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THE Si(:NAT. (;QDEItICHt ONTARiO
The Helmet
of Navarre
A STORY OF LOVE AND ADVENTURE -
BY BERTHA RUNKLE.
prat trine w.nett linear-a.•;trout -
poser of her hopes,, thevantee-of her
marriage. Proud atiti,shv, she drifted
ver the doorsill end blood- a mo-
ment.. neither littler; her eyes nor
rpeaking,•ttk9 a btnl whom the tenet
nn'emenr wo»Jld 'Mart!,, into flieht.
But monsieur mttis�f1it Luo!. 1t+• kept
as still, as tnragttedie.laa site, looking
at her aa if he eoalri hardly believe
hee Tremolo. real. Then at tee si-
lence prolonee,d itself it seemed . ,n
frighten her alar' than • the harsh
speech she may -haws leered: with .t
desperate moorage she i•at:tell her eyes
to his fare..„.„,-- • -
Oepysaght by The Outstay de.
The •r(pefl , a„ 'taboos Uufr+•reur
etepl' and at ones• to her.
•"M demoiselle, perhovercense- ft.-
nu. e. ens m.nnent nearing the ar jeer ey. You are tired. • Let n..• give
g you some refreshment; them w i11 you''
!creation, the officer himself rune ahapr in the glismit whim; kr alms we tel rite the story."
out of the guardroom in the, tower, I Male ready for om,et gillesa produe...l
and to him Gilles at ones, began hi, from some place of eeticeelmeutr--hie h .t wan an the very
y. it/wrelt, L r .its
Flory. Our mother at Rt Dente bee. terkin it his Irggint•.. or somewhere d beton on very Bator of snit. •
mag herself; but now•, without a
asst foe res to cont. to her dying It•d; a brat(- of pistngr, .4111'1 we enike'1 urd, ate+ arrrpted his escort dawn
Ha was a street poser: the meeireir- with finger on ti,eger, taking care, the pasaagr. But as she went s
r 'had had - trouble, to find him. whenever x rustle in the grass, a shit- she down quietly to the flour. hoping 1
.(14.1"!.: in the bus hes seem i to fellow Rung pie art imploring Intt'e' h ,car'_ • did right. Hie young besitier and testes were ingg ll Vt t, but reflecting for my'�-
u.,1talk loud ani1 cheerfully t to come too. Gilles heated tin elipr fnrt that in any rase I was too small _
•spice, Rapt to that(- duties till late. r.. mon things, the Itttle rnte.s,ts i again and 1 1 dnw'n 10 Will on • tire' 10 hive great offeree.
Our mother the might a now be mThanks to atatrgAsei but I. though my lord, had . 1 x emoiselle ,started-ottt- of 'bee -- g =
101 cepa 1. le ototaine; might owe', in -a 1 . ro (-tent a f.t I.arreletl►h1 •,I,lg hot biAd • n me, !connived b' e1F him and run- ehatr�and swept n curtsey almost 10
lomstcy' nr 'het' �"r�}C-t1
should sod ad hg lowly I t i t
none us- rue helmet's (-hating, were at -
fly sprinkled with gray. He haul a
Ile of i lioSe and dark -Frey
eye,', Aly as n hawk's, •R i a look
e•( amazing noel .int. The air
ahnut his,► Rent 1n tingle with it
We had all .i.a►e !rifts, we
others,` we were t., .ht or slugs -
genii: but the f+•r+w in him . us
not. penny-etIadie-. before the e-
rleem not JepTlite the Maid did an)'
marvel when she ree.ynised--' King
f1i:tile•s at Chinon. Here was I. u
semen'rtflt lniai,tievat. honed.* heaven-
ly vette in all my days. yet I ktiew
it the 'Mick of asteeye that this wee
Henri Quatro. •
1 wee hot anti cold and trembling,
My heart pounding till it was like to
•choke me. I had never .!reamed of
finding myself in hie presence, 2 had
never thought to face any man great-
er than my duke. 1'ur the moms t I
was utterly disrotntited: Thee 1
thought. me that nut for (Loi alone
were knees givers to nian. and 1 slid
Leap Year Biscuit. -A
unique line. Made
only by ourselves.
64 to the Ib.
Your dealer will
supply you. If not,
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Lada,. Canada
e. pot be permittedto peas? its the-lS (nt mashie i. notes mot tr•1 ..nears e. t sou e. tiro that aha the ground, boldin the 10 1 poso - a)•enne wag ''u.i v),Krri
on,. -.m -- him, the warms' eike a lady of marble. Only mon•Npr, his "m g i to thong the 1)
forested The young officer annRggpearcd less in- is though wetette'etalerted mo •e, a set hearted rot a1L.n - }1t4 if site : remained etandin as he was, as lir' a Quentin into ° L.aguo.
$h. bee tot ronademie ntlielletalighted than �� rise gloom nnndar annar 1, seeded toe le giv� fie confidence here king was an eve,vdav affair with me to hint for hip, son,
pesset into the
by the flambeau on the tower well of Ire.. nit g bun. I always thought monsieur a -trtd you are still Mlle': `d
hetet 11,.• (-.•solution to fight
•='�'�a'A Ayxci�•.Rr��nr•w�y�.i�y
"Father." snit' the .Una!} buys' oats rt
Fe "'''•I. is ttn:..opttltliet ;" "e)t 11 uplHllW}y 't11Y
offe'l . won. in .a Ulan wbt-tn•lieeea -114-
!tar." weatherlun'au ellen it. prediction*
Mont -
I should be lad to oblige your for our Iivea. we n••ver ram., out uonatrur led her torn a Ji%tit+ equine great man, but now f knew it.
arlor' 6 _
.4 t the he end
of the.
into the the sass It
,rig. "ing nnoer. he utar04 iii emit- rRitinwithntt w.rnderfigthanks foltl"� was just hehiud the chop, I knew, it- close othotdoor,vNaang across the emote
g out of the city ng smelt so of leather. it "wad doubtloe.
without r rt. Penhape you have "'ti'its silent thxni;,.� [lir ,tc r ver to three strides.
one, se way herd May Yea a the ',Min and eaten room of -tae 'I corea-te-look-_ iter
eat
- tr.v mademoiselle, knew well edt.. h, a llv. llonMeur act It .Quentin%'laughing. 1 '
sorts?' sig candle down on the big rayl. in tee 'cried. brcan
Would sur kind be carrying "i -sees-'never sh•,we.l by sett- timerh- n. net have mycouncil !,token s
passport from the Duke of Ma ennee" rite torn of }for head that stir , r.. rr. middle; then, on second thought,. too pretty gni fle. The precedent it daup res
quoth Gillen. y p'` it up again and li Itted two nen ` ,
ed anv danger. bot eve. one floe dere 'sconces' on thealit ti ger.,us.'
"/t seems improbable," the ofdeer ry w r » liveliest cnnoutt-send
smiled. pleased with his wit. "Sorry
to discommode you, my dear. But per-
haps, lacking a passport, you can yet
oblige me with the oountersign. which
fines as well. Suet one little word new
and I'll let you through."
"If monsieur will tell pie the little
word?" she asked innocently.
He bunt into laughter.
No. no; 1 am not to he naught an
easy as that, my girt."
"Oh. some, monsieur captain," t'r.l-
lea urged, "many and many a fellow
goes in and out of Pacts . without rt•`
passport. The Hiles are a net to .top
big ,flab and lot the email fn- ,o.
What harm will it do In ,• dor,'
Mayenne .•r .0 or envh.d if con
r ...hay. the, gentieneas to let tor • poor
seriante through to their dyirr 'nn-
therf" `
`tittaut `itch•+ .•l Denies ppIk l w With the i' • li
ht n!on h•,ti n to rah ttikof "Foley sit. madie.rroieslete-'and rest,". aetusenient he.surveyed tiro topoh
r. p . he �e, for she lag Alerting up •1n •l m 1 _
us alldin. way. s•ruie'as we tnighs,'a; nervousness from the xdehtozzebent rend and'
two strong tJ ep uJ itlt b. old never .,:n:e h 'put her, "I will tq urn ,in to mo -rte Thi puzzled. is io griectttlyd!eireelti on-
r`aj, 1 ,,.stent answered, lite t
Th err y}iv�i roue 1 uM at furl. When he had• gone from .i6" more i in an instant to
erreteh Cerate: etseeei,rlc th - said to her, half hesitatingv Otte of utmost defrer-
tatd dent no burger' .h-•, i et eager- one(-
but ftpnr:!tears Ie.., at. beast • i. • .y"M "itisi; inademoi,elte."' he begged..
lith+. n? the a p•.s•- • ; the (-nosy. \ tuoieelle, you were never as 11 1Nr appearainre were the most
lentioel •frrMrd rust.frau the a"tau of afraid nn the way, where there was statural "and desirable thing in the
,t. brad eau.e for a r, $lit naw.-2bern.ia_� to good -
a a_ tw : t• -p M . iter.. wl.. o +,-tr hal -hotMng to ren avArld. "I could wiry-it-•g7ge-- t.
-told our .•,rand Its 1,••, -+inn a., fnen Ili . She rose and .fluttered round theer_3 i mih toe ue}S who nes
:t a 1•"th" He Aterttu,n, i t t , re1 walls of the room, lookiq� feee,ohms his s otlack lin uc teey.t ' '
tut" a ori •lis euan t• rn tt [ /'the t it was -16r a'wa • of
tel T io, the officer of t)r guard. • and.- err ) l We Sher face
lightly to hbr fest,
.'umit•chaek presently with Iv torch and•three de- - a ant, for she pasted raising her nes to the kin r. Into.
td• tett(- ttato- u, t.. the Duke „L the three d� ad•came-bt!itrk to her` his !'o4lttenance, which Mirrored his
piece with an air eieappnir im her i e A Vette, cant a each never gave up entirely,
lilt sight -<f her. The color ••t the matnag` He Is very tet a -
"It d‘.olsleame to hear of her_
tremity;" the captain answered with
One irony. "but I am here to de the
duty. I am thinking, my dear. that
you are son• great lady'1.1 maid?'(-
He was eying her sharply, -sir
pieiotaly; *het made baste lo protest:
"Oh, no. monsieur; I am servant to
Mm.. Moonier, the grocer's _wife."
Ah"And perhaps you sieve in the
ler
o, mondehr," ahs acid, not see-
ing his drift, but on guard against n
trate 'No, monsieur; I ant never in
the alio . I am far too busy with my
were.} --
w a servant 11MA hu to
tin."
Per answer be tech her hand and
Idled it to'tthe lfgb$. revealing all ill'
einenetth whiteeento ib.ed flatntj, poUeh.
i 'I think mademoiselle does not un:
.dsrstand it either." -
With a little cry ahe snatched her
eel hand from hint, hiding•it in the folds
of her kirtl., regarding him with open
horror. He-eofkegsd somewhat at sight
.of -her dishes..
Well, it's none of my huainesa.fi
lady ehooesa to be masquerading se
wound the ferrets at night with a por-
ter and lackey. I don't know what
yatt�purpo•e is --I don't auk to know.
Bost" I'm here to keep my gate, end
I'll keep it. Gn try to wheedle the °M-
eer at the Porte Neave."
In helpleea obedience, glad of even
so much leniency, we turned sway --
to face • tall, grizzled veteran in a
colonel's shoulder -straps. With a dra,
goon at his bark he had some so soft-
ly eel of a side alley that not even
the captain had marked him.
"What's this, Guilbert'•" he de-
manded.
Some folks seeking to get through
tits• gates, lir. I've just turned them
'What were yeti paying about the
Port Neaver"
"1 said theyy t+onld Rn Sea how that
is kept. T showed them how
Ile( -
Site turned to mo i lir with the
Its• C
prettiest *mile iii the world.
"3f, de 8t. Quentin. though h, has
1+ut-juught to Ir, It..+ ever lessee
i �
"Ventre -saint -ern,'" the king\ t
claimed. "Isle 1. either no furred
idealist or on iiieredible amt!" •
I _ . _kusoos. the grwiow Re any • rrntk.7; wind -
whole-hen►ted ti loyal "
the__victim, I/nu/fted tie he defended
himself.
"That lily loyalty root' be credible,
'sire. I make haste to say that I had
�Ieed"� slur"' seen Mademoiselle till thio
hi.ttr." .
-I know out a homier to think tof-
fee-of
ee•t-
fer of you for that\ el wore,'{ fie
king retorted. 'H1ad-=,�f been to your
1a1""'t, bosh -new - me'.bttt-1-ehonht"ha 0
adversary Mayenne nr h scoff her.
Mnneieur smiled ar>� Tali ''ile?nt
with anxiu,%a,ayca_eut niadenteicelle. -
''Alf tiv St, Quentin withdrew to
i'icardie,-sire, but M. de Mar stayed
til Patio Arid Illy enusill tial y'Pn-
le l k 1 '
deli'- t at the + t' the note•
P smoothing the loose ate
It wa.a near an h•,ur•alter midnight hair.
Piet es �fienie was in bed. Save tet a "1 never before wenifijmyiirltere u
Jr,••w y emeriti here and there we met masked," eh, ntnemur.,d.
iso. ,sacs Fewer thin the petrels were lfnkt,;ieur entered with a eidetic con- s .d e
the lanterns hung on teems aurora the taining n silver cup of wine /and �'Q n' r M1Vest,'A 'pod e
atrwe/mumst-ttt were tAtt eet)r., all fights.
fo emir Rreinti biscuit. He offered it to nal p,� tits 1f .l'. -c.' Quentin.n.1
he _ells;- aemitted with ,
a. tomb.. Not till we had r..ehed the - scarcely audible thanks, and sat;,
TM' of 'She !owls-did-we-acs-int-site--.batelr tntr,k ttg �ltw -wiMe' der her iron;
'terra( a house in thesaoquare, ertiniblinFJf the ,hiseuit into bit, with
a- beats of. Jixht ehintns-throne tie, merit, finger'. matins the eretense
tiLund waned iu her she 1
ucax •
eks•�cr eiwtia�1t- hi+ plAnA t'
err•' fhii,r1- i.•. ;an+t wh., sun iittu',et •it
its
.el cm 4 t n its' inn i.
ire•
t
y air fret."- --1V c
CRARD.TR Nh R?i,iw
illt*y4rlwn.• e i
tun 1tr.� -
-- Tori -
U
TC
k
etC
"Please •ns:ad ' lar a - bottle of
Poo ntee I have a child afflicted with
Muskoka 2 Temagaml
o f_fl
tubtroulette', and have been _p.jvitnr! Lak
to"tet'- our me.iirine-by our family
doctor, as he aeon he cannot do aoy• On Sale On apd Aft„er May, I:;.
!Ahae more for my child." -'
MRS. 17. BTEPHENM,
+ Ont., July 14, 1907.
I - cures wben doctors fail.
Ma■y sorry they. did • not try
Psychisi est Throat, sang and
stomach �s�� yield to its curative
power. At''lii raW. s, Stk and $1.00, or
Dr. T. A. 81oeu , Limited, Toro
tenth fhtttored uneertninir; teteyee; /"Aye;" said the king. with a grim,
n ' Pager, t+eterelTkriia face. nee. "W$1 I know." 1
alto •'J kA' --1 r- He hie hot and colt wit 't, M.�r '"'el."'
\tar. I1 iii nredthe merrier on u, sir ,:.•
c t torte".
lit} not goers he en, ,+tt) 1'�ntit 1ta-
diet;
and ecotoed it on neeetiteeee he, .. u
city"-- --- lx mold discuss ed it again oil Fri -
aside
king's basins,. is a■F" .°(11"A. to,
glad in.atep 1 tp Wb$t were M. de Mar's open. menetrb ; ,
arid(- tar yours,. mademoiselle."
She curtseyed. Ida -long, hiding her loshe meth tie gale bludliiin'e
• ye, under their s.r,t. mills,; think- „but candid.
was nMg �lips indeed llisI did I Made rlMejep yt stent "M, de Mar, etre, fatoeed; ft gest(-
on: der in the week,"
"1 eun'well beltey.•.-mawftmoieelh•- •' Pt, swear hi did!" the king cried.
'11, tine eiimng meter, bring- fou at "When NI. le Due -tame Inlet to
midnight to our rough nano We will
Vie thin
'Whymust you peas through 'at
this tme of night?" said the com-
manding officer evilly. Gillen once
Main bemoaned the dying mother..
The.young captain, ewer to prove his
fidelity, interrupted hint
T believe that's a fairy dale, Air.
There's something queer abnut these
people. The girl say. Rhe 1. a Kromer
servant, ,and, has hand. like a duch-
w'•."
The colonel looked at u' Aharply,
- neither friendly nor unfriendly. 11e
, said in a perfectly neutral manner.
CHAPTER XXVIIL
"It is of no crmsequenc. whether
she be a servant or a duchess -has a
mother or not. The point ie whether
these people have the countersign. If
they have it they can pass, whoever
they. are."
They have not," the captain an-
swered at once. "I think you would
do well, ter, to demand the lady's
name."
Mademoiselle matted forward for a
bold stroke just as the superior ',lime
demanded of her, "The countersign,"
AR he said' the word she pronounced
distinctly her name
"1,oranoe"--
"Enough!" the colonel Raid instant-
ly. "Paso them through, Guilbert,
The young captain stood in a YhuIl,
but nn mere bewildered than we.
"Mighty queer!" he muttered.
"Why didn't she give it to mei"
"Stir yourself, sir'" hie superior
gave sharp corn od. "They have
the cnnntenigni ass them through."
As the rates el ged into place be-
hind us Gilles a short in his
tracks to Ray, ae . ill iddrea.in` the
darkness hetnre him: "Am I Gilles.
awake or asleep? Are we in 'ani. nr
are we on the St. Denis road?',
"Oh, ethos, come!" Mademoiselle
hastened us nn. murmuring half to
immelf ea we went • "0 you hied
saints ! I. stow he mulct not Intake too'
e outsfer friends nt foes; 1 thought mi
'Maio mijtht Turn the Reale. Maritime
Always gime "A•pame for a cmmter-
._*1Qppine; .ytglil, •f±y a marvel. It win
1'like not to think often el that fen.
mile tramp to St. Denis. The road
Mall dark. nutty and in place. .1111
miry troth Monday ;sight's rain.
A !hwdee . '1.r us all the
way. urnrtime, they were only bush•
N or weyside ehritiea, but sometimes
they mewed. Th wan nut new a wolf
country, best :..u-fonted wolves wen
pleuty and es den/prom. The
hang-
e rs-on of the army beggars, !moues
and footpeds-hovered,'Iike the cow-
.terd(y !terse M "pray they more. shun•
Ay. entaktrts of the city. DM a leaf •
as�r1 sorted: did a shambling
n.-,t•dettay youeirtnner, but at pain*
rieiteml„•r that if in ails -thing
flnry i f Franc., e•a„1 Ned you ho
mtancT• ;of
ouryrornnutul "
He Meth. a noble 1 n and took her
,,hand to kiss wheir she, like. a child
- that sees itself h,.tns a - pmtecto}
eluti•Iied his hand in her little trent-
blieg finger., bee -wet eyek fixed im•
-
ploringle-on h+i'(t,, Mee. -lie beamed
upon her: he tett ho dretre whatever,
tu'1,e gone. 1\ "
"slot, I tw alai•►�t• tie asked radiant-
, iy: then a Oh grave'sf •ntlettess he add-
ed: "Madernnisclle I' is, trouble. Will
-Thr bring her•-trenel to the king'
That is what n king iia for -to ease
ins 'ubinrts' burdens.' e
. she e'. -,i l not speak: site made him_
her.da..anee with A look out,of,the
dt•pths of her soul`
"Then are )oil toy suhjeet, made-
motu'll.%" he drmankd slyly.
. Sh.? .shook the tears f:•on, her leah-
es And fonnd her voice and her smile
tO Answer: -
' 8lrr, 1 was a true Liguehse this
moriting. But 1 eagle lo -re halt Na.
enrnri-e. and now i 5 -wear 1 am whol-
ly one."
that, is goat hearing!" the
kin; cried. "Seth a recruit from May-
• one Also is it henrtening to dim -river
that m} eonversiolr i. !lot the only
sudden olio 7n the world. It bas taken
tee five month, t., turn my poet, but .
here i mittlenuneelle turns hers in a
- dayy
He• had glanced river his shoulder To-
nes
flu. oat. to hie gentleman, but .s
ams it fan•d about, in time tel cutch i
-his recruit ba,ktng triate again.'
"Madi'Rc;iiellr,' he .airs, mr err he
beautiful frave; but aa.yuu.
Pracu.usl 'In sham- me just now, t
snit ns, ;seatftit.tl amilirer..'1i.rw we-
gn 1., erratic,. matfels s" that
:•.• et I smile titrayz. Win you tell
i- the trouble, my child
Paris," inademeieelle Went on, "and
le was known he Karl eapouse.T coat
cause, sire, Mayes/me was a loath t.•
lose the ,hide, lnusc,xri- Si. 4 itrnhtl
t., you that 11a 'Aer- t„ marry n.,
out- of hand to ,11 d -.ars And 1•.
refused."
"Ventre -Anita -get+'•-_- He __eri••,I
';We-y'iil marry you -to a king'+•
On rut honsn- tmtgpritni-elle -
"Sire," he pleaded, "t'ou_prnnu . •1
b. lrint me.- ••
. "That i • will, then.' 111 t I�'waril
Von 1 nor nut of patients with
1t. (biennia.," - - -.
tTh�n yeti are out -et patience wi'I:
detott •erto }•our enure, sire."
"1Vliut ! yew_ &{teak for the re-
c+"ant r
"1 assure you, din•, you have no
erre (-Deni eervitut than 11."elf'alar,"-
+ttang' 1 ennnol reroll.-o* the face
-1 env se loyal [servant," the; kine
-mol dryly.
lint she: with n fiat' acorn cif argtt-
molt, mails the anrhation' ansnT r
"When you fire it year wltl like it.
err.
'•X. t -hell io well As I. like jour.,
� ,,lentoise•11e. "I promise y..0 Nut
• eoniee to the well eorf,tnepded, sine.'
•••r i' ii r hint. orris rather, 1t.•
1'•1..• Uot _l:o,Ue. i1'h1Ri• 1. 't -his ardent
er ding so hag hive: iri•mes
\Viti•re the deril d.ee ljii e*ger
.suns 1 keep himself?";.•$!. `Qhe•ntu,,
fere !is, your son?" _
-"Herfind been witlr-fou long ago,
'rt but for the bright eyes of a
ndy of flu. I.eag,e. And now eche
(-nines to tell me -my page tells inc-.. J
is in the Baatilk." /
hat ralamity befallen?" hecw .h
$)ie hi•sitaiied a iaomiiit,etnbatra...-
, ed- by her very wealth of natter,
enttfused between her longing to sot
he whole cane before the king and
r'I would have married her to a prince." His Majesty was saying.
snug er route
'R,nne rine.Iii mischief,' Gilles
pointed: - . '
dye," laughed- the sentry, "Your
.luke...Thi.s is where he ',oleos,. over
the saddler's."
He knocked with the butt of his
musket bn--thr,d.,gr. The stutter
*bore (-reeked open, and a noire -
mnn.ieur'A voice -asked, -Who',
there,"
Madernnieelto 1tn
embrasure of tete .t
1 stepprrl bnek .int
mon•i.nr enuld fes
"r;111es Forestier
,nnnsifetr, jest
new..
"Wait.'
•
"la n ail right,
'entry ask.4, saluting.
"'res." monsieur
the shutter.
The ioldter, with
the blank window
on*by, then," to
his post. Left" in d
eptly heard monsis,i
theft enftheha
of the bolts. He op
ing there fully Ire.
ing candle.
My Ann?" he Aa
Mademoiselle, ern
(low• of .the door -poet,
ward. f saw was
"MnnettlRl';'w tc
driven to the Bast"
be-
tween 7 and P. ?.n
raise -went to the
that Vit. Etienne killed
Potatnt in the 1...0
f'oupejarreta. It wit
Luras foid 11ave
\tontine heard hits,
mademoiselle."
At the wor,l she rt
Aha -
(low endeilowly over •
Her alarm and p
Iter to the nor 'of theI
tin as a w naiad A
1nu1 tome About t1
ithuut nae, wttl•
the first teat of her'
Her long traatp had
weary, and here ilte
an equerry and n_
Paget but a Er.at t1
her horse. She ram.
penitent r tr.A, Ahns y ffaell the ,
common n
• •,v)
a•+nneealv,i it the
r+'r-n-ay; tulle= and
o the street where
9A.
and Felix Bronx,
from Poria, with
M. 1e DdeP the
nnaw'eret. closing
another mhos, to
and a oral of
us, wetft bark to
arkneaa, we prei-
1r's quick Atep on
1l and the (-letter
reed to nA, Atand-
ted, with a gutter -
id inatant,h• v
urhing in the
t, pushed me for-
ward. 1.11 him.
AA arrested awl
(-tins P*n l.
tt•.verit«r end mime
the lackey
u' in 'the Hu.
L lotted him
one •`.n, Mile.. d.
t,1n, And here is
mw oaf of the Aha -
the threshold.
i . don ltd-wRte$
HON Lit. Quwn-
wenps a leaf. She
loutht of hersA.
,lit Arar. But ltuw
fretpels. wan gout.
lett her faint and'
had to lace nt.t
afM hang to con�._
eke, Mn enemy of
blushfnlfy In her
A dirt
ad, hair reified by the
night •aieds, to show hareeteler the
of A meal sane n, iisenoe
enev. Momeienr glented at her,. par -
sled -wise, waiting {tor her to speak.
Had the infanta laahrelia enure to
visit him be could not have boon more
.arprised. it mooted to lint tlisconr
Voluum to press her: he waited for hen
to explain her pre.enee. -
f wanted to shake ma,lemniarlle
With a dnsen swift word,,_ with . a
glance. of her blue ,eves: she ,00tid
sweep monsieur r.fe hie feet as Adie' hail
Awept. Vigo• And instead she int there.
not daring to rook at hien. like n ehtid
caught meeting .worsts. W,e had fmtttd
word.', to defend herself from the team-
ing tonguen at the Hotel do Lorraine.
fn plead for me. to slants !.urns, to
move Mayenne himself; but .hr emit*
not find one s lluble for the Duke of
8t. Quentin. She had been to admira-
tion the IAughing coquette, the itnnt
ehampinn, the haughty great lady, the
frank Inver, het now ale was the shy
rhiid, blushing, stammering, con-
strained.
Had monaie
blunt questions,
her up and d
her this strange
tag. hoar and
lmnj, .he mu needs hate, nn. wen d
•
nr attaekr•.l her a"ith
heti he drnt,ndrA ret
own what had brought
roar[ nt such -eons
in such unfitting com-
et s
tad. onee started, she we.rlrl gtnekly
have kindled her fire sleuth. fled he,
on other pert. With a 'reale, nm ells.
worsting word, givtw,-her ever An lit-
tle a push, she had gone fie modes
einuet. But he did neither, .Hr was
r•mitttrrtnr and told. Pat'tly war leis
enldrtea. reel; he eM1,tlri mit look on
her to Allier than _the daughter' of his
enemyes
house. worth e.f -1Rc ttfwn 'trim
had eehnmed to kill him, will-o'-the-
wiap who had lyre(' Mir arm to
aster, Partly wertt mere absence; M.
Etienne.* plight Was' more to him
than mademolaelte'A. When she Apoke
not he turned impatiently to me.
•' Tell me, Felix, A11 about it "
Refore 1 could answer him the door
behind lie tprenetl to admit two g`en-
tlemen, shoulder to shoulder. They
were dressed much alike, plainly, in'
Week. one wan about thirty veer" of
are. tall, thin -hued and dark, and of
n gravity and dignity beyond hie
years. living alas serious' business to
him; his eves were thoutghtful, ateady
and a little cold. Ilia "mope ntod wiA
.nmr ten year. -elder; Pitt beard and
curling hair, worn away tkoas 61A to
• re-
•,
"Gln 'v, eire," she answered. and j
before. hint
1 nturte•1b-
a-+tssellett! Ort
lees her hand.
that Mayenuc and .alt N
hi, none-= tint etinble to`keep t:fiie
men '41 tits thio . anwt-fti ftu itaddfe-'.Li
fetri•ntg -years. , ens - {(-loin why hi
-his .A.• ger w sti'0 r every day,
ahs . c.•ry blah broil t him new. r)
elle.• from the ranks of a Longer,, in
Yon Jiad only to nee him o adore lei
liim.' Once, get .him Into Pa ' the de
etrugglo would be over. They .uld ha
put iii with no ether for king. ry
"tor mademoiselle said wi
heittan , "i shall tin you with my
story."
"I a greatly in dread of it," the
king answered, ceremenionely placing
her in a chair before seating himself
to listen. Then, to .give her a mo-
ment. 1 think. to reflect herself. he
turner) to his companion:
"Here, Ronny, if you ache to be
.grubbing over yoer papers do not let
us delay.. you."
tear of vie g itis patieme+e..
�a but hta.�glance tel d er ,! need J eve
n ming ng. Had she come to pre --
at h • t'aris 'he could not have
cit mo - interested.
In ttto. li + e silence monafeurfound
s moment . nd his words.
""Sire, ma I interrupt mtdomois-
le? Last n ht, for the firwt time
a month, I ay my eon. He` nus
et returned f •m an adventure tin -
r her window. Mayenne's guard
•1 set on him, . d he was escaped
t• the skin of his ..th. He declar-
ed to rite that never n11 he was Alain
hov(d
ho cease endeavor to wile Mile.
Montluc, And I Merry, I ate
my t'ord* in humblest million. After
three '.ars 1 made intrrnlrr.,
since t are his fine sire, innate-
utointlle. tett oro you Pi) ,lie d<a,tre..
1 bade hi Ged•epecd."
fro cn'rtu ro.t
\n man is so pinawerons that h- can
n •md to dispense With the rest of
mankind...
"1 nm in no )este,- sire,"(- firs gen-
!len an answered, unmoving.
"Which in to say, you dare not
ionto me alone," the king hauglted
ntllk'-"I tell.ymn, $t. rrtjp 11 I am
not dragooned into asttiner disoreet,
stead!• -paced monarch 'twill be no
inpe:a R-Kelany'.. 1 sm
listeningof mad-hipemoiselle:ingR"
She began at rime Peter ,g181•110"
Mitering.
nd•yj1-
Mitering.- KIT her eonfueion wait
conn. It had l.r.'n welMtigh tmpns-
Bible to tell the story to M. de St.
Quentin, impossible to tell it to this
impnsidee M. do Ronny. But to the
of Fronto and Navarre it as
n easRittgy to talk as to one's plwvfcllnw.
" tri*q 1 am LarantE de Menthe.
Moattu
1fy Ifrnc.n"dfathcr was the Marshal
-Wen todat next Monday, 1 weld
pray, 'Geri relit hi* .out,' the king
rejoined. 'But i v.n •,a hearth! may
say that lie ens a gallant rimmed,
an honor to Yrnnee.• He married n
Meier of Frauruis de Balifre? And
nlademniaelle {s orphaned now, and
nt,v friend Mee nne'e ward?'
"Yes, sire. I tame here, glee. In
tell 1i. de St. Quentin concerning
-lei. son. And tbttugh 1 am talking of
my self, it is all the PAM* Merv. Throe
tears age.. altar the Uses Marl At de
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