The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-25

more intolerable than when hope and wealth
Even the great sermon which NJ. d'Amours
preached In the Market House on the morning p,
n %oro seDsr sps 'se go
sitting in an obscure corner Of the building
and heard the PREDICTION ws sb5
referring with the boldness which ever char
Prince from tho succession. Sire. what cd
Nay s. iittlo While. iiitis patience. and YOU
will cause us to preach beyond tn" Loire with
you for our Joshua we shall cross the Jordan
and In the Promised Land tho Church shall
It may be imagined that words so brave and
In the crisis through which their AFFAIRS were
then passing. charmed all hearers; savc. in
o the sn nHS T ds shH
though they could not conttrovert, this ruhltc
.t ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF the he, King OF Aayarre as
present was evinced in hundred ways. and
to such an extent that even returned to my
dreaming OF the speedy triumph Of the cause,
some com rensation for my own i'll fortune.
AS the day wore on however, and tho even
ing brought no change. but presented to me
the same droary prospect with which morning
had made me h familiar; may may eonf"ss With
Should Shout BE- forced in q day or two
to sell either my remaining horse or
step which l could not contem plate without
feelings OF the utmost despair. In this state
tary candle tho few coins | had left; when !!
heard footsteps ascending the stairs. paused
twe snd Was s ost to ,nr
who thcy might be, when hand knock cd gem
Fearing another trick did not at once open.
the IN ore as there was somethin. staaithy and
insinuatinG In the knock. Thereupon heard
my visitors whisper: then they Knocked again.
| there
did not choose to give any answer. and l. on
my part. determined not to omen unless they
did. The door was strong. and SIN led Erinly
at the thought that this time they should have
their trouble for their pains.
sist. as expected. and go away. but continued
to knock ut intervals and WHISPER much be-
tween times. More than once they called me
steadfasty RETAINED from saying who they
were. sat still. Once I heard them laugh. but
by this that they were bent on a froic, might
have persisted in my silence until midnight.
which was not more than two hours of. had
not a slight sound as OF IL rat gnawtng behind
the wainscot drawn my nttcntion to the door.
Raising my candle and shading my eyes dis
to pry the door in. To my surprise however;
it. nothing more threatenns than a coupie OF
gold lvres which had been thrust through the
crsyice between the door and the floor.
staring at the coins, tho candle in my hand.
Then. knowing that the young sparks at the
court would 10 very unlikely to spend such a
sum on a lest, hesitated no longer but put
ting down the candle. drew tho holt of the
door purpoeing to confer with myvisitors out
side In this however | was disappoin ted
for the moment the door was open they pushed
past me, and entering the room p-il mell
babe me by signs to close the door again.
did so suspiciously. and without avertins
my eyes from my visitors. Great was my Won
der and confusion. therefore. when. the door
being shut they dropped their cloaks. one
after the other. and / saw before mo NJ. dc
Mornay and the King OF Navarro!
ITO be continueLl