The Washington times., 1910-01-07

. What you say shows how unde-
peTlcaDlc are Lhe reports OF spies We
nave been told that Blois IS impreguably
The spies are quite correct. my lord.
Z and so lar as IS humanity practicable.
SuCl IS me condition OF tho town but
Z 4 told you had two methods or COM
iHunicaLoa with the chateau one hay
ing failed me after repeated ATTEMPTS
tried The other, and 10 proved so sue
cessl "a tIaL the second avenue brought
me o. tEe outside OF heg maJesty.s door
anu gave me tie privilege OF a few
words with maClmu-EeIIe-"
Does her Imprisonment seem 10 tell
upon uCT monsieur
No I Thought she looked very we'll
indeed i little flushed perhaps. and
anxious. naturally. and doubtless tr0u-
/ Died Sle tells me the queen ls becgm-
ing more ana more ULeTliGIS and d.fu-
cult 90 deal with. bu- yet. as it seemed
+ 10 me iu the most radiant hCaith BY
my Irst line Of ComWIui cation 8 had
iAi-ltil-F win the queen 10 obtain a.
document which would put an end 20
tle lDfri2rteS OF our reverend father. tle
. auoe or LEuy- From her own hands
question"
Cardiac drew from his d0ubIe- The
royal warrant and presented I- 10 the
Duo de Moltreuli- VINO uerr-sed 10 with
you Intend -E-S -T reach the HANDS
Of the Due o. EUeruul--
Yes. nav lord, and for such purpose
( } entTlSt u 90 yours. do NOT Tor a
moment question that the Due d'Eper-
isp5lr coTnf1as.le- of the queen forces
WEI see LlaJ this order IS oJeyed as
prison as 81 &c came from the throne
ot q surety conquered DE Mon
.-Nevertheless. my lord duke. I i'm
u. EpeTnou- thar he may take care there
Is no attempt El The part ~ the ar1e
TO evade tie restrictions herein set
down An italian u1eys a command
with mental re~erea-ious."
The duke shrugged l's shoulders
An italian may give a. command with
lleEla. reservations What u the Queen
p7-Eate-E count e-HTau1s this document
IN q c1u----lc ar-Uu 90 the able him
I Seit- know u- OLD she mad the ut
most confidence i1 him"
Wen. thank heaven, FOR a month or
. two she can get mo- message sent from
BlCis except through me-
The duke laid the parchment on the
table.
'hoE shall yourself present This eN-
preSSipC or ROYAL. pleasure 10 tle DUO
O EueruCu- and any observations YOU
/ make 20 mis- L0-lsElD. The commander.
shall support with all the influence
POSSESS + am come from LgcEes with
I orders 10 take you back with me-
For ULa- purpose my lord T'
That the Due o. Eperu0u and his son,
the archbishop OF Toulouse may benefit
/ By a conversation with YOU Z Thought
Z
/ L best Co Leg you know the particulars
or the pcs-LoH. 7 am pleased 70 an
nOUDce THAI The Due q EQeruo1. and
more especially his SON have complete
I y lost faith En- the projects II The Able
{ ttUcell alr and so, even without this doc
EmenL. / think YOU VIII find the way
ciear- / nave SPOKEN on various occa-
sioDs 20 the Due d'EperD0n regarding
YOU, but I regret that the influence
with which you credit me mas not been
sufficient 70 overcome his disbelief IN
+
In what respect is my good faith
. impucned 90
The duke knows you went % Paris
/ as a partisan Of the king, and he fears
You may be IN secret a miulOu OF De
TsUEueS
That seems an improbable hypothe-
yes, IL is- but D'Eneruon considers
once uE escape from Paris became
known De Luynes found himself en-
: oarFaSSe1 by the Imprisonment OF nv
( daughter I'm the convent You were.
/ therefore. his eruissarv for her release
IN other words, he did not know what
10 DO with her and so induced You
% take an unwelCome harden or his
How. then. does he account for my
/ taking service with YOU. my lOrd-1r
does he know the circumstances in
WhIcn we left Paris together"
Yes ] told him all that 5st, with
his superior intelligence he believes
that You were actually set upon me.
| 70 accomplish my assassination. He
thinks you have hoodwinked me, and
ne cannot believe that except with the
connlNance of De LUynes and his con-
federateS. YOU could have esca ped
alone anr unattended through a COun-
cdSe VIII the BeauEency district.
.. EperuoE s own ineffective attempts 70
enter Elols have Caus d him 10 believe
/ tnal neither you nor nIy daughter could
Z p D. Il.
De 1.uynes- Therefore he wishes 10
question YOU face to face, that ne may
confirm or abolish the conclusions at
/ which he has arrived
7 shall not CO." said CardiIlac with
decision
why nOt7''
u hold no converse with any man,
high or low. who disputes my honor"
But VIII yOu not, at my request, de-
fend YOUR honor2"
NO, ny lord duke. II the Duo
c'Epernon dares say TO nv face what
he has said to YOU. I viii meet him.
sword in hand. but not otherwise
The Due de MOntreIiI smiled
NY Ian / should not be too confident
touching the outcome Of such an en-
counter He Is willing 20 meet v0u in
fair speech. and T give YOU my asSur-
ance that such conference is safer
than the other
Not my sstfety. but my honor. is in
QUESTION ! am as proud aS the Due
d EpernOp. and my lineage IS as an
cieut as his. No peaceful meeting be-
tween US Is possible after what he has
said
But De Card lac, VIII YOU not listen
70 me2 VIII you not accept my. ad-
No, nv lord duke. say it regret
fully but or this point 7 am immov-
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