The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1914-10-02

with all the dazzling charm which sho
knew how tn throw into n sen,ence
And then, eager with the headlong
sest of a hunter for the game. she
caught the thread which woye into the
pattern OF her scheminr. You would
risk something to save him. would
you not7 You will take the place of
the marquis and travel with us tomor.
row, and help me carry away the
prince to safety?"
The dark vouny ,,ca ~,s na,o
"Your ma iesty. Il Ia a happiness | had
not dared to hone for vet"
"Yet3" the prince demanded Iacou,c.
ally. lie saved words ALWAYS this lad
but he always said h,s Thought
The other boys face turned To him.
and he answered very simply "But
yes, your highness, I have known al.
ways that I should have a part in your
highness' fate"
In the gray dawn Of the pext morn.
ing there was a slight stir tbrough the
palace, and ont between the lines n,
drowsy Austrian sentine,s nassaa n
procession of whose true character
they we're far from aware else history
had changed. The guard watched the
departure: the sick Iady--Hortense--
late queen of Holland "A thew all
knew more or less clearly. drove away
slowly in her travelling calecbe and ON
the box was n Young man In the Iiv.
cry OF a groom whom no one Of the
bais.awake soldiers knew for prince
Louis Napoleon: in the middle Of
The second carriage sat another vourb
Of two or three years Younger who
was, the queens servants had been
told, the MARQUIS Zappi Their mass.
ports we're examined and they went
through the gates of the CITY without
awakening the least suspicion.
Not once in all their dramatic series
of escapes and disguised were Hor.
tense and her sons BETRAYED. hut they
had to fear the indiscretion of their
friends more than the malirnitv n,
their enemies. and this mart Of Italv
was full of friends high and low.
At length Il was time for Prince
Louis and the sham MARQUIS tn drou
their liyeries and travel as the sons
Of the English woman for whom their
passport was made out.t The clothes
which Beaupre was to wear had he.
longed to the young man dead At ForII
Louis Bonaparte's brotber-.nd AZ
he presented himself dressed in them
he saw the painful flush which crep,
upon the princes face.
your highness. am sorry" he
hammered. 1T In grief To me" And
then he threw himself impulsiyely on
his knees bv the side nj i,ouis. chair
k"My prince. I wear them with rever
ence," he said. and then. hesitatinp n,
added: "Perhaps I would seem les,
unworthy II your hiRbness knew that
mere secretary M I am. I am vat more
I am noble. II ia not simple FRANCOIS
Beaupre whom YOU honor hut a mar
created chevalier nv the sword a, tbs
emperor"
The dun eyes of the pr,nce shot q
glance between droopInr lids "Wba,
| is It you mean. monsIeurr" be de
manded, But at the moment the oueen
entered the room, ana the lads snra n !
to their feet. Her ewes caught M
picture of the Young Frenobman IN nj,
new dress at once: thew onened wide
and then aIled with tears
Louis. Louis," she crIed. md laid
her hand on \ IA arm "ue looL. iirs
him. no look. Iike N.noIaor,"
A deferentiai knocL soundad =, IN,
door Francoi. spranr N n ana ms
landlord stood I'm m. onen,nv ho~,n.
elaborately--a soldierv old mar .,,h
thIck xri..Ied hair
"A thousand pardon. ,or a,s,rrh,,.
msladi ana the mes,ieur. " ana ,ni,.S,
smiled Forgiveness. might an al
soldier Of me emperor dars IN ..v The,
one could no, helm tnov,ns IN. am
peror,. k,nsmeny" Ue howad 10.
again IN bo,b how. ain. .nd .n.,r
UortepSe smiled n, him \, wa. com
forting IN know ,ha, m. ,wo s..naa
brothers N the world In ..n.,aI anS
she was a used IN recovn,,,on snS
LOYALTY nov tina, thev .nne.rsS a. \.
long iose,her .MIyh, m o,d .o,s,.,