The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-12-28

inct, this jovial prclatc ended his d1ys q
: deriy, alter prodigious dinner, which Is
! gan Mt II in the morning and ended nj 70,
IN the afternoon. concluding with 40 Iipl
: auain'y as n dish Of roasted era, fish. wasbe
down with bottle Of vcrnaccia. wine ,
: "h''h ne was inordinatcly fond. AT ou
own table there were about dozen or NOR
anu found myself seated next st. Armand,
whist opposite to me was l.c Cicrc. the co,
dinais chaplain. and next TO him an Office
OF the papl guards. n Spaniard who spok
iittlc and ate much. 1T. Armnndc passc
oy the vine. drinking only water. and in re-
Py 10 question OF mine answered that h
was under vow.
We crn absolve you here easily, chcvo
ner' hid Le 'lcrc, who overheard the re-
r'aik' here Is some Orvicto which I car
recommend" and he pushc, tho aas. 10
wards st. Armande.
Ihc latter. however. would not be tenn,
cd. and Lc Clcrc shook his head
"A willful man must have bis own v,v
chcvalicr; but that Orvicto was prcsen,
from Picrrot, our lords most favored sery
ant" 's''
Indeed" said the Spaniard; "then cnp
safely say il is the last present you will re-.
cciye from Don Pierrot."
"llow soy
cesare arrived last night, very suddenly.
with two men only. they say. lie has not,
however, yet seen his holiness although
hc is in the vatican"
lie Clerc remained silent, but St. Ar.
mande asked in his low voice:
- do not follow, sir. Could you not ex
pam! Unless ! ask too much. You SEQ
] am stranger in Rome"
The Spaniard smiled grimly.
n,e'hs' ' encVaiier that Picrrot was
,,,' % morning win dagger sticking
W W ."e M, ih ms hcart.
,.Lai "nue =; turned pale, and lie Clcrc
W 'oN tone!
,,.,, -, w" SURF VI this' W hen did 1t hap
"a,
- Nv st mere IL happened an
- ~ "''er Ncsare coming. The pope
i;,. ~ ~ oy oNcrc'hie win gricf, and the
90, ~" '"so oe LeyVa TOOK sarcastic
.C a.,
p;.,.'',,,, "'''''s' said lie Clerc. Poor
~,
.,;.n. .nsPlnh rose from his scat with
sns i"ns "po'osy, anu approaching ID Amboisc.
,.J oer MN ana whispered few
a,,,s "s ear. ihc cardinai nodded with
eh. L.nI "ncohrcrn' and lie Clcrc came
7 ..,,. ous "a.shlhg DAmboise narrowly.
i.h VA. a''nough nc still appeared to |
hrn,, ,rn,,LI' Lie' MS eyes were grave and his |
,ha Lh.s ..iI In ,hct, shortly afterwards, |
.ni, 80 -, .oe ~ o,oNe up, ana we followed |
0",s S So'n' pespitc MS ciieminatc ap-
Z, hau peshn TO take liking to
uoro ui 80 ana ns 'he next few hours
Dnt v;,,' % ',sruSn', , invited him to ride
49,. ~ wv" ~ , va" NINA to try Gas
,i,h H. , , however he declined.
,a,', Wv so"e"hat shy AR That marked his
,rJcr'.J , ~ '.''hS nun 10 his devices, ]
,ut WL"., w oe s"'uisd ahl took him
,f,crnon,, ~. u.ncu' npout hve in the
# ,ho ,,n',,,.o,,, t '""' "' 'hat hnd been said
.r,uc nrJ ,s,, . 'ouc uhdcrrdted his
tccJ wh, ,.a q, possessed matohlcss
E n"o was Ut 10 run Tor u Kingdom.
;t 70, .he ncNt lew days the routine Of my
w was "Hac.,y 'hc same, the morning at.
vnu"nee at ,ne cardinaTs lcvcc, the daily
".' IN puonc' and long rides with Cas
-, :" wy afternoons IN which ] was soric.
~" ' ae'oNhrah,ed by st. Armandc; but
- wa" no. nEays possible. ns he was
!. Al a'tneu s 20 Imno'ses person.
!, ~. "Ie II' frequently asked me to accom-.
h., Im m ~ 'ne vatican; but up to now
go. "ess." PERMISSION TO decline his invi. ,
&c.. w y" tae p,ca that, with the business q
, ,;,, NV mou" perhaps oe well Tor me I
III y. re'reat as possible. The |,
,,.L I"'' WIN 'nat good'tempcred 1,
.s" ,, ~ "s, whleh ehtirciy bclled his as.
''e scnen,ins nature, that as | was as yet
u no'nh' o, my task ! need not be 80 care. s
w. repneI 10 MS enincnce that il was q
'' neeause ! was IN the dark that was
.ueu"speet ana he was then good :,
'osu W agree with me. was, however. \
',;a.' ;' anxious 70 see something Of the ~ ~