The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-14
IN MAR YS REIGN
By BARONESS ORCZY
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 Mary Tudor was not quite forty then. a woman full of the passionate inten- sity of feeling characteristic of the Tu- dors, neither beautiful nor yet an adept at women's wfles; but when she heard wessex,s footstep on the fagstones or the terrace. her whole face ligted up with that radiance which makes every woman fair: the radiance of . whole hearted love.
 May, my lord Cardinal" she said with sudden impatience. your Emil hence has vaunted the beauties or Spain long enough today. feel sure, she added. half turning towards Wes- sex, ''that His Grace, though a truant from our side, will hold brief for merrie England against you{&
 The Duke, as he approachdM scanned with a lazy eye the brilliant company gathered round the Queen: an amused smile, made up partly of sarcasm. wholly of insousiance, glimmered Tn his eyes. as he caught the frown' quichly suppressed, which appeared on the Car dinaps shrewd. clever face.
 May. His Eminence hath but to look on our Sovereign Lady" he said, as he gaflantly kissed the tips of the royal hand. graciously extended to him, ito know that England hath naught to envy Spain.H
  woman who loves, seemed to detect a more serious tone in Wessex's voice than was his wont. She looked inQuir- ingiy at him. The thoughts. engen- dered in his mind by Everingham's earnestness and enthusiasm, had left their shadow over his lighter mood.
 ''you look troubled. my lord?' she said anxiously.
 s'What trouble had. your Grace's presence has already dispelied," he re- piled gently.
 It amused him to watch the discom- fted faces of his political antagonists, whose presence now Mary seemed com pletely to ignore. Her whole person. Ality was transformed in his presence: she looked ten years younger, her heavy, slow movements appeared sud- denly to gain in elasticity.
 She rose and beckoned to Wessex to. accompany her. Neither Noailles nor Scheyfne cared to follow. fearing rebuke.
 His Eminence the Cardinal de Mo- reno alone, seeing her turn towards the gardens, ventured a remark:
 "At what hour will your Majesty deign to receive the envoy of His Ho- liness?" he asked unctuously.
 "As soon as he arrives" replied the Queen curtly.
 His Eminence watched the two ig- ures disappearing down the stone steps of the terrace. There was troubled, anxious look in his keen eyes. The first inkling had just ,dawned upon him that perhaps he might fail in his mis- sion after all.
 A new experience for the Cardinal de Moreno.
 when Philip, of Spain desired to wed Mary of England he chose the one man in all Europe most able to carry 4sf vssIaa h 1erfa. A Vaa A 1eigneur, veritable prince of the Church, His Eminence shone In every circle wherein he appeared, through the briIliancy of his intellect, the charm and suavity of his manner, and, above all, by that dominating personality of his. which willed so strongly what he desired to obtain.
 WilIed it ct times--so his enemies said--without scruple. We'll! perhapsi and if so, why not? would be His Emil nence's own argument.
 Heaven had given him certain weap- ons; these he used in order to get Heavens own ends. And in the mind of the Cardinal de Moreno Heaven was synonymous with the political interests of the Catholic Church. England was too fine a country to be handed over to the schismatic sect without a strug- gle, the people were too earnest, too deeply religious to be allowed to re- main in the enemyS camp.
 And His Eminence was not only fighting for an important political aIli- ance for his royal master, but also for the reconquest of Catholic England. Wessex, firm yet unostentatious ad- herent of the new faith, was to him an opponent in every sense.
 When the Cardinal first landed in England he had been assured that the volatile and nonchalant Duke would never become serious obstacle to Spanish plans.
 The Duke? Perhaps not. But there was the Queen herself, half-sick for love! and women's folIies have ere now upset the most deeply laid. most im- portant plans.
 "Ah. my friendF, sighed His Emi-