Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-05-13

ito do two things. My MASTER as you
have guessed-he was to be the eye Of
the king Of France in the virginias.
Very good. You want me to be that
eye. Only l shall see things always
bad for the Wings, eh2 And you would
have me write such letters as you shall
frame, but in my masters hand, so
Louis shall be fooled, so he shall think
the Virginias loyal to the English
crown, so he shall no longer plan to
offer the aid of France"
"Sooth," applauded Jarrat, at couldn't
be palmer. You have written to your
masters hand and should know his sig
nature. Neither De Vergennes nor
Beaumarchais need be the wiser, and
be sure no one in the colonies will be-"
"And if in spite of what were written
him this foolish king should still wish
to comfortT'
"Why, then the message he sends to
his dear marquis will come safe to you,
and we shall chuckle over it in our
closets. But small chance of that. The
king leaned upon your master. A dozen
letters of the proper complexion and he
will forget he ever dreamed of fleets
a-sailing westward"
you have the true finesse, M. lie
Capitaine," NJ. Armand said gravely.
Permit me to congratulate you"
1.-THE reward is tidy one" JaErat
licked the words lingeringly. "Twould
take you longer to earn a commission
in your own country"
"In France to be an officer in the ar
my one must prove descent from a fam
lily ennobled for at least hundred
years"
Nor are doubloons to be plucked
from the bushes by any stool pigeon"
1T is not too much, monsieur" the
Frenchman interposed, because you
pay me for what l know of my master
habits, speech, writings, SEAL all.
can write so that the king of France
will never know he is dead-never Till 1
choose. He will send no other; no-not
till he has found it out But when he
does, what then? Shall l escape his
wrath? Shall not be an alien, an ex-
lie from my country?''
Jarrat bent toward him and spoke
smilingly in the arrogance of full
blood:
as there no compensation even for
that? Look, you, There be bright
eyes in the middle plantation-bright
eyes and red lips and little waists and
soft ways. There are slender fingers
to be kissed, and these fingers oft hold
purse strings. Love is a pretty game,
and by benefit of clergy tits sometimes
wed with broad plantations that bring
golden guineas across the water"
He laughed at the look the other gave
him. Cooks" he cried. "Why not?
Think you the proudest of them all
would not blush to be wooed by a no
BILE? There are few my lords in the
valleys"
NJ. Armand sprang up, pushed the
shutters of the window wide and lean
ed out, drawing deep, long breath.
Dark was come down over moonless
vast flooded with waves of bishops
purple, to which trees lent deeper
mystery of shadow. When he turned
his face was tender, his eyes luminous.
"Virginia ladies'" Jarrat continued
have the st. James sniff for the COM
moner. But It's yours to choose from
them all an you use your wit"
mine to choose" the young foreigner
said as if to himself-"mne to choose
He looked out again into the dark
while his tempter smiled discreetly be-
hind him. But to WINS it always to
keep, monsieur? Some time-some time
the truth must come to light. She
whom | would win must love me
Would she love me them" He spoke
low, rather to the outer silence than tc
the other.
Pooh. When a woman has once
wed think you it matters whether her
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