New-York tribune., 1902-01-12
dence, the general reader viii also value II rot
passages like the following

dence, the general reader VIII also V@4ue u ioA
passages like the following:
! There was something divine" Elizabeth saia.
In the face and manner which won the hearS
OF her gaoers in Loeb Leven and in Enslan1
! Heaven bless that sweet face cried the peo..
pie in the streets as the Queen rode by, or S"epv
along with the long train. the tarSetted tai,S
and Sinking pride of women. that Knox ue
nounced- .
She was gay. as when Randolph met her. IN
no more state than a burgess's wife mlSnt Us. S
in the little house of ST. Andrews. hard by tne
desecrated Cathedral She could be Hllut,
mirthful, dancing or walking the black mldhlsnA
streets of Edinburgh. masked. IN male ap
parel. fitting in hOmely attire suo nc,
enemies. about the Market Cross IN StiIIlls-
She loved, at sea, Ito handle the boisteTous ca
bleS." as Buchanan tells. Pursuing her oIo'nSl,
Moray. a day of storm hard on ths
doomed Huntly's track amOnS the nils any
mOraSSeS of the North: or gail0pInS thIOu5"
the red bracken OF the October moors, and tns
hills of the robbers, to Hermitage; her eheley
outwore the picked warriors in her coMpdns-
AT other times. in fascinaunS larSuor, L sns
would lie long abed, receiving company III u.
French fashion. waited on by her NaryS wnOSe w
four names ARE four sweet symphonies, May
Seton and Mary BeatOn Mary Fleming anu
would bring her wOman's work emorolueIy
silk and gold She tabled To have CARRIE ~
pistols at her saddle bow in war and sne eA
celed In matches of archery and PaA-InaA-
To this portrait Mr. Lang adds sketches OF
those about Mary which vivdly show forth the
sinister character of the atmosphere in WHICH,
she was enveloped. With the feweSt exceptiOH'
the men who formed her court. whether tne'
were great lords small squires. were about -
rascally and dangerous a lot as even unAN
grim period could have produced Furlnei
more. the Queen had more against her u
the disloyalty the malice OF those In nsr IL
mediate encourage. This woman" says NJ
Lang. sensitive. proud. tameless, nerce g.
kind, was browbeaten by the imPlacaoie NNO-'
her priests were scOurged and pilorleN me-
creed was outraged every day; hersen sc0'u'
preached at. insulted; her every plan th"a0
of Riccio the Milanese musician, some h'u0
passing consolation for many woes, anu ""'-
we add to the mere fact of his murder the @UOi
Unable brutality with which the whole ePiSoOo
was managed. it is wonder that the charae'e'
warped in it's earliest and most formative yea'
by the more than dubious influences OF '
French court received a twist from which INC
darkest of impulses may easily have nO"e-
'She could be gay. later" says Mr.. Lang DANE
ing aud hunting. but it may well be tnat' are.
this last and worst OF cruel insults. her hea
had now become hard the diamond; anu 1
she was possessed by the evil spirits OF loatniNs
and hatred and longing for revenge Ahu So
when the foul plot rid Darnley Of the man 10
hated. she uttered over Rccios grave the wofus
which to this day tell against her. the pronhSe
that "a fatter than he should lie anear ni"'
OK would go hard with her.
parnley. q contemplate man. IL ever theA'