Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-09
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BY MARY
BOOK III.
CHAPTER v--(Continued).

copyrisnt by the soeos-MerriH oomp'ny !
BOOK III.
CHAPTER v-(Continued).
80 YOU swore at Mittaur'
.I perjured myself"
'r,v,r what are you doing now7'
,.s,rs am a man in falling health. Be
~. and have come TO tell you the
rgSn glo YOU think you can do it7''
,,e,~." said Bellenger.
,. sIe, King lie Louis XVIII" remind
I'D him. ,y,-un
he % n s,our pension away, has he?"
~ .o longer receive anything from that
eOsaS esESd your dauphin7"
.ue was left in Eurqpe
Look here, Bellingfl Why did you
= me so? Dauphih or no dauphin,
usat harm was doing your"
Wns W.,s ,hought a strong party was behind
Hnd knew there had been double
YOU with me. You represented some
oel,,ibie mower tricking me.
".i's " was beside myself and faced ~ out
.r,tau' have been used shametully
N .hro,vn aside when I am failing
arc out IN the hills ruined my health"
honlss vS qet TO facts, II you have facts
'o, know anything about me, Bel
iengerT
,iyes, sire"
o,Tho am I?''
louis XVII OF France"
,rUhat proof can you give meT
,v,rst sire, permit a man who has been
IL wretched tool to implore for-
nIssness of his rightful sovereign, ana
t,,..ia help to reach a warmer climate
s.tore the rigors OF a northern winter
peg5,a, p.srn,,errer. YOU are enhancing" said,
.rrby ala l ever take you seriously?
s,s Pelagie was grim joke, and tipping
N the river merely your pay ~ ...s,,
S ioS ven on walking until you come to
warmer climate"
tlo vvr1lng his hands with a gesture thHt
,ouched my natural softness to my
enemy ,u- . What bavo
sV .'rbis Arst. sire. That was a splendid
..sb YOU made into France.
nArd what a splendid dash I made out
:, q again. with a gendarme at my coat
tails and you behind the genaarine n ne vo,
~ there now;-the French people are
no changeable-" 1,,.
,,oisstv the eighteenth Louis is welcome.
what the blood stirs in me TO know u.s.
have I a right to the throneT
acre the truth as 1 know 1t, VIII
,sll vo,,. You were the boy taken from
The Temple prison"
who did IT.? $3.50. -. -,
agents of the Royalist party whose
names would mean nothing to you II
CT was placed in your hands?'
"You were placed in my hands to be
. taken to America"
. 1T was with you in London, where two
Royalists who knew me recognized meE
THE two De Ferriers."
nannad Madame rank
see me?"
Benenger was startled.
"You were noticed on the ship by q
oourt-lady of Holland; very clever cour'
tier. / had trouble in evading her She
suspected too much, and asked too many
questions; and would have you to play
with her baby on the deck, though al
mat time YOU noticed nothing"
"But where does the idiot come into
. my story?'
"sire you have been unfortunate, but
a have been a victim When we landed
A IN New York, / went directly and made
myself known to the man who was tc
act as purveyor of your majesty's pen
sion He astonished me by declaring thai
the dauphin was already there, and hao
= claimed the pension for that year.
"A -'The country and the language wer'
Il unknown to me. The agent spoke French
II is true, but we hardly understood eacl
OtneT. SuppObCu hdN hoNAAAo ~ -
but present my credentials. Here wa
* another idiot-I crave your majesty
pardon"
E Quite right-at the time, Bellenger."
drawing the annuity intended for tn
n dauphin inquired into his rights. Th'
agent showed me papers like my own.
asked who presented them. He kne'
no more of the man than he did of me
Fl demanded to face the man. No sucl
Z AAA
see the idiot. He was shut in a room
and fed by a hired keeper. l sat dow
81 and thought much. Clearly 1t was no
the agents affair. He followed instruc
tons. Goodl / would follow instruction
also. Months would have been require
|. to ask and receive explanations froT
the court of Monsieur. He had assume
the title Of Louis XVIII. for the goo
Of the royalist cause, as If there wer
no prince. l thought 1 saw what wa
Il expected Of me-"
Wand what did you see, you unspeab
81 able scoundrel?"
81 Il saw that there was a dauphin TO
many. hopelessly idiotio. But II he wa
The one to be guarded. would guar
II him"
Who was that idiot3"
II that" IN
"And what did you do with me2'
"A chief of the Iroquots Indians can to
you that"
This is a clumsy story. Bellenger. Tr
again"
fSire-"
III you knew so little of the countr!
now did you find an Iroquois chief?'
met HIM in the woods when he wa
hunting. offered to give you to hin
pfetendng You had the annuity fro
EUROPE. Sire. do not know why tricl
sy was practiced on me, or who pra'
ueeo Il; why such pains were taken
rnA the clues which led to the dauphi
eu afterward the same agent had o
eeH % give you two-thirds and me on
vne-tnird OF the yearly sum. / thougl
ae court was in straits-when both Ru
II "a and Spain supported IT. / wa
ning but court painter. But wht
wv went to France blocked your wa
WIN all the ingenuity I could bring"
would like to ask you. Bellenge
ss a. man is called who attempts Il
me OF his King?"
hi sire the tricks OF royalists pitted
+snst each other
lhats enough .Bellenger I don't b
word you say, excepting that pa
sour story agreeing with Madame
g. Put yor hand under my p