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done. Remem ber-trom that there Is no
receding. The time is fxel."
"And is all in train?" asked the King.
"Yes."
And so it was.
Half an hour later, and Catharine de
Medicis was with Malgrida, and he, too.
knew lcheR the work was to begin.
1t was night, and in one of the halls of
the Holy InquiSitiOn sat seventeen men.
They were not inquisitors. nor were they
yet officials. They were the Council Of
Jesuits, and Malgrila was at their head.
This was the mystic chamber. and in
this place were concocted schemes that
moved the Kingdom, when the King
knew it not. Those seventeen men held
power that Charles N. coGld never
claim. There they sat, seemingly but as
other men, and yet in their hands they
held the cords that could, at a single
touch. be made to vibrate over the whole
Kingdom. In every town and hamlet
they had their secret brethren and ennis
saries, and while their work was being
done, their hands were never seen.
1t is not our province to draw a pie
| ture at the present time, of JeSuitiSm, but
we would only say that the earth never
saw, and never can see, another such con-
summate piece of condensed, compact,
operative villainy as Jesuitism presents to
the understanding of him who can look
behind the mystic veil of secrecy that Is
drawn over it. 1t was founded only
thirty eight years before the time at which
our story opens. and yet, while Malgrida
and his companions held their meetings
there in Paris, the order had spread over
nearly the whole of Europe, and. accord
ing to the most reliable historians of the
time. Catholic as we'll as Protestant, "the
Jesuits had become installed into the
confessionalS of all the Catholic Kings Of
Europe, and were, in fact, the directors
of their councils, and the rulers of their
subjects. In Protestant countries they
acted as the spies and emissaries of the
Pope. In England, lat the very time of
which we write, early in Elizabeth's
reign, their landing upon the shores was
made an offence against the crown, but
they persevered, nevertheless, in keeping
alive the spirit Of Roman Catholicism
among the remnant of the old faith, and
they passed and re-passed the channel,
year after year, devoting their lives to
the maintenance of an illegal and treas
enable correspondence with the Pope OF
Rome, and the enemies of the Queens
government" ~
Remember" said Malgrida, looking
around upon his companions, "in just
one week from this night. Be sure that
not a movement is left ont that can work
to our ends You will all be sure and
have every trusty Catholic in your re-
spective quarters armed and ready for the
work"
A simultaneous affirmative was respon
ded, and then Malgrida continued
"The Queen-mother will see that the
Pope's wishes are carried out to the very
letter, and we may be sure of all the as
sistance we need. But now one question
more Have any of you yet succeeded in
finding out the Butcher of Notre Dame?"
But no one answered. Each gazed
upon the other, as though he felt sure
that some of them must have found the
man but their looks of inquiry were
changed to expressions of wonder when
they found that all were silent.
"What!" exclaimed the Nuncio, look
ing around upon his companions sis it
possible that no one has been able to find
him. How is it. MatteO? You have
his old haunts and places of business in
your quarter"
al know it returned the Jesuit thus
addressed, who was a tall. hawk-faced
man, "but can find nothing of him /;
though l am satisfied that it was he who
broke in upon the Holy Tribunal, and
released the Count d. Artoy."
The rest of the company started, and
Islgrida. after closing both hands upon
his brow for a few moments, said:
II think you are right, Matteo, 5nt
you must not speak those words elsewhere.
They must not get to the ears of the
Queen, for she will be more angry than
ever, then, that we do not arrest the fell
low. By the Holy Cross. but he is
wonderful man. But we'll have him yet.
Keep your eyes open. and when you see
him, place your hands upon him, and
also upon Philip d. Artoy, of course. /
know of no more. At the hour Of ten.
in one week from this time, we meet here.
and from then, the deed goes on God
be with u.s."
There was a hastily-spoken "Anen, "
and then the party arose and moved to-
wards the door. A short time afterwards
thew began to drop out into the street,
one by one, and take their way towards
their respective quarters. Men saw them
as they walked along the dimly lighted
streets, and they looked only like other
men. They walked the same. and they
were dressed the same-some in boat
mems CARDS, some in the humber dress
of the artizan, and some in the guise Of
traders-only Malgrida of all the gang
wore the garb Of the Church, and that
he wore because it suited his purpose.
He was not franciscan, nor had he ever
taken holy orders of any kind, but it
suited him now that the Queen >should
think him bound by the vow of eelibaey.
And thus those seventeen men mingled
with their fellows. and honest people met
and passed them without shudder, for
they did not appear like demons of death
and slaughter, to those who knew them
not. TO BE CONTINUED.
'Brande's Dictionary.-Art. Jesuit.