The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-20

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OF such follics!,
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women say that there is u no worse
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/, ~ by J! listening to me TOR half IN
:HsF s:. 4 t th's Far ..yy 4. ,,v.r
Of tho garden, there where The soft
s o, sndn b tI.z gently stirred tie
say!. she exclaimed In mock alarm.
would make them dumb"
.he t queen n, VII be ask,ng Tor
"'They shall not lind US for ve.,,
P 1Sai ., sl;n boa ,beyGnd tho reeds
s ho 1u an II, aro aode !. with n, ths
lwltter % the birds when they yAs g 10 10
rest. Shall we go? =
!, Her heart had already consented.
strange earnestness seemed to e Sibrata
through It. as he begged her to cons
with him. ! + go
Slowly she began to walk by hia
s.arcely alive now. a being from an.
other world. wandering IN tho land OF
dreams. He said nothing more, for
the world was too beautiful for speech.
Youth, love. delight were courslrl,
through his veins. and as he led the
young girl towards the bark 1t seemed
to him as if he were taking her away
from this dull world OF prose and hui.
manity. far. far away through mys.
get. to a land where she would reign
ns queen.
The river beckoned to them. and tic
soft misty horizon seemed to call. The
intoS.cntIn. odor OF summers dying
roses filled the air. whilst In the dis
tance across tho stream nightingale
CHAPTER XVI.
The uItimatum.
The envoy OF His Holiness had dc-
! parted.
Mary Tudor had dismissed her fades,
for she wished to speak with the Car
dinal de Moreno alone.
Throughout the audience with the
Parnl Nuncio His Eminence had al.
ready seen the torm-clouds gathering
i thick and fast on the Queens brow.
breviary. left accidentally on the ter
race coping. had been gone half an
Ihour, and. moreover, had not yet re-
turned.
Der .iajesty had sent u page TO re-
lauest His Grace's presence. The page
{, returned with the inti,nnt!on1 that His
1 Grace could not be found.
Some one had spied him in the dis
1 company with lady dressed In white.
4 Then the storm-clouds had burst.
The Queen peremptorily ordered
every one out OF the room. Then She
| turned with real Tudor-iike fury upon
Il I{iS EInfrence 3tt71
/ MY Lord Cardinal she said In
/ quiyering vo ce.. which she did not even
try to steady. an you had your mas
gone the wrong way to work.
The Cardinals keen. gray eyes bad
watched Mary's growing wrath with.
much amusement. What was a wot
mans wrath to him? Nothing hut nm
asset. an additional advantage in the
political game which he was playing.
/ Never for &. moment did he depart.
however. from his att tude of deepest
respect. nor from his tone OF suave
4 urranity.
II seem to have offended Your Ma
h jesty." he said gently "unw!ttinsly. !
assure your.
polite words with the man who had
4 played her this clever trick. She was
angered with herself for having fallen
! into SO clumsy a trap. a thousand
what she might have done to prevent
!. tie meeting between wessex and Ur-
sula, which the Cardinal had obviously
i pianred.
Nav. masks off. pray Your Emf
with your breviary. Own 70 y;
rot rrnud to have tricked Mary Tudor
: SO easily?"
She was trembling with rage. bu.
! looked nigh to bursting into tearse. a
shade almost Of pity crossed Ills Emil
ncnce's cold ard clever face. II seemed
almost wantonly useless to have led
q ,.3ine lover from this ill-fayored. MD
! dle-aged woman.
4 But the Cardinal never allowed
..!'vorldlE sentiments OF any KIND to IN :
onds with the object be had In view.
The look of pity quickly faded from
: his eyes. giving place to the same
lask q resps.,ta S &c saG b,andy
!, stand. An! yes. remember
now. -. i had left ton the balus-
trade nnttern % cn,va .l r offered to fetch
"a Inc: scheme. indeed. MY Lord
Uninterrupted the Queen impatlently. to
send tn, Duke of Wes.es counting after
!, :.rhe Duke Of Wessex?" re1o,ned Fits
d Eminence with veil -nlayed aFton.sh-
g merit: may. nstinught sn,ed nm ~
: VOWS he once made to the Lady Ur-
e sula Glvnde." I, I
s IT pray YOU do not reneat that lily
i fairy tale Ills raceamade no promise,
j. Twas the Earl OF Truro desired the
maria &c. ard the Duke had half for
7 gotten iris until Your Eminence Oh l' ose
..Nay! nut Your Majesty does me
/, r-evn irjustfce. wrat have the amnurs
|: Of His Grace OF wesser to do with me
n Who am the envoy Of His !, Most =, :. catho'
d n,Tv,ere wirar. certainly" retortcd
MARY ccldly. IF the king Of SPANS !.
i envoy did not concern himself witt
rousing the Queen IF E,' gle nd's anger.
CHAPTER XVII,
!, An Armed Truce.
e His Em.nence had gradually wan,
i dered down towards the low wall Swh e,
Z divided the palace gardens from ths
G lriver} beyond. -, -
tao rt In &c