The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19

sorted to, because you would mus e1~ cape the sca6old. Retract your words.
 I command you. and declare my inne- cencs."
 T do.' replied wyat in . firm. tona.
 T have falsely accused you. and was induced to de so in the hope of pardon. I unsay all have said. and will die proclaiming your innocence."
 At his request his supporters placed him at the feet of the Princess. where he begged for her pardon. Turning to the Queen, he declared that now he
 had told the truth. Then he motioned to the attendants to raise him. the pair
 of knesline being too exquisite for en- durance.
 Now. seeing simon Rsnard, who stood near the Queen. he cried: 'It was you who instigated the charge that the Princess was conspiring with mel You who have deceived the oueen--deosiv cd me--and would deceive the devil your master. if you could"
 T ask no ciemency for myself" cried Courtenay, who had also been brought to the chamber; but beseech Youy Highness not to let the words of thai crafty Spaniard weigh against your
 sister. From his perfdious plots ell these disasters have originated. My
 heart was yours. and yours only. till I allowed myself to be influenced by him. l He it was who chose as his unconscious tool the Princess Elizabeth"
 l"HaP', said the Queen. lost In thought. 'Let the Princess Elizabeth and Cour- tenay be taken back to their prisons. I will consider their sentence" With | this she quilted the torture chamber with her train. History has told what happened as | the result of this grim scene. Elizabeth | and Courtenay were pardoned. and in the end Renard was dismissed from court in disgrace before Philip Of Spain arrived. and thus. after all his plotting. did not realize his dreamed-of
 plan of ruling England through his master.
 Cuthbert cholmondeisy. who had beer taken with Lord Dudley. was the next
 victim to taste the rack. Ills torture
 was destined to be the more exquisite because it was to be administered by his enemy. Nightgali. who had nearly leased from the dungeon where the sauire had left him chained
 Just as he came to the head of the stairs leading to the torture chamber. the door opened and a great glare of red light burst forth, while q dis- mai groan smote his ears. It was foi- lowed by a creaking noise, the meaning cf which the squire divfned too we'll : The first object that caught Chokl mcndeley's gaze was a figure covered from head to foot In a bloody cloth | ChoImondeley was convinced from the | stature of the hidden man that he was Lord Dudley. and cried his name in an. guish. The figure was greatly agit- ated, but only an inartlcufate sound could be heard. The attendants hur- ried away with him, and Cholmonde- l ley was seized and thrown on the rack. The sharpness of torment Co which the hate-flled Nightgall subjected him was such as few could have withstood. But not a groan burst from him though l his whole form seemed rent by the dreadful tension. At last the surgeon declared that his bones would be wrenefed asunder if another turn were xfveu the rack, and the taller sulkiiy permitted him to be carried away and restored.
 when he became conscious two men in sable dresses were c7afing his liEnbs
 with ointment which had marvellous effect in subduing the pain and re- storing piiancy Go the sinews and joints, 50 that in a short time he felt able to move. Then they departed and Simon Renard entered.
 Ee began to interrogate Chofmonde- law about Elizabeth. Suddenly mask
 ad figure appeared behind him and aimed a terrible blow at him with . poniard, but missed. Renard grappled
 with him. but was forced to the
 ground. The assassin's mask fell of
 ana disclosed the face of Nightgall. T am paid by De Noailies to put your excellency to death said he with