The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-30

the daughter, declared before the ;udges
that Madame de Montcspau paid frequent
visits to her mother, whenever she feared
a d!minuton of the Kings good erlces,
and rival; her mother then hal RECOURSE
to some priests, who said specLh masses
aud gave her philters for the King, in the
form of powders. When Marguerite JIe
oisin made this deposition, her mother
hac been burned on the scaffod several
months before.
Many historians have thought that If
the sorceress tried TO c0mprJmise People
lr high positions, it was in the hope If
saving their own lives, but lie NOsn
never pronounced the name Of Nine. de
Montespau because she feared the terri
hle punishment Of the regicides. The re-
lations OF Nine. de MonCespln with the
sorceress seem TO have begun IN 1871 when
the King first turned his eyes towards her
In 1867" writes M Funck- Brentano,
1--WE find her In the Rue de la Tannerie. in
company with the magician Lesage and
the Able Mariette, a priest of saint-Se-
vern. In little chamber stood an
altar. Marietta, in sacerdotal Vestments,
pronounced nominations. Lesage sang
the Neni Creator, then Mariette read
chapter of the Gospel over the head Of
Madame de Montespan kneeling before
him. and recited computations against
Louise de Ia VALERIE. She said che very
words are found in one or the interroga-
tories of Lesage). i beg that the friend
ship of the King and monseigneur the
Dauphin may be continued to me, that
the Queen may be barren, hat the King
may leave his bed aud his table for me,
that / may obtain from MN all that !
ask for myself and my relations.
that / may be called TO the councils OF
the King. and that, his friendship in
crea8ing still more, the King may leave
La Valliere, and that, the Queen being re-
pudiated, l may marry the King.
In $685. Mariette and Lesage had the
inpudence to recommence their ncanta-
tions al court, IN the Chateau of ST. Ger
main. 1t was IN this very year that Ma
dame de Montespan TOOK the place OF La
Valiere IN 1863, she had the first of her
seven children by Louis XIV. Marietta
and Lesage had made the acquaintance
OF Madame de Montespan by means Of lie
Vo,sin, who several times gave powders
to the favorite. She fell SO low as TO enter
into communication also with certain
Able Guibourg, who said the black mass.
The ceremony took place near MONTEREY,
in house which still exists, called VILE
bousin II is difficult TO go into the de-
tails of this Infamous black mass, and dif-
hcult to believe that Madame de Monte
span took In II the part aScribed to her
In some dispositions. Can we believe that
a second black mass was said for her at
Saint-Denis, a third at Paris? We cannot
forget that the evidence of such wit
nesses as appeared in yne affair Of the
poisons had but little value; at the same
time, there is some truth in the old pro-
verb, There is no fire without some
smoke" 1t is certain, also, that at varl-
Gus times Madame de Montespan lost her
hold on Louis XIV; that the King had
fits Of devoutness, and was on the point
of separating from her, that once a separ-
alton really took place for a month. Must
we believe that Madame de Montespan
frantic with fear, full OF superstitious no
tons, really addressed herself to criminal
women like lie Voisln and others?
II is curious to follow in Madame de Sc
vignes CORE spondence the ups and downs
Of the favor of Madame de Montespan,
whom she Calls Quanto or Quantova; and
to compare her ia ties with the dates given
IN the trial of the poisons. In one letter
she writes (Sept O. 1879 '"rhe vision of
Madame de Soubse (for whom the King
had short capriceJ has passed like light
ming; everything is arranged. Quanto, the
other day, at the play, had her head fa-
mliarly on the shoulder of her friend. this
affection meant: i am better than ever E"
on the 18th of September things are chang
ed Everybody believes that the star of
Madame de Montespan Is waning. There
are tears, natural sorrows affected gage
ties; well, my dear, everything comes TO
an end: some tremble, the rest are glad;