The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-23


to derde' YOU" returned the old wom'
an. but to warn you" II thank yon for
your solicitude, said Jane but II Isl
needless. Retire-nll OF you-and leave
me with my husband Her injunctlons
were immediately compiled with and tho
attendance withdrew.
The unfortunate pair. however. were
not allowed much time for conversation.
Before many minutes passed the door
was burst open and band OF armed
men. headed by the lieutenant Of the
Tower. entered the room Il am aware
OF your crrand. my lord" said Jane;
you come TO convey me TO the Tower
! am ready to attend you 1T Is well.
said Lord Clinton. n YOU have any
preparations TO make YOU shall have time
TO make them i have none. my iord,
she replied Nor l." said Lord Guilford
Dudley
My sole request is. said Jane. that
| may take one female attendant with
me" and she pointed to Cicely u am
sorry" said Lord Clinton, but my or
qulre be allowed TO attend me- asked
Lord Guilford N he chooses to incur
the risk of doing SO, assuredly But he
viii go into captivity"
II win follow my lord to tho death.
answered Cuthhert you are faithful
esquire" said Lord Clinton with slight
fnecr While this was passing ClcelN
hastily threw u velvet cloak over the
shoulders ot her mistress MY barge
awaits At the stairs" said Lord clinton
we follow you. my lord" replied Jane.
Leaning upon Cicely. who was scarce
able to support her; Jane was placed
In the stern Of tho boat Her husband
took his seat Ivy her side aud two men
At t-arms with drawn swords took post
tinns near them. Kidding n hasty ndieu
10 the weeping riccly Cuthbert sprang
into the boat snd was followed by Lord
clinton. who Immediately gave the sig,
nal for departure. CiCely fingered until
the boat disappeared and ms two halbar.
dicrs with lighted torches were stationed
In the bow she WAS able to trace It's
course far down the river When tho
last gllmmor disappeared she returned to
indulge her grief In solitude
The boat with It's unhappy occupants
pursued rapid course and at last the
grim battlements Of the Tower rose like
dark cloud upon the horizon. How diff
ferent was this entrance Of Jane into the
gloomy fortress from her former one.
Again she saw the river glittering with
the notilla which had come to take her
10 the Tower and heard the warning
words OF Gunnora Go not TO the Tow
er" Through that dark passage known
as the Traitors Gate the boat paSsed
and Lady Jane WAS prisoner withihHthe
walls where for so brief time she had
relgned queen.
Where were all the great lords who
had sworn fealty to her when last she
had entered the Tower Paying their
court 10 Queen Mary and probably seek
ing the death Of the once Queen Jane
AS Jane assembled the steps leading up
from the water she saw Simon Renard
and the French Ambassador, De Noalles.
standing there 10 witness her hunlia-
tloa Renard. with sneer. said, 80
the play Of queen Is over" My lord. ~
said Jane, turning disdainfully from tho
4 VaaNa alF.. NA..Na
lead me to my lodgings" what ho'
| warders," cried clinton. conduct the
Lady Jane Dudley TO Master Patridge's =
| dwelling till her room In the Brick
tower IA ready Lord Gulltofd Dudley
/ YOU win be taken TO the Rcnuchamr
/ tower Arc We 10 he separated" cried
Jane such are the queens com
mands.' replied clinton, In u tone OF
deep commlscration. The queens" cN-
claimed jane. "Ay, the queens re-
peated Renard queen Mary Of Eng
land whom heaven long preserve"
CHAPTER VI
The Jallsr's Keys
In spite Of the commonly received Inn
preston regarding her. Mary was in
cllned TO be mercful TO an extent un-
known TO any OF her predecessors or her
pardon those Of her enemies who had
taken part In the usurpaton Of Jane hut
Tthe offenses Of the Duke OF Northumber
land had been too grieyous and. aftcf a
trial before his peers in Westminster
Hall he was executed upon Tower Hlll
As he was being conducted to the place
Of execution, Gunnora Braose broke
through the ranks Of his guards and
showing him u stained handkerchief
cried out, This was dipped IN the bloot
/ Of Somerset Go to your death. Ny
vengeance IS nccomplshed-l will moi
survive you
Tho last sight his eyes met on enrtf
WAS Gunnorn waving the handkerche
! dipped in the blood ~ her foster son \,
/ the cxeCutioncr raised the severed hea,
/ on high, crying 'This Is the head Of q
4 iraitnr'' there was Commotion IN th'
I crowd and rumor ran through N thai
an old woman had dropped dead II Wal
/ Gunnora.
When Mary established her court n
the Tower many prisoners of state wit
had been incarcerated there In the reign
Of her father and her brother were 70
leased. Among them was Edward Court
ney, son OF the Marquis OF Exeter. VIII,
had been beheaded by Henry VII. sine,
which time. period Of fifteen years, tn
youth had been kept close prisoner II
the Tower Vie was now y man of TWEEN
y.seven years, Of remarkable beauty nm,
noble features and had employed his lonI
captivity In the cultivation Of such nc
compllshmenta aa the conditions OF nj
life had permitted. lie was of tho hloo,
royal. and Mary as ho was brought I
her, cast upon him look Of odmlra,lo
ns sho said. You are right wclcom,
cousin Your attainder shall no set asid
and though we cannot recall your fathe
to llfa, we can repair the iortunea =
his son Heneeforth you are Earl q
Dcvonshlre.
The look which Courtney cast uron nj
royal cousin at these gracious words W,
| "a IA fNh NAA -.
tract the hrows NJ Simon Rcnard Ne
barred since his hoyhood from all ferel
society, Courtney felt Rs he cnyed upo
this smiling and high horn woman IN
first woman Of rank he had seen sine
he WAS twelve years old n sudden an
strong affection for her which was No
diminished by the fact that she was te
years his senior and that her face thong
noble was not beautiful
The whisper ran through the cour
The queen Emllcd upon Cuurtneyr an
the French Ambassador, be Nneilles 10
an elatlnn corresponding TO the denrcs
sion OF Rcnard The story of this youn
man Ia one OF the romancea OF hlstor,
How. at the instigption ~ the SPANS
ambassador, he transferred his nrYec
tions from Mary 10 Elizabeth lust as m
former was about 10 raise him 10 th
crown matrimonial; how he even cor
spired against the queen; how she pnr
doned him not once hut severnl ,lmel
and finally how, totsHklns both Eliza
beth and Mary. he went into exile To Al
NJ radua In Italy, ls romance " aci
ual'ty which surresses the Imagining
Of the novelists hut Jus, NOW Courtne
was In high favor and Rernrd was nv
20 doubling his dark in'rlsues 10 brln
about the marriage NJ the queen with hi
master the Prince Of Spain
While lovemakins And intrigue wer
thus going on among the mighty one
of the realm. Cuthbert Choldmondeie,
who, as has been said. had accbmpa ME
Lord Guilford Dudley 20 the Tower, wa,
after n short detention IN IN. nriso