The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-02-06

g those other supposed masquerader and LEI
the way to the palace. She was wakefu
and wished 20 be read to sleep. And witt
many compliment to the beauty of he
favorite in the male attire, and many F:
: playful caress, she arrived at the door O.
OF her chamber But the Marquis coult
80 no further. He had hitherto beer
} spared the embarrassment Of passing this
sacred threshold, for the passee Empress
had secrets Of toifet for tie enib6liishment
of her person which she trusted only to
the eyes ofan antiquatcd attendant La
Chetardie had never passed beyond the
boudoir, which was between the ante
chamber and the bedroom, and the time
had come for TIE disclosure of his secret
He fell on his knees and announced himself
a man
Fortunately they were alone. Incredu-
lous at first, the Empress listened to his
asseryerations, however, with more amuse-
merlt fdaii displtasttre, ana the immediate
delivery Of the dispatches, with the COM
mendation Of the disguised ambassador by
his royal master to the forgiveness and
kindness of the Empress, amply secured
his pardon. But it was on the condition
that he should resume his disguise and re-
Alone In his tower (for Nadge had dis
appeared, and he knew enough Of the
cruelty Of Elizibeth to dread the consequent
ces to the poor girl of ventrHing on direct
inquiries as to her fate), La Chetardje, in
few weeks, fell i'll; and fortunate, even at
this price, to escape from the silken fet-
tiers of the enamored Czarine, be departed,
under the care Of the imperial physician,
for the more genial climate of France-not
without reiterated promises to return, how
ever, and offers, in that event, Of unlimited
wealth and advancement.
But, as the MARQUIS made his way slow
ly towards Vienna q gleain Of light
dawned upon his sadness. The Princess
Sophia Charlotte was newly affianced to
George the Third Of England, and this
daughter of the house of heck1enberg had
been the playmate of Nadge Stein, from
infancy till the time Nadge was sent to the
Czarine by the Duchess af Mecklenberg.
Making confident of the kind physician
who accompanied him, La Chetardie was
confirmed by the good mans better expert
ence and knowledge, in the belief that
Nadge had shared the same fate of every
female Of the court who had ever awakt
ened the Jealousy Of the Empress: She was
doubtless e1i1ed 70 Siberia; but; as she
had committed no voluntary fault, it was
probably without other punishment; and,
with playmate on the throne of England, |
She might be demanded and recovered ere
long, in all her freshness and beauty. Yet
the recent fate of the fair Eudoxie Lapou-
kin, who, for an offence n little more dis
tasteful to the Czarine, had been pierced
through she tongue with hot iron, whipped
with the knout and exiled for life to ST.
IBERIA, hung like cloud of evil augury
over his mind.
The Marquis suddenly determined that
he would see the atfianced Princess, and
plead with her before the splendors of a
throne would make her inaccessible. The
excitement Of this hope had given him new
life, and he easily persuaded his attendant,
as they eutered the gates Of Vienna, that he
required his attendance no further. Alone
with his own servants he resumed his fe-
male attire, and directed his course to
Nadge retired to her turret at the i'm
perative command of the Empress, sad and
troubled; but waited wakefully and anx-
iously for the re-entrance of her disguised
companion. In the course of an hour the |
sound of sentinel g musket, set down at
the door, informed her that she was a |
prisoner. She knew Elizabeth, and the
Duchess Of Mecklenberg, with an equal
knowledge of the Czarihe's character. had
provided Her With 4 resource against the
imperial cruelty; should she have occasion
to use it: She crept to the battlements of
the tower and fastened handkerchief to
the side looking over the public square.
The following morning at daylight,
Nadge was summoned to prepare for a
journey, and in an hour she was led be-
tween soldiers to carriage at the palace
gate, and departed by the southern egress
of the city, with guard of three mounted
Cossacks. In tive hours from that time
the carriage waa ovettaken, the guard
overpowerad, and the horses heads turned
in the direction Of Moscow: After MANY |
difficulties and dangers: during Which she
found herself iitlder the charge Of Meek
officer in the service of the
Czarine, she reached Vienna in safety, and |
was Immediately concealed BY her friends
in the neighborhood Of the palace of Meek t
lenberg, to remain hidden Until inquiry
should be over. The arrival OF Mademoi-
selle de Beaumont, for the loss Of whose
life or liberty she had ii,cessant1y Wept with
dread and approximation, was joyfully com
nitlniGated to her by her friends; and so
the reader knows some of the passages in
the early life OF the far-faned beauty in
the French Court, in the time of Louis XIV,
the Marchioness de la Chetardi. =
Eyes like the blue Of d Damascus blade,
and hair like d shower Of braided aid
BhoWering strnbsariia t have done your
Bidding Ad eau!