The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-08-05
"And youi Do you like this Mazar'

things yet have heard that he is very
kind to his people. know the servant
of one of his garde."
"You blush, my pretty one; is that
your lover who is o servantp
"He says he loves me" said the girl
"but my father and mother say he is moi
rich enough, though I could be content
with little for myself"
"But of this Mazarin-they want Il
kill him in Paris, have heard" =.
$50 have we here. But If he woult
go away to his own country, and leave
us French to go alone, they would bt
content. As it. is, even my fathel
said the other day, when he caught
rat in the trap and killed it, that n
wished it was the cardinal"
"That was rash of him to say, an(
you to repeat"
"Oh! as for that, it was Joke; ant
we never mind what we say to soldiers
for they all hate him too much them
selves"
"Well, mademoiselle, what and if
tell you something more about thi:
man, the cardinal" 7"
II ill.hear", ZEs ..5E
"Let me tell you, then, that l knew
him. / know, that he is the only maj
that can save France; that he is the on
ly man that Can save the queenior KIM
from the rapacity and greed Of the grea
mobiles: that in all the court he is th
only one who has head enough to carr,
on the plans that Riohelieu began, ami
that must be carried on If France is t.
remain great nation; that his deatl
now would be the rnin. Of king, ant
queen aud nation, This / know, tina
though foreigner, he is more Frencl
than the French themselves. though ;
churchman, morea true soldier than th'
soldiers though a subject, he is NOR
TO the queen than all her subjects; ant
let me tell you, girl, that this Mazarin
whom your father would kill like a rat
is in this house-is here-is now talking
to you" 'E
"Good God lis it possible, Monsieur Il
Capitaine, that you are" -
81 am Cardinal Mazarin, the queens
husband, the destined savior o
Francew .
"Good Heaven! Ihave spoken to yol
as if you were only soldier"
tIook, girl do you see that shadow
of man in the tree f--don't move. Tha
is bravo, hired to assassinate me
Do you see this wine' 1t is poison
ed ~ . 's.i = Y" E.. --
"No, no! I drew it myself from tn,
cask." -,
"And never left" / T.
"Yes, for one minute, for a CLOTH"
'.Apd in that one minute your father
or the capitaine, who is now in the tree
put in this white powder you may Sc,
hanging round the top-that is n deadl.
poison"
"You do not believe that am guilty
monseigneur p a."tis' rs.
mot for a moment; but poisoned i
is. You have heard Of Joan of Are "
ooh, yes, often and often. She wa
once like me, the maid at an inA."
"Yes you must be like her in some
thing else.p
81 should like to be quite like her"
"She died for France, and so mus
you. Your father and this bravo mus
bellows that have drunk this poisoned
wine, if it goes away as it came in they
will know that their plan has failed
and will kin me at the risk of their owl
lives. i'll, feeble old man, drink it,
shall be dead in less than an hour
therefore yOu must drink it; it will
take longer to kill you than me; In
that time l shall have sent for the
queens own physician, who may saw
you. You see you must drink it,"
"But am so young to die so horrl
bly,! / have not onfessed-"
every well, / will die; and with M,
will die king, queen and Francew ant
the cardinal lifted the cup to his lips.
"No, mOnseigueur, no; give me abso
luton, and will die for you. Give MI
the cup" l.s ...
He gave her the cup and pronounced
the a6solution over her.
"Is there anything which can do fo
you I" ..........s. -a..
ayes. Pardon my wretched father
and take care of my Jules"
"Your father shall be sent abroad
and will attach Jules to my own per
son. Are you ready ~
She nodded.
"Let us drink, then, to France"
"For France, them said the girl
and drank the cup. ... '.'.. Z
"Now, go. Take these things away
tell them have drunk the wine, and il
less than two hours / will send tn,
physician. Meantime, eat half dozei
raw eggs and drink all the milk yor
can find in the house. Go, and God b'
with you p 80
The girl left the room, and in les,
than ten minutes he heard the clatter o
horses hoofs in full gallop towards
Paris. ...
There was an anxious look on thu
faces of all the court at Ruel that even
ing when, hour after hour passed, ant
the minister had not made his appear
ance. Presently it began to be rumoret
about that the cardinal was ill-ther
that he was dead then, in n short time
how he died poisoned, and where-neaI
Ruel. N. Yoiture, the poet, made some
funny verses, of which the poisoning o.
rats was the principal theme.
At last the whisper reached the ear OF
majesty itself, and inquiries were made
for some persons who could furnish the
details. No one knew the details. Nc
one knew anything, but it was rumored
at Paris that the cardinal was dead
and it was certain that the party of the
Duchesse de Chevreuse was in the high
est possible state of triumph. About
eleven, as the continued absence of the
cardinal gave some ground for the ru'
NOR, her majesty impatiently inquired
for further information. There was, fol
an instant, a dead silence, as the door
opened to admit NJ. lie Cardinal, who,
advancing, said: .....-.....s.gr
81 hear your majesty has made in.
quiries for me-
The absence Of your eminence has
been attributed to ysur death by poison
here in Ruel."
Yes, heard so, your majesty, in the
aute-chamber, bnt it is not quite true
1t is not that am poisoned, but is only
young woman who was attendant at q
cabaret at which l stopped to-day. The
mistake is natural with those who
wished it might be;p and then he told
his mistress the story as he thought fit
But why make the poor child drink
the cupi She at least was innocent by
her willingness to drink it,' said hel
questioner.
Very true,' replied his eminence
"but you will see that had sent out the