Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-14

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ded. All" he said. ''is he In this pretty
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at q q ionsA4ale, SIR" the duke said
1s.sss &c mana having ve" your
You iced nos ell the tale! Well. no. for
can Sheas it!1 the King answered.. "Ths
Old rogue. Ieose. was for rntning you
ing yoY .tin KaE Sa,nes II You informed.
,hat a. tseH 3 did mot think likely. bat
Ine duke, IN tone Of much surprise. ac-
knoWiedged that he had guessed rightly.
Wen, 1t was a very pretty ,1ilen,ma."
said tie king, with >sc:t If gus:o. And
wnere Is N. Fftzjames in hid;ny"'
AT Or. Lloyds in Hogsden Gardens"
ceal his gloom.
He must be arrested" said the king.
warrant must be issued. VIII you see
to 1t with the others?"
MY lord aSsented, but with such sigh
that 1t required no wizard to discern both
the cloud that hung over him, and also that
now he had done what Ferguson had dared
MIN to do, the consequence lay heavy on
him. The king, after considering him a
moment, with a singular expression, be-
silence.
See here my lord, he said, with good
nature. Il will tell you what to do Sit
down now and here and write a line to
monsieur, bidding him begone. and send 1t
by private hand. and the warrant by
messenger an hour later.
Inc duke stared the king in h..
tered.
so much the better" the king answer
ed indifferently. IF we take him, what
are we to do with him? Besides, to tell you
the truth. my lord. he did me great ser
vice eight years ago..
He, sir?"
Yes" said the king, smiling. "He in
duced his father to fly the country. when
II he had stayed-but you know that story.
so do you warn him. and the sooner he Is
beyond La Manche the better
Still the duke looked unhappy ST dare
not do it, SIR he said at last, after a
pause.
Dare not do it? When authorize it?
Why not?'
mo. sir; because if were impeached by
the commons"
The king shrugged his shoulders. "Ah
these safeguards! he muttered. These
town councils and provincial councils ard
states general And now these commons
and lords! Shall I ever be quit of them?
Well. there Is but one way, then: I must
do 1t. If they impeach me 1 go back to
Loo; and they may stew in their own
juicev
He rose with that, and. moving stifiy to
the table at which Lord Portland had been
writing when he entered. he sought for and
found pen. Then sitting in the chair,
which the groom Of the stole had left va
cant, he tore slip of paper from a folio
before him, and, writing some lines on it
about six. as far as could judge-handed
the paper to the duke. who had remained
standing at a formal distance.
VOLTA, monsieur he said. will that
suit your lordshiD?"
The duke took it respectfully and looked
at it. But. STR; it is in my name" he
'Eh. Hen. why not?' his majesty an
swered lightly. ''The name is the name of
Jacob, but the hand is the hand Of Esau.
| Take it and send it by a trusty messenger.
| Perhaps the man who came with you. and
you-pheugh, my lord, had forgotten that
| this person was here! We have spoken too
| freely
The oath which the duke let fall as he
| turned and the face Of dismay and anger
| with which he gazed on me were proof
enough that he shared the kings opinion.
| as he had shared his mistake. For mo-
ment. the two glaring at me with equal dis
gust and .vexation. thought should sink
| into the floor. Then the king beckoned to
me to come forward. And obeyed him.
i ShNpe~A
The odd and unexpected glimpse Of gener-
ostty which the. king had allowed to es-
cape him In his interview with the duke
somewhat lessened the fears I must other
| wise have entertained at that moment. To
which must be added that am one of
those who, when violence and physical
danger are not in question. retain fair
mastery of their minds. Nevertheless. I
Cows n
l wished myself anywhere else in the
world and would have sacrificed half my
remaining economies to be seated, pen in
hand, and obscurely safe in Mr.. Bronze
ROOM
But the thing took turn which relieved
me when l least expected 1t. AS l ap-
preached the chagrin in the kings face
gave place to look of surprise; and that
again, but more slowly, to one Of intelli-
gence. "Ah. Je me trompaisr' he NUT
tered rapidly. What did you say his name
VASE?
price," the duke answered, continuing
| to glover at me.
price," All, celia va sans dire! But-he
| is cadet-a dependent? He is some way
cennected-how do you say ft-related to
your family"
ITO mine, SIR the duke exclaimed in a
voice of the utmost establishment; and he
| drew himself up If the king had pricked
| him.
"N'eSt-ce pas ca? his majesty replied,
| looking from one to the other of us. Yet
| he has so much look of you that 1t might
| be possible In some lights to take him for
your grace were he differently dressed"
The duke looked purely offended. Your
majesty is under strange misapprehen-
sion,' he said, very stiffly. IF this person
| re sembles me-of which 1 was not aware
know nothing Of the cause, and the like
ness. for what it is worth. must be acct
dental. AS fact. I never saw him but
once before in my life, sir, and that per-
! fectly by chance" And he very briefly re-
| lated the circumstances under which we
came together.
The king listened to the story, but as if
| he scarcely believed it; and he smiled when
| the duke came to tell how he allowed me
| to escape. Then. And you have never
seen him from that day to this?' he said
incredulously.
'Never!" said the duke, positively. but
| it is not my intention to lose sight Of him
| again."
"Ahr' the king said
Il Rave not told you. sir. all that hap
pened," the duke continued, reading, I
| think. the kings thoughts. But briefly,
Mr.. Ferguson, who has come to be little
| short of a made man, drew a pistol on me
| at the close of our interview. and but for
| his friend here-who had been placed to
| listen. but at that broke from his place of
| hiding and knocked up the muzzle SO that
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