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The Three
Guardsmen
By Alexandre Daman
These two women neia each other
for an Instant In a close embrace.
Certes, if milady's strength had been
equal to her hatred, Hme. Bonacleux
would have never escaped alive front
that embrace. Bat not be(ng able ti
stifle her, she smiled upon her.
"Tomorrojv, this evening perhaps, I
ahall see htm again, and then the past
will no longer exist," aald lime. Bona
*'Thls evening?" asked milady.
do you mean? Do yon expect
any news from him?" . •
"I expect htm himself."
"But that's Impossible! He la at the
siege of I.a Bochelle."
"Head!" said the unhappy young wo
man in the excess of her pride and
Jby, presenting a letter to milady.
"Humgh! The writing of lime, de
Cherreune!" snid milady to hsrself.
And Bhe gieedlly read:
My Dear Child-Hold yourself In readi
ness. our friend will see you soon, sad
ha will Only nee you to relsase you from
that imprisonment in which your safety
required you should be concealed. Prepare,
then, for "your departure and never de
spair of us. Tell him that certain parties
are grateful to him for the warning he
has given.
At that moment the galloping of a
horse was heard.
"Oh," cried Mme. Bonadeux, dart
ing to the window, "can lt .be he?"
Milady remained still In bed, petri
fied by surprise. k
"Alas, no!" said Mme. Bonacleux.
"It is a man I don't know, and yet he
teems to be coming her*. Tea, he has
•becked his horse—be stop* at the
gate—he rings I"
1 Mlludy sprang out of bed and began
to dress herself.
"The man is coming here, do you
say? He mast com* either to yon or
to me."
"Hush!" said Mme. Bonacleux.
''Somebody is coming." In fact, the
door opened, and the superior entered.
"Po you come from Boulogne}" de
manded she of milady.
, "Yes, I do. Who Wants met**'
"A man who will not tell his name,
but who comes from the cardinal."
•Then let him Come in, if you please."
"I will leave you with this stranger,
but as noon as he Is"gone, tf you win
permit met I will return," said Mm*.
Bonacleux.
"Certainly! I beg you will." The
superior and Mme. Bonacleux retired.
The door opened, and ar-lfftu. appeared.
Milady uttered a cry of joy. This man
was the Count de BochefOrt, the agapt
ef the cardinal.
CHAPTER XLIV.
Two Varieties of Demons.
TOU come?"- asked milady.
"From La Rochelle. And
you?"
"From England."
"How Is Buckingham?"
"Dead or desperately wounded. A
fanatic has just assassinated him. t
wrote to the cardinal from Boulogne."
"His eminence was uneasy and sent
me to Inquire after you."
"I only arrived yesterday."
"And what have you been doing
since yesterday?"
■ "I have found hire that young wo
man whom the queen took out of. pris
on."
"The mistress of that fellow IXArta
gnan?" ~
"Yes, Mme. Bonadeux, with whose
retreat the cardinal unacqualnt
"Does she know you?"
"No." ~ .
"Then she looks upon you as a stran
ger." ....
Milady smiled.
"I ant her best friend. She Is about
to be taken away tomorrow or the day
after with an order from tbe queen by
D'Artagnan and his Mow)*."
"These men certainly will go so far
we shall be obliged to put them Into tbe
Bastille at last But the Cardinal has
a weakness with respect to thesO men
which I cannot account for."
"Tell him this, Eo?hefort; tell him
that our conversation at the Bed Dove*,
cote was overheard by these four men;
tell him that after his departure one
of them came up to mo and took from
mo by violence the safe conduct which
he had given mo; tell him they warned
Lord do Winter of my passage to Eng
land; that this tlmo they had nearly
made me fall in my mission as they
did In tbe affair of the studs; tell him
that, among these four men, two only
are to be feared—D'Artagnan and
Atbofl."
"But these four men must bo BOW
at the siege of La Bochelle?"
"I thought so. too, but they are oa
the road hither to take her away.
What did the catdlnaf mj with raped
to meT
"I was to ta*e yoflf dispatches. writ
ten or verbal, to return pott/and when
be shall know what you have done ho
will think of what you havo to do."
"Then I must wait bent?"
•Jou are to let mo k«w where to
flnq joo.
"1 may not be able to remain here.
My enemies may arrive at any min
ute"
"Is this little woman to escape his
eminence?"
"Bah!" said milady, with a smile
that only belonged to herself. "Did
not I tell you 1 was her best friend?"
"Now, then, what had I tatter dor
"Set off tack again directly, it ap
peals to mo thai Die news you bear ii
worth (be trouble of a llttle dlllgsnce."
brok *
"T want your chaise."
"And how Shall t travel then?"
"On horseback. In passing through
til Here you will send me your chaise
with an order to your servant to place
himself at my disposal. You have, no
doubt, about you sotoe order trtifpm
cardinal. Show It to the abbess and
toll ber that some one will come and
fetch me either todir or tomorrow and
that X am to the person who
presents your name."
■aspire confidence m urn poor little
Mme. Bonacleux."
"That's true. Now where shall 1
find you?"
"At Armentlcres, a little town upon
the Lys. I shall only hare to cross the
river and I shall be in a foreign coun
try."
"Write that name on a piece of pa
per, lest I should forget It. There
Is no fear of compromising yourself
in that A name of a town, Is It not?"
"Eh? Who knows? Never mind,"
■aid milady, writing the name upon
half a sheet of paper. "I will commit
myself fot once by writing."
"Thft will do," Mid Rochefort, tak
ing the paper from milady, folding It
and placing it In the lining of his hat.
"Beside*, to make sore I will repeat
the ninte as I go along."
An hour afterward Bochefort set
out at hla horse's best speed. Fire
hours after that he passed through
Arraa
Our readers already know that he
Was recognized by D'Artagnan and
how that recognition, by Inspiring
fear In the four musketeers, had given
fresh activity to their journey.
Rochefort had scarcely departed
when Mme. Bonacleux re-entered. She
found milady with a smiling counte
nance.
TWell." said Mme. Bonacleux, "what
you dreaded has happened. This even
ing or tomorrow the cardinal will send
some one to take you away. I heard
It from the messenger."
"Come and sit down close to me,"
said milady. "Then he has well play
ed his part That man Is my broth
er. Coming Jo my assistance to take
me away, by force tf necessary, he
met with the emissary of the cardinal,
who was coming In search of me. He
required the messenger to deliver up
to him the papers of' Which he was
the bearer. The messenger resisted.
My brother killed him."
"Oh!" said Mma. Bonacleux, with •
shudder.
"My brother took the paper* and
presented himself here as the emi»
sary of the cardinal, and in an hour
or two a carriage will come to take
me away by the orders of his emi
nence."
"I understand. Tour brother sends
this carriage."
"Exactly,so. But that Is not all.
That letter you hare received and
which you believe to be from Mme.
de Chevreuse Is a snare to prevent
your making any resistance when the
persons come to fetch you." .
"But It to D'Artagnan that will
come."
"Do not deceive yourself. D'Arta
gnan and his friends are detained at
the siege of La Bochelle. My brotbet
met some emissaries of the cardinal in
the uniform of musketeers. You would
have been summoned to the gate, yon
would have thought you went to meet
friends, you would have been carried
off and conducted back again to Paris."
"Oh, my senses fall me amid such a
cbaos of Iniquities! Dear lady, what
do you advise me to do? I will listen
to your advice with the greatest grat
itude."
"In the first place," *aid milady, "It
la possible D'Artagnan and bla friend!
may come to your assistance. If youi
friends are tbe more speedy you will Ix
saved. If tbe satellites of tbe cardinal
are so you will be lostl Walt, conceal
"ed In the neighborhood, until you bav«
satisfied yourself who the men were
who came to ask for you."
"But where can I wait?"
"I shall stop and conceal myself at a
few leagues hence -until my brothel
can rejcrin me. Well, I can take you
with me. The carriage la at tbe door;
you bid-me adieu, you get upon the
step to embrace me a-last time, my
brother's servant, who comes to fetch
me, Is told how to proceed; be makes a
sign to tb*. postilion, and we aet off al
• gallop. We will send my brother*!
■errant back to Bethnne In disguise.
If tbe emissaries of the cardinal arrive,
he will take'no notice. If they are M.
D'Artagnan and his friends be will
bring them to us. Tell your good supe
rior that. In order that we may be a«
much together aa possible, you beg hei
to allow yon to take your meals with
me."
And the two women parted, ex
changing affectionate smiles.
What milady thought most pressing
WM to get Mme. Bonacleux away and
convey her to a place of safety and
there, matters so falling out, make her
a hostage.
At the end of an hour she beard a
soft voice calling her. It was Mme.
Bonacleux'*. The good abbess bad
naturally consented to bet request, and
as a commencement they were to sup
together.
On reaching the courtyard they beard
the noise of a carriage, which stopped
at the gate. The bell of tbe convent
gate was rang. Milady was not mis
taken.
"Go up to your chamber," said mi
lady to Mme. BonacieuX. "Ton have
perhaps some Jewels yon would like to
take with you."
"I have his letters," said she.
"Well, go and fetch them and come
to my apartment We will snatch
some supper. We shall perhaps travel
part of the night and must keep our
strength up."
Milady ran up to ber apartment
quickly. She there found Bocbefort's
lackey arid gave him hla Instructions.
He was to watt at the gate. If by
chance the musketeers should appear
the carriage waa to set off as fast aa
possible, pass round the convent and
go and wait for milady at a Utile vil
lags which was situated at the other
aide of the wood. In this caae milady
was to cross the garden and gain tbe
village on foot If the musketeers did
not appear things were to go on as had
boon agreed. Mme. Bonadeuz waa to
■st Into the carriage as if to Md her
Coiso, and ahe was to. take away Mme.
Bonacleux- Mme. Bonadeuz cams in,
and the lackey left
Milady made her a sign to sit down
tsftn her, poured out a small glass of
Spanish wine for ber and helped her
to the wing of a chicken.
Bat at that moment milady heard
something on tbe road which sounded
like the rattling of a distant gallop,
and which drew nearer, and, almost at
tbe same time, she heard tbe nelgblng
of bones. She grew pale and ran to
the window, while Mine. Bonacleux.
ririn* all in a tremble. sooonrMl '—
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7. 1912.
self upon uer chnlr to avoid Tailing.
Nothing was yet to be seen, only
tbey beard the galloping draw nearer.
The horses could not be more than a
hnndred pace* distant. If they were
not yet to be seen It was because the
road made an elbow.
All at once, at the turning of the
road, mllndy saw the glitter of laced
hats and the waving of feathers; she
counted two, then five, then eight
horsemen. One of them preceded the
rest by double the length of bis horse.
Milady uttered a stifled groan. In the
first horseman she recognised D'Ar
tagnan.
"They are the cardinal's guards!"
cried mtlady. endeavoring to drag Con
stance along by the arm. "Thanks to
the garden, we yet can fly. I have
the key. liut mal:e linste! In five min
utes It will be too later
Mme. Bonacleux endeavored to walk,
made two steps and sank upon nor
knees.
At this moment they heard the roll
ing of the carriage, which at the ap
proach of the musketeers, set off at
a gallop. Then three or four shots
were fired.
•'For the last time, will you come?"
rried mllndy.
"I ennuot walk. Fly alone!"
"Fly alone. and leave you here! No.
no, never!" cried milady, ,
All nt once s'le remained,still, a livid
flnsh darted from her dfes: she ran
to tha tablo, poured Into Mme. Bona-
deux's glass the contents of a ring
which she opened with singular quick
ness. it was a grain of a reddish
color, which melted Immediately.
Then, taking the glass with a firm
band:
"Drink," snid she; "this wine will
give you strength, drink!"
And she put the glass to the lips of
the young woman, who drank me
chanically. *
"This Is not the way that 1 wished
to avenge myself," said milady, re
placing the glass upon the table with
an Infernal smile, "but we do what we
can!" And she rushed out of the
room. ,
At leqgtb Mme. Rnnacleux heard the
grating of the of the oponlng
gates, the nolso of boots und spurs ro
aouuded on the there was a
great murmur of voices. All at once
she uttered a loud cry of joy.
"P'Artagnafa, D'Artagnan!" cried ahe.
'la It you? This way! This way!"
"Constance, Constance," replied the
young man, "where are you? Where
are you?" '
Several men ruahed Into the cham
ber. Mme. Bonaeieux had sunk Into a
chair, without the power of moving.
"Oh, D'Artagnan, my beloved D'Ar
tagnan, thou art come, then, at last!
Thou bast not deceived me! It Is In
deed thee! Oh, It was in vain my'com
panion told me you would not comer
"Your companion!" cried D'Artagnan,
becoming more pale than the white veil
of bis mistress, "of what companion
are you speaking dear Constance?"
"Of her whose carriage Was at the
gate, of a woman who calls herself
your friend, of a woman to whom you
have told everything. But my head
swims. I cannot see!"
"Help, help, my frlenda! Her bands
are Icy cold!" cried D'Artagnan. "Bbe
will faint! Great God, she to losing
ber sennes!"
AUiuh, standing before the table, hit
hnlr rising from bis bead, wai looking
at one of the glasses.
"Ob," said he, "oh, no; It la impoeai
ble!"
"Water, water!" cried D'Artagnan.
"Water!"
"Oh, poor woman, poor woman I"
murmured Atbos.
Mme. Bonacleux opened ber eyea wi
der the klssea of D'Artagnan.
"She revives!" cried the young man.
"Madame," said Athoa, "madame, la
the name.of heaven, who poured oat
the wine for yon?"
"Ob, I remember," said Mme. Bona
deux, "the Countess de Winter."
The four frlenda uttered one and tbo
same cry, but that of Atboa dominated
over all tbo rest.
At that moment the countenance of
Mme. Bonadeux became livid, a fear-
"Drink," aald aha, "thla win* will give
you atrangth, drink I"
ful agony pervaded bar frame. and aba
sank panting into tba anna of Porthos
and Aramls.
"D'Artagnan! D'Artagnanl Where
art thou? Da not quit ma. Thou aaaat
that I am dylngr cried aba.'
Collecting all bar strength, aba took
tba bead ot D'Artagnan between bar
banda, looked at blip for an lnatant aa
if bar whole eoul fiaaaad la that look
and, with a Bobbin* cry, praaaad bar
llpe to bis.
"Cone to nee! Constance!" crlad D'Ar
tagnan wildly. But ha bald Dothiag
but a corpse pressed In bia anna.
The young loan attend a cry and
Ml by tba aide of hie mlatreaa aa pal*
and aa seneeleea aa alte waa.
At that moment a nan appeared la
the doorway almoat aa pale aa tboaa
In the chamber, looked round him tad
aaw lime. Bonadeox daad aad D*Ar
"Gentlemgii," be. "TOO an, aa I
I mil, in seartHi oi a owmu whu," auueo
be. with a terrible amile, "must have
passed this way, for I see a corpae.
I am the Lord de Winter, brother-in
law of that woman."
Athos arose and, offering htm hla
hand, aald:
"Ton are welcome, milord," said he;
"you are one of ha."
"I set oat Ilv4 hoars after her from
Portsmouth," said Lord de Winter. "I
arrived three hours after her at Bou
logne. t mlaaed her by twenty minutes
at St. Omer. At last at Lllßers I lost
all trace of her. I was going a boot at
hasard Inquiring of everybody When I
saw you gallop past I recognised M.
d'Artagnan. Are both dead?"
"No," replied Athos. "Fortunately
M. d'Artagnan faaa only fainted."
At that moment D'Artagnan opened
his eyfes. He tors himself 'from the
arms of Porthoe and Arajnis and threw
himself like a madman oaths corpse
of his mistress.
Athos said to him, wtth his noble
and persuailvs voice: '•
"Friend, be a man! Women weep
for the dead; men avenge them!"
Athos took advantage of the mo
ment of strength which the hope of
vengeance restored to his unfortunate
friend to make a sign to Porthoe and
Aramls to go and fetch the superior.
"Madame," said Athos, paaslng his
arm under that of D'Artagnan, "we
abandon to your plons care the body
of that unfortunate woman."
D'Artagnan concealed his fact in
the boeom of Athoa and sobbed alood.
Then all live, followed by their lack
eys, leading their horses, took their
way to the town of Bethune and
stopped before the first Inn they came
to.
"But" said D'Artagnan, "shall we
not pursue that woman?"
"Presently," said Athos. "I have
measures to take."
"She will escape us," replied the
young man. "She will escape us, and
It will be your fault, Athos."
"I will be accountable for her," MM
Athoa. "Now, gentlemen," said he,
"let every one retire to his own apart
ment. I take charge of everything"
"It appear*, however," aald Lord da
Winter, 'that If .there be any meas
ure* to be taken against the counteea
It particularly concerns ma. She la
my elater-lh-law."
"And." aald Athoa, "aha Is my wife!"
D'Artagnan amlled, for be was sat
isfied Athos was aura of his venge
ance when he revealed such a secret
aa that Porthos and Aramls looked
at each other and changed color.
Lord da Winter thought Athoa was
mad.
CHAPTER XLV.
The Men With the Red Cloak.
THE) despair of Athos had given
place to a concentrated grief,
which only rendered mora lu
cid the brilliant mental facul
ties of that extraordinary man. Ha
procured a map of the province, per
ceived that there wore four different
roads from Betbune to Armen tieree
and called Planchet, Grimaud, Basin
and Mouaqueton, who received clear,
positive and serious orders.
They were to set out for Armen
tleres tbe next morning at daybreak
and to go to Armen tleres, each by a
different route.
All four were to meet the next day
at 11 o'clock. It they bad discovered
milady'* retreat three were to remain
on guard; the fourth waa to return to
Bethuno to Inform Athoa and eerre aa
a guide to the four friend*.
Athoa then arose from hla chair,
girded on hi* sword, enveloped bim
aelf In hla cloak and left the hotaL It
waa nearly 10 o'clock. Ho made hla
way to a amall boon, isolated, eoll
tary, dark and dlamal, on the outaklrta
of the town. Three times Athoa knock
ed without receiving any anawar. At
the third knock, bowerar. atop* won
hoard Inalde. The door at length waa
opened and a man of high statu ro, pale
complexion and black hair gad board
appeared.
The man whom Athoa had com* ao
far to aoak Introduced him Into bla
laboratory, where bo waa engaged In
faatenlng together with iron wire the
dry bones of a skeleton. All the frame
waa adjusted, except the boad, which
lay upon the table.
All tbo rest of tbo furniture Indicat
ed that the Inhabitant of this hooae
waa engaged In the study of the nat
ural science*. Bat there waa no fam
ily, no servant Tbo tall man Inhabit
ed till* house alone.
Atboa explained to him tbo cauee of
bla visit and the eervlce be required
of him, bat scarcely bad bo sxprs—sd
bla requeet than the unknown, who re
mained standing before tbo musketeer,
drew back with signs of terror and re
fused. Then Atboe took from hla pock
et a amall paper, upon which wen
written two lines, accompanied by a
signature and a seal, and presented
them to blm who had given too pnofca
turely then eigne of iwpognaaoe. The
tall man bad scarcely read then lines,
aeon tbo signature and recogntsed the
*eel when be bowed to denote that he
bad no longer any objection to ma Ice
and that be waa ready to obey.
Athoa returned to the hotel and want
to bia apartment
At daybreak D'Artagnan came to
him and asked him, "What wa* to he
doaol"
"Wait r" replied Athoa
Shortly afterward Plane bet return
ed. Us bad traced milady to Aram
tteres Bbe bad engaged a chamber la
the inn there, bed eent for the master
of the hotel and told him that aba
waa deairon* to remain far aome time
in that neighborhood- Plane bet did
not want to know any mora. He baa
toned to the readesvow, found the
lackeys at their poet*, placed then aa
eentlnele at all the iaeoa* of tbo hotel
aad came to ted Athoa.
At 8 o'clock la tbe evening Atboa or
dered the boraea to be aaddled and bad
Lord do Winter aad bis Mends In
formed that they must prepare for the
agpodlMoa.
In aa Inetaat all Ire were ready,
■very one examined hie amrasd pal
than la order.
"Patience!" cried Atboa. "One of
onr party la atlll wanting."
Tbe four horsemen looked round
them with astoalsbment At this mo
ment Plane bet brought out Atboa*
horse, and the musketeer leaped light
ly Into the saddle.
"Walt for me." cried bo. "I will
soon be baca.-
In a quarter of an hour he returned,
accompanied by a tall man, maaked
and enveloped In a large red cloak. At
0 o'clock, guided by Planchet the lit
tle cavalcade set out. taking the route
milady's carriage bad taken.
It was a stormy atfd dark night Vast
eloads covered the heLVens, concealing
the stars. The moon would not rise
much before midnight
At every instant Athos waa forced
to restrain D'Artagnsn, who had bnt
MM thought, which waa to go forward.
Several times Lord de Winter, Por
thoe or Arsmls endeavored to enter
Into conversation with the man In the
red cloak, bat to every Interrogation
pot to him he bowed without making
amy reply.
A little before tbey came to Fro
mllles the storm burst In all its fury
upon them, snd they unfolded their
cloaks. They had still three leagues to
travel, and they performed It amid
torrents of rain.
At the moment the little troop had
paased Goskal a man advanced Into
the middle ef the road with his linger
on his lips. Athos recognised Gri
maud.
"What's the matter?" cried Athoa.
'"Has she left Armentleres?"
Grimaud made s sign in the afflrma
tive. D'Artagnan ground hla teeth.
"Where ls-sber asked Atboe.
Grimaud stretched out his hands In
the direction of the Lys.
"Alone?" asked Athos.
Grtmaod made a sign that she waa.
"Gentlemen," ssld Athos, "she la
alone In the direction of the river."
"That's well," said D'Artagnan.
"Lead us on, Grimaud."
Another flash' enHghtened all around
them. GriUaud extended his arm, and
they distinguished a little lsloated
bouse on the banks of the river within
a hundred pace* of a ferry.
"This to the place," aald Athoa.
At this moment a man who bad been
crouching In a ditch Jumped up and
came toward them. It was Moosqoe
toU| Ha pointed with his finger to a
window with a light.
"tills to there," said be.
"And Basin?" asked Athoa.
"While I kept my aye on the win
dow ho guarded the door."
"All to welll" said Athoa.
Athos sprang from his horse, gave
the bridle to Qrlmaud and advanced to
ward the window, after having made
a sign to tbe rest of the troop to go to
ward the door.
By tbe light of a lamp Atfcoe saw a
woman enveloped In a mhntle of a dark
color seated upon a joint stool near
the dying embers of a lira. Her elbows
ware placed upon a mean table, and
aha leaned her bead upon bar two
handa, which were white aa Ivory.
At this moment one of tbe borses
neighed. Milady raised her bead, saw
the pale face of Athoa close to tbe
window and screamed with terror.
Athoa, perceiving that ahe knew him,
poshed the window with his knee and
hand It yielded; the frame and glaas
wars broken to pieces. And Athos,
like the specter of vengeance, sprang
into tbe room.
Milady rushed to the door and open
ed It; but, still mors pale and menac
ing than Athos, D'Artagnan stood on
tbe sill.
Illlady drew back, ntteriog a cry.
D'Artagnan, believing ebe might have
meana of flight and fearing abe should
aacape, drqw a pistol from bla belt, bit
Atboe raised bla band.
"Put back that weapon, D'Artagnan,"
said bo. "This woman must be Judged,
aot asaasalnated. Come In, gentlemen."
• Behind D'Artagnan entered Portboa,
Aramla, Lord do Winter and the man
in tbo red cloak. The four lackeys
guarded the door and the window.
"What do you wantT" screamed
milady.
"Wo want," aild Atboa, "Charlotte
Backson, who flrat waa called Countess
do la Fere and afterward Lady de Win
ter, Baroneaa de (Sheffield."
"That la I, that la 11" murmured mi
lady In oxtreme terror. "What do you
want with mer
"We want to Judge yon according to
your ctlmea," aald Athoa. "Ton shall
bo free to defend yourself. Justify
yourself If you can. M. D'Artagnan, It
is for yon to accuse ber flrat"
"Before God and before men," said
D'Artagnan, "I accuse this woman of
having polaoned Constance Bonadeux."
. "We bear wltaeaa to thla," aald Por
thoe and Aramla
D'Artagnan continued:
"Before God and before men I ac
cuee thla woman of having attempted
to polaon me in wine which abe aent
me from Vlllerol, wltb a forged letter,
•a if that wine came from my frlenda
Ood preserved mo, but a man named
Briaemont died In my place."
"We boar wltneee to thla," aald Por
tboa and Aramla.
"Before Ood and before men 1 ac
cnae thla woman of having urged mo to
murder the Baron do Warden and of
baring employed aasaeetna to shoot me,
from whom 1 waa again preserved by
God's providence; bat. aa none caa
bear wltneee to theeo facta, I attest
them myaelf. I have done.* 1 •'
"It la your ton, milord," aald Atboa
She baron came forward.
• "Before Ood and before men," aald
he, "1 accuse thla woman of havtng
been the meana of the assassination
of the Duke of Buckingham. That la
aot aa My brother, who made you
hie heir, died In three boon of a
etrange dlaorder, which left vivid
tracee behind It all over the body,
iaaassln of Buckingham, a*sa*sln of
Pelton. assassin of my brother, I de
mand Juatloe upon you, and I swear
that If It be aot granted to mo 1 will
execute It myeetfr
Milady let bar bead atnk between
bar two handa and endeavored to re
call bar ideai, which whirled about la
a mortal vertigo.
"It la my turn." aald Atboa. "I
married that woman when abe waa a
young girt. I married ber la oppoel
tioß to tba wlabae of all my family.
I gave bar my wealth, I gave ber my
name, aad one day I discovered that
thtt woman was branded. This wo
man waa marked with a fleur-de-lis on
-Ob," aald milady, *1 defy you'to
lad any tribunal which pronounced
aocb an Infamous eentance against
me! 1 defy you to And him who exe
cuted it!"
"BUencer cried a hollow voice. It
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Is for me to repiy to \natr Ana ae
van In the red cloak came forward.
All eyes were turned toward this
man. for to all except Athoa he was
unknown. And even Atboe looked at
him with aa much stupefaction as the
rest '
"The executioner of Lille! The ex
ecutioner of Lillet" cried milady, a
prey to wild terror. "Oh, pardon,
pardon!" cried the miserable woman,
• falling on her knees.
All eyes were fixed upon the un
known, who said:
"That woman was formerfy a young
maiden as beautiful as she Is now.
Bhe was a nun In the convent of the
Benedictines of Templemar, A young
p rites t, of a simple and trustful heart,
performed the duties of the church of
that convent Bhe undertook his se
duction and succeeded. She prevailed
upon him to leave the country. But
to leave the country money was nec
essary. The priest stole the sacred
vases and sold them. But they were
both arrested.
"Within a week she seduced the
son of the Jailer and got away. The
young priest was condemned to ten
years of Imprisonment and to be brand
ed I was executioner of the city of
Lille, as this woman haa said, and the
guilty man. gentlemen, was my broth
er. I then swore that this woman who
had ruined him should at least share
bis punishment 1 followed her, 1
caught her and 1 Impressed the same
disgraceful mark upon her.
"The day after my return to IJlle
my brother In his turn succeeded In
making bis escape. 1 was accused of
complicity and was condemned to re
main In his.place till he should be
sgsln a prisoner. My poor brother
was Ignorant of this sentence. He re
joined this woman. Tbey fled togeth
er Into Berry, and there he obtained a
little curacy. This woman passed for
his sister.
"The lord of the estate upon which
the chnrcb of the curacy «u situated
nw thla pretended (later and became
enamored of her, so much M that he
offered to marry her. Then ahe left
htm she had mined for him aha wai
destined to rain and became the Coun
tess de la Fere"—
All eyes were turned toward Atbos,
whose real name that waa and who
made a sign with his bead that all was
trne that the executioner bad said.
"Then," resumed be, "mad, desper
ate, my poor brother returned to Lille
and, learning of my sentence, surren
dered himself and hung himself from
the iron bar of tbe loophole of his
prison. 1 was net at liberty. That la
the crime of which I accuae her; that la
the cnuao of her being branded."
"MM. d'Artagnan, l'orthos, Aramla,
Da Winter," sold Atbos, "what la the
penalty yon demand a gal sit this wo
man?"
"The punishment of death," replied
tbe four in stern, hollow voices.
At these words milady raised her
self up to ber full height and endeav
ored to speak, but ber strength failed
her. Bhe felt tbat a powerful and Im
placable band seized ber by tlia hair
and dragged ber away.
Lord do Winter, D'Artagnan, Atbos.
Forthos and Aramls wont out close
behind her and the executioner. Tlio
lackeys followed tbelr masters.
Two of tbe lackeys now led, or, ratb
•r, dragged, nlong milady by ber arms.
The executioner walked behind them,
and Lord do Winter, D'Artagnan, For
.itos and Aramls walked behind tbo
executioner. ,
The two lackeys led milady to tbe
banks of the rlrer. llelng a few paces
in advance, site whispered to the lack
ays;
"A thousand platolea to each of you
If you will aaalat my escape, but If yon
deliver me up to yoor master* I have
Dear at band avenger* wbo will make
you pay for my death very dearly."
Atho*. wbo beard milady's voice,
came abarply op. "Change tbeae lack
ey a," said lie. "She baa spoken to them.
They are no longer safe."
Wben tbey arrived on tbe banks of
the river tbe executioner approached
milady and bound bar bnnda and feet
Tben abo broke silence to cry oot:
"You are baae cowards, miserable aa
sasalna, tin men combined to murder
one woman! .Beware! If I am not
aaved I aba II be avenged r
"Ton are not a woman," aald Atboa
coldly and aternly. "You are a demon
aaoaped from bell, to wblcb place we
are going to aend you back again."
"He wbo aball toncb a hair of my
bead I* himself an aasaaaln."
"The executioner can kill, madame,
without being on tbut account an aa
eaaaln," said the man In the red cloak,
striking upon hi* Immense sword.
"Tills la the last judge."
He took her up In bis arms and waa
carrying her toward tbe boat
"Oh, my God," cried abe, "my God.
are yon going to drown me?"
These cries bad *omething heartrend
ing In them. D'Artagnan was tbe
youngest of all these men. His heart
failed him.
"Ob, I cannot heboid this frightful
spectacle!" Mid b» "I cannot conacnt
Uut thla woman should die tbo»!"
Milady beard theae few word*
"D'Artagnan, D'Artagnan," cried alie.
"NDMDber tbat 1 lored your'
At boa draw bla sword and placed
blmaelf between tbem.
"One atep further. M. d'Artagnan,"
Hid be, "and, dearly aa I lore you, we
(MM awonls." lie made a atep to
ward milady.
*1 pardon yon," aald be, "the 111 you
hare done me. Die In peacer
Lord de Winter adrnneed In bla turn.
"I pardon von." aald be, "(be poison
ing of my brother, the assassination of
(TO as coirrurno.)
"Voong niau, I aaw yon pnt your arm
around my daughter's waist taat erea-
Ing."
"And I suppose yon noticed bow aha
struggled."-Detroit Journal.
He (coming oat of hotel)— What book
la that you're wading through? Ten
nyaoti, eh? She—Did you notice tbe
particular poem I waa reading? He—
No. Why? Bbe-Because lt'a.odd yon
aboiild hare uaed tbe word "wading."
I'd Just got to tbe middle of "Tbe
Brook."—Boston Transcript
Cooing softly to the toeely spring;
Chasing sunbeams on tbe wall.
What can be thla dimpled darling?
Just a baby-thafs aa
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