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W. BRYDONE,
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OFFICE -Sloane Block-CLINTON.
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office formerly occupied by
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DR. SHAW
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OFFICE -Ontario street -CLANTON
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DR. C. W. THOMPSON
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
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of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat .
-Office and ,Residence- .
ALBERT STREET WEST,CLINTON
North of Rattenbuty St.
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J. B. LUNDY L. D. S., D. D. S. -
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(Successor to Dr. Agnew)
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Office in peaver Block, CLWON,
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DR. G. ERNEST HOLMES '
Specialist in Crown and Bridge Work.
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of children's teeth. -
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Jan. Met, 1905. ••••
this is to. certify that I have (bed
Ihteinational Stock Food and have
Mud it very beneficial for hogs that
Are troubled with indigestion Or are
stunted in their .grettrth.--4V, H, Cam-
pbell. Westfield. . • ,
• • • Auburn Jan *ilst 1905.
Mr,; J. Nicholson ; • •
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Dear Sir, -.-1 have.. Used Internatior.-.
al . Stock Foocl ott my, driver. ,thrs
winter and have derived first ' .class
resulte. Tra.Fe:irsed-tny Orfiefro-6---
ds lint for a. blood purifier' and food
saver nothing equals this.. could
not" recommend it too' highly to my
fellow farmeri..-11613t. Rutledge; Ail..
hirit, Ont. . • .
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. -.OFFICERS-
J. It 1VIeLeak, President, Kipnen
o. ; Thos. • Fraser, Viee-President,
Brutelield P. 0. ; T. E. 1 -lays, Sec. -
Treasurer, Seaferth P. O.
' -DIRECTORS- .
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William Shesney, Seaferth ; Jolla
Grieve, *•Winthrop, George Dale; 'Sea -
forth ; John Watt, Ilarlock ; John
Bennewies, Brodh§gan-;---.1,atims-Exait.
'Beechwood ; Jaarni'SConnolly, Clinton
• -AGENTS- --
Reibert Smith, Harleck ; E.: Elin-
chiey, Seafortb • 'James Cummings,
Eginondville ; J. W. Yeo, tiolme4-`
ville. •
Parties desirous to effect insuraioe
or transact other business will be
prOmptly attended to onapplication
to any of the aboVe officers ,addreSS.14
to their respective •postoillees, • LogOes
inspected by the director who lives
nearest Ole scene.
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.TABLE • .
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Trains will arrive at and depart.
from Clinton station as follows
BUFFALO AND GODERI(MI
Going East
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0014 WeSt •
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CI: it
7.38 0.. m.
• , 3,23 p.
, ' 5,20 e, m.
• 10,15 a. In.
12.56 P. m.
• 1, • 0,40 p. m.
10.17 in m.
LONDON, HURON ,4 BRUCE DIV.
1.47 a.. M.
4.23 p. tn.
10,15 a. m,
0.35 p. fu.
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A. 0, PATTISON, Station Agent;
10. n. IIODGEINS, Town Ticket Agt,
J. 1). 111ACDONALi), Distriet PaSsou-
• ger Agent, Toronto,
Golng atvith
Going North •
41 itt
timilwasommul...0.0.000,164.awmomomielionio
taralits too young tO take caadirlue b
eitr p f el nun, %Al booing *earth nod eohij bY
Using Vapmat,caoletiii-thq hte.ethe it
The, Ciittion. NowsoRecord
"fft would be no breiteb of hospital-
ity, sire, to hang the princees' fool,"
spoke the condenmed Inan, with no
sign of, wening confidence, "yet it
would seem to depreciate the duke's
gift. Your majesty should hang the
one end spare the other. 'iris 0. matter
of logic," he went on quicitly, "to point
out where the dulie'e gift euds and the
princess' fool begins. A gift is a gift
until it le received. The prineess hta
not yet received the duke's gift. Where-
fore your, majesty cannot hang me to
the princess' fool, nor would • your
majesty desire to hong um as the
g
Imperceptibly the monarch's mien
taxed, for next to a contest with bladee.
. he liked the quick play of Words,
• "Answer hlzu, Triboulet.",he said.
"Your Majesty your majesty" --
stammered the dwarf and paused In
'despair, bis • wits ;falling him at the.
•'critical juncture., • • .
• "Enough!" eornmaraled• 'the king
. sternly'. 4,se'und-oriluppreased
net wren as he spoke Startled the
'gathering: "Who laughed?" he orled
Suddenly. "W'as• it you, mistress?" fats;
toning his eyes upon the young woman'.
Her head tell lower and lower like
some dark flower on 'a slender item.
From outof the veil of her mazy hair
came n voice; soft with seeming hu.-
•
..,rt might 'have been:Zack°, sire," she
Paid. "He sometimes laughs' like thet.".
• The king looked from the woman to
the bird, then from the .bird to the
woman, a gleam of recollection. In Ids
glance. .
"Humph!" • he muttered. "Is this
where you Serve pima.' mistress! Look:
• to it youserve not yourself .111!" . •
An•instatit her eyes flashed ',upward.
• "My mistress is at prayer," shean-
oWered, and looked •down agate as
quickly., • •.• 0. „-
• • • "And you meanwhile prefer the droll-
ery of these inedettps•to the attentions
of our courtiersr'said •Eraziels, more
gently, :"Certesare you gypsy born?"
-Her hands* clasped. -tighter,: but sh0.
.anavVered net, and be turned more.
• sternly to the new king of the motley.
• "As for 'you," • he Continued,* "for the
present the duke's gift is spared. 'But
.let, the prineess'. fool look to himself.
:Remember,. a guarded tongue basures
a ripe old age, and even a' tbrone in "
Pools' 'bah ls-franeht With- ha-zard.
•.4ere, Some -of you, -take this",r-indicat.
:leg the sleeping Bahelais...•,"and throw
It into the horse pond.* Yet see that he
does-. net•drown: YoUr, heeds upon it: -
'Ills to him' France looks, for 'morning."
•paused, glancing beck at . the
kneeling girl, • "You,- Mistress Who
Seeks to Hide lifer Fee, teach that
parrot not to laugh!" he added •grinaly
Shetap-estry-WaVedi-Mlite,the-met-.:
leY throng stared; where the- king had .
stood., A light ?hand toeched the. arm 0
of tbe.'doke'a fool, And, turning,he be-
held the young woman Efer eyes were
alight with newfire. .
. .
• "In - heaven% name,'!- she etelatmedl
. Dnssionately.*Plet.us lesre. You have
one .mischf0 enough.' rode* me." ••
'"Whereteryou will,". be responded• ,
gallantly. • •,
: 011A.PTER IIL •
H131. Sun': and the*:breeie :•eon.
:tended. with , the mist in• -
trencheddn the strong:held of
the.Velley. From the east the
red orb .began..its •attack, out of the
west rode the swift • moving eepitYre,
and, -vanquished, *the Wavering 'vapor.
etole off Jute:thin air or hang in 14010; •
ed • wreaths ahoire 'the, foliage on the
• hillside. Soon* the conquering -light
:brightly, illumined a .mediaeval castle
'Commanding, the surrounding cottntry;
the. yietorious. breeze whispered loudly
at its gloomy casements: 4. great Nor-
. man Strecture,•tionther,:auetere,,,it Was,
• however„ 'brightened With many med. •
•aeit feathree• thtitAhreetenect gradually
to win nineb ef Its anelent majeety. •,
, up the' Moat," Francis •bitdor
-
• deed. •"'Tis barbaric! What • lover
--•••weuld•Lstgla...beneatinvoills,thirtyine.L,
• thick!. And. the -portcullis-away wait
it! Sitramon nay: Italian, painters to
adorn the. wails. We: MAY yet Make.:
bebitable these legacies:them, the Say- .
age; brutal poet." . .
So the Mighty, walla; awe set in
comparative _wilderness, e tangle of
thicket . and. underbrush,.:ow • arose
front garden; lawn and where
even the deer Were no longer sny, and
the Water, Propelled *by artiddal pecv- •
er, Shot upward Itt Jets.'
Seated at it window which overlOok-
• ed this sylvan eSpect, 'modified if not
iishioned by min, a young, won=
with. seeming ,eonscientiousness told
Iter beide. The apartnient, •though
richly furtilshed, was In keeplug With
-the devout character Of its fair mis-
tress. A. brush oeasperiforium, used
for sprinkling holy water, was leaning
. agaiest.the wall, 'Upon a tante .lay an •
miee 'melte, with its iong hanging
cover and a ball at: the extremity of
the torel. Behind two tall candle-
atleke stood an altar table •whieli, be.
. ng unfolded, revealed three compart-
• inents 'eaeh with a Picture painted by
Andrea del Sate, the once honored
guest of Francis,
The Princess Louise, cousin Of Fran.
els' •former queen, Claude. bad been
reered with rigid strictness, olthough
provided with various preceptors who
had made her more sr lees proficient
Itt the profane lettere, ita they were
then called, Latin, Greek, theology and.
philbsophy. • The father of her beauty
had gone abroad; her band had been
Often sought, but the Obdurate king
had eteadfastly refoRed tosandlot'
her betrothal until Charles, the exit-
• peror, himself proposed si Union he.
tween the fair ward of the Preliell
monareh and one of 131S nobles, the
young Mike of Vriedwald. To this •
lhancia bad alisented, tor he calcu-
lated upon thuft drawing to his WW1 .
eilts one of his rivol's most elfivalrotta
Welts, while farseeing Cherie§ be-,.
netted ho ssukt liot 0017 rstou the
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a
duke,. but add to his own court the
lovely and learned ward of the king..
AMI 111 thls comedy of aggrandize-
ment the puppets were willing, as pup-
• pets must needs be. Indeed, the duke
was seriously- enamored of the prin.
eess, whose portrait he had seen In
miniature, and had biraself importuned
• the emperor to intercede with Francis,
• knowing that • the only . wily to the
lady's hand was through the good of -
'aces of him who aspired to the Mastery
°Call Europe, if not the world.
Charles, unwilling to disoblige .one
who0e prinelpality Was. the roost pow-
erful- of tbe Austilati provinces he
I sought to absorb in Ws scheme for tlae
unilication -of • all nationS,- offered..no
denier to *a request fraught with ad-
vantage to ItIMself. Besides, cold, and .
calculating though. he Was, the em-
• peror entertained ‘ft certain affeetion,
• for the duke, who on one occasion,
when Charlea had 'been sore. beset by
the troops- of Solynnin, bad extricated
Ills royal leader from the alternative'
of ignominious capture or an untimely
end: Accordingly, 'a formal proposal,
•couphed in language of warm friend -
hip to •the king, was (1100001ml by
the eznperot • When Francis, with-.
some nalsgivifig, arising froeaex:Peri-
:Mice with womankind, Mid the matter
before :Louise, she, to lils ourpriee,
.provee her devotion and loyalty by her
entire. subteissiveneas, -and the king,
• kissing; her hand, generously vowed •
• tne wedding -festivities should be
Worthy of her beauty and fealty. •
Was she. thinking of that sceite•now
and ;the many 0weisages whieh had
subsequently-paseed-between bet .dis,„
taut loVer ad ,herself as the :white,
• fingers ceased to tell the beads? Was
she* .euestioning fete and the • future
when the rosary felt froM her band
• and the; clinking of •the great. glass
beads on the hard •floor .'aroueed her
. Ireln e reverie? Langeldly she rime- and
• crossed the mem toward e low dress-
ing' table, whenat the anion time one
ot the several doors of the epertment
opened, admitting -the jeStress, *Jaeque-
"Iine.Whose long, flowing gewu ef dark
green' bore no distinguishing. Mark of •
the motley he bad assumed .the night
before, The dreamy,'1411nost lethargic,
. . . .
gaze of the princess ictc,d fo,. a tno.-
meat diem the ardent eyes, of the 'Maid.'
Who, stood motionless before her:
' ``The,duktos jester who arriVed 14;4.
night -iiwaltk,-ribr pleasure:without"-
said thegirl. .• , . .
`Tie him enter The'lillet for
. , .
/11Y' /mfr.. Seems be a Merry fellow?"
•,
S. merry,' 01:Wain, he othilicked the
. ,
king last night in' I.Vools' hall; beet Tri-
boulet, appelutect knayea in; jest to high.
. Offices and had been ;hairin.1 for his •
forwardness but . that be narrowly
,stiv.ed his neck by a slender device"
.exelaimed,.the princess,„ "4. most 'pie-
sumptuoye Tpeep:- . • .
'‘The kixi, itt was 'behind •the
tapestry and heard it 411 -his appoint-
• ment ef. Thong is treasurer; beetle:3e
be apt at Pahnhig Money; Brusque,
governor of Guienne, singe be governs'•
ide own • home so ill, and Villot, Mind-
ral ;of the. :abet, that he inight .still
.
awayand leave his pretty Wife behind
an indispensable part 'ot tily* hewn-
hold"- She paused thoughtfully, "Be.
sides, she has 4 little eee'ret she vvoUld
keep from the king. Yes, the -secret
will save your And Louise smiled
• knowingly us one who, although MOst
devout perhaps hail ;Dittoed a feW pa
Mrs or credos in listening to idle world-
• ly gossip.
"Madam," he field, raising hie..bead,
"you oVerwhelna me with your good -
"011,1 like ber not; a most designing
Creature," returned the ladY carelessly.
"But you may rise, muslin° that em-
• broidery," 0110 added when he. had
obeyed. "Row do 1 knew the duke,
• hay betrothed, whom Imve ziever
Seen, has not sent you to report upon
inY poor charnas? What if you were
only his emissary?"'
"Princess," be answered, "1 ant but
a feel; no eMistonry. If ...I were"- •
• "Well?"
She 0M1104 indulgently at the Open
• admiration written so boldly, upon his
• face; and, encoureged by her glance,
• he regarded her swiftly, coraprehen-
Oively-tlae masses of hair the fillet 111
confined; eyes soft lidded, dreamy as a
summer's day; a figure, pagan in gen-
erous •proportions; a foot, however,
petite, Parisian, Peening front beneath
a robe,heavy,. voluminous, .
• "If you were?" she suggested, pees.
Ing a golden thread. through the cloth,
elle
"I would write him the. Miniature he
has of you told but half the truth." •
"So yon have seen the miniature? It
lies carelessly about, no doubt?" Yet
her tone was not one of displeasure, ,
"The duke frequeetly draws It from
, his breast to look at it." •
"And so any handsome women in
'the kingdom, too!" laughed the prin.
cesei -"A tiny, paltry bit of vellum!". '
Her bps- curled sindulgently, as of a•
person sure of herself. Did not the
fool'glance pay her that tribute to
she was not a stranger? Iler
laslies„.seddenly lifted, met his
• and dime 'his look, grown overbold, to
• eeVer, The princess smiled, She might
..well . believe the . stories:• about him,.
yet was not ill plealed. "Likeninster,
Ilhe men!". says the proverb. She con.'
tinned to eureeY the meant figure,
_well. vetoed* head and 11adsome fea-
tures of the jester. .
sirrah," site continued, "of
the duke. Straightferwardly or, .rit:
leave thee to the mercy Of Inadant, the,
adthiral% wife! ‘Viv.t is he like?"'4. fnfrly:ilkeIy ..
innn!"•.
.":"ris what one says of a aunt 'when.
:one can shy nothing else, He jnet,.
then; imodoSitrie?" ' . • •
lIe has never been.so'cohshleied!".
• • The 'Priiicess' • needle. remained *eine
Pencled, thee viciously plunged into the
;golden. CuPlit :she Was .embroldering..,
"Thwking hath•phiYed ,With she 7
-inurninred. • "Ile represented f1.3
1:410 of the most dlitingtilslied•appea
ing knights in .the einperor'S domains.
is4.11rdiac.1;1,c or light?: sli• ewent.iin. .
O ttpruji '•'• : • ' •
• 'Mather short." ;•. -
"His eyes?" said. the • lady after an.
.einineue paesia. • • • •
• . • .
• • •
• ' • "I -tis • inaneers.?": • . •
,. "Those of tt• soldier,".: •e. • • „..
"Ifis speech?" • ,, , : .
. ,
, "That of on.e.ben to.,cortithend."-
."Commend!" tetnthed the princeile
.."Yon, madam," quicklyeniweredthe
• jester, "he would serve." . • . *
moment:her glance :challenged his,'
• Coldly proudly, and then . her features'
seftened, The . indolent. look crept i'ntO •
her eves ortee:naprel.the tension Of her
Hoe. relaxed. 1 ,• •••• •
"Command and • serve:' laughed the'
princese. '"A paradoi,.if not a para -
goo, it seems! Not handsome,' prob-
ably ugly! 4 soldier,' full 'pi .Oatha; a
blusterer, Strong. in his Cups! . What 'a
• list of qualifications! with
' sigh,•• '"whatmust needs' be must bpi.
Tbe emperor plays the rook Fran*
reeves- bis • pawn; my poet' self, The
game, beyond : the two ',Moves; • is
naught. to us. Perhaps we.shall he
Sacrifieed, o_ne• or both! What of that
if it s' a draW, or one of the players
cheekmat'ee the other"- :
, princess,'" piled* the fool, "bo ,
loes yell! Passionately!. Devotedly!"• .
. .passing fancy fer. a painted !lent.
• blancel" said *the lady', Jae, risitig,• she
tented toward the :easement, the goid-.
:vii warrant me the ntory is. known
.. . , .
to the . entire court ere,this," laughed
the lady. ;f1Wnn3•Unie; d'Etaillete 1st
.. a terep.eri., And the adioiril. when' he
-bears of it -on th,e hieb Seas! The king
Wae.eavesdropping;'•you say,' and .yet'
spared. the. jester? . Re' must beer a
- aerated iife."
."Fle dubbed . himself' the:duke's. gift,
-Madera, and boldly claimed, privilege
cloak
under the Peer of hosPitality." •
. . . .
"$urely." murmured ...'the princese,,
: "thee Will be flo•,leek.'of , entertain-.
inept with this knave under the sitme
•.roof -too intiOli:' entertainment :I fear
• me: Well :admit the Izsold fellow!'
. . Crossing' to thedoor the maid puth.
ed it hack,.;and•the 'figure of the jester
:passed the threiesold, a figureso grace-
ful . and well built" the liely's 'Ores,
turning doward•him with mild inquiry,
"-Ilingered-with--apprOyallingered-rand--
,were tipralied to -a 'fair'. hand:mine
face, when apPro'val gave way to -wen-.
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der. . • . - . •.
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• • ' • •
Was this. the impredent, hot b .
rained
ogee who had swaggered In , 'Fools' _
hall andmade a Wee of tite\‘tittairs,
!,
of the nation?* Rio; C.011ntcVnb nt
', Sce-
. ed that of a courtier rather than\a low
born scapegritee, his bearing hires:Mate
• hence as, approaching the princess, he
knelt near •the edge of' her 'Sweeping.
'erinaion garthent• Quietly the maid
withdrew to a corner of the tiparttneht,
where she seated herself' on a 10tv .
stool, her Augers idly playing' with the
delicate carvings. of a vase of silver
eontaining water, that had. been bless-
ed and standing conveniently near the
asperaoriunn • . .
"You tome from the nuke of 'Pried -
Wald, fool?" said the Mistreee, recov-
ering from her surprise. , . .
.• "Yes; printees:", • • •' .
•
•
. Intlise snitled end looked toward the
• tnitidas if to say, "Whi,,he'et a anedei
of deOruml" but the ,girl 'conflated
regarding the ligurea* on the vase,
Seeminglyindifferent to the Scene be.
tore her. • : • *.
"I hear, airfoil, but ix poor. aecount
of your behavior last night," continued
the princess, "You must have a dare
or I. shall send yen back to the duke.
and conunand hiin to have you whip- ,
:ped. You have been here' but over-
night, yet bow many enemies haVe
you Made? The king, the adtniral and,."
last; but not Wet, a eertain lady. Poor
foal!. You rimy have -eared your neek,
but tor how long? 'le, what on ae-
count must I give. of you to your Mae -
"Ah, initdera," be anowered, qUickly,„
"you show me now the folly of it all."
"Let me see," she went on more
gently, "What We may do, einde you
are penitent, The king may .forgive,
the admiral forget, but the lady ---she
Will neither forget nor forgive. Ver.,
tunately, 1 think she telltale disoblige
'It 1 let it be Moto) ,itu are
'4"*"• NArya.., IPA.; 4*
*• •" • 4
•
"Take ik and -Rend it to the &Oct"
en, Cupid- falling freni her lap to the
floor.
• "Nay," he answered swiftly, "he has
but to see you, with the Sunlight In
your hair, as 1 see yea now! The
pawn, madam', Would. becoine a queen,
• his qtieenI What would. matter to him
the game of Charles or Francis? Let
Charles grow greater or Frauds small-
tr.UM gain would be-yoni"
She ithook her head In soft dissent.
• "Queen tor how long?" Ale answered
gently. "Ae long as gentle Claude was
• queen for Francis? .As long as Saintly
Eleanor held Undisputed WRY r
"Ati long fts Meaner is queen In the
• hearth of her people!" he exclaimed
passionately. "As long as •Prance Is
lier bridegrooter
Deliberately she half turned, the coil
of gold falling over her shoulder. Near
her hand, white against the dark ease -
Meta, a blood red roe° trembled at the
entrance of her chamber, and, graflping
It lightly, elm held it to her face as if
ite perfume symbellZed her thoughts,
"IOr there tert Melt consteney la the
World?" she aaked musingly, "Can
sueli eleglenese of heart exist? Lilo
thitt &We Whieli Would Wow and tilt
A4. _
at vay Window? A bold flower, thought
Dar by day hags it been growing near.
er. Here," she added, breeking it front
the stem and holding it to the jester.
lLietat
tibed, "and -send it
to the duke!' Kneeling,he received it.
"Tliou art a •fellow of infinite humor
indeed Equally at home in a lady's
boudoir qt.* a fools'. driulthig bout
Come, •;Jacqueline, Queen Margaerite
• ewaits our presence. She ha, a new
• Chapter to read, but 'whether another
• installment of her tales or a prayer for
her Mirror of the Sinful Soul know
not. Aft for iou, sir" -with parting
amile-"later we shall walk in the gar.
den. There you 133ay emelt us."
•
•#• On.e.r.tFtt
FILL, Sir Mariner, do you not
fear to venture so far on a.
• dangerous sea?" asked a
mocking voiee.•
"A. dangereus sea, fair Jacqueline?"
he- replied, stroking tlie head of the,
hound which lay before the beneh,. "I
see nothing SAY* smiling fields and fra-
grant beds of flowers."
"Oli, 1 recegnize now Monsieur Dip-
lomat, not Sir Mariner!" she retorted,
Beneath her headdress,. resembling
In some degree twp great butterfly
wings, her face looked entailer than its
wont. Laced tight, after the fashion,
the cotte-hardie made her Waist appear
little larger than could, be clasped by
the hands of a soldier, while a siliteu
shod foot with vitieh she tapped the
ground would have nestled neatly in
. his palm. Was it pique that Movedher
thus to • Address • the duke's. jester?
Since .he had arrived :Jacqueline had
been relegated, 48 it were, to the cor-
ner. She, formerly ever first*.with the
princess, had perforce stood aside on
• the coming of tlae foreign. fool whose
.eonmany her mistress strangely seem.*
ed to prefer to her own. •
• First had It been talking, Walking
and jesting,* in • which last. accomplish-
..ment .he • proved .SingularlY • expert,
judging from the peals** of :laughter . to
• which her mistress oCcasionally gave
• vent. • Then. it had .become
hawking ;and, wor.st, of • ell,. reading;
Lately •Lotdrie, learned, as has been Set• .
forth, in the profane letters, bad 'dis-
played a marked favor for books all
" Tree*.of 71 -lattice -by
.•net; tbe "Breviary of Nobles" 'In verse,
• the • "Livre des • Falls d'Armes • et de-
.
.C.Itevalnie," by Cbristine. de ritan•
• ,and ill a seeinded gardeasPot, with het
fool and servant, She sedulauSiy ptu--
eted her literary:labors.. • ,
; As books were rare, being handprint.
ed. end ;halal 1.1intained, ..the princess'
cholee of volitines wits* not large, but
garguerite. the -khig'S stater, Possessed
some tatoly executed peents lu their
mechanical' tispect. The monareii Per-
initted her the ,use of several 'precious
• chromeles, whim' the. abbess In. the
Convent near by,.:whe.esteemed Lonise
,for her *piety andaccemplishments,
submitted.' to her :Care a gorgeously
painted; 'satin .bound- "Life • of $t :Ag.
fies,"-a Roman vir,tn vito died Under
the' eanguinarypersecutioe of Diocle..
tun,' But jacqtaoline ,froNvOingly rio
ticed that the saint's life lay .1dle•cOn.-
epicuously, though fittingly;. on *the al:
tar table, -*bile mairescript• of the
"Queen of Navarre"; .suSpieiously.;
• emiMatilei the jester...when he. sought
. the pleasant nook selected for reading.
:AO -the , Maidnepaire
one soft' summer afterhooe,'wbere she
.found. the •'fOel. and , a volume--;Mar-
.,•gnerite%,. by the purple _bindingand
the' • love ,•knot ..in , silyer--aWaiting
'.doubtless the Comingof the: prineeSs,'
and at the sight of them -the book 01
romamie.aed the jester Who brought it; -
what -wonder her patience gave VveY4.
"Yea have been here now a fortnight
-Monsieur Diplomat" she ..toutineed,:
bending the: eyes wlzieb Triboulet so
• feared upon theOther:.. • . • ' .• • .*
"Thirteen 'days, 7 -to -bel. exact, sweet.
fTaeque1in41" hov-andwered calznly".
Indeedl Then 'We're Is , genie •hope
fof you 11 you've kept track :ot .tinner
she retureed pointedly.
"What, Meett you, gentle inistress?":
be asked. quietly, without even -looking
ether. • • • • •• * • • -
"'Sweet •Jacqueline'' 'Gentlemis
• .tress!'.'.Yen are .ptokuse •With ;soft
wordsi" she cried.sharplY.: • •
"And.'yet they. turn yen net trona an-,
ger." •• ' • ••••.
."Anger!" she said; lier'eyes. flashing.
• "Not another Man at court would dare•
• to talk M uie as. you de."
O ".1.knew, Mistress," he returned
icalii; "you have. it .reputation for sor-
cery; but I.think it Iles more 41. yen*
'eyes than In the moon' , .. •
• '"And yet I can see the .futurafor all
-thlitp'-elte-replied-tersistently-r-defient
lv
• "The future?" he retorted, ati'd
.ed fromthe earth to 'the sky,. • "What
Is the 'goal of Yonder tiny :cloud? Can
you telt me that?",
"The •gottl?" she repeated, uplifting
her head. "Welt! • It Is Very mall.
The iien 10 alreadY swallowing it Int":
.4!treigho r yawned* the, jester, Mit-
• stretching his yellow pointed beet. "I'
.'cittch ..not the morel to the fable -an'
• ther6 be one!" •• •*
O'a‘Trohe0 e.,.too re, 11." She said quickly. "Ask
• m
• "Why 'Murat?" balancing the stick
• With thefool's head in his heed.'
• "Becatise he dared love Queen Mar-
guerite -I"' she answered famettionsly.
"The foolin Motley; the lady in purple!
How he jested al her wedding! 11ow
he wept when he thought himself'.
alone!" •
.ne •had but himself to blatte;
Jacqueline," returned the other, with
Composure, although hia eyes were no*
bent straight before hill). 9110 eotild
•tiOt :climb to her; She could not stoop
to hitt. Yet, I dare say; it wasMad •
dream he would net have foregone." -
",Not have foregone!" she exclaimed
quiekly. '"What wottld he not 'have
given Id. tear it from his breast -eye,
though he tore his heart with itt That
day,. bright . ond • fair, when Itenry
d'Albret, king of Ilayarre, took her in
his grille and Mimed her bteWl. When
ahlid gay festivities, elle bedtime Ids
bride!, Not' have foregone? Yes; Vittrot
Would forego , that day ---and other.
Stili th.at inertia; that irritating Ink
Mobility. "Whitt a tragic tale .for a
slimmer day!" Well hie only cOMment,
"And• Calliettel" elm cent -MUM.
rapidly. "Distinguished In mien, grace -
NI in mannen lit the hoUse of hia
patron ku dared look up to that noble -
Man's dettghter, Diane do Poitiers. A
dream youthful dreamt Enter M.
de Ortto .grand sonesehar of Norman.
• 47. Pima 1 bit you tho mit? How,
Cellist% stares, moody, knitting Xs
brows at hie eupe! Of what is the
teeter thinking?"
• "Whether the grand seneschal will
let Mtn sleep with the tipaniels, Jacque-
line, or tumble) out," laughed the jest-
er,
Angrily be eloped her haluis before
her. "Is it the way your mind would
move?" elm retorted.
°A. looter without a roof to cover him
is like 4 dog without 4 kennel, anis.
trees."
"You but seek to /lout me from my
tale," She Said, Sweetly. "Caillette
40110 Stich, as you know, They Werfr
young together. • 'Twee maid he con-
fessed his love; that tokens passed' be-
tween them, Rhymes he writ to her; a
flower, perhape, she gave biro. A. Slow-
• er, he yet cherishes, maybrip, dried,
faded, yet plucked by her!"
"A flower for himself, no doubt -not
• giVen, him for anether1"
"What mean you?" he asked, MO-
mentarily dropping his unruffled Man.;
ner.
"Not Inlachi" Lightly she tripped to
a bush, broke off a flower ami regard.
ed it mischievously, "Why shonld pee.
ple hide that whieh le so sweet and
fragrant?" she remarked and set the
roae M her hair. .
"Hider he said, looking at the flow-
• er, but not at her. •
"I trust you kept the rose, Mmisieur
Diplomat?" she spoke up suddenly, her
expression most serious.
"Mat rose?" he asked, new become
, restless beneath her cuttleg tongue,
• "Wttat rose? As if you did not kuow:
•I -10w innocent you look: II0W many
roses are there in the world? A. thou-
sand,, or only one? What repo? Her
rose,. of course. Rave you got it? I
, .
. hone so, for the .duke Is coming and
might ask for itr
• "The duke -coming!" The next pate
meat he was by her side mail had tak-
en her arrn,' almost rougley. "Speak *0
out" he cried. "Some one is coining! .
•What duke is coming?" ••
• "You hurt me!" she exclaimed angri-
ly. He loosened his grasp. •
O "What duke?" she anewered scorn-
etu• Irde,uvkel your duke!. The
o
"The
. Duke of Frieclivald?" be asked.
• "Of course! • The princess' fiance,'
bridegroom to be, future husband, lord
and master," she explained, w.ith
dubious and' positive iteration. •
.•"But the. 'tiine-.-set for the wedding-.
.has not expired," he protested with
what she thought seemed a suspicion,
•
cheerfully. "The duke it seems, has
. "That is easily •ansWered,".she said
that she wit: jr. l.ng. with. him, • •
.•
, •
'
•
"'Speak out!" •
beeenio more and. more enamored.'
Finally his, passion has so grown and'
grown he fears to let it grow any more • . •
as the only 'way out of the dif-
• deultY, petitioned the king to curtail the
time of probation and relieve hira of , •
the 'constantly augmenting suspense,. '
• to which his most • gracious majesty, . ••
' having been a lover • himself on divers • •
•
OeCaSiOnS and measuring the poor ' ., •
low's' troublesby the qualms he has. *
himself experienced,hae seen getier-, , •
(busty fit to, eut ofra *few 'weeks of Walt. • •
Ing and set the wedding for the •near •
future."
• "The princess -hats she heard the '
king has -received a letter from the '
duke and that his majesty has cluing -
ed the'wedding date?" . •
"The prInees§ knows, has heard, air '
from the king. Not long since he sent
for her. 'Will she consent? ' What elee
• min she do? 'Tis the monarch who
commands, we who obeyl" , •
"Is the eourt; then, only' a mart, a .'
• 'guildhall?" he exclaimed, "A mimeo, •' •• ,
even X,iIrinengsr.should-bei-wournot-ext_L__
changed!"• •• • • , _
Her lashes drooped, In her gaze shone
knee more the ironical amusement
"Why,'.' she said, '"from what wilds or
forego have You come? The heart fel'.
• lows where the. trader lists! Think
you the princess will. wear the
low?" she laughed. "How well you
knOw women!" • '
"Do you mean that she" -
"1 mean that her Welfare le in strong
hands; that.there be few greater in all
the land, none more honored..• The
duke's principality, is vast, But here
comes the princes.". The • hound
.eptung to„his feet and ran ganaboling
down the path. ' "Ask her the rest
yourself, • most unsophisticated fool!
Al," with a Ouch she could not re-
sist, "what a h,andsome bride she
make for the dulcet" •*
•
4.
;•
• • • 011APTER • .•1..
Emotion. the flowery path; to
borrow her gown brughed.the
leaves on either MEC tb,e
Prineess • Louie. appeared,
Walking slowly. • Intentlythe' jester
watchedber,draw near and ever nearer
their common tryotitig epot, her favor-
fte garden no*, A ;handsome bride,
forsooth, as jecqtellee had suggested.
All in white' Was She now, a glittering
White, with silver ado.rilinent, raViab-
lately hymeneal. A bride for a &the
• or a king, Mom stately than the queen,
lutruleohier than tile favorite of Oyer!
Rea Wh° ruled•the king and Praneo.
"Ittegtelhie," oho ettid,,eVincIng nol,
the ourprise nor: any other emotion 111'
•She aPprottehed, "go and fetch my fan,
1- believe 'tis Id the king's anteeliam..
bet."
"Madain carried no tett When"-, be;
gen the girl,
• (T(t ONTINUFIL)
a • a.... • . a
Nt'svs-Iteeurd gives * the leCat
tteWei
6eto.r, L, . • •
L.