The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-29

! Advance, friends, and give the word. -
The. word for the night is Mon
Again the butt Of the musketoon
came to the ground
Pass. Montoire'' said the patrol.
! extend. SOLDIER
About half a league. monsieur"
| How long have you been on duty p
since complin, monsieur"
! Has any horseman passed you on
/ the way to Blois2"
| Not one. monsieur
| You have seen nothing of a young
man rather gayly dressed; a gentle
man with q sword by his side, slight
Imustache, from twenty to twenty-five
years Of agey'
, No, monsieur
Thank you, soldier. we will not de-
| tain you any longer"
! The stolid footsteps retreated toward
/ the east.
4 think l shan't 20 any farther with
YOU, Francois. You have a clear road in
| front OF YOU, A charming night around
! return to Beaugency, and If there's any
| news, a courier shall be sent TO you at
/ BlOIS. But 1 am sure you are quite
/ wrong in thinking he would make for
/ BlOis. That would be n fools trick, and
Odfulllac no 1901, as Is shown BY MS
! treatment OF Lieutenant de Four and
/ at the mention Of this name, both men
/ laughed heartily.
/
cried the man called Francois Then
( [ chould be better able to describe him,
They very fact that you are all convinc-
/ ed no will make for Paris, and the
chance that he knows this, inclines me
I TO think he will be trying either Blols or
| Montrichard, where he said he was go
/ ing. ! believe that If he'd once got the
lady, he would have made. off with her
| somewhere else
You forget. Francois that he had
demanded and obtained an escort OF
/ four Of our men"
! That's no matter, Pol The four men
would have been under his command,
and half way to Montrichard, he might
nave dismissed them, and struck off
/ Tor Gascony with the girl You sure
/ " Ion swallow that father story, Pol
] Why, no father I'm France IS such a fool
! as 70 send a gay young spark after q
/ rdNlnS beauty like Therese.'
In the darkness Cardillac saw that
/ Marie Duchamps had abandoned her re-
cinlng attitude. and was sitting up very
straight, listening intently lie could
( not see her features. but at times her
/ eyes seemed 10 flash in the darkness
! like a. pair of sparkling diamonds, and
once or twice during the conversation
4 Guiveriug gasp indicated a rising
anger, until Cardillac feared the iui-
Dul5ive creature would speak out.
BE careful he whispered. 1T Is
nothing To you. They are speaking Of
mademOiSelle.'
| I tell you. Pol. it's a love story
/ Mile. Therese and this young gallant
have met before. I've seen the girl in
Paris, and, upon my word. Pol. 1 SYM
pathlze with young Cardiac. that he
should risk his neck on so dangerous
| but delightful an enterprise. Why YOU
people at Beaugencv are as credulouS
as schOOlbOys You are well led by
a stick like Lieutenant de Four. To
credit for a moment that the stern old
, Due de Montreuil should allow his
daughter to go daShing across the coun-
[ try at midnight with this young fell
. v1~h oil 90
Paris. from the sums to the court. and
is evidently the very devil among WON
Ell
Cardnlac sat up with a rnuttered oath
and now the girl leaned forward 20 him
pointing 10 his horse, which. too. evI-
IDENTIFY wished to greet the animals o
whose neighbOrhOOd II was aware. The
young man reclined upon the prone
horse just in time, soothing it to q
q continuance Of its quietude.
'Oh, no, my son. this graduate from
midnight trips with a charming girl
simply 70 please the Old man. He is
equally against king, and father. ana
abbess, and III wager my sword that
. If Cardillac has got out Of that con-
vent. and IS once more I'm his saddle
she is riding behind him. right glad to
mold herself there, with her arm around
his waist, and a sweet kiss passed over
his shoulder now and then. as an in
stalment on account Of raptures that
are TO come later"
oh, the brute, Oh. the brute NUT
tered the girl clenching her little fists
Hush, hush, hushr' pleaded Car
dillac- close your ears and don't
listen; YOU silly little Jade, but in any
case Keep quiet II has nothing to do
with you. and 7 never saw MAIDEN
oisalle in my life. I am the person they
are slaudering, so keep quiet
She leaned back against the tree. and
put her hands up 10 her ears, but that
seemed ineffective, for they came down
very shortly after
You are rOmaucinC, Francois. and 7
have no doubt at all that CardilIac is
still within the walls of the convent.
Your Imagination runs away with YOU,
or perhaps you did not know that just
before we left BeaUEency, further in
formation had come from Chateaudun
that settles the question. Another mes
senGcT from Paris came round by the
road. and we learned that CardiIlaC
and the Duo de MOntreUil left Paris in
a carriage together: that Cardillac him
self was or the most intimate terms
with the duke, and the cross examina-
tiOn Of the dukes own servants. now
imprisoned IN Paris, has revealed that
the duke showed the utmost friendli-
ness toward CaTdillac, and furnished
Inn with money and horse 10 carry out
the project.
Il imagine that something very def
finite is going TO be done by the queens
partSauS. and that the duke will take
any risk no matter how dCSperate, to
.
The enemy, and into his own. before
hostiIities break out There IS no doubt
that her father trusts C8rdillac COM
ipletrIy, and. indeed, from the air Of the
Young man rs I saw him, that trust Is
not misplaced. Cardiac is 2 gentle
man. and ne is too recently from Gas
cOny to have been yet contaminated by
Paris The Duo de MOntreuI must
have had some striking testimony in
favor Of his honesty, and if 1t hadn't
been for that old abr"ss. CardilIaC
would have made off with the girl. and
at This moment would have been some
where between here ard Nontrichard.
u is also known that CardillaC and
Mile de AIOUtrcUl have never met. so
Won see. my Francois, you must turn
your romauciuG i'm another direction"
You think he is still in the convent,
theu?'
Don't they know by this time
whether ne is or not
II don't think they'll know any
thing definite until tomorrow. You
see. her ancient royal hiEhuess, the
abbess. is driving poor he Four 70 his
wits end. ne Four wished her to
take refuge for the night I'm the vii
Iage. but she absolutely refused TO
nudge. IT was she who ordered the
blowing i'm Of the convent door. and
ne could hardly get her far enough
away 90 be out Of danger from the
explosion.