The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-06
e THE
QUEENS PAGE
BY Cornea Baker 0p M4F 'sS by s1s Bo'1'
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XIV. -
QUEEN MARGUERITE'S PLANS FOR THE TWINS
Copyright 1905. by the Bobbs-
Merrill Company .,

CHOW, my little man, if you are to be my page Il
- want you to begin your duties at once.~I want
letters written to sister at Poters to
my cousin in Normandy and to my tailor 1t will be
fine to have attend correspondence
it hand to write and always stain my fingers
with ink - -~.- #h
Pedro made pen from quill he had been in
structed to do by Father Francois and wrote the letters
the old lady dictation. It not easy task,
for at times she spoke raidy that it difficult to
keep pace with her and he obliged to ask her to
peat her Words and Others he would wait for many
minutes while the marquise with her fixed on vacan-
ey was struggling with her ideas IN the effort to ma
something to say. =.
had letters dictate the old lady who was very
fond of the sound of her voice. we'll extremely
good naured talked to the twins of the various happen
ings at the courts of France and Navarro. - +
Most of all were they inerestedin the little Princess
Jeanne dAlbret the daughter of their queen. ut is
not strange that mother was willing to part with
us, - said Petronla for she is not rich and must do
what best But her majesty could keep the princess
here with her to be her comfort and her joy
mother says we always have been to her, -
The marquise shook her head. Even queen may
not always do she likes and her majesty is entirely
the influence of her royal brother When the little
princess not quite of age Charles the Fifth
of Spain wished to betroth her to his Philip He
promised king that if this marriage should take place.
Navarro should be restored and the country would
be united a~ain.'' -.
''Our mother would be very glad of that madame
said Pedro the old lady paused for BREATH for Span
ish Navarro her native country. 1t very kind
of the king Of Spain to think of it,
"My dear boy, kings never do anything of that sort
just be kind And Charles would be very
to make any offer that did not have deep motive be-
hind it. for he is very crafty The Princess Jeanne will
day be the Queen of Navarro in her right She
will the counties of Folk Armagnac Albert Bgorre
and Comminges which rich, and Charles could
well promise to give back portion of his territory in
order that Spain should have control of it all when the
little princess should his He also wanted the
princess TO be Toledo to be educated in order to
have her grow up surrounded by Spanish influence. ~
"But this arrangement did not please the king Of
France for he wished to have control Of his
her possessions He afraid to allow her to stay at
wanted
mains; he had her placed in the castle Pessses-
Tours where she is under his eye''
Chow the Princess JEANNE must hate the king of
France for taking her away from her mother!'' said
Petronilla. (s%-
fond of him and I believe her mother has taught her
that the king Of France do wrong. When
little child at the court of France the king petted
and she was very fond Of him. Her father also
made great deal of her and the people the court
named her the kings darling. She dear little
creature pretty and good deal spoiled as was only nat
ural with much petting ~e'*S
1.-THE queen suffers greatly from being separated
from her only child One day three years ago when her
majesty Paris she received news that the Prncess
Jeanne very i'll. Without waiting gather up her
suite she set out at for Plesss in borrowed litter
They stopped at night at little village, and about
O'Clock in the morning, when the queen who could not
sleep reading her Bible she heard the sound Of
arrived. Oh how frightened the queen was when she
heard the hoofbeats the pavement When the Bishop
Of seez entered Queen Marguerite
her little girl dead and she knelt the floor by
couch with her face buried in the folds of her mantle
. when he toward her, he said, ooh, Monsieur
de Seez, you come to the death of my only
child You need not speak, well understand that she
now stands in the presence of her Cod g.
But the bishop said the princess had been pro-
nounced ont Of danger. He had note brought by
the courier and written by the princess hand stat
ing that she better And you may be that her
majesty had received jewel, not crown
Of Navarro ITSELF that made her happy that little
scrap Of paper which assured her that her child
in the land of the livng'' ..~
I think mothers must be the same whether they are
queens not, - said Petronilla wiping her eyes
"Good mothers the all the world over, re-
piled the marquise. 80. = :. :. r.
''And did her majesty return to Paris', madame,
when she found the princess out of dangers,' z
'tNot she She continued her journey to P1esss les
Tours where she remained with her until she
more well and strong But the most important
journey Queen Marguerite undertook " on the
marquse twas when she went to Spain at the her