. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. ven in marriage to Francis II.,the son of the French King. The French fleet carried her awayfrom the rugged shores of Scotland, and the Scottish Marys went withher. Ten years were passed amid the gayeties and splendors of theFrench court, and then, at the age of sixteen, she was married, amidgreat pomp and rejoicings, to the Dauphin, whose courtly devotion and;elegant society she had long enjoyed. The associations of the youngpair before marriage had been very happy. They delighted to be witheach other even in society, when they
. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. ven in marriage to Francis II.,the son of the French King. The French fleet carried her awayfrom the rugged shores of Scotland, and the Scottish Marys went withher. Ten years were passed amid the gayeties and splendors of theFrench court, and then, at the age of sixteen, she was married, amidgreat pomp and rejoicings, to the Dauphin, whose courtly devotion and;elegant society she had long enjoyed. The associations of the youngpair before marriage had been very happy. They delighted to be witheach other even in society, when they would often separate themselvesfrom the gay throngs around them. The next year found Francis on the throne, and Mary seemed tobe the happiest queen in the world. But the following year the young king died, childless, and Marywas compelled to return to Scotland. ? IN HISTORIC LANDS. sailed from Calais in the Kite- summer of another changefilShe wept when the shores ol France faded from her sight, and>s il her regret in a tender poem, which you may have STORV TELLING IN EDINBURGH. 87 Mary was a Catholic. Scotland had adopted the Reformed Faith,and the Scots received her with coldness and suspicion. Marys life from childhood to her imprisonment was a series ofromances associated with marriage schemes. Francis had not beenlong dead before many of the courts of Europe were planning marriagealliances with the beautiful Queen. The kings of France, Sweden,Denmark, Don Carlos of Spain, the Archduke of Austria, and manyothers of lesser rank were named as suitable candidates for her hand. M Her own choice fell upon her handsome cousin, Lord Darnley,who was a Catholic, and among the nearest heirs to the English was a weak, corrupt, ambitious man. But he had a winning face,and the marriage was celebrated in Holyrood Palace, in the summerof 1565. One dav, long before this marriage, as Marv was coming down thestairs of the Palace, she saw the graceful form of a dark Italia
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