Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-06-19

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Holding her round the acatst ,ptth one
arm, began the descent.
for 1t would mean crossing bright
patch of moonlight, where. for certain,
we would be seen.
Eyes, monsieur - LIE Brusquet, his
ape and n girl-she looked pretty"
"And you did not stop themf"
Monsieur, the gates are free until
10, and, besides, lie Brusquet has >an
evil sword. and he called her mi
gnonne."
"Ha, Ia, ha" And Crequy's merry
laugh rang out, while my companion
stamped her foot.
"Three very good reasons, but the
first rs the best. Harkee! Close til,
gates ut once. Let none pass in os out
"Yes, monsieur"
And then Crequy, turning his horses
head. rode off ut n canter.
AS he did so drew the inferen,,
from his act.
"The king rs not back yet, your high
ness. We are SAFE"
Then we crossed the garden in ST.
lence until we came to the little wicket
leading to the ladies' terrace l opened
1t with my key, and when we had gone
up the steps and reached the platform
Of the terrace she stopped. and we
faced. each other.
4 shall never, forget that night when
we two stood there alone, the quiet
moon looking down on us, the silver
light. the shadowy trees and the scent
ofsthe roses that came to us with the
breeze.
l saw my queens eyes shining upon
me, and knelt at her feet.
"Your highness will forgive me-my
freedom Of speech and all have done.
But there was no other way, and you
are safe now"
She threw her hood back and looked
down upon me with her glorious eyes,
and then, stretching out her hand, rails
ed me to my feet.
IN. de Besme," she said, "God has let
me know today what true gentleman
is. Keep these in memory Of Mary Of
Scotland"
With these words she detached the
two red roses she wore at the neck Of
her dress and placed them in my hands,
and as, 4 bowed low and In silence to
receive them she turned and ran up the
stairway and into the palace, slipping
from my sight like ghost.
Late that night rs sat in my cham
Der, thinking and staring at the roses
had placed in a vase on the table before
me, heard step outside my door and
then knock. knew whosit was.
Enter" cried, and Lorgnac came
in. His face was beaming, his eyes
laughing. He shook me by the hand
and, fllnging himself into u chair, pour
ed himself out a cup of D'Arbois and
drained 1t at draft
"See hereT' he said as he placed a
small bag on the table. "a thousand
pistoles in gold! And owe you 40
crowns" Saying this, he counted the
money out on the table and fell to
laughing again.
Come" he said, tell me your sto-
ry."
! told him oil. emitting only the men
ton of the roses, and when had done
no went to the little box where Pom
pom lay wearled and asleep. He looked
OF the ape long and earnestly and NUT
tered:
you shall have Q collar Of gold, mon
ami, for you have saved a queen"
Then he came back, and we spoke for
awhile gayly of many things, for our
hearts were full of ono thing which we
did not dare to speak of even to one
another.
at last he rose to go. AS he stood at
the door wishing me good night he hes
ltated q little and then went on:
TT is good night and goodby, LIE
Brusquct. The king has forgiven me,
and leave tomorrow with dispatches
for Coligny."
"Heinp said. "The treaty Of Vau-
celles is waste paper. Good luck and
good fortunew
I waited until his footsteps had died
away. He was wearing his willow
bravely and like gentleman. Then I
went back to look at the queens roses.
But SIX days after Coligny had at
tackled Douai and stormed Lens and
the king had declared war against
Spain.