Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-07-09

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Nv port, lsck beltSf q III trqdpol-
6ble intent1ouo toNoT1c Tho King.
Laval hooked keenly at the bearded
face.
ION our road here he said slowly,
II halted at Moulins, for was puzzled
BY the news had heard further north.
The tidings / gathered at Moulins left
no doubt OF the Dukes treason
"This interests me. What didst hear
at Mouhns?''
The anglers tone Of lazy indiffer-
ence lulled Laval's rising suspicion; he
had begun to think that this fellow
might be the Constable's spy Now
he saw that his first impression had
been correct, and that this was one OF
those besotted fools OF whom he had
heard, whose world was limited by
their sport, and who took little Inter
est in aught outside 1t.
81 heard at Moulins that though the
lord Constable was Ill In bed, SO III
that he could not even rise to greet MS
Majesty, yet soon after his Majesty s
departure he was in the saddle, and on
his way to La Palisse; he went thence
to Characteristic, the sick nan, VINO
was to travel slowly In liter to join
the King at Lyons"
The angler looked surprised.
"Viye lie roi! Say you 80? Wen,
well. they should know the truth IN
the Dukes own city; yet he may nave
gone to Chantelles but to raise troops
and has. mayhap, Joined the King from
thence. What think you?"
laval turned irnpatiently away.
"Mort Dieu! all the world knows
that the Duke left Chantelles days ago.
he is said to be near LIE Puy. he IN
tends to pass into Savoy, so as 10 JOIN
Pescara in Italy" o.,
ssDoes the wind blow that way
"Stay! Thou hast at last tolo me
something / had not heard Delole.
Hast more news slowed away In thy
doublet?"
He called this out loudly, for Laval
was burrying away He waved MS
hand. and was soon lost to slght
among the grey crags. -.
The angler stayed a good hall nour
beside the tarn; he DID not nook q nsn
in the interval; then he rose, ana Win
his long rod on his shoulder, began
to circle round the high rocks that rose
behind the water. He found nlmseh
in a sort of basin, around which the
tall grey crags, fantastic in form, Gus
tered as if they were guarding secret;
between two of them was a dark DOL
the entrance to a cavern In the rock.
The angler stretched out his rod, ana
tanned three times on the rock just
above the opening.
Out of this came, after a While
bending figure, wrapped in a cloak that
concealed him. Seeing only the angler,
he stood erect, showing that he was
very tall and of commanding aspect.
His broad hat Swallowed his face, which
was of almost ivory tint, with jet black
hair and beard; his eyes, as he turned
them inquiringly to his companion
were very black and brilliant.
"Was it he?"
The angler bent his head and related
the news which Laval had brought
from Moulins.
My lord will agree that it is use
less to return to LIE Puy.'
Call me Friend John; it is simpler
and wiser; and l will call you Friend
Peter. I will go back to my first idea,
and make for St Bonnet; it is so mis-
cradle a place that no one will seek me,
and Tarbes is faithful unto death;
.Ie7see the 1,esssaeseSs ss she Phnne wiz
tr~Aing u.s."
"Wny else is he here He processes
friendship, but his eyes belle him;
have put him off the scent, but, Foy
de ma vie! l for one, shall feel safer
when the Rhone is between u.s.
eve must move quickly" his tall
companion said. 81 have a friend at
the Fleur de Lys, near st. Etienne, be-
sides one at ST. Bonnet, where no one
would think of looking for us; but we
must reach the hotel before this dog
leaves LIE Puy."