White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-06-30

1hey snail be ready very quickly, ant
you may try your hand at the work ono
more"
The King left the apartment, and a
soon as Catharine was left alone with tn,
Jesuit. she said /:
Now, would know the truth abou
this girl, and the whole truth"
Noble lady, 1 have told you once
She was the daughter of Count St. Aul
nay. and her mother was Florentine BY
birth. Her mother, at her death, gave
the child to me, and made me promise tC
educate it. You, noble Queen, know the
past. You know how lived here nine
teen years ago-but it is best that the
King should not know it. When YOU
husband sent me away from his court al
such short notice, of course was obliged
to leave the child behind. You remem.
Der he was jealous of me-"
Enough of that" exclaimed the
Queen, looking with unconcealed con-
tempt upon the fat proportions of the
Jesuit. "Your real name shall not be
known, nor shall my son suspect that you
have been here before, for all that does
not, in the least affect your present i'm
portant business. You shall have the
girl"
Just then the King returned.
"Now, Malgrida," he said, "you shall
have force enough. An hundred men arc
in the court ready to start, and their cap
tain has orders from me. Go with them
and fetch me the butcher if you can. We
shall wait for you"
The Jesuit left the apartment, and the
King and his mother were once more
alone.
"Now. mother, will hear what you
were about to say when the Nuncio in
terrupted u.s."
Catharine de Medicis gazed hard into the
face of her son for some moments, with
out speaking, but at length she said, in a
sort of hushed voice
"Did You know that these Protestants
must be put out of the way ?"
81 have heard you say so often"
'But do you not realize it 90
"Not the whole of them, mother"
"EOery soul of them !''
"Dut there are hundreds of thousands
of them"
$50 much the better, for the more glo-
ry will we give to God in their butch
cry !"
"But there are many noble men among
them. Thousands of them in our own
Capital are good men,"
"Charles," said the Queen mother, fix
ing burning look upon him, ''are you
coward 2"
The youthful monarch started, and in
stinctively his hand dropped upon his
sword. hilt.
Don't speak so to me-" he said.
81 will not, for l know you do not
fear to do your duty. But every Hugue-
not in France must die. They may ap-
pear fair to look upon, many of them,
but they are not to be trusted. If you
would secure your kingdom, you must
put them ont of the way. The Pope will
doubly bless you, if you do it."
The King gazed into his mothers face
a moment, and then he started across the
hall. The light of the dimly burning
lamps shone upon his countenance, and it
was deadly pale. That very day he had
sworn most solemnly to old Admiral Co.
ligny that the Professionals should be pro-
tectcd, and now he remembered that to
Guise and his mother he had Just as sol
emily sworn that they should be swept
off.
"Charles," spoke the scheming woman,
as tho youth came near to where she
stood. "have you the blood of Valois in
your veins ?"
"Yes-I have % answered the King,
with proud look.
"And would you be the last of your
house 90 the woman whispered, seizing
him by the arm.
"What mean You ?" asked Charles.
gazing into his mothers strangely work.
ing face.
II mean what say. Weuld you BE-
the last of your house? You will be, il
you do not clear the kingdom of the as
piring Huguenots. Shall they grow up
and seize your kingdom or not ?"
"No-they shall not !" cried the King
stamping his feet. "By my sceptre, they
shall not"
"Then sweep them of. You promised
me once that you would"
Cali of them ?" murmured Charles
bowling his head on his hand.
"Ave-every one of them"
"Well, well-if they must die, so lie
it be; but not now"
at is not time yet. When it is, yoI
r shall know. Remember your word, my
: son."
"Oh, shall not forget it." quickly
returned the King. with shudder. "Suci
! things are not easily forgotten"
/ "Should not be, " responded the Queen
with we'll assumed solemnity. go on
Charles, and SO shall your kingdom b
4 safe. Guise will help you, for he vel
S knows the dangers which threaten on
beloved people. But curse will sureil
d fall upon us if we longer give q shelter Z
these accursed heretics. But let me wins
e per a word in your ear: The Catholics o
France must rule. If you are lenient to
wards their Huguenot enemies, there
t one in the kingdom upon whom the al
: fections of the people may centre. Henry
8 of GHiss, is young and brave -
n Charles started as though he had bee
! bitten by serpent; but his mother quick
ly continued
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