The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06

"NHE first fear or the King or
 England, Charles l., on learn
 ~ ing of the death of the duke
 was that such terrible news might discourage the Rochellafs. He endeavored, says Richelieu in his mem oirs, to conceal it from them as long as possible, closing all the ports of his kingdom and carefully keeping watch that no vessel should go out until the army which Buckingham was getting together had set sail.
 But as he did not think of giving this order. Ell five hours after the event thatis 10 say, till o'clock in the after noon-two vessels had already left the port-the one bearing, as we know, mi lady. As to the second vessel, we will tell hereafter whom it carried and how 1t set sail.
 During all this time nothing fresh oc- cured in the camp at, La Rochelle; only the king, who grew weary, resolv- ed to go incognito and spend the fes- tival of St Louis at St. Germain's, and asked the cardinal to order him an es- cort of twenty musketeers only. M de Treyille fixed upon our four friends to form part of the escort
 The four young men heard the news q quarter of an hour after M. de Ire vile, for they were the first to whom he communicated it.
 1t must be admitted that their impa- tience to return toward Paris had for cause the danger which Mme Bona cieux would run of meeting at the con vent of Bethune with milady. Aramis, therefore, had written immediately to the seamstress at Tours to obtain from the queen authority for Mime. Bona cieux to leave the convent and to, re- tire either into Lorraine or Belgium. A#eek after Aramis received the fol- lowing letter:
 My Dear Cousin-With this you will re- ceive the order from my sister to with draw our little servant from the convent pf Bethune, the air of which you think 9oes not agree with her. My sister sends you this order with great pleasure, for she is very partial to the little girl, to whom she intends to be more serviceable here after. I salute you.
 MARIE MICHON. Tn this letter was inclosed an order conceived in these terms:
 The superior of the convent of Bethune will place in the hands of the person who shall present this note to her the novice who entered the convent upon my recom- mendation and under my patronage
 ANNE. At the Louvre, Aug 10. 1898.
 The escort passed through Paris on the $3d inlsthe night. TKeSking thank ed3 M. de Treville and permitted him to distribute leaves of absence for four days.
 The four first leaves granted, as may be imagined, were to our four friends. Still further, Athos obtained of M de Treville six days instead of four and introduced into these six days two more nights, for they set out on the 24th at , o'clock in the evening, and as further kindness NJ de Treville post dated the leave to the 18th in the morning Said D'Artagnan:
 s9n..i ttro .1aE3 .and by Knocking I'D two or three horses (which I care little about, as I have plenty of money) am at Bethune, I present my letter from the queen to the superior, and I bring back the dear treasure I go to seek, not into Lorraine, not into Bel gium, but to Paris, where she will be much better concealed, particularly w4na9qEhe cardinal is at Las Rochelle Remain, then, where you are and do 1at exhaust yourselves with. useless