Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-03-14

/ hope 10 turn them from honest fol-
into hypocrites, And why should yor
do Il? They honor you. They love you
They harm none. They are proud Il
! serve In your armies, to fight for you
10 work for you, TO build up the great
ness OF your kingdom. | implore you
sire. 10 think again before you sign
an order which will bring misery aud
desolation to so many"
For a moment the king had h~esitated
as he listened TO the short, abrupt sen
fences i'm which the soldier pleaded fol
his fellows. but his face hardened
! again as he remembered how even his
own personal entrcaty had been un'
able 10 prevail with this young dandy
of the court.
Frances religion should he that OF
Frances king said he, and If my
own guardsmen thwart me in such q
matter | must find others who will be
| more faithful. That majors commits,
sion sin the mousquetaires 90 ia
Captain de Belmont. L%ouvois."
Very good, sire"
"And De Catinat's commission may
be transferred to Lieutenant Laba,
doyere.'' ..
Very good, sire"
"And | am to serve you no longer?"
"You are too dainty for my service
De Catinat's arms fell listlessly TO
his side. and his head sank forward
upon his breast. Then. as he realized
the ruin of all the hopes of his life
and the cruel injustice with which he
had been treated, he broke into a cry
of despair and rushed from the room
with the hot tears of impotent anger
running down his face. So, sobbing,
ge~sticulating, with coat unbuttoned
and hat awry, he burst into the stable
Ing his pipe and watching with critical
eyes the grooming of the horses.
ITO Paris! To Paris!'' shouted the
guardsman frantically. IL I am ruined
I may yet be in time to save them. The
horses, quick!
II was clear to the American that
some sudden calamity had befallen, SO
he aided his comrade and the grooms
to saddle and bride. Five minutes
later they were flying upon their way,
and In little more than an hour their
steeds, all reeking and foam fiecked
were pulled up outside the high house
In the Rue st. Martin. De Catinat
sprang from his saddle and rushed up
stairs, while Amos followed in his own
leisurely fashion.
The old Huguenot and his beautiful
daughter were seated at n side OF
the great fireplace, her hand In his
and they sprang up together, she to
throw herself with a glad cry into
the arms of her lover and he to grasp
the hand which his nephew held out
to him.
At the other side Of the fireplace
with a very long pipe in his mouth
and a cup of wine upon a settle beside
him, sat a strange looking man, with
grizzled hair and beard, a feshy, red
projecting nose and two little gray
eyes, which twinkled out from under
huge brindled brows. His long, thin
face was laced and scanned with wrin.
kles, crossing and recrossing every.
where, but tanning out In hundreds
from the corners of his eyes. 1t was
set In an u~nchanging expression, and
as it was Of the same color all over,
as dark as the darkest walnut, it might
have been some quaint figurehead cut
out of a coarse grained wood. He was
clad in a blue serge jacket, a pair of
red breeches smeared at the knees
with tar, clean gray worsted stockings,
large steel buckles over his coarse,
square toed shoes, and beside him,
balanced upon the top of a thick oaken
cudgel, was a weather stained silver
laced hat. His gray shot hair was
gathered up behind into a short, stiff
tail, and a seaman's hanger, with a
brass handle, was girded to his waist
by a furnished leather belt.
De Catinat had been too occupied tc
take notice Of this singular individual
but Amos Green gave a shout of de
light at the sight of him, and ran for,
ward to greet him.
why, captain Epnralm, cried
Amos in English, "who ever would
have thought of finding you here? De
Catinat, this Is my old friend Ephrain
Savage, under whose charge l came
here"
Anchors apeak, lad, and the
matches down." said the stranger In
the peculiar drawing voice which the
New Englanders had retained from
the English Puritans.
"And when do you sail?"
"As soon as your foot is on her deck
II Providence serve us with wind and
tide. And how has all gone with thee
Amos?"
Fright well. 1 have much to tell YOU
o."