Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-31

ing q warning!--nad given Nine de
Pavannes when he told her that she
would be better where she was. l
thought OF the wakefulness which i
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.
J'Then you know nothing of what Is
even while we are lettering here-Dut
listen"
! And with all speed. stammering In
deed in my haste and anxiety. / told
him what / had noticed In the streets.
and the hints / had heard. 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 a house In
the windows OF which some lighted
candles had appeared not a 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. II
was a heavy gold signet, with one curl
Gus characteristic; II had two faces.
VII Ollt vi ilSot "ao
ter H" and above II a 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 luke Of Guise's.
he muttered. 1T Is the eagle OF Lor-
raine."
"Ha." said / softly. seeing light. The
duke was the idol then, as later. or the
n a4~.nn nTd understood
now why the citizen soldiers had shown
me such respect. They had taken me
for the dukes envoy and confidant.
But saw no farther. Pavannes did.
and murmured bitterly: I'VE may say
our prayers, we II~uguenots. That Is
our death warrant. Tomorrow night
there VIII not be one left In Paris, lad.
Guise has hts fathers death to avenge,
and these cursed Psrisians will do his
bidding like the wolves they are. The
Baron de Rosny warned us or this,
word for word. ! would to Heaven we
had taken his advice"
stay" l cried-he was going toe
fast for me-"stay!" His monstrous
conception, though 1t marched some
way with my own suspicious, outran
them far! / saw no sufficient grounds
for It. THE king-the king would not
permit such a thing, NJ. de avannes.
/ argued.
Boy, you are blind" he rejoined
impatiently, for he now saw all and
nothing. "Yoader was the duke OF
Anjou's captain onsleur's officer. th'
follower OF Frances brother, mark you
And he-he obeyed the dukes ring
The duke has a free hand tonight, ant
he mates us. And the river. Why arr
we not to cross the river? The KIM
indeed. The king has undone us. IL
has sold us to his brother and IN
guises. Va chaser / Idole"-for TIT
second time | heard the quaint phrase
which | learned afterwards was an an
agram OF the kings name, Charles d
Valois, used by Protestants as a pass
word-"Va chaser L Idole has be
trayed us! | remember the very word
he used 10 the admiral: Now we hav
got YOU here we shall not let you go =
/, easily Oh, the traitor! The wretche'
, traitor!'
He leaned against the wall, overcom
by the horror of the conviction whic
had burst upon him, n unnerved b
I, ;he imminenCe Of the peril. At a
{ tines he was an unready man, / fancy
I more At, courage apart, for the colleg
: han the field; and now he gave way |
despair. Perhaps the thought OF hi
wife unnamed him. Perhaps the eX
element through which he had alread
gone tended to stupefy him, or the SUD
q denness Of the discovery.
e CONTINUED Next Week.)