The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-12-23

priest, He had committed sacrilegel
What would they do? Iconld just, by
STOPPING forward, command a side view
Of the gallery, and the scene passing
there was such that forgot in 1t our
own peril. s
For surely in all his reckless life
Beers had never been so emphatically
the man for. the situationr-had never
shown to such advantage as at this
moment when he stood confronting the
sea of faces, the sneer on his lip,
smile in his eyes; and looked down un-
blenching, a.6gure Of scorn, on the men
who we're literally agape for his life.
The calm defiance of his steadfastlook
fascinated. even me-, Wonder and adj,
miration for, the time took the place of
dislike, could scarcely believe that
there was not some atom of good in
this man so fearless. And no face but
one--no face, think, in the world, but
one COULD have drawn my eyes from
him. But that one face was beside
him. clutehed Marie's arm and
pointed to the bareheaded figure at
BezersT right hand.
1t was Louis himself; our Louis de
Pavannes. But he was changed indeed
from the gay cavalier / remembered,
and whom had last seen riding down
the street at Caylus, smiling back at
us, and waving his adieux to his mis-
tress! Beside the vidame he had the
air of being slight, even short. The
face which had known so bright and
winning, was now white and set. His
fair, curling hair-scarce darker than
Croisette's = hung dank, bedabbled
with blood which flowed from wound
in his head. His sword was gone; his
dress was torn and disordered and Gov
cred with dust. His lips moved. But
he held up his head, he bore himself
bravely with it ALL so bravely, that I
cholSed, and my he,rt seemed bursting
as / looked at him standing there for
lorn and now unarmed. knew that
Kit seeing him thus would gladly have
lied with him; and thanked God she
did not see him. Yet there was a
luietness in his fortitude which made
great difference between his air and
that of Beers. He lacked as became
,ne looking urarmed on certain death,
The sneer and smile of the giant beside
! him.
! What was the vidame about to do?
/ shuddered as I asked myself. Not
surrender him, not fling him bodily to
The people? No, not that; ] felt sure
he would let no others share his venge-
ance, that his pride would not suffer
/ that. And even while I wondered the
doubt was solved. ! saw Beers raise
| his hand in a peculiar fashion. Simul-
tanrously cry rang sharply out above
the tumult, and down in headlong
! charge towards the farther steps came
! the band Of horsemen, who had got
,lear Of the crowd on that side. They
were but ten or twelve, but under his
eye they charged, as if they had been
J 1000. The rabble shrank from the col
hsion, and fled aside. Quick MS thought
the riders swerved; and changing their
course, galloped through the looser
part of the throng, and in trice drew
rein side by side with us, laugh and
jeer on their reckless lips.
1t was neatly done; and while it was
being done the vidame and his knot
Of men, with those who had been search
ing the building, hurried down the gal
lery towards us, their rear cleared for
the moment by the troopers feint. The
dismounted men came bundling down
/ the steps, their eyes aglow with the
war-hre, and got horses as they could.
/ Among them lost sight of Louis, but
perceived him presently, pale and be-