The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-08

the memory has fingered 10 tnls gay m legend and ballad. The great castle, fising in the centre of long lines of sweeping walls, with it's stately tow CTS ornaiaented with turrets and plat forms at every point of defense, with banners streaming from all it's walls and a forest of gay crests and wav- ing plumes disposed on terraces and Settlements, formed of itself . won- derfM picture that was only . hint Of the princely and splendid hospitality within.
 h the evening the Queeu held her court in the great hall. her throne sur- rounded by such famous gentlemen as the grave Burfefgh, the gay and aspir- ing Raleigh and those others who filled the spacious time of great Elizabeth with sounds that echo still." The fa- vorite Earl Leicester. appeared the most magnificent and courtly of that glittering throng. His naughty bear ing and manly person set on his spfen- did costume to advantage. He looked the great prince--worthy indeed to De what none doubted he was about to become the sharer of the throne.
 The Queen gazed on him with an expression not to be understood and beckoned him close to her side.
 Among the shining court was one in sober. dull garb-Aressfliah. still dressed in his travelling clothes. dis. trausht and gloomy. Who is wonder olownish fellow?" asked the Queen. whose quick eye had detected the un- fortunate Cornishman.
 "A poet, may it please Your Grace" said Raleigh.
 q judged so. from his slovenly at- tire. And pray what is his name? But remember; it is Master Tressilian. the Menelaus of our Devonshire Ro- nance. Which reminds us that we have a duty to perform that concerns us both as woman and Queen. Pray where is the Paris of our ,tale--rny Lord of Leicester's man--Farnham, or whatever his name is?'
 Raleigh. who disliked varney and loved Tressilian, pointed out Leicester's master of the horse. The Queen turn. ed keen eye ofi Leicester; and though an involuntary tremor came over him, he bowed low in token of his readiness to receive her commands. Tt Is the matter of Varney and Tressilian of which we speak; is the lady in pres ence. my lord?'
 His answer was ready: Gracious madam. she ia not
 Elizabeth bent her brows. Our or ders were strict and irnpepative" Here
 
 knee. Your Majesty" said he. here are attestations from learned phy- sician who is well known to my Lord of Leicester and from a devout Prot estant, one Anthony Foster, the gen. tleman in whose house the lady Is now residing. which will show that only severe illness has caused her to dis obey the commands of Your Grace"
 Under Your Majesty's favor" cried Tressilian, forgetting in part his promise to Amy, these certificates speak not he truth"
 How" exclaimed tfe' Queen. DO you impeach my Lord of Leicester's veracity? He stands guaranty for his man But you shall have a fair hear ing"
 Tressilian became confused and stammered some incoherent fragments of sentences which were cut short by Elizabeth with, Well, well, Master Tressilian, this matter is ended. We will do something to reconcile old Sir Hugh RobsaTt to this maria ge"; and peremptorily she dismissed the Cor hishman from the presence.
 Meantime, Amy in her tower waited in vain for any result from her letter to Leicester. Night came and still there was no answer and no Leicester. It was an hour after midnight when physical exhaustion proved too strong for love, for grief even for uncertain- ty and she sank into a lethargic re- pose
 The summer sun was streaming through the lattice when she awoke and recollected with a sense of giddy agony where she was and how circum- stanced There came a sound at her door She threw 1t open to see stand ing there, not Leicester or Wayland but Michael Lambourne. varney's fol- lower. who had carried his debauchery over into the morning, and bearing from the domestics that an unknown lady was concealed in Tressilians apart nent had taken it into his befuddled brain to investigate.
 The warder who had charge of the tower came running at Amy's cry of and the drunken man during which Amy, terrified. slipped from the room and ran out into a courtyard of the castle, which had been fitted up as a pleasance with fountains, Rrottos and tricks of landscape gardening
 The people of the castle were just beginning to stir in preparation for the hunt which was to be held that day. and Amy, to avoid observance, entered one of the grottos and retired to it's further end
 It chanced that one of the earliest of the huntress train who appeared from her chamber in full array for the chase was Englands virgin Queen. Scarce had she crossed the threshold of her room when the Earl of Leices- ter was by her side and proposed that she should view the pleasance To this new scene they walked, the ladies in attendance following at discreet distance, while the noble Dudley press ed his suit as forwArdly as was fitting when a subject sought the hand of his sovereign.
 1e the mother of my people--the bride ,f England. Were it otherwise-oh, ny lord. delay the chase-delay it for m hour and give me time 10 think And --leave mo meantime, my lord--I must )e alone. Let no one intrude. Co., ,ut mt far auav Her pftafIon bar