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A STORY OF LOVE AND ADVENTURE
BY BERTHA-•RUNKLE.
Copyright by The Century Co.
"He thinks of no lady but Mlle. d
Moutlue. The flght wits over other mat
tees. 1 am 001) told to say U. le /'unit
regrets most beartlly that hie woos,
prevents his coming, and to issue
mademoiselle that he Is too wreak am
faint to walk across the floor."
"Then exceed yourinstruction,'a
little, Tell us what monsieur has boot
about these four weeks that he ,roil
not take time to visit us."
1 was I knew waa c a dilemma. I k e 4e
M. EYlenne'a chosen lady and therefor
deserving of all fealty from me; yet a
the same time i could not answer he
question. It was sheer embarrasamA
and no Intent of rudeness that caused
m3' abort *newer:
"About his own concerns, made:not
scale.'•
"The young puppy begins to growl!'
exclaimed the thick -set soldierly fel
low who sad bespoken me before
whose hostile gate had never left m,
face. "I'll have him flogged, mademoi
selle, for this insolence."
"M. de Brie" ---she began at the
same moment that 1 cried out to her:
"I meant no Insolence; I crave
mademoiselle's pardon." 1 added, In
my haste floundering deeper Into the
mire: "Mademoiselle sees for herself
that 1 cannot tell about M. le Comte's
affairs in this house."
Brie bad me by the collar.
"So that is what has become of
]tar!" he cried triumphantly. "1
thought as mach. If Mar's affairs are
to be a secret from thls house, then,
nom de Dieu, they are no secret."
He shook me back and forth as If
to shake the truth out of me till my
teeth rattled together: 1 could not
have spoken if I would. But he cried
on. his voice rising with excitement
"It has been no secret where St.
Quentin stands and what be has been
about. He came Into Paris smooth and
smiling, his own man, forsooth—net
Cher ours nor the heretic's! Mordieu!
be was Henry's, feet and sure. save
that he was not man enough to sae
so. T told Mayenne last month we
ought to settle with M. de St. Quentin:
1 asked nothing better than to attend
to him. But the general woad not. bat
let him alone. free and unmolested 1n
Int w•'ork n( et rrittc rep sedition. .Lad
ar,
He stopped stopped in the middle of a word.
A the rnmnany who had becu press-
ing round He halted eti'l. I knew that
heli me some one had entered the
ronin.
weepitlg over M. de Mar's dcfectioq."
e "`"I!" exclaimed MAc. de Montluc:
weer over his reereancy' it is a far-
• fetched jest, my Blanche: cab you M-
e vent no better' The Conde de Mar
I behold him!"
e She snatched a card from a tossed•
t down hand, holding It up aloft for
all to ser. It was by chance the knav
of diamonds:pictured ce wit
d d "thefa
ata yellow hair bore, In my fancy a
A len-t, : uggebti011 of M. F;tienu.•
"Behold M. de Star ---behold hl
e"' 1l' o w
fat It a twinkling + [ her hit
With t k h
g
•
miser.* she had torn the 'tickles
1 I: drive Into a dozer( pieces and crit
tient whirling over her head to fall fa
t en11 wit1• among the company.
"Summar)' measures. mademo
tittle." youth n grltsled warrior wit
a laugh. "\i3rdleu! have we your goo
permission to deal likewise with th
tfesh-and-blood Mar when we go to a
• rest elm for conspiring against 11e
. 1101y League?"
MY
1 spent the next hour or so trying to
undo the kmtt ottyv handrulf with my
teeth, and filling' that. to chew the
sour rope In two. 1 was minded as I
worked of lamas and, kis bowie. and
.5on.Iere,1 whether he had ID* flatted 10
Sid himself of their lnconvenlenve. lie
went .ttaig ttway. doubtless, to some
confederate who cut them for him,
and even now wa. planning fresh evil
seminal the 8t. Questing. 1 remember•
ed his face as he cried to M. le Comte
that they should meet again: and 1
thought that M. Rtlenne was likely to
have Ma hands full with Lucas, with-
out this unlucky tanglement with Mlle.
de Montluc. In the darkness and soli-
tude i called down a murrain on h1*
folly. Why could he not leave the girl,
alone? There were other blue eyes 1,1
the world. And ft would be hard on
humanity It there were none kindlier.
He had been at It three years too.
For *tee long years this girl's tatr
wand
face had stood between him his
home. between him and action. be -
Y
(ween him and happiness. It was a fair
e tare, truly. jet. in my opinion, neither
It norA Y ma a was ld'worth such
D
t pains. it she had loved him 1t -had not
been worth It, but this girl spurned
s• and flouted him. Why, In the name of
e heaven, couldJm-not put the jade out
of his mind and turn merri:y to 8t.
Dents and the road to gloryi When 1
r got back to him and told bit.. how she
had mocked him, hang nie but he
should, though!
hI Alt, but when was I to get back to
him' That rested not with me but with
my dangerous host, the -League's Lieu-
tenant -General, darkininded Mayenne,
r•
Wbat he wanted with Inc he had not
l' reveated;• nor was it a pleasant subject
for speculation. Ile meant me, of
course, to tell him all I knew of the
St. Quentins; well, that was soon
done; bellko he understood more than.
•
1 of the day's work. Batt after he had
questioned me, what'
Would he consider with his servant.
Pierre, that 1 bad never done him any
.. harm? Or would be -1 wondered it
they flung me out stark into some al -
s ley's gutter whether M. le Comte
would search fore and claim my car-
cass' Or would he too have fallen by
. the blades of the League'
1 was shuddering as I waited there
s In the darkness. Never, not even this
morning in the closet of the Rue
t'oupejarrets, had i been in such mor-
tal dread. 1 had walked out of that
closet to find M, Etienne; but f was
not likely to happen on succor here.
Pierre, for all Ids khtil heart. could
not save me from the Duke of Mayen-
ne.
Then i ben my hope wag at Its nadir
I remem','red who was with ine in the
little row. I groped my way 10 Our
Lady's feet and prayed her to save me,
and if *he might not, then to stand by
nip during the hard moment of d) IRK
and receive my seeking 30)11. Comfort-
ed now and deeming I could pass, 1f It
came to that, with a steady face, i laid
me down. my head on the prie-dieu
cushion. and presently went to sleep.
1 waa waked hy a light in cry face.
and, all a -quiver, sprang rep to meet
m • doom. Hut It was not the duke nor
any of his hirelings who bent fiver me.
candle in hind: it was Mlle. de Mont -
aur
'.0h. my hoe. my pnor hot.' she
cried pelf:illy. "i meld not sate ynn
the flogging: on my honer 1 eonld nut.
11 would have availed you nothing had
I pleaded for you on my bended knees."
With 'h.wilderment 1 observer( that
the tears were brimming over h'•r
!armee and splashing down Into the
candle game. 1 stared, toll corttti*ed-for
speech. while she, putting down the
shaking candlestick on the aiitir, as
she crossed herself, covered her face
with her hands. sobbing.
"Mademoiselle." 1 stammered, "It Is
not worth madomnlselle'a tears` The
reran Pierre he told me to ser.am. sn
they wntild think he was half flaying
me. Rut•'in truth he did not strike rely
hard. Ile r11d not hurt so mneh."
She struggled to cheek the rlslnr
tempest of her tears, and pep�entty
• dropped her hands and looked at me
earnestly from our her shining wet
ryes.
"Is that true' Are you ,not flayed!"
And to make sure she laid her hand
delicately on my hack.
"They have whacked your coat to
ribbons, but. thank let. 'Genevieve, they
have not brought the blond. i saw a
reran flogged Onen-- She shut her
eyes., shuddering. and her mouth
quivered nnew.
"Batt am not mach hurt, mademot-
aelle."•1 answered her.
She took out her fllm of a handker-
chief to wipe her wet ehoeke, her hand
still trembling. 1 entad think "(ne-
ttling but to repeat:
"i am not In the least hurt, mademul•
tell r."
but if they have spared you the
flatten* to take your 1 te?" eine breath-
ed.
It was not a heartening suggestion.
Hut Mlle. de Tavanne's quick ton
• nue robbed him of his answer.
.)Tarry, you are severe on him, 1.0
ranee. To be sure he does not cont
himself, but he sends so gellant a ales
securer!'.
Mademoiselle glanced :it me w'itl
hard blue eyes.
"That is the greatest insult of all.
she sal!. "1 could forgive—and forge
—his absence. hat 1 du not forgive hi
despatching no. his horaeboy "
Thus fur I had choked down rut
mtrelllug rage :u her f:+fthlessuers, he
vanity. her despiteful enir+'atlnent o
my master's plight. 1 knew it wa
sheer madness for me to attempt his
defense before this hostile compaay:
nay, there was no object in defending
hint: there was not one here wit,
eared to hear good of him. But at her
last insult to him my blood boiled so
hot that 1 lost all command of myself
and 1 burst out:
-If h' were a horse-bo)—which 11w
not—I were twenty times too good to
be carrying messages hither. You need
not rail at his poverty. mademoiselle;
•11 was you brought him to it. It was for
you he was turned out of his father's
house. But for you he would not now
be lying in a garret. penniless and dis-
honored. Whatever 111s he suffers. it Is
you and your false house have brought
them."
Brie bad me by r! throat. Mayenne
interfered witleed euettement.
"Don't strangle him, Franeott; T may
need him later. Let him be flogged and
locked 1n the oratory."
He turned away as one bored over
■ trifling matter. And as the lackeys
dragged ed Cup back to R6e door I heard
Dtlt.. de Montluc saving:
M. d Brie dragged me hack Iran
r
whrcw were passage.
er I I a
n th s. r.
R c la g
1 turned 1. 1s grasp to fare the orw'-
comer.
(1e was a t , stout man, deep-rhett.
pd, thick.nccke, heavy jowled. 111*
wary hair, bras d up from a high
forehead, was llgh Pt brown, while his
brows, mustachios • nd beard were
dark HI, eyes were ark til,.n, s full
lips red and smiling. He a; the
beauty and presene- of 1 t ises:
11 needed not the star on 11* breast. to
tell me that this was a1 enne him-
self.
He advanced into the roo . return-
ing the salutes of the comps y, bet
his. glance traveling straight . ,Ifh
and my raptor.
"What have we here, Francois!"
"This is a fellow of Etienne
Mar's, M. le Due," Brie answered. "I4
rams here with messages* for Mile. de
Moutlue. I am gettlne out of him what
Mar has been up to *Mee he dlsappear-
cd a'month back."
"You nrp at unnecessary pains. my
dear Francois; i already know Mar's
whereabouts and doing* ffather better
than he known them hlm)(i•If."
Rrle dropped his hand from my col-
lar, Inking ht.• nn means at pate. 1 per-
ceived that this was the way with
Mayenne: yes( knew what he said, hut
you did not know .what he thought.
His somewhat heavy fare rafted lit
110: what went on In his mind behind
the walling mask was matter frit' an.
*lett.- If he asked pleasantly after your
kealth you fancied he might be think-
ing how well you would grace the gas
/ewe.
M. de Brie said nothing and the
duke ronttnued:
"Yes, i have kept watch over him
these five weeks- You are late, ream
soh► You tittle boys are ton!*; you
think because you do not know a thing
I do not know it. Wee i mini to keep
my Information from you, ora Dolle
Lorene?"
The attack was absolutely ntddeu.
he had not seemed to observe her. Ma-
demoiselle eotorpd and made no in-
stant reply. Nle voice was neither Mud
nor rough; he was smiling upon her.
"Or did you need no information,
mademoiselle?'
She met his look uufllnehlng.
"I have not been sighing for taint;
of tbe Comte dr Mar, monsieyr."
"Because you have had tldinga, ma-
demoiselle?"'
"No, monsieur, 1 have ba,) u0 cow-
ftunication with M. de Mar *thee May
—vett! to -night."
"And what has happeued to -night?"
"To-night—Paul appeared."
"Paul!" eJaeutated the duke, startled
momentarily out of ht* phlegm. "Paul
herr;?"
"He was. monsieur, an hour ago. Ile
has since gone forth again, 1 know not
whither or foe what."
Mayenne ruminated over this, pull.
ing off his gtovct slowly.
"Well'% What has this to do with
Mar?"
She had no choice. though, 1n evident
fear of his dlspleasnre, • hut to go
through again the tale of the wager
and letter. She wan moistening le•r
dry lip* as she 'flnlalted, her eyes oil
his face wide with apprehension. Hut
he answered amiably, half absently, as
N the whole affair were a triviality:
"Never mind; I will give you a pair
of gloves, Lotance."
He stood smiling 'Yuan I nn as 1f
amused for an idle moment over our I
childish games. The color camp back '
to her cheeks: abe made him a curt- {.
sea,', toughing lightly.
"Then my grief to indeed cured, •
monsieur. 1 new bit of finery i* the
Teat ret halms far wounded. weli-es-
(' 0'^', is it not. Blanche, 1 cnnfess I
nut piqued: t had dared to imagine
th*t r squire plight remember me
• "1 sifter • month of Ripener, 1
shoe:kl hole known it the tnuch to
' n+k of inertal men., Not till the rivers
tun lip hill will vett keep our mem-
ones *roan for more than a week.
talessieura."
• 'she tarns 1t off well," cried the lit-
tle deooleelle la blue, Mlle Blanche de
SIMSee• "yon woull nm Ratrea that
opt be awake the night. loan,
"Oh. M. de Latour, what have I done
to destroying your knave of diamonds!
Ata foi, vat had a quatorxe!"
"Here, Pierre!" M. de Brie called to
the head lackey, "here's s candidate
for a hiding. Title is a cub of that fel-
low Mar's. He reckoned wrong when
he brought his Insolence into thin
house. Lay on well, boys; make him
howl."
Rr1e would have liked well ettough,
1 fancy. to come along and see the fun,
but be conceived that bin duty lay in
the piton. Pierre, the same who had
conducted me to Mlle. de Montluc,
now led the way Into a long nak•panel
led peeler. Opposite the entrance was
whore ehimney carved with the arms
of Lorraine; at one end a door led he
e Ilttle nratory where tapers burn -
before the image of the Virgin': at
th other, before the two narrow win -
do stood a long table with 'writing
mate els. Chests: and cupboards near-
ly fill the walls, 1 took this to tor a
sort of nunell-room of my lord May-
cnoe.
Pierre a 0t` one of his men for a
retie and t, the other auggeated that
he should qu . eh the Virgin's candles -
"For I don' ere why (hie rascal
should have the comfort M a light in
1 here," he said. "• for Madonna Mary
she will nest mind, she has a million
others to see ht..'
1 waa left alone w h him and 1
promised myself the j t of o j'�gdr.4
blow at his fare, rn ma er _
they flayed m.• for it. Rot T gather',
myselffor the melt inn• s •lot to me
low and rautf0raaly:
"Now howl your loudest, la and i'll
not lay on 100 hard."
My' clinched fist •irnpped to ret, side.
"Volt never old me any herrn, he
stuttered. "Gnarl till they think
half killed, and 111 manage.
1 gaper) at hint n..t knowing what t
make of it. But rhe; in the way o1 the
world: If them Is much cruelty In It
there le cutch 1.1ralnea,e too,
'Here's the rare'% nam (lain chien!"
Pierre exclaimed (oisr)ronsly. 'Give
It herr. lean: there'll not be much of
I. loft Whet, I get tbrnitgh."
"You'll strip his coat off?" said the
second lackey from the oratory.
<'HAPTF:1t XIV.
"My faith! no: t ::hoeld k111 him If
i did. :Intl the duke wants hila," Pierre
rot ort rd. 130 without nine, ado the two
rice tied buy writes in front of -nae, and
lens hold fnr 1) the knot while I'i,•n"
laid on. .Arid he, good fellow, grasping
my tattler. contrived to pall no loo..P
jolt In aw ay front lily hack, en that he
(lusted it down wlthont greatly In
commoding 1111.. Some bard whacks 1
did ger. 11111 they were not Mite to what
n 'strong man could hare given In grim
earnest.
I trust I could have taken a real
flogging with a3 elane lips as /MONO/ 3.4
het If my kind succorer w'auted howler'
howls he should have. I yelle4 and tow-
ered and dodged about, to the roaring
delight of .Ire and lila mat... Indeed. i
had drawn a crowd of grinning varlets
to the door hrfore ray performance
was neer. Hct at length, when 1
thought I had done enough for their
pleasure and that of the noble! in the
salon. I dropped down on the floor end
lay quiet with shat el ee.
"He Ila* had hie fill, 1 trove: we muse
not spoil film for the master: • Pierre
sold.
Gb. hn'II come to In a minute•"
another anawerrd. "Why, you have
not even drewn blood, Pierre!'. Ho
1,1d hist hand on my back, whereat 1
grdisued my hollowest.
"It will 1.n many a ,lay before he
carr: 1n hare his hark touched," laugh-
ed Pierre. "herr, men, lend a hand.
Pardleu: i Wonder what Our Lmdv
thinks, of memo of the devotees we
bring her!" •
Am they lifted me he took my harem?
with an Inquiring ngneexe: and T
aroused hark, grateful If ever a troy
gram. They flung me down on the ora-
tory floor and left' me there a prison-
er.
•
a
1
n
To my astonishment suddenly 1 found
myself, frightened victim, striving to
comfort this noblewamon - for my
death.
"Nay, 1 am net afraid. Since made
molselle weeps over me I can die hap-
pily:
She sprang toward me as if to Pro-
t me with her body from some men -
a g thrust.
"Thee shall not kill you'." she cried.
her
'ea flashing blue Are. "They shall
not! 1( .n Bleu! is Loranee de Montluc
so feeb a thing that she cannot Pave
a servin boy?"
She fel back a pace, pressing her
hands to h templed as if to stifle
their throbbl
wits rev fault," she cried --"it
was all my taut It was my vanity and
silliness brought, oil tothi 1 should
w
never haee tarn n that, letter—a
three years child • tad have known
better. But 1 had not seen M. de Mar
for five weeks --I did of know, what
1 readily guess now, tha he hail taken
tildes against no. M. de I •entitle play.
od on my pique"
"Mademoiselle." I said, 1•e other
has ui.t followed. since 11. Etienne
did not come himself."
"Yon are gist! for Diet?"
"Why, df 00ursr, mademoiselle.
It not a trap for him?"
She esught her breath as if in pa
"1 knew that as moon as 1 saw Chu
my cousin Mayenne was not angry.
When 1 told what 1 had dome and he,
smiled at me and sell( 1 shctlid have
my gloves, why, then 1 thoulght my
Mena would stop heating. 1 Pow what
I hadaccomplished—mon thee, I was
sick with repentance of 11!"
I had to tell her 1 had not thotght
It.
"No." Phe Pnswere,I '1 had 'sot ynrr
Into Chie hy my foolienner.: 1 meet
needs try to get You 0111 by ni wits.
Hri the one who tnok you by the
throat --there has been had blond h.•
(ween hint and your lord tide iw•eh•e-
mointh; onit- last May M. le Comte Inn
11m through the wrist. Had t inter-
fered for you," she said, coloring a lit-
tle. "M. de Brie would have Inferred
Interest in the master from that in the
man, anti he had seen to your hpatbtg
himaplf."
It suddenly dawned on me thtlt this
M. de Brie was the "little cheroot" M
guard -room gossip. And 1 thnngl.7 that
the gentleman would hardly display so
muck venom agsInst M. Etienne'Sn1.nm
be were a serious , obstacle let his
Wan
Th pea. Time would mademoiselle be
re at midnight, weeping over a ser -
v ng -led, 1f she cared mothball for (be
master, If oh. had not worn her heart
on her sleeve before the laughing aa
-
ton mayhap she would show It to net.
"Mademoiselle," I cried, 'whesn the
billet waa brought him M. Etlune
rose from his bed at once to come. Rut
he waa faint from fatigue and lose
of blood: he could not walk across the
room. But he bade m. try to make ma•
demelselle believe his absence was no
fault of his. He wrote her a month
ago; he found to -day the letter was
never delivered."
"Is he hurt dangerously'"
"No." I admitted reluetatntly; "no,
1 think not. He was wounded In the
right forearm and again pinked In the
.boulder; but he will recover,"
"Yon said," she went on, the tears
standing in her eyes, "that he was pen•
niters. I have not much, but what 1
have is freely hie."
Sheadvanced upon me holding out
to
her silken purse which she had taken
from her boson; but I retreated.
"No, no, mademoiselle," I cried, as-
hamed of my bot words; "we are not
weget n
1 e rIf areo
coni a s -i -o we very
P
well eau le sou. They do everything
for monsieur at the Trois Lanternes,
and he has only to return to the Hotel
St. Quentin to get all the gold pieces
he eau apend. 011, no; we are In nu
want, mademoiselle. T was angry when
I said It: I did not mean R. I cry ma-
demoiselle's pardon."
She looked at me a little hesitating-
ly.
"You are telliug me true?"
"Why, yea, mademoiselle: 11 mi
Monsieur needed money. Indeed. In-
deed, I would not refuse it."
"Then If you cannot take it for him
'You can take it for yourself. It will be
strange If In all Paris you cannot find
something you like am a token from
me." With her own white Augers she
slipped some tinkling coins Into my
pouch and cut abort my thanks with
the little wailing cry:
"Oh, your poor, booed hands! 1 have
my poniard In my dresp. I could free
them in a second. But it they knew 1
had been here with you they never will
let you go."
"If mademoiselle Is running Into
danger staying here "pray her to go
back to bed. \I. Etienne did not send
me hither to bring her grief and
trouble."
"Who are you?" she asked me eh-
rtlptly. "You have never been here be-
fore on monsieur's errands!"
"No, mademoiselle: 1 came up only
yesterday front Picardie. I belong on
the St. Quentin estate. My name to
Felix ilroux."
"Alack, you have chosen a bad time
to visit Parts!"
"I rams up to cee life:" 1 said, "and
mordlco! 1 am seeing It."
"I pray God you may not ace death
too." the answer.d soberly.
She atnod looking at me helplessly.
"i am in my loo's Mack looks," she
sate slowly a* If to herself: "but 1
might weep Franool. dr Brie's rough
heart to softness. Then It le a queetioll
whether he could turn Mayenne. 1
wish i know whether the duke himself
t
or only i'aul de Lorraine has planned
this nor.. tonight. That is," she ridd-
ed, binshine, but speaking mit 'candid-
ly, "whether they 'meek M. tie Mar as
the Leagile's enemy or as my lover."
"This M. Pahl de Lorraine." maid 1,
Wahine as respectfully es I knew
how. but eager to flnd out all 1 00uld
for M. letlenne—"this M. de Lorraine
Is mademoiselle's lover leo?"
She shrugged her ah ldrre,neither
assenting nor denying. "We are all
pawns In the game for M. do Mayenne
10 push abort as he ehroses. For a
time M. de Mar watt high (n his favor.
Then my c0n*In Paul came hark after
a two years' dlsaupearanee, and
straightway he w•a1; rep and \I. de Mar'
was down. And then Paul tani.:hrd
again an suddenly as he lead come, and
it hecantp the turn n1 M. dr ((rlr. Now
to -night Paul walked in as sndienly
as he had left and at nee., play.! On
me to write that linlnrky letter. And
what it bodes for him f know nnt.
She spoke with nmaxing frankness:
yet, much as she had told me, the fart
M her telling it told me even more. I
MA that she was as lonely in this
great honer as i had been at Rt. Quen-
tin. She would have talked delightedly
to M. le Comte'a dog.
"mademoiselle," 1 said, "I would like
welt to tell you what has been happen-
ing to my M. Etienne thin last month
if you are not afraid to stay long
enough to hear it."
"Ob. every one is asleep long ago: It
le past 2 o'clock. Yes, you may 1e11 me
If you wish."
She sat. down on a praying cushion,
motioning nn' to the other, and 1 be-
gan m)' tale. At first she listened with
a little air of languor, as if the wholr
were of slight consequence and she
really did not care at all what M. le
Comte hart been .aIout these Ave
weeks. Rut as h got Into the affair of
the Rue Coapejarreta she forgot her
Indiferenee and leaned forward with
burning ebeeke, hanging on my words'
with eager questions. And when I told
her how Lncas had evaded 115 in the
darkness she erred•
"Blessed Virgin! \i. de Mar has
enough --(o contend with In this lateen
without Paul de Lorraine and Brie and
the Duke of. Mayenne himself."
1 was silent, bring of her opinion.
Presently she asked reluctantly:
"Dora your master think this Lucas
a tool of M. de Mayenne's?"
"Yes, mademoiselle, He says inert,
tarlea do not plot against -dukedoms
for their own pleasure."
"Assassination was not wont to be
lily cocain Mayenne's way," eh. said
with an accent of confidence that rang
ss false as n counterfeit coin. I sew
well enough that mademolaelle did
fear at least '.11nyenne's guilt. 1 thought
I might. tell her a little more.
"M. le Comte told me that since his
father's coating to Parts M. de May•
Pnnr Inside hire offers to join the iea-
gue, and he refused them. So then M.
dr Mayenne. Peeing himself losing the
whole house 'of St. Quentin, invented
tb1e."
"Rut It failed. Thank God, It failed!
And now he will leave Paris. He will—
he must!"
"He did mean to Peek N,varre's
ramp tomorrow," I answered; "but
"Rut what?"
'Hut then the letter camp"
sat that makes no 'difference! He
mus • 0 for all that. The time le over
for tr mlog. He meet stand on ono
noir or to other. I am a Liguanae born'
and bre , and I tell him to go to King
Henry. It hi* father's tilde; It Is his
strip. He ra of stay in Perin another
da) "
„"1 do not th k he will go, mademnt
selle."
"Rut he mum(. *he tiled with re-
hemenee. "Parte is int safe for him. 11
he rennet .tknd for it wound hp must
go. 1 will send hint a atter myself to
tell him he moat-"
"Then he will never
"Pelle!"
'He will not. He was go Derange
he thought his lady flouted 1 ; when
he finds she does not—well, 1 'e hu.t-
gea a step out of Parts i do no know
him. When he thought himself A p1*-
eA"--
".Vid why did 1 turn his snit 1
laughter In the Salon It I did pct mea
g
1,
that i eaplied him' i did It tor you
to tell film how 1 wade a mock of him,
that he might. bate toe and hoop away
from me."
"Oh," i said. "madesaolselle is be-
yond me; 1 cannot keep up with bee."
"And you believed 1t! Rut you must
needs spoil all by flaring out with Im•
pedent speech."
"I crave rnadenlniselle'a pardon. I
waa wrong and Insolent. But she play-
ed
layed too well."
"And If It was not play?" she cried,
rising. "It 1 do—well, I will not say
despise him—but care nothing for
him? 'Will he then go to St, Denial'
Thea tell hint from me that be has my
pity as one cruelly oosened, and no es-
teem as a one-time servant of mine,
but never my love. Tell him I woult
willingly save him alive for the uke
of the love be once tare me. But as
for any answering love in my boson!
1 have not one spark. Tell him to ge
find anew
1
n d
e 1er cesst
at St. Denis. He
might as well cry for the moon as seek
to win Lorance de Montluc."
"That may be true," 1 said; "but alt
the same he will
try Can mademoisel-
le
01-
1
le su a he will out t Parisnow
suppose g u o
and leave her to marry Brio and Lor•
raise?'
"Only one," she protested with the
shadow
of a mile; and then a sudden
rush of tears blinded het, "I ant a very
miserable girl," she said woefully,
'SraI bring nothing but danger to
those that love me."
I dropped on my knees before bar
and hissed the hem of her drew.
"Al, Felix," aim said, "1f you really
pitied me you would get him out of
Paris!" And she fell to weeping as If
her heart would break.
1 had no skill to comfort her. I bent
my head before her, silent. At length
she sobbed out:
"1•t boots little for us to quarrel over
what you shall say to M. de Mar when
we know not that you will ever speak
to him again. And it was all my fault."
"Mademoiselle, 1t was the fault of
my hasty tongue."
But she shook her head.
"I maintained that to you. but it'was
not true. Mayenne had something to
his mind before. A general holds hie
schemes so dear and Bees so cheap.
But I will do my.ptmost. Felix, lad. >t
la not long to daylight now. I will go
to Francois de Brie and well believe
1 shall prevail,"
She took trp her candle sad said
good night to me very gently mod
quietly mid gave tae her hand to kiss.
She opened the door—with my fetter-
ed wrists 1 could not do the office for
her—and on the threshold turned to
smile on me, wistfully, hopefully. In
the next second, with a gasp that was
halt a cry, she blew out the tight and
pushed the door shut again.
(TO as tx1*TlNi 441) 1
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