The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-29


and play for what one will 1t kill the
| time. But when the people hear /
nave been servant they come only
/ secretly; and there is one of thenl-he
/ has absolve' me of a promise not to
/ speak-of him I learn something he
cannot wish to be toll. make some
trouble to learn this thing. Why I
/ should do this? Well-that is my own
rizzon. So make this man help me
/ in a masque the unmasking it was,
for, as there is no one to know me, I
throw off my black wig and become
myself-and so I am 'Chateaurien,
Castle Nowhere. Then this man use,
/ this Winterset, he
Il have great need to deny these
accusations % said the Duke.
Nay" said Lady Mary YEARLY.
Shall I tell you why mus be Vic
tor and 'Beaucaire' and Chateau
lien and not myseIf?"
TO escape from the bailimS for
Gebts for razors and soap" gibed Lord
| Town brake.
mo, monsieur. In France I have
/ got cousin who is a man with a very
/ bad temper at some time, and he will
never enjoy his relatives to do what
! He was interrupted by a loud COM
motion from without. The door was
! flung open, and the young Count of
] Beaujolais bounded in and threw his
arms about the neck of NJ. Beaucaire.
/ Philippe he cried. MY brother,
II have come to take you back with
me-
N. de Mirepoix followed him, bow
Ting as a courtier, in Difference; but NJ.
4 Beaucaire took both his hands heart
/ ily- 2olyneuX came after, with Mr..
Nash, and closed the door.
MY warmest felicitations.'' said the
Marquis. There is no longer need for
your incognito.''
Thou best Of masters" said Beau
caire, touching him fondly on the
shoulder. 81 know. Your courier
fr1xv T AMI
But I forget" He turned to the lady.
She had begun to tremble exceedingly.
FARES of all the English fair" he
said, as the gentlemen bowed low to
her deep courtesy, It beg the honor to
presen' to Lady Mary Carlisle, NJ. lie
/ Gomte de BeaujOlais. NJ. de Airepoix
/ has already the honor. Lady Mary has
/ been very kind to me, my frien's; you
mus helf me make my acknowledge
ment. AIademoiselle and gentlemen,
will you give me that favor to detain
/ you one instan' %
Henri. he turned to the young
| Beaujolais, Il wish you had shared
my masQue-I have been so gayi" The
surface of his tone was merry, but
there was an Undercurrent weary-sad,
/ to speak of what was the mood, not
/ the manner. He made the effect of
! addressing every one present, but he
tlookd steadily at Lady Mary. Her
/ eyes were fixed upon him, with a 81
fIent and frightened fascination, and
/
| great actor, Henri. These gentlemen
are yet scarce convince I am not
| lackeyi And I mus tell you that I
was JUS now to be expelled for having
! ooh, nol"- the ambassador cried out.
He would not be content with me; he
/ would wander over a strange country
'Ha, has my Mirepoix! And what
/ is better, one evening I am oblige' to
fight some frien's of NJ. de Winterset
| there, and some ladies and cavaliers
i look on, and they still think me a SER
want. Oh am great actOri IT is
! true there is not peasant in France
who would not have then known one
| born; but they are wonderful, this
English people, holding by an idea
once it is in their heads mos wor-
thy quality. But my good MOlyneux
| here, he had speak to me with cour-
tesy, jus because am man an JUS
! because he is always kind. q have
learn that his great-grandfathe was a
Frenchman-) So I SEN to him and
tell him ev'rything, and he gain ad-
nittance for me here tonight to await
my frien's
s'I was speaking to messieurs about
my cousin, who will NEEDLE in the af-
fair of his relative. Well, that gentle
man, he make marriage for me with
a good and accomplish lady, very
noble and very beautiful-and ami
able" CThe young count at his elbow
started slightly at this, but Immediately
| of solemn thought) Unfortunately,
when my cousin arrange so, I was a
dolt, a little blockhead; 1 swear to
marry for myself and when I please
or never if 1 like. That lady is all
| things charming and gentle, and, in
| truth, she is-yery much attach to me
why should I not say it2 I am so
proud of it. She is very faithful and
forgiving and sweet; she would be the
same, I think, if were even-a
lackey. But I? / was a dolt little
unsensible brute; I did not value such
/ thing then: I was too yong, last June.
own choosing!' Little fool he an
swer, she is the one for you Am I
not wiser than you2' And he was very
angry, and, as he has influence in
| France, word come that he will get
me put in Vincennes, SO 1 mus run
away quick till his anger is gone. My
good frien' MirepOiX is JUS leaving for
London; he take many risk for my
sake; his hairdresser die before he
start, so I travel as that poor barber.
/ But my cousin IS a man to be afraid of
when he is angry, even in England, and
I mus not get my M1repO1x in trouble.
I mus not be discover till my cousin
is ready to laugh about it all and make
it a joke. And there may be spies;
so change my name again, and come
to Bath to amuS6 my retreat with a
little gaming am always fond of
! that But three d. ago NJ. lie Mar
quis send me a courier to say that my
brother, who know where I had run
away, is come from France to say that
my cousin is appease'; he need me for
his little theatre, the play cannot go
on. I do not need to espouse made
moiseIle All shall be forgiven if I re-
turn, and my brother and NJ. de AIire-
/ polk will meet me in Bath to felicitate.
There is one more thing to say,
that is all. I have said learn a sec
ret. and use it to make a man intro
i duce me if I Will not tell. He has abb
solve me of that promise. My fren's,
I had not the wish to ruin that man.
I was not receive; Meestaire Nash had
reboff me; I had no other way excep'
to use this fellow. So say, Take me
to Lady Balbourne's ball as CHA
teaurien." I throw off my wig, and