Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-04-05


and. vanquisEed. tie wHyering vapor
stole off into IL, ar or llsn@ in is:1ilt
"a NreHtAs above tie foliage Oh the
.illsiGe. Soon the coag&ering Ii:s4t
,,risitIy iilulhinod a medjae1Al castle
commanding the Surrounding country;
The victorious breeze Whispered loudly
1T its gloomy e;tSet"ent>. \ Sreat .<oI'-
iAan structure. soi.:ster, au.stefe. it w;s,
'iovcyeH, bi'...e:!:,,..=.I @I1! fI,yns ze'z,s-
ern features tl!;.t tl.reat"aed gs3l.,1tally
- sap much Of It's ancient majesty
"FiIl up &c nGoat@ Francis had or
tered t; ba bal'ic " }fHl loTnr
would So seaciJ! NAILS thirty fnet
tlictl.. Md ihe l,oatpuiiis away With
Il. >lut!aon my ltIlian painters to
adoin tic wits. We may Yet make
hlu:tab.e these 5c.#eies from tie say
age. brutal past,
so lie n4ighty watts. once set in Il
comparative wilderness. a tangle Of
thiclet and uuJeflz.4,>h, HOW arose
from Garden. itI3n aai iulk. where
even the de- Weac 10 lolz ger Sly, And
the water propelled by artificial pow
er, SHOT upward III Jets.
Seated AT & window which overlook
ed this sylvan ASPECT, modified il not
Fashioned by man, a young woman
with seeming conscientj0uSneSs told
her beads. The apartment. though
richly furnished. was i'll keeping with
the deYout character Of its fair mis-
treSs. y brush OF aspefsorium, used
for sprinkiing l.oly water, was leaning
against the wall Upon table lay an
open psalter. with its long hanging
cover and bail at the extremity of
the forel. Behind two tall candle
sticks stood an altar table which, be
ing unfotded, revealed three conpa!'t-
mcnts. each with a picture painted uy
Andrea del Sarto, the once hnn0red
guest of Francis
I he Princess Louise COUSIN OF Fran
els former queen. Claude. had been
reaic with rigid strictHe,S. although
PROV iNcd with various plercptur% who
hati lhHdc her more or less proficient
III he llipf.nc letters, u, they We're
ken c;.iIcd Ia.;il. Greek. theology and
y. ,>pl,hy. / c fame of hei heau,y
had . vie abroad; her hand h&e been
of,ea sought. out tie obdurate KING
h.u steaetfastly refused to sanction
her netrUti:i until Charles. tie ELL
peror. h.!useIf proposed a union be
tween TIE fair ward of the French
monarch and one Of his nob'eS, the
young Duke OF Eriedwad. To this
Francis had asSented, for he calcu
taleG upon thus drawing to his inter
estS one OF his rivals most chivalrouS
knights white farseeins Charles be-
ltyed he could not only retain the
duke hit add to his own court the
lovely and learned ward of the king.
And in this comedy Of aggrandize
meni tie puppets we're willing, as pup
pets must needs he. Indeed. tile duke
was seriously en"!nored OF the prn-
cess. whose portrait he had seen in
miniature. and had himself importuned
the emperor to in;erccde with Francis.
knowing that the only WY to the
lady'S hand was through the good of
fees of him WHO aspired to the mastery
Of al i1urope if not the world,
ClAries unwilling to disohige one
whose princinalitN WAS the most pow
crtul of Tie Austrian provinces he
sought t. absorb in his scheme for the
uniiication of all nations, offered no
ienur to Il request frausht with ad
vantage to himself. BESIDES, cod and
calculating though he was. the EN-
lrrror entertained q certain affection
for TIE duke. who on one occasion.
when Charles has, been sore beset by
the troors of SolymAn. had extricl ted
his royal leader from the alternative
of ignouIinious capture or an untiMely
end Accordingly. q formal proposal,
eouchcd In language of warm friend
ship to the king was dispatched by
the emperor When Francis With
sclne missiviuG arising from expert
ence with womankind. laid the mnttef
before Louise. she. to his surprise,
proved her devotion and loyalty by her
entire subnissiveness. ana the king,
kissing her hand, generously vowed
the wedding festivities should be
verify of her beauty and fealty.
Was she thinking of that scene now
and the many messages E'hich had
subsequently passed between her dis
tant lover and herself as the white
fingers ceased to tell tie beads? Was
she questioning fate and the future
when the rosary fell from her ;and