The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-25

the Earl considered justly as preVeht to remove him from court.
 4 still more irritating cause for of- fense was Edwards withholding of his consent for the marriage of his broth- CT, the Duke of Clarence, to Warwick 2 daughter, Isabel. Isabel was deeply ate tached to Clarence, who, with all his errors and weaknesses. possessed the superficial attractions that distinguish ed the whole house of York. being gallant. handsome and gay.
 When he saw his daughters health giving. way, the stout Earl could bear the Kings delay no longer. and when Clarence presented himself suddenly at Calais he consented that they should wed without Edwards consent.
 In other times this act might have
 made a permanent breach between the
 King and his dangerous subject
 But the discomfort which Warwick
 presence at court had laid at rest
 spread again far and broad. Rebellion
 broke out in the north. Like fire famed by gale. 1t spread So rapidly l that by the time thes King tore him self from his ifeastinGf and hunting
 Earl Rivers and Sir John Woodville | father and brother to the Queen. ha' | been seized and beheaded by the repeis
 Edward himself was hemmed in ant | forced to retreat to Olney. where h'
 lay in desperate plight indeed, sur
 rounded by a moving forest of pikei
 and piumes.
 Even he, rarely awed by the odds O. war looked hopelessly on the terrlty ing array from his nasty defenses n saw that even desperation would con fess the attempt to engage nopeless l While he stood thus and gazed' wiel ! his hands on his huge two-handes
 sword. there suddenly ran q, WIG e., cs1
 through the anxious town, along tn, l crowded walls and housetops: | Warwick A Warwick! Savedt SaVeo | A warwick" !.
 Bare-headed, Warwick strode int
 the presence of the King. who turne' | to him and said:
 "Cousin, you are truly welcome | Truly do I know that when you nav | aught whereof to complain, you talk | not the moment of danger and dis aster. Whatever has chanced U l alienNte your heart from me, the sount l of thS rebels trumpet chases all dif
 ference and marries your faith t' aoh. Edward. my King" said War | wick simply, why did you misJudg l me in the prosperous hour, since Tn tn, adverse hour you read me so well! l But if Warwick was forgiving, h
 was not weak. Firming he told tn | King that IL was uOpGlNSS NO VOPS "AN' | the host that beesiged the town
 "These people have risen in rebellion
 against the Woodvilles' power ant 1 abuses" said he, "and they can be dis persed only if I can give them pledge that you will banish the people or m Queens family" 1 Edward was resolved not to give ui | the Woodvllles, but he was equally re 1 solved not to risk his crown and life | gakN Ia ahaaf VVaFWfGl l again. Concealing his falsehood witi | his usual soldierly grace. he resigDe' l the conduct of affairs into the Earl hands; and once again Warwick
 name did more than Edwards armie could accomplish He rode into th'
 rebel camp. pledged himself to redress all their grievances and promised com by pFociaimlng: And now. in thu
 name of Edward ". Lord suzerair of England and France, I disband thii
 army" 1t melted away so fast that bl niRhtfall not a soldier was to be seer
 in all the wide plain.
 Edward looked out when the moor arose Then he turned abruptly tt Lord Hastings and said: "A few hours
 since, and the earth grew spearsi Be
 hold the landscape now"
 "So vanish all the Kings enem es'
 said Hastings.
 "Ay, man, if at the Kings word But at a subjects commando No'
 I am no king while acother Fcat CT armies in my realm at his bare VIII
 Fore Heaven, this shall not last!' The next day he rode off to CoVen. trv where Sir Anthony Woodville hac raised a small force. There he waite' for more men to flock to his banners | hut instead of endorsements, baroi after baron withdrew from his rettnue He retired in much perplexity ant trritation. In the dead of night h' w,as startled from slumber by the treat 1 of steel-clad men. He sprang iron his couch. The Earl of Warwick. on tered His face was calm. but sterI and sad, ,.,- -r-.-
 1,, "vou have deceived me. l prom
 tad to the Commons the banishmeu of the Woodvilles and to a WoodviH' you have fown!
 r,,tb whom no faith can be heldl said the King.
 We will not waste words, hlnE! saId Warwick The Scotcn nav oatnad great advantages. The Duke O | Gloucester Is driven back. The Lan castrians in the north have risen. Mar | garet of Anjou Is ready to set sail | Please you to mount and ride north ward. We will go first to my casu | of Warwick hard by At noon tomor row all will be ready fer our north
 ward march.
 1 Edward hastily armed and steppe out of his tent. Around him stood