The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-11-25

than that afforded by the ceurt
of England during the reign ri Eliza
beth.
1t was the heyday of gorgeous cos
tuning and an age saturated with the
occult. Everyone patrOnized the as
t~rOlogerS and the alchemists. The
queen coupled with the dignity and
strength Of the monarch the foibles of
the weak. 1t "a her policy to play
one favorite against another and there
by secure the working of her own
strong will, but she often gave way 10
furious temper and she was most suS-
ceptible 70 fiattery. She was forever
undecided between her duty 10 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 be was a
cOurtier par excellence, and his ambi-
tiOn 10 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 VarDey, and plotted the
murder Of his wife, which was accom
plished at Abingdon manor.
These threads of fact, with many
others of fancy, Scott wOye into the
fabric Of "KeDilworth."
The story opens at an inn kept by
one Costing, whose nephew, Michael
Lambourne, 8 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 at Gunner
mansion. Lambourne gains admission
there, accompanied by Tressilian, a
knight of peerless character, who is in
search of her 10 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 Inys-
terious lady, who proves to he none
other than Amy Robssrt, for Il was she
who was his promised bride.
He tries 10 persuade her 10 return
to her father, but in vain, and, III at
tempting 10 escape from the premises
he meets Richard Varney. master of
horse 10 Leicester, q shrewd calculat-
ing villain, who Is q constant spur 20
the earl's ambition to be king.
Tressllian naturally concludes that
Amy is This fellows mistress end.
drawing his sword, overcOnes and
weuld have slain him but for the time
" arrival of Lambourne, when he was
obliged 10 fee, 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 a SUI
perstitjous bent Of the age. Tressilian's
horse loses q shoe and q blacksmith
cannot be found until an imp Of q boy
leads the way TO 8 mysterious farrier,
named Wayland Smith, who ls thought
by those who know him to be an ennis
sary Of Satan and who turns out to
be an alcherDist with d laboratory IN.
derground. and who is persuaded to
enter the employ Of TressiIian and with
him visits Sir Hugh RobsaEt who
signs q warrant Of attorney to help
t. secure Leicester's powerful innu-
epce in persuading the queen to free
Amy from Varney. :. sg yI,G
,Tressilian and Wayland o o after
this make q visit to Lord Sussex, and
when he, for a seeaaing d~iscourtesy to
the queens physician, is called to court
fssr explanation, they accompany him.
SUSSEX, upon examinations, Ia fully
exonerated. and thereupop calls the
queens attention to the. fact that ANY
Hobsart is cruelty held prisoner, and
forthwith vansy, and Leicester Ne
summoned into the royal presence.
And before the latter has opportunity
. speak. varpeg gsfirms that Any -
his wife; and, ss everyone ID ceSE
nizsnt Of Leieester's confusion, Var,
ney assures Misabeth that Il II dDe
20 the earl's transcendant love for her
gracious self. The case .is sppaPePt
II 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
% much trouble.
Here is a prpblemi Amy will never
consent to be received as vaFney's
wife. She must somehow be detained
Il Cumnorl n~nes
Il resolves into . battle Of the Al
chemists.
Demetrius, in Varney's employ, pre-
pared a drug for Amy, but Wayland.
% Tressilian's servant, enters hex
apartments as a peddler and provides
IN antidote for the poison. He also
apprises her q the enemies by whom
che = surrouldeA and with him she
4ees from Cumnpf. "a a
The time sf the great carnival at
Kenilworth IL near at hand. Multi
tides are On their way thither. nyssy
avenue Of approach Is crowded. Way
land and Amy attach themselves to .
group Of strolling players and aftskl
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