The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-06-02

mo. leave Paris at dawn for Mar
ienbourg."
Where Condo, they say. lies illr
III, yes, but not with the fever you
think. 1t is another kind Of fever.
was taken that way once, but that is
over, thank God! And, De Besme."
Here he rose from his seat and began
TO pace the room as he continued:
Nothing would satisfy the prince but
that should ride to Paris, see her, our
queen, and ride back and tell him
had done so. / was not to exchange
word. On my faith as gentleman!
l bore no message"
"And you have seen her, the queen
Of ScotlandY
"Yes! But she saw me. too. 1t was
on the ladies' terrace that we met"
"Alone?"
mo! One of her tirewomen was
with her, and the short Of it is that
Ass and fool-have promised to bear
letter to the prince"
Your burst out. "Youv And
then rose, too, and in bitter jest
handed him my cap and bells.
BE stinv' he said hoarsely. II could
not say no. She is woman and a
queen"
And Blaise de Lorgnac, seigneur Of
Lorgnac, of Tully, and Malezieux.
knight Of the Kings Order, is a man
Of honor. And this letter-you have
it?
mot yet. I receive 1t In an hour, and
time presses. Au revoirv' He wrung
my hand and was gone.
And so 1t was with bitter heart
that all thought Of my jest on the
Spaniard was gone. / stood little
apart, under the lee of pillar of VEIN
ed marble. watching hungrily for a
face l longed to see. The king was
there, tall and grim; the queen was
there, too, and Nine. Diane in con-
verse with the sickly young dauphin.
but Mary of Scotland was not there.
nor was Chantonnay. Then suddenly
caught sight of Chantonnay ut the far
end of the room, making his way slow.
ly toward the king.
As Chantonnay approached I made
Pompon walk gravely up to the king
and salute him. 1.-THE high and mighty
sieur Pompon, ambassador from Bar
barry, desires audience of your maj.
esty."
"An honor that /, too, claim in the
name of the most Catholic king, my
master" said naughty voice beside
me as Chantonnay stepped up to the
king. And then there was suppress.
ed litter, for Pompon turned sharply
around on the Spaniard and began to
jabber angrily at him.
my ambassador is explaining to
monseigneur here that be claims prec-
edence," / went on, not needing the
don's black looks. But the king turn
ed to me angrily.
"Peace, and a truce Of your Ill timed
jestsv' And then to Chantonnay:
'Monseigneur. it is always pleasure
to hear from my cousin from Spain.
You will have your audience with the
morning. We hunt at Fontainebleau
tomorrow. Will you accompany u.s."
Chantonnay expressed his thanks
and then begged permission to retire.
as he had to complete memorial he
said he would present to his majesty
in the morning-a memorial as he said.
of vital import to the peace and good
will Of two nations.
Presently gained my pillar once
again. and as I did so some one pulled
me quietly by the sleeve.
turned and saw young De Lorges.
Montgomery's son. who was then a
page to the dauphiness. Mary Of Scot
land.
What has happened?' said, inter
rupting him before he could speak.
II do not know" he said. "but you
are wanted at once. Gomez! He tug
ged at my sleeve once more, and with
out another word followed him. We
left the Pavilion du Roy without notice
and then went down the long corridors
that led to the apartments of the dau-
phin. Beyond there lay those Of his
wife, Mary of Scotland. the little
queen" as she was called.
During all this time we exchanged no
word together until at last we stopped
before door. and the boy turned
TO me.
1.-THE queens apartment" he said:
you are free to pass. l remain on
guard here"
There were three people in the room.
One was Mary of Scotland. standing
near a table: the other was De Lor-
gnac, booted and spurred as If for
long journey, and the third was a
young woman-a tall young woman
who was leaning against the open win
| dow, her face buried in her hands and
sobbing bitterly All this took in at
a glance as entered, and. kneeling be-
| fore my queen, said:
Madame, have come"
She babe me rise. Monsieur" she
said, 81 have come to you for help
Once before you saved me from a
great danger. 1 am In greater dan
| ger now. want your help"
MADAME! All that
But she interrupted me, "Lorgnac
here tells me that you know of the OBJ
| ject of his coming to Paris