The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-03-10

Henry,s equerries was to be WAITING
with horses. .
The mobiles supped together, and then
quietly left the palace They were per-
mitted to pass the sentinels on their as.
surance that they were bound for a
frolic in the town. -.
Henry, IN the mean time, was doing
MS best to make the Chamberlain be,
iieve him asleep, and when he was at
length convinced OF the fact he
lett the room. In a moment the
king's attendants had softly en-
'tereu the room and barred the
gdtoof against all intruders, had hurried
~ dressed the King, and made all their
preparations for departure Fortunate
" SQUIRE, one of the Kings gentle
men, happened to- remember a small
postern-door at the end OF a passage
leading from the kitchen. which opened
at the back OF the castle on faubourr
OF Cracow outside of the walls. This
door, which had been made for the use
OF the servants of the palace, had often
been found useful by the cavaliers of
Henry's court when they wished to 90
out and in nobserved ~ Souyre HAVING
found that no sentinel had been posted
there, sent Mlron, the Kings physician
to reconnoiter, and see if they could get
out by that way. He found the door
aJar, and joyfully returning to report,
when suddenly the steward of the
household, Alemanni, appeared from
the kitchen, where he was evidently on
the watch, and carefully looking about
hlm-though without discovering Miron
who was sheltered by the staircase
gave orders for the postern to be locked
and the key to brought to him. sa-s a..
This was a terrible blow to all their
hopes The King was in. despair and
about to return to bed, but SQUIRE en-
courageu him to persist and rely up
On him to get him out of the dilemma.
: So they cautiously left the apartments
OF the King and crept softly down the
stairs until they came to the passage,
where another flight of steps led down
to the kitchen. Here they got great
fright from hearing the voice of the
steward just at the foot of the stairs.
He heard their steps, and called out,
:" Who goes there?' IS -
''1t is l, monsieur said SQUIRE,
boldly descending few steps, while he,
made sign to the others to go on
toward the door. =, r.
S And what do you want?' asked the
steward. -ss5r~s. q s.l .ss Il
g The key of the postern-door, re-
piled Souvre. II have a private
errand, now that the King my master
can dispense with my services
:. What errand?'' persisted the stew
ard. sN* @'@ an - - ~ o.
g The truth isl replied Souvre,
haughtily 81 have an appointment in
the faubourg. Iapray you, therefore,
monsieur. give me the key of the little
door without further parley.'' "A
This naughty manner impressed the
who knew that Souvre was
high in his masters favor, and he some-
what reluctantly gave the key, and |
offered to accompany Souvre to open
the door for him. 8He,s however, only
laughed at this, and bounding up the |
long before the steward, who |
was old and infrm. could reach the top, |
he found the King and his companions
themselves as much as pos
,ible in the shadow of the walls, opened /
the door, through which they hurriediy
passed, and locking it behind them they
made all possible speed toward the lit
lie ruined chapel, the place of rendez-
vous.
The night was pleasant, though very
lark, and after losing their way once or
,wice, they finally reached the chapel
There they found the -equerry with the
horses, but Chemerauft, who was to be
heir guide, and several other gentle
men of the Kings household, had not
made their appearance. They waited
or them as long as they dared, but
inally SQUIRE persuaded the King to
Mount and trust to God and fortune for
safety. esks AZ = E@9
They set out, therefore, but their diff
iculties had only just begun. In the
lrst place, not one of them knew the
way, being all absolute strangers in
,'oland; and they dId not even under
tand the dialect of the country, so that
hey could inquire. The night was dark
md the roads were horrible, though
hat did not matter so much, as they
ould not keep in theni,s but continually
ound themselves wandering away and
in deep morasses, blunder- 7
ng about in pine forests and getting en-
angled in brambles.. 80
Sothey went on, stumbling over stones
mixing into bogs, and wading through l.
rocks, till l think they must have
Wished themselves safe. back in their
eds in Cracow. -.-.s.,.t ak
At length Souvre saw faint. light .
in tile distance, and on ap-
roaching it he found it came from the
ut of a charcoal burner deep in the I
)rest. as sa@S-~EI <-se-a- ~ II
The poor charcoal burner was SO ter n
fled by the approach of the horsemen {
nat he darted up into his loft by a lad {
er on the outside, which he drew up '
fter him., The cavaliers shouted and
nocked, and Knocked and shouted. but
Il in vain. Not an inch would the
harcoal burner stir; so at last they be-
an to batter down the door. ,
Finally SQUIRE managed to scramble :
p to the loft, where he found the poor /
ian crouching in corner in perfect {
gony of terror. He tried to calm his
Ears by speaking gently, but tKes1
range language only made him more |
erriied. "a ,5zssaa -ssas st'e.a
So there was nothing for il but to- :