The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-04-27
Condensation By
Re-. Dr. r. Perry Bush, Chelsea Mass.
BY SIR WALTER SCOTT

"
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 f0ibleS of
the weak. 1t was her policy to play
one favorite against another and there
by secure the working of !er own
strong will. but she often gave way to
ceptible to hattery. She was forever
undecided between her duty to her sub
iects and her attachment to Robert
Dudley. the earl of Leicester, whom, it
was commonly reported. she real
ly intended to marry, for he was Il
courtier par excellence, and his ambi-
ton to share the throne OverpOWered
every other purpose of his life. He
had, however, been secretly welded t.
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 of fact, with many
others of fancy, Scott wove into the
f2bric of ''Kenilworth."
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 Cumn0r
mansion. LambOurne gains admission
there, accompanied by J'reS&ilian. a
knight of peerless character, who IS in
search of her to whom he has been be-
trothed and who has been lur2d away
from her fathers house. Lamhourne
becomes an accOmplice in crime with
Foster, and TreSsilian meets the mys-
ferrous lady. who proves to be none
other than Amy RObsart, for it was she
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 Earney, master of
horse to Leicester, q ShreWd calculat-
ing villain, who is a constant spur to
the earls ambition to be king.
Tressilian naturally concludes hat
Amy is this fellows mistress and,
drawing his sword, OvercOmeS and
would have slain him but for the time
~ arrival of LambOurne, 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.
And here Scott makes use of SUI
perstitious bent of the age. Tressilian's
horse loses a 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 a laboratory I'M
derground, and who is persuaded to
enter the employ of Tressilian and with
him visits Sir Hugh RobSart, who
signs a warrant of attorney to heip
to secure Leicester's powerful 1nt1u-
ence in persuading the queen to free
Amy from Varney.
Tressilian and Wayland soon after
this make q visit to Lord Sussex, and
when he, for a 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, Varney affirms that Amy is
his wife; and, as everyone is cog
infant of Leicester's confusion, Var
ney assures Elizabeth that it is due
TO the earrs transcendant love for her
gracious self. CHE case is apparent
" settled, and Varney is ordered to
appear ut the coming festivities at
Kenilworth, and to bring with him the
woman who has been the occasion of
so much trouble.
Here is a problem! Amy will never
consent to be received as Varney's
wife. She must somehow be detained
at Cumnor!
1t resolves into a battle of the al
chemists.
Dematrius, in Varney's employ, pre-
pared drug for Amy, but Wayland
as Tressilian's servant, enters her
apartments as a peddler and provides
an antidote for the poison. He also
appriseS her of the enemies by whom
she is surrounded and with him she
fees from Cumnor.
The time of the great carnival at
Kenilworth is near at hand. Multi
tudes are on their way thither, livery
avenue Ct approach is crowded. Way
land and Amy attach themselves to a
group of strolling players, and after
many interesting experiences, reach
the castle where she is by chance
lodged in a room in Mervyn's tower
which had been assigned 10 Tressflian
Here she writes a letter to Leices-
ter, beseeching him to come to her and,
after tying it with Il true love knot o.
her hair, intrustS it to Wayland to
deliver, but it is stolen from him.
Meanwhile TreSsllian had occasion
to return to his room, and is dunn
founded to find Amy there; but aS
she expected Leicester would come i'll
answer to her letter, she bound Tres
silian 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 a wonderful preparation
that Leicester made for the reception
of Elizabeth at KepilwOrth.
The queen is adorned with countless
jewels and attended by the ladies of
the court and valiant knights magniti-
Gently attired, among whom Leicester
glftters like golden image. The pro-
cesSiOn advances over bridge built
for the occasion, and here the cour-