The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-10

IN that case. then, you are defeated,
- NJ de CardilIac- because you are
one man ard your enemies IN
BIois are fifteen thousand
'EIfteen thousand enemies are there
now but only 1900 EarrisOned BlOis
/ when 1 undertook this task I owe the
extra 5000 TO the advice you have given
the DUO d-EpeTuOG and his son
The able smiled SraciouSly- as one
who has heard an offensive thing said
but IS resolved to take no ofeuse-
You have just returned from BlolSr
YES: and for a week I have been
trying Intellectually TO enter the town -
Now, iu that matter, 7 could be Of
some assistance 1 know a man thor
ouEhly 10 be trusted
CardHIac interrupted by holding up his
hand.
Heaven preserve me- he cried from
the man thoroughly TO be trusted II
Is such as he that bsnIes all plots,
bringing mems necks to the ak"
-Ah the 1mpatienCe Of youth mUT-
INJURED the able. forslviuEiy- shaking
his head You do not even ask me To
tell YOU his name. residence. and quail
tyr and 50, iEnOranIly put aside an as
slStant Of great Importance He Gwells
on the euvirOns Of Blos-. and he
spare me further pan ticuiaTSr able
7 90 not wish 10 know alythiuE about
the man as there Is no office in my
gift which he could III"
The able bent ingratiRtingiy across
the table
N de Cardiuac.r ne said, 1t is
Impossible that one man should bring
about the liberation OF the queen
Then, able, why trouble further about
an unimpOrtant person like myself who
Is doomed to failure2'
Because. NJ de CardfTac- Il am de-
sirOUs that YOU should succeed
That cannot be the real reason.
why not. when You see how anx-
iOus J am TO link NY self, even re-
mOteiy. with EOUr success
To this the young man made no re-
ply but went on silently with his meal.
the abbs's eager eyes scTUtiuizinE him
the while At last RUcellai continued,
with bluff assumption OF CaBdOT-
You are 50 modest a man, De Car
dillaC- that you may not credit your
influence with the great There is the
DUO de MOntreUiL, for instance who
swears by you, for you did him great
favor. and assure you he appreciates
it. There, agar. IS his hiEhueSS, the
Due d'EpernOn- who at first vas preju-
diced against yOu, but, having had the
advantage Of making your aCquaint-
anCe- IS now as warm an admirer as
the Due de MOntreul himself 7 may
say the same Of his son. the archbishop
Of Toulouse You greatly impressed him
that evening We first met you
Monsieur. is II not natural that a
polite person Ike myself should wish
TO fngrauate himself with one who
eXeTts such influence with the create
You will call me selfish perhaps. and
50 am The Due d'EDernOn proposed
that YOU should be my assistant Let
me, now that 7 know and appreciate
YOU better make a less am bltiOuS SuE-
Eestion, which is that I shall be your
helper"
Il thought 7 had made II perfectly
plain. able. that I required no col
lea gUey
But the very fact that you spent
week endeavOring TO enter Blois shows
that YOU need aid. and need il badly
Very well, ] accept Cause. then the
river Loire 10 sUbSide until II reaches its
summer level. and thus I may enter
lady Of Nanteuil for an abatement Of
the hood. or ike Moses. divide the
waters, and III walk as dry shOd mo
lois as II 1 were a son Of Israel
Il regret to observe my dear De Car
6IlIaC. and I am sure YOU VIII pardon
the rep-OOf from a man in holy orders
who is so much older than yourself
a I was about to say, there Is a faint
OF gCOffinC in your language. and a
dangerous approach to the line Of bias
phemy-
I am sorrv YOU think So able.
vas merelv trying 10 show that my
difficulty cannot be overcome bT hui
man agency at the present moment
-'WIl Won not disclose your plans 10
me and listen. at least, TO NY comment
tspon them2"
DID you not discover my plans dur
ing the inquiries YOU made in the vii
age2
'-Oh, 7 merely wished 70 learn all
could about YOU You interest me. Vt.
de CardiilaC, a YOU interest the Due
d ElpernOn and his SOFAS indeed. YOU
interest the Due de NontreuiI I do not
wonder You refused 10 disclose your