The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-09-10
. IN WALTER SCOTT


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"\HERE could be no filter setting
for story Of love and tragedy
than that afforded by the court
of England during the reign Of Eliza
beth.
II 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. It 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. It
was commonly reported. she real
ly-intended to marry, for he was
courtier par excellence, and his ambi.
tion to share the throne overpowered
every other purpose Of his life. He
had. however. been secretly welded to
Amy Robsart,, and 80, to further his
chances to be king, he consorted with
one Richard varney, and plotted the
murder Of his wife. which was accom-
plished 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, IL 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 and who has been lured 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 Robsart. for 1t was she
who was his promised bride.
He tries to persuade her to return
to her father, but In vain, and. In at
tempting to escape from the premises
he meets Richard varney, master of
horse to Leicester, a shrewd calculat-
Ing villain. who Is constant spur to
the earl's ambition to be king.
Tressilian naturally concludes that
Amy Is this fellows mistress and
drawing his sword, overcomes ant
would have slain him but for the time
y arrival Of Lambourne, when he wa'
obliged to flee, and, knowing thu
queens interest In such affairs. he re
solves to obtain her Intervention II
Amy's behalf. '~
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perstitious bent Of the age. Tressilian'
horse loses a shoe and q blacksmith
cannot be found until an imp Of DO
leads the way to a mysterious farriel
named Wayland Smith, who Is though
BY those who know him to be an emil
sary Of Satan and who turns out
be an alchemist with laboratory III
derground, and who Is persuaded
enter the employ Of Tressilian and wit
him visits Sir Hugh Robsart, wh
signs q warrant Of attorney to hel
to secure Leicester's powerful inf
ence in persuading the queen to FRI
Amy from Varney.
Tressilian and Wayland soon aft
this make a visit to Lord Sussex, ar
when he, for seeming discourtesy
the queens physician, IL called to cou
Tor explanation, they accompany hin
Sussex, upon examination, is full
exonerated, and thereupon calls T
queens attention to the fact that An
Robsart is cruelty held prisoner. al
forthwith varney and Leicester q
summoned into the royal present
And before the latter has Opportuni
to speak, varney afiirms that Amy
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infant of Leicester's confusion, Va
ney assures Elizabeth that It Is d
TO the earl's transcendant love for b
gracious self. The case Is apparel
u settled. and varney is ordered
appear at the coming festivities
Kenilworth, and to bring with him
woman who has been the occasion
- much trouble.
Here Is probleml Amy will ne'
consent to be received as varne
wife. She must somehow be detair
IS Cumnori
Il resolves into : battle Of the
chemists.
Demetrius. IN varney's employ, 7
pared 4 drug for Amy, but Wayla
~ Tressilian's servant enters
apartments as = peddler and provi
~ antidote for the poison. he I
npprises her Of the enemies by WI
~ II surrounded and with him
6eee from Cumnor. u
The time Of the great carnival
EooilWorth 10 near At hand. Nj
I fudes are On theif way thither. Ey