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

| ter the exchange of some civilitieS he
| took his leave. Considering his appli-
cation after he was gone, L found moth
| ing surprising in it, and had it come
| from man whom | held in greater re-
spect I might have complied with it in
an indirect fashion. But though it
might have led me under some circum-
| stances to discard Diego, naturally,
since it confirmed his story in some
points, and proved besides that he was
not a persona grata at the Spanish
! embassy, it did not lead me to value
him less. And as within the week he
was so fortunate as to defeat La Va
renne's champion in great match at
the Louvre, and won also match at
NJ. de Montpensier's which put so
crowns into my pocket, I thought less
and less of d Evora's remohstrance, I'm
til the kings return put it quite out of
my head. The ENHANCEMENT with Mad
emoiseIIe d'EntragueS, which was des-
tined to be the most fatal of all
Henry's attachments. was then in the
forming, and the king plunged into
every kind of amusement with fresh
zest The very day after his return
he matched his marker. a rogue, but
an excellent player against my man,
and laid me 20 crowns on the event, the
match to be played on the following
Saturday after a dinner which M. de
Lude was giving in honor of the lady.
On the Thursday, however, who
should come in to me. while I was sit
ting alone after supper, but Maignan,
who, closing the door and dismissing
the page who waited there told me
with a very long face and an air of
vast Importance that he had discovered
something.
Something's" 1 said, being inclined
at the moment to be merry. What?
plot to reduce your perquisites you
rascaI?"
mo, my lord he answered sloutiy
"But to tap your excellency's secrets"
Indeed" / said pleasantly, not be-
lieving word of it. "And who is 10
hang?"
THE Spaniard, he answered in 4
low voice
That sobered me, by putting the mat
ter in new light, and [ sat 4 mo-
ment looking at him and reviewing
Diego's story, which assumed IN the
instant an aspect so uncommon and
almost incredible that 1 wondered how
l had ever allowed it to pass. But
when 1 proceeded from this to the Sub
stance of Maignans charge I found an
impasse in this direction also and
smiled. 80 it is Diego, is it?" I said.
''You think that he is a spy?"
Maignan nodded.
Then, tell me-" I asked what op-
portunity has he of learning more than
all the world knows? He has not been
in my apartments since I engaged him.
He has seen none of my papers. The
youngest foot-boy could tell all he has
learned"
True, my lord,' Maignan answered
slowly; but"
"Well?"
L saw him this evening, talking with
a. priest in the Rue Petits Pois; and
he calls himself a Protestant"
"Ah! You are sure that the man was
priest?"
81 know him.
For whom?"
zone of the chaplains at the Spanish
embassy
1t was natural that after this I could
take a more serious view of the mat
ter; and did so. But my former diff
Guilty still remained, for, assuming this
to be cunning plot and dEvora's
application to me a ruse to throw me
off my guard, 1 could not see where
their advantage lay; since the Span
iard's occupation was not of a nature
to give the entry to my confidence or
the chance of ransacking my papers. I
questioned Maignan further, therefore,
DuI WllHOul result I1e ndQ seen Ine
two together in d secret kind of way.
viewing them himself from the window
of a house where he had an assigna-
ton He had not been near enough to
hear what they said but he was sure
that no quarrel took place between
them, and equally certain that it was
no chance meeting that brought them
together.
Infected by his assurance, I could
still see no issue; and no object in such
an intrigue. And in the end 1 con-
tented myself with bidding him watch
the Spaniard closely, and report to me
the following evening; adding that he
might confide the matter to La Trape,
who was a supple fellow, and of the
two the easier companion.
Accordingly. next evening Maignan
again appeared, this time with a face
even longer; so-that at first [ supposed
him TO have discovered a plot worse
than Chasters; but it turned out that
he had discovered nothing. The Span