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"OUT with it, Bacon!" Essex spoke impatiently, looking down at the royal: messenger from his pranc- the sharp ing charger, talons of his hooded falcon gripped around his gaunt. leted wrist.

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"You've not come long way just to bid the time of day!" Then his voice softened. "Was it the Queen herself who sent you?"

"Yes, my lord Essex, and Her Majesty says

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*******:Of course I'll go back, at once! It is my duty as a soldier!"

THE STORY THUS FAR: London, 1596. The Earl of Essex. and his subordinates, Sir Walter Raleigh and Lord Howard are summoned before Queen Elizabeth on their return from the Essox-with whom successful storming of Cadiz in Spain.

the Queen is notoriously infatuated is enraged when Elizabeth, instead of praising him for heroism, denounces him as having been actuated by selfishness, and elevates Essex angrily pro- Raleigh and Howard to places of honour. tests and the Queen strikes him across the face. He tums Her armies are defeated his back on her and leaves London.

in Ireland and Francis Bacon suggests that she order Essex back to lead a new army. Telling Bacon she wants Essex back, alive and with her, but not in Ireland to be killed, sha sends him to bring Essex back.

*

★

IN the wide torch-lit hall out- side the Queen's private, apart- ments were gentlemen pension- ers, ladies-in-waiting, servant in livery and Sir Walter Raleigh, resplendent in his silver armour, gift of Her Majesty.

When Lady Penelope, Grey en- tered from an inner room he caught her arm and with elaborate courtesy said, "I'll lay you n wager, my tear, that you're rushing to the window to see Essex arrivo! Tell me, what sort of a reception will ha

"One that will little please you!" to handling women!" He

"And one," he retorted, stung you forgotten you're talking trick

lipped the hood from the bird's by her manner, "that will please about the Queen ?"

head. It opened its cruel beak; you even less! So run, my lady! "Queen!" retorted Essex con- the wild, golden eyes glittering Run quickly, lent you miss this "I can guess what she temptuously, "ahe's nothing but savagely an it turned in search of romantic follow, who gives hin

aprey. "They're like this little Indy favours so easily and go widely!" says," exclaimed Essex es-the great-granddaughter of gerly, "She sends me her Welsh pantryman! My fathers here Bacon! It takes a man to dear love, and begs me to stood with King John at Run- tame them! Just starve them a return! Ah, if she could but nymede! As I told you before, little to make them keen and.

The bird snapped viciously at the Bacon, I'll stay here!"

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us Master of Ordnance a great honour, "Where's your head, man!" cried "You say that Raleigh--the Essex Jubilantly. "Why didn't you "Does she take me for a ser-nincompoop-is... is. tell me that straight away? That vant? She insults me before

means stay in London near her! "She's just given him now the entire court, then, when an emergency comes, and she finds silver armour, the magnificence she needs a man to help her, she of which fairly blinds the sun!" commands me to return: The

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and closer devil with her and with Ire in her affections, you say..." Innd, tool I'll stay here till England rings with an apology "For luck, my lord, of some- from her, as public as her one dearer

She still loves affront!"

you; but being a woman, she has her pride...

*

"So has a man... and hel can hang on to it longer."

"Having the stiffer neck?" "Bah" ejaculated Essex, rough- fondling his falcon, "There's no

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"I've borne enough from you, my lord!" shouted Raleigh, whip- ping out his blade.

The keen blades were crossing as Bacon sprang forward and threw them up with his poniard.

"Have you forgotten, Sir Walter," Bacon said with a faintly knowing smile, "That Her Majesty awalis my lord Essex!"

Down Under (Land of the Diggers) Wonders If It's Cosmopolitan

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

One of the things which trouble this metropolis of the South Pacific is whether or not it is really cosmopolitan, whether li ranks with the great.cities of the world in urbanity and approach to living.

Walking about Sydney you might, through the week-end hours, the be misled by its abundant vitality, towering flats which leave you rather its disregard of conventions and its astonished when you are told (na apparent acceptance of the speed of you are so often) that Australians modern life. On the surface Sydney love their homes to the point of liking to stay in them while other notions is a self-satisfled, bustling, modern city, fully occupied with the present, dash about; the same movies, the sure of its place in the world, and foreign restaurants, the vessels from driving ahead with that faith in the hundred for ports moving easily in future which is characteristic of and out at the plers. young country. But you accept

Sydney on trust on the strength of

But you will also see some oddly

find its appearance you will be wrong. Incongruous sights. You will

far from being Bat Friday nights the whole of the Actually, Sydney the confident, assured, rather strident vast and tropical suburbs of the city

More matron she appears.

she re-seems to emply its contents. Into Uie sembles the debutante, busy with her centre of the town. And since the new freedom but uncertain of her uptown district in Sydney is enorm- values, much concerned with cover-ously greater than its heart, the re- Ing

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origins and lack of real sult is something akin to Main Street experience, full of the strength of parade in Gopher City. Maybe the fresh youth but squandering it. Thursday pay check accounts for this

It is

is difficult not to phenomenon, but Friday finds all Living here fall in love with this

uneven, bright- Sydney parading the streets for the y

patterned southern metropolis, sake of the parade. You will and sprawling about the waters of list the same time it is impossible to

and bluc

tortuous harbour. Its get into the city's chief movie houses exuberance, its blue weather, and its these nights unless you make reser- cheerful provincialism all have vation a week ahead. This is Syd- strong appeal. You get to like the ney's evening out. distorted Ing

streets, the provalent feel- And Sundays you will find the that work is not all and that sea cosmopolitan atmosphere very much and cricket field and tennis court absent. The Sabbath hero has over- are Just waiting for you whisk tones of Victorian England; no shows, away from the pretence of living, the no movies, few eating houses open. unruffled Australians, and the as- The Australian will tell you he sumption that the whole of this vast stands midway between London and continent really exists ns à back- San Francisco, that he is more laconic ground to this vital town.

and less well-dressed than the Lon- doner, and less easy-going and moro But before long you become aware conservative in his habits than the that the apparent unconcern with men from the Golden Gate. He will which Sydney faces the world is any he is cautious in his approach to tempered by a real anxiety about the newspapers, lacking in high spirits attitude of her visitors. Do you and without the art of self-advertise- These commenta were printed think Sydney is really metropolitan?ment.

dwellers here want to know. What in a Sydney newspaper the other day Is your opinion of her architecture, os true of the type. To the visitor her art galleries, her newspapera and they are astonishing. He finds tho magazines?

Are the galleries suf- Australian communicative, prosper- dressed In his own style ficiently stocked with masterpieces? ous-looking

precludes, almost as undemo- Are they better than those of her rival Melbourne? Do you detect ncratic, the striped pants and silk hats distinctively Australian note in her of the Londoner; adventurous, and culture? And so on endlessly full of palety. The

will observer Look around and you will find ex-also be impressed, above all things, ternal signs which explain why these by the belief of the Australian in his questions are so anxiously put to you own country, and his acceptance of the cultured "Sydneysider." You the duty of revealing that belief to will see the same anxious desire to the visitor. And the Sydney har- perambulate that you find in Call-bour, vast and unexpected and busy, fornia, on the other alde of the he finds one of the best playgrounds Pacific, the strings of automobiles on earth. Imoving in solid and stolid procession.

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