Show The Girl Queen Of Two Climes s I I Cop Copyright 1916 by tho Press PublishInG Publishing Publishing Publish Publish- ing Co the New Now York Evening World Sho was a queen before she was a n. week old At the tho samo amo time eh she suddenly suddenly sud sud- den denly became the gr greatest heiress and most desirable future futuro brido in all an tho the world She Sho was Marie Stuart History knows her as Mary lary Queen of Scots Her father King James V. V of or Scotland died In December 15 12 when wh n Mary Mary- his only child was but a n. few days old From that moment every sovereign In Europe Europa fixed covetous co eyes on the fatherless baby's fortune and title When she was only 6 G thero were ero throe three formidable suitors for tor her hand King Henry VIII ot oL England England-a a blackguard blackguard blackguard black black- guard of ot the first magnitude wanted magnitude wanted her to marry his feeble son who was also a mere child King Henry IL of ot France begged her hand for tor his eldest son eon Francis tho French Dauphin crown prince Tho The earl Of ot Arran Arran- most powerful In Scotland Scotland- wished her to wed woo hi his own son This son of ot by Arrans the way In later years went Insane through hopeless lovo love for her Franco France and England and Scotland were wrangling hotly over tho the matter when a 11 woman stepped in and decided It for tor them rho Tho woman was Marys Mary's Mn s widowed mother mothel tho the dowager queen of ot Scotland Tho The mother was of ot French birth And she sho loved France Franca So all her Influence went wont toward tho granting of ot tho the French kings king's suit While tho three nations squabbled she quietly smuggled Mary ilary out of Dumbarton castlo castle and nd over to Franco I A PAWN IN THE IRON GAME I Thus at the ago of ot 6 tho the helpless little girl became a n. pawn in tho the Iron IronI I game of International politics No one cared especially whether the bab baby queen was happy happ or unhappy or whether tho the prince chosen as her husband husband hus hus- band baud was worthy or detestable It was washer washer washer her title and estates that were Involved Sho She herself was not allowed to count for tor anything Mary was solemnly betrothed to lit little little lit lit- tle tIe Francis the tho French Dauphin who was a a. year younger than herself Tho The two children grew up as playmates in inthe tho the French court until It should bo be decided de decided decided de- de that they were old enough to marry The French court of that day W was was l labout about as aR Rood good a n. place pI ace to bring up a girl child as would be a R. or orthe orthe orthe the kennel of or a 3 mad mall dog OS' OS The courts court's morals murals were Indescribably rott rotten n. n Tho The king was was vile Uc tho the que queen m was wag viler their court circle was vilest I Virtue and decency were openly sneered at Every one of ot the Ten Commandments Commandments Commandments Com Com- was shamelessly broken Goodness was looked on as os a weakness Wit splendor oppression coura courage e falsehood and crimes of violence w were re retho tho chief traits of ot tho nobles To Mary fresh from tho the gray respectability re respectability re- re of her Scotch home bome it was all very wonderful and delightful It was a n. pl pleasant a change from her rigorously rigorously rigorously rigor rigor- guarded babyhood at Dumbarton castle In short at tho most impressionable ago this beautiful and susceptible child was exposed to Influences that might well have havo wrecked the noblest charac character ter Before blaming Mary Queen of ot Scots for tor some of ot the deeds done by her or her or attributed to her her In in after years It is well to remember her horrible u upbringing upbringing up up- bringing and ond to deal mercifully with the tho faults or weaknesses fostered by bythe bythe bytho the tho life of ot those early days das When she was 16 15 and Francis was 14 Mary and tho the Dauphin were mar mar- ried Ho Ile did her Sho She did not lovo love him In fact no one loved him He lie was a spindly diseased peevish born to die young oung and to die Ho was dissolute and al altogether altogether altogether al- al together worthless this husband to whom statecraft had chained tho the glorious glorious glorious glo glo- rious young oung Qu Queen en of ot Scots Scota She was very lovely Brantome who saw her herat herat herat at 15 writes gushingly Her great beauty and loveliness shai shame e the sun itself She has a wondrous wondrous wondrous won won- drous fascination of ot speech Sho She sings sweetly and she is full of ot gentle grace grace- A GIRLS GIRL'S ILL FORTUNE An Italian HaUan historian describes her I bridegroom as bilious fragile stunted a degenerate weakling his complexion ill to see It was a union While Mal Mary Man was still in her teens King Henry II was killed And she eho and amI Francis be became became became be- be came queen and king of ot France Thus she was ono one of or the fow women In history history history his his- tory who was at once queen of ot two countries Very soon Francis died And his girl girl- widow was sent Bent back to rule rulo Scotland a a herculean task for tor which her trainIng trainIng training train- train Ing and her surroundings had done dono all allIn allin In their po power er to unfit ncr nor |