The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-06
WHEELING DAILY INTELLIGENCE, FRIDAY MARCH g. 1886

struggle: since II required no great
yrit 10 infer that the bishop, II Defeated.
would WrenlI hls vengeance on me.
Already dozen who had attended ms
leyee were fawnirR on the cardinal;
the queen had turned her shoulder 70
him; n great lady. over whom ne Dent
10 hide his chagrln. talked TO him IN
Sord. hut ilIDpantly, md with eyes half
closed For all these sights and the
more real defeat which they Indicated,
/ forcaaw that / should pay; ana. IN u
panic. siid back and stroVe TO stem
away through the crowd.
reached the door In aafety. and even
tho head OF the stairs. But there q
hand grippcd my shoulder, and the
steward thrust his face, white win
rage, into mine. mot so fast, Master
PIotter!" he Kissed in my ear, II
your hide does not pay for this-lf you
are not laslcd like dog uIitit ne
Is out OF your body! II for this l DO
not -
"By the queens command" said a
quiet voice in my other ear; and u
hand fell also on that shoulder
The steward glanced ut his rival
HE IL the bishops mani he cried.
throwing out his chest; and he gripped
me again.
'And the bishop Is the queen's!" was
the curt reply; and the stranger IN
whom recognized the man VINO hau
delivered the dog TO me, quietly put
him by. "Her majesty has committed
this person TO the cardinals CUSTODY
until Inquiry be made into the truth OF
his story. In the meantime, II you have
any complaint TO make. you can make
II 10 his emlnence."
After that there was no more to be
said. The steward, bafiled and burst
Ing with rage, fell back, and the stran-
ger, directing me by gesture TO at
tend him. descended the stairs and.
crossing the courtyard, entered st. An
tome. knew not now what to expect
from him; nor whether, oyerJoyed as
I was at such dellverance, | might
not be counting worse fate In this IN
quIry; so grim and secretive was my
guides face, and 30 much did that
Somber dress--whlch gave him some
what OF the character OF an inquisitor
add to the mystery Of his silence.
However. when we had crossed st. An
toLne and entered lane leading to the
river, he halted and turned to me.
"There are twenty crowns" he said,
abruptly: and he placed n purse In my
hand. Take them and do exactly as
/ bid you. and all will be well. At the
DUAL de Norte Dame you will find q
market boat starting for Rouen. Go by
II, and at the Ecce Homo in that city
you VIII find your wife and hundred
crowns. Live there quietly and in a
month apply for work at the Chan
Gerry; II viii be given you. The rest
lies with you. have known men. he
continued, with puzzllng smile, who
started at a desk in that Chancery and
lived TO rent one of the great farms"
tried to find words TO thank him.
There Is no need" he said. For
what you have done 1t is not too much"
And now agree with him. Now
though his words came true to the let
ter, and to-day hold one OF the great
farms ON second term-I, too. think
that Il was not too much. For II NJ.
de Condo won Rocroy for his party in
the tield, the cardinal on that day won
victory no less eminent at court: OF
which the check administered to II.
de Beauvais-who had nothing but a
good presence, and collapsed like n
pricked bladder, becoming within a
month the most discredited Of men
was the first movement Within a
month the heads OF the Importans-
as the bishops party were christened
were in prison or eXiled, and all
France recognized that II was In
masters hand. and that the mantle OF
RichelIeu, with a double portion OF the
royal favor, had fallen on MnZnrin's
shoulders. I need scarcely add that,
long before, he had been happy enough
to recover and restore the true Flore
to his mistress arms.
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