The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-11-13
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achs' began, ere night. to wend theil
way from strand to shore. But as they
LETT the vicinity Of the Mount, they
sr turned last looks Of hatred toward the
II rock.
d His Excellency. the Governor
=, wasted no time considering the humoI
, OF the masses; their resentment, OF
: displeasure, signifled nothing; his OWL
i complacency left little room for spec
!s ulation on that score. He was unde.
s niably satisfied; even the escape OF
o the prisoners and the loss of the sol.
: diers at the guard-house, or in the
;. Wheel-room, was over-shadowed by the
Z single capture. This contentment,
/. however, he kept to himself; instigat-
;. ed rigorous inquiry, and prepared to
: punish certain offenders. But the
: principal Of these he could not reach;
9 when released from the iron cage, the
hunchback, knowing he would be
: called upon to answer for his part in
|, the nights work, had made the best
5 use OF his short legs to place a long
distance between himself and the
Mount.
The sentinel that allowed the Black
Seigneur to pass through the entrance
near the barracks; the watchman en-
countered on the stairway, and the SOL
der that had been overpowered in
the stable, his ExcelleAcy could, how.
ever, lay hands on, and promptly or
dered into custody to await his Off.
cial attention. For this last culprit,
the mandant-mindful, perhaps, Of
bolstering his own position-interced-
ed; pointing out that the man had to
get the gag from his mouth and give
the alarm; also, that the mountebank's
appearance and acting had been cal.
culated to deceive even one of the |
governors discernment. Which re-
mark his Excellency had received with
sphinx-like, and not altogether reas-
surfing, gravity; had reserved his YER
dict, and continued, after his own
fashion, to collect the details of the
affair.
The searching process should have
led him almost at once to his daugh.
ter-a puzzling figure in the maze of
events; but the Governor had exbib-
tied no haste In approaching that i'm
portant witness Only when he had
marshaled his other testimony and put
1t In order did the scope Of his sitting
extend to the girl. And then had his
manner been strictly judicial; main
tanning an imperturbable mask, he
professed not to notice the pallor of
her face, the unnatural brightness Of
her glance
When you sent for the mountebank
to come to your apartments, did you
know who he was?" the Governor
asked.
NO"
when did you find out?"
When you entered the room"
why did you not give the alarm
them"
Because" she hesitated; her face
changed, "he would have killed you,
l think-if had!"
Was that solicitude for me the
only reason?"
why, what other could there be-"
What other, truly? And after he
left with the commandant-why did
you not, then, inform me?"
You remember you had something
important, from the King, to consider"
hastily.
More important than this?"
He was going to be locked up"
was the best reply she could make.
And in the morning set free!"
She did not answer
And yet, you gave the word that
enabled us to capture him at the
How, by the way, came
you therein the wheel-house?"
II saw him from the abbot's bridge:
heard him tell the watchman he had a
to deliver at your palace, and
Again feeling solicitude for me?"
II did not know-he would dare
much; and what does 1t matter now"
almost wildly. you have captured
him, shut him up somewhere In some
terrible, deep dungeon, where"
He is safe? True; that is the main
1HSIedlleI ndu Ihe SUBJECT OF the
Black Seigneur been dropped between
hem: the pilgrimage over, the Mount
'esumed Its normal aspect, but only
or little while! One day about
week later, bright cortege whose ap-
was in marked contrast to NJ
hat of the beggarly multitude, late sa
Tisitors to the rock, came riding down til
through the forest to the sea; at the hs
'erge Of the sands. stopped for first w
listant impression Of the rock. sh
Noble monument, l salute you!" tn
Smiling, debonair, the Marquis de CO
3eauvilliers removed his hat. hs
And the noble mistress thereof?" ed
suggested one Of his train. Ell
"She, of course!" he said, still sur of