Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-10

"a river from millau. where he had
{gEEI received Jean Cavalier. The
GSAS3 white house with The long garden
in frcnt was still his headquarters. M. Sc
Mcntrcvol smiled to himself over bFe, &
fast. which ne took alone. as he thought
how his arm had reached from the slopes
OF the Dourbie and the banks OF the Tarn
even to the white splintered rocks Of the
Alpinea.
He had seen to It that Maurice Rath
was well guarded in the company of
Patrick Wellwcod. Billy and his wife Bet,
having proved rebellious, had been removed
to a military prison, where they had leis-
urc to think upon the lost delights of
KeltonhIll Fair.
Safe among the Ave prisoners Of the
resin gatherer's hut Flower-o'-the-Cor
alone found herself free and an honored
guest in the house of the marshal. II
was, indeed, with something of repug-
nance that she first encountered Yvettc.
But the wife OF the Marechale de Mont
revel was. after all. in a different posi-
tion $50 at least thought Frances Well
wood from Yvette Foy OF the little hill
village OF La Cavalerie.
FlOwFr-o'-t Corn believed that when
a woman married she changed her ma
ture. The fllrt was no mere a firt. The
cat with the claws that scratch became
Puss In Boots, and a fit chaperone for
any young unmarried female.
1t was, therefore, with some sympathy
that Flower-o'-the-Co Corn received Yvette's
explanation, how that the arrest was not
her husbands act.
But now that they had been captured and
brought back by the dragon of de Ban
willie, directed by some unknown spy domi-
ciled in Saint Veran. what would he do?
They must wait.
with her lips to Flower-o'-the-Corn's ear
she revealed. however, that 1t was posi-
bic 1.-THE secret was one which must not be
80 much as breathed, as she valued tho
lives of her companions) that this dreadful
war Of religion, which had so long desc
lated the country, would be brought to an
end, and that in the %happiest way-and so
on. ending in feminine fashion with an en-
brace. For lower-o'-the-COrn was by ma
ture forgiylng, and she had not forgotten
that at the great cradle-cairn of Saint
Veran. where the cadets of the cross had
captured her, fvette Foy had saved more
than her life.
So il came to pass that with some ap-
pearancc of permanency, the f~ugitives were
detained in the camp of the Marechale de
Moutreyel. while Jean Cavalier was per-
forming, or endeavOring to perform, his
promise of bringing the rebel Camisards
over to the side of the king.
As to their unexpected capture in the
Rhonc valley, the marquis had allowed
them to get far beyond his immediate jurts-
diction before arresting them, because he
did not wish that the bTuit OF the event
should interfere with the success OF his
projects of paci6cation or the recruiting of
the promised Camisard regiments by Jean
Cavalier.
So II happened that there came a new in
huence. a gracious presence into the house
Of Nicholas de Baume. Marquis de Mon
trevel. Wise about other matters, he was
singularly and as one might say. shrewdly
ignorant about women. Like all men who,
having lost their mothers in childhood,
have known few good women since, he was
under the belief that the experience OF
many can take the place OF the knowledge
OF one.
As to Corn. she knew we'll
that the lives of those dearest to her de-
pended largely upon the impression she
might make upon the notable commander
in-chief Of the High Cevennes; and So
thinking no evil. desiring all good, she set
a smiling face to the difacult task of OBJ
taining the release of Captain Maurice
Raith and her father, Patrick Wildwood,
late chaplain in ArdmiIlan's regiment.
Nicholas de Baume had never had the
opportunity to observe intimately a type OF
wOmanhood higher than the clever maid
Of honor Of SON wandering princess in
p~artibus. In comparison with such, YvettC
Foy appeared to him an even greater won
dor than she really was.
still there was something wanting OI
which his heart took due cognizance. The
sv Get and tender nature OF the girl Frances
Wildwood, her frank unconsciousness OF ad
miration, the reproof to all freedom of Ian
guago OF action which her mere cominl
into a room seemed to enforce with the au
thority of a royal command, moved tn,
grim-humorOus hard-bitten old warrio
like a glimpse of a paradise from which al
his life he had been shut out.
All this nIght hove hoa M an af,cts-