The sun., 1902-06-29
I HAP1ER VI
open sy" Consritscy
li.N time doth ta.e.

! Their, was hustle in the palace. a 60 ng
| ,o and fro Il mounted men. messengers
| from rcmot. plsce-, lights carried ft"iu
! room 10 room. whispered tldinss IL events
mon.n,ou-. - unvonted were The STIR
| and curiosity that NV lady and her srchcrs
| rode in unmolesi- -d and finding page who
| list ened readily to ~ pretty an intruder
word was carried swiftly To the Chancellor,
whn was then with the Queen. and ~ 'n her
| aie-ty.
-Th. wife of Rny the outlaw -eeks audi
ence 81 her Majesty upon matter of
urgency
| IA. Chancellor had heard the word ~
| urgency that day. and the omen plagued
| his curiosity.
Comes she to threaten US. tooy- he
asked, Je-tingly, Of the rag- who carried
the tidlngs Nay. We shall wear a ""n'
| Of mail presently lest urgency go faster
than yUur MsIe-iy'- justice
But IN. Queen said IN her wisdom.
-Ls, VI hear her INV lord, for truly.
Il the man hath secret the woman shall
Sh. gave the command. aud IN. Lady
| Barbara, passing thrcixh the AntsrDoms,
| where wis exclaimed upon her, and the
women -taT,si. and gallani- r'-rOu nied
her history shs came a. length 20 Narv'-
pre-enc- and, kneeling there, vision
t-autiful Of IN. night. sh- plead-~i for
her lower.
4 am the wife ~ Roy u Calver'on. Who
was arrested in your MaIe-tv'- name This
night. For thirty hours W" hav" ridden
without drawing rein To- do yuur Majesty
| a -@ry iC~. and thus u u reIuited
How shall We speak. then. of yu'Ir peril,
and Of that which Ia cont rived against
vou' let The Queen ask 4 IL - good
council which turns a deaf ear to 'ho>e
| who would hefriend her
Nay. your Majesty. all England hath
no, a NOR. faithful heart nor ono mora
| rrady than he your minister have -ilenc.d
| Will you not hear me for the love he t-'ars
| vou'N
There were tear~ in her eye~ when she
| uttered the name Of Row of Calverton.
IN, Queen Mary. who remembered lif'lr
trii that she was ~ the new faith. answered
isr coltlv
-Yo,i an. barbara Of Oller,on. Who teach
-cdi,ion to my Tnople in the north Hath
-@cition. then, turned upon it, masters,
that you confess thr-n thingsy'
Nay your Majesty, -'-iition and NV
husbands nam" w"r" ever strangers.
be~..sch you prove him that m. truth NAV
10 snown er" tho hour for truth j. passed
by'-
I, va a pie. of her love and confidence.
uttered ~ winningly that even the Q'l.en
was half won hy IL
Your urgency speaks an enigma. nv
lord, she ssid 10 t'a'iin.r. 'Hss u come
10 thls. then, that Ne must grant friend
ship TO every outlaw thai claims 1t of ur'-
She turned 80 him A. one upon whom
despair sat heavily; nor had b" any good
answer for her
4 know not whose friendship your
Majesty NAV refu--.' he Sad. ~ thes-
tidings from RDch'st-r b- true.
for = Bttn while the Queen mu.~d upon
Il and then. turning in my Lady, she asked
What do sou -.~k of me. child What
boon do yon crave
That tho-e who earned nv dear hu--
hand from M" tonight may carry inc 20
his cid" again
For low. ~ him yui barter frr-Siorn--
Having nothing but my hop" of love
-know ing that he must answer that
which justice would "hsrge against him.
Aye. your Majesty, knowing that he
can answer all the World
Now, tho mai 'rnu bl.-d the Queen
not "a little. and IN. would have gone on to
question my lady mor' ctp-rlv, but while
10" ~as y~' seeking pr~text. messenger.
all splsshed with mud and disorder 10y
his haste. burst IN upon them unCermon.
iously ia CIV that the bridge al Rochester
had bsea thrown down by Wyatt ar,d hiE
fellows. and that the ships then lving in
the river wcr- already hurned
And, my Lord. said he. and YOU do
mot act evps~iiti1I-ty th"v will even ride
into London With 'o-morros sun
He spok" a surprising wori which. uttered
alr-ady in the an'srotmr of the palaG.',
had tsen a. "a tos>>in sounded there to -.ni
hor~em-n AZ ID" gallon frum the gates
and 10 call the -l~eping guard from its isd
Tn" Sam. alarm would wake a sleeping
city presently
To the Queen and th. man who stool
With her II came a. th. d~ad summons
to AN encounter Nhirh should win all or
lo-- all In that graz cau-s. they served
Mary knew the moment ~ ". lnds->d vet
she Wa ever tie rnir'r. NJ r~ady
courage: ana nov. that nv Lord might
wine~- her example. che cho-r to speak
firri 20 INV Lady l-fore rite t.sde the me-.
singer repeat his tidinSs:
'let IL be as you vii. cl,ild.- she said.
Go " this faithful heart that claims friend.