The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-22

out concerning poison ana the Duke OF
Northumhoranl md the iAtc King Id
vstd-did YOU not The council re-
qulros your testimony "
can prove it' cried Gunnors. my
band ndmlnl'teted the poison prepared
doomed 10 death, anyway. hut the du,kr
wished his death TO be hurried. so that
no word OF II should reach tho Lady
Mary and he might get her and the Lady
Elizabeth into hls power before they
knew the king was dead II prove this
VIII Northumberland die >" Upon tho
scafold. replied the dark stranger MY
only wish" went on tho old woman. ia
TO ayense the murder BY Northumbcr-
nnd Of my foster son, the great Duke OF
somsfest Fer that agreed 10 admin
ister the poison. for Edward consented
hcad Of Northumberland You shall
have IT, Snid the stranger when
see that head rolling on the soaffold then
] shah die, replied qunnofn And thus
Was the bargain ptfsck between Gun
nora Braose and simon Rensrd. nmbas.
sador NJ Spain.
Several days had now elapsed and
Cuthbert IN hls prison cell MAS visited
only st rare intervals by the jsiler Who
crmc 10 hiring him bread and water one
night the sleep NJ the esquire was hrOk' n
by Wild shrieks and he felt that. iu HIS
dark dungeon. was the same mysterious
female who had once before penetrated
TO the place of HE confinement Just
then the unlocking OF distant door. and
the gleam of light along the passage. an
nouuced the approach of Nightgan The
light fell upon the crouching figure Of u
female In the corner Never had Cuth-
bert seen anything so rhsstly. Her eyes
weto sunkcn and u-treless and her
I'withered skin had that slcky paleness
seen IN plants deprived ~ liGht. Hut, In
! features which betrayed the tact that
she had once been beautiful and her con
di,ion In lifc cxolted
She exhibited the greatest terror A. th'
approach ~ the jafler. who said to hel
roughly. What Are you dong here
Airsis' Come with mo quietly and yoc
food. GIVE me my title" cried the d,s
that name" What IL your ttie;" asked
! cuthbett Reward. said Niehtgsll.
,:ns h' .nE.5 1E5 s'"srs *. II ,ns srys
terrified eyes upon the Jaiisr II had a
child once. too she died unba ptl,ed--
but ~as going 10 call her Angela "
"Ale1ia" cried the jsiler. follow me or
I will have you scourged by the tormen-
tor r" Il must go. .. she sobbed and with
the taller
whis dem.,ns upon ysr,ou; mee9s
Young esquire to feign death Accord
Iingly, when next he heard Nehtgall an.
proaching his cell. ne stretched himself
out upon the floor. and, keeping. his
limbs risid s,rovo as best he could TO
feign death The taller wbr. deceived and.
with the intention ol remoRine the sup
posed corpse. unlocked the chHln by
I O.. -. A..
floor No sooner had he done So than
Cuthhcrt threw himself upon Nightgall
and, taking him by surprise, completely
overcame him. wrcs'cd from him the
poniard which he wore NJ his belt and
held II 10 his throat struggle ensucd
stretched him senscleS on the ground
and Cuthbert. taking from him his keys,
! sought for some avenue Of escape
he tried but unslccessfully, to dis
cover the cell In which AleSiA WAS con.
fined and at length, after passing
emerged into the chapel Of 81 John In
the white tower, A. he stood In aston
lshmem he saw two figures enter the
chapel and pass on to n room beyond
SEEING that he had no, been percelysd
Cu,hbert followed them, They we're ,h,'
Earl NJ Pembroke and Simon Renard
The esquire found himself IN q room
where the queen was surrounded 10y h0i
husband, her father and several cour'
tiers, while before her, on her knees
ot the poisoning OF klns Edward anC
begging Jane ORGY TO sbdicste.
And by the aide of the queen stood N,
| person whom of all the world he VA
most anxious TO zee, the fair Cicely. The
day before Clcely had escaned from III,
dwelling ~ Dame Trusbut and. obtaining
nm audience Of the queen. had told he'
al. huI In
on tho Young woman into her service
and made inquiries Of Cuthbert VII,
WAS declared by Nirh,ssll to have os
capped from the Tower
Cu,hbcrt was At once welcomed hy MI
master Lord Guiliord, who had beef
much distressed by his dlsnppearsnce
They found Nlshtgsn In the dungeon
where Cuthbert had lcf, him and ior,
uuilford would have had him execute,
but the council protected him. Cicel
and the esquire grcc,ed each other viii
rapture, bu, the momcn,ous cvonti
NH, sSn , s's. s' 's,"ss s".sn "s% room ~ns' ,c,
babe any great exhibition ~ their al
tectlon IN that hish presence.
The shot, ana lll..tsttcd reign Of Lad,
Jane Utey Was drawing tn clos.
Northumberland had been sent viii
troops to oppose the forves which queer
Mary had raised and with which she wa
advancing toward London. county ate
county going over to her. There was nt
hope and when the news came ina
Northumberland hlmseh had proclaimed
Queen Mary at Cambridge the innocen
victim ~ tho wild ambitions OF poll
ticisn. met those stern, grim lords ot he
council and signed her ahdlcauon sh'
and her husband were permitted 10 re
pair 10 Sion housc-a royal resldenc'
some miles beyond London 30 await th'
queens pleasure with the LADY jan
and her husband went Cuthbert an,
Cicely But n few days elapsed whei
nrtlnra came for Ihtlf Affesl and trmnNhl