The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-03
The CIeVerness of CardiILaC ...:ss ...
By
Robert Barr

Ted-handed All this information had
.-sA 5lErl oE NalocHe 10 Cardiac IN
sgt,' l-on during the first morning OF
Jus stay Marie had disappeared ir
-t>-Iit WIN one OF HaloCEe'S dauEiI-
ierS- and the old farmer talked g-71re
lteiy with his young friend
Aaloc-e was typical peasant OF
-.-F liile- grave, StaiwarJ old man
and an -nnetatlEa bic worker. sH-evd
il making bargain. greedy i- th..
accumulation OF rTougv. Tf,-f~- ia -
-..'.t@- or plenty with great fTuEaIitE
s'..'.~Iftil 81 master Of MS own house
~ member of his family darinE 10
lArEI him For the nobility he nos
Sesse1 an Inherited respect. and v-aS
..-..--i-l mat a young scion Of z noble
mouse IKE lardLiac. visited him now
- .-- -,---l lleSSs the son Of his
former landlord was the more welcome
lH ina- ne was lavish with his money
Hiel ne IaG any. and curing this last
SoJo-5n De- seemed To be pIeHrifgIiy
SHARED without troubling about its
RE supposed that. directly or indi-
-"cr.Er lr came from the king because
when Cardiac q few months rar.--.
mao made the farm a point Of call, tie
'..-s man was then on his way to
t5-iS with the aVowed Intention Of en-
.r-HE iHe service of De E.gvueS, the
new head OF the state NIzI5cre took
u -'T granted that every member Of
The ariSrDcrEcv who went Wen recon-
.-..1~ mad Haunted an Invitation from
Poo less 2 parsonage IMAM the prime
minister himself So u never occurred
.n the farmer that Cardiac had
changed MS col0rS. and was now an
vowed partisan Of the uUeen-mother
and an enemy Of her enemies. fncIvF-
1919 her son, the king
LIE All dErlcUltlF-SrS Of that day.
NalCChe BETRAYED no interest in uo1i-
tics All that he wished was 20 be left
alone and luck being his friend he
.iaflcl tHr MS purposes Less than 4
.IEFe south OF El0iS, the property was
situated ~ tlat large wedge Of country
Solth or O.. Loire which, by TACT con
vas regarded as neutral territory.
AltHouch small parties OF either fac
tl07 DlEEt traverse II. they did 50
peacefully Tor e either side nd in
vaded II with q large BODY OF men the
other would he bound 10 courterart
max move and So there would be dan
ger Of battle being pTecip-tated that
might deliver over the country 10 the
horrors of civil war
Briefly the situation was this Every
DAY that lie LuyDeS gained without 2
conflict was So much 10 the good and
as me eNerfLess DAYS went by the king
became more and more firmly seated
on MS throne BY q mastery arrange
ment Of his forces De LUynes had
-flecElrllated the opposition Although all I
r rance was IN 4 state of tension new
ertheless the tension would relax rather
nan increase with time because r-e~=
were continual deSerrtOns from rra
Queen s paTriSl-rsS 10 the party Of actual
power
De Luyres counted on the almost uni
verSal desire Of human nature to b. {
on the side that was apparently win
Ing and the side de fac-o In orf-e
ana events were proving him right. But
once allow the passions Of battle free
Eel Il- let L,e Luynes lose an important
battle, and the whole situation would
be IN the melting pot. & meltiur- not
heated on the red furnace Of war
On the other hand. the Due d'Eper-
non, commander Of the queens forces
dare not risk fEht until ne Obtained /
possession Of the queen. because anv
hostile move on his part might -esrrir /
" the instant execution Of her mafestv
commit such an act De LUrnes was
as yet an unknown uuautitv- no man
among the queens forces being ava re- /
whether he was brave or the reverse
Duo d'EpeTnoD lay for the moment null
lifted
Thirty years before these events TT
rope had been given a drastic exam
pie of what a courageous monarch /
might do in similar circumstances and
Europe was thrilled with horror when
the head or Mary Queen Of Scots rolled
bleeding IN the dust The results ero--
strengthen the hand Of De IIIv0es and I
render D EuernOD still more cautious
an Europe cNeCrated the decd I
IL was now q matter Of history that II Z
had brought peace to the island and siv-
teen years after the execution Eliza I,efI, /
died. admittedly the greatest rnoDarcb
that ever sat on the English throne. and I
welI-uiSb mistress OF the world
Why should not the French king do
what the English queen had done a-y7
save his country from hIOodshed by- -
aCrifce Of one woman. whom Al Taae-
half Of France regarded as a fOre5ereT-
and an attempted usurper OF r,0T-e-
that Tightfully belonged 70 her SON
Once. NIrTip de 8Iedicis IS eIiu7ina+e5
al opposition to the new king must ~
necessity cease for there vvo17T5 t17ey7
b. no center Tor the forces Of an ev-
er-Ited queen % rally round. th7rs two /
q ruIilss nearly Of ecuaf strength. STOOD /
on the elert, neither daring to fire a I
shot
But this balanced situation made the I
Of De CardiIlsc all the more
eyasperatinS to the authorities of Paris 4
He had done worse than win 2 battle.
he had made De Luynes the laughing
stock Of the country All France was
smiling in sympathy with the irnpetu-
Gus lad. VINO seemed to typify the dash 1
the bravery and the hUmor Of his land
The Continuation of This Story VIII 1
Be Found IN Tomorrow
Issue OF The Times.