The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-07
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man. and still stained with Don Mig
ilcl's blood"
what OF that. Some ono else mt,s.
ha sIos nsfd t10 dagger
/, :. .y Y Y, di.l not suggest this in your.
Z, ~ was not asked OF me> by HI.
{, "irI,sra i Is time to make further
III could but be In consonance with
w VIZ, ! l,a hive already ALREADY, 4, said"
'onao,isl n''
heard angrv words 'twist Ills Grace
md Don Miguel"
i#"IIe has sworp y upon oath. Pas.
n oa GHea aead'y sn q per w1
You are fencing with me, my lord"
said Mary Tudor with sudden vehc-
mencee.
"Nty command?' she said firmly.
This. my lord that you save His Grace
OF Wessex from the consequences of
ITO gave His Grace OF Wessex?" he
calculated with the greatest astonisli-
,nent, II? ind at this eleventh hour?
Nn W., meseems that were impossIblc''
Then Your Emirencc can set your
Wits to ATTEMPT the. impossible," re-
jored Mary CURLY.
Tut why Should Your Majesty sug-
gests this strange task to me?" he
ur.ed with the same well-feigned sur
prise.
!, .Beca,se Your Eminence hath more
bra.n than most
Your Majesty is too gracious"
And because you have the success
or your own schemes more at heart
thar most" added the Queen signln-
CARLY,
" Tomorrow" aueried the Cardinal
With more than soupcon Of sarcasm.
MOI rejoined Mary quietly. hut Il
YOU succeed will give you IN reward
arvthirr which you may ask
ANYTHING. my daughter? Even your
f N marriage to King Philip of
II Your Etninence succeeds in ef-
fecting the impossible" replied Mary
Grm'y II will marry King Philip OF
SPAIN"
"a. There e., wns silence for a momen. or
Not that he Rad been taken .unawares.
For the past fortnight he Rad been ex-
.peet'ng some such interview as the
e esen Raur noY IL @a s sns
shrewd enough to have ANTICIPATED that,
sooner or later Mary Tudor would
propose bargain. whereby he would
be expected pee to pit his Wits sEsinst
which she kIrw he coveted. The task
was a difficult one-not lnpossible.
for the Cardinal never admitted that
peculiarly placed. and he knew the
value OF ROYAL promises and OF royal
compacts. This one he thought he
could enforce. but only 4 his methods
fessed the whole dastardly, Intrigue OF
that eVentful night would certainly
have saved the Duke from condemna
Ttion: but the tale itself would so dis
Mary would see herself easily released
from her promise through unanimous
public opinion.
That simple and sure method OF OBJ
fore barred to him and he had perfosce
to reflect seriously ere he closed with
the bargain which Mary Tudor held so
temptingly before HIM. His mind was
his colleagues. and he had most at
|etake now. for nothing but ultimate
success could Justify the Nervousness
OF his methods. II his schemes failed
and criminal beyond hope OF pardon.
For the moment the Cardinal had no
remorse. The sacrifice Of every piece
IN the great human game OF chess was
5of his enemies were gained. Don
Miguel was dead. Lord Everlnglani
Tar away. the wench. Mirrab, terrified
at her own act probably had disap-
heard OF again until His Eminence's
victory was assured. This he had
hoped to attain With the death OF the
Duke OF Wsssex and Mary's conse-
n r~t IN ~ Prz ~ M
always surprising that Lord Evering-
ham did not return In time to ruin
the whole scaffolding OF his tortuous
which was eyer present before the Car
dinal's mnd-the return OF Lord Ever
insham., Every day added to the dan
ger t,s' = and it was Wesses,s own irnpa-
tered existence which had up till now
saved His Eminence from exposure.
The Duke had urged that his trial
ss sdi,i, come con % on spesdily This was
of Wessex still. The trial itself would
NOT last more than the one day. seeing
that the accused had made fun con-
l Iess on; and only a few secondary
sake. Ills Grace had refused counsel:
there could be no argument. The
Judges. in the face OF the circumstan-
tial self .accusation. We're bound, in the.
1idlle ol JUSTICE, TO convict anu con-
denim. in spite OF public opinion. In
spite OF the mach !nations OF the Dukes
friends. in spite OF the Queens com
mands,
Once His Grace was out Of the way.
Ills Eminence had felt that he would be
able to breathe more freely. hut until
itthen he was living on the edge OF a
volcano, and often wondered how It
thad8 not broken out ere now.f 59
The news Of the crime and Of Ives-
sex'ss arrest had been sent to Scot
land. he knew that, but the way thither
was long. the late October gales would
make the journey by sea difficult,
whilst the overland roads sodden with
| the. rain, were unusually bad but In
Iany event. ,Evering CHAM was bound TO-
days, for, OF q surety. he viii Iii have
istrayeled with mad speed on hearing