Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-03

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judge" returned the cardinal, who
had listened so long with growing
impatience. "Faviaux! again that
stale pretense! My liege, bad men
Gay, count, most knavish men! and l
do not come SO often to the Louvre
as to lose all regard for the truth)
abuse your royal goodness. For this
soldier France hath none Drawer, and
his youths hot folly, misled-by
whom your higbness Ito Orleans)
may conjecture-is long since can
celed by a loyal manhood. He will
be the lion OF your army and the ter
ror of your foes when / shall have
sunk to real. eternal repose on that
bed of death where one ages no
more. He is, my lord--and you may
compare him with this mouse who
shakes yet with wag of his least
finger-he is. upon the word OF
critic of swordsmen, one TO be put
before all to both friends and foes.
1t is | whom he had most offended,
and have pardoned him"
"And we DO give your pardon to
the winds" cried Louis testify, about
whom his brother and numerous
courtiers had assembled in support
OF the scheming favorite. And he
hand to the captain OF the guards
which might be interpreted, ITO
this Bastile with him"
Richelieu understood the token
thoroughly, for he flung himself be-
tween the captive and the officer,
crying with force which he mar
velously found in his shattered body:
may! not so fast"
away with him.
What, sire? You do not know
oh. pardon me!-you know not yet
that this brave and honest heart
stood between mine and murder only
last night! Sire, Tor my sa6e-your
old servants sake-undo this wrong,
and let me cancel the sentence.
"At your peril intervene anew,
This is too much" returned the
king, to the exultation of CASTOR
and the knot of mobiles again,
sir, do your duty"
The cardinal for the first time
bowed to the petty storm.
ii feel the fire spreading among
the ashes" murmured he, between
his coughs. "But | never do aught
without reflection, and Adrien's hot
headed intervention was no play on
my board. Never mind, nothing
will be lost to our friend Baradas by
my slowness to move; and / have
noticed that when a fire sweeps over
a field the trees may remain scathed
and blackened, but the leaves and
worms that battened on their sap
are reduced to nothingncss! Yea,
count, l shall go to my end, consum.
ing and mastering all that is hostile
before me, and my red robe will
cover the waste | shall have made.
Take my friend away, brave cap
tain" he said. lingering at the door
"thank you for showing your regret!
AS the sun melts snow and hardens
mud, so doth a foes mishap soften
the courageous man and harden the
coward! Speak not. Adrien," he con-
cluded stoutly, to hide his true emo
ton, "but go; would not see young
valor so BUNDLED as gray segYice!"
"Fare you well; save Julie, AMI
console her."
When the cardinal turned to re.
confront the ruler whose tutor into
greatness he had solely been. he met
a gloomy face. Louis had nerved
himself for the effort OF his life,
which had always been his insur-
mountable barrier; the shaking off
OF the triumpher over his liberty, If
not over his heart.
Now, for yourself" cried he. to
begin the colloquy. What means
this false report of death, lord
cardinal"
"Ale you then angered, sire, that
! still live?"
"No; but such artifce -"
mot mine; look elsewhere for
artifces," retorted the prime minis
ter, glancing at the kings upholders.
"My castle swarmed with the as
sassins"
whats that"
I'VE have punished thcm already. -
Baradas hastene to say, irritated at
being left out OF the dialogue. Zone
Huguet, the captain OF your rever-
ence's own defenders. was heard
Boosting OF the good radiance TO
France of your immense capacity.
and he was promptly sent into the
congenial place for such irreverent
babblers-the state prison on the
East end. Your lordship will thus
see that we were prompt to avenge
you. we we're"
"Wo" interrupted Richelieu. with
lofty disdain, ana a whitening look
which caused the cabinet Cesar to
blanch so that his beauty-spots Of
black satin seemed deep holes in his
face. "Ha! ha! YOU hear, my liege
What page, man, in tho last court
grammar made you plural? Count.
you have seized the hireling; sire
shall | name the master. "
Not man behind the king drew
breath, while the latter paused foI
a reply. Even Baradas' ready tongue
tailed him at the daring OF the ole
man, who. quite single handed, dc