The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-08-21
ROBERT W CHAMBERS

trsA There was Q sense Of breath
less waiting In the shAdowy Woods--
NO sound, no stir. nothing Of life or
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. but forsboding.
Jack crawled to his knees: bis chest
achsd. his mouth cracked with . ter
ribls throbbing thirst Daxsd a. yet.
he did not even look around: he did
his chest grew to . burning agony. and
he tore at his coat and threw II open.
The nat steel box, pierced by . bullet,
fell on the ground before his knees
Then he remembered. He ripped open
wAistcoat and shirt and stared at his
bare breast. II was discoloured-o
mass OF bruises. but there was no
blood there. He looked listlessly ct the
box on the leaves under him, and
touched his bruised body. Suddenly
his mind grew clearer; he stumbled
His lips moved "Lorrainei" but no
sound came. Again. in terror. he tried
to cry out He could not speak. Then
he saw her. She lay among the dead
leaves. face downward. asleep. Jack
moved further away. sat down and
with his knife blade prisd open tho
The knifsblads in the boz bent.
spranG back-ths boz new open. Jack
looked at the three folded papers "
ing within, curiously, indolently. Pres
superscripuons written on the back.
In the handwriting Of the marquis
The three papers were inscribed as
follows:
Il. For the French Government AZ
ter the fall Of the Empire"
"2 For tho French Government on
the death OF Louis BonapartA falsely
called Emperor
"s. To whom II may oonoernis
ITO whom II may concern!" no re-
psated. looking at the third paper.
and as no read his heart seemed to
cease its beating.
ITO WHOM 1T MAY CON0ERNi
Grief has unsettled my mind. yet
what now write 10 true, ana. II there
10 God. I solemnly call His curses on
me and mine II lie.
my only son. Rene Philip d'1ar-
court Dc Nesville. was assasMnated on
the Grand boulevard In Paris, on the
I'd Of December, 1881. His assassin
was Q monster named Louis Bona
parte, now known falsely as Napoleon
III, Emperor Of tho French. His paid
murderers shot my boy down, and
stabbed fIm to death with their bay
onets. In front of the Cafe Tortoni.
carried his body home; ] sat at the
window. with my dead boy on my
knees, and I saw Louis Bonaparts
ride into tho Rue st. Honore with his
murderous Lancers, and ] saw chill.
dren spit at him and hurl curses al
him from the barricade.
Nov I. Gilbert. Marquis dc Mes.
Vile, Gwore to strike. And ! struck
not at his life-that can walt struck
at the root OF all his pride and honol
II struck at that which no held
dearer than these-at his dynasty!
do the people Of France remember
when came the news that the expecte<
heir OF the Emperor and Empress,
son, had been born dead7 hesi
II. Gilbert dc Nesville, was In tn,
forest when the Empress Of the French
fell III. When separated from tn.
others she called to Morny. and bad
they drove-they drove to the Trfanon
and there was no one there. And ther'
tho child was born. Morny held II II
his arms. He came out 10 the colon
|, made holding II In his arms, and callinI
for a messenger. I came, and when
was close TO Morny struck him u
tho face and he fell senseless. I tool
tho child and wrapped II In my cloak
This Is tho truth!
"They dared not tell Il; they dare
not, for fear and for shame. They sal
, that an heir had been born dead: an
they mourned for their dead son.
was only daughter. She Is alive: sh
, loves me. and God forgive me. hat
her for defeating my just vengeance.
sand I call her Lorraine dc Nesvflle