The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-25
CHAPTER TX.
sF'T IERE are two or three :

Get TERE are two or three points.
n de Cardlllac," the Lieutenant
/ continued, ION which / should Ike a
FIttle further enlightenment. First. II
YOU intend to arrest this lady, why is
her name not set down upon this docu-
mert2 Second, can YOU give me any
| reason for her transference 10 Mont
richard, a castle situated on the borders
] IT that district over which the DUO d.
( EpernOn holds sway in the name of the
/ Queen? The lady is quite safe in the
/ Convent OF the Sacred Heart, because
| Beaugency is garrlsoned on ali sides
I by tle FORCES or Lle KING whereas the
castle AT MOut1Chard. while held by a
| nominee Of 81. de Luynes, Is not in q
position to stand d siege, being neither
I wei manned nor well pTOvisiOned. I
! understand it is usual 10 take a prison
/ or, arrested On a letter de cacheu TO
I the Bastile in Paris Why do you con
vey her farther from Paris, into a Gus
/ tCdy not nearly so secure as that in
/ which she new rests2 You win observe
| 7 do not deny the lady is IN the convent.
/ although was given to understand that
/ her detention there was 10 be kept
/ well Lieutenant, I think such a fact
I should remove all your doubts. I have
/ therefore IL seems 10 me you might in
fer that I am in the confidence Of NJ. de
/ Luynes."
That Is true. Your knowledge OF
( influence upon my mind, still, secrets
have leaked oct before now, and a man
I'm my position must take every precau-
ftiOn.'
''AssuredIy. lieutenant. The lettre de
/ cachet was signed by the king and left
! blank, because IL might have been my
. duty TO arrest another in place Of Nile.
Another? Who, for instance?'
Cardilac smilvl, threE his riSht leg
! over his left to be more az ease ana
. answered with an apparent locularlty
that nevertheless contained mint
/ 1T IS quite possible 20 imagine cir
CumstanceS which would cause me, 70
my infinite regret, 10 write the name OF
Lieutenant de Four in the blank space,
. and thus give that gallant officer the
. OPPORTUNITY Of proceeding 10 PARIS,
. where ne might criticiSe the plans OF
NJ &c Iuyncs to thai statesman race
/ "Do You seriously maintin, monsieur,
that such a thought occurred to any one
I'm Faris2 I arm quite unknown 10 any
one I'm that CiIy. and avn so lacking
in self-esteem that / venture 70 asseI-
no one IN authority there has ever
You are quite right. lieutenant No
YOU under arrest, and snould 40 II
only If YOU completely blocked the prof.
ect which. If it is TO produce the deslr-
81 effect, must be carried our THIS even
Then with an outspreading Of the
hands and sudden burst or commence
-Ba Young GasC0u continued;
You are too shrewd for me, neulen-
.a,,t. 7 shall not attempt 20 fence with
YOU any longer. Until noon loday ~
was q tOss-Up whether tle name "
Nile de NOutUeUD should oe lnscIl9g7t
on rhis warrant, or that or her noo-e
.,You mean that the Due de Montreul.
was 40 DANGER Of the Bastuet lHe--
yv6v was he not taken into custody IN
Paris. where he lives.
"Pacausp. lieutenant, he escaped from
Paris some time last night. and IS now
making his way TO the stronghold OF
Toches and the protection or me L5L-
E-Euernou. IF 7 had OVertaken MN De-
fore no reached Chateaudun, his name
would have gone on that paper. Failing
90 OveTtabe him there, nv oruerS were
To proceed south TO Beaugency and en-
list the ala of the officer IN charge II
was supposed in Paris that a iettre de
ICachet. signed by the king, would rot
be questioned by any officer Of the
king"
"Do YOU tell me that the Due de Mon
trauu, flying from Paris. passed through
Chateaudun this very day.
Eyes, lieutenant making his way by
NeudOIue and AmhCise 20 Locnes-'
But he should have been stopped.
/ Chateaudun is in my district DO you
assert that ne passed through
Yes lieutenant, am hour ahead Of
.le. 7 may say his papers are all in
.rldcr. and VIII carry him through TO
p
himself. and were given him Tor a diff
ferent purpose. which was that he
should go through from Paris TO Toches.
and persuade the Due d'Enernon TO re-
.lin0uish that stronghold TO the author
Itv 90 the king Thus his daughter was
kept as 1ostr-e i'm the convent here
Eut Yesterday the duke broke dofnfteT-
with po LuyuCs, and escaped before he
could be arrest. a. Now Won have the
whole complication at your finger
ends"
Lieutenant 10 -Four snranr TO his raet
inc former tupaSStEencSs Of his face
vanished, giving way % a look Of deter
.wiuati0n and sudden resolve.
by the gods then. TN tran HIN, p
III send ms fastest rider down +be
river To Elr.s', who viii rouse the y-or-i
SON mere. dash ON TO Amboise and min
H'lr "eioTe H' crosses the river
~, N..I.. orders VIII Eou do that
Orders Ordcrs@ need mo- ,-.7.-s
for such service TO the state"
/ Nou were very particular ororrt
them half am hour ago. lieutenant AZ
; low me to explain that what YOU pro
pose is impossible. and ~ Ia we're no.
sIbIe, YOU would Interfere with o,,a ~
inc cleVoToSt schemes ever invented bv
"Why is &c impossiblca'
Because the logic OF the map is un-
fore You saws It is imp osfi '' Ero 9g,
'| Chateauduu tn Amboise the distance fs
3 seventeen leagues"
yes, but the distance from Po7u-
b. gency 20 Amboise is only fourteen
cas- Z iaarmed vou lieutenant. tho
- duke had alroa iv more than am hour
r. the advantage of me az ChatcauGuu.
| At the rate he was going ne would
= cover about three leagues in that time,