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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1927-04-21, Page 6T3q It is in a cross br itself. AsIt for it. r© Jy itaj'ael (Sabatini ftEGIN HERE TO -DAY. There were two burning motives in the heart of Andre -Louis Moreau which drove him to seek vengeance on the great noble of Brittany, the Marquis de la Tour D'Azyr, who was suing for the hand of the young and beautiful Aline de Kercadiou, niece of the Lord of Gavrillac, Quentin de Kercadiou, who was popularly believed to be Andre -Louis' father. But more burning hatred of the Marquis had been caused by his brutal murder of Andre -Louis' dear- est friend, the young and idealistic Philippe de Vilmorin, a divinity student. The Marquis believed that Philippe had a "dangerous gift of eloquence" and fearing that the rumblings of discontent which were making way for the French Revolu- tion would bring danger to his class, deliberately provoked a duel .and killed the young student. Andre -Louis decides to set out for Rennes and lay the case before the King's Lieutenant. GO ON WITH THE STORY. CHAPTER VI. It was on a horse hired from the Breton Arnie that Andre -Louis set out next morning; and an hour's brisk ride brought him to the city of Rennes. He rode into the upper and prin- cipal part of that important city of tiolne thirty thousand souls and came at last to the Place Royale, where he found the crowd to be most dense. From the plinth of the equestrian sta- .tue of Louis XV. a white-faced yoang man was excitedly addressing the multitude. His youth and dress pro- claimed the student, and a group of his fellows acting as a guard of honor to him kept the immediate precincts of the statue. Over the heads of the crowd Andre - Louis caught a few of the phrases flung forth by :rat eager voice. "It was the promise of the King It is the King's. authority they Pont , .. They rrmogate to them- selves the whole sovereignty in ilrit- ian:y. The Ting hes dissolved them These insolent nobles defying their sovereign and the people . .." Had he not known already of the events which had brought the Third Estate to the point of active' revolt, those few phrases would fully have Informed him. This popular display of temper was most opportune to his need, he thought. He put up his hired horse at the Corrie de Cerf, and set out to the Palais de Justice. That the King's lieutenant conde- scended to see hint at all was probably due to the grave complexion of the hour. At last he was ushered' into a fine, well -lighted room furnished with enough gilt and satin to have sup- plied the boudoir of a lady of fashion. It was a trivial setting for a King's Lieutenant, but about the King's Lieutenant there was—at least to ordinary eyes—nothing trivial.. At the far end of the chamber, before a goat -legged writing -table with Wat- teau panels, sat that exalted being. Above a scarlet coat with an order flaming on its breast, and a Billow of iR lace in which diamonds sparkled like drops of water, sprouted the massive powdered head of M. de Lesdiguieres. It was thrown back to scowl with ex- pectant arrogance. M. de Lesdiguieres considered him very sternly. "What is your name?" he asked. "Andre -Louis Moreau." "Well, Andre -Louis Moreau, if you can state your plea briefly, I will hear you." "You shall be the judge of that, monsieur," said Andre -Louis, and he proceeded at once to state his case, beginning with the shooting of Ma- bey, and passing thence to the killing of M. de Vilmorin. But he withheld until the end the name of the great gentleman against whom he demand- ed justice. "And who, sir, is the man you charge with this?" "The Marquis de La Tour d'Azyr." "Who?" he shouted, and without waiting for an answer, "Why, here's impudence," he stormed on, "to come before me with such a charge against a gentleman of M. de La Tour d'Azyr's eminence! How dare you speak of him as a coward ..." "I speak of him as a murderer," the young man corrected. "And I demand justice against him." "You demand it, do you? My •God, what next?" "I have informed you, monsieur, that a duel—so-called—has been fought, and a man killed. It seems that I must remind you, the adminis- trator of the King's justice, that duels are against the la'w' and that it is your duty to hold an inquiry." The deor behind Andre -Louis open- ed softly. M. de Lescliguieres, pale with anger, co;,tained himself with difficulty. "You seek to compel us, do you, you impudent rascal?" he growled. "But I give you a last warning, mas- ter lawyer; keep a closer guard over that insolent tongue of yours, or you will have cause very bitterly to re- gret its glibness." He waved a jewel- ed, contemptuous hand. "To the door!" Could ' too — Say The Moonie Stara So say ell whose work is hard after they try the deli- cious, invigorating refresh- ment of Wrigley's Double Mint. CHAPTER VII. He had broken his futile lance with the windmill --the image suggested by M. de Kercadiou persisted in his mind —and it was, he perceived, by sheer good fortune that he has escaped without hurt. There remained the wind itself -the whirlwind. And the events in Rennes, reflex of the graven. events in Nantes, had set that wind blowing in his favor. He set out briskly to retrace his steps toward the Place Royale, where the gathering of the populace was greatest. There were cries "To the Palais! Down with the assassins! Down with the nobles!" An artisan who stood shoulder to shoulder with him in the press en- lightened Andre -Louis on the score of the increased excitement. "They've shot him dead. His body is lying there where it fell at the foot of the statue. And there was . an- other student killed not an hour ago by the cathedral works. Pardi! If they can't prevail in one way they'll prevail in another." Andre -Louis left him stall talking, and clove a way through that human press. At the statue's' base he came upon a little cluster of students about the body of the murdered lad, all stricken with fear and helplessness. - "You here, Moreau!" said a voice. He looked round to find himself confronted by Le Chapelier, a lawyer of Rennes, a prominent member of the Literary Chamber of that city.. ! VJh Ah, it is you,- Chapelier! y don't you tell them what to do? 'Up with you man!" And he pointed to the plinth. Le Chapelier'se dark restless eyes searched the other's impassive face for some trace of irony he suspected. "Your notions and mine on that score can hardly coincide;" said he. Andre -Louis looked at him with - oat surprise. How should Le Chap - eller suspect hives present intentions? "If you won't tell theme what is to be done, 1 will," he said. "Nom de Dieu! If . you want to in- vite a bullet from the other. side, I shall not hinder you." Scareoly were the wards out than he repented them; for as if in f .iswor to that challenge Andre -Louis sprang iti "And who, sir, is the man you charge with this?" up on to the plinth. Alarmed now, for he could only suppose it to 'be Andre -Louis' intention to speak on be- haif of Privilege, Le Chapelier clutch- ed him by the legs to pull hien down again. - "Ah, that, no!" he was shouting. "Come down, you fool. Come down!" Andre=Louis maintaining his posi- tion by clutching one of the legs of the bronze horse, flung his voice like. a bugle -note over the heads of that seething niob. "Citizens of Rennes, the mother- land is in danger!" The effect was electric. A. stir ran, like a ripple over water, across that froth of upturned human faces, and completest silence followed. "Shuddering in horror of the vile deed here perpetrated, my voice de- mands to be heard by you. You have seen murder done under your eyes the murder of one who nobly, without any: thought of self, gave voice to the wrongs by which we are all oppress- ed. Fearing that voice, shunning the truth as foul things shun the light, our oppressors sent their agents to silence him in. death." Le Chapelier released at last his hold of Andre -Louis' ankle, staring up at him the while in sheer amaze- ment. What had come to him? "Of assassins what shall you look for but assassination? I have a tale to tell which will show that this is no new thing that you have witness- ed here to -day; it will reveal to you the forces with which you have to deal. Yesterday . " There was an interruption. A voice in the crowd, some twenty paces, per- haps, was raised to shout: "Yet another of. therm!" Immediately after the voice came a pistol -shot and a bullet flattened itself against the bronze figure just behind -Andre-Louis. (To be continued.) {SSL1S NO. 16-x'27+ Only Good Tea Good Value. 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