The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-09-15

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"%HERE could be no filter setting
for a story Of love and tragedy
than that afforded by the court
Of England during the reign Of Eliza
beth.
It 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 fiattery. She was forever
undecided between her duty to her sub
jects and her attachment to Robert
Dudley, the earl Of Leicester. whom. 1t
was commonly reported, she real
" intended to marry, for he was a
courtier par excellence, and his ambi-
ton 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-
olished at Abingdon manor.
These threads Of fact, with many
others Of fancy, Scott wove into the
fabric of 'fKenilworth."
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 Cumnol
mansion. Lambourne gains admission
there, accompanied by Tressilian, a
knight Of peerless character, who is ir
search of her to whom he has been be
trothed and who has been lured away
from her fathers house. Lambourn'
becomes an accomplice in crime witt
Foster, and Tressilian meets the mys
FERROUS lady, who proves to be none
other than Amy Robsart. for it was sh'
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 O
horse to Leicester, a shrewd calculat
ing villain, who is constant spur t.
the earl's ambition to be king.
! Tressilian naturally concludes tina
Amy is this fellows mistress and
drawing his sword, overcomes ant
would have slain him but for the time
~ arrival of Lambourne, when he wa
obliged to flee, and, knowing tn
queens interest in such affairs, he re
solves to obtain her Intervention il
Amy'S behalf.
And here Scott makes use of So
perstitious bent of the age. Tressilian'
horse loses a shoe and blacksmit
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 ennis
sary of Satan and who turns out t
be an alchemist with laboratory VI
derground, and who Is persuaded t
enter the employ of Tressilian and wit
him visits Sir Hugh Robsart, VIII
signs a warrant of attorney to bel
20 secure Leicester's powerful infil
,nce in persuading the queen to FIRE
Amy from Varney.
Tressilian and Wayland soon afte
ilis make visit to Lord Sussex, an
when he. for a seeming discourtesy
the queens physician, is called to coul
for explanation. they accompany him
Sussex, upon examination, Is full
exonerated, and thereupon calls tt
queens attention to the fact that An
Robsart is cruelty held prisoner, al
forthwith Varney and Leicester a
summoned into the royal presene
And before the latter has opportuni
to speak, Varney af1irms that Amy
his wife; and, as everyone Is CO
infant of Leicester's confusion, Va
ney assures Elizabeth that it is d.
to the earls transcendant love for h
gracious self. The case is apparer
, ~ settled, and varney is ordered
appear at the coming festivities
Keniiworth, and to bring with him t
woman who has been the occasion
so much trouble.
Here is problem! Amy will new
consent to be received as Varney
wife. She must somehow be detain
at Cumnor!
1t resolves into a battle Of the
chemists.
Demetrius, in Varney's employ. pl
pared drug for Amy. but Waylan
as Tressilian's servant, enters h
apartments as a peddler and provid
an antidote for the poison. He al
apprises her of the enemies by who
she is surrounded and with him S