The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-12-22

wants no more than one horse; SO, cavaliere,
if you will accept Castor, the blue roam there,
you will find that he will never fail YOU"
could hardly speak for the moment, and
at first stoutly refused to take SO valuable
a gift; but Bayard would have no denial.
and the short of it was that Castor was led
into one of the stalls reserved for me.
To say that was grateful would be to say
very little; but will merely add here that
the gift itself was only equaled by the man.
ner of the giver. accompanied Bayard into
the garden, which lay to the west of the
palace, and in course of conversation told
him that had received the sum sent by
DAmboise, and of the steps had taken to
get together few men, and assured him
that, whatever the task was that was to be
set to perform, nothing but death itself
would cut short my endeavor. Our talk then
drifted to. other matters, and he gave me
some information of interest concerning
Nine. DEntrangues. 1t appeared that
D'Entrangues, who had friend at court in
his kinsman, Etienne de Vesci, the SEN
eschal of Beaucaire, had forwarded a strong
petition against Tremouille's decision re-
garding himself, and prayer that the king
would restore him to his position, and COM
pei Nine. DEntrangues to return to him.
AS if he himself had not abandoned her!
Owing to his influence with Cesare he had,
moreover, obtained an order from Alexan-
der denying madame the refuge of ton
vent. Louis had, however, declined to in
terfere with Tremouille's decision, but had
ordered madame to leave the court and re-
turn to her husband. Fearing that force
would be resorted to in order to compel her
to return to D'Entrangues she had fled from
the protection of the Duchesse de la Ire
mouille, who denied all knowledge of her
movements, and the matter stood there.
By this time it was almost approaching the
dinner hour, and we separated, Bayard, fol-
lowed close at his heels by Bran, going to
seek the cardinal, and l returning to my
chamber, where 1 found Jacopo, who had
just come back He had been to the, stables
on his way up, and was loud in his praise of
Castor.
''They say he is fleet as the wind, excel
lency, and he is az gentle as lambkin. It is
a glorious steed, and a princely gift"
ct is so; but what success have you had?'
"None as yet about the swords, signore;
there has not been time; but have engaged
a couple of grooms and lackey, and Or
dered plain liveries for them. The grooms
are even now with the horses, and the lackey
will De here tomorrow"
every we'll, there is time enough. Dasta!
There 60 the trumpets. His eminence must
be served"
We made our way to the dining hall, en-
tering it almost at the same time as the car
dinal, his guests, and the rest of the suite.
At the high table on the dais sat the cardi-
nal, with Bayard, another prince of the
church whom l afterwards found out was
the Cardinal of Strigonia, a scion of the
house of Este, and tall, somber looking
man, with high aquilinc features and COM
plexion almost as dark as Moor's. He was
plainly and simply dressed, wearing light
steel corset over his jerkin, and round his
neck the ribbon of St. James of Compostella,
whilst the order itself, red enamel sword
with heur-de-lis hilt, set in an oval white
enamel medallion with red border, studded
with brilliants, flashed at his throat. His
short, closely-cropped hair was white as
snow, but the long mustache which dropped
over his mouth and short, pointed beard,
was untouched by a streak of gray. Alto
gether a remarkable man, one whom no one
could pass by without looking at twice; and
in me he excited the greatest interest, for
he was none other than Ganalvo de Cordova,
the Great Captain" and the most skillful
general of the age. He had only few weeks
before driven Marshal d. Aubigny out of Ca
labria, and was marching straight on against
Tremouille, when the cessation of hostilities
stopped mis- plans, and suddenly resigning
his command he had come to Rome, for
what purpose no one knew, although it was
said that his resignation and difference with
the Spanish court was but blind.
Be that as it may, I had now an oppor-
tunity of seeing together, seated side by side,
the dark and stern grandee of Spain, as able
Us he was cruel. as vindictive as he was
brave; and the brilliant and polished Bay
ard, who seemed to have gathered in his per-
son all the noblest qualities of knighthood,
and on the white shield of whose honor
there was never stain. And how different
was the fate of these two men! De Cordova,
after holding the highest offices, after be-
ing practically king, after shedding an i'm
perishable glory, on his country. by his vic
tories, and staining her memory indelibly
by his perfdy, died at last, with all his fine
spun webs broken. And Bayard-old as
am, my eyes grow moist when think of that
glorious day at the passage of the Sesia,
when, covered with wounds, overborne by
numbers, and fighting to the last against
hopeless odds, Pierre du Terrail gave back
his soul to God. But long years were to
pass before this happened, and Bayard was
at present in the hey-dey of his career.
The table Tor the gentlemen of the suite
was placed just below the 6ais, and extend
ing further down the room were other
tables, for all who could obtain seats there
at, whilst at the extreme end of the room
was u high stand, whence anyone was at lib
erty to bear away as much of meal as he
could carry off on the point of his dagger.
Estimating roughly, should say that fully
500 DerSOna dined daily in this manner wifi