Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-09-11

Here she writes letter TO Lelces.
ter, beseeching him to cone to her and,
after tying 1t with a true love knot of
| her hair, intrusts it to Wayland to
deliver, but it is stolen from him.
| Meanwhile Tressilian had occasion
to return to his room, and is dunn
founded to find Amy there; but as
she expected Leicester would come in
answer to her letter, she bound Tres
silian not to speak or act in her be-
half for the next twenty-four hours,
and he departed to witness the COM
ing of the queen. According to his
tory it was a wonderful preparation
that Leicester made for the reception
of Elizabeth at Kenilworth.
The queen is adorned with countless
jewels and attended by the ladies Of
the court and valiant knights magnii-
Gently attired, among whom Leicester
glitters like golden image. The pro-
cession advances over bridge built
for the occasion, and here the cour-
tiers dismount; floating 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 gracious majeS-
ty Then, as the queen enters the
castle, there is a discharge of fire.
works, new and wonderful in that age,
and she moves on through pageants
of heather gods and heroes of an
tiquity to the great hall. which is
hung with gorgeous silken tapestry,
where she is seated by Leicester upon
royal throne, who after kissing her
hand and eulogizng her most profuse-
ly, retires, and shortly reappears ap-
parelled from head to foot in dazzling
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
to that purpose. These Tressilian
madly asserts are false, but remem-
bering his promise to Amy to keep
silent for twentyfour 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
it's close Varney seeks Leicester and
assures him that the stars promise
that he shall marry the queen, and he
also notifies him that Tressilian has
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-
is given great encouragement; but, as
they separate, the queen discovers
Amy, who declares that she is not the
| wife Of Varney, and that Leicester
knows ALL"
| Accordingly she is hurried to tie
presence Of the earl, where Eliza
beth RACES violently, but Leicester's
marriage 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 to be
known as Varney's wife.
This proposition is scornfully re-
fused. Amy, no longer child, but
with the strength of injured woman
hood, calls upon the earl as a man
and as 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 Varney, clearly per-
ceiving that this involves his own per-
sonal ruin, concludes that "either he
or Amy must die," and is not slow
| in deciding which it shall be. He per-
suades Leicester that Amy is conniv-
ing with Tressilian and so convinces
him of her perfdy that the earl final
ly 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 a Sc
| cluded spot. Just as Leicester is about
| to prevail, his sword is seized by the
young rascal, Dicky Smudge, who de-
livers to him Amy's letter, which he
had stolen from Wayland. The tangle
| of affairs is unravelled and Amy is
proclaimed as the countess Of Leices-
! ter.
At this revelation, Elizabeth is be-
side herself with rage.
In the violence of her chag1in and
anger she forgets for a while her
royal dignity, and RECEIVERS command
of herself only when Lord Burleigh
warns her that "such weakness little