Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29
CHAPTER VI.
open-eye Conspiracy
His time doth take,

OPNll-tgt Conspiracy
His time doth take.
There was hustle in the palace, a going
TO and fro of mounted men. messengers
from remote places, lights carried from
room to room, whispered tidings Of events
momentous. So unwonted were the stir
and curiosity that my lady and her archers
rode in unmolested, aud finding a page who
listened readily to so pretty an intruder.
word was carried swiftly to the chancellor,
who was then with the queen, and so to
her majesty.
THE wife OF Roy the outlaw seeks audi
ence OF her majesty upon a matter OF
urgency"
Now that was the second time which the
chancellor had heard the word of urgency
that day, and the omen plagued his curl
osity.
Comes she to threaten US, too" he
asked, ~jestingly, Of the page who carried
the tidings. NAY, We shall wear a coat OF
mail presently lest urgency go faster than
your majesty's justice!"
But the queen said in her wisdom:
Let us hear her, my lord, for truly, II
the man hath a secret the woman shall
tell it,"
She gave the command, and the Lady Bar
bara, passing through the anterooms, where
wits exclaimed upon her, and the women
stared. and the ~gallants recounted her his
tory, she came at length to Mary's pres
ence, and k~neeling there, a vision beautiful
of the night, she pleaded for her lover.
at am the wife of Roy of Calverton, who
was arrested in your majesty's name this
night. For thirty hours we have ridden
without drawing rein to do your majesty a
service; and thus it is requited. How shall
we speak, then, Of your peril. and Of that
which Is contrived against you? Let the
queen ask IL II is a good counsel which
turns a deaf ear to those who would befriend
/ her. Nay. your majesty. all England hath
not a more faithful heart nor one more
ready than he your ministers have sllenced.
VIII you not hear me for the love he bears
your"
There were tears in her eyes when she
uttered the name OF Roy OF Calverton, but
Queen Mary. who remembered little but that
she was OF the new faith, answered her
coldly:
"You are Barbara OF ollerton, who teach
sedition TO my people in the north. Hath
sedition. then, turned upon Its masters,
that you confess these things?"
Nay, your majesty, sedition and my hus-
bands name were ever strangers. ! be-
seech you prove him that the truth may be
known ere the hour for truth lie passed by!'
II was a plea Of her love and confidence
uttered so winningly that even the queer
was half won by It.
Your urgency speaks an enigma. my
lord" she said to Gardiner. Has II come
TO this. then, that we must srant friend.
ship to every outlaw that claims II OF us?'
She turned to him as one upon whom de-
spair sat heavily; nor had he any good an
swer for her.
II know not whose friendship youl
majesty may refuse" he said, III these It'd.
lngs from Rochester be true"
For a little while the queen unused upol
It. and then, turning to my lady, she asked
What do you seek Of me. child-wha
boon do you CraYe?"
That those who carried my dear hus
band from me tonight may carry ne to hi
eide again"
For love OF him you barter freedom
Having nothing but my hope OF love-
Knowing that he must answer tina
which Justice would charge against him?
"Ay your majesty, knowing that he cal
answer all the world"
Now. the matter troubled the queen no
q little, and she would have gone on I
question my lady Dore closely, but Will
she was yet seeking pTeteXt. a messenger
all splashtd with mud and disorder by hi
haste. burst Ia upon them dnceremoniousl
I 20 cry that the bridge At Rochester ha
been thrown down by Wyatt and his fellows