The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-24
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fora story of love and tragedy
IL than that afforded By the court
If England during the reign of Eliza,
beth.
1t was the heyday of gorgeous COS.
uming and an age saturated with the
occult. Everyone patronized the as
rodgers and the alchemiSts. The
lueen coupled with the dignity and
strength of the monarch the foibleS OF
he weak. It was her policy to play
1ne favorite against another and there
5y secure the working Of her own
strong will. but she often gave way to
furious temper and she was most SuS-
reptible to flattery. she was forever
undecided between her duty to her sub
,iects and her attachment to Robert
Dudley. the earl of Leicester, whom, 1t
was commonly reported. she real
" intended to marry, for he was a
eourtier par excellence, and his ambi-
ion to share the throne Overp0wered
very other purpose of his life. He
lad, however, been secretly welded to
Amy Robsart, and so, to further his
chances to be king, he consorted with
JEa# 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
'abric of "KerilwOrth."
The story opens at an inn kept by
one Costing, whose nephew, Michael
Lambourne, a staggering drunkard,
return8 after years of absence and
finds that Tony Foster, an old erony,
who lighted the fires when Latimer
Ridley were burned, is keeping guard
over a beautiful woman at Cumnof
mansion. LambOurne gains admission
there, accompanied by Tressilian, a
knight of peerless character, who is IN
search of her to whom h3 has been be-
.rothed and who has been lured away
from her fathers house. Lambourne
becomes an accomplish in crime with
Foster, and Tressilian meets the mys-
FERROUS lady, who proves to be none
other than Amy RObsart, for it was she
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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 OF
horse to Leicester, a shrewd calculat-
ing villain, who is a constant spur to
the earl's ambition to be king.
Tressilian naturally concludes that
Amy is this fellows mistress and,
drawing his sword, overcomes and
you'd have slain him but for the time
ly 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 a SUI
perstitious bent of the age. TreSsilian'S
horse loses a shoe and a blacksmith
cannot be found until an imp of a 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 IN
foreground, and who is persuaded to
enter the employ of Tressilian and with
him visits Sir Hugh Robsart, who
signs a warrant of attorney to help
to secure Leicester's powerful intiu-
ence In persuading the queen to free
Amy from Varney.
Tna1etIior and INor1and Snnn aftnr
this make a 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 earI's transCendant love for her
gracious self. The case is apparent.
ly settled, and Yarney is ordered to
appear at 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 CumnOrl
1t resolves into a battle of the al.
chemists.
Demetrius, in yarney's employ, pre-
pared a 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
ices from Cumnor.
The time Of the great carnival at
KpnilWOrth is near at hand. Multi.