The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-25

Had ! but inherited my fathers sword
IS ] did his crown, such traitors as
thou should long ere this Tvs been
dead on the scaffold or Il bloody
field"
Sir Robert Melville, who had ioincd
the company, tried to modify the
hruSque and taunting retorts of the
Lords, put Mary babe him to be quiet.
Tears starting 10 her eyes, her face
still redeemed with her anger, she said:
My kerchief. I~le1ning-I shame me
that these traitors should have power
TO nerve me thus The alteration
between the Lords and the Queen was
long and bitter, her power Of sarcasm
finding full swing as she sent stab after
stab into the hearts of the grim mobiles.
Ruthven plainly animated that if the
documents were not signed death to
h royal prisoner would be the conse
quence. At length they gaVe her
half an hour in which to make her
decision, and retired for that space,
AS oon as they We're gone Mary threw
herself into her seat and gave way to
her grief, fear and agitation. Her
female attendants. weeping them
selves, underworld to calm her. Rot
and Graeme could Withstand no long
er his earnest desire TO offer his soTv-
| ices. "If one sword, madam sad
| he lean do anything in your behalf,
| here is my hand ready to draw it and
use IT,"
AS he thus spoke he laid his hand
upon the hilt OF the sword which he
wore, the one which had been given
to him in the hostelry at Edinburg.
At sight of his sword, Catherine
| Seyton exclaimed: "Methinks [ see q
token from my father. madam. Ne
| thinks this is no presence IN which TO
lest" replied Roland. surely, dam
( sci. Won yourself know best how | OBJ
tanned this weapon. In your Grace $
quarrel only Will I draw this sword.
AS NE smoke he hail unsheathed the
weapQn and Il roll OF parchment ie1i
from the scabbarG. II proved 10 DE q
writing from the Lord Seyton and
others of Mary's adherents, b~eseechlng
bar to do as the lords sent to her de-
,nanded, arE assuring heF that notn-
ing thus assigned under dureSs coliid
be OF legal value. And yet, crlea
Mary .methinks for the daughter OF
SO long q line OF soFere'gns 90 sr.sa
because TRAITORS press upon her argues
little OF royalty ana will read III II
future times IN my history. lners
is but a step between the PRISON ahu
the grave. ana were 1t but sTiLt ano
L.easv for the body. were it but safe ahc
happy for the change OF soul .hole
lives not q Wosnan who WouIu Sooiel
taka that step than / would"
rho lords were heard returning and
Narv made her decision hastily. My
lords" said she. the evils we can 11f,s
resist must be submitted to: Wcfa
e1fseribe your parchment WITH 9uciA
liberty as is yny choice. But wer.
I obbnE on wonder shore with a fleet
steed and but ten good and ioyal
Iniohts with me. I would as soon sub
Nnl5a nv efeypal darnnation. Give
Toe'' the peh and bear witness, all !.
What I do and why - ! do it. nv B erov II
A1i frae will I Will sooner die
tfan subscribe to such a faisehood;a
1inaesay roughly grasped the Queen ems
arm in his mailed hand: 6iadl m p nf5
De"Te har arm and cried out: Il
snn'o nou to witness Ny Lords ana
Gales faa sop that. / sign these doeum m ms
IN ,ooeatss 9es, to t the is IN here imp p1 r IS:
- In fact, Lindsay had sraSpe"