El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-25

cavalcade is illuminated by 200 waxel
tapers. borne by men on horseback
The queen is adorned with countless
jewels and attended by the ladies Of
the court and valiant knights mag
nificently attired, among whom Lei
cester glitters like a golden image.
The procession advances over a
bridge built for the occasion. and
here the courtiers dismount: a float
ing island reaches the shore and the
Lady Of the Lake" announces that
this is the first time she has ever
risen to pay homage. but she could
not refrain from obeisance to her gra-
enters the castle. there is discharge
OF fireworks, new and wonderful in
that age, and she moves on through
pageants of heather gods and heroes
of antiquity to the great hall. which
is hung with Gorgeous silken tapestry
where she is seated by Leicester upon
a royal throne. who after kissing her
hand and eulogizfng her most pro-
fusely. retires and shortly reappears
appareled from head to foot in daz-
cling white
The queen very shortly after sends
for Varney, and asks why his wife
presumes TO disobey the mandate of
her sovereign and absent herself from
the festivities, and he replies that she
is indisposed and presents certificates
10 LndL purpose lCSt llGS64Alan L41l-
" asserts are false, but remembering
his promise to Amy to keep silent
for % hours. he halts and stammers.
and the queen orders Raleigh to place
him under restraint
Then follows the banquet, served
upon a most magnificent scale. and
at its close Narney seeks Leicester
and assures him that the stars prom
Use that he shall marry the queen,
and he also notifies him that Tres
silian has a mistress in Mervyn's
Tower.
From here events hurry to climax.
The next morning Amy escapes from
her room and is in hiding near the
plaisance. when close at hand Leices-
ter avowS his love to Elizabeth, and
is given great encouragement, but.
as they separate. the queen discovers
Amy. who declares that she is not the
wife of Farney, and that Leicester
knows all"
Accordingly she is hurried to the
presence of the earl, where Elizabeth
RACES violently, but Leieester's mar
riage remains still unrevealed. and
Amy is thought to be insane and she
Is placed in custody. Moreover,
Leicester is angry with Amy for COM
ing to Kenilworth and exposing him
to the resentment Of the queen, and
he resolves TO see her and insist that
for the present she must consent 70
This proposition Is scornfully re-
fused Amy. no longer a child but
with the strength of injured woman
hood, calls upon the earl as man and
her lawful husband to take her to
Elizabeth and acknowledge that she
is his wife.
Leicester yields to this mastery
plea to his honor and prepares for
the ordeal; but Narney. clearly per-
ceiving that this involves his own
personal ruin, concludes that either
ne or Amy must die" and is not slow
persuades Leicester that Amy is con-
niving with Tressilian and so con-
vinces him of her perfidy that the
earl finally consents to her doom
That evening Leicester and Tres
silian meet The latter still believes
that Varney holds Amy in his power
and he begins to plead for her; but
his words and motives are misinter-
preted. Swords are drawn and they
do battle. but are interrupted and
meet again on the morrow in q Sc
Guided spot. when, Just as Leicester
is about to prevail his sword is seized
( by the young rascal Dicky Smudge
who delivers to him Amy's letter
which he had stolen from Wayland
The tangle of affairs is unraveled and
Amy is proclaimed as the countess OF
/ Leicester.
At this revelation, Elizabeth is be-
side herself with rage, declaring that
| s'Leicester's stolen marriage has cost
! her a husband and England a king
l In the violence Of her chagrin and
/ anger she forgets for a while hei
royal dignity. and RECEIVERS command
! Of herself only when lord Burleief
warns her that such weakness 1ittIi
! becomes a queen" Meanwhile Varney
. fatally shoots the drunken Lam.
+. bourne and conduct Amy to Cumnor
/ where she is confined in Fosters bef
/ chamber. a mysterious room reached
/ by a drawbridge. which she is admon.
! ished never to attemDt to cross: bu'
4 when Tressilian and Raleigh come L
| take her to Kenilworth. and she hear
the sound of their horses hoofs. sh,
/ thinks It is the earl and rushes from
/ her room. and Varney has so manipu
i lated the drawbridEe that she fall.
( villain learns how matters have de
I veloped. he commits suiride His al
/ chemist is found dead in his 1abora
i tory and TONY Foster disappears ant
I his skeleton is found long afterwart
/ in a secret chamber where he hi,
I his gold. Leicester retires from cour
/ for a season. but later is again
i favorite in waiting upon the queen
I and dies at last by taking poison h.
I had designed for another-Copyrigh
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