The times., 1897-03-28

THE reckoning" | cried now fiercely,
and paled lest 1 did not have the sum;
| but luckily | had, with sou TO spare;
| but, unluckily, nothing to give TO the
| boy who was helping Baptiste with the
| horses
-'Give him franc for me, : cried, bent
on keeping up this hollow appearances
So. with bravado, whipped up TO Paris:
| but sou in my pocket; owing my last faith
| rul servant a franc in addition to the six
months wage-in debt. all told, to trades
folk and gentlemen, some 5000 francs;
with not even good name; with positive
threat of the Bastile. / did not give those
who passed on horse or in coach chance TO
fail in their recognition, but looked straight
forward, resolved. at least, to have the air
of di>dain. once hymn struck my ears
from an open church door, and it was ike
Mile Moncrefr's words. l felt a lump in
my throat.
"BaptiSle." said I, weakly.
Yes, my lord"
we must part, Baptiste. no longer can
keep you from your wage. Yes-Imust owe
you q little longer.
You owe me naught, nc said, stOutly.
"Ah!'' L cried, Il owe alI-my best
friends, even my servants. l have naught
left whatdU they say-the servants
"Naugbt TO me. one began, but 5r kc
the ra>cal's head. "
Yet you must GO
Yes, my lord. And where?"
ITO AuverEne.
And YOU. too"
'.No--'' / wondered If shot in the heart
were moi best. or the Seine Then | shook
the moua away. Was not I a Sieur tie la
Rennes Albeit the last. Could / not gain
again what I had lost?
NO, Baptste,'' / continued, Il go Tito
the world and where n the world: - for
fortune, for a name
And VIII not my lords fortune be Bap-
tiSte Berauds? Do you ask me to leave
you. my lord whose ancestors have served
my lords ancestors? No. I'll follow you,
and let the wage stay
leaned over my Il have forgot, Jean de
Vtry'sl horses head and pressed his hand.
But Susanne in Auvergne?" l asked at
last. looking back, for he had fallen to his
place.
.'She can wait. Let me see the world
There are girls and girls and but one Sieur
de la Rcnne.''
cantered along in the twilight to my lodg-
ing. A troop of the kings guard swept by.
/ did not notice. Hope reached swift TO my
heart. Yet when [ came to my lodging door
the gloom was over me. The Ian llorl stood
there threateningly, but / pushed past in
dudgeon.
"Out of my way, fellow, your account
will be settled "
/ slammed the door in his malicious face.
The candle flickered, showing on the seals |
handle the three lions of the Sieurs de Ia |
Renne, and the motto - Non Wis, sed virtus "
l laughed bitterly. l had proven I had no |
strength. Had / either, a spark of ralor? |
/ buried my face in my hands on the table. |
l do not know how long I remained thus |
But presently perceived 1 was hungry. |
raised my head, looking about disconso. |
lately. / suppose 1 had been then study |
for despair. Yet 1 think it was not pow |
.rty, not hunger alone, so much as the sense
Of my position. AT the moment Baptiste |
came gathering up the stairs; he always
has retained some of the clumsiness OF |
the country servant.
Il have returned from the Count de
vitry's stables"
$50 1 perceive / said ironically
THE count Graves my lords presence at
dinner"
What did he wish of me?
Come, Raptiste," / cried, having a
mind that lie, too. should be fed from
,e Vitry's kitchen.
Aud De Vitry himself met us at the door, |
as il he would anticipate the lacley: and