The Washington herald., 1919-10-07

There wGs the executioners
brand-the fieur de lys.
At this time the war between
England and France was at its
height and the siege Of la Rochelle
was beginning. Riehelieu. learning
all that d'Artagnan had done. tried
to buy him into his own service.
DArtagnan refused. knowing that
refusal might cost him his life. The
Three Musketeers set out now to
discover the Cardinals next move.
Eavesdropping. they heard Richie
lieu instruct Lady de Winter to go
to London and there tell Bucking-
ham to order that the English sur
render. warning him that IL the war
continued Richelieu would expose
the queen. II Buckingham refused.
he was to be assassinated. For her
part. the lady asked Richelieu for
the death of d'Artagnan, who knew
her secret. and of Madame Bonan-
cieux, who had thwarted her so
often.
Half an hour later Athos was
alone with the woman.
THE Count de la Fere!" she cried,
deathly pale.
Yes. my lady" said Athos. You
thought me dead. as l thought you
dead. and the name of Athos con-
cealed the Count de la Fere. as the
name of Lady de Winter concealed
Anne de Breuil."
Athos took from his false wife
the carte blanche passport Richie
lieu had given her and sent her 10
the coast, where a boat waited to
take her to England. She could not
AteA l- yfrfv haN
expose her.
Back to the siege the four COM
rades then went. and. in order 10
be together to discuss their plans,
they spent, an hour in the Bastion OF
St Gervais. withstsnding all as
saults. Between attacks they
talked. and as a result they sent
messages to Lord de Winter, expos
ing his false sisSer-in-law and heir
ess. and to an influential friend of
ArGmis, asking for the name of the
convent where Madame Bonancieux
was confined.
Thus on her arrival in England
Lady de Winter was seized and i'm
Trisoned in her b-other-in-law's cas-
he; but. exercising her wiles upon her
young jailer. she contrived 10 escape.
and SO poisoned the jailer's ears
against buckingham that he was
ready to do her deadly work. Sent
by De Winter as a messenger to the
duke. he plunged a dagger into Buck
ingham's side. De Winter arrived in
London one minute too late to save
the duke. but a messenger from Paris
was just in time to deliver to Buck
ingham the queens pledge OF love. He
died with the queens name on his lips.
Now Madame de Winter had fed to
France-to the convent of Bethune
where Madame Bonancieux was. BY
olson she accomplished her purpose.
and wnen d'Artagnan and his com.
found the body of the pretty seam
stress. They set out in pursuit OF the
murderess, and when they found her
they held n formal trial ard condemn
ed her to death. An executioner was
found-the very man who had put tie
brs nd upon nor shoulder years before.
The rext day d'Artagnan was ar
rested and taken before the Cardinal,
his captor being none other than his
man OF Meang." who now called
himself the Chcvalier de Rochefort
D'Artagnan told the Cardinal of the
crimes Of Lady de Winter. and finally
produced the Cardinals own passport
absolving the bearer.
Admiration overcame anger In the
Ca ,dinal. Instead OF ordering d'Ar-
t.snan's imprisonment. hc wrote out
there and then a lieutenants COM
mission in the Afusketeers. D'Artag-
nan offered the commission to his
three friends IN turn. All three re-