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"Oh, I Inquired after him for the pur
pose of banging him likewise, but ha
was beforehand with me. Be had
quitted tbe curacy Instantly. Ha waa
doubtless the $t fcver X had p£
could no longer endure
"Tbeae young fellows can none of
tbem drink." said Atboa. looking at
him with pit v. -and yet thla la one of
the best of tbem too."
CHArreicwni.
Tha Return.
WV'AKTAGKAN was by
■ (he terrible conOdenco at Athos,
U and yet many things appeared
very obscure to Ha In Ala
RC.A-CII.
drunk to OM who wa» haff irunk
ties of Burgundy carries with It to (he
brain, D'Artagnan, when on
the foffowlng morulnir, bail ertfy word
of Atl&s' as present to Ma memory ss
If they fell from bis month; tbey had
been Impressed upon his mind. . He
found,Atboa' quite himself again—that
Is to say, the most shrewd and Impen
etrable of men.
"1 was pretty drunk yesterday, D'Ar
tagnan." said be. "1 would lay, a wager
I uttered a thousand absurdities."
"No," replied D'Ariaguan. 1
lect what you said It wai nothing out
ot the common way."
"Indeed, you surprise ma. J thought
I had related a most lamentable his
tory to you?" And be looked at the
young man as if he would read to the
very depths of Ms heart ......
"Oh," said D'Artagnan,, would ap
pear that 1 was more drunk thajiyeu,
since 1 fcmepiber nothing of the kind."
But,.this did not deceive Atboa, and
he resumed:
"I certainly never will get drunk
again, D'Artagnan—it la too baa £
habit"
IVArtagiian ren^' ailent, u
Then Athos, changing the conversa
tion all at once: >
"By the bye, I thank yon for the
hone you have' brought me." said h*
"I have parted with him."
"Bow?" 4 ...
"Why, here Is the «lmple fqft; Thla
morning I awoke at, 6 o'clock You
were still fast And J., did not
know what to $o with myself. I was
still stupid frotp our yesterday's de
bauch. As I came Into the.ptat)lle rpom
I s*w one of our
ing with a dealer for a borse, his ovyn
having died yesterday from bleeding.
I drew near and found he was bidding
100 pistoles for a fine chestnut nag.
'My good gentleman, I have a horse to
sell, too.' said I.
"'Ay, and a very fine one! I saw
him yesterday—your friend's lackey
was leading him.'
" 'Do you think he is worth 100 pls
tolesf*
"'Yes; will you sell him to me for
that sum?*
"'No; but I will play at dice foe
him.'
"No soonsr sett thin iflrt 1 lost
the horse. Ah, ahl bnt please to ob
serve 1 won back the caparison," cried
A S£u«nan M £3? d££
certed.
"That boras was to bars assisted ta
making ns known la the day of battta.
It was a pledge—a Ath
os, yon have donjTvery wrong,"..
,7,
portance to these animals, for I am
not yet at the end of my.storjr."
"What else have yon doner
"After havln# lost ny own hoese,
nine agtflnJt ten—see IKni MsrF-I
RTOSS^3S3M."I
hoper
si*' >1 ■■■' . *1
"No; for I put it in execution that
very minute." ,
"And tbe conesqneacer said D'Ar
tagnan in great anxiety.
"I threw, and 1 loot"
"What, my horse r
"Yonr horse. ,
"Athos. this is frightful!"
"Stop a minute; yon don't kN« all
yet I should make an excellent (mfa
bler If I were Dot too bot beaded; but
I became so. Juat aa If I ,w«ra drink
ing. Wan, I was bot beaded then"- ,
"Wall, but what alaa could you play
for— yon bad nothing left?"
"Ob! yea, yea. my friend; thai* waa
still that diamond left which sparkle*
on your Oncer, and which I obeerred
yesterday."
Thia diamond!" Mid IVArtagnan,
placing bis hand eagerly on bis ting.
"And aa I am a rrmnnlaaanr la anch
•»^SS£figgS
with Mgbt. "yon ihadeao mention of
my diamond 1"*
"On the contrary, my dear Mend,
tbli diamond hytTM our onlv r#>
aonrca. With It i mg* regain enr
bonaa and their fan#**
further, money to pay onr txpwaa en
the road."
"Athoa. yon maka aoe tremble," cried
IXAftagnan. . .»t,n *«»t. -■
"We divided, than, thia diamond Into
lan parts of 100 pfctotta aack Tan
ssstz:rrsasfate
"Patlracefpntlancar* eaidAtfcoe. "I
ted a plan The Engltahman wan an
orlglnaL | had aeen him conversing
that ntornlog with Qrlmand, and Oft
.ESSSSSm
-*kmss}PSSs&_
laughing in aplte of hlmaelt
"Qrlmand blmeeif, understand, and
with the tan pnita of Orimand, which
«n not wartt a doca toon. I won back
Ks£3i§lsfe3&ic~ i.
FEY ALEXANDRE DUMAS
you Oon't mink peraisumce ts u vir-i
tun?'
"This la a droll story," cried D'Arta
gpan, a little consoled and holding his
sides with laughter,
, "You may easily guess that, Onding
the lock turned. I again staked tba din
ted. I won back your furniture,
yoor horse, then my furniture,
then my horse, and then 1 lost again.
*» make short, I regained yoor furnl
piiure and than mine. That's wbere we
Ist off. That waa a superb throw, so
'I left off there."
D'Artagnan breathed as If tbe
hMeiry bad been removed from off
"Then I understand," aald he timidly.
"the diamond ,1s aafe. But what Is
Se use of borse furniture without
boraesr
"I have an Idea concerning them.
You have not played for a long time,
D'Artagnan. You ought, then, to have
a good band."
"Well, what then?"
1- "Well, tbe Englishman and his com-
Bt&JoP are atlll here. 1 remarked that
be regretted tbe borse furniture very
.'much. Yon appear to think much of
four borse. Ia your place, now, I
would a take the furniture against the
"But,he will not be satisfied with
one equipment"
"Stake both. I am not selfish. If you
are."
"You would do so?" aald D'Artagnan,
undecided, so strongly did tbe confi
dence of Athoe begin to prevail, un
known to himself.
"In one single throw."
"But having lost the horses, I am
jiartkulariy anxloua to preserve the
furniture," ,
"Stake your diamond, then."
t "Thla No, thank you; that's quite
another thing. Never, neverl"
"Well," said Athos, "i would propose
to yon to stake Plancbet, but as that
has already been done, the English
man would not perhaps, be willing.
Try one throw."
"And If I loser
„ "Well, you will surrender the furni
ture."
, "I will try one throw," said D'Arta
gnan.
Athoe went In search of the English
man, whom be found in tbe atable ex
amining the furniture wltb a greedy
The opportunity waa good. He
proposed th* conditions—the two furni
tures against one borse or 100 pistoles,
to chooee. The Englishman consented.
D'Artagnan threw tbe dice with a
trembling hand and turned up tbe num
ber three. His paleness terrified Athos,
ifap. however, contented himself with
saying:
"That's a aad throw, comrade. Too
*1)1 have tbe horses fully equipped,
monsieur."
Tbe Englishman, quite triumphant,
did not even give hlmaelf tbe trouble
to shake the dice; he threw tbem on
tbe table without looking at tbem, so
sure wss he of victory; D'Artagnan
hlmaelf bad turned on one aide to con
ceal his 111 humor.
"There, there, there!" said Athoe.
with hie quiet tone; "that throw of the
dice Is extraordinary. I have only
witnessed snch a one four tlmea in my
life. Two acee, gentlemen!",
Tbe Englishman looked, and was
seised with astonishment; D'Artagnan
looked and was seised with pleaaure.
"Then monsieur takes bis horse back
again," said tbe Englishman.
"Certainly," said D'Artagnan.
•"Ifcen there Is ae revenger
"Our conditions said no revenge, yon
will please to recollect"
"That Is true; the horse shall be
restored to your lackey, monaleur."
moment!" aald Athoe; "with yonr
permission, monsieur. I wish to speak
a word with my friend."
"ft/on pleaae."
' Athoe drew D'Artagnan on one side.
"I would tsks the 100 pistolee. You
Imow yon have staked tbe furniture
4|slnst the horse or 100 pistoles, st
your choice."
"1 will take the bore*"
Tin which, I repeat, yon are wrong.
What ia tbe nee of one borse for ns
two? I could not gst up behind. You
cannot think of humiliating me by rid
ing by mj aide, prancing along npon
that magnificent charger. We want
money to carry ns back to Paris."
"1 am much attached to that horse,
athoe."
"And there agaid you are wrong; a
horse s''* and injnree a Joint There
h * horse, or rather 100 pistolee, lost;
e ataster must feed hie bone, while, on
the .soatmry, 100 pistolee feed their
"But bow shall we gst back to Psr
W
"Upon ear lackey* harass."
"lour advice, then, W-*
To take the 100 ptetolea, D'Arta
gnan. With tbe 100 ptetolea we can live
well to the end of the month. We
hare undergone a great deal of fatigue,
ram am ber. aad a little rset will do as
no harm."
r "1 restl Oh. no. Athos. Themomeat
Ipm in f aris .I shall proescate my re
sasKbee after that unfortunate wo
"Well, yen may be aesured that yonr
hsrsa will not bs half so services bis
to yen for thsf purpose aa rbe money."
P*Artagnnu ocqniexced. then, aad
ekeae the lew pistol**, which the Bag
lisbmeu paid down Immediately.
Tbey then determined le depart
Peace with the landlord in addition to
Athos* old boras, cost 6 pistolee. D'Ar
tagnan nnd Athos took the nags of
Plapchet and Orlnmnd. and the two
lackers started on foot, carrying the
seddleeoe their heads.
However 111 our two ftisnde were
mounted, they eosa est for ia ndvsncs
of their servants aad arrived at Crere
eoeur. From a distance they perceived
Aramls seats* la a aaetaacboly manner
at his window.
> ■ "Hola! Ha. Are mis! What are you
' doing tberer cried they.
"Ah! Is tbst you, D'Artagnan, aad
yon, Athos r Shid tbe young man. "I
was reflecting upon the rapidity with
which tbs blssslngs of this world leave
as, and my English bona which has
Just dlsappsarsd amid a Cloud of dust,
has furnished me with a nttac 1-
.- • - r
GBAFLAM, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1912.
of the fragility of tmngs or tbe earth.
1 have Just been duped. Sixty louts
for a borse which by,tbe manner In
which he goes can do at least flva
leagues an hour."
D'Artagnan and Atboa burat Into a
load laugh.
"My dCar D'Artagnan," aald Aramia,
"dou't be too angry with me, I beg of
you. Necessity has no law. Bealdes, I
am the person punished, as tbst ras
cally borse dealer bus robbed me of CO
pistoles st least Ah. you fellows are
good managers. You ride on your
lackeys' horses and have your own gal
lant steeds led along carefully by band
at ahort stages."
At tbe same Instant a market cart
which had for some minutes appeared
upon the Amiens road, pulled up at the
Inn, and Plancbet and Grimaud got
oat of it with the saddles on their
beads. Tbe carter was going to Paris
and bad agreed, on cdndltlou of being
prevented from feeling thirst upon tbe
road, to convey the lackeys and their
burdens tblther.
"How is all this?" said Aramls, on
seeing tbem arrive. "Nothing but sad
dles?"
"Now do you understand?" said
Atboa.
"Oh. yes, all alike. I retained* my
furniture by Instinct. Hola. Bazln!
Bring my new saddle and carry it wltb
(hose of these gentlemen."
They made a halt for an hour to re
fresh their horses. Aramls discharged
his bill, placed Itacln In tbe cart with
bis comrades, and they set forward to
Join Porthos.
They fgund blm up, less pale than
when D'Artagnan left him and seated
at a table on wblcb, though he was
alone, was spread enough for four per
sons. This dinner consisted of viands
nicely dressed, choice wines aod su
perb fruit.
"Ab," said he, rising, "you come la
the nick of time. Gentlemen. I was
Just beginning tbe potnge, and yon will
dine wltb me."
"Do yon know what we are eating
here?" said Athos. at the expiration of
about ten minutes. "We are all eating
horseflesh."
"Eating what?" said D'Artagnan.
"Horseflesh!" said Aramls, with a
look of disgust
Porthos alone made no reply. , v
"Yea. reel horse. Are we not Por
thos, eating a horse—and perhape bis
saddle?"
"No. no, gentlemen; I have kept the
furniture," said Porthos.
"Well," said Aramls, "we are all bad
alike. One would think we acted upon
agreement."
"Then your duchess is still taking
tbe watersT' asked D'Artagnan of
Porthos.
"Yee, still." replied Porthos. "And
the governor of tbe province, one of
tbe gentlemen 1 expected today, seem
ed to have such a wish for him that I
gave blm to blm."
"Gave him?" cried D'Artagnan.
"Lord! Yee. gave It to him; yon can't
call it anything but a gift," said Por
thos, "for the animal was worth at
least 150 louls, and (be stingy fellow
would only give roe 80!"
"Without tbe saddle?" eald Aramls.
"Yes, without tbe saddle."
"You will please observe, gentle
men," said Athos. "that Porthos has
made the best bargain of any of us."
And then commenced a roar of laugh
ter la which Ibey all joined, to tbe
estonlshment of poor Portboe; but
when be was Informed of tbe cause of
their bllarlty. bis laughter, according
to custom, was more vociferous than
anybody's.
On arrivlug In Paris, D'Artagnan
found a letter from H. de Trevllle,
wblcb Informed blm that, at bis re
quest tbe king had promised that be
should be admitted to tbe company of
the musketeers.
As this wss the height of D'Arta
gnan's worldly ambition, apart be It
woll understood, from bis desire of
finding Mme. Bonsdeux, be rsn. full
of Joy, to seek bis comrsdee, whom be
had left only half an boor before, bnt
whom be found very ead and deeply
preoccupied. Tbey were assembling
In council at tbe residence of Atboe,
which slwaya Indicated an event of
some seriousness M. de Trevllle bad
lntimated to tbem that, it being bis
msjeety's fixed Intention to open tbe
campaign on tbe Ist of Msy, tbey must
lmmedistely get reedy all their ap
pointments.
"And what do yon reckon yonr ap
pointments will cost?" seld D'Arta
gnan.
"Ob, we can sesreely venture to sey.
We have made oar calculations with
Spartan economy, and we each require
1,600 llvres."
"Four times fifteen make sixty—ab!
ftOOO llvres," ssid AAOS.
"Kor my part I think." ssid D'As
tagnsn, "with 1/100 llvres sach"— •
"Stop!" said Portboe. "I bare aa
Idea."
"Well, that's something; for my part,
I bars not tbe sbsdow of one," ssid
HAthoe coolly. "Bnt ss to D'Artagnan.
the Idea of belonging to us, gentleman,
has driven blm out of bis ssnsss. A
thousand llvres! For my part 1 de
clare 1 waat MOO."
"Four times two mske eight then,"
aald Aramls. "It Is AjOOO that we waat
te complete our appointments, of which
appoint met ts. It is true, we hare al
ready handsome snddlee."
"Bsetdee." »sid Athoe, waiting tin
D'Artsgnsn. who went to thank M. de
Trevllle. bad shut tbs door, "bsstdss,
thorn Is that bsnutiful ring which
bsnms from the finger of our friend.
D'Artagna- le too good a comrade te
leave bis brothers ia embarrassment
while he wenrs the rensom of a king
on hie finger."
CHAPTER XXIII.
Hviltifif F#r tht Eqnlpnnwtij
TUB moot preoccupied of tha four
frienda waa certainly D'Artft
gnan. Notwithstanding at) his
lnqulrit-s respecting Mine. Bo
nacletrx. be could obtain bo intelli
gence of bar. M. da Treriila bad
apoken of ber to tbo queen; the quean
waa ignorant where tbo mercer'a young
wife waa, bat bad promiaed to bare
bar aotagbt Car. ,
Atboa Uiu nol lenre bis cnamoer. .He
mode np his mind not to tnke a. single
step to provide for Ills equipment
."We have still n fortnight before us,"
said he to bin friends. "Well. If at tbe
end of a fortnight I have found noth
ing, or, rather. If nothing has come to
find me. as l am too good a Catbollc to
kill myself with a pistol bullet, 1 will
seek a good cause of quarrel with foul
of hla eminence's guards or with eight
Englishmen. I will flgbt until one of
tbem has kilted ma. which, considering
the number, cannot fall to happen. It
will then be aald of me that I died for
the king, so tbst I shall have per
formed my dnty without the expense
of equipment"
Porthos continued to walk about with
his banda behind him. toaalng hla bead
and repeating:
"1 shall follow np my Idee."
Aramls. anxloua and negligently
dressed, said nothing.
As Porthos bsd first found an idea
and bad thought of it earnestly after
ward, he was tbe first to act D'Arta
gnan perceived blm one dny walking
Into the church of'St Leu and follow
ed him Instinctively. As D'Artagnan
took some precautions to conceal him
self. Porthos believed be bad not been
seen. D'Artagnan entered behind blm.
Porthos wsift and leaned against tbe
side of a pillar; D'Artagnan, still un
percetved. supported himself against
tbe other side of It
There happened to be a sermon,
which mads the church very fall. Por
thos took advantage of thla circum
stance to ogle tbe women. Thanks
to tbe care of Mousqueton, the ex
terior was far from announcing the
distress of the interior, and Porthoe
was still the handfcome Porthoe.
D'Artagnan observed, on tbe bench
nearest to tbe pillar against wblcb
Porthos leaned, a sort of ripe beauty,
rather yellow and rather dry. bnt erect
and haughty, under ber black bood.
The eyes of Porthos were furtively
cast upon this lady and then roved
about at large over the nave.
On her side, the lady, who from time
to time blushed, darted with tbe rapia
Itj of lightning a fiance toward the
tnconstact Porthos. He, seeing this,
began to make signals to a beauUful
lady who was near tbe cbotr and who
not only was a beautiful lady, but, still
further no doubt, a great lady, for abe
bad behind her a negro boy, who had
brought tbe cuahlon on which ahe
knelt, and a female servant
Tbe lady with the red euablon pro
duced a great effect—for she was very
handsome—npon the lady With the
black bood, who saw in her a rival
really to be dreaded; a great effect
upon Porthoe, wbo thought her much
tpore pretty than tbe lady with tbe
black hood; a great effect npon D'Ar
tagnan, wbo recognised In her tbe
lady of Meung, of Calais and Dover,
.whom his persecutor, the man with
tbe scar, had saluted by tbe name of
milady. >
D'Artagnan, without losing sight of
the lady ot tbe red cushion, continued
to watch tbe proceedings of Porthoe,
which amused blm greatly. He direct
ly guessed that tbe lady of tbe black
hood was tbe lawyer's wife mentioned
by the Innkeeper of Cbantllly as Por.
tbos' "duchess."
He guessed, likewise, that Portboe
waa taking hla revenge for tbe defeat
Ot Cbantllly, when the woman bad
proved so refractory with reepect to
ber purse.
Tbe sermon ever, the lawyer's wife
advanced toward the basin of holy
water. Portboe went before ber and.
Instead of a finger, dipped hla whole
band In. The piocurenee smiled, think
ing that It waa for ber that Portboe
put himself to thle expense, bnt she
was eruelly and promptly undeceived.
When she was only sbont three steps
from him be tamed his head round,
fixing his eyee Invariably upon the lady
of tbe red cushion, wbo bad risen and
was spproschlng, followed by her black
boy and ber maid.
When the lady of (he red cushion
came close to Portboe, Portboe drew
his dripping band from tbe basin. Tbe
felr devotee touched tbe great hand of
Portboe with her delicate fingers, smil
ed, made tbe sign of tbe eroes and left
the cbnrcb.
This wss too much for tbe other wo
man. She entertained no doubt that
there was an affair of gallantry be
tween this lady and Portboe. Bbe con
tented herself wltb saying to tbe mus
keteer with concentrated fury:
"Eh, M. Porthoe, you don't offer me
any holy water?"
Portboe at tbe sound of that voice
started like a man awakened from a
sleep of s hundred years.
"Ma-madame," cried be, "la that you?
How is yonr husband, our dear' M. Co
quenard? Is be still ss stingy as ever?
Wbere csn my eyee hsve been not to
have even perceived yon daring tbe
two hours tbe sermon bis lastedr
"X wss within two paces of yon, mon
sieur," replied she, "but yon did not per
ceive me because yon bad no eyee bnt
for the pretty lady to whom you Just
now gave tbe holy water."
Portbos pretended to be confused.
"Yes," ssid be; "tbst is s duchess of
my acqnslntance wltb wbom 1 have
greet trouble to meet on account of tbe
jealousy of her bus bend snd wbo sent
me word tbst she should come today."
"M. Porthoe," aald the proenrense,
"will yon have tbe kindness to offer
me yonr arm f St five mlnutee? I have
something to esy to you."
"Certainly, madame." aald Portboe,
winking to bltneelf. At that Moment
D'Artagnan paeeed la pursuit of ml
lady. He cest a paaalng glance at Por
thos and beheld thla triumphant look.
"Ah. M. Portboe." cried sb*-"ah, M.
Porthoe. you are a great conqueror, It
appeera. That must be s prtacees st
lesst, tbst Isdy wltb ber negro boy snd
bsr maid."
I "Madam*, you ara deceived; aba ia
almply a docltaaa."
"Ah, yen ara quite the pat af the
ladlaa, U. Port boa! How quickly nan
toWtr.,
"Will laaa quickly than tha woman.
In my opinion," replied Port boa; "»» a
proof, madama, l may say I Wa» your
victim; wben woanded, dyinr. I «aa
abandanad by tha aurgeooa; I, the off
aprlng ol a noble family, who placed
reliance upon your frlendablp, I waa
Mar dying of my wounda at Brat and
of hunger afterward, In a beggarly inn
•t Cbantllly, without your over deign
ing one* to reply to tbe burning iet
♦or» I aMtKw4 to «MI."
"Cub M. iv,:;Uos." luurmurnd the
woman, Who he?an to feel that, to
judge by the conduct of the great
ladlea of the time, abe was wrong, "it
was my hUHliiind that would not hear
of lending."
"Mine. Coquenard," said Porthos,
"remember the flint letter you wrote
me, and which I preserve eugravcp In
my memory."
Tho woman uttered a groan.
"Bealdes." said she, "the sum yon
required me to borrow was rather
large; yon said you wanted 1,000
llvres I"
"Pie, madame, Be!" gold Porthos, aa
If dlagusted; "let as not talk about mon
ey, If yon please; It Is humiliating."
"Then you no longer love mei" said
his companion slowly and sadly.
"Think of tbe offense you have com
mitted toward me, madame! It re
mains here!" said Porthos, placing hla
hand on hla heart and preeslng It
strongly.
"""I will repair It; Indeed I will, my
deer rorthos."
"Besides, what did I ask of you? A
loan, nothing more. After alt. I am not
in unreasonable man. I know yon nre
not rich. Mme. Coquenard. and that
yonr husband Is obliged to bleed his
poor client! to squeeze a few paltry
crowns from them." -
Rbe was piqued.
"Pleese to know. M. Porthos. that
my strong box, strong box of a law
yer's wife as It may be. is better filled
than those of yonr ruined minxes."
"That. then, doubles tbe offence,"
said Porthos. disengaging his arm, "for
tt you are rich, Mme. Coquenard,
then there Is no excuso for your re
fusal. )u>t us say no more upon tho
subject f begjjof you. You don't know
me—all sympathy ia extlqct between
us."
"Begone, then, to your beautiful
ducheaa. I will detain you no loager."
"And she is not to be despised, in my
opinion."
"Now, M. Porthos, once more, and
this Is the last! Do you love me stillV
"Alaa, madame," said Porthos, In the
most melancholy tone be could assume,
"when we sre about to enter upon a
campaign, a campaign In which my
presentiments tell me I shall be killed—
in a fortnight's time thla fatal cam
paign Is to open. I Hball be fearfully
engaged lu providing for my equlp
INWH,' IIM ih»r "th« sum you PC'
quired mo to borrow was rsthsr
Isrgs." »
roent. Then 1 - iim obliged to make a
tourney to my family In the lower port
of Brittany to obtain the 10m necca
nry (or my departure."
rortbo* observed a lait struggle be
tween love and avarice.
"And a*," continued lie, "the duchess
yon aaw at tho church hits estates near
to those of toy family, we mean to
make tbe journey together. Journey*,
you know, sppear much aborter when
We travel two In comiwiiiy."
"Come to our house tomorrow," oald
the woman. "You are tbe aon of my
JIQOt, consequently my coaaln; you
'come from Koyon, In Plcardy; you
haVe aeveral lawaulla and ot> lawyer.
CM you collect all that?
"And be upon your guard before my
b a abend, who la rather abrewd not
withstanding bis seventy-six yearn.
Tbe poor man may be expected to leave
me a widow every hour," continued
abe, throwing a significant glance at
Fortboe. "fortunately by our marriage
coatract tbeeurvlvor takea everything."
"You are a woman of precaution, I
aee, my dear MOM. Coquenard," aald
Portbos, squeezing tbe band of tbe
proenreuse tenderly.
"We are, then, reconciled, dear M.
Portboa?" aald abe, simpering.
"For life," aald Portboa In tbe aamo
Manner.
CHAPTER XXIV.
D'Artsgnan and the Englishman. ,
D'ARTAONAK followed milady
without being perceived by
ber. fie saw her get Into her
carriage and beard ber order
tbe coachman to drive to Ht. Germain.
U was useless to endeavor to keep
pace on foot with a carriage drawn by
two powerful borace. 1/Artsgnaii re
turned to tbe Hoe Kerou. In tbe Hue
de Seine be met with Plancbet and or
dered him to go and aaddle two borsea
In U. de Trevtlle'a stables, one for blm
self (LTArtagnan) and one for Plan
cbet. M. de Trevllle on all common
occasions bad allowed blm tbe liberty
to do so.
DVArtagnan and Plancbet got Into
the saddle and took tbe road to BC
Oenrahi. y
As be rode along Ume Bonacieux
recurred constantly to tbe mind of tbe
young man. lie was ready to go to tbe
end of rbe world to *eek ber; but, the
world belug round. It baa many ends,
so that be did not know wblcb way to
tarn. In tbe meantime, be was going
to try to And out who milady wan.
Milady bad spoken to tbe man In the
black cloak, therefore abe "knew blm.
Vow, In tbe opinion of D'Artagnan, it
was certainty tne uiiin in tne black
cloak ivho hml carried off Mine. Bo
nscleux tin* mivimil time. u« lie had car
ried her off the first.
At St. Germain he rode up a very
quiet street. looking to the right' and
the left to sec if lie could catsb any
vestige of bis liitiiitiful Kngllsh mo
niv*vhen from the tetTare In front of •
pretty house which had no window
toward the street he saw a face peep
nut with which he thought be waa ac
quainted.
"Kh, mnnslenr." onld Plancbet. ad
irewlnir D'Artagnan. "don't you re
meralier that fare which in gaping
about yonder? It l« |K>or I.tibin. the
lackey of (lie Count de Wurdea. he
whom you no well accommodated a
t"«nth npo at Cnlnl*. on the road to
the governor"* cimnlry house."
"Ho yov. think lie would recollect
you ?"
"I dop't think he ran hare retained
a rery deir re"o'l«*!IOn nf roe."
"Welt„flud wtt. If rnu cnn. whether
bis mn«l" l« dead or not,"
rinnrhet dismounted and went
Straight up to I.uhln. wbo did not at ail
remember blm, and the two lackeya
1-egan to cbnt with the beat under
standing possible, while D'Artagnan
turue.l th? two liursgs/lnto a lane and
want rnuiid the house. romlug back
to Watch the conference from behind
a hedge of nut tree*.
• Boou be heard the noise of a carriage
and speedily saw that of milady atop
.opposite to him. Blie put her charm
ing fair bend out of tbe window and
gave her order* to her female attend
abt. The Jatter. a pretty girl of about
twenty years of age. made her way to
ward tbe terrace upon which D'Arta
gnan bad perceived I.ubln.
D'Artagnnn followed tbe girt with
hla eyes and now her go toward tbe
terrace. 'Jut It. happened that some
one lu the lion**galled I.ubln, so that
Plaucbet remained alone, looking in
all direction* for bis master.
Tbe maid approached Plancbet,
whom she took for I.ubln, and holding
out a little billet to him—
"F/ir your master." said she. "It Is
of consequence—take It quickly."
Thereupon she ran toward the car
riage. which had turned round toward
tbe way It came, jumped upon the
step, snd the carriage drove off.
riancbet took tbe billet to D'Arta
gnan. He oiicned the letter and read
these words:
A porn on who takes more Interest la
you than aha la witling to confess wtshee
to know on what day It will suit you to
walk In the forest. Tomorrow, at the
Motel of the field of the Cloth of Oold,
a lackey In black aud red wilt watt for
your reply.
"Ob, oh!" said D'Artagnan. "It ap
pears that mlludy and I are anxious
about the health of the same person.
Well, Plftnehot, how is the good M. ds
Wsrdes; be is not dead, then?"
"Oh, no, monsieur, be is as well as
a man can be with four sword wounds
In bis body."
"Now, Plancbet, Jump upon your
horso and let us overtake tbe carriage."
They aoon effected this. At the end
of five minutes they perceived the car
riage drawn up by tbe roadside. A
cavalier, richly dresaed, was close to
tbe coscb door.
The conversation between milady
and tbe cavalier waa ao animated that
I/Artagnan stopped on the other aide
of the carriage without any one but
tbe pretty muid being aware of bis
presence.
The conversation took place in Eng
lish, a language which D'Artagnan
could not understand, but by tbe ac
cent the young man plainly aaw that
the beautiful Engllabwoman was in
a great rage. Tbe cavalier broke Into
a loud laugb, wblcb appeared to exas
perate milady atlll more.
D'Artagnan thought, this was the
moment to interfere.
"Madame," ssld bs, "will you permit
me to offer you my services?"
At tbe first word milady tnrned
round, looking st the young msn with
sstonlsbment, snd when be bsd fin
ished:
"Monsieur." said she in very good
French, "I should with great confi
dence place myself under your protec
tion if tbe person with whom-1 qusr
rel were not my brother."
"Ab, excuse me. then I" said D'Arta
gnan. "You must be aware that 1
was Ignorant of that, madarne!"
"What la fellow troubling
himself about J" cried the cavalier.
"Stupid fellow yourself!" said D'Ar
tagnan. , A
Tbe carriage went on. The cavalier
made a movement as If to follow, but
D'Artagnan, whose anger, already ex
cited, was much Increased by recog
nizing lu blm the Kngllshman of
Amiens who bad won bis horse and
wss very near wlnhlng bis diamond
of A.thos, caught at his bridle snd
stopped blm.
"Well, monsieur," said ho, "we will
see If you can hnndle a aword as
Skillfully aa you can a dice box,"
"Where t".
"lleblnd the Luxembourg at 6
o'clock."
"That will do. 1 will be there."
"Apropos you have probably on* or
two friends T"
"Humph! I have three who would
be tailored by Joining in the sport
with me."
"Three! That'a fortunate. That
fglla out oddly. Three Is Just my
number."
"Mow, then, wbo are your* asked
tbe Englishman.
"I am M. d'Artagnan, a Oaacon gen
tleman serving In tbe gusrds In tbe
company of M. Deswewirt. And vooT"
(TO as OOSTIKDSD.J
Sea Water For Street Cleaning.
In Blackpool, a city of Lancashire,
tbe auttporftlea have given a great deal
of attention to tbe prevention of street
dust Tbe princlpsl streets are paved
either wltb wood or ssphslt and are
swept from twelve to twenty times a
dsy. The watering Is done rery thor
oughly. snd for this purpose sea wa
ter is used almost exclusively, since
It baa beon found by actngl test that
ses wster prevents duet about three
times as effectively as fresh wster
snd tbst It has no Injurious effect
upon the road surface when properly
applied. The streets are MM merely,
sprinkled. but are thoroughly scrub
bed. brushes being used on all the
pared streets.—London Mall. *
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