The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-08-29

posterous than it might have seemed
in the daylight. There you certainly
wrong her. For shame. M. de Pavan-
nes.
He came a step nearer and laying a
hand on my sleeve peered into my face.
Did you see priest with herr" he
asked, slowly. "A man called the CO.
adjutor-a down-looking dog?"
l sald-with a shiver of dread, a sud-
den revulsion of feeling, born of his
4 manner--that | had. And | explained
the part the priest had taken.
Then" Pavannes rejoined II am
I right. There is a trap laid for me. The
abbess of the Ursulines! She abduct
my Wife? Why, she is her dearest
friend, believe me. 1t is impossible.
She would be more likely to save her
from danger than to-Humph. wait a
minute" | did, | waited, dreading
what he might discover. until he NUT
tered checking himself: Can that be
/ it? Can it be that the abbess did
know Of some danger threatening US,
and would have put Madeline in
safe retreat? | wonder!"
/ And ] wondered; and then--well,
thoughts are like gunpowder. The
least spark will fire a train. His words
were few, but they formed spark
enough to raise such a flare in my
/ brain as for a moment blinded me and
shook me so that | trembled. The shock
over, | was left face to face with a pos
sibility of WickednesS such as | could
never have suspected of myself. 1 re-
/ membered MirepOiX' distress and the
! DrleSttS eagerneSS. / recalled the gruff
warning BeZers-even Beers, and there
was something very odd in Beers Civ
ing warning!-had given Nine de
Pavannes when he told her that she
| would be better where she was. I
tnDllult WI ich 7
had marked in the streets, the signs
of coming strife. and contrasted these
with the quietude and seeming safety
of Mirepoix house: and hastily asked
Pavannes at what time he had been
! arrested.
About an hour before midnight" he
! answered.
Then you know nothing of what is
happenings" l replied quickly. why,
even While we are lettering here-but
| lsten!"
And with all speed, stammering in
deed in my haste and anxiety, l told
him what l had noticed in the streets,
and the hints 1 had heard and l
showed him the badges with which
madame had furnished me.
His manner when he had heard me
out frightened me still more. He drew
me on in a kind of fury to house in
the windows of which some lighted
candles had appeared not minute be-
fore THE ring" he cried, .let me see
the ring! Whose is it?"
He held up my hand to this chance
light and we looked at the ring IT
was a heavy gold signet. with one Curl
Gus characteristics; it had two faces
On one Of these was engraved the let
ter II. and above it crown. On the
other was an eagle with outstretched
wings.
Pavannes let my hand drop and
leaned against the wall in sudden
despair. 1T is the duke of Guise's,"
he muttered. 1T is the eagle Of Lor-
raine."
Hal" said T softly, seeing light. The
duke was the idol then, as later, of the
Partisan populace, and 1 understood
now why the citizen soldiers had shown
me such respect. They had taken me
for the dukes envoy and confidant.
But I saw no farther Payannes did
and murmured bitterly: we nav saw
| our PRAYERS. we IIuguenots That is
our death warrant. Tomorrow nipht
| there Will not he one left in paris lad
| G,1ise has his fathers death to avenre
| and these cursed Parisians viii do bic
| bidding like tho wo1vas thev oral Tba
Baron de Rosny warned us of this
| word for word. would to Heaven we
| had taken his advice!'
"Stay!" I cried-he was going too
| ia ST for ma-"stavt,, HE noonstrons
| conception. though If marched some
way with nv own suspicions, outran
them far! I saw no sufficient grounds
for IT. ",rhe king-the king Womb NOT
permit such a thing. M. de Payannes !"
| argued.
"Roy Won ora h1;,a, ), bo ,oioira
impatiently, for he now saw all and