Evening star., 1896-03-07

be paid by monseisr eur, the bishop Of Beau
vais, president of the council!'
"And glad to pay it, snarled voice quite
close to me. 1 started and looked up Two
men were talking at 4 window above my
head. 80
yet it is high price for dog" the other
sneered.
But low for a queen Still, It buys hey,
And this is Richelieus Francer
Was" the other said. pithily. "wefl,
you know the proverh: a living dog is bet
ter than dead lion.'"
Aye his companion rejoned, ''but I
have a fancy that that dogs name is spelled
neither with an F. for Flore-which was
the whelp's name. was it not nor 81 for
Beauvais; nor a C. for Conde; but with an
For Mazarin"' the other answered,
sharply. Yes. If he find the dog. But
Beauvais is in possession"
"Rocroy shook him.
Still he is in possession"
$50 is my shoe in possession of NV foot
And see-1 take it off. Beauvais is totter-
ing, tell you. 1t wants bnt "a
heard no more. for they moved away
from the window; but they left me a differ
ent man. Urged, less by the hope of reward
than by the desire for vengeance nv clerk $
wits awoke once more. while the very des-
peratlon Of my affairs gave me the courage
l sometimes lacked 1 recognized thar 7 had
to do, not with king but a dog: and thai
none the less that way lay revenge And I
lose up apd skunk again into St Antoine.
anu through the crowd and up the Rue de
st. Martin and by St. Merri a dirty. ragged
pafeloot rascal from whom people drew
their skirts.
once l halted, weighing the risks and
whether should not take my kpowledre to
ene caruihai. But l knew nothing definite,
anu hdrdehlng my heart, went on, until /
reached the alley between the blind walls
IL was noon; the alley was empty the neigh
Dorlhg lane empty. l looked this way and
.nal, ana then went Slowly down to the door
which the hoJ
as soon as he knew that the game was nnt
lost' ne had been heedful not to return
Ihere, seeing all SO quiet with the green
OF Tree showing here and there above the
wall heSan to blench and wonder how !
was to take the next sten. and for baIF a ;,
nour, 1 dare say, 1 sneaked to and fro
now IN sight of the door and now with ,n,,
PACK TO IT, afraid to advance and ashamed
~ ietleai. AT length l went through the
dHey, ana seeing how quiet and respectable
IL lay with the upper part of the mouse
visible at intervals above the wall I took
at last heart of grace and tried the door.
IL stood so firm that + despafred, and.
after listening, and looking to assure nv.
self that the attempt had not been ,.h-
served, was about to move away when
i! espled the edge Of the ring of KEY pro-
1ecting from under the door, Still all was
quiet; stealthy look round. and I had 1he
key out. To draw back now was to write
myseif craven all my life, and with a
shaking hand 1 thrust the wards into the
iocK, turned them. and In another moment
stood on the other side of the door in a
reat garden, speckled with sunshine ond
shade, and all silent
l remained full minute, nattened against
the door; staring featfully at the high
lfronted mansion that beyond the garden
| looked down on me with twelve great eyes.
But all remained silent, and observing pres
entity that the windows were shutterad, l
took courage to move, and slid aside under
a tree and breathed agAin
Sull l looked and listened, fearfully, for
| the silence seemed to watch me; but moth
ing happened and everything saw tended
to prove the house empty, grew holder
and sneaking from bush to bush, reached
the door at last, and with a backward
glance between courage and desperation,
1t was locked. but that Il hardly noticed
for, as my hand left the latch, from some
remote part of the house came the long
drawn whine of dog!
stood, listening and turning hot and cold
In the SurShine; and dared not touch the
latch again lest others should hear the
! noise. Instead, l stole ont Of the doorway
and crept round the house. and round the
house again, hunting for a back entrance. I
found none; put at last, sgoaded by the re-
nect1on that fortune would never be so Eear-
ly within my grasp, l marked a window on
the first floor, and in the side of the house.
by which, 1t seemed to me, might enter. A
mulberry tree stood by 1t and 1t lacked a
shutter; and other trees veiled the spot. To
be brief, in two minutes had my knee on
the sill, and, sweating with terror, forced
the easement In and dropped on the floor.
Then L stood AN instant, listening; in a
bare ROOM. the door of which stood aiar.
Somewhere In the bowels OF the house the