The evening world., 1919-12-29
.TheLOUeStOrieS
of Great Novels
NO.3O-The Three GuardSmeH;
Blu Alexandra Dumas
IN Albert Pavson Terhune
Copyright 1919. by The Prev PublianugOo.
The New YORK Lycning WorldO

TOMAS d'ARTAGNAN, q GaScoh
youth, came to Paris to make his
y fortune by his sword and by his
wits. There he sought enlistment in
the Royal Musketeers. There, too, he
formed deathless friendship with
three other adventurous young SOL
diers who called themselves Athos.
Porthos and Aramis.
D'Artagnan had not been in Paris
week before he fell madly in love
with pretty little Constance Bona
cieuX, one OF the lesser ladies in wait
ing employed in the queens service.
Aud from the very first the course Of
their love ran n tempestuous course.
Constance served the queen. Richie
lieu. the Prime Minister, hated the
Queen; and was forever striving 20
injure her in the eyes of tho King.
The queen had given to the Duke of
buckingham. England's ambassador,
SGT of twelve diamond studs which
had been presented to her by the
King
ANANllN4lNu lNAA ANh Va NAllso AhAbhhh
his clevcrcst spy, one Lady de Win
ter, who was known as "Milady';
and who had stolen TIVE of the studs
from Buckingham This was the
Primo Minister'S chance TO destroy
the queen. lie persuaded the King 20
make her wear all the studs at a ball
soon to be given at the palace. On
her failure to do so he planned to tell
the whole story.
The Queen in terror turned to Con
stance for aid. Constance persuaded
d Artagnan to cross to England (elud-
| ing Richolicus many spies and get
the studs from buckingham.
It was a desperate undertaking.
| Yet, urgC1 on by love OF Constance.
and through desire to win her faNap
| by this service, the young Gascon set
| forth.
BY sheer wit and swordsmanship he
won his way past Richelicu's ennis
sarics and reached England. Buck
| ingham, in giving him the studs TO
take back 10 the Queen, found two
were missing. He had them duplicat-
ed and sent back, thus, the enigma!
number-twelvc.
| D'Artagnan got TO Paris and to the
| LOUVRE, with the precious studs, bare
| ly in time for the Queen to wear them
to the ball. She was saved from dis
grace. But d'Artagnan had made Il
deadly enemy of Richelieu in thwart-
| ing the latter's plot.
I;icheieus first step in Furnishing
| -he audacious young Gascon was TO
| kidnap Constance.
| In vain d'Artagnan sought for her.
| In the meantime, he had won the
| snakelikc hatred Of Milady; VINO did
all in her power to harm him. And
| for a while, he played what seemed
inevitably TO be losing game against
death.
But he did not value his own life,
by comparison with his yearning to
find Constance. And at last he was
successful. He learned of the place
where his sweetheart was hidden.
with his three friends, he FASTENED
thithcr.
Milady, however, was too quick and
too subtle for aim She hastened
lahcad to the place where Constance
waited for her lover. There, pretend
ing to be a friend Of d'Artugnan and
OF the unhappy girl, she won Con-
stances trust; and persuaded her 70
drink a draught Milady had prepared.
The drink was a rank poison. And,
when d'Artagnan at last gallOpcd,
GREATNESS to the hiding place and
rushed into his swecthcartS presence,
he found Constance dying.
Heartbrokcn, his own though Is
turned to vengeance, lie and his
friends summoned the eXecutioner. OF
the nearby town of Lille, and paid
him to behead the murderess.