Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10

her eyes had light that BODIED no good to
Antoine de Cavannes.
Something of the huckster in this ad-
mirer Of yours. mademoiselle." laughed
Pascal He would turn this admiration OF
his for you to profit You must act
warily, for il he suspects the object OF
your visit to Malincourt he may get the It'd
ings to the duke
You may trust me, monsieur" said Luz
cette confidently.
This Dauban, too. You heard how he
pricked his ears to what was said Mark
me, he will watch your Antoine, or am no
reader of mans voice. And he Is a born
spy"
BE at hand at the cedar gate at the hour
you named, and maybe / will bring them
both, monsieur and with that she peeped
out cautiously and then sped away.
Pascal waited a few seconds and then
sauntered back In the direction of the gate.
He had learned enough and was anxious to
get away. AS he crossed the courtyard
luck favored him: Captain Bassot with an
other officer came out of his quarters -
Il have to report myself, captain" said
Pascal. with a salute.
What madcap folly, now?' said the cap
tain sterniy, depressing establishment at
seeing Pascal.
Nothing serious this time, captain"
We'll, let me hear it, and with an excuse
to the officer he turned aside with Pascal.
In the name Of the saints, why do you
venture here? How is it with the young
lord Gerard?"
"All well. so far. Housed safely at Malin-
court yonder where had we but powder,
We could hold out against the governors
forces for days. Can you think of any
means of getting us some?'
What, in broad daylight from here?"
Without 1t We are like to be in sorry
plight
There Is no thought Of his being at
Malineourt. They are searching for him in
the city, but believe he has fed. Hundreds
of horsemen are out on the hunt on every
road and in every direction
And our men?'
Are mostly here. It was held they were
too new to the place to be much good in
hunting for the fugitives.''
How many men other than ours are
here?' asked Pascal eagerly.
Some two or maybe three hundred"
God, what chancer' cried Pascal. "See,
BaSSot, couldn't We get the men together
and while the dukes away seize the castle
itself? 1t is Dubois plan. While you are
getting ready here l could fetch the rest OF
our fellows from Malincourt. 1t would be
stroke worthy of us"
"a fire-brand scheme; but it could be done
If the duke would only keep the men away"
"D'Alembert will be up with the troops by
tomorrow night, and we could hold the cas-
tie till then. We've every reason, too, to
look for a rising in the city among the
burghers; and in that case my lord Tiger
Duke would find his claws nicely cut, and
his tail trodden on at the same time"
There is a breach in the walls here. l
had forgotten. hundred men would De
useless there against his thousands" said
Bassot.
There is a flaw in every plan. We
should have two hundred, not one; and be-
sides, if they carried the walls, there is the
castle. We will try it, said Pascal. de-
cisively. Find me horse and I'll ride to
Malincourt and in an hour we can be back.
At this moment a mounted man rode up
to the gates at a gallop and the soldiers
clustered around him for his news. The
captain went across to learn 1t, and came
back crestfallen.
THE governor is returning with a strong
force. The man says they have news thai
the fugitives have been traced to Crevasse
a hill village away to the north, and thelr
capture is now looked upon as certain.
"a thousand devils!' exclaimed Pascal in
his disappointment, and then with shrug
of the shoulders he added lightly, "Ah. well,
there died a good scheme. and we must ind
another Get me out of this Bassot, before
the duke arrives. Just walk with me
through the gates, and I'll manage the
rest
They passed out together, the captain APP
pearing to be giving him some orders, ana
as soon as they were clear of the castle
Pascal started at quick pace to carry MS
news back to Malincourt.
(To be continued)