Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-12-02

And by the pope and the king of Spain
have not forgotten it"
Il have" ! said
What! Have you forgotten splitting
that fellow at Caylus ten days ago? Ca!
sa. You remember. And very Clearly
done, too! \ pretty stroke! Well NJ.
Anne, chat was a clever fellow, very
clever fellow. He thought so. and
thought so, and what was more to the
purpose the most noble Raoul de Be
zers thought so too. You understand"
He leered at me. and l did under
stand. / understood that unwittingly
| had rid Blaise Bure of rival. This ac-
counted for the respectful, almost kind
~ way in which he had-well, deceived
us.
THAT is all,' he said. eff YOU want
as much done for you let me know. For
tie present, gentlemen, FAREWELL"
lie cooked his hat fiercely, and went
oft at speed the way we had ourselves
been going, humming as he went:
&c petit homme tant Toll,
Qui toujours cause ct touiours rit,
Qui toujours baise sa mignonne
Dieu gard de NAL ce petit hommer'
His reckless song came back to us on
the summer breeze. We watched him
make playful pass at a corpse which
some one had propped in CHASTITY fash
ion against a door-and miss it-and 90
On whistling the same air-and then
corner hid him from view.
We fingered only d moment our
selves; merely to speak to the boy we
had befriended.
'Show the book If anyone chal-
lenges YOU" said Croisette to him,
shrewdly. Croisette was so much Of "a
boy himself, with his fair hair like
halo about his white, excited face. that
the picture of the two, one advising
the other, seemed to me a strangely
pretty one. "Show the books and
point to the cross on them. And
Heaven send you safe to your college"
Il would like to know your name if
you please" said the boy. His cool
ness and dignity struck me as admira-
bic under the circumstances. u am
MaXimilian de Bethune, son of the
Baron de Rosny.''
Then" said Crosette, brislly, lone
good turn has deserved another. Tour
father, yesterday, at Etampes- no, it
was the day before, but we have not
been in bed-warned us
He broke off suddenly; then cried:
Run! rum"
Fhe boy needed no second warning,
indeed. He was off like the wind down
the street, for we had seen, and so had
he, the stealthiy approach of two or
three proving rascals on the lookout
for a victim. They caught sight of
him, and we're strongly inclined to fol-
low him; but we were their match in
numbers. The street was otherwise
empty at the moment; and we showed
them three excellent reasons why
they should give him clear start
His after-adyentures are well known;
for he, too, lives. He was stopped
twice after he left us. In each case he
escaped by Showing his book of
| On reaching the - lege the porter re-
fused to admit him, and he remained
| for some time in the open street ex-
liposed to constant danger of losing his
life, and knowing not what to do. At
length he induced the gatekeeper, by
the present of some small pieces of
money, to call the principal of the col
lege, and this man humanely con
cealed him for three days. The mas
sacre being then at an end, two armed
men in his fathers pay sought him out
and restored him to his friends. So
near, was France to losing her greatest
minister, the Duke de Sully
To return to ourselves The lac out
Of sight, we instantly resumed our pur-
pose. and trying to shut our eyes and
ears TO the cruelty, and ribaldry, and
uproar through which we had still to
pass. we counted our turnings with a
desperate eSactness, intent only on one
/ thing-to reach Louis de Pavannes, to
reach the house opposite to the Head of
/ Erasmus, as quickly as we could. We
i presently entered a long, narrow
street. At the end OF it the river vas
visible, cleaning and parking in the
sunlight. The street was quiet; quiet
i and empty. There was no living soul
/ 70 be seen from end to end of it. Only 4
/ proving dog. The noise Of The
tumult raging in other parts was soft
cned here by distance and the inter-
yening houses. We seend 10 be able
i a. breathe more freely
This should be our street, said
i Cr9isatte
i / n5ddaa At the same moment J
espis hall way down i, the sign we
needed aad pointed o It's Hut ah! Were
S. na OF 100 late2 That was
i-a aH. lv single impulse We
raHe ihsa q raa, ANA shot do.n tha