech Ht
hsd Affected to persuade her. to 1s;;
m.;n al Tuthury, though Eliz1heth hsf
consented ,e her repaovl. ~ ha
msde her cnly, as lie psohsbls intended
the more eager 10 So. She said II shs :. ~ w
kept At I>,tbu,sv 'sle would .lje IN ,., nN'
lodging, with other hitter wor.lr, wherrin she
~, no Mggarl y hen she 'F.s moved viii ,,as-
sion She wcnt Yalsinshamte ~ay. teEsr;nu
it to be her own; and s:tfars C1afist1na, shs,
WIS comfortably established IN her new
homo.
AT opse there dropped upon her, as il from
N t..s.s .S.e'oM hand ciphefrd letter tr,,m hes
confidence with Philips, Walsinsha,n's Seere-
Ut, IN accomplished rnaster II tho att Of
caPnsr, Nd one other Person whore a*s;stancy
hiIilps hnI stcnrrd-A brewer at Usls,ou,
~h9 supplied Casriey with ale. i separate
sask "as furnished for the Qnccn of :s:ots
ladies' and secretaries; hint was in so,ua was
eonveyel 70 Nau to examine it closely and
when the sle WAS drawn OF there var found Al
me bottom small Watc1-tiGht boz u woel. II
which var 3forgans packet. It cuntaiEsSi AZ
tntrnsiuctian OF Gilbert Gidoel, u - Cathol.
gentleman well brought mp in loArui1ss.' OF
yhom the Quesn Of Scotia might tl,oronghl.
depend, aud with xho-e q ssintatps ah,,
mxhs correspond with himself auj
with her otl.er friends in England anf
elsewhere. lho caxk cama IL weekly
The boz, re-encfoetsi in The empty barrel
would carry out her answers. and the chain oI
| Communication WIZ at once cprnpfcte,
The treEer had teen purchased l,v 1ush
and complicated hribe*, IT, ~as ilrst rsil fy
I HalsinShan utxt he was asst1fG.t Of lavish
rewards fTea, the Latei Of stut-, which, to
ssea1c lief contdcute,it it wasnecessasy t" permit
him to receive; lastly, Ike |. tins Enslisl,
| seouudscl, hc 1,std the possession Of = State
Phillips came to teaiis at Charley under tue
rresenr, of assisting Panlct III tte manage
mcnt of Lis household. EvrrE letter Conveyed
| to the Queen Of Scots. nlid every lrtter which
[ she sent in return, was cxapIne.l aud cnIied
~ linn before it was forwarded to it. le-tna-
uon; and MoISana introduction Of tiifI"rd,
! which betrayed her iuto WAasinghtnls hauls,
! aas the tisnt Oh which ho had to exercise Liz
ekIn.
Clifford himself, too young and Innocent
looking, Ii tic appeared to Paulct Tor so III.
solved a transaction had Organized Ii. ow1
-share Of It with 4 skill Which Sir Amxn,
I &sptes mind failed 1t first to comprehend
fAk Amyas thought that his temunera
taou from Walstnglla1n onght to have content
cd him. Ginara, wiser thar he, know tha
gEatnitous services wcrc suspicious. He wTps,
n aac Queen ct seota saving that he was hon
that he was HAltng fds life, aud stipulAtinE ia
Pension. At points between Burton m,
!ontlon he had found Catholic gentlemen viii
I whose aBristancc the PACKAGES we're transmit
ted They were told no more than that the,
contained letters Of supreme importass. t
ehe eaute One OF them, who resided r'a..a'
to Buttou. reccivcd 4 bag weekly frna. the
brewer, and ctsried it on to the next, BY " ,on
it ~aa sgain forwarded, 50 II waa passed I'm
hand to hat,d to the Jesuit AGENCY in T,puJ. i
The tseachfry was It chsEtiey only. From III
time letters left tho htuwrf1 house they wer,
rece1ring them tyy their confidential channel
md Little dreaming TINT they wees ss,.aa4ibet
, a,reaay, e1+sf''ute|- <uc1a to iheis c;pharei ID
oteest, atd returned aL4Wes. in the same
way, which again, after inspection !9y PhilHn1,s
we're dtpoetted IN the cask. Clifford wss st tirsi
! e}-"n the spot and active in person, but Ahe,
the road WAS once established la VI.
needtsl no moro. He wcut abroad ag.;n +, w..
Morgan. and gather Information wherever he
| Was trusted. In ha absence his cousin took
! his 1'la4.e III An uneontc5oua Instrument Of the
ruin bf the Indy whom he wpnhippe1 NJ his
Queeh. Al PARTIES in the corrrapondence had
sre.ial Designations In the letters of Marr
stnart. Gilbert ra.std .,y tho name Of rs.no.
tue eoissin OF EmiIv. Betwean ranlet aud
WalsinEhaIn the honest brewer via chfistensd.
| in iEuuy, the honest man ! Gilbert vaa Wal
tinghans friend :; and the cousin the sub
stitnte.*
''Si1 p+reon- o,4ly were in yoeseeeion Of the
full secret. Elizabeth and Nalrinsham, bv
whom tie plot had been confEy.4i; CLIFFORD
Asasl the brewer. who were it's in.tsu1ueuta
Phllpr., b whom the cirhars were tra,,-
scr1snd and real: and Pan1ct- whom il hal
been found necessary to trust. Al the rest
we're pnpl~ts ~ho rlstsd their parts 1t the
young Jesuit = viii. ! he cipher" threa,enc.l 1t
tisrt to he a difficulty Phillips WAS rsac-
tined e1rert. md with time c,uld, PERHAPS,
have mastered al of them: but time wa an
element Of which there ~as none
war to te watched but not ,iei .n.-l,
an'l where ''clar in tho transmission might
icad TO dfscnvery. The ovet-connLence nf
Morgan howeyer. IN f;iffor1ts prohi.r de-
I.siretl the unlurky Mary OF shis last rrosec-
tien. Fearing that ii+ old riphe:s might have
been discovered, be drew trcsh tables, rtt for
bis oa II ure only. but for the whole parry Of
the Paris conFrlrator.--for ti,tise, for Mem
dozA, for the Archbishop ol Glaesov, for
FACET. and for Arl1.lel: and h. forwaritai t,,-
plicstes to the Queen Of Scots. Tue kev Of
his d~n, which unlocked the rptt, Le gas.: to
Clifford to carry to her. and the very first letter
which ede asailed heIreH Of her recovered op-
Fortnnity 10 write. wta in this identical ciirher,
1t va. to Pietros father oil GidorI who
was iE the Tower, full Of tender consola,ion,
A1d ri promises tnct il ever ehe became lis
sovereign his own and his son Il services should
not br forgotten.
The very inmost secrete Of the Catholic
eonsederaey we're now opened to Nalfinsh4u1's
Inspection The papers which he EaA tbaat
to rec were from the men At uhoee inrtiga-
ton il England was really to he inrsded, the
enterprise would BE- set on f7at, -
The exact truth would b. told to the
Queen Of Scots. knd che herself ia time would
reveal her mort in~arf purpose. II uoald be
ascertainea now whether h. o. ElizabcsA had
been right"
7bua By plot a. clover aud ~ uefa.;oua a.
Eas escs CONCEIVED, Mary VAS betrayed. Mr..
F1oude is willing to auor tI,at tGe!o must
have been N inherent scoups1eidom o, teu-
Eesa1ent n Clifford. the principal ageut Of
We Ere is4t to supposa that it waA ratIet vir-
tuous than otherwise III Elizabeth Tina 10
tempt her eouMn to destruction wo d. mol
onIsclscs see ta*: shs actual forgery Of the