The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-24


muttered that he did not understand;
that we must be mistaken Wnal eVi-
dence had We2
'.The best! I answered, grinly- II I
you wish to hear 1t, 1 will send for II.
But witnesses have sometimes loose !
tongues, NJ. Bareilles, and he may not
stop at the Capitaine Martin
He started and glared at me. From
ME his eyes passed to Parabere; then |
he shuddered and looked down at the
table. AS he leaned against ii, I heard |
the glasses tinkling softly. At last he |
muttered that the man must have
trial.
l shrugged my shoulders, and W0nld |
have answered that that was his bus
| mess; but at the moment heavy step
rang on the stone step, the door was
flung hastily open, and a darlS-com-
plexi0ned man came in with his hat
on. The stranger was splashed to the
/ chin and his face wore an expression
! of savage annoyance; but this gave
/ place the instant he saw US to one of
| intense surprise, while the words" he
! had had on his lips died away, and he
/ stood nonplussed. l turned to NJ. de
! Bareilles. "Who is this?v [ said
| harshly
Zone Of my lieutenants," he an
/ swered in a stihed tone.
| NJ. lie Capitaine Martini"
1.-THE same" he answered.
Very well" I replied. You have
! heard my terms"
/ He stood clutching the table and in
| the bright light of the candles that
| burned on it his face was horrible.
| Still he managed to speak. M. lie
Capitaine, call four men" he NUT
tered
| call four men-four of your men,,
I BareilleS repeated with an effort.
The captain turned and went down
| stairs in Amusement, returning immed
stately after with four troopers at his
| heels
Bareilles' face was CHASTITY. Take
! M. lie Capitaine's sword he said to
them.
The captains jaw fell, and, stepping
back a pace, he looked from one to
another. But all were silent; he found
every eye upon him, and. doubtful and
taken by surprise, he untouched his
| sword and flung it with an oath upon
the floor.
'1ro the garden with him" Bareilles
continued, hoarsely. "Quick! Take
him! I will send you your orders"
They laid hands on the man mech
anicaly, and, unnerved BY the sudden
ness of the affair, the silence. and the
presence of so many strangers -isnor-
I ant; too, what was doing or what was
Iil0dnl, 1IG VIGIL QuCCSiSIIIISa- IHCJ
marched him out heavily; the door
closed behind t1am; we stood whiting.
The glittering table the lights, the ar
rested dicers, all the trivial prepara-
tons for a car0use that at another
time must have given a cheerful as
pect to the room, produced instead the
most Somber impression. I waited, but
seeing that Bareilles did not move,
struck the table with my gauntlet
1.-THE order" | said sharply; the or
der!'
He SUNK to table In corner
where there was ink, and scraWled it
took it from his hand. and, giving it
to PoisrueiI, "Take it," I said, and
the three men on the landing. and see
the order carried out. When it is
over, come and tell me-
lie took the order and disappeared,
La Font after him. [ remained in the
room with Parabere. Bareile5 and the
I dicers. The minutes passed slowly, no
one speaking: BareilleS standing with
his head sunk on his breast, and a
look of utter despair on his counten-
ance. At length Boisreuil and La Font
returned The former nodded.
Very WE'LL. 1 said. Then let US
sup, gentlemen. Come, N. de Bareil
les, your place is at the head Of the
table. Parabere, sit here. Gentlemen,
I have not the honor of knowing you,
but here are places
And we supped; but not all with the
: same appetite Bareilles, silent, de-
spairing, a prey TO the bitterest re
!, morse, sat low in his chair, and, If l
, had his face Alright. had no thought
: but of vengeance. But, assured that
| by forcing him to that which must for
ever render him odious-and particu-
larly among his inferiors-I had sap
ped his authority at the root, took
/ care only that he should not leave US.
[ directed Colet to unsaddle and biVo-
5 uac in the garden, and myself lay all
I night with Parabere and BareilleS in
>. the room in which we had supped.
keep the door,
J TO have betrayed too much haste to
: be gone might have proved as danger
f Gus as a long delay; and our horses
/ needed rest But an hour before noon
, the next day ] gave the order and we
mounted in the square, in the presence
! of a mixed mob Of soldiers and towns
folk, whom it needed but a spark to
> kindle [ took care that that spark
should not be wanting, however; anC
to that end [ compelled Bareilles tC
! mount and ride with us as far as
: Saury. Here, where [ found the inn
! burned and the woman murdered,
should have done no more than jus
tice had [ hung him as well: and
think that he half expected it. But
rejecting that he had a score of rela-
e lions in Poitu who might give trouble
4 and besides that his position called fol-
2 some degree of consideration, l parted
t with him grayely, and fastened to put
[ as many leagues between US as pos
5 sible. That night we slept at Crozant
and the next at st. Qaultier
/ It was chiefly in consequence of the
: observations [ made during this jour
4 ney that Henry. in the following DC
: tober, marched into the Limousin witt
e considerable force and received the
n submission of the governors. The de
4 tails of that expedition. in the course
!, of which he put to death ten or twelve
. Of the more disorderly, will be found
. in another place. 1t remains for mt
( only to add here that Bareilles was
+ not one of them. He escaped fate h
. richly deserved by flying betimes will
p Bassignac to Sedan. OF his ultimat,
fate L know nothing; but q week afte
!, my return to the arsenal a man called
: on me who turned out to be the astrol
oyer. gave him SO crowns.
:, PETNEGHJNE CFITJnRTCN.