The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-26


. his government % Pi-andy given 70 Colls-
I ry, and be wro. in The morn ng was in
( NE Fun tide ot court favor hao hurried en-
Ed dusk. a simple volunteer for the de-
/ ferse 81 Marierhl-E- What the secret OF
| This was ] did n1t know. 1ut conde's last
words and HE look he save me prickel
me. AMI ] answered him 60 dly.
Mons, lEue7l-- So Tar as ] am concerned.
10 one will know thar nave seen YOU"
II would pat my honor on II. de Bes-
mes word said Lorgnac. as lie added.
/ And now uorse.s -eur iet Us 20 a. orce,
7 pray sou, Too much mischief has been
done already.
1T is not for myself, I fear but and
the Prince Stopped. for Lcrgnac made
warning gesture that stayed his words.
For a space we three young men look d
70 each other. and then uaonsel gneur held
out his hand to me.
''5l &c Besme- 1 spoke in hasie.
thank YOU for your promise. Adieu, Till
better timesT
I took The hand he held out to me. and
bis grasp was firm and cordial Then he
went back as he had come. and Lorgnac
with him. but. ere the latter left me. he
bent forward and said in low voice.
stay here for an hour or co. Let ms
know il any one passes. There Is life AMI
death on this. old friend
with that he followed the Prince leav-
ing me with al my day dreams knocked
cut Of my head, a prey 10 the most com
plete wonder and astonishment.
7 made up my mind % do what Lorguac
wished. There was a council that day. az
which il was not necessary that l. Brus-
Quet should attend, and / would not BE-
required until after the dinner hour Be
sides. my curiosity was stirred 10 its
depths; and so 7 fingered, keeping care
ful watch to the right ana left OF me. but
saw nothing AT last I began TO weary OF
= on fnrra
three ways out OF the garden-one by the
wickef leading into the Louvre. the second
near the Porte ST. Hcrore, and the thlrd
a the tour de Bois-l came 10 the conc u
sion that il there was spy about. he
would have plenty Of chance 10 escape
So / consulted the oracle. 1 picked Pom
pom up and let him drop on the sward. DE-
termined to follow the course he took. As
ne touched ground, the little beast gave
chuckle, and scampered across the grass
in the direction Of inc river. In brief, 1t
was the river bank near the tour de Bo.s
that the oracle pointed at, and follow
ed P0mpOn across the hedge, and We went
noise,ess!y through a tangled maze of
brush and shrup and tree. until we came
to the old city wall. that ended here on
the river face. No sooner had we reached
ii than Pomp0n swarmed up the wall
with the aid OF a friendly yeW tree, I for
lowed his example, and, stretching myself
close beside me. / waited ana watched
The day was perfect, and / basked like
q lizard IN the warm sunshine, listening
TO the buzzing Of the waspa, and the
CHEEKY whistle Of a blackcap from thorn
bush not a bowshot from me But my eyes
were not idle. ] had a good view from
where I was. and I watched ike a hawk
from a cliff But nothing came In sight
except the slow procession Of boats pass
ing up and down the river and the crowd
on the opposite bank, like so many ants
hurrying 20 and fro. I was beginning to
despair and was laughing to myself at
my oracle when a little skin that had
been hugeing the shore on my side stole
quietly up. and grounded softly on he
bank just beneath me. There was only one
man within but / saw at a glance he was
not a regular boatman of our river. He
was too tall and dark and had a foreign
air about him. With the aid of a towline
he fastened the boat 10 a heavy stone,
and then. throwing his coat on his arm.
for he was In his ehirt sleeves, he stepped
up the bank, and sat contentedly down be-
meath the yew tree.
90 no" ! muttered 10 myself, the ora
Gle is working" CTaning over. I took an
other look at my man; but / could see lit
tie except his shoulders and the top Of his
head. His coat however, was on the
grass beside him, and on IT'S breast was
embroidered the arms Of Spain.
From the Spanish embassy 7 muir
INJURED again. "This gorws interesting"
And ! stretched myself so that ! could
watch him without moving. Ny only fear
was lest Pompon should make some noise,
or start of In pursuit Of some idle fancy;
50 I stroked his fur gently 10 keep him
quiet, and the ape blinked a me with
sleepy, bead-like eyes.
had not long TO wait, maybe half
hour OF 50, when a shrll whistle rang out
form amongst the trees, and my Spaniard,
jumping up whistled back as shriliy.
Then there was moments silence, fol-
lowed by the sound of hurrying feet, and
a man ran up, breathless with haste
"Caramba" exclaimed the spaniard.
''You are late"
Twas not to be helped I caught
sight of the fool, lie Brusquet. and his
cursed ape mopiug about the gardens, and
lay quiet to give the pair time 10 go. BY
the way, they came this way. Have you
seen anything of them2'
mo one has been here" ard the Span
lard, lifting his coat, prepared to descend
I 10 the boat.
AT first I could not recognize the voice
but as the two went down to the boat
got a glimpse of the newcomers face. 1t
was Aramon, or d'Aramou, as he called
himself a broken captain of the regiment
Of Aunis and an utter scoundrel If ever
/ there was one.
That there was villainy afoot I was sure
now. l was hoping-nay, longing-that
| they would stay and talk little ere they
went But this was not TO be When they
had stepped into the boat, however. and
/ pushed off, d Aramon threw hims If back
! IN the stern and laughed long ana loud Y
! TO himself. AS for the Spauiard, he said
nothing. but pulled steadily across the
! river and ere the skiff had gone half way
across the Seine # vanished from my eyes
| in the golden, dazzling glare of the sun
shine.
! ! lay still for a few minutes, and then
rising, shook Pompon by the neck.
| "Mor ami I said. 1.-The Delphic orac,e
! was nothing to you"
! Nhereat he scufied with me; but I pac-
| fled him with a ginger-nut; and then we
| took our way slowly, but with great con-
! tent, towards the palace.
CHAPTER IT,
THE AMBASSADORS WAGER.
As / walked on however, my mind was
| working like a clock IOrgnac's agftated