The north Mississippi herald., 1920-09-10

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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
siian 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 q 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 magnifi-
Gently attlred, among whom Leicester
plitters like a 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 ber gracious majes-
ty Then. as the queen enters the
castle, there is a discharge of hre-
works, new and wonderful in that age,
and she moves or through pageants
of heather gods and heroes of an
tiouity 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 eulogizjng her most profuse-
w. retires and shortly reappears ap-
narelled from head to foot in dazzling
white.
The queen very shortly after sends
for Varney. and asks why MS VINE
presumes to disobey the mandate oI
her sovereign and absent herself from
the festivities, end he replies that sne
is indisposed aud presents certlhcates
to that purpose. These Tresslllah
madly asserts are false, but remem-
herring his promise to Amy to keep
silent for tweDty-four hours, he nalts
and stammers and the queen orders
Raleigh to place him under restraint.
Then follows the banquet, served
upon a most magnificent scale, ana at
it's close Varney seeks Leicester and
assures him that tie 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 Lelces-
Ter avows his love to Elizabeth, ana
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 r1n>evealed, and
kAmy is thought TO be insane and she
placed in Aqstody. Moreover,
1eicestef rs alfgry 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 man
and as her lawful husband to take
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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 conniy-
ing with Tressilian and so convinces
him of her periidy that the earl final
" consents to her doom.
That evening Leicester and Tres
slian 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 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 chagrin and
anger she forgets for while her
royal dignity, and RECEIVERS command
of herself only when Lord Burleigh
warns her that "such weakness little
becomes queen" Meanwhile Varney
fatally shoots the drunken Lambourne
and conducts Amy to CumnoE, where
she is confined in Fosters bedcham-
ber, a mysterious room reached by a
drawbridge, which she is admonished
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