The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-04-27

! castle. there is discharge OF fire.
works. new and wonderful III that age,
and she moves Gil through pageantS
| of heather gods ANA heroes Of an
tfquity to the great hall, which Is
| hung with gor@rnEr silken tapestry,
/ where she is seated by Leicester upon
a roval throne who after kissing her
hand and euloGizing her most profuS2-
II, retires and Shortly reappears az
! parelled from head to foot in dazzling
white
The queen very shortly after sends
| fer Varnny, and asks why his wife
! nresumes to diSobey the mandate OF
| her sovereign and absent herself from
/ the festivities, and he replies that she
! IS indisposed and presents certificates
; to that purpose These TroSsiliau
/ madly asserts are false, but remem-
herring his promise to Amy to keel
silent for twonty-fOur hours, he halts
i and stammerS and the queen orders
! Raleigh to place him under restraint
Then follows the banquet, served
ljbOn Il IlljSl ma III oN''ASJ S'iAb O.
| its close Earney seeks Leicester and
| assures him that the stars promise
! that he shall marry the queen. and he
also notifies him that Tressilian has
! mistress in Mervyns tower.
| From here events hurry to a climax.
! The next morning Amy escapes from
| her room and is in hiding rear the
Dlafsance, when close at hand Leice..
! fer ayows his love to Elizabeth, and
t is given great ncOuragement; 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 IT,
presence of the earl, where Eliza
! beth RACES violently, but Leicester's
marriage remains still unrcvealed, and
! Amy is thought to he insane and she
is placed in cT.'t0dE. Moreover.
Leicester is angry with Amy for con
/ ing to Kenilworth ard exposing him to
! the resentment of the queen, and he
resolves to see her md insist that foi
the present she must consent to be
! known as VarneyS 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
! her to Elizabeth and acknowledge
that she is his wife.
Leicester yields 10 this mastery
plea to his honor and prepares for
| the ordeal, but Earney, 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 conniv-
ing with Tressilian and so convinces
him of her perfdy that the earl final
ly consents to her doom.
That evening Leicester and Tres
silian 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 a So
Guided 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 a while her
royal dignity, ard RECEIVERS command
of herself only when Lord Burleigh
xsrrs her that "such weakness little
becomes a queen" Meanwhile Varney
fatally shoots the drunken Lambourne
and conducts Amy to CumnOE, where
she is confined in Fosters bedcham-
Der, a mysterious room reached by
drawbridge, which she is admOnished
never to attempt 10 cross; but when
TreSSilian and Raleigh come to talk"
her to Kenilworth, and she hears tho
sound of their horses hoOfS. she thinks
lit is the earl and rushes from hen
room, and Varney has so manipulated
the drawbridge that she falls to her
death. When, however, this villain
learns how matters have developed.
he commits suicide. His alchemiSt l.
found dead in his laboratory and Tony
Foster disappears and his skeleton is
found long afterward in Il secret
chamber where he hid his gold.
Leicester Tetires from court for 3 sea
son, but later is again a favorte in
waiting upon the queen, and dies at
last by taking poison he haG d."
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Copyright, 1913 by P1st Publishing Co.
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