The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-06-11

The Cardinal DUKE.

CHAPTER H.
The Cardinal Duke.
n'Artagnsn was now introduced into
/ IN" Three Guardsmou. and II is fitting
/ That we know suWythlug OF this trio
Athos was barely ~ and was of great
personal beauty. Yet ne never spoke Of
women. He certainly did not prevent
others from speaking about them, but n
he were obliged 10 mingle In amy con
v'rsatou iu which women were con
cerned he merely uttered few bitter
words Iorthos ON the contrary was
always boastiug about hts conQuosts
Athos talked little, Hurthos talked much
and talked loudly
/ IIc was conscious of the fact that he
had not such belle airc' as AthOs and
/ tried to make up FOR II hy an eNtrava-
ganCe In dress. But II was only needed
| for Athos 10 put one foot forward. to
walk or speak and the difference was
manifest. As 10 Arams he was a dream
er Of dreams as well az handy man with
/ the sword His ambition had been to bee
| a priest But he had drincd into the
military profession instead Through all
the crime and debauChery of his time and
ot HIS place he stlll bore himself so that
one felt ho was In IT, but not of II The
spirit was willing but the flesh WAS weak
and Arlms still remained member Of
'ho Guards
queen Of Louis Nil The brilliant George
Nilers. Duke ~ Buckingham mad been
British ambassador 10 the French court
and Anne ot Austria, the court candal
said, had been very much impressed 10y
/ his handsome person and noble bearing
/ The queen hated the cardinal duke and
had written letters to buckingham in
witch she suggested bringing on a war
against France. the war To he waged by
, England, Spain and Austria, II the King
did not discharge the cardinal Wchellcu
had got hold utAthrse letters, And he
/ knew thought he knew the relations
between the queen and the Duke OF
Buckingham
D.NrtaRnnn had lodgings over the shop
VI mercer uamed Roma 'icuN. and Mad
Imr BourCiruV vue linen woman 10 the
queen ono day the worthy mercer Bona
ciouN wac arrested and. much 10 his ter
ror wss Informed that hc was accused
of high treason He was hustled intp, a
carriage which stopped NJ the BafYe,
: and then before low door Of n house In
| the Reu des Bon Enfants
. Presently he found himself In largo
apartment where. standing with his back
. to the IRE was a man ot middle height
! OF naughty, proud micu. with piercing
I eyes large brow and thin face which was
made longer by royal, or, ms II would
now be called. an imperial sumoInted
LV \ pair Of mustptrrs Although this
man was between Rs and 81 years old
only, his hair and heard We're already
/ turning grny This man, except n
sword, had ull the appearance % a sol
der and his buff boots stil slightly
spattercd with mud. showed that he had
hicn ON horseback In the course of the
/ dav
The man was Armand Jean puplessis.
Cardinal Duke de Ri"chcleu, not as he
is now represented. broken down and
bent IN body, kept alive only hy sheer
force ~ Will but the young warrior pre-
pairing, after having supported the Duke
dc Movers IN his duchy ~ Mantun, after
having taken shines. tuStrcr ana lEeS, Ia
( drive the English from the Island ~ Re
and lay siege tp Rochelle Al first sight.
nothing denoted the cardinal, and II was
Impossible for poor BuubCicuN tu guess In
. whose presence he was Is this Bona
cicuN - asked the cardinal ot the officer
who brought in the mcrc,f Yes my
lord That's well Give mo those pa
pers and leave us" The officer took tho
paper lNiUg uuuu the table which the
cardinal pointed TO- handed them 90 his
master. and left the room. BonncicuS
recognized the papers as the record OF
hia examination Ht the nastile whore
thoy had stopped To- question him before
taking him 20 the cardinals house
You are accused oi hlgh treason. ID
said the cardinal iIlwlN SO | have
been told. sir but ! know nothing about
a." You have cuusplr"d with your wife
the pucNcssc de th"yreus" apd the Duke
. VI buckingham In fact. sir, | have
heard my wife pronounce All these
names ron what OCCASION she said
tho Cardinal Duke de- Wich.neu had
drawn the Duke ot buckingham 10 Paris
ip ruin him and ruin the queen "Shc
snid that cried the cardinal with VIC.
lcnye
yea. sir. and told her she was vrons
f.. - "a snEh fhNHHa D.
ncu,o wac incapable ~ - Hold your
tongue. YOU stupid. interrupted the car.
dinal And I believe your wife has
been abducted" "Shc has not been home
Tor dav and n night DO YOU know
who abducted hor'' 80. but ! suspect
II was the dark man who was whisper.
INK somsthiug ~ hCt when went 10 fetch
her from the Louvre
When Nuu wont in fetch your wife
from the Louvre iid YOU take her directly
humr|' NO, she STOPPED Bt two linen
drnpcrs, No n Rue Npugifard aud No
N hu' dc W intpc Well your wife
hes escaped llc rang n bell and an
usher appeared Go ana find Rochefnr,
and send him tn me-" no said when
, Ruchvfoit opened the door. nonacieus
| cried ont. ~ is hU. the man who stole
my wife The cardinal hads an nfficet
take hunacieuN into the hnicroom aud
kcrp him until further notice
closed upon HonaylruN. s1il. 'rhsy had
seen each other Whnr' The uueen
and the duke where In tho
Louvre Who told Nou7' MADAME
lanroy " devoted ~ yolt cminsnrc d
Nhy md she not let me Know snrnerr
Whether ~ chance of mls,tus, | know
not Witch the queen made Madame 40
/ Sursis sle'p m her chamber and detained
her nll day
Wei. We are beaten lei Va try our
reyruge. llow an tho interview take
place At han pss, twelve ihe queen
| was with her women In hcr bc,irhamha,
when some Une came and htouuht hst a
handkerchief from her linen woman She
immediately exhibited strong emotion
nnd. outstanding the ruurc she wofc
turned pale
She ntuse. however. and with tren,h.
ling voiCc, said, Ladies'. wait fot me ton
minutes shall soon return and went
Out Madame LannOy would have tOms