The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19
M WILLIAM HARRISON AINSVORTH

natfngly historical romance. but his- from the historical romances of our generation. Where our romances make history merely back ground and an excuse Ainsworth makes history the main body of the story, and the irnag. mary characters who play through # are not nearly so interesting as are the real ones.
 taken large liberties in his history His picture of Queen Mary---the Bloody Mary of the histories written by hei @ sns rensrnil mHre yaecastea rssoras seen Fortunately for this aspect of her he stops his story before Mary's marriage to Philip of spain .Sad and before Sss the light than 300 hereties in her short reign,
 On the 10th of July. 1858. fifty gilt 'barges. hung with cloth of gold and arras and decorated with innumerable silken banners and streamers with sil- yer bells attached to them. lay in the Thames before the Tower of London, around which hung cloud of powder smoke that was Increased constantly by salvos from every loophole and every 4urret.
 FferaIds, esauires knights and nobies thronged every landing place ard ev- cry street. The river was abiaze with the gorgeous shields that bore the arr moral bearings of England's greatest Thouaands sf men at arms in all the fantastic spIendor of costume that the bizarre fancy of the age could suggest thronged the streets.
 Yet when all that great procession at last began to move by land and water there rose no cheers among the people. Not cap was thrown in air. not scarf waved. Over all the crowds lay q deep and ominous silence.
 Even Heaven seemed to frown. The brilliant sunshine that had reigned in the morning gave place suddenly to heavy leaden masses of thunder clouds that mounted menacingiy behind the Tower. and peais and wild flashes of lightning overpowered the peals and flashes of mans artillery.
 It was thus that Lady Jane Grey, wife of Lord Csuiiford Dudley. the son of the mighty Duke of Northumberland. was taken to the Tower to begin her reign as Queen of Engiand-against the will of the people and against her own will. for she urged the prior claims of the Princesses Mary and Elizabeth and prophesied that the crown would be taken from her with the head that wore it.
 Before she had been within the an- csent fortress an hour her dark fate began to close in on her. Led by the secret counsel of the Spanish Anbas- sador, Simon Renard. Pembroke. Cecil. Arundel and most of the other peers of England refused in her presence to sign an answer denouncfng procia- nation Issued by Nary In which she claimed the crown.
 of this dispatch is signed.n whis- pered simon Renard to Pembroke, 'sMary will suspect treachery on the part of her friends and flee to France, which Is what Northumberland de- sires." T win have your hands to this pa- u.nv eVsfadr Mort fhuuaharlaud Chr will seal it with your bl6od!" e There was stern, deep silence.
 y"Guards!" said Northumberland nercely. Attach their persons! I will grant five minutes for reflection. Af- ter that time nothing shall save them from the block as traitorBF
 Simon Renard smiled. The game was playing into his hands. He whis- pered again to the Earl of Penn broke.
 sign" said he. T will nnd way to communicate with Mary"
 SuIIenly the peers advanced and wrote their names. Now" said the Duke, '1et the Tower gates be closed. the drawbridges raised. and suffer none to go forth without my written order on pain of death?'
 'You are my prisoners!" said Renard with a sheer. Nov do you consent to the only soIution--to Northumberland removal?"
 q do," replied Pembroke. But who win strike the blow?"
 sT will find the man." answered Re- nard.
 As these last few words were whis- pered Cuthbert Cholmondeley. squire fo Lord Guilford Dudley. was pressed close enough to hear them. At once he tried to force his way to his mas- ter's side; but the great throng pre- vented. Hastily he wrote message and gave it to an attendant.
 That night as the young squire pass cd under a narrow postern. he was struck down from behind and carried away with a gag in his mouth. His message had been intercepted and the eonspirators lost no time in doing away with the man who knew theii secret
 There were none to mark the deed for the Tower of London was wild with revel through all the length and height of its great expanse. Many oi those who should have been on guard had succumbed to the attractions oi the stone kitchen. where Master rus but. the royal pantler had provided 2 great banquet for the warders and other officials.
 There sat a wonderful company Mauger. the headsman; HaiFurn. the bearward and keeper of the Hons; Kit the Tower dwarf, and his three foster paTCHl1s tHc giants OBt 0haBOB 0A'N oNS who boasted that they were sons oi Henry VIII himself.
 These mighty men, each nearly eigh' feet tall were devouring incredible quantities of food and drink to the de- lighted amazement of the company Having dispatched a huge dish oi duails at the rate of two to the mouth full, they attasked a lordly baron o beef and destroyed 1t to the bone. IT. refresh themselves after this prodig ious exertion they drained three gal Ions of metheglin. after which the! ate half a calvered salmon. a West phalia ham. mighty vension pasty, { iarded capon and then a peacock.
 There was only one person to whom this scene offered no amusement. Thi was Cicely, the Rose of the Tower. who had been brought up by Dam' Trustbut and seemed strangely out o place with her beautiful, distinguishes face. her radiant blue eyes, and he proud bearing among that rough com pany. was evident that her thoughts wer far away.
 A tall, dark mar was looking at he malignantly, and seemed to know o what she was dreaming The grea bunch of big keys at his belt proclaim ed him for what he was--the chic taller of the Tower. This man, Law renee Nightgall by name, slipped to he side with a sinister smile. ''Your sprtl of A lover Mas left you forever" sai