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The Signal, 1907-12-12, Page 9THE SIGNAL: GODERICH, ONTARIO ' traring our yytoouor Frans., nsuuAer M. Is 00 0""100 -. e neat minute the abutters were ' (Remember, 1 ant not .yet Mlnlster of m --r into at tae Boor lit ray tnaa: 1106 fcx,l of me. But while 1 debafrd TheHehInet slid the deep sea. He was no frienu ha closed again." 'Tim a marvel," be answered grave Finance." "No. but soon will be," he rat :,ned ••Besides, what 1 atik is little rucn:!n• whether to art up au ouN'ry that would btlitR forward tone officer with the burly sentry, or the wludow. \ 1 "But I know what has dlruubeA them to their graver, the heretics! it I trod knows. Do you -think food Is clicaV ,., more •en,d that' whether to seek soWe other entranrw, machinations of the Guinea. -On the. thunder shook the root 1s that they have lost their leader." In a telegs' I beepmp aware of a Auddeu bustle In Mme to see vtslons." "NonbenRe," i cried. nettled. "Tour Navarre I stared at him blank),, and he add- ed. Their Henry of Navarre." "Then I pray Navarre may Coate so,u and end it." "Awes to that;' raid -old Jacque r the courtyard, u narrow slice of which 1 could see through the gateway• A page dashed Rrrrbe then pair of O� shoes." "1 was talking with the men hgre "But he to gravely. "If tie comes a Cuthvlic s flunkeys passed. There wars romr uol.:a St. Quentin, where he abode fu quiet wluked the rain front my eyes and Is not lost. There has been no battle." It cannot be tot, stein." 1, of voicem. and tinally of hoots paid huffily. "The proof is that no one hag Aerment of all the world. "Lost to them," sald Alaltre Jacques, I counted out my pennies with a last wheels. limit a dozen mein -alarms ran A STORY OF LOVE AND ADVENTURE I "wben he turns Catholic." grumble. t to the gates and swung them open, After these visits my lord was always 1n great spirits, putting on frisky sirs peers would have uuderstuod readily "Oh!" I cried. ..They ought to call this t ,e Rn.' taking their bland on each side. Clear. BY BERTHA RUNKLE. I ry mocked. "You come from C'oupebouroes." lie laughed: he could afford fn. 1 M. le Doc was about to drive out. > A little knot of people had gtdckly copyright by The Century Co The quarrel lest he should mix with e coo the country; you don't know these things„ with my silver Jingling In his pnnrlt 'collected -sprang from between the sun was bhiuing broadly into the pen, and it was no surprise to me when "But the Klug of Navarre Is too. Ile embraced toe tenderly' at Darling stones of the pavement It would seem not even his worst d••t,actoi could ac NN�N stiff-necked a heretic!' ed it and hoped to scp mP-agata rat 1'ts L,n to see monsieur emerge. fill tie the duke'R library; I could wrote 'Ih, you fifll wish to join Al. le "Duh! beads the stiffest sank. I smiled to myself; I had not come to Parle-1-to stay In the Rue Coupe,lir- "He 1s a bold man," I heard one may, and a woman answer, "Aye. and A CHAPTHR 1. Duc?" he said. Tell me this; for what do the learned rets, handsome," ere the heavy coach roll. An'. of the emissaries frons Kink of "Father!" was all i Could gasp. doctors sit In council at Mantes•" League, who came from thnp to tittle to ed out of the arch. lat the stalrfoot the landlord stop. "Then You shall go," he answered. "Oh," bald 1, bewildered, "you tell CHAPTER I'll. 1 pushed myself lit close to the ped That was not Dad for an old man who me news, Mattro Jacques." W all e, ••nth, the storm war no dream, as guarAcmcn, toy heart thumping in my ear "Hose, lad, take a candle. 'rho stairs had lost two sons for monafeur! It Heary of Navarre be not n i ste ped out briskly from the run, p throat now that to in had romp are dark, and, since I like your tovka, i set out fn the morning. Ilght of hag• C:atholle before the month Is out Aplt pausing now and agaln to Inquire my w.l,c,ll I should see my n,ontle"r. At I would not have you be your wage, purse and heart. 1 ran tell me on my own Jack," he answered, w•ay to the Hotel tit. Quentin. whlc!t the slight of bis face I sprang bodily oV neck." naught of the Journey, for I hooded eyeing me rather keenly as be added: shod i knew, in !let- Quartler s.la,uip. on the conch step, Crying, all my soul "And give the bows a bad name," I only that at the end of It lay Parte. I "It should be welcome news to you." where all the Ru,:nd folk lived. Once In my voice, "Oho monsieur! M. le said. reached the city one day at sundown "I am glad to hear of any heretic I had found the b:o, lit Ila— St. P�•,I4 all Luc!" "No tear of that: my house has a and entered without a passport at the' coming to the faith," I said. i need do was to follow It over the looked at me coldly, black• good name. There Is no falser inn In St. Denis gate, the warders bets hard- t "Pshaw!" he cried. "To the devil 'Tie lilt) down tirthe liver barn:; m)' eyes ly.A(onhour without a hent of recognition. ilia The all Parts. And your chamber b a good 1>• so rlrtct as Mayenne supposed. I with pretenses' au open serret D were tope, therefore, to stare at all the next Instant the young Kentlemau be - next chamber, though you will have larger, wax dusty, footsore and hungry, in no that your patron ban gone over to Na- ,flange sirhts of the great aide Adsprang op and striiek me a m doubtless, when you are Minister ht guise to present myself before mon-vane." "tl"h), they who close their shutters kets and shops and churches and blow that hurled me off the step. 1 fell Finance." deur; wherefore I want no further "I know naught of it." prisons, nut most of all did I gape at where the poudcrous wheels would This ralsed another laugh among the that night than the inn of the Amour "Well, pardlcu! my Lord ?, enne' the crowds in the streets. I had scare have ended me had not a guardsman, tavern Idlers, for I had been bragging i de Dieu, to the Rue des Coupejarreta doer thea. it when De came fn) arts Al. realized there were so many panels 1n quick and kind, pulled me out of the a bit of lay prospects. I retorted: Far below my garret window lay the de St. Quentin counted that the Lea• the world as parsed me that summer way. Some one shouted, "Assassin!" "When I am, Idaltre Jacques, look I street -a trench between to high guo would not know his parleylnga he morning In tho town of Parts. Bewll ••I am no assassin;" i cried; "I only out for a rise In y ur taxes." i houses. Scarce eight feet off loomed was a fool." dearly busy and Rr:y the place appeared sought to speak with monsieur." The laugh was turned on mine host, I the dark wall of the house opposite• i "Hts parleyings4" I echoed feebly• to my country ,,•yes, though in truth "He deserves a hiding, the young and I retired with the honors of that i To me, fresh from the wide woods of "Aye, the boy In the street known at, that time Parl^ was at Its very cur," growled my toe, the sentry. encounter. And though the stairs were St. Quentin, it seemed the desire of he ba been with Navarre. For, mark w•i,rat, the spirit IwIng well olgh "He's been pestering me this half the steepest 1 bad ever climbed i had Paris folk to outhuddle In closeness you, ail France has been wondering ,.rushed out of it by the sieges and the hour to let hiss 1n. He was one of the breath and the spirit to whistle the rabbits en's warren. So fngenloun those many months where St. Quentin Iron rule of thA Sixteen. monsieur's men, he said. Monsieur all the way up. What mattered that al- i were they at contriving to waste no was coming out. His movements do not I knew ifttle enough of politics, and would seo flim. well, we have seen ready I ached In every bone, that the stair was long and my bed but heap Inch of open space that the houses• standing at the base but go unnoted like a yokel's But, V faith, he is not dull; he understands that ret i was not so dill an not to see that happen how monsieur treats him!" "we a of straw In the garret of a mean tun fiti I a scant street's width apart, even jutted out further -at well enough. Nay, 'its my belief he came into the city in pure effrontery l great events must soon. A crisis had come. i looked at the people I "Faith, no," said another. have only seen how our young gentleman a poor quarter? was to Paris, the each story till they looked talked of on my premises. Fofk ml4bt f passed who were going nbout their treats him. (1f course he Is too proud city of my dream! to be fairly toppling together. I could Io show them how much he dared. lie Lusluess so tranquilly. F,very one of and dainty to let a common mail to I am a Bronx of St. Quentin. Tho sop Into the windows up and down the Is a bold blade, your duke. And, mon them must be either Mayenne's man much as look at him." great world has never heard of the way; could see the people move about dieu! It had Its effect. For the Lea- or Navarre'a. Before a week wait out Thev all laughed; the young gentle- Broux? No matter; they have existed within; bear opposite neighbors call guers have been no agape with aston- these peaceable citizens might be man seemed no favorite. these hundreds of years, Masters of to each other. But across from my Irhment ever since that they have not using pikes for tools and exc•haugfng "ParbleW that was why i drew him the Forest, and faithful servants of I aery were no lights and no people, for raised a finger against him." "vet do not think him safe?" bullets for good mornings. Whatever from the wheels, because be knocked the Dukes of St. Quentin. The great that house was shuttered tight from you "Safe, Safe: Pardieu! If ha ened, here was I In Parts in the DD th"i Iwhat world has heard of the St. Quentin%? attic ,to cellar, Its dark front as expres say you? lions belteteetherc'ahint harrmlint a boy. I warrant you! An loudly its It has of sfonless as a blind face. i marveled you walked Into a cage of and thick of It! My fret fairly ttknced un - you, lad?" Stilly Fully ,and Villerol. Tremoutlile and how It came to stand empty In that they did not In the first instant eat you der me. 1 could not reach the hotel "I meant no harm," I said, and turn. lilron. That Is enough for the Bruux. terrains quarter. would )oil therefore feel sate? He was soon enough. Half was 1 glad of mon• ed sullenly off up the street. This, I was brought uV to wnrahtp tti.• Too tired, however; to wonder inns. stark mad to romr to Parlx. There fs sfeur's dangor, fur It gave me chance then, was what I had come to Parts he saints and M. le Duc, and 1 loved and : 1 blew out the candle and was asleep Ito man the Leakile hates more, now to show what stud I wag made of. Live be deofed entrance to the revered them alike by faith, fur Aj. le before t could phut my eyes. they know they have lost him, and no for blue, die for hila -whatever 1"ate house, thrown under the coach wheels Duc at court seemed as far away frrnu Ila a the salols In heaven. Ynt the ('rash! Crash! Crash! 1 sprang out of bed to a panic, think- ( man they can afford so Ill to spare to King Henry. A great Catholic noble, could offer I was ipadyfor. The. hotel, when ae` length i arrived turd threatened with a drubbing fro m YPAr atter King Hour)- ill. was rater- Ing Hear) of Navarre was bombarding I he would be uteat and drink to the before It, was no dfeappolniment' the lackeys! For years toy only thc�)tt stared monsieur came to lisp oil his PRrls. Then, bc•lu fully roused, i per- t Bearnals. He was mad to come here." Here oue did not. waft till midday to ,three had been to serve monsieur. )Prom high estate, to make h1 said low love him calved that the noise was thunder. a And yet nothing has happened to see the gain,, the btreet was of decent asking in the morning to sleep at ' for himself. From the window i perred Into him." "t'er11v_ fortune favors the brave. width and the boixes held themselve3 �t • ••-�_ night my whole life was monsieur's. s • In that blood time. when the King floods of rain. The peals, died away. D -_ -:- mart' %lih ::'»--� -e - --- _ -- - Never was duty more cheerfully paid. of Navarre and the two Lr©gues were Suddenly came a terrific lightning Never did acol to more throw his soul traring our yytoouor Frans., nsuuAer M. Is Hash and 1 cried out in astonishment. They were fighting each other-Your•gris and Gervals. Iter found hlnnself between the devil For the shutter opposite was open, and HP laughed. "•thee, slid the deep sea. He was no frienu ha 1 Arad a vivid vision of three men In haved like an insolent young fool. But i the League; for years he had stood be- the wludow. nag renppenra-•yet. Hart tweet' the King, hie master, and the 'then all was dark again and the mangle and Ile, Ae Prance battles machinations of the Guinea. -On the. thunder shook the root one here regret his possession of a other hand be was no friend to the I stood straining my eyes into the Mme to see vtslons." "NonbenRe," i cried. nettled. "Tour Huguenots. "To seat R heretic on the night, waiting for the next flash. When Remained then but one course -to stay In Pari; and keep from starvation throne of France were to deny God." It came it showed me the window bar - shoes." "1 was talking with the men hgre he said Therefore he ram.• home to reel as before. 16ash followed flash; I 1.,91. M. le Duc began to have a fre- hent visitor,. a q gentleman In no wise St. Quentin, where he abode fu quiet wluked the rain front my eyes and Hotel St. Quentin was, in my opinion, the most Imposing=carved and orna- for some three years, to the great won peered In vain. The shutter remained huffily. "The proof is that no one hag Aerment of all the world. el (I as it it had never been opened. In the follies of the town. He had cat - Had he been a cautious man, A man SIVA, rolled over me in a great wave "Aye, no they have. They like lain who looked a long way ahead, his cant- as 1 groped wy way back to bed. After these visits my lord was always 1n great spirits, putting on frisky sirs peers would have uuderstuod readily pluck. And if the League kills him It N quite on the cards that the people wit] of that stir and llrelinens one` expects to see about the houses of the great. enough that he was uniting to see how CHAPTER II. the cat would Jump, taking no part In No visitors passed In or out and it,', pieces The quarrel lest he should mix with When I awoke in the morning the t that. x111 not profit M. de SL Quentin the losing side. Bra[ atilt; Ihuory jibed sun was bhiuing broadly into the pen, and it was no surprise to me when so ill with monxleut'. character tbal room. glinting in the little pools of war were looked for. Of n truth the per. not even his worst d••t,actoi could ac tel on the floor. I stared at them, of my own shrewdness, i Said: i --pt ft. For he nas known to all an a• sleepy -v e.t, till recollection came to fill tie the duke'R library; I could wrote hotspur-a man whit anted qulrkly and me of the thunderstorm and the open an old croaker. seldom counted the cost 'fh.•refon• hie 'hotter and tho three men. i jumped with at. Quentin and would de present ronduct wax a ilddl.•. nor voold up "lid ran to tho window. The shut after nightfall, ail if there had never ' An'. of the emissaries frons Kink of tet< opposite were closed; the house Ile Race me a keen glanre, and then League, who came from thnp to tittle to just •i` I had seen It first save for the rpeco, Mon Florentine confessor, enlist his aid and went away without long streaks of wet down the wall. The "There you fool yourself, my spring- It, read the answer. The puzzle wa, *irept below was one vast puddle. At added that he should take me with fro deep for them. Yet It w'as nut) all e, ••nth, the storm war no dream, as Beyond the grilles a sentry 1n the i this: to monsieur honor w.,. m,n„ I half believed the vision to be. rat^• ^Yon are sharp as a gimlet," said 'INin a pretty word. if he could not find I dressed speedily and went down pfrk hood. But how to start about It I had hi. cause honest he would oaf draw "talre. The Inn -room was deserted They ell wrangling over their French hl. sword• though all the curs In the Rave for Maitre Jacques, who with m)" golden dreams, no limit to my fa- land called him coward. heat demandpd of roe whether 1 took I He turned Rt once, then looked as If Thus he stayed alone to the chateau thyself for a prince, that 1 lay to bed place Is haunted." Mr A long. Irksome three years. %fon, till all decent folks had been bouftr now palled my one friend In Parts, stem was not of a reflective mind, coal- about thplr business and then expect - they give no heel at all to na-tea, the tent to stand aside and watrh while ed breakfast. finw•pver, he brought me rude tumble• and by no hRnd hat my father's. other men fought out great lasues. It R meal, and I made no complaint that said, "I am come to see M. le Duc." I Yon?" he fila AAS a weary procession of days to film. it w•Rp R poor one. marxicre-you know naught of that: 11 is only son, a lad a few years older " �•nn have strange neighbors to the Denis Into a network of dark and nar- than 1, shared none of his father's house opposite," said 1. There will tome a reckoning when wroldpa and refuspd point hlank to He started. and the thin wine be was - 'I have lost two sons in monsieur's follow him Into exile. He remained In setting before me splashed over on ney, "Yes, Paris, where they knew how to he gay file table. here and I know. A man dared not Stir out of doors llut dark day. The gaiters In spite of sieges. Therefore 1, the For "µ'hat neighbors". ' and turn and double on themselves. i could eatpr's son, whom monsieur took fora "tl"h), they who close their shutters they'? Pardleu! there will come a day. I mearcely-knew the man: his face page• had, a chance to come eloper to when other folks would . keen them monsieur. But Felix is all I have left." Thus It came about that I wap left my lord and be.more to him than a 0iien, and open them when others keep "Oh, one of his men! Well, my men, mrre ap"mint, and I loved hint rap the them shut," I said airily. "last night "Why. w n Hague, h 1t as the house of aw Y.they not gentleman, M. de Bethune," he Y into his service than i Into mine. Nev- ear did lover hate to be parted from his nnlatresa• more than 1 from monsieur. The journey to Paris had been a Jour- ney to Paradise. And now, this! Alonsleur had looked nap In the face still tint smiled: had heard me beseech htni still not answered -not lifted a Mixer to save nit. from being mangled, trader hill very eyes. St. Quentin and Parts were two very different places, It appeared. At St. Quentin monsieur had been pleased to take me Into the chateau and trilat me to more Intl• tuticy than he accorded to the high. torn lads, his other pages. So much the eabler, then, tq cant me off when he had tired of me. My heart seethed with rpgp and bitterness against mon- sipitr, against the sentry and, more that, all, against the young Comte de k:ar. who bad flung me under the whtels. 1 had never before seen the Comte In Ater, that spoiled only son of Al. le Duc's, who was too One for the cone. try, too gay to share his father's exile. Maybe I wap jealous of the love his father bore hint, which he pt' little re. paid. i had never thought to like him, St. Quenthi though he were; and now that I saw him I hated him. His I__ come face looked ugly enough to me ss he struck me that blow. I went along the Paris streets blind- ly, the din of my own thoughts louder than all the noises of the city. But I could not remain In this trance for. ,ver, and at length I woke to two un- pleasant facts --first. I had no idea where I was, and, second, I -should be no better off if I knew. Never while there remained In me the spirit of a man would I go back to monsieur; never would I serve the Comte do, Mar. And it was equally ob- vious that never so long as my father retained the spirit that was his could I return to St. Quentin with the ac- rount of my morning's achievements. it was just here that, looking at the dogs Aid; aye, and admired him for It I Raw three men to the window oppo slip mine." They were fighting each other-Your•gris and Gervals. businesm with my father's epee, i be - tan to have a supptcfon that i had be. fortitude almost more than human, in that he could hold himself passive HP laughed. "•thee, -- - a No. 4ptning —wow _ - haved like an insolent young fool. But i here In furthest Picardie, while In Nor my lad, your head 1s not used nag renppenra-•yet. Hart ttcoten who Inhabited theta. Nor ntu Was still too angry to acknowledge mangle and Ile, Ae Prance battles to our Pares wines. That 1a Low you tell you true, Felix, 1 had rater bar the one here regret his possession of a It. raged and towns fell and captains won Mme to see vtslons." "NonbenRe," i cried. nettled. "Tour poor Innkeeper of the Amour me Dieu than stand in A1. de St. Quentin'% none as he was forced to do In the Rue Remained then but one course -to stay In Pari; and keep from starvation glory. At length, In the opening of the year wine In too well watered for that, let me tell you, Maitre Jacques." shoes." "1 was talking with the men hgre Coupejan•ets. O[ all the mansions in the place the as beat I might. My thrifty father had not seen fit to 1.,91. M. le Duc began to have a fre- hent visitor,. a q gentleman In no wise "Then you dreamed It," he said last night," i Said. "There was not one Hotel St. Quentin was, in my opinion, the most Imposing=carved and orna- furnish me any money to threw away remarkable save for that he was Rc huffily. "The proof is that no one hag Rut had a conA word for mmtsicur." mented and stately, with .gardens at In the follies of the town. He had cat - corded long interviews with monsieur. lived 1n that Douse these twenty "Aye, no they have. They like lain the side. nut there was nhout 1t bone enlpted' closely what I should need to After these visits my lord was always 1n great spirits, putting on frisky sirs Years." - Now. f had plenty to trouble about without troubling my head over night- pluck. And if the League kills him It N quite on the cards that the people wit] of that stir and llrelinens one` expects to see about the houses of the great. take me to monslenr, with a little mar - On for accidents; so that after paying Maltre Jacques 1 had hardly two like a stallion when he is led out of the rise up and make the town lively. But No visitors passed In or out and it,', pieces nrRRle. 1 iOOkM for something to Ral* hawks, but I wag vexpd with him for that. x111 not profit M. de SL Quentin hl iron t gates were shut, as of none to jingle together. pen, and it was no surprise to me when putting me off. So, with a Ane conceit If he IR dead." were looked for. Of n truth the per. For three years f had browsed my M. ip Due announced one day, quite of my own shrewdness, i Said: i would not be dampened, though, by Conti who visited monrleur thesF days fill tie the duke'R library; I could wrote without warning, that he was done "It It was only a dream how came an old croaker. preferred to asp 1n bar the postern a decent Iptter both In my own tongue with at. Quentin and would de )rat' to aplll the wine?" "Nay, maitre, If the people are with after nightfall, ail if there had never ' and In ltallan, tknnkp rn Father Fran - Fran - off In the morning for Mantes. i was off Ile Race me a keen glanre, and then him the League will not dare"— been a time when they were proud rpeco, Mon Florentine confessor, 1n the seventh heaven of joy when be w'tih a look round to ape that no bne "There you fool yourself, my spring- be seen lei his hall. and handle a sword none so badly. added that he should take me with was by leaned across the table up to aid. 1t there Is one thing which the Beyond the grilles a sentry 1n the i thanks to me hard and [ felt that it Rhonld not Re herd to up a IfvNl- ffm. I'knew the King of Navarre was at Alantes-at tut we were going to rat^• ^Yon are sharp as a gimlet," said nobles of the league neither know nor care about It Is what the people think. green and scarlet of monsieur's men- at -arms stood on guard, and i called pfrk hood. But how to start about It I had make history! There was no bound to be. "i see f may as well tell yon At They ell wrangling over their French font to hint boldly. no notion, and finally i wtade rap my m)" golden dreams, no limit to my fa- last. Marry, and you will have it, the 1,Pmg,i^ and their Spanish league. I He turned Rt once, then looked as If mond fn gn and consult him whom I hire, place Is haunted." their hinge Rad their princesses, and tho night of me scarce repaid Rim. now palled my one friend In Parts, Bat my house of eRrds uffpred R g "Holy Virgin!" 1 cried, crossing my they give no heel at all to na-tea, the "i wish to enter, 1I you please. " 1 I lacquer the innkeeper. 'Twain rude tumble• and by no hRnd hat my father's. lei f. "Aye. Twenty' years ago, h, the great people. But they will find mut their Sonte.day' they will be taught said, "I am come to see M. le Duc." I Yon?" he fila c@alar eRfd than door. I had strayed out of the frtendh Rue 9t. He came to monsieur and, re p Auming on an old serritor's marxicre-you know naught of that: mistake. that the nobler are not all of France. ejaculated, eye wan* dering over my attire which, none of Denis Into a network of dark and nar- privileges,' begged him to leave I a- home. I you werp not born. I take It. and, hP- There will tome a reckoning when the newest, showed signs of my jour- row wA s g r that ht have been loom - 'I have lost two sons in monsieur's %ides, are a country boy. Hut 1 was more blood will now In Paris that. ney, "Yes, old nut by n wily old Stag with the dote hot on him, hob did they twist service," he said; "Jean, huntingin this forest, and Blalse, fn the fray at here and I know. A man dared not Stir out of doors llut dark day. The gaiters ever flowed on St. Bartholomew'$ day. they think war are chained down, do 1." I answered In some resent- went. '1 Am one of his men. and turn and double on themselves. i could Blots. i have never grudged them to ran blood." I "And that house -what happened in they'? Pardleu! there will come a day. I mearcely-knew the man: his face "He looked me up and down with a g,•In. make my way only ata snail's page, Raking new guidance at every corner. monsieur. But Felix is all I have left." Thus It came about that I wap left that house?" wap flushed, hos eyes sparkling An If "Oh, one of his men! Well, my men, Nnon was long Vnpt *hen at length i ReMnd, hidden In the bar -loft, when Y duke rode away. I could not watch "Why. w n Hague, h 1t as the house of aw Y.they not gentleman, M. de Bethune," he common room a the co slaw m ore then And mean street. lint ns i stared the oil roust know M r o 1e Duc b not re- ceiving to dAw." came m on I a a r aro gR A and the e corner by the Amour tie Dieu. Yet lour It fatigue le going. answered, bringing out the name hest- glow faded, and he said In a lower "i am Felix Bronx." i told him, not that weighted R Though the days passed drearily yet ea fittingly 1n a low voiep. "They were all tone: "You may he Felix anybody for all my feet, Rat pride. Though I had rY' solved to seek out Maitre Jacques, affil they passed. Time does pass length. Put to the sword -the whole house- "At least it will happen unless to it aYAlIR; your cannot see monsieur." "Then 'tea$ a hateful thing to enter a pnp- Pven when one to young. It was July. The King of Navarre had moved up to hold. it was Gulse's work. The Due de Gulse pat on his white hnraP in thin I enry of Navarre comeR save us j from it. He Is a good fellow•, this Na' I will see Vigo." VI was monsieur's )lamer of lforse, the stall• pliant where i had been the had patron. I Ht. Denis, In his siege of Parts, but reary street here while it was going on. vnrras chest man In France. Thin sentry wan breakfast ri't aloin, I sh for have but i should hart to beg frfl mar Aln- moat folk thought he would never win tt rhe city, the Hotbed the I,pagute. Of Parbleu! that was a day." "Mon dlPu! yen." "They mnr he ran never enter Parts." "They nay Iles, i,et• him but leave nobody, just a common fellow picked rap mince mmtnlenr lett At. Quentin, but nor. i had bragged of monsl^ur'll fond. of It Is Duc we heard no word till into "Well, that In an old story now," hr blot here -lop behind him and he can Vigo had been at his side these twenty nese, and f should have to tell how I hadnes andbeeflung the one night a chance traveler, puffin` up at the resumed In R dlffeient tone. "one -and twent,v yearn ago that ww. 8urh enter Parts to -morrow." "Mayenne Anen not think po." yearn. "Vigo, sRy you! Vlgo does not see ander Mach wheels. My a smyn rot Inn 1n the village, told R start• ling falls. The Duk,) of St. Quentin, things don't happen now. Beat the pen- i "No: hat Mayenne known little of street boy&." "1 I'cnnld not b�Ingce If enteo r that tr tr deerf ied to think how to hatter though known to have been at Mantes tele they have not teigotten: they will does what goes on. He ds tint keep An inn am no atrept boo." i cried sorrily. "i . mar in In tett ft that It poor. should It and strongly suspected of espousing Navarre'% had lin• not go near that house. No one will Alva there•" I 1n the Rue Conpejarrets He stated the fact no grnvPly that i know Vigo well. You shall smart for boating roe when I. have monsieur's re Bound to Credit. Hat Invention In causer, ridden calmly Io Paris and opened his botell It wap madness "And have others seen as well as I^." I "So they say. But I'll not let It be had to laugh. "Laugh 1t you like: bill I tell you, ear." t "Aye, when you have. Be off with stuck my ns f Clued pate.striving to summon rap n A -madness sheer and stark. Thus far file religion bad saved blm, talked of on my premises. Fofk ml4bt Felix Bruux, my lord's council chem- with rascal. t have no time to bother aunty demeanor I found mmon a 6 ng straight of the shuttered holes, yet as y dao he might fall under the t of to think them too near the haunted house. "T1s another matter with you, bar Is not the only place where they make kluge wp do It too, we of the with you." Imbecile." I spatterBut be had and of A sudden my thoughts shifteded. swords of the Learners. My father came after hearing this though, since you have had the visfon." "There were three men," I said, Rue Conpejarrets." "welt," said I, "I leave you, then, to turned his back on me and resumed his pacing up and down the court. back to mar visfon. Those mtMercd thIguenots, dpnA We to where i was lying nn the grasp Ihp "Ti man, In sombre drepa"-- y t make kings. f must Re off to my duke. "Oh, very well for you, monsieur," end Rone ore i wrap born, had a ripenreA warm summer nicht, thinking hard thoughts of him for keeping me at "Ai. do Bethune and his cousins. What's the Root, maltro ,,., i rrted mut londlw, hoping he could bear "Itut to me as plain rap the men i pnsprd In tl,e street Th ni h I had beheld them hnmp and spofllnrr my chanoep In life. What further? Dtd "t' year ahrtekol' j "There wall nAught further,” f said, lip dropped the politician and w% all Innkerprr to A serond. me. you will laugh Vother side of �nur mouth by and by. I'll pay you h„) lbw snare o� a ilrhtolnr .OuR 1 H^ terve me stralghtwor the whole of "i "A " lrosrtitl:an ox rasa tal the story. Long before it was over I shtdmering. paw them for the spat crown!" ii cried In Indignation. off hu, svcaas, #p ass Age► K.a jIsbtjaIj)& gsb. Dlotil. &@.I W.fvu 'Do Ton thlak i Am We of cralwas? R wall plgddeoliar lip ba,hal"411ke TBuliarUAr, Decewber l:, 1907 j3 Boots and Shoes What is more accep- table for a Christmas Gift than a fine pair of Shoes or Slippers. We have a full stock of all kinds of Season- able foot wear at right Prices. Call and let us show what we can do for you. 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