Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-09-10

MERE could be no filter setting
for a story Of love and tragedy

N6ERE could be no litter setting
for a 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 fofbles 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 fiattery. 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 q
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 so, 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 az fact, with many
others of fancy. Scott wove into the
fabric of "Kenilworth." ifift
The story opens at an inn kept by
one Gosling whose nephew, Michael
Larnbourne, staggering ,drunkard,
returns after years Of absence and
finds that Tony Foster, an old crony,
who lighted the fires when LatiIner and
Ridley were burned, is keeping guard
over beautiful woman at Cumnor
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 Tobsart. for 1t was she
who was his promised bride. ttlii 4
He tries to persuade her to return
to her father. but in vain, and, N at
tempting to escape from the premises
he meets Richard Varney, master Of
horse to Leicester. a shrewd calculate
ing villain, who is a constant spur to
the earl's ambition to be king.
TressiIian naturally concludes that
Amy is this fellows mistress and.
drawing his sword, overcomes and
would have slain him but for the time
ly arrival of Lar bourne, 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. ~ VI
And here Scott makes use of a SUI
perstitious bent Of the age Tressilian's
horse loses shoe and blacksmith
cannot be found until an imp Of boy
leads the way to a 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 alchemist with q laboratory un.
derground, and who is persuaded to
enter the employ of Tressiiian and Will.
him visits Sir Hugh Robsart, who
signs warrant Of attorney to help
to secure Leicester's powerful infiu.
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 discourtesy to
the queens physician, Is called to court
for explanation. they accompany him.
Sussex, upon examination, is fully
exonerated, and thereupon calls the
queens attention to the fact that Amy
Robsart is cruelty held prisoner. and
forthwith varney and Leicester are
summoned into the royal presence.
And before the latter has opportunity
to speak, varrey affirms that Amy 10
his wife; and, as everyone is cog
infant of Leicester's. confusion, Var
ney assures Elizabeth that 1t is due
to the earl's transcendant love for her
gracious self The case Is apparent
ly 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 problemI Amy will never
consent to be received as Varney's
wife. She must somehow be detainetl
at Cumnorl
It resolves into I battle IL the. n
chemists.
Demetrius, in varney's employ, pre-
pared a drug for Amy. but Wayland
as Tressilian's servant, enters her
apartments as peddler and provides
an antidote for the poison. He also
apprlsesl her Of the enemies by whom
she is surrounded and with him she
fIees from CumnDr n.
The time Of thu great carnival az
Kenilworth is near at hand. Multi
frafor era IN their NAV thithor livery