Willmar tribune., 1908-11-04
(Original.l

| uiFc Ollctl luVAS'I ~ SUCH uee
cessity aud have invented snch plan
| but several weeks are required fol
! preparations.
I'VE can wait that long provided tht
plan will surely succeed"
| Three weeks from that day spies o1
Cardinal Richelicu located near thu
| boundary line between Holland an(
Germany were notified that the mes
senger had left Xwalle the day before
though they were not furnished with 6
| description of him. There were few
travellers in those days. and the only
person the spies encountered was q
! friar, who said he was starting on q
pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
Good father" said one of the gang
''say patsrnostcr for u.s."
The friar made excuses which did
| not satisfy those who had stopped
him. whereupon. concluding that he
| was a sham mendicant. who didn't
know a prayer. they searched him
Not finding anything on his clothing
they stripped him and made an exami.
nation that would have discovered an
| object no larger than pea. But they
found nothing and permitted him tc
proceed.
Crossing the Ems. he went on. beg.
ging by the way. till he reached the
outskirts of Quakenbouk, where he
was met by a man. who said to him
| ''Holy father. I have an order from
his eminence Cardinal Richelieu to in
vite you to his palace in Paris.''
Lead on" replied the friar. II an
! honored in an invitation coming from
so great churchman"
The man turned his back for a mo
ment. and the friar brought his staff
! down on his head. He sank on the
! ground with broken skull. 'You
think it heavy?" said the friar. "Sc
it is. 1t is filled with lead" Then the
ungrateful and unmerciful friar pro
ceeded on his way
The next of the cardinals intercept
ers had not been so well Informed
as to the guise of the messenger Of
the king Of the Netherlands. He was
stationed at ferry across the Wese,
river and did not suspect the friar.
Ferry you across. holy man?" he
said. THAT I WILL"
| There was now but one route avail
able for some distance. and the cardi
nal had directed that every traveller
passing that way be searched. A nun
Der of times the friar was stripped an6
carefully examined. One party ever
broke to pieces the rosary that huns
about his waist. For this the fathc,
called down upon the man who com
mftted the sacrilege the anathemas o.
the church. They were superstition:
people in those days. and the fellow
convinced that the pilgrim was wha
ne pretended to be. begged on his
knees that he would withdraw tht
curse. The friar told him that he taC
often been molested on his pilgrimage
and would not remove the curse unles:
he were furnished with an order thai
he be permitted to travel without fur
ther interference. This was given him
He withdrew his anathemas and gave
the party his blessing.
The friar went on, begging by thu
way. giving his blessing to those wht
gave him sustenance and shelter, TIL
! he came to the Elbe. On the banks OF
| this river the passages were all guard
| ed by the cardinals secret emissaries
who. had they been known to thu
! Prussian government. would have beer
| hanged and Quartered. This was the
last line it had been thought advisable
| to guard. The friar had crossed the
river and was tramping through :
wood when men sprang from behind
trees and downed him. AS soon as he
could make himself heard he told then
of his pass and produced it. They
were much astonished. for they hai
been advised that the messenger was
| travelling in the guise of mendicant
However, they knew the men who had
given him free passage and let him
go This was the last time he was
stopped.
One morning the king of Prussia re-
ceived word that an envoy from the
| Netherlands was in the antechamber
The king. who was expecting news OF
the treaty. ordered the envoy admitted
at once. When he saw friar he was
astonished But the friar. who had
thrown off his sanity mien. told the
king that he had brought copy of the
treaty. When directed to produce it he
said he must have surgeon. A sur
geon was called. and the friar expos
ing his side under the ribs. told him tt
feel till he detected small lump. The
surgeon. having discovered it. was re-
quested to make an incision over it
This done. piece Of wax was with
drawn from between the muscles. The
wax was broken and lump of thin
compressed paper revealed. This being
carefully unfolded. the king had a copy
oe the treaty.
SILVIA LEWIS BALDWIN.
nize virility and genuineness of charac
ter. but will not tolerate pretense O