The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-04-13

the marshal or the master general?"
II am here for q short time" re-
piled. II have come TO see the king. I
neither understand nor care about your
intrigues."
81 understand perfectly. monsieur"
he said, falling back. a half smile on
his lips, and bowling 10 each other we
passed on In different why's, they
down and up the hail TO Join de Belin.
who had gone few PAGES ahead.
"The king Is still In his cabinet" he
said, pointing TO n closed door. before
which a sentry stood on guard. IL 60 In
at once. When come out let II be the
signal for you to join me. ] will then
present you, and mind, speak freely"
81 mean to-" I answered, and with
nod he passed up through the press. !
leaned against the pillar near which I
was standing, and surveyed the crowd.
Madame was nowhere there. or else
had missed her. Perhaps II wns better
SO, for did see her might be un-
nervcd. and here Bellcgarde joined me.
"Do you see her?" he asked.
"Sce whom?" answered. with start
ana an eager look nrOunu.
ia belle Hcnrictte. See. there she
standsi A little court around her. with
the brightest eyes and the sharpest
tongue in France. ] wager n hundred
pistolcs she will rule us all some day."
As events showed, Bcllcgarde was
right. though that concerns not this
| story.
u<tt Tt,r. q. p;,,o,tol-o,, ,nn-
ment. chcvalier." and he left me to Join
his friend. was again alone. and re-
signed myself TO patience, when voice
seemed to whisper over my shoulder;
III VI. le Chcvalicr will kindly survey
the other side OF the room, perhaps he
| will be equally Interested"
turned round sharply. There was
no one whom I could recognize us the
| person who had addressed me. On the
other hand. however, I blessed him In
my heart, for not ten feet away was
madame. radiant and beautiful. with
Palm by her side. and N. dAycn. with
| his arm In n silken sling. bowing be-
fore her. lie was pressing the tips OF
her fingers to his lips when our eyes
met. and. drawing away her hand. she
made half-movemcnt toward me. ]
was by her side In n moment. and. rs we
shook hands. she said. with smile:
$50 we have met again, chevalier! In
the Louvre, above all places" this with
n slight rising Of color.
| II thought ] had missed you. was
looking for you everywhere. and had
given you up. or course, knew you
were In Paris"
"But the Rue Narcnnc was too distant
land to journey to? Come" she add
ed. as began TO protest, give me
your arm and take me there" she in
dicatcd the upper end Of the room;
"thc crush Is not so great therc-it is
frightful here. NJ. d'Aycn will. knew.
excuse me-" Here d'Aycn. who stood
glaring at me, and biting the red feath.
crs in his hat which he held In his hand
intcrposcd: II was in hopes that maA
dame would give me the pleasure" he
began
"Another day. perhaps, baron" Gu;
in, rudcly enough. "f trust" ! added.
in n kinder tone, that your arm does
not incommode YOU"
at will heal soon." he said. In thick
voice. and turned away abruptly.
ale is very angry" madame said, fol.
lowing him with her eyes.
THAT will heal. too, hope-this way Is
easiest, I think" and moved onward
with my charge, still. however. keeping
an eye on the door OF the cabinet.
And now, rs we made our way slowly
toward the upper end of the room. be-
gan TO get tonguc.ticd, and madame.
too. said nothing. Finally I blurted
out III am to see the king in few
minutes"
She looked down and half whispered;
"God give you success"
"Amen!" echoed to her prayer.
And then in n way that pepole have
when their hearts are full OF grave
things, we began to talk Of matters
light as air.
"rhc king IL late to-day" madame
said. glancing at the still closed door
Of the cabinet near which u curious
crowd had gathcred; perhaps the
cinquc-pace will not come or" she ran
on, M. de Guichc told me that the king
| "
DO YOU not see her there? That lovely
blnck-cyed girl, talking to half 2 dozen
people at once"
"ls she so very bcautiful?"
"What n question to ask! do not see
woman In the room to compare with
her"
"To my mind her profile Is too hard "
"Indced!" Madame's face with lis
soft though clear outlines was hall
turned from me MS she spoke. II sup
pose then you do not care for ber--a
man never thinks with n woman In the
matter OF beauty. But did think you
would admire madcmoiselle."
"Why should I, even supposing she
was beautiful To my mind there are
two kinds OF beauty"
And here was interrupted by III,
sound OF cheering from the Petite Ga.
lerie, and the sudden hush that fell on
the room. As we moved down TO see
fer whom the crush was parting on
either side, we discovered that II was
the marshal himself, and close ut his
heels was Latin, with his sinister smile
and a dozen gentlemen, amongst whom
l observed the grim. figure Of Adam de
Gomeron. Madame saw the free lance
too, and then turned her eyes to mine
She read the unspoken question In my
look. her eyes met mine, and through
her half-pnrted lips low whisper came
to me: "Ncver-never!"
''They are coming straight toward
u.s." I said. Eve will stand here and
|. let them pass" and, with her finger,
still resting on my arm, we moved I