Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-09-11
WHERE could be nc litter setting
BY SIR WALTER SCOTT

ri for story OF love and tragedy
than that afforded by the court
of England during the reign of Eliza
beth.
1t was the heyday of gorgeous cos
tuning and an age saturated with the
occult. Everyone patronized the as
trologers and the alchemiStS. The
queen coupled with the dignity and
| strength of the monarch the foibleS Of
the weak. 1t was her policy to play
one favorite against another and there
by secure the working of her own
| strong will, but she often gave way to
furious temper and she was most sus-
ceptible TO flattery. She was forever
undecided between her duty to her sub
jects and her attachment to Robert
Dudley. the earl of Leicester, whom, II
was commonly reported, she real
ly intended to marry for he was n
courier par excellence, and his ambi-
ton to share the throne overpowered
1 every other purpose of his life. He
had, however, been secretly welded To
Amy Robsart, and So 10 further his
chances to be king. he consorted with
one Richard Varney, and plotted the
murder of his wife. which was accom-
! plishad at Abingdon manor.
These threads of fact, with many
others of fancy. Scott wove into the
fabric Of "Kenilworth."
The story opens at an inn kept by
one Costing, whose nephew Michael
Lambourne. staggering drunkard.
returns after years of absence and
finds that Tony Foster, an old crony,
who lighted the fires when Latimer and
Ridley were burned, is keeping guard
over a beautiful woman at Gunner
mansion. Lambourne gains admission
there, accompanied by Tressilian, a
Knight of peerless character, who is in
search Of her TO whom he has been be-
trOthed ana who has been ured away
from her fathers house Lambourne
| becomes an accomplice in crime with
Foster, and Tressilian meets the mys-
terious lady, who proves to be none
other than Amy Rohsart. for il was she
who was his promised bride.
He tries to persuade her to return
to her father hut Ia vain, and, in at
tempting to escape from the premises
be meets Richard Varney, master of
horse 10 Leicester, a shrewd calcuiat-
ing villain, gwho is a constant spur to
the earl's ambition to be king.
TresSilian naturally concludes That
Amy is this fellows mistress and,
drawing his sword, overcomeS and
would have slain him bat for the time
~ an rival of Lambourne, when he was
obliged to flee, and, knowing the
queens interest in such affairs, he re-
solves TO obtain her intervention in
Amy's behalf.
And here Scott makes use of SUI
perstitious bent of the age. Tressilian's
horse loses a shoe and a blacksmith
cannot he found until an imp Of boy
leads the way to mysterious farrier,
named Wayland Smith, who is thought
by those who know him to be an ennis
sary of Satan and who turns out to
be an aIchemst with a laboratory I'M
foreground. and who is persuaded to
enter the employ Of Tressilian and with
him visits Sir Hugh RobSart, who
signs a warrant Of attorney 10 help
to secure LeiceSter's powerful intlu-
ence in persuading the queen TO free
Amy from Varney.
TresSilian and Wayland soon after
this make visit to Lord Sussex, and
! when he, for seeming diSc0urtesy TO
he queens physician. is called TO court
for explanation they accompany him.
Sussex. upon examination, is fully
| generated and thereupon calls the
queens attention 10 the fact that Amy
/ Robsart Is cruelty held prisoner, and
forthwith Varney ana Leicester are
| summoned into the royal presence.
! And before the latter has opportunity
TO speak, Varney afiirms thar Amy "a
his wife; and, as everyone is cog
/ infant Of Leicesfer's confusion, Var
| ney assures Elizabeth that IT is due
TO tie earls transcendant love for Der
gracious self The case is apparent
! ~ settled, and Varney is ordered to
| appear at the coming festivities at
| Kenilworth, and to bring with him the
woman who has been the occasion Of
50 much trouble.
Here is problem! Al y viii never
consent to be received as Varney's
wife. She must somehow be detained
At Cumnor!
1t resolves into a battle of the al
chemists.
Demetrius, in Varney's employ, pre-
pared drug for Amy. but Wayland
as Tressilian's servant. enters her
apartments as a peddler and provides
an antidote for the poison. He also
apprises her of the enemies by whom
she is surrounded and with him she
fees from Cumnor.
The time OF the great carnival at
Kenilworth is near at hand Multi
tudes are on their way thither. Every
venue Of approach is crowded. way
and and Amy attach themselves TO a
| roup Of strolling players. and after
nany interesting experiences. reach
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