Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-08-29

Ing warning.--haa given Mime de
Pavannes when he told her that she
would be better where she was
thought of the wakefulness which /
had marked In the Streets the signs
of coming strife. and contrasted these
With the quietude and seeming safety
OF MilepoiN house; and hastily asked
PaNanneS at what time he had been
arrested.
About an hour before midnight" he
answered.
Then YOU know nothing of what is
happening?' I replied quickly. Why
even while we are lettering here--but
LISTEN"
And with all speed, stammering in
ceeea in my haste and anxiety. / told
him what l had noticed in the street,
and the hints | had heard. and
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 kind of fury TO a house in
the windows of which some lighted
candles had appeared not Il minute be-
fore. The ring"' liz cried, let me see
TIE ring! Whose is it,
He held up nay hand to this chance
!lght and We looked at the ring. 1t
Vas heavy gold sisact. with one curl
Gus CHARACTERISTIC: it had two faces
ON one of these VAS engraved the let
ter III. and above ii n crown. On the
other Was an cage with outstretched
wings.
Pssannes let my hand drop and
loaned against the wall in sudden
despair 1t is he duke of Guise's,''
lie muttered. 1T is the eagle of Lor-
,t.ine."
.ila." said ] softly. seeing light The
duke was the idol Them as later, of the
Partisan popuiace, ana understood
now why the citizen soldiers had shown
me such respect. They had taken me
Tor the dukes envoy ana con;idant.
But / saw no farther Pavannes did
and murmured bitterly: I'VE may say
our prayers, we Huguenots. That is
otir death warrant. Tomorrow night
tise8e VIII not be one left in Paris, lad
tuisc has his fathers death TO avenge
and these cursed parisians will do his
bidding like the wolves they are. The
Raron de Rosny warned us of this
word for word. | would tn Heaven we
had taken his adviee."
stay" criaf! lie was going too
fa., for me stay Ills monstrous
conception, though i, marched some
Way with my ewn suspicious. outran
item far ] SAW 40 sufficient glou:lds
for it. The king The king would not
permit such u thi.is, NJ de Pavannes.'
| argued.
Boy. sou are blind. lie rejoined,
impatiently, for he now saw all aud
nothing. "Noader was the duke of
Anj0u's captain Monsieur's officer. the
follower of Frances brother. mark YOU.
Md he-hc obeyc,l The dukes ring,
The duke has Il free hand tonight, and
lie mates us And tine river. Why are
we not TO cross the riNero The king
indeed The king has undone us. lie
has sold us to is brother and the
Guiscs. Va CHASER j l,iule"--for the
second time ! heard the quaint phrase.
which Learned! afterwards was an an-
agl':ein of the kings name Charles de
Nalnis, used by l'rGlestants as IL pass
word VA chaser ldole has he
traNed us, | remember the Very woods
he used to Tho ;t,.iral: Now we have
got YOU here we shiail not let you go so
easily OH the traitor. The wretchetl
traitGr,''
He leaned against he wall, overcome
~ ie honor of TIE conviction which
had burst upon him, and unnelved by
tae ilnninence uf he peril. All all
tmSs he was an aigeady man. ! fancy,
more fit. courage apart. for the college
than the field; and lsf,r, he gave way 10
despair. Perhaps the thought of his
wife unnamed him. Perhaps the eN-
element through which he had already
gone tended to stupefy him, or the sud.
denncss of the discovery.
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