The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-21

der who stood fast at CoutraS, or even
clerk who has served the king hon
est1y-if such prodigy there be-more
deserving than these professors; still
do not err on the other side, but count
him a fool who, because he has solid
cause to value himself. disdains the
eclat which the attachment of such per-
sons gives him in the public eye.
The man went by the name of Diego
the Spaniard, and his story, which
gradually became known, together with
the excellence of his play, made him 50
much the fashion that more than one
tried to detach him from my service.
The king heard of him. and would have
played with him, but the sudden death
of Madame de Beaufort, which oc-
Cured soon afterwards, threw the court
into mourning, and for a while, in pur-
suing the negotiations for the king S
divorce, and conducting correspond
ence of the most delicate character with
the queen, I lost sight of my player
insomuch that I scarcely knew whether
he still formed part of my suite or not.
NV attention was presently recalled
to him, however, in a rather remark
able manner. One morning Don Anto-
Mo d'Evora secretary to the Spanish
embassy, and a brother of that d Syora
who commanded the Spanish Foot at
nal, to which I had just removed, and
desired to see me. / babe them admit
him, but as my secretaries were at the
time at work with me, 1 left them ana
received him in the garden-supposing
that he wished to speak with me about
the affair of Saluces, and preferring,
like the king my master, to talk of mat
ters of state in the open air.
However, I was mistaken. Don An
tonic said nothing of Savoy. but after
the usual preliminaries, which a Span
lard never omits, plunged into long
harangue upon the comfy which, now
that peace reigned, should exist be-
tween the two nations. For some time
1 waited patiently to learn what he
would be at, but he seemed to be lost
in his own eloquence, and at last 1 took
him up.
"Al this is very we'll, NJ. dEvora,"
said. 81 quite agree with you that the
times are changed, that amity is not
the same thing as war, and that grain
of sand in the eye is unpleasant" for
he had said all of these things. But
/ fail, being a plain man and no diplo-
matist. to see what you want me to do"
1T is the smallest matter" he said,
waving his hand gracefully.
"And yet" I retorted, you seem to
find a difficulty in coming at it,
GAS you do at the grain of sand in
the eye" he answered wittily. after
all, however, in what you say. NJ de
Rosny, there is some truth. I feel that
1 am on delicate ground, but am sure
that you will pardon me. You have in
your suite a certain Diego
''It may be so,'' I said masking my
surprise, and affecting Indifference.
"a tennis player"
I shrugged my shoulders. 1.-THE man
is known I said.
"a PROTESTANT"
ut is not impossible
And a subject of the king, my mas
ter. "a man. Don Antonio, continued,
with increasing stiffness, Sin fine, M. de
Rosny, who, after committing various
offences, murdered his comrade in pris-
on, and, escaping in his clothes, took
refuge in this country"
I shrugged my shoulders again.
Il have no knowledge of that said
coldly.
mo, or I am sure that you would not
harbor the fellow the secretary an
swered. Now that you do know it,
however, take it for granted that YOU
will dismiss him If Won held anv h1tt