Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-16

When Catherine and her troop went
back TO the French court, leaving
Marguerite at Nerac, they could boast
of few Hugueaot gentlemen won over
To their designs, but was not one OF the
few. | do not SAY that did not amuse
mvsSlf where charming women abound-
ed. but kept my heart to myself had
not resolved to become invulnerabie to
woman. but | had determined that she
bv whom would let myself be wounded
should be one vastly unlike any IN
Catherine's train. When | should find
the woman pure rs beautiful, incapable
OF guile. | would love Somewhere IN
France" often said to myself, that
woman exists. | shall know her when |
see her" As in the former affair, | had
INV ideal already formed. and was al
ready in love. watching for the em-
bodimcnt of that ideal to appear. But
this second ideal was different from the
ivs' And il is time to tell how at last
i met her, how, for while, the
reality seemed worse even than the hrst.
The death of the Duke of Anlou, after
his reconciliation with the king, ms
hrohter, and his failure o,wia the crown
he sought in the Netherlands, was great
event for US in Gascony. 1t left our
Hepri of Navarro next in succession 10
the throne of France. And our Henri
was sturdy man, while Henn III.
seemed marked by destiny to follow the
three other sons of Catherine TO an early
grave. II appeared that Marguerite
monopolized all the longevity granted TO
the family. But we knew that the Gulses
and their League would not let our
Huguenot Henri peacefully ascend his
throne. Therefore. Henri's policy was to
strengthen himself against the time
when the death of Henri III. should leave.
the throne vacant for him. 1t was ms
interest also 10 prevent usurpation
of that throne during the life OF Henri
Ill. for such usurpation would eventu-
unllv exclude himself also. thus CIR
cuirnstanee made him the natural ally OF
Henri Ill. Ii was, conversely, the m
tcrcst of the GuIses to SOW enmfty be
tween the two kings. The power OF the
League in France, and particularly IN
Paris. was now so great that Henri Ill,
dared not oppose the wishes OF the Duke
of GuiSc. He was reduced TO devices Tor
gaining time. And so, against his own
interest, he sanctioned the war which the
League presently demanded against the
Uugnenots,-a war which might do two
things for the Duke of GuIse; destroy
the next heir to the throne, and deprive
the present King of his chief resource
against usurpation For the present,
the Duke of Guise closked his design by
having the Pope proclaim the old Cardl-
nal de Bourbon heir 10 the throne, our
HApri beingl declared ineligible on ac-
count of heresy.
In the summer of 1885, the King OF
France issued anti-Huguenots edicts
required by the League. Governors OF
provinces were ordered TO make 1t un-
comfortable for the "heretics. Several |
of them promptly obeyed, arresting
some Huguenots for remaining IN their
provinces, and arresting Others for trying
TO escape therefrom. By this time, Henri
of Navarro had gathered sufficient
army and acquired sufficient number
of towns to hold his own in Guienne, and
indeed. throughout southwestern France.
The Prince de Condo also put q Hugue-
not army IN the field. Pending the actuai |
opcning of war, which the edicts of |
Henri III .foreshadowed, our Henri main
tanned flying camp in GuIenne. Every |
dav recruits came. some of them with /
stories of persecution to which they /
had been subjected, some with accounts
Of difficulty in escaping from their prov
inces. One day | was summoned to the
presence of. Henri of Navarro.
M de la Tournoire, said he, speak u