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The Huron Expositor, 1947-08-29, Page 7y,4 ti it J. C. SSNAIT'H� -(Continued' from last week) "An extraordinary man," whispered the Lord Treasurer of the ear of hie friend, Pembroke. "I have heard • 9mueh of his ,plays, of late, but I can- not ,pretend to be a judge of 'em, Mt "'if they are as remarkable as the *later, it is 'no wonder they stand so High in—the. While _ esteem:" ' Pembroke made no reply. For one thing he; was ,sadly uneasy. He had grave fears as to the course the story would take, for he had reason to sup- pose that ,Shaltesp.eare had actively concerned himself 'in the affairs of Gervase Heriot, and: that by hook or by crook he was determined to bring them. to the'notice of the Queen: In fPembroke's view it would be the height of folly to introduce such a "'pe" lour topic in such circumstances, • .but .poets were a peculiar race, apt to tw carried away by an idea. And, the subtle significance of the man's ,man-' ser in the telling of the story led my lord to anticipate the worst. An expectant silence fell on this aes.emtbly. The playwright had • be- gun, his narrative, and except for the intle,ctions of• the clear, yet low and gentle voice, there was not -a sound o be heard within the precincts of the pavilion. "A certain young man," the play - :se -right began, "well born„ well fav- cn•ed, well endowed, with every grace of mind and -heart, fair of form as a -young god, a very Antinous among his Idnd,• a beautiful youth who has thought ill of none, mach less having performed, it against' any, has yet ibeen.born to one signal disadvantage. And- the disadvantage is so • unco"m- Mon in itself that it 'seems strange that he should suffer it.. It is, mere- ly that he 'is •too much: the favorite "Of ',fortune. And yet I would have LEGAL McCONI,ELL '& -JJAYS- Barristers, Solicitors, Etc. Patrick D. McConnell - H. Glenn Hays SEAFOR.TH, ONT. 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PHONES 90 r.22, Bens* 'DP • your grace remark, for that is the essence of my story, hgw this one faint cloud in the' fair heaven of this youth's tranquility is enough to eon- trive his overthrow, to dim all his glories, to• rob him of all 'hoie of ,peace and happiness in this life." ' The Queen nodded/ her head sym-: pathetically. She • was •following ev- ery word with the closest attention, And indeed .the pregnant manner of the story's telling comipelltd it. "The young man's disadvantage is very great inasmuch that he has the ill -hap to inspire" the covetous envy of a wicked kinsman. It is a simple stroke of ill -fortune, asyour grace will see, which he canndt help and for whioh he is not in any wise re- sponsible. This kinsman, his father's brother, although himself a man. of property and well ••placed in the W031d, is yet consumed with a desire to add to his own demesne his nephew's broad. lands in - the west country, the is a. bitter -hearted and envious man, who has carried on •a perpetual war with fortune because she has not made him the elder bro- then` "Chance puts a weapon in the hands of this 'vocetous man. The age ie one of peril and unrest. It is a time in which every man suspects his neighbor. Nothing is easier for a base man who is also bold than to bring a charge of ;misfeasance against one he would remove and' whose lands he would inherit. And this is what the uncle deeldes to do in the matter of hie nephew. He procures two evil men to accuse the young man of having borne a' part *a wick- ed and vile conspiracy against the person .of the sovereign. In the age in which the play is cast such things are unhappily too common, and this is a bad man's opportunity. "To be -brief, your grace, the plot is laid, the charge is made, the young man is brought to trial and eondeme- ed upon the evidence of two suborn- ers. He is unable to refute the ac- cusation, so cunning are the rogues by whom he is beset; ,moreover the author of the plot has always passed for a just and disinterested man. "To add to ,this unfortunate young man's mischances, his trial is •held behind closed doors, for,' as I say, the times are greatly perilous• and the public mind is much inflamed... And he is condemned privily to the block, and is hent to a strong fortress the country, there todie by the axe on a certain day. He makes an ap- peal to his sovereign, an august and gracious lady whom he has "faithfully served. But stealthy serpent tongues have done their work only too well. The Queen will not heed the appeals of this innocent, unhappy youth, and he is left to his cruel fate. "The decree of heaven is otherwise, however: The inscrutable Providenee which lips used the young man ten- derly in all things save one and in that one so unkindly, begins to relent toward him, and, as your grace shall hear, he is not left to die." The playwright...paused.lor.-.a...mom- ent, The attention of his hearers was riveted by the force and cogency of a narrative which was given with 'a solemnity so impressive that it was made to appear a veritable page from' life itself, . The Queen, her ladies and'', her gentlemen, were spellbound by the vivid Tower- of the recital. But Cecil and other •high "officers of the household, who were able to trace the parallel of the story were trans- fixed by the mans audacity Only too clearly ,did they 'recognize the source of the plot ortheedirea,dful drania this man was daring to • un- fold. And if they could have done so they would have stopped this hope: lessly- indiscreet recital of it. Blank consternation was written in the fac- es of those who knew whence the story came. -' "Stop •the% mouth of that madman, for God's sakei" cried the Lord Treas- urer in the ear of Pembroke. But not Cecil and not. Pembroke and not mortal man in that assembly could stop. the mouth of the player now. "Your grace," the low, clear voice went on "this innocent cent youth is not left to die. The governor of the for- tress wherein the yoteng man is held captive; a most honorable and worthy .and highly esteemed 'servant of the state. has a young daughter. She too, like this ill-starred youth, is pass- ing ,fair, and like him is also happy in every relation and attribute of life save one. And her unhappiness is that she has not yet known love. "But on a day, your grace, love comes to her.' . One summer's, morn- ing -it is the will of fate •that she shall see the condet'hned: roan in the Courtyard of his prison. And from his own lips she learns - his grievous history. She learns. that three days hence he is to, die -by -the axe. "A rage of pity comes upon, her. At all costs she is resolved to save him from a fate he has done nothing to deserve. And this young , girl, so brave and so high of soul, finds a means to let him out of his dungeon, and ' contrives his escape from the castle by a 'famous secret passage way. •- "And there is more to' tell. Love has come to her. She yields all that she has of security and also the many benefits she enjoys ',under her father's roof in order that she may share the life •of this hunted fugitive. •i'ootsdre aild hungry, by mere and mead, sleeping now under the open sky now in barn or byre, they make, their way from place to place. The ofi',cers of the lave are ever upon their ,heels, but •Providence is with them, so that at last they come to a fair and famous city and • fall in with a cry of, players. "Novt may it please your grace, one of these players is not Only an actor but is also a maker of plays, And this man, by the "bounty of the gracious lady lits sovereign, has been • commanded to devise for her a pas'. toral to be performed in her presence on the greensward of a summer's af- ternoon. h.ternoon. And this man ie" so charm- ed by the grace and beauty, -of -these - vagabonds, both of, whom are dress- ed as. boys;'so charmed, by their fair appearance and their goodly , man - Pers, that' he would -fain admit them: into the company of players, in order that they may be trained: as aetors, and perchance on a day delight the Queen with their accomplishment. ' "At • first these wanderers reject the proposal. But they are hard set. They have journeyed far and food and lodging are to seek. And being driv- en to a final desperate extremity at last, they put their faith in this play - actor. They reveal to him the whole of their, tragic history and crave his help•: ' . "One moment, Master ? Shake- speare." It was the; harsh; imperious voice of the Queen. And• it -seemed to fall like a thunderclap upon the expectant .hush engendered by the player's narrative. "Do I understand you to say that these persons inform- ed this play -actor of the whole mat- ter?" - • "Yes, your grace, of the whole of their history," ,the player spoke with a calm fearlessness: "the whole of it as it was at that time known to them. Moreover, this player, having heard their tragicl story, resolved to help them to the utmost of his capacity. To this end he had them put in a disguise of an Italian music master and his son." "In order, sirrah, I presume," said the Queen's harsh voice, "toedefeat the ends of ,justice?" • "Not in order to'defeat the end's of justice, your grace," said the player with a calm deference which, howev- er, did little to allay the rising anger of the Queen, "but rather to the end that justice might be vindicated. That only was the purpose ino the player's mind as shall present!}* 'appear. B'ut under your ,grace's favor, I will con- tinue this tragical history," "Do so, sirrah, I pray you." The voice of the Queen was now ominous indeed. "The 'fugitives had lain but one night 'at .the inn in the city in the disguise of an Italian music master and his son, when an unhappy dis- traught man came seeking them. He was the devoted servant of the gover- nor of the castle. His master, it ap- peared, u-pon learning his daughter's act, had repaired straightway to his royal mistress with news of the es- :cape- of his ptyisoner. Moreover, he took upon, his ' own shoulders the whole of the blame. He withheld from -the Queen the part his daughter had played in bis .prisoner's es -ape 'and submitted himself to fate." By now there were many who would have stopped the mouth of the play- er, and foremost among them was the Lord Treasurer. This man, Shake- speare, knew too much. And while some marvelled at the madness of his. audacity, and all deplored his griev- .ous indiscretion, there was not one among them who might venture an attempt to silence him' without af- fronting the temper of the Queen. But fort that matter it had been im- possible to silence the player now. For one thing the Queen, with a face that boded i11, was marking intently every word that fell from the man's lips'. And again •the player's feelings Were wrought to such a pitch of in- terest by, the stress of his narrative that he seemed to be carried com- pletely, beyond himself. For the . con- setluenees likely to ensue he had no care. He was as one transfigured. Let justice, mercy and truth prevail- even if his' own life was the price to be paid for those brightest jewels in Gloriana's crown. "Is there no means of stopping the mouth of that madman?" growled the Lord Treasurer in the ear of Pem- broke. But Pembroke could give no an- swer. He turned aside,. his, breast tightening, his shoulders shaking eon- vulsively. "Pray proceed with your story, Master Shakespeare," said the harsh voice of the Queen. - "The servant of'the governor of the castle," continued the player in obed- ience to this .command, "an honest, good" fellow, no sooner learned his master's peril -than he pursued the fugitives from place to plade over all the midland countryside. Thus it was that in the end he had the good for- tune to come up with them at the inn at Oxford. Now.I would respect - J am about to relate." , fully crave that. your grace remark with particular closeness that which "You can count upon our so doing, Master Shakespeare," said the Queen fully The player smiled a•ather wanly. He could not.remain insensible to.the ominous words and the yet more ominous tone:. But there was not a tremor of fear in the dhuntlees face. "It is simply, your grace, that this humble player, the least •of the Queen's servants, ie alone to blame for -all of that which follows.' .In the fir,, place, the young man, was no 'sooner informed of the peril of the governor of the castle than he de- sired, to yield himself straightway to the will of the sovereign. But the player, mistakenly perhaps, was able to bold him from this most honorable course until a,, riper season. And in the meantime, the player set his mind to work in •order to adduce a tangible proof of this.yctung man's innocence, so that when the time came for hint to cast himself •upon the --mercy of the Queen, he shoulrj. not •appear empty- handed before her. "Providence favored him. By means Of a device which I will not describe last I tax the patience of your grace, he player was able to obtain an ir- rofragable proof of the young man's innocence, By the same means, more- over, he was able to adduce clear evi- ape k?R inoseq�bPi' Wet' $3,41,ty, ,.7Bl t oir `'thi# itll>f larerl,en�tly 0(104� !tore, 'Rayl„ tId ,'thfl ,fie&rl,tim' 'however, while. ee 'this • yeao going tprward; the' Mout' Wee. 4xa'wing, neat .:tor the new inter - too, to be gtvon in the presence of t'he govgr+ai n 3ttd, the player deern- ed succi a. reasoxito be_ not the least favorable for two noble but ill-star- red children of destiny to invoke jus- tice and mercy 01 .'a woman, the first. in the realm." At this point the player paused in his narrative. A • profound 'silence descended upon all;. Every person who had, heard, the singular story was now aware that it was no mere figment of a poet's mind. It was a grim and terrible reality. And that unhappy fact was declared in the -harsh and cruel eyes of the Queen, .For a full minute not a .word was spoken. The player had given as ,much of his story as was vital to his design. And now with a true politi- cal instinct he refrained from adding another word, but left it to the Queen herself to speak. She made no haste to do so. Aston- ished beyond measure, resentful, an- gry , she brought the whole of her powerful mind to bear upon the, mat- ter before giving expression to ner thoughts. Dumbfounded.' as she was by the audacity- and -the indiscretion of this,man, two facts dominated her now. The mystery -attending the c.ir- cum t nc the a. es of t e young men, Ger- vase Heriot's escape from Nottin- hamee Cantle, was now made clear.` The unlucky Sir John Feversham had neither art nor part in it after all. He had kept a stubborn silence for no other reason than' 10 shield his daughter. And it . was none other than that froward young woman who had given that charming performance in the new comedy but a few min- utes ago. At last the Queen turned to her ladies with a look of sour tri. umph. "Did I not say," she cried, "that that was indeed no youth who strut- ted in doublet and, trunk hose?" A moment afterwards the august lady,, had turned imperiously to the player. "This seems but a tame conclusion to your .new interlude, Master Shake- speare," "Most humbly and respectfully do i beg your grace toa,devise an issue to this pitiful story." .'The player •had now sunk upon one knee. "It lies far beyond the compass of my own poor contrivance. But it is within the province of. your grace to fashion it in either the,contiic or the tragic vein. Yet if it shall seem good to you to fashion it in the latter,. there is one last boon that I have to crave for these children of fate, and on my knees I do so." • "And what, pray, is the boon you crave, sirrah?" There was not a spark of pity, in the face or in the tone of the Queen. "The boon I would crave for them is this, your grace. Should it not seem good.: to your grace to exercise the most royal prerogative of mercy, they implore you to allow them to die together on the same block, by the same axe, in the same hour." This 'grim request sept a shudder' through that horrified assembly, But not a muscle relaxed in- the ruthless face of the Queen- .2Master Shakespeare," she said in a slow, measured voice, "your request shalt be granted.,. These traitors, young as they are, shall die together on the same block, by the same axe, and in the same hour. And as there is a God, in Heaven, Master Shake- speare, you yourself shall share the fate they have so richly merited." CHAPTER •XXXIV It was.an important evening at the Mermaid Tavern. Long before sup- pertime the spacious upper -chamber with: the sanded floor began to All. All the regular frequenters of the place were eager for news of Will's new comedy. But it was a long way in those days from the palace at Richmond to the famous hostelry in Eastcheap. Authentic information Was tardy. in coming that evening. The' hour of eight was told on the clocks of the city. Yet there was never a word -of news of Will or of his comedy. This was indeed strange. Among those who' came very often to the tavern for the sake of. the com- pany to be found there was a number of men, about the Court. Not one of these has as yet -appeared• :upon the scene. And neither Will himself nor Any of his fellow -players had arrived. Dishes of deviled bones and fla- gons of wine were laid on the long table. The company sat, down to a very informal repast,' Tongues were unloosed and rumor' , was • prese"ntly rife. The assembly that had gathered in this long upper chamber wag aur- ious one. In the shabby and careless garb of the poet, or in the soiled .dou- blet of the writer for the theatre was contained some of. the choicest spir- its of the age. On most evenings this strange company was garnished with a sprinkling of men of fashion with some pretensions to wit, but these were absent tonight. This fact, tak- en in conjunction with a singular dearth of news was held to bea sin- ister omen. No news .is not always good news in matters relating to the theatre. There was genuine concern among those present. Will was a universal- ly popular man. in 'spite of a very remarkable success which had sprung from beginnin.gs..of the humblest kind he "bore himself invariably with a. modesty and a courteous. considera- tion for others that completely dis- armed even those who. had., the most cause to envy him. Moreover, those who had the entree tp that sacred tipper chamber, at the Mermaid well knew how thoroughly- his success Was deserved. For these were first-rate minds, These men, as far as it was possible for the contemporaries of William Shakespeare to do so, realiz- ed and appreciated his accomplish- ment. if Will had, at last met with a checle to his career none would re- gret the fact more than these friend• ly and admiring rivals wino Hadi an intense admiration for his ,extraordin- aa•y genfif . And some of item. more- over, had already conte to live in a kind of ,reflected glory .that, it cast upon them. Rumors of failure grew with the arrival of each newe.omeil who yet hart' no firsthand news te, giVe "Did he let you con the piece, Mar- • Just Retitine Visits to the doctor ,and • the ddent;ist should- not be allowed to becc►n4,e nightmares for little ones, warn the health authorities:. They are a nec- essary and conemon routine matter in this modern scientific age. The health authorities frown on the thoughtfulness of those people who, particularly, in the presence .of chil- dren, prattle about "their operations and: make a point of detailing their sufferings. With intelligent co-operation from parents, it is stressed, Modern pre- ventive medicine ..and dentistry can be made a quite commonplace, and even an interestin experience, It is hoped that childreof future genera- tions will have no dread of physical.. or oral examinations, and will under- stand that such regular professional work is essential to preservation of their well-being. Fixing Faces Many otherwise intelligent, people, the doctors are aware, suffer from self-consciousness and lack of confi- dence because of some facial haudi- eap, • such as protruding jumbled teeth in mal=formed jaws. Authorities want such people to know that they have no- excuse for depriving themselves of business and social advantages or of personal hap- piness. 'Dentists are able,. in this day and age, to improve the most embar- rassing mouth and facial•- eonditions by advice and treatment leading_ to correction of underlying causes. So, Canadians are advised, .if teeth are the cause of reluctance to take a full share of life, see the dentist at once. • Tooth -Brush Needs Some people need only regular use of a small, standard -size tooth brush., but others should have a specially shaped brush with a certain type of bristle. Others, again, may need to cleanbetween the teeth with dental floss. Health authorities suggest that the dentist be asked what particular. tin?", asked a gray and worn vet=eran with a ragged beard of an individual very familiarto himself who sat at the head of the long table, "Aye, he did so. Ant I tell you it is the best thing he has done yet. If he makes 'a ,failure of. that, God help the age, say I." " • "He was not very happy about it tc o nights ago." . "Ah, that's Will's way. He never does anything but that he wishes it better," - "And yet they say he never blots a line, eh?" said a young man with flaming hair who sat opposite: "It is only Bee who says , that;" rejoined the veteran at the table - head. "And Ben blots 'so many him- self that he thinks nobqdy else takes any pains by comparison." (Continued Next Week) flea fitatn&dia i, ant 1* t s e hqt 004' tett 0 df�k d orea,tt., a1i ''IVO111, e searteh and ; itnlletils to raise tht0*atlop "jean 111 010 00001404i 1407 ig't'e aro,&re of the or10410, er tionai ,effort f0>• a olaa6es pf tiff cornet -u ty, 41401, fob' r#0.$ WM ',aMonR the younger t enorattow; 'Piney lope that, adaits oto norro-w will Oa* Qv-, ery effort to .elimine,ke •fife causes of illness and will be' impreseet, with the importance. of "organized, a•n(1 sus;. tained effort • to maintain health in this country. • • Expert Ad rice Information on - how . to .keep healthy, as well as bow to avoid ease, should 'be' obtained' only from persons qualified by training and: ex- peritnce to advise in such an import- ant field. It is as necessary to un- derstand the positive truths on which ,genuine health is' built, as it is to re- alize. how false are' some of the ideas which have grown isp about physical and mental matters. niblick health authorities warn against trilling with one's well-being by practising self-medication or by accepting ,,unprofessional guidance. Canada's colleges and hospitals are turning out people of high attain- ment in the medical and associated fields to lead us to higher standards along sound scientific lines, an' Gauging Growth In childhood, developmental chang- es are usually as gradual as they are definite. Because Nature functions so smoothly, many of her trends may not •evenbe apparent to untrained eyes. That is why Canadian authori- ties advise.constant check-up of:grow- ing children by physicians, and other experts qualified to read the signs and, in gauging development,,able to direct it alonghealthful channels. 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