Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-11-24

complaints lodged against him."
who lodged complaints against him?'
81 did. monsieur"
but he was too powerful for you to
| touch?"
HE wss we'll protected. monsieur the
able. He Haunted. While the poor prince
! and myself suffered Inconvenience and
Jared hard
THE poor prince. you -ay?"
1--WE never had a fitting allowance.
monsieur" Bellenger declared aggressive
| ly. yet with little or no means l tried
TO bring this pretender to justice and de-
| fend his Majesty's throne"
Pensioners are not often so outspoken
| in their dissatisfaction" remarked the
priest.
/ laughed as 1 thought of the shifts to
which Bellenger must have been put.
Able Edgeworth with merciless dryness
How were you able to post to Nit
| tau?"
81 borrowed money of a friend in Paris,
| monsieur, trusting that his Majesty will
requlte me for my services"
But why was it necessary for you to
post to Mittau, where this pretendeT
would certainly meet exposure7'
Because 1 discovered that he carried
with him a casket of the martyred queens
Jewels, stolen from the Marquis du Pies
sy.''
How lid the Marquis du Plessy obtain
! possession Of the queens jewels?'
"That I do not know"
But the jewels are the lawful prop
erty OF Madame d'Angouleme. He must
have known they would be seized.
81 thought 1t necessary to bring my eT-
| idenc- against him, monsieur"
There was little danger of his i'm
posing himself upon the court. Yet you
are rather to be commended than CEN
sured, Bellenger. Did this pretender
know you were in Parish"
HE saw me there"
Many tines?" -.
Eat least twice, monsieur the abbe."
did he avoid your"
81 avoided him. / took pains to keep
him from knowing how I watched him. :"
You say he Haunted. When he left
Paris for Mittau was the fact generally
reported?'
mo, monsieur"
"You, learned 1t yourself?"
| Eyes, monsieur"
"But he must have known you would
pursue him.
HE left with great secrecy, monsieur
the able. It was given out that he was
merely going to the country"
What made you suspect he was COM
ing to ia4lttau?'
He hired strong post-chalse ana
made many preparations.
"But didn't his friend the Marquis du
Plessy discover the robbery? Why didn't
| he follow ard take the thief?"
Dead men don't follow, monsieur the
able. The Marquis du Plessy had duel
on his hands, and was killed the day after
this Lazarre left Paris"
OF all Bellenger's absurd fabrications
this story was the most ridiculous.
| laughed again. Madame dAngouleme
took her hands from her face and our
eyes met one Instant, but the idiot whined
like dog. She shuddered, and covered
her sight.
The priest turned from Bellenger to me
with fair-rnlnded expression, and in
CURED: ~
what have you to sayg'
I had 4 great deal to say, though the
only nearer expected to convince was
my sister. II she believed in me l did
not care whether the others believed or
not I was going to begin with Lake
George. the mountain, and the fog and
Bellengers fear Of me. and his rage when
Louis Philippe told him the larger por-
ton of the money sent from Europe was
given to me. SO
Facing Marie-Therese, therefore, in
stead of the Able Edgeworth, spoke her
name. She looked up once more. And
instead OF being In Mittau, was sudden
ly on balcony at Versailles!
The night landscape. chill and dim,
stretched beyond multitude of roaring
mouths, coarse lips, flaming eyes, illum-
mated by torches, the heads ornamented
with three-colored thing stuck into the
caps. My hand stretched out for sup
port, and met the tight clip of my moth
er's fingers. / knew that she was tow
ering between Marie-Therese and me a
fearless palpitating statue The devilish
roaring mob shot above itself a forced
admiring piercing cry-"Long live the
queenH Then all became the humming
Of bees-the vibration OF a string-nothing
Blackness surrounded the post-carriage
In which / woke, and it seemed to stand
In a tunnel that was afre at one end Two
huge trees, branches and all, were burn
ing on a. big hearth stones glowing I'M
der them; and figures with long boards, in
black robes, passed betwixt me and the
fire. stirring a cauldron. If ever witches
brewing was seen, it looked like that.
The last eclipse of mind had come upon
me without any rending and tearing in
the head and facts returned clearly and
directly. 1 saw the black-robed figures
were Jews cooking supper at a large fire.
place. and we. had driven upon the brick
floor of post-house which had door
nearly the size or a gaDle. AT that end
spread ghostly film of open land, forest
and sky. lay stretched upon cushions
as we'll as the vehicle would permit, and
was aware by a shadow which came be-
tween me and the Jews that Skenedonk
stood at the step.
What are you about?" / spoke with a
rush OF ehagrin, sitting up. Are we on
the road to PARISH"
Yes" he answered.
''You have made a mistake, Skenedonkr %
''No mistake" he maintained. wait I'M
til 1 bring you some supper. After supper
we can talk"
Bring the supper at once, then, for am
| going to talk now"
Are you quite awaken
quite awake. How long did it last this
! timer
1.-TWO days"
eve are not two days journey out Of
| Mittau?"
Yes"
'WeIl. when you have horses put in to-
morrow morning. turn them back to Nit
| tau" -sl =.
Skenedonk went to the gigantic hearth
and one of the Jews ladled him out q
bowlful of the cauldron stew, which he
brought to me-
The stuff was not offensive, and 1 was
hungry. He brought another bowlful fol
! himself, and we ate as we had often done
| In the woods The fire shone on his bald
| pate and gave out the liquid lights OF
| his faWn eyes.