Connecticut western news., 1873-09-19

HI d1Oue 1d11eO to QeCecJ the
 queens hops. The unlovely. dreaded,
 eideny Maj. was no bride for Edward
 Courenay.
 Wien has true, happy love had DOW
 CT or concelment? At the splendid
 enterhlnmets the queen now gave at
 court' when he kept the young cousin
 eyer S her ide and leaned fondly on
 ms arn-who had not noticed that his
 eyes eer andonly sought the charming
 hilzaoeh And upon those enchanted
 evening, when little circle of chosen
 ones gathered around the sovereign, and
 Edward Courenay related the story of
 ms sorroVs, or sang, to the lute, airs of
 melting .enderness-then the young
 glri golen lashes would sink deeper
 and deepe, to keep back the starting
 tears. At hngth, between these two
 was spoke1 hat sweetest word of earth
 love: ano days passed-days of be-
 W1lder1ng hppiness, glowing with hope
 and golden lreams of the future. The
 unsuspecti1g queen conferred upon her
 handsome cousin the title of Count of
 Devonshire, though she sportively gave
 him the name of the White Rose of
 York, and loaded him with favors.
 With careless delight-almost with
 the bewilderment of bird escaped
 from it's cage into the light and abso-
 lute leedom-Edward Courtenay fut-
 tered around the court. and unsuspic- iously accepted all tlese distinctions from Mary's hand. Vainly Elizabeth warned him. For she ventured to do it.. She loves me as son." was the refrain of all his answers, 'or as an elder brother. Fear nothing, my be- loved. As soon as the queen has con- cluded her alliance with this Philip of Spain, l will boldly sue her for my sweet white rose-for my bride p For the talk of the Spanish marriage Was in mems minds also, and they did not know what to believe
 An he did not dre,m it was for his sake Mary delayed he. nuptials and put off this Spanish lover i-that a passion for him filled her wlole being-that she was only waiting foc token of his love, to say to him :" Take it from my hand-this royal crovn p
 But the love-token WIS not given and, while the queen wasvainly hoping for 1t, she discovered the bitter truth Edward Courtenay had gwen his heart to her sister, the young and fair Eliza beth, and gained her hea1t in return. It IS said that nothing h the world works such fearful change h a woman as sighted love and perhaos the ter rlble cruelties that stained Nary 8 after reign may be traced to ths bitterest sorrow of her life.
 The instant ban1shment of both lovers followed. Edward Courtena- was sent to Fotheringay-to the sane castle which, years later, received Eizabeth's beautiful rival, the most charming woman in the world, Mary Staurt. With a heart full of anger and sorrow, Edward Courtenay entered those gloomy walls. The princess was sent to Hatfield. But rage against the sister wlo had Jared win the man she loved. and fear | lest the excited populace might seek % free both her prisoners, soon drove he queen to extreme measures. She had both Elizabeth and Edward brought back to London, and consigned | to the Tower. Some sympathizing friend had the lovers placed in opposite apartments. Who this friend was they never knew. but they blessed him every lay and every hour. And thus we re urn to the commencement. -
 
 The Princess Elizabeth is sitting at he window of Ter prison-chamber, gaz- ng out into the darkening night. She loes not notice that the old servant has brought in @ light-that the waiting woman, in her wonted solemn way, has Irranged the simple night-lunch, and llently withdrawn. Suddenly she trem- 'les, and presses her hand upon her vild- beating heart. Outside, close to he shutter, a white sonaethang futters ID and down-a something she has anx- ously awaited-a little sheet of paper by fine cord. One of the lny, round panes open-a small, white and slips out, and hastily draws in the 'reclous treasure. In twinkling it is posed from the cord, and the one which ad been concealed in the folds of the dress, is attached. Forth it .utters, little white dove-out into he air. Now, for few moments, the 'arted lovers are enviably happy as hey read those glowing words-such 7ords as only impassioned love can rite.
 Elizabeth wrote only in verse to her over, and between the leaves of her earned books they lay like the fresh. looming flowers but the young lovers 7ere soon deprived of even this happi- ess. The promptings of her own heart, nd the advice of those around her, in- tied the queen to new cruelty. Eliza eth was sent to Woodstock and Edward ;ourtenay was banished from the coun- ry. It is said that the queen secretly ave her handsome cousin his choice etween an inhospitable foreign land nd the royal throne but that he, true 3 the one love of his heart, chose ban 'hment.
 He sent back Elizabeth's poems with enderest entreaties that if the time yer came when, through the aid of neirtrue adherents, they could triumph yer the common enemy, they should e returned to him through confiden- al nger-without word-asilent oken that she summoned him home.
 Immediately after her cousins depar- Ire, Mary married Philip of Spain. 'dward Courtenay went away full of ope, confident that Mary's reign, so with the people, would be ut short, that love and justice would peedily triumph and that at lenst sth e and Elizabeth should be free. Alas: e hoped in vain. .-.
 The people forgot the exile as they ad before forgotten the prisoner in the 'wer-even his letters to Elizabeth re- lained unanswered, but wherever his oble face and handsome form appeared broad, all felt for him the liveliest and women's hearts he took y storm. Still he renamed homesick nd restless, an exile from all he held ear. -. The unhappy dreamer wandered on ntil he at last found refuge in Padua. he sombre character of the city ac- orded with his melancholy; and pious lonks received him as guest into leir clo1ster. There. for hours long, @ would sit at window gazing ontt ito the quiet cloister garden, or listen lg dreamily to the water of the foun- in, as it fell rippling into the broad.