The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-21
THE THREE GUARDSMEN

0ont1auGao sIn thak case take care of yourself. If the cardinal does not hold you in hiGai admiration for the affair of Lon doa .Ae entertains a great hatred for yoo! If you @ cut, do not 60 out alone. When you eat use every pre- caution. Mistrust, in short everything, ovens your own shadow" .Eortunataly," said D D'Artasnan. .'all thlS vin b only necessary til after tolh0srow evening. for when once with the army We shan have, I hope, only uien, to dfeqd"s
 .1n the meantime" said Athos. II rsoounce my plan. of seclusion, and whHevef you 60 will @ with you Yo& must return to the Rue des Fos.. eoSeurs. will accompany you. An thl5 VIII not advance your equipment, but fsFtnnately you have the sap ph1fo." -s4Ass sapphirs is .yours, my dear Af66s Did you not tell me 1t was a h6hi1y jewelT
 II take back the ring after 1t has pa6sed through the hands of that in-' fsm0us creature! Neverl That ring i1 1q1led D'ArtAgnAn."
 k46dge 1t then. You can borrow at len6t q thousand crowns on Hs With that sum yUu can -ex61cato yourself fron your present dinacuft1eG, and. wken you aro full of money again you. eon rsdeem t and take 1t back c1eansedl fIfqn its snelent stains, as 1t win have p1sd through the hands Of usurers." 4fhos smiled. s
 eFsSdn Let,sus plet luss;. b upn one condition. q
 swat 1s thatf' 1sEhat these shall be 800 crowns for VI .and 6o0 crowns for me" H Don't think of such a thing, Athos. Illon't want the half of such . Gnm.s nm sun only in the gaards and by scIling inysaAdlesI T shall get 1t What A6 I want7 A horso for Planchet, t1kt's all. Besidss. you forget that I h1se q ring likewise"
 sTo which you attactI moro value than do to mine; at least I have thought 1t seemed so.''
 'sYeAs for in. any extreme circum- stance 1t might not only extricate us from some great embarrassment or even . great danger. It is not only a valuable diamond: 1t is an enchanted talisman.s
 When Athos was about to go out with D'Artagnan he made Grfmaud the sign of . person taking an aim, and the IAcAey immediately took down his musketoon and got ready to follow his master.
 They arrived without accident at the Rue des Bosseyeurs. Bonacieux was gtandfng at the door. He cast one of his III meaning, bantering looks at DsAftagnan us he passed him. s''Make haste, my dear lodger," said he. sThere is a very pretty. girl wait ing for you upstairs, and, you know, wonkem don't like to be made to wait. !"
 Upou the landing leading to his 'chambef and crouching against the door he found Kitty, all in a tremble Al coon as she perceived him:
 "Ybu promised to protect me: you p1om1Ded to save me from her anger" said Gha Remember, 1t was you who rufned me"
 'Yea. yes, to be sure, Kittyr' said DArtagnan- "Be at ease, my girl But what happened after my depar- turer
 How can I tell" said Kitty. "I fhought she would remember 1t was through my chamber you had gone into hers and that then she would supposef I was your accomplice, so I took what little money had and the best of my things, and got away as fast as I could. Place me in your province with some lady of your ac- Gua1ntance"
 "My dear little love, in my country the ladies do without chambermaids. But stop; can manage your business for you. Planchet. 90 and find M. Aramis. Request him to come here dt- rectiy. We have something very i'm portant to say to him. Kitty, did you ever hear talk of a young woman who was carried off one night"
 There now! Oh, M. le Chevalier, 10 you love that woman stillT'
 s'No, no; 1t is one of my friends who loves her-M Athos; this gentleman here. You understand, my dear girl, ohe is the wife of that fr1ghtful ba- boon you saw at the door as you. came h.
 soh, yo6 remind me q my fright! If he should have knowneme again!
 'sWhat! Know you again! Did you ever see that man before"
 sHe came twice to milady's about fifteen or eighteen days ago. and yes torday evening he came again."
 My dear Athos, we are enveloped ln . network of spies! Do you believe he knew you again, KittyY'
 'sI pulled down my hood as soon as | saw him, but perhaps it was too .eue.
 At that moment Aramis arrived. 0 -ss{ -S6y7zz4 ts-f .