Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-14
CHAPTER Xxx.

The week that followed was a wild one,
indeed, for Morvaix and the citizens, freed
suddenly from the blightng curse of the
Tigers rule, gave themselves up, all
classes alike, to a carnival of revelry and
rejoicing.
The news of the strange occurrences
which had eliminated in the COVER
nor's death was carried far and wide
through the city the same night by the
liberated prisoners, who streamed out of
the castle In gay throng, laughing and
jesting, straining their threats with shouts
and cheers for Gerard and Gabrielle; Bour-
bon and Malincourt, and jostling and
shoulding one another in the mad race to
be the first to tell the glad tidngs
A garbled and distorted tale it was they
told in describing the scene, the true mean
ing of which, although they had witnessed
it, they could but imperfectly understand
But the main fact spoke for itself. The
tyrant was dead-had died by his own
hand rather than face the anger of the
Great Bourbon, who had brought an army
TO punish him and save the city.
The morrow found the great news con-
frmed y proclamation was issued from
the castle announcing that the Due de Ro-
chelle was dead, and that Gerard de Bour-
bon would act for the time as governor
and this was followed by Gerard's first de-
tyrants ordinances, and detailing a number
of measures to be taken immedia tely for
the relief or the poorer citizens.
Nor was this all. The leading burgh-
ers were summoned to the castle and in
formed of the forthcoming alliance between
the houses of Bourbon and Malincourt
through the marriage of Gerard and Ga
brielle, and told that Gerald hoped to re-
main permanently in MorvaiX as the gov
ernor of the province. The burghers were
also requested to take urgent counsel to-
gether as to the best means to be adopted
to restore the impaired trade and fortunes
of the city; and were thus sent on their
way rejoicing, with lighter hearts than they
had known for many long year.
a few days wrought wonders in changing
the look of the little city and the demeanor
of the people, who had many a substantial
plCof of the spirit of the new rule; and
before the week out 1t was known
that couriers had passed between MOrvaix
and the Duke de Bourbon and that they
had brought back from the suZerain con-
firmaton of Ge"ald's appointment as the
new governor
crowd of smiling men and women were
gathered in the market place cheering and
rejoicing over the fresh good news
when two horsemen came riding from
the castle toward the south gate. They
were de Probable and Jacques Dauban, and
OF all the great throng their faces alone
were dark and gloomy. Gerard had held
de Probable a close prisoner intending to
punish him severely, but at Gabrielle's in
tercession had released him on condition
that he and Dauban left the city never to
ItlGTH To II.
I'VE are so happy let US forgive" she
had pleaded. and herself had provided her
uncle with sum of money. But Pascal
had not forgiven Dauban and, learning
when he and his master were to be reeas-
ed, had whispered a word to Babillon which
had results.
As the two men reached the farther end
OF the market place where it narrowed into
the street leading to the city gate, they
found the press of people SO great that no
more than a walking pace was possible
and just at that moment they We're recog-
rized Cries and hooting, coarse jests and
gibes took the lace of smiles and cheers
clenched fists were raised in menace, as the
people closed round the horses, rough hands
being laid on the brides.
De Probable scowIed in anger, and when
one man seized the bride of his horse and
jeered at him to his face, he was foolhardy
Ell Cugh in his rage to raise his whip and
strike the man across the mouth.
1t was the spark to the finder, and the
fame burst out directly. In a moment he
and Dauban We're torn from their horses
and jostled and shouldered and thrust from
hand to hand in the midst of rough but
not over ill-tempered crowd.
Babillon was close at hand, and himself
raised the cry of mo violence on such
day as this No Violence" And the cry
was caught up by the people, and followed
by bursts of thunderous jeering laughter at
the sour looks and angry faces of the two
men, 1t was rough testing, however and
just when the people were firing of it and
the pair were getting back to their horses
a cry was raised by some one of 'rrhe
pend, the pondt' and this, too, swelled into
a roar.
stalwart fellows and. writing, struggling
and kicking in futile resistance, was borne
along and tossed into the middle of the
pond, which was near. He emerged a