The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-06-16

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wv he found one member of the es-
w cort which he had brought with
w him missing That was Amos
What has become OF MT Athos ~
asked. my lord" replied Porthos. ne
has gone on scout not thinking the
roeds quite safe" And now, gentle
men, VIII you return with me TO the
trenches" I'VE are at the order ol
YOUR rminence" Then mount"
scarely had the cardinal and his escort
left the place when Athos returned 10
H. The host recognized MIN MY o,n ,.
Ger" said Athos. has given me Nety
important mission-there was rome'h,nk
ne forgot 10 say TO Milady. Is she sun
here ," she In upstairs Shall go up
YES gentleman" And IN n few seconds
,rc door OF Mllady's chamb.f ope"ou
and Athos stood before her. As he en-
tered he closed and bolted the door oe
hind him. who are you. ana "ha' uo
you want" the woman cried.
A,hos threw back his cloak and raiseo
the hat. which he had 80 far held drawn
over his eyes DO YOU not KNOW ne,
madame Milady sprang back as !, she
we're she gasped. Only the wall pre-
vented hcr from falling sit down, na n,au.
nmc and let us talk" said Amos Mliua1
showed the greatest signs OF ,e,,pi; :, Ia
certainly are demon upon eaItn' 'o
Atbns roidly "You believed me uehu-
,nJ h.lieyrd YOU dend. until recently,
"But." said Milady. what 90 you 49, -
with mc7 What brings you bNcN w NC
"Tbe welfare nd sfenty. OF AtWs
an, ,,, one thing" replied Athos. tou
have a paper signed BY the .a,o.ua' A., n,
hodes mi to my friend, l."t me & se, W
will blow your brains ou. n,..eryrd
other man Mllady would nave pres ,ros
so,,. rouposure but she knew N'hus
and trembling, she handed him the o
der Of the cardinal. And Wen m,sn'
Niiedy know Athos-or the COUNT uo ha m
Fcre. For this woman was lhs a
h".,aed ns n common thief; that sne
was nerson OF no character, nul W
.rn,t h.nutV This was the woman VINO
Ind ruined the life OF the COUNT w :"
Fcre. - ,, ,,,,i,,.n nv
ptrb.iicw 10 her former husband she 2,
clnimed. Take II and be accurseo' ~
''""II ~, IA hy my order that for the good
Of the state, the bearer or TINS mas uo"'
what he has done,-Rlch.h.u c,o.h
Athos rose and again drew hls eioaS
about him. He descended the htalIs anu
| found two men waiting with rpa,'
morse. These men had been lett 70 con.
duet MIlady to the north, where rns WI, W,
TO take ship for England upon on. W
u. 10 the two guards Of the cardinal
'vour orders are TO conduct that woman
unstalra 20 the port Of Ia Point and neve'
| los. sigh, OF her until she ls aoon,,s
shin. As these orders agreed WIZ
those they had prsy,loSSsyd prey Ssnd, '''e''''' WV
| Nilady came down and. mounting, se
or Athna rode by roundAhout NAY
and. at length Joined the catdinal.ouN'
and his escort The entire matter ha'
not taken many minutes Mllady m.ush
al first that she would seek out th'
cardinal duke and tell him OF what hat
taken place. Rut seeing that the I'VE
men who awaited her With the hotse'
we're really the guards OF his emlnenge
she set OF and, after ttavenng nn n,sn'
was at Ia Point Mt o'clock In the morn
fhc loss OF the paper which had beet
taken from her by A,hos caused her muc'
lnnsioty ny that authorization she h"'
Intended to have the lie OF n'AttaEna'
and the count do Ia Fcrc before she se
out for England Those few words woul,
have been her authorization for anythins
put she was on board ship and had he
work TO do IN England before she ha'
finished her work In France upon ne
enemies,
When she arrived at Portsmouth IN
Who'll. city wns In y state of agitation
The great Duke Of buckingham was com
10 the port, lie stooG on the pier. NJ
clothes richly laced with gold, rlltter,n
M was the custom with him with dis
hNu Nln'l Hi''lVNN h's ~"
ornamonted with a white feather whic
dropped upon his shoulders. buckinE
ham was surrounded by a s,aW s hrn
liant ~ himself
II was one Of those rare and besutlft
days when England remembers that ther
Ia such a thing ~ the sun. The office
" the port inspected the shlr upon whic
Milady had arrived. lie looked at he
very closely, hut said not a word To hel
nut he desired TO have. her ugtas
pointed out to him aud placed In n hos
which he had alongside.
| In spite ~ her ptctes'etlnns Nllad
was taken ashore and handed into y cat
riaHe. Che srrived nearly an hour late
NJ castle with gloomy portals So
am y prisoner" she said TO the capital
~ the port who has accompanied he
"nut trust II II not for long" Thei
was no reply and the woman. general
sn fearless, sank down on chair an
buried her head In her srms Eevry se,
ond she expected to see y judge come
and intertocote her Hut the capital
Having left the room he only sent tN